Multilingual Learners
Services and Support Offered:
Structured English Immersion Program: A language acquisition program for English learners in which nearly all classroom instruction is provided in English, but with curriculum and a presentation designed for students who are learning English. At a minimum, students are offered Designated ELD and provided access to grade-level academic subject matter content with Integrated ELD.
Dual-Language Immersion (DLI) Program: A language acquisition program, also referred to as Two-Way Immersion, that provides language learning and academic instruction for native speakers of English and native speakers of another language with the goals of high academic achievement, first and second language proficiency, and cross-cultural understanding. This program begins in Transitional Kindergarten/Kindergarten (TK/K) and continues to sixth or eighth grade.
Parents or guardians may choose a language acquisition program that best suits their child. Schools in which the parents or guardians of 30 students or more per school or the parents or guardians of 20 students or more in any grade request a language acquisition program that is designed to provide language instruction shall be required to offer such a program to the extent possible (20 U.S.C. Section 6312[e][3][A][viii][III]); EC Section 310[a]).
Other services include but are not limited to:
- Newcomer services and support
- Staff development
- Language census
- Language proficiency assessments
- Federal program monitoring (FPM)
- District English Language Advisory Committee (DELAC)
- Home Language Surveys