Guidance on English Learner Education Services and Programming
Guidance for Supporting English Learners with Disabilities
Guidance for Implementing the Massachusetts State Seal of Biliteracy
Guidance for English Learner Parent Advisory Councils
Guidance for Defining and Implementing Two Way Immersion Programs
Guidance for Defining and Implementing Transitional Bilingual Education (TBE) Programs
Guidelines for the Use of Benchmarks Toward Attaining English Proficiency
Massachusetts Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE) Definition and Guidance
Enrolling and Supporting Newcomer Students in Massachusetts Schools & Districts Frequently Asked Questions
Programs for English Language Learners (U.S. Office for Civil Rights)
Title III FAQs
Office of Special Education Programs (U.S. Department of Education)
M.G.L. Ch. 71a: English Language Education in Public Schools
M.G.L. Ch. 71b: Children with Special Needs
Chapter 138 of the Acts of 2017: An Act Relative to Language Opportunity for Our Kids ("LOOK Act")
December 19, 2018 Board Presentation on the Look Act
603 CMR 14.00: Education of English Learners Regulations
603 CMR 28.00: Special Education
603 CMR 31.00: Massachusetts Certificate of Mastery & State Seal of Biliteracy
Last Updated: December 21, 2022
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