Superintendents
Co-op Directors
Secondary Principals
Elementary Principals
Middle School Principals
other: Asst. Prin.
ESL & Fed. Prog. Coord

Regulatory Authority:
N/A

Phone Number:
501-682-5834

E-mail:
ellen.treadway@arkansas.gov

On August 14, 2006, the Arkansas Board of Education approved new minimum criteria for exiting and reclassifying limited English proficient (LEP) students enrolled in English as a second language (ESL) programs in Arkansas schools.
These criteria are required elements of Language Assessment and Placement (LPAC) LEP student documentation forms and parental notification forms of placement and assessment of English language learners (ELLs) enrolled in ESL programs.

Documentation is required on all LEP students during enrollment in an ESL program and for two years after a student is exited from an ESL program. Each student’s progress shall be reviewed and documented on a yearly basis, or more frequently as needed, by the school’s LPAC.

Districts are required to monitor and to assist ELLs for two years after exiting the ESL program, according the federal law under Title III of No Child Left Behind.

Exited students’ English Language Proficiency Assessment (ELPA) test scores may be banked and included in a school’s spring ELPA test score report for a maximum of two years.

For additional information about ESL program implementation and LEP student documentation, please contact Dr. Andre Guerrero, ADE director of programs for English language learners (andre.guerrero@arkansas.gov or 501-682-5014).