Utah Admin. Code R277-716-2 - Definitions
(1) "Alternative language services program"
or "ALS program" means an evidence-based language instruction educational
program used to achieve English proficiency and academic progress of identified
students.
(2) "Alternative language
services" or "ALS" means language services designed to meet the education needs
of all students learning English so that students are able to participate
effectively in the regular instruction program.
(3) "Board" means the same as defined in
Subsection R277-100-2(3).
(4) "Consolidated State Plan" means the
application for federal funds authorized under the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act, or ESEA, 20
U.S.C. Sec. 1001, et seq., as amended, and
other federal sources submitted annually to the Superintendent.
(5) "Evidence-based language instruction
education program" means evidence-based methods, recommended by the
Superintendent, that meet the "Non-Regulatory Guidance: Using Evidence to
Strengthen Education Investments" developed by the U.S. Department of
Education.
(6) "Immigrant children
and youth" for purposes of this rule means individuals who:
(a) are ages 3 through 21;
(b) were born outside of the United States;
and
(c) have not been attending one
or more schools in any one or more states of the United States for more than
three full academic years.
(7) "Instructional Materials Commission"
means a Commission appointed by the Board to evaluate instructional materials
for recommendation by the Board consistent with Title 53E, Chapter 4, State
Instructional Materials Commission.
(8) "Language instruction educational
program" means an instructional course:
(a)
in which a student learning English is placed for developing and attaining
English proficiency, while meeting challenging state academic
standards;
(b) that may make
instructional use of both English and a child's native language to enable the
child to attain and develop English proficiency; and
(c) that may include the participation of
English proficient children if the course is designed to enable all
participating children to become proficient in English and a second
language.
(9) "Student
learning English" means an individual who:
(a)
who has sufficient difficulty speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the
English language, and whose difficulties may deny the individual the
opportunity to:
(i) learn successfully in
classrooms where the language of instruction is English; or
(ii) participate fully in
society;
(b) who was not
born in the United States or whose native language is a language other than
English and who comes from an environment where a language other than English
is dominant; or
(c) who is an
American Indian or Alaskan native or who is a native resident of the outlying
areas and comes from an environment where a language other than English has had
a significant impact on such individual's level of English language
proficiency.
(10) "TESOL"
means Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages.
(11) "TESOL Standards" mean the Pre-K-12
English Language Proficiency Standards established by TESOL
International.
(12) "Title III"
means federal provisions for providing language instruction to students
learning English and immigrant children and youth under
20 U.S.C.
6801, et seq.
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