English learners: reclassification.
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Two Thirds
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No
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No
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Overview
This bill changes how California reclassifies English learners as proficient in English. Currently, it uses four criteria, but the bill makes it so that students are reclassified as proficient when they meet a state-established score on an English language proficiency assessment or on the statewide alternate assessment. The bill also requires schools to communicate specific information to parents about their child’s English learner status and progress, and it mandates that schools monitor reclassified students for four years to ensure continued academic success. Finally, it deletes obsolete provisions and establishes a process for evaluating the bill’s impact.
Key provisions
- English learner pupils will be reclassified as English proficient when they meet a state-established score on an English language proficiency assessment or the statewide alternate assessment.
- Schools must communicate specific information to parents about their child’s English learner status and progress.
- Local educational agencies must monitor reclassified English learners for four years after reclassification.
- The reclassification procedures will be inoperative starting July 1, 2027, and repealed as of January 1, 2028.
- A standardized English language teacher observation protocol will be developed and made available to educators.
- The department must contract for the development of rubrics and sample alternative coursework for English learners with IEPs who do not take the statewide alternate assessment.
- The department must annually post reclassification rates and outcomes on its website.
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