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Chapter 11. Special Programs Subchapter 4. English Language Learner Education Duration of Services
School districts shall continue to provide additional and appropriate educational services to English learners in kindergarten through grade 12 for the purposes of overcoming language barriers until the English learners have:
(a) demonstrated English-language proficiency comparable to that of the school district's average native English-language speakers; and
(b) recouped any academic deficits which may have been incurred in other areas of the core curriculum as a result of language barriers.
NOTE
Authority cited:
Education Code 33031
Reference:
Education Code 305
Education Code 306
Education Code 310
Castaneda v. Pickard (5th Cir. 1981) 648 F.2d 989, 1009-1011; and Gomez v. Illinois State Board of Education (7th Cir. 1987) 811 F.2d 1030, 1041-1042.
(Amended By Register 99, No. 1)