IHBEA - ENGLISH LEARNERS
The School Board recognizes the need to provide a program for students who are English learners in order to assure these students of equal educational opportunity.
TheTo that end, the Superintendent shall appoint a Lau Plan Coordinator, who will be responsible for developing and implementing a plan"Lau Plan" to meet the needs of thesestudents students.who Thisare LauEnglish PlanLanguage/Multilingual shalllearners, includeincluding procedures for screening, identification, provisionassessment, programming, monitoring of services,progress, assessment,exit/reclassification, exiting,follow-up, and monitoring.parent Thenotification. LauA PlanLanguage CoordinatorAssessment willCommittee alsoshall conductbe appointed to assist in the coordination, oversight and periodic reviewsreview of the program.
The Lau Plan shall be approved by the Board before it is submitted to the Maine Department of Education.
At the beginning of each school year, Cape Elizabeth School Department will notify parents/guardians of students identified for or participating in programs for English language/Multilingual learners about the instructional program and parent rights, as required by law. Parents will be regularly informed of their child's progress. Whenever practicable, communications with parents will be in the language understood by the parents.
Legal Reference:
- 40 USC Section 2000d Title VI
of the 1964Civil Rights Act of 1963 Title20IIIUSCofSectionthe68011965etElementary and Secondary Education Actseq.- Maine Dept. of Ed. Rule Ch. 127.02
Cross Reference:
Adopted:
- May 13, 1997
Revised:
- September 10, 2013
- May 14, 2019
- February 13, 2024