Student Eligibility and Referral Information

 

HOW CAN A STUDENT ENTER THE BILINGUAL/ESL PROGRAM?

Eligible students from any of the participating Wayne county school districts are referred by the local district representative to the Wayne County RESA bilingual/ESL office. The program director will then assign an instructional staff person to assess the student’s needs and provide needed assistance.

WHAT IS AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARN?

To be classified as ELL, a child must meet one of the following preconditions:

  • Born in a non-English speaking country outside of the United States OR
  • Have a native language other than English as most relied upon for communication;
  • Come from a home in which a language other than English is most relied upon for communication;
  • Be a Native American or Alaskan Native who comes from an environment in which a language other than
  • English has had a significant impact on the child’s level of English language proficiency.
  • Secondly, as a result of one or more of the preconditions, the child must have sufficient difficulty understanding, speaking, reading or writing the English language as to deny the child the opportunity to learn in an English only classroom environment.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

Students in grades K through 12 whose home language is other than English.

WHAT ARE THE STUDENT EXIT CRITERIA?

Parents request in writing that services be discontinued.

Student achieves a score of proficient or better on the states English language proficiency test (ELPA) in broad English ability and is functioning adequately in an English 0nly environment.