Funding & Allocations
Title III funds must strictly complement, not replace, state and local funds.
What is the "supplement, not supplant" requirement?
This form must be distributed to all newly enrolling students to indicate if a language other than English is spoken at home.
What is the Home Language Survey (HLS)?
School districts must provide all essential school communications to families in this manner.
What is in a language and format the parents can understand?
The overarching federal law under which Title III is currently authorized.
What is the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)?
The mandatory annual assessment used to measure an EL student's English language proficiency growth.
What is the ELP assessment? (ELPA21)
The specific administrative cost cap allowed for districts using Title III subgrants.
What is 2%?
The rigid timeline (number of days) from the start of the school year to screen and formally notify parents of EL placement.
What is 30 days? (Note: It is 10 days (working) if the student enrolls later in the school-year)
Parents possess this legal right regarding their child's placement in a specialized Title III language program.
What is the right to opt-out or decline the program?
Title III requires all funded language instruction programs to be rooted in this.
What is effective, scientifically based research?
The number of years a district must monitor a student's academic progress after they officially exit EL status.
What is 4 years?
Title III features a distinct, separate set of funds specifically designated to support this subgroup of arriving students.
What is the Immigrant Children and Youth grant?
The federal civil rights law that forbids discrimination against students based on race, color, or national origin.
What is Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Title III requires districts to implement effective outreach strategies to actively involve these family members in their children's education.
Who are parents and family members of English Learners?
The instructional model where ELs receive core content instruction in both English and their native language.
What is Dual Language or Bilingual Education?
Title III requires states to align their English Language Proficiency Standards with these academic standards.
What are the state's academic content standards (Math, Science, Reading)?
Title III funding amounts allocated to local educational agencies (LEAs) are strictly calculated based on this.
What is the total enrollment/count of English Learners and immigrant students in the district?
Title III definitions mandate that a student's lack of English proficiency must deny them the ability to do this successfully in society.
What is achieving or successfully participating in English-only classrooms or state assessments?
School districts are forbidden from requiring these sensitive documents during enrollment, as it deters immigrant registration.
What are social security numbers, visas, or citizenship papers?
The acronym used to describe teachers or instruction focused specifically on English as a Second Language.
What is ESL or ELD?
English as a Second Language or English Language Development
This status applies to an EL student who has been enrolled in U.S. schools for 5 or more years without testing out.
What is a Long-Term English Learner (LTEL)?
LEAs must provide equitable Title III educational services to eligible EL students and teachers in these non-public systems
What are private schools?
This landmark 1974 Supreme Court case ruled that identical education is not equal education for students who do not understand English.
What is Lau v. Nichols?
This 1982 Supreme Court ruling confirmed that undocumented immigrant children have a constitutional right to free public K-12 education.
What is Plyler v. Doe?
The three-pronged test established by a 1981 court case to ensure EL programs are educationally sound and effectively implemented.
What is the Castañeda v. Pickard standard?
Under ESSA accountability rules, this entity determines the specific criteria and cut-scores a student must reach to exit Title III services.
What is the State Educational Agency (SEA) / State Department of Education?