La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § XI-7307

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 8, August 20, 2024

Section XI-7307 - Participation Criteria [Formerly LAC 28:CXI.2307]

A. English Learners (ELs) are to be identified through a two-step standardized process.

1. Upon enrollment in school, parents or custodians are provided with a Home Language Survey (HLS) designed to identify which students are potential English Learners and therefore require an assessment of their English language proficiency.

2. If an assessment is required, LEAs must administer the English Language Proficiency Screener (ELPS), which assesses proficiency in all 4 language domains (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) within 30 days of the students enrollment to determine if he or she is eligible for English Learner status. If a student is determined to be less than proficient in any of the four language domains, the student must be classified an English Learner.

B.English Learner definition. A student identified as an English learner must:

1. be between the age of 3 through 21;

2. be enrolled in an English-speaking elementary school or secondary school;

3. not have been born in the United States or has a native language other than English; and

4. have difficulties in speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English language such that such challenges may be sufficient to deny them:

a. the ability to meet the state's proficient level of achievement on state assessments;

b. the ability to successfully achieve in classrooms where the language of instruction is English; or

c. the opportunity to participate fully in society.

C. A student identified as an English learner may be:

1. A Native American, Alaska Native, or a native resident of the outlying areas and comes from an environment where a language other than English has had significant impact on his or her level of English language proficiency; or

2. Be migratory, having a native language other than English, and come from an environment where a language other than English is dominant.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § XI-7307

Promulgated by the Department of Education, Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 33:259 (February 2007), Amended by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 44474 (3/1/2018), Amended LR 4615 (1/1/2020).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6 and 20 USCS, Section 6311