Office of English Language Acquisition "English Learner" Toolkit
English Learner Tool Kit Updated with ESSA references. OELA’s EL Tool Kit was published in 2015 as a companion to support the 2015
Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) produced by the Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, and the Department of Justice, outlining legal obligations for ELs. Some chapters of the tool kit have been updated related to the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA).
The English Learner Tool Kit helps state and local education agencies help English Learners (ELs) by fulfilling these obligations.
The Toolkit has 10 chapters (one for each section of the DCL), and contains an overview, sample tools, and resources.
To request the tool kit in an alternate format as a reasonable accommodation, i.e. Braille, large print, CD Rom or audio, please contact Melissa Escalante by phone, 202-401-1407 or via email at:
Melissa.Escalante@ed.gov.
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