2013-2014 Parent/Student Handbook - Asbury Park School District
2013-2014 Parent/Student Handbook - Asbury Park School District
2013-2014 Parent/Student Handbook - Asbury Park School District
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Bilingual Education/ESL<br />
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New Jersey State Law requires that school districts identify and provide educational services to all<br />
students with limited English ability. The school district must provide a bilingual education program to<br />
each language group of 20 or more. The district must provide educational services to improve English<br />
language proficiency to language groups of fewer than twenty (20) students.<br />
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<strong>Parent</strong>s have the right to be notified within ten (10) days if their child has been enrolled in a bilingual<br />
education or English as-a-Second Language (ESL) program.<br />
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<strong>Parent</strong>s have the right to challenge the identification of their children as having limited English ability.<br />
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<strong>Parent</strong>s have the right to discuss with district administrators the procedures and information used to<br />
identify their children as having limited English ability.<br />
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<strong>Parent</strong>s of children in bilingual education programs have the right to receive reports of their children’s<br />
progress written both in English and in their native language. Unless the district can prove that it would<br />
be an unreasonable burden, progress reports for children shall be written in English and the parents’<br />
native language.