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=Welcome to the ESL Wiki for Brandywine Heights Area SD=

===The Brandywine Heights Area School District is committed to provide English language learners (ELL) equal education to that of their counterparts and according to the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) mandates.===

The education of students, whose dominant language is not English and/or are English language learners, is the responsibility of every school district/charter school in the Commonwealth. Title 22, Chapter 4, Section 4.26 of the Curriculum Regulations requires that the school district/charter school provide a program for every student who is limited English proficient (LEP) or an English language learner (ELL). The regulation states: "Every school district shall provide a program for each student whose dominant language is not English for the purpose of facilitating the student's achievement of English proficiency and the academic standards under § 4.12 (relating to academic standards). Programs under this section shall include appropriate bilingual-bicultural or English as a second language (ESL) instruction."

For further information, please click on the following PDE web address:

http://www.pde.state.pa.us/esl/site/default.asp


 * Joseph L. Brown**, ESL Specialist