District of Columbia

Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA, reauthorized as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001) provides for federal grant money to state education agencies for the purposes of helping to ensure that limited English proficient children "develop high levels of academic attainment in English, and meet the same challenging State academic content and student academic achievement standards as all children are expected to meet" (ESEA §3102 (1)).

On this page, you can find information related to the implementation of Title III and to the education of LEP students in the District of Columbia.

District of Columbia Title III Office

Jeremy Skinner, J. D.

Government of the District of Columbia

51 N Street NE, 3rd Floor, 3014F

Washington, DC 20002

Ph: 202-741-2343

Fax: 202-741-0229

LEP Demographics, Performance, and Programs

• Snapshots of LEP students and programs, drawn from yearly data submitted to the U.S. Department of Education via the annual CSPR report and from other sources.

Technical Assistance Network

• The U.S. Department of Education funds a variety of national and regional Technical Assistance centers which can provide assistance to states in improving educational practices for LEP students.

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