Goal Statement

• To increase the number of English as a Second Language Classes for non-English students in elementary school (grades K through 8)

Policy/Program Options

• 1991: OCR Policy Update:

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has been commissioned by the U.S. Supreme Court to ensure that the needs of language minority students are being met. The OCR works with school districts across the nation to carry out this mission by providing policy and guidelines to meet the needs of language minority students. The 1991 OCR Policy Update focused on LEP students, identification, assessment, exit criteria, equity, staffing, staff development, the educational program, and program evaluation. 

Issue Briefs (local, state, national, global)

Glossary of Terms

• Bilingual- The ability to speak or write in two different languages

• ELL- English Language Learner

• ESL- English as a Second Language

• IHE- Institute of Higher Education

• ITI-BE- Intensive Teacher Institute in Bilingual Education and English as a Second Language

• Lau Plan- A plan designed to educate students with limited proficiency of the English Language

• LEP- Limited English Proficient 

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