Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 200 - Board of Education
Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education
Subchapter 30 - Student Supports
Part 3 - Regulations Governing the Education of English Language Learners
Section 200-RICR-20-30-3.1 - Introduction and Authority
Universal Citation: 200 RI Code of Rules 20 30 3.1
Current through September 18, 2024
A. These regulations implement R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-54-1, et seq. and are intended to support compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq.) and the Equal Education Opportunities Act of 1974 (See: 20 U.S.C. § 1703(f)). More particularly, these regulations are intended to:
1. Ensure
that English Language Learners ("ELLs") attain a level of proficiency in
English and content knowledge that will permit them to
a. Succeed in their school's
general-education program,
b. Meet
state graduation-by-proficiency requirements,
c. Be prepared for post-secondary education
and work, and
d. Become an
essential asset to Rhode Island's economic and social well-being.
2. Require that English Language
Learners be instructed, and their English language skills be annually assessed,
in accordance with the English Language Proficiency Standards ("ELPs") of the
World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment ("WIDA") Consortium (2007)
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, on behalf of the WIDA
Consortium, https://www.wida.us/standards/eld.aspx,
incorporated herein by reference, not including later amendments or editions
thereof. The WIDA standards are hereby adopted by the Council on Elementary and
Secondary Education as Rhode Island's ELL proficiency standards. These
standards also are intended to comply with Rhode Island's obligation to adopt
English language proficiency standards that are derived from the four (4)
recognized domains of speaking, listening, reading, and writing; address the
different proficiency levels of English learners; and align the proficiency
standards with the State's academic standards. See
20 U.S.C. §
6311. WIDA is a consortium of
states, including Rhode Island, that has developed English Language Proficiency
Standards for English Language Learners.
3. Ensure that English Language Learners meet
Common Core State Standards (July, 2010) in all subject areas.
4. Ensure that English Language Learners have
access to a free, appropriate, public education equal to the education provided
to all other students. This goal is to be reached by ensuring that programs for
English Language Learners are:
a. Based on
sound educational theory;
b.
Appropriately supported, with adequate and effective staff and resources, so
that the program may reasonably be expected to be successful; and
c. Periodically evaluated and, if necessary,
revised.
5. Facilitate
the preservation and development of the existing native language skills of
English Language Learners.
6. Help
ensure English language proficiency in Rhode Island.
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