NEPN/NSBA Code:  IHBEA

PROGRAM FOR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT STUDENTS

The Lewiston School Committee recognizes that in order to assure equal educational opportunity for all Lewiston Public School students, the school system needs to provide an appropriate instructional program for students who are limited in English proficiency.

To that end, the Superintendent/designee shall be responsible for developing and implementing a “Lau Plan” to meet the needs of such students, including procedures for identification, assessment, programming, monitoring of progress, exit/reclassification, and parent notification.

The Lau Plan shall be approved by the School Committee before it is submitted to the Maine Department of Education.

At the beginning of each school year, the school unit shall notify parents of students identified for or participating in limited English proficiency programs about the instructional program and parent rights, as required by law. Parents will be regularly apprised of their child’s progress. Whenever practicable, communications with parents will be in the language understood by the parents.

Legal Reference:  42 U.S.C. § 2000d (Title VI, Civil Rights Act of 1964) 

      20 U.S.C. §§ 6801 et seq.

     Ch. 127.02 (Maine Dept. of Ed. Rule)

Adopted: December 11, 2006

Reviewed: September 10, 2012

Reviewed: November 14, 2022