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From http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/01/06/ell-advocates-hopeful-and-wary-of-new.html

ELL Advocates Hopeful and Wary of New Federal K-12 Law
by Corey Mitchell
January 5, 2016

The nation's 5 million-plus English-language learners could receive significant civil rights protections under the Every Student Succeeds Act, but the new law is also fraught with potential pitfalls, some ELL advocates say.

The bill will shift accountability for English-learners from Title III—the section of the federal law that previously authorized aid to states and local school districts for English-language-acquisition programs—to Title I, the federal program under which the performance of all other student groups is scrutinized.

That move is an indication that the law will do more to hold all schools, not just those with significant ELL enrollments, accountable for the education of non-native English-speaking students, some advocates said.

…But [the National Council of] La Raza and other groups have reservations about a number of provisions in the law, including the decision to scrub federal accountability targets for ELLs, granting more power to states in the process.

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