New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner
Subchapter I - Scholarships and Grants
Part 154 - Services for Pupils with Limited English Proficiency
Subpart 154-3 - IDENTIFICATION AND EXIT PROCEDURES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER PROGRAMS OPERATED IN THE 2015-2016 SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER
Section 154-3.2 - Definition

Language Proficiency Team (LPT) shall mean a committee that makes a recommendation regarding the initial assessment of English Language Learner status for a student with a disability. The LPT shall be minimally comprised of a school/district administrator; a teacher or related service provider with a bilingual extension and/or a teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages. certified pursuant to Part 80 of this Title; the director of special education or individual in a comparable title (or his or her designee); and the student's parent or person in parental relation. A qualified interpreter or translator of the language or mode of communication the parent or person in parental relation best understands, as defined in section 154-2.2(t) of this Part, shall be present at each meeting of the LPT.