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Our goal for students with limited English proficiency is to help them attain proficiency in the English language while engaging in high - quality Tier 1 curricula.
A student in Louisiana is classified as an English Learner (EL) according to Louisiana BESE Bulletin 741. A student identified as an English Learner must:
be between the ages of 3 through 21;
be enrolled in an English-speaking elementary school or secondary school;
not have been born in the United States or has a native language other than English; and
have difficulties in speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English language such that such challenges maybe sufficient to deny them:
the ability to meet the state’s proficient level of achievement on state assessments;
the ability to successfully achieve in classrooms where the language of instruction is English, or
the opportunity to participate fully in society.
A student identified as an English Learner may be:
a Native American, Alaska Native, or a native resident of outlying areas and comes from an environment where a language other than English has had a significant impact on his or her level of English language proficiency; OR
migratory, having a native language other than English, and come from an environment where a language other than English is dominant.