Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part XI - Accountability/Testing
Subpart 3 - Bulletin 118-Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices
Chapter 73 - English Language Proficiency Test (ELPT)
Subchapter C - Target Population
Section XI-7307 - Participation Criteria [Formerly LAC 28:CXI.2307]

1. Upon enrollment in school, parents or custodians are provided with a Home Language Survey (HLS) designed to identify which students are potential English Learners and therefore require an assessment of their English language proficiency.

2. If an assessment is required, LEAs must administer the English Language Proficiency Screener (ELPS), which assesses proficiency in all 4 language domains (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) within 30 days of the students enrollment to determine if he or she is eligible for English Learner status. If a student is determined to be less than proficient in any of the four language domains, the student must be classified an English Learner.

1. be between the age of 3 through 21;

2. be enrolled in an English-speaking elementary school or secondary school;

3. not have been born in the United States or has a native language other than English; and

4. have difficulties in speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English language such that such challenges may be sufficient to deny them:

1. A Native American, Alaska Native, or a native resident of the outlying areas and comes from an environment where a language other than English has had significant impact on his or her level of English language proficiency; or

2. Be migratory, having a native language other than English, and come from an environment where a language other than English is dominant.