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Recent Presentations
Kentucky Coalition for English Learners - Summer Institute 2023
Kentucky Association of School Administrators - Annual Leadership Institute 2023
KASA 2023: Beyond Acceptance Presentation
In the News - Multilingual Learner Legal Issues
May 2023 - Local advocates respond after Richmond middle school teacher told student to ‘speak English’
February 2023 - Federal complaint claims discrimination in Mass. vocational school admissions
January 2023 - Feds open investigation of BCSC: Office of Civil Rights looking into discrimination allegations
May 2021 - U.S. Department of Justice reached a settlement with Lewiston Public Schools in Maine
September 2021 - Newark school district failed to properly educate English learners, feds say
September 2020 - Parents Sued Los Angeles Unified Over Its Approach to Distance Learning
Reference List
English Learners Dear Colleague Letter 2015
Everson, E. & Decker, J., (2022). Increasing teachers’ legal literacy to improve educational equity for English learners. Education Law Reporter, 395, 877-889.
Issa v. School District of Lancaster (2017)
Methelus v. Collier County Board of Education (2017)
KY EL Identification and Placement Guide
U.S. Department of Education English Learner Toolkit - 2017
2015 EL Fact Sheet - DOJ and OCR