MULTILINGUAL LEARNER PROGRAM
Lancaster County School District’s Multilingual Learner Program (MLP) is designed to provide equal educational opportunities to students with a primary or home language other than English and classified as Multilingual Learners (MLs). This program identifies and serves the linguistic and academic needs of students with limited English proficiency in our schools. These students are identified as Limited English Proficient (LEP). They are protected by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (and other subsequent legislation and court decisions) from being discriminated against in their education. LEP students are entitled to an equal education regardless of their national origin, English proficiency, or immigration status.
MULTILINGUAL LEARNER SERVICES & OUTREACH CENTER
The purpose of the ML Services & Outreach Center is to attend to Title III, Part A - funded local educational agencies (LEAs) and ESCs (Fiscal Agents) requirements in which we must provide supplemental parent outreach training and activities, family outreach and training, and family literacy services, and community participation programs to multilingual learners, immigrant students, and their families. Title III, Part A, Section 3115 (a) and (c)(3)(A)(B) requires engagement activities for parents, family, and community. More details about each required engagement activity can be found on our ML Program Digital Handbook - Title III Funding page, which outlines best practices for:
Parent Engagement Activities
Family Engagement Activities
Community Engagement Activities
The ML Services & Outreach Center is dedicated to serving the needs of multilingual learners (ML) and their families by providing direct assistance with enrollment, communicating with school, setting up the PowerSchool Parent Portal, utilizing resources within the community, scheduling and interpreting school meetings, translating school-wide documentation, leading parent workshops, and informing and promoting parental involvement opportunities within their children's school.
