Allocating Federal Funds for State Programs for English Language Learners

by National Academies

As the United States continues to be a nation of immigrants and their children, the nation's school systems face increased enrollments of students whose primary language is not English. With the 2001 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the allocation of federal funds for programs to assist these students to be proficient in English became formula-based: 80 percent on the basis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309186587
• ISBN13: 9780309186582
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"