The State of the State: LEP Students and the Public Schools

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The State of the StateLEP Students and the
Public Schools
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TOP HOME LANGUAGES OF NC NOM STUDENTS, other than
English (These students may or may not be LEP.)
2004-2005

• French 1,284
• Russian 1,132
• Hindi 913
• Japanese 860
• Gujarati 820
• Laotian 766

• Spanish 87,817
• Hmong 4,406
• Chinese 3,142
• Vietnamese 2,306
• Arabic 1,810
• Korean 1,540

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Who is LEP?

• Student whose primary language is not English and
• Student who scores below superior in at least one
  domain on the IPT as indicated on the cut score
  chart passed by the SBE on August 25, 2004
• For funding and for accountability

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LEP STUDENT ENROLLMENT
2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 52,513 57,943 69,
522 77,973
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LEP Students By Language 2003-2004 (Top 16)

• Spanish--62,334
• Hmong--2,924
• Chinese--1,655
• Vietnamese--1,339
• Arabic--1,134
• French--936
• Korean--829
• Russian--557

• Hindi--449
• Laotian--446
• Japanese--420
• Gujarati--330
• Cambodian--259
• German--221
• Tarasco--213
• Ukrainian--201

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FUNDING

• State--38,000,000
• Federal--9,000,000

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NCLB Requirements
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Instructional Programs

• ESL Pullout
• Sheltered Instruction
• Dual Language
• Spanish for Native Speakers

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Contact information

• Dr. Fran Hoch
• Fhoch_at_dpi.state.nc.us
• [phone]
• Alesha McCauley
• Amcccaule_at_dpi.state.nc.us
• [phone]