FAQs
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- Are students whose parents have refused Title III services coded as Limited English Proficiency(LEP) and must they take the LEP assessment?
- Once students whose parents have refused services have met criteria for AMAO 2 (exit from Title III services) are they considered Reclassified English Learner and included in the Reclassified English Learner student group?
- Can students whose parents have refused English Learner services have access to English Learner accommodations as would any other Limited English Proficiency(LEP) student that qualifies for accommodations?
- Do students whose parents have refused English Learner service qualify for the one-year MCA reading exemption provided to active English Learner students who have not been in a U.S. school for one calendar year?
- Do LEAs receive Title III funding for both Limited English Proficiency(LEP) students who are Title III served and those who are not Title III served (those whose parents have refused service)?
- May LEAs use Title III funds to provide services to pre-K English Learners?
- May Title III funds be used to fund the core English Learner instructional program for K- 12 students?
- Are English Language Learners required to take an annual English Learner Proficiency assessment?
- Is parent permission required to administer both the English Language Proficiency (ELP) placement test and annual assessment?
- Are students whose parents have refused English Learner services required to take the English Learner Proficiency assessment?
- Do most recently arrived English Learner students participate in the English Learner Proficiency assessment?
- Do all English language learners need to take state assessments?
- Must a recently arrived English Learner student participate in the reading Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA)?
- Must a recently arrived English Learner student participate in the math Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA)??
- Do recently arrived LEP students have to take state science assessments?