§ 1 Findings and declarations
§ 2 Definitions
§ 3 Census
§ 4 English language education
§ 5 Parental selection of English learner program within district; request for school transfer
§ 6 Legal standing and parental enforcement
§ 6A English learner parent advisory council
§ 7 Standardized testing for monitoring education progress
§ 7A On-site evaluations of English learners
§ 8 Community-based English tutoring
§ 10 Qualifications and endorsement of teachers and administrators assigned to language acquisition program
§ 11 Benchmarks, guidelines and learning success templates for English learner programs
§ 12 Duty to inform parents or legal guardians of English learners of their rights
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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 71A - English Language Education in Public Schools

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • English language classroom: means a classroom in which the language of instruction used by the teaching personnel is overwhelmingly the English language, and in which such teaching personnel are fluent and literate in English. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 71A sec. 2
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.