Teachers in RI that can't speak English?

I recently was reading an article in the Providence Journal , stating that Teachers may soon have pass an English competency exam prior to being certified.  There is currently no test for this as a teacher tests and becomes a certified teacher.   Massachusetts began requiring this in 2002.

Evidently there could be a number of public school staff that are not able to speak, read, and/or write English enough to be teaching in a classroom.  Some say that these teachers should of already proved their competency by the classes and tests they have to take in order to become a certified teacher.   Evidently some have "slipped through the cracks" as evidenced by this article.

This remind me of a Teacher Assistant that my daughter had at the age of 5.  My daughter at the time was "non-verbal" or very close to it.  She would echo what you spoke.  Her aide had broken english.  Sometimes I had to strain to understand her.  The first thing I thought is why would assign a teacher assistant that didn't have clear english speaking when her biggest challenge was speech? 

You can read the full article by clicking on "Providence Journal" above.