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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not in the DMV but I worked in that testing system. The tests are fairly advanced for K students. They may fail the test and will be stuck until next test 6 mo later unless someone agrees to listen to you and pull them out of the system. I have a mom friend who brings in au pairs from her home country who speak her native language with the kids. She honestly answered and her English speaking kid was tested and didn’t pass. He was missing on more advanced and more fun instruction like “presentation” as he was with ESOL kids. She pulled him out but it took a while for her to alert the district and for them to retest. 
In short: don’t do it. There is no label but the kid will have extra testing and may miss out on fun activities. We were not supposed to pull kids out of PE but when we had to, we did. 
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^^ this,  I am OP and this exactly what DH said will happen (them missing out on fun or more challenging stuff, ps he works in education testing).[/quote]

We've hosted au pairs for many years precisely for the reason to bring fluency in a second language into our home (we speak the language fluently, but it is not our default), and I answered "yes" on the form and had none of the complications that were referenced above.  YMMV.[/quote]

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