State Funding for LEP Students

STATE FUNDING FOR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT STUDENTS:

A school district or charter school must have a minimum of 20 limited English proficient students in order to qualify for state funds. That number is reported to the ESL office at DPI every October by way of an electronic survey.

Although districts and/or charter schools may come together as consortia to qualify for federal funds (Title III of NCLB), they may not do so for state LEP funds.

To access the legislation on funding for limited English proficient students, see the North Carolina General Assembly website[{N.C. General Assembly} Then click on Bills enacted by the General Assembly and approved by the Governor under News/Info.