Calif. District Criticized Over Services for LEP Students
A California district is violating various state and federal laws by neglecting its students who are still learning English, state officials concluded in a report this month.
Based on an investigation last May, the California Department of Education found that the 9,000-student Pittsburg district did not properly assess limited- English-proficient students, give them enough instructional materials to have access to the core curriculum, form advisory committees for parents of LEP students, or carry out a parental-waiver process under Proposition 227. The 1998 state ballot initiative largely replaced bilingual education programs with one-year English-immersion programs.
About 1,700 of the district's students have...
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