LCSD's ELL Plan 2019-2020

Educating children from immigrant and ethnic minority group families is a major concern of school systems across the country.  To ensure that the students in this group receive an equitable education, the Office for Civil Rights has established guidelines for the instruction of ELs.  At the most basic level the Office for Civil Rights wants every school district in the nation to know that it is a violation of Civil Rights Law to have Limited English Proficient (LEP) children sitting in classrooms where they do not understand the language of instruction without providing them help that will enable them to learn along with their English speaking peers.  These children must be given assistance in learning to speak and understand English, and in using English to learn other subjects.  To this end, the Lauderdale County School District implemented an English Language Proficiency Program.

The primary goal of the EL Program is to increase student access to quality education while providing guidance and support to other professionals within the school community who are involved in the education of EL students.  This document establishes the parameters of the EL Program and provides for a district-wide policy related to the identification, placement, and instruction for EL students.