Guidance Released: Equal Access for English Learner Students
U.S. Department of Education sent this bulletin at 01/07/2015 12:43 PM ESTDear Stakeholders,
Today
the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice released guidance
reminding states, school districts and schools of their obligations
under federal law to ensure that English learner students have equal
access to a high-quality education and the opportunity to achieve their
full academic potential.
the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice released guidance
reminding states, school districts and schools of their obligations
under federal law to ensure that English learner students have equal
access to a high-quality education and the opportunity to achieve their
full academic potential.
The guidance explains schools' obligations to:
identify English learner students in a timely, valid and reliable manner;
offer all English learner students an educationally sound language assistance program;
provide qualified staff and sufficient resources for instructing English learner students;
ensure English learner students have equitable access to school programs and activities;
avoid unnecessary segregation of English learner students from other students;
monitor students' progress in learning English and doing grade-level classwork;
remedy any academic deficits English learner students incurred while in a language assistance program;
move
students out of language assistance programs when they are proficient
in English and monitor those students to ensure they were not
prematurely removed;
evaluate the effectiveness of English learner programs; and
provide
limited English proficient parents with information about school
programs, services, and activities in a language they understand.
In
addition to the guidance, the Departments also released additional
tools and resources to help schools in serving English learner students
and parents with limited English proficiency:
addition to the guidance, the Departments also released additional
tools and resources to help schools in serving English learner students
and parents with limited English proficiency:
A fact sheet in English, Spanish, and in other languages
about schools' obligations under federal law to ensure that English
learner students can participate meaningfully and equally in school.
A fact sheet in English, Spanish, and in other languages
about schools' obligations under federal law to communicate information
to limited English proficient parents in a language they can
understand.
A toolkit
to help school districts identify English learner students, prepared by
the Education Department's Office of English Language Acquisition. This
is the first chapter in a series of chapters to help state education
agencies and school districts meet their obligations to English learner
students.
The press release can be found below and online here.
All related resources can be found on the Schools’ Civil Rights Obligations to English Learner Students and Limited English Proficient Parents web page.
Sincerely,
The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics
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