BOY LPAC Framework - Placement

The LPAC is responsible only for

notifying a parent that their child

has been identified as an English

learner.

• True

• False

Tran is sixteen years old and

enrolling in a Texas school for

the first time. He completes his

own Home Language Survey and

denies his placement in program

services in writing. Is this

allowable?

• Tran can complete the HLS, but his parent or legal guardian needs to sign it since Tran is not yet 18 years old.

• Yes, Tran can sign the HLS since he is old enough to make that decision by himself.

For an English learner whose

parents have denied program

services, that child is not placed

in a bilingual/ESL classroom and

that child does not participate in

annual TELPAS assessment.

• True

• False

An English learner is also

identified as in need of special

education services for a

specific math disability. The

LPAC meets in conjunction

with the ARD and an ARD

representative recommends the

child stop receiving bilingual

program services and receive all

instruction in English, to avoid

language confusion. What is the

role of the LPAC representative in

this situation?

• The LPAC representative makes notes of the ARD recommendations and shares the decisions with the LPAC.

• The LPAC representative's role is to ensure the child's placement in the BE program is not refused solely because the student has a disability and to facilitate student participation in the special program.

Can a school still generate

Bilingual Education

Allotment (BEA) funds while

the identified English learner

is temporarily served but

receipt of parental approval

in writing is pending?

• Yes, BEA funds are generated as soon as the LPAC makes the decisions to identify the student.

• No, A signed parental approval form is required for the student to start generating BEA funds.

Do English learners with

parent denials generate

Bilingual Education

Allotment funds?

• Yes

• No

Can a parent deny their

child’s participation in

the program services

recommended by the LPAC?

• Yes. However, the student is still identified as EL in PEIMS until the student meets reclassification criteria.

• No

Is it true that each school

district that has an

enrollment of 20 or more

English learners at various

grade levels within the

district shall offer a bilingual

education program?

• Yes

• No

Is it true that a school district

needs to have 20 English

learners enrolled to offer

the English as a Second

Language program?

• True

• False

School districts may enroll

students who are not English

learners in the bilingual

education program or the

ESL program.

• True

• False