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| 1. The right to a high-quality orientation session, provided by your school district, that focuses on state standards, tests, and school expectations for ELLs, as well as the program goals and requirements for Bilingual Education and English as a New Language. This orientation must occur before final school program placement and must be in your preferred language. 2. The right to receive information about your children’s English language development, and also about their home language development if they are in a Bilingual Education program. 3. The right to meet with school staff at least once a year, in addition to other generally required meetings, to discuss your children’s overall learning and language development progress. 4. The right for your children to be placed in a Bilingual Education or English as a New Language program within 10 days of enrollment, and the right to opt out of a Bilingual Education program. At a minimum, your children must receive English as a New Language instruction. 5.The right for your children to transfer to another school in your district that offers Bilingual Education in your language, if your children’s original school does not offer such a program. | 1. The school must give you an information meeting, called an orientation that tells you and other parents about the state tests and what schools expect from ELL students. The school must also tell you about the plans and needs for Bilingual Education (Ed) and ENL (English as a New Language). This orientation must be in your language and happen before your child is placed in his or her program.  2. The school must tell you if your child’s English is getting better, worse, or staying the same. If your child is in a Bilingual Ed. program, the school must tell you if his or her first language is getting better, worse, or staying the same.  3. You can meet with the teachers and/or other school workers a minimum of one time a year to talk about how your child is doing with his or her language learning.  4.The school must place your child in an ENL (English as a New Language) 10 days after school starts. You do not need to put your child in a Bilingual Ed. program if you do not want them in one. Your child must, at minimum, be in an ENL class.  5. You can put your child in another school in your district that can give him or her bilingual education in your family’s language if the first school does not have a bilingual education program.  |
Sources: Bill of Rights for Parents of English Language Learners (nyc.gov)
