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POLICY CODE:
IHBEA
TO: Superintendents of Schools and
Principals of Private Schools
FROM: Susan A. Gendron,
Commissioner
DATE: September 1, 2004
RE: Form EF-I-283-Survey of
Language Minority Children
The Maine Department of Education (MDOE) is conducting its annual
survey of language minority children in
1.
To comply with state legislation 20-MRSA (§15603) that will provide
reimbursement to schools that enroll students of limited English proficiency
(LEP). (See Part III of EF-I-283).
2.
To comply with Titles I and III of No Child Left Behind
Act.
3.
To coordinate the data collection efforts at the MDOE in supporting the
instructional needs of
4.
To support initiation of electronic data collection through the Maine
Educational Data Management
System.
All questions on the survey refer to the current school year beginning
September 3, 2004. Please note that questions 1-4 under Part I must be answered by all
school administrative units, even if no language minority youth are
enrolled. All questions under Part
II must be completed for school administrative units enrolling one or more
limited English proficient (LEP) students.
All questions under Part III
must be completed for school administrative units seeking some state reimbursement
for their personnel expenditures for instruction to LEP students. The percentage of reimbursement
with available funds will be determined based on total eligible costs submitted
statewide. The EF-I-283 MS Office 95 and Excel 7.0 Spreadsheet for Parts I
through IV is available at the Department of Education
homepage:
http://www.maine.gov/education/esl/requir.htm or http://www.maine.gov/education/esl/index.shtml
or by contacting the English as a second language and bilingual education
office at (207) 624-6772. If you
are e-mailing the document, please attach the spreadsheet to the e-mail and
send to: Dr. Barney Bérubé, Department
of Education, 23 State House Station,
Perhaps the best person to complete this survey would be an ESL or
bilingual education coordinator, ESL teacher or a language assessment committee
member in schools where language minority children are enrolled. Otherwise, the superintendent or private
school principal may assign this task as appropriate. A home language survey and accompanying
instructions are enclosed to help each school unit in responding to survey
question 1, under Part I. Note that the home language surveys are NOT to be returned to this
Department; rather, schools aggregate data from those surveys to answer
question 1 under Part I. Return
only the completed EF-I-283 form to the Department. Note also that data is cumulative--that is,
the data applies to previous home language survey records and new LEP
student enrollees. All forms may be duplicated to meet distribution needs.
Please retain in your files
a copy of all data used to answer the survey questions. Assistance with particular questions may be
secured by calling 624-6787. To be
eligible for state reimbursement of ESL/BE instruction costs, you must complete
and return Form EF-I-283, Parts I through III no later than December 17,
2004 to: Dr. Barney Bérubé,
Maine Department of Education, 23 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0023. Part IV may be
submitted as late as May 14, 2005. The MDOE will be unable to process Part III of
this form for reimbursement if it is received later than 12/17/04. Your cooperation in completing this
important task on time is appreciated.
Thank you.
SAG: BB