tives to school districts that improve linguistic or communication skills of students in low-income areas of the state and financial penalties for school districts where the skills have deteriorated, as measured by objective testing data, as specified.3" I chose to analyze the topic of ebonics and the debate to over Senate bill SB 205 because of the reaction "ebonics" sparked in communities all over the United States. California legislation has a great impact on the people of California as well as the rest of the United States. In this paper, I will examine the debate of implementing ebonics instruction in California's educational system. The conception that some African-American children have difficulty learning to read and write because they're accustomed to a language other than English is true. A proven study shows that African- Americans score lower than any other group on the verbal portion of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) . The use of a system of education that can incorporate language used at home will benefit
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