English Language Learners:
Your Right to Equal Education
A school has to
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Identify students that need English language classes.
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Have an ELL program that has proven to work and
helps the students succeed.
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Hire or train staff to work with ELL students.
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Evaluate the program and make changes if the
students are not meeting goals.
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Help students learn English and meet the same state standards that all students have to meet.
What is a school’s responsibility to the parents?
The school has to
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Find
a way to talk to parents in their own language and find ways for them to be a part of their children’s education.
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Let parents know within 10 days when their child is
identified as an ELL student.
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Describe the services offered to the parents and
the goals a student needs to meet to complete the program. The school also has to let parents know that
they have the right to refuse these services.
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Let parents know if the program for ELL students
does not meet the yearly goals.
Schools CANNOT
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Separate ELL students from other students for a
large part of the school day.
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Refuse to let ELL students into enrichment programs
or college preparatory courses.
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Separate ELL students into low or vocational tracks
permanently.
Developed in
collaboration with the
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