Illinois Administrative Code
Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
Part 228 - TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL EDUCATION
Section 228.25 - Program Options, Placement, and Assessment
Universal Citation: 23 IL Admin Code § 228.25
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 52, December 27, 2024
a) Program Options and Placement
1) When an attendance center has an
enrollment of 20 or more English learners of the same language classification
the school district must establish a transitional bilingual education (TBE)
program for each language classification represented by those students. (See
Section 14C-3 of the School Code and Section
228.30(c)
of this Part.) A further assessment of those
students to determine their specific programmatic needs or for placement in
either a full-time or a part-time program may be conducted. This subsection
(a)(1) applies only to students enrolled in kindergarten or any of grades 1
through 12 in an attendance center.
2) When an attendance center has an
enrollment of 19 or fewer English learners of any single
language classification other than English, the school district shall conduct
an individual student language assessment to determine each student's need for
home language instruction and may provide a transitional bilingual program in
the languages other than English common to these students. If the district
elects not to provide a transitional bilingual program, the district shall
provide a locally determined transitional program of instruction (TPI) for
those students. (Section 14C-3 of the School Code) (See Section
228.30(d)
of this Part.) This subsection (a)(2) applies only to students enrolled in
kindergarten or any of grades 1 through 12 in an attendance center.
3) When a preschool program of the school
district has an enrollment of 20 or more English learners of any single
language classification other than English in an attendance center or a
non-school-based facility, the school district shall establish a TBE program
for each language classification represented by the students. If the preschool
program of an attendance center or non-school-based facility has 19 or fewer
English learners of any single language classification other than English, then
the school district shall meet the requirements of subsection (a)(2) when
determining placement and the program to be provided.
b) English Language Proficiency Assessment
1) School districts must annually assess the
English language proficiency, including aural comprehension (listening),
speaking, reading, and writing skills, of all English learners in kindergarten
and any of grades 1 through 12 (See Section 14C-3 of the School Code) using the
English language proficiency assessment prescribed by the State Superintendent
of Education. This assessment shall be administered during a testing window
designated by the State Superintendent to determine individual students'
continuing need and eligibility for bilingual education services. The annual
assessment shall be based on the English Language Development Standards
Kindergarten-Grade 12 (2020), published by the Board of Regents of the
University of Wisconsin System on behalf of the WIDA Consortium, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, 1025 West Johnson Street, Suite 785, Madison WI 53706, and
posted at
https://wida.wisc.edu/sites/default/files/resource/WIDA-ELD-Standards-Framework-2020.pdf.
No later amendments to or editions of these standards are incorporated by this
Section.
2) The State
Superintendent shall inform school districts no later than July 1 of the scores
to be used to determine whether a student is identified as "proficient" and
modify the State Board's website accordingly.
A) Each student whose score on the English
language proficiency assessment is identified as "proficient" shall exit the
program of bilingual education services, subject to the provisions of Section
14C-3 of the School Code.
B) Each
student whose score is identified as "proficient" in accordance with subsection
(b)(2)(A) shall be identified as a former English learner.
3) Each student who is not enrolled in a
program under this Part but who has been identified as an English learner shall
be required to participate in the assessment each year until that student
achieves a "proficient" score.
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