Okla. Admin. Code § 210:15-35-2

Current through Vol. 42, No. 8, January 2, 2025

Section 210:15-35-2 - Responsibilities of school districts

(a)Identification of ELL students. Pursuant to federal law, school districts are required to implement procedures for identifying English Language Learner (ELL) students.

(1)Timeframe. Identification, screening, and parental notification of ELL students eligible for language assistance services shall occur within thirty (30) days of the beginning of the school year. For students who transfer to a district during the school year, identification as an ELL student eligible for language assistance services and parental notification shall occur within two weeks of enrollment.

(2)Home Language Survey. Each school is required to conduct a home language survey in regard to every student, which requests from the student's parent or guardian only the following information:

(A) What is the dominant language most often spoken by the student?

(B) What is the language routinely spoken in the home, regardless of the language spoken by the student?

(C) What language was first learned by the student?

(3)Screening tools.

(A) A student in an early childhood education program whose Home Language Survey indicates that another language is spoken in the home, either "more often" or "less often" than English, shall be assessed using the ELL Pre-K Screening Tool. A student who scores 7/10 or higher on the Pre-K Screening Tool is deemed ineligible for language assistance services. A student who scores 6/10 or lower on the Pre-K Screening Tool is deemed eligible for language assistance services.

(B) Kindergarten 1st semester: Potential EL students are administered only the oral language domain (Speaking and Listening) section of the WIDA Screener for Kindergarten* or Kindergarten MODEL. A Composite/Overall score of 5.0 for WIDA Screener for Kindergarten* or 4.8 for Kindergarten MODEL or better is considered English Language Proficient/Not EL. A Composite/Overall score of 4.5 or below is considered Not English Language Proficient/EL.

(C) Kindergarten 2nd semester through 1st semester 1st grade: Potential EL students are administered all four domains (Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing) of the WIDA Screener for Kindergarten* or Kindergarten MODEL. A Composite/Overall score of 5.0 for WIDA Screener for Kindergarten* or 4.8 for Kindergarten MODEL or better is considered English Language Proficient/Not EL. A Composite/Overall score of 4.5 or below is considered Not English Language Proficient/EL.

(D) A student in the 2nd semester of 1st grade-12th grade whose Home Language Survey indicates that another language is spoken in the home, either "more often" or "less often" than English, shall be administered all four domains of the grade-appropriate WIDA Screener. A Composite/Overall score of 5.0 or better is considered English Language Proficient/Non-EL. A Composite/Overall score of 4.5 or below is considered Not English Proficient/EL.

(b)Language Instruction Education Program (LIEP). Every school district must provide an evidence-based English language acquisition program for students identified as ELLs. A school district may participate in a Title III consortium to provide an appropriate Language Instruction Education Program (LIEP) to ELL students of member districts.

Okla. Admin. Code § 210:15-35-2

Adopted by Oklahoma Register, Volume 32, Issue 23, August 17, 2015, eff. 8/27/2015

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 40, Issue 24, September 1, 2023, eff. 9/11/2023