CODE F19
(Mandatory)
LIMITED
ENGLISH PROFICIENCY IN STUDENTS
Policy
It is the policy of the Cambridge Board to ensure that national origin
minority students with limited English proficiency (LEP) have meaningful access
to school programs.
Implementation
The Superintendent or his or her designee shall be responsible for
implementing procedures to comply with federal and state laws which define
standards for serving LEP students. Procedures
will be established to:
1. Identify and assess all students whose primary language is not English, and who, therefore, have or may have difficulty performing ordinary class work in English and who cannot learn as well or achieve on parity with pupils whose primary language is English.
2. Design or adopt LEP instructional programs recognized as sound by experts in the field, or considered legitimate experimental strategies. Instructional programs should be aimed at helping LEP students develop English language skills of comprehension, speaking, reading and writing necessary for learning and achieving in English-only instruction at a level substantially equivalent to pupils whose primary language is English.
3. Maintain adequate records of the educational level and progress of each child identified as in need of LEP programs, and make those records available to appropriate staff members and parents or legal guardians.
4.
Objectively assess the progress of LEP students in order to
determine when reclassification or transfer to fully English proficient programs
is appropriate. Standards for exit
from LEP programs should be objectively based and should be designed to
determine whether LEP students are able to read, write and comprehend English
well enough to participate meaningfully in the
5. Monitor reclassified students’ academic achievement to determine whether reclassified students are able to succeed all-English programs based on their English language proficiency. Monitoring of newly classified students should take place periodically to insure that the ongoing needs of non-English language background students are addressed.
6. Evaluate LEP programs periodically and make modifications when necessary.
7. Assure staff have appropriate training to implement LEP programs.
Date Warned:1/17/07
Date Adopted:2/7/07
Legal Reference(s):
42 U.S.C. §2000 d et seq. (Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
34 C.F.R. Part 100
9 V.S.A. §4502 (Discrimination, public accommodations)
Cross Reference: