Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 210 - State Department of Education › Chapter 15 - Curriculum and Instruction › Subchapter 35 - English Language Learner Programs › Section 210:15-35-2 - Responsibilities of school districts

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Identification of ELL students.
Pursuant to federal law, school
				districts are required to implement procedures for identifying English Language
				Learner (ELL) students.
(1)
Timeframe.
Identification, screening, and parental notification of
				ELL students eligible for language assistance services shall occur within
				thirty (30) days of the beginning of the school year. For students who transfer
				to a district during the school year, identification as an ELL student eligible
				for language assistance services and parental notification shall occur within
				two weeks of enrollment.
(2)
Home Language Survey.
Each school is required to conduct a home
				language survey in regard to every student, which requests from the student's
				parent or guardian only the following information:
(A) What is the dominant language most often
				spoken by the student?
(B) What is
				the language routinely spoken in the home, regardless of the language spoken by
				the student?
(C) What language was
				first learned by the student?
(3)
Screening tools.
(A) A student in an early childhood education
				program whose Home Language Survey indicates that another language is spoken in
				the home, either "more often" or "less often" than English, shall be assessed
				using the ELL Pre-K Screening Tool. A student who scores 7/10 or higher on the
				Pre-K Screening Tool is deemed ineligible for language assistance services. A
				student who scores 6/10 or lower on the Pre-K Screening Tool is deemed eligible
				for language assistance services.
(B) Kindergarten 1st semester: Potential EL
				students are administered only the oral language domain (Speaking and
				Listening) section of the WIDA Screener for Kindergarten* or Kindergarten
				MODEL. A Composite/Overall score of 5.0 for WIDA Screener for Kindergarten* or
				4.8 for Kindergarten MODEL or better is considered English Language
				Proficient/Not EL. A Composite/Overall score of 4.5 or below is considered Not
				English Language Proficient/EL.
(C)
				Kindergarten 2nd semester through 1st semester 1st grade: Potential EL students
				are administered all four domains (Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing)
				of the WIDA Screener for Kindergarten* or Kindergarten MODEL. A
				Composite/Overall score of 5.0 for WIDA Screener for Kindergarten* or 4.8 for
				Kindergarten MODEL or better is considered English Language Proficient/Not EL.
				A Composite/Overall score of 4.5 or below is considered Not English Language
				Proficient/EL.
(D) A student in the
				2nd semester of 1st grade-12th grade whose Home Language Survey indicates that
				another language is spoken in the home, either "more often" or "less often"
				than English, shall be administered all four domains of the grade-appropriate
				WIDA Screener. A Composite/Overall score of 5.0 or better is considered English
				Language Proficient/Non-EL. A Composite/Overall score of 4.5 or below is
				considered Not English Proficient/EL.