Quality Indicator: Exit criteria are established to determine that the English learner has attained English language proficiency in speaking, reading, writing, and understanding at a level sufficient to participate successfully in the classroom.
007.01 Each school district shall require the following in order for a student to exit the language instruction educational program: 007.01A The student in grades K-12 receives a score of proficient on the annual state English language proficiency assessment; or 007.01B For English learners with verified disabilities, if a school district committee of assessment and educational personnel determine that the educational needs of a student with verified disabilities are not affected by his or her degree of proficiency in the English language; the committee may recommend that the student exit the language instruction educational program. The committee shall be knowledgeable about the language and educational needs of the student, shall include at least one member of the student's IEP team, and must maintain documentation that the student's educational needs are not affected by his or her degree of proficiency in the English language.92 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 15, § 007
Amended effective 5/8/2018