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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those of you suggesting that it would be beneficial to prioritize ELL students in immersion schools -- I agree in principle on the benefits but using ELL status as an enrollment criteria seems legally suspect (just as it would be to use non-ELL status as a criteria). [/quote]

Non-ELL status is not a protected class.  On the other hand, using "proficiency" would be far more suspect, as it would mean that a Spanish dominant preschooler with a language delay, something associated with several protected classes, would have less chance than a Spanish dominant preschooler without a language delay.

So, dominance is what makes sense.  A child's dominant language is the one that they speak in their home with their parents.  If the parents more than one different languages, it would  be the one the family speaks when they are together, or the one the child speaks to them in most of the time.  [/quote]

ELL isn't either -- it's emergent from national origin, which is what would make it IMO suspect to distinguish either way.[/quote]

Correction: ELL (or just English Learners)  is not determined solely by nationality. It is based on the Home Language Survey. Testing is required by law for any student for whom any of the following are indicated. 1. A language other than English is spoken at home (no matter how much of the non-English language the child speaks), 2. the child communicates in a language other than English (no matter how English-fluent the parents are), or 3. the student was born outside the United States.

If any of these 3 things apply, testing is required by law to determine if the student is eligible for language support services. There are different levels of eligibility and testing is done annually until English proficiency is established. Parents don't have to accept the support and services, but testing ensures that children's language needs aren't overlooked or underestimated. Afterall, every child is different.

https://dcps.dc.gov/service/supports-english-learners-els

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