ResponsiveEd offers an English as a Second Language (ESL) program to students who meet the qualifications in accordance with the Texas Education Agency statute.
Students enrolling in a Texas public school for the first time with an initial home language survey indicating a language other than English for the student and/or home language are administered the LAS Links assessment to determine eligibility for ESL services.
Students transferring from a Texas public school who were previously identified as English learners, received ESL services, and were not reclassified by a previous LPAC Committee will be placed in the ESL program by the LPAC Committee. Students transferring from a Texas public school who were reclassified by a previous LPAC Committee will be monitored but will not receive ESL services. All decisions about ESL services for students will be made by the LPAC Committee.
Parents have the right to accept or deny ESL Services. In the state of Texas, any student identified as an English Learner is required to take the state language assessments included in TELPAS. Students whose parents deny ESL services are required to take the TELPAS assessments.
The purpose of the ESL program is to address the affective, linguistic, and cognitive needs of English Learners. The ESL program shall enable English Learners to become competent in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in the English language through the integrated use of second language acquisition methods across the content area.