Bilingual Education and World Languages Protocols

Bilingual Education and World Languages Protocols
The Lynbrook UFSD currently does not offer Bilingual Education; however, Stand-Alone and Integrated ENL programs are offered at all levels. To determine whether or not a student qualifies for such services, whether or not instruction is being delivered using an in-person or hybrid model, the ELL identification process will be completed within 30 school days of the start of the school year for all students who enrolled during COVID-19 school closures in 2019-20, as well as all students who enroll during summer of 2020 and during the first 20 school days of the 2020-21 school year. After this 20-day flexibility period, identification of ELLs will be completed for all students within required 10 school days of initial enrollment as required by Commissioner’s Regulations Part 154.

Newly identified, previously identified, and former ELLs will receive the required instructional Units of Study to all ELLs based on their most recently measured English language proficiency level during in-person or hybrid instruction.

Regardless of the instructional model, regular communication with parents/guardians of ELLs will take place in order to ensure that they are engaged in their children’s education during the reopening process and throughout the school year.  All communications for parents/guardians of ELLs will be offered in their preferred language and mode of communication through a variety of means including translated documents and written communications, verbal translations, and multilingual accessibility on our website.