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Chane Eplin
Bureau Chief
325 West Gaines Street
Room 444 Turlington
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400
Fax: 850-245-0846
Parent Hot Line: 800-206-8956
About Us
The primary focus of the Bureau of Student Achievement through Language Acquisition is to assist schools and districts with Florida's English Language Learners (ELLs), totaling over 250,000. Florida's diversity of ELLs surpasses most states in the country. Florida is ranked 3rd in ELL population, and although Spanish is the major native language of these students, the ELLs speak a total of 230 different languages.The Bureau is also responsible for ensuring that these students receive comprehensible instruction by monitoring schools and districts for compliance, with state and federal rules, regulations, the 1990 League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) et al. v. the State Board of Education (SBE) Consent Decree, and the 2003 Modification of the Consent Decree.
In addition, the Bureau manages a Title III grant, currently more than $43 million, which is dispersed to eligible districts. This federal funding focuses on providing supplemental professional development to teachers of ELLs, and on providing scientifically research-based academic programs to assist ELL academic achievement and English language acquisition.
Another focus of the Bureau is the management of World Languages. It is the Bureau's responsibility to offer leadership, coordination, and technical assistance for the implementation of legislation and State Board of Education policy and rule, as well as, Department initiatives pertaining to curriculum and instruction for Florida students and teachers.
Draft K-1 English Language Development Standards
Please visit the links below which include the Draft K-1 English Language Development (ELD) Standards and accompanying guidance document. These standards correspond to the Common Core ELA (English Language Arts) standards and may be implemented into the instruction focus areas of:
- Language Standards
- Reading Standards for Literature
- Reading Standards for Informational Text
- Reading Standards: Foundation Skills
- Writing Standards
- Speaking and Listening Standards
The Bureau of Student Achievement through Language Acquisition (SALA) would like to thank the 30+ ELD committee members who worked tirelessly to produce these documents. We were very fortunate to have committee members with experience in teaching, administration, and higher education that were experts in the field of second language acquisition. Their dedication and commitment in ensuring our English Language Learners (ELLs) reach high academic standards and language acquisition should be commended.
If you wish to provide feedback on these standards or on the guidance document, please submit comments to .
- Draft K-1 English Language Development Standards (PDF, 685KB)
- Draft K-1 English Language Development Standards Guidance Document (PDF, 326KB)