DELAC

District-level English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC)

An explanation of a District-level English Learner Advisory Committee role, purpose, and requirements.

Requirement

Each California public school district, grades kindergarten through 12, with 51 or more English learners must form a District-level English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC) or subcommittee of an existing district-wide advisory committee.

Responsibilities

• The DELAC, or subcommittee on English learner education, shall advise the district's local governing board (e.g., in person, by letters/reports, or through an administrator) on programs and services for English learners.
• The DELAC shall be responsible for advising the district's local governing board on the following tasks:

• Development or revision of a district master plan of education programs and services for English learners, taking into consideration the Single School Plan for Student Achievement.
• Conducting a district-wide needs assessment on a school-by-school basis.
• Establishment of district programs, goals, and objectives for programs and services for English learners (e.g., parental exception waivers and funding).
• Development of a plan to ensure compliance with any applicable teacher and instructional aide requirements.
• Administration of the annual language census (e.g., procedures and forms).
• Review and comment on the district's reclassification procedures.
• Review and comment on the written notifications required to be sent to parents and guardians.

Composition Requirements

Parents or guardians of English learners not employed by the district must constitute a majority membership (51 percent or more) of the committee.

Elections

• Each school's English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC) must have the opportunity to elect at least one of its members to be a site representative in the DELAC

 

DELAC

Comité Asesor de Aprendices de Inglés a Nivel de Distrito (DELAC)

 

Una explicación de la función, el propósito y los requisitos del Comité Asesor de Aprendices de Inglés a nivel de distrito.

 

Requisito

Cada distrito escolar público de California, desde el jardín de infantes hasta el 12.º grado, con 51 o más estudiantes de inglés debe formar un Comité Asesor de Estudiantes de Inglés a nivel de distrito (DELAC) o un subcomité de un comité asesor existente en todo el distrito.

 

Responsabilidades

• El DELAC, o el subcomité de educación de los aprendices de inglés, asesorará a la junta directiva local del distrito (p. ej., en persona, mediante cartas/informes o a través de un administrador) sobre los programas y servicios para los aprendices de inglés.
• El DELAC será responsable de asesorar a la junta directiva local del distrito sobre las siguientes tareas:
• Desarrollo o revisión de un plan maestro del distrito de programas y servicios educativos para estudiantes de inglés, tomando en consideración el Plan Escolar Único para el Rendimiento Estudiantil.
• Llevar a cabo una evaluación de las necesidades de todo el distrito, escuela por escuela.
• Establecimiento de programas, metas y objetivos del distrito para programas y servicios para estudiantes de inglés (p. ej., exenciones y financiación de excepción de los padres).
• Desarrollo de un plan para garantizar el cumplimiento de los requisitos aplicables de maestros y ayudantes de instrucción.
• Administración del censo lingüístico anual (p. ej., procedimientos y formularios).
• Revisar y comentar sobre los procedimientos de reclasificación del distrito.
• Revisar y comentar las notificaciones escritas que se deben enviar a los padres y tutores.

 

Requisitos de composición

Los padres o tutores de los estudiantes de inglés que no sean empleados del distrito deben constituir una membresía mayoritaria (51 por ciento o más) del comité.

 

Elecciones

El Comité Asesor de Aprendices de Inglés (ELAC) de cada escuela debe tener la oportunidad de elegir al menos a uno de sus miembros para que sea un representante del sitio en el DELAC.

 

ELAC

English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC)

A committee comprised of parents, staff, and community members specifically designated to advise school officials on English Learner program services.

Requirement

Each California public school, grades kindergarten through 12, with 21 or more English learners must form an English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC).

Responsibilities

• The ELAC shall be responsible for advising the principal and staff on programs and services for English learners and the School Site Council on the development of the Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA).
• The ELAC shall assist the school in the development of:

• The school's needs assessment.
• The school's annual language census.
• Ways to make parents aware of the importance of regular school attendance.

Composition Requirements

Requirements for ELAC elections include:

• Parents of English learners comprise at least the same percentage of the ELAC membership as English learners constitute of the school’s total student population. For example, if 25 percent of the students in a school are English learners, then parents/guardians of English learners must comprise 25 percent of the ELAC membership.
• Other members of the ELAC can be parents/guardians, school staff, and /or community members as long as the minimum percentage requirement for EL parents is maintained.  

Elections

• Parents or guardians of English learners must have an opportunity to elect the parent members to serve on the ELAC or subcommittee.
• Each ELAC shall have the opportunity to elect at least one member to the District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC).