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LEP-SSI Cycle 5 Grant

LEP SSI Cycle 5 serves 26 districts and a total of 85 Campuses- Project Period: June 1, 2010 – May 31, 2012. For more information, download fact sheet here.

The goals of the LEP SSI, Cycle 5 are to:

• increase the academic achievement of LEP students as demonstrated through improved TAKS scores; growth in English reading proficiency as measured by the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) scores; promotion to the next grade; and increased rates of credit accrual that lead toward high school completion
• increase the number of teachers prepared to enable LEP students to meet state performance expectations as demonstrated through the number/percentage of teachers participating in training focused on competencies specific to the instruction of LEP students and reduction in number/percentage of teachers of LEP students teaching under English as a Second Language (ESL) waiver.

Programs will implement one or more of the following strategies/activities in the project design: sheltered instruction, 5E instructional model, oral language development, and academic language and newcomer services.

Eligibility:

Middle and high school campuses that met the following criteria:

• The campus must have served 20 or more English Language Learners (ELLS) per the 2008-2009 Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS).
• The average percentage of ELLs who met standard on the English version was 40% or lower.
• First administration of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) 2008-2009
• English Language Arts/Reading and Science
• Grouped by students in grades 6-8 and in grades 9-11
• The campus is in a district that submitted a waiver for English as a Second Language (ESL) for the 2008-2009 school year
  
  

Authority:

Texas Education Code §21.457 and §39.0241(d)
General Appropriations Act, Article III, Rider 62, 2009