Education Laws and Regulations

603 CMR 14.00:

Education of English Learners Regulations

Section:

  • 14.01: Scope and Purpose
  • 14.02: Identification and Assessment of Students
  • 14.03: Census
  • 14.04: Placement of Students in English Learner Education Programs
  • 14.05: English Literacy and Fluency Requirements for Teachers of English Language Classrooms
  • 14.06: Parental Right of Enforcement
  • 14.07: Assignment of English Learners to Teachers in School Districts
  • 14.08: Career Vocational Technical Teachers and Administrators
  • 14.09: English Learner Parent Advisory Councils
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Most Recently amended by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education: June 26, 2018

14.03: Census

(1) Each school district shall report annually to the Department the following information as of the last day of the school year for each student who is an English learner:

  1. (a) the school in which the student is enrolled;

  2. (b) the student's grade level;

  3. (c) the student's English proficiency level;

  4. (d) the language in which the student possesses a primary speaking ability; and

  5. (e) the type of English learner program in which the school district has enrolled the student.

(2) When reporting information under 603 CMR 14.03(1)(e), the school district shall specify whether the English learner is enrolled in a sheltered English immersion program or in an alternative instructional program as defined in M.G.L. c. 71A, § 4.

Regulatory Authority:
M.G.L. c. 69, § 1B; c. 69, §§ 1J and 1K, as amended by St. 2010, c. 12, § 3; c. 71, § 38G; c. 71A, as amended by St. 2017, c. 138.

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Last Updated: July 23, 2018