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Education For English Learners - Education For English Language Learners

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Legal & Management References

State

5 CCR 11300-11316 - English learner education

5 CCR 11510-11517.5 - California English Language Development Test

5 CCR 11517.6-11519.5 - English Language Proficiency Assessments for California

5 CCR 853 - Administration of CAASPP

5 CCR 854.9 - CAASPP and unlisted resources for students with disabilities

Ed. Code 200 - Prohibition of discrimination

Ed. Code 300-340 - English language education for immigrant children

Ed. Code 310 - Language acquisition programs

Ed. Code 313-313.5 - Assessment of English proficiency

Ed. Code 33050 - Nonwaivable provisions

Ed. Code 361 - Statewide implementation plan for the “EL Roadmap Policy”

Ed. Code 42238.02 - Local Control Funding Formula

Ed. Code 430-446 - English Learner and Immigrant Pupil Federal Conformity Act

Ed. Code 44253.1-44253.11 - Qualifications of teachers of English learners

Ed. Code 48345 - Interdistrict instruction collaboration agreements

Ed. Code 48980 - Parent/Guardian notifications

Ed. Code 48985 - Notices to parents/guardians in language other than English

Ed. Code 52052 - Accountability; numerically significant student subgroups

Ed. Code 52060-52077 - Local control and accountability plan

Ed. Code 52160-52178 - Bilingual Bicultural Act of 1976

Ed. Code 56305 - CDE manual on English learners with disabilities

Ed. Code 60603 - Definition; recently arrived English learner

Ed. Code 60640 - California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress

Ed. Code 60811.8 - Newcomer student; definition

Ed. Code 62002.5 - Continuation of advisory committee after program sunsets

Federal

20 USC 1412 - State eligibility

20 USC 1701-1721 - Equal Educational Opportunities Act

20 USC 6311 - State plan

20 USC 6312 - Local educational agency plan

20 USC 6801-7014 - Limited English proficient and immigrant students

20 USC 7011 - Definition of immigrant children and youth

20 USC 7801 - Definition of English learner

34 CFR 100.3 - Prohibition of discrimination on basis of race, color or national origin

Management Resources

Attorney General Opinion - 83 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 40 (2000)

California Department of Education Communication - Updated Reclassification Guidance for 2018-19

California Department of Education Communication - Interim Guidance on Transitional Kindergarten Students and English Language Proficiency Testing, June 2024

California Department of Education Publication - EL Roadmap Policy

California Department of Education Publication - Summative English Language Proficiency Assessments for California, Assessment Fact Sheet, July 2023

California Department of Education Publication - Englisher Learner, Federal Program Monitoring Instrument

California Department of Education Publication - Monitoring Reclassified Students, December 2019

California Department of Education Publication - California Practitioners’ Guide for Educating English Learners with Disabilities, 2019

California Department of Education Publication - English Language Proficiency Assessments for California Information Guide, July 2023

California Department of Education Publication - California Digital Learning Integration and Standards Guidance, May 2021

California Department of Education Publication - Integrating the CA ELD Standards into K-12 Mathematics and Science Teaching and Learning, December 2015

California Department of Education Publication - Accessibility Resources Matrix, 2022

California Department of Education Publication - Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten through Grade Twelve, rev. March 2015

California Department of Education Publication - Reclassification Guidance for 2020-21 and Statewide Testing Window Extension, CDE Correspondence, June 14, 2021

California Department of Education Publication - California English Learner Roadmap: Strengthening Comprehensive Educational Policies, Programs and Practices for English Learners, 2017

California Department of Education Publication - Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, 2013

California Department of Education Publication - English Language Development Standards for California Public Schools: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve, 2012

California Department of Education Publication - English Language Arts/English Language Development Framework for California Public Schools: Kindergarten through Grade Twelve, 2014

Commission on Teacher Credentialing Publication - Bilingual Authorization Educator Preparation Preconditions, Program Standards, and Bilingual Teaching Performance Expectations, December 2021

Court Decision - Valeria O. v. Davis (2002) 307 F.3d 1036

Court Decision - California Teachers Association v. State Board of Education et al. (9th Circuit, 2001) 271 F.3d 1141

Court Decision - McLaughlin v. State Board of Education (1999) 75 Cal.App.4th 196

Court Decision - Teresa P. et al v. Berkeley Unified School District et al (1989) 724 F.Supp. 698

CSBA Publication - English Learners in Focus, Issue 1: Updated Demographic and Achievement Profile of California's English Learners, Governance Brief, September 2016

CSBA Publication - English Learners in Focus, Issue 3: Ensuring High-Quality Staff for English Learners, Governance Brief, July 2016

CSBA Publication - English Learners in Focus, Issue 4: Expanding Bilingual Education in California after Proposition 58, Governance Brief, March 2017

CSBA Publication - English Learners in Focus: The English Learner Roadmap: Providing Direction for English Learner Success, Governance Brief, February 2018

CSBA Publication - English Learners in Focus, Issue 2: The Promise of Two-Way Immersion Programs, Governance Brief, September 2014

The Education Trust- West Publication - Unlocking Learning: Science as a Lever for English Learner Equity, January 2017

The Education Trust- West Publication - Unlocking Learning II: Math as a Lever for English Learner Equity, March 2018

U.S. Department of Education Publication - English Learners and Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as Amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), September 2016

U.S. Department of Education Publication - Innovative Solutions for Including Recently Arrived English Learners in State Accountability Systems: A Guide for States, January 2017

U.S. Department of Education Publication - English Learner Tool Kit for State and Local Educational Agencies (SEAs and LEAs), rev. November 2016

U.S. Department of Education Publication - Dear Colleague Letter: English Learner Students and Limited English Proficient Parents, January 7, 2015

Website - Observation Protocol for Teachers of English Learners (OPTEL)

Website - California Department of Education home language survey

Website - Bilingual teacher professional development program

Website - Bilingual teacher training programs

Website - California Department of Education, English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC)

Website - CSBA District and County Office of Education Legal Services

Website - National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition

Website - The Education Trust-West

Website - California Department of Education, English Learners

Website - California Association for Bilingual Education