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English Learners (EL) and English as a Second Language (ESL) Program
Last Updated on Friday, September 16, 2011 at 12:33 PM

English Learners (ELs) are those students in Kentucky schools whose primary language is other than English. English Learners enter Kentucky schools with a variety of language backgrounds, educational experiences and levels of English proficiency.

Title III of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is part of legislation enacted to ensure that English Learners, including immigrant children and youth, develop English proficiency and meet the same academic content and academic achievement standards that other children are expected to meet. The information contained on this website is based on the federal and state regulations and Office of Civil Rights program requirements for the education of English Learners and immigrant children and youth. The Kentucky Title III Program provides support to districts as they work with their English Learners and Immigrant students to: For additional information, contact Shelda Hale or Jayne Kraemer at 502-564-4970. AMAO ||
 * Choose an educational approach
 * Identify and assess the students
 * Provide a research-based program of services
 * Provide staffing and resources
 * Implement state criteria for transitioning students from services
 * Maintain accurate data and reporting in order to:
 * Monitor transitioned students
 * Periodically evaluate and revise their program
 * Receive [|funding] allocations
 * MONTH || TASK ||
 * January || ACCESS Testing Window opens ||
 * ^  || Deadline to order [|extra] materials ||
 * ^  || Declaration of Participation for Federal Programs (Title III) is mailed to Superintendents ||
 * February || Deadline for __districts/consortia__ in Year 2 Improvement Status to revise, re-post and notify KDE of revisions to the Comprehensive District Improvement Plan (CDIP) and communicate changes to the local board of education, district and school leadership, and all school councils ||
 * ^  || ACCESS Testing Window closes ||
 * ^  || Districts pack completed materials ||
 * ^  || Districts ship completed materials to MeriTech ||
 * March || Deadline for __schools__ in districts/consortia that did not meet AMAO for two or more consecutive years to modify their Comprehensive School Improvement Plan (CSIP) to reflect CDIP revisions ||
 * April || ACCESS Reports shipped to districts ||
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Correction Window for ACCESS opens ||
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">KDE will pull EL and Immigrant data from the Infinite Campus state database on April 16 for Title III funding ||
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Correction Window for EL and Immigrant data in Infinite Campus opens ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">May || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Correction window for ACCESS closes ||
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Final ACCESS data due to KDE ||
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Annual Performance Report (APR) Due to KDE by May 15 ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">June || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Division of Budgets calculates tentative Title III Funding based on Infinite Campus data ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">July || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">US Department of Education notification of Title III grant award to KDE ||
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Districts participating in Title III Funding will be mailed a sub grant packet with their tentative allocation ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">August || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Administer W-APT screener to students identified by Home Language Survey within 30 days of start of school year ||
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Develop Program Services plans for ELs ||
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Final calculations for Title III funding are prepared and notification of final allocation is sent to superintendent and [|finance] officer ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">September || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Administer W-APT screener to students identified by Home Language Survey within 30 days of start of school year ||
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Develop Program Services Plans (PSP)for ELs ||
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">AMAO Reports Released; Districts/consortia in Title III Improvement Status (Year 1 to Year 4) must notify parents of ELs within 30 days of notification of failure to meet
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Within two weeks of receiving notification of Title III allocation, districts must complete the Title III Application and Budget and return it to KDE ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">October || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Deadline for parent notification of failure to meet AMAO ||
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Order Pre-ID Labels ||
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Order ACCESS Test materials ||
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Annual Title III/EL District Coordinators Meeting ||
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Kentucky Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (KYTESOL) Conference ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">November || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">ACCESS Test Administration Training & Certification ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">December || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">ACCESS Test [|Administration Training] & Certification ||
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">ACCESS Test materials shipped to Districts ||
 * ^  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Districts receive ACCESS test materials ||

[|EL Pre-College Curriculum and Foreign Language] Many questions have been asked concerning the ways English Learners (ELs) may demonstrate competency in a foreign language. In order to meet the pre-college curriculum requirement students need to demonstrate a “basic-user” competency in a foreign language, that is, any language other than their native language, including English. There is no ... [|More]

[|English Language Proficiency Standards] The World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) English Language Proficiency Standards for English Language Learners in Kindergarten through 12th Grade serve as Kentucky’s NCLB required English language proficiency standards. These standards will act as a companion document to The Program of Studies for Kentucky Schools Primary – 12 (2006) in guiding ... [|More]

[|English Learners (ELs) Course Codes and Descriptions] These proposed course descriptions are offered as examples of courses appropriate for serving the needs of English Learners (ELs). KDE and the Kentucky Educational Professional Standards Board are working to standardize course codes by using an alternate number field provided through the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), which would not ... [|More]

[|English Learners (ELs) Data Standards in Infinite Campus] Specific data elements for English Learners (ELs) must be collected to ensure that accurate information will be used in federal reporting for No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Infinite Campus (IC) allows schools to maintain student and staff data for state reporting requirements for English Learners (ELs). LEP Data Standards ... [|More]

[|English Learners Websites] Links to websites of interest to ELs.

[|Home Language Survey] All local school districts are required to administer a home language survey to students enrolled in the district as a first screening process to identify students with limited English proficiency. (703 KAR 5:070). A local school district shall administer a home language survey to students enrolled in the district as the ... [|More]

[|Immigrant English Language Learners] An Immigrant student is an individual who:(A) is aged 3 through 21;(B) was not born in any State (of the United States of America); and(C) has not been attending one or more schools in any one or more States for more than 3 full academic years.He or she may or may not be a ... [|More]

[|Migrant English Learners] Migrant English Learners (ELs) are K-12th grade students who in addition to being identified as limited English proficient (LEP) are part of a federal entitlement program designed to provide supplementary education and human resources services to highly mobile children who are aged three (3) through twenty one (21).

[|Monitoring Former English Learners (ELs)] Designated instructional staff, such as English Learners (ELs) staff or a guidance counselor, must formally monitor the RFEP student’s academic performance regularly. The information must be documented in the student’s records. If monitoring shows that the student is struggling in academic performance and/or English language skills, appropriate assistance and language instruction ... [|More]

[|Preschool and Kindergarten ELs] Information and guidance for serving English Learners in pre-school and kindergarten settings.

[|WIDA - World Class Instructional Design and Assessment] To meet No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Title III requirements, states are mandated to identify and annually administer a standards-based English language proficiency test to all English Learners (ELs) in grades K-12. In order to comply with the NCLB requirement of an annual English Language Proficiency Assessment for ELs, Kentucky joined ... [|More]
 * For more information contact:**

500 Mero Street, 18th Floor CPT Frankfort, KY 40601 Phone: 502-564-2106 x4103 shelda.hale@education.ky.gov [|**Title III: Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students- Public Law 107-110**]
 * Shelda Hale**

[|**Preschool and Kindergarten ELs**]

Information and guidance for serving English Learners in pre-school and kindergarten settings. [|**Quick Reference Guide: Implementing District Limited English Proficient (LEP) Programs**]

A toolkit containing informational flowcharts to support narratives about English Learner programs in Kentucky. The following topics/flowcharts are covered in this document.
 * Developing EL Programs - Overview Steps
 * Identification and Placement Process - Title III English Learners
 * English Language Proficiency Assessment guidelines for ACCESS for ELLs® and W-APT
 * District EL Program Review/Evaluation Process
 * Funding Allocation Timeline for Title III - EL & Immigrant