ESL+Laws,+Legislation,+and+Legal+Decisions

Since the 60's many laws and decisions have been passed in order to protect the educational rights of immigrant children. Here you can read about some of these decisions.

__ English Language Learner and the Law __ This power point gives infomation on some of the laws that have shaped English as a Second Language in the United States and also in the state of Tennessee.

__ Tennessee ____ ESL Program Guide __ This guide contains a summary of Federal court rulings and enforcement policy.

__Tennessee DOE Resource Page__ This link takes you to the Department of Education page with all the resources that pertain to ESL policy. [|TN DOE]

Gema Sieh Highland Rim School gsieh@lcdoe.org