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Lori Rodriguez
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 260,000. 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 its students there are a total of 300 different languages spoken.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 $44,000,000.00 Title III grant, which is dispersed to eligible districts. This federal funding focuses on helping ELLs achieve English proficiency – as a means to academic achievement.
Another office that the Bureau manages is World Languages. Its responsibility ranges from standardization to course descriptions, along with all rules and regulations pertaining to academic courses.
- New! FABES Meeting January 2012 (PDF, 237KB)
- New! World Languages Course Descriptions Update January 19, 2012 (PDF, 200KB)
- Title III Update: Monitoring (PDF, 503KB)
- Rule Development Workshop/Rule: 6A-6.0902 (PDF, 59KB)
- Information Regarding Post K-2 Revised Course Descriptions
- Approved Florida Teacher Standards for ESOL Endorsement 2010 (PDF, 75KB)
- World Languages Update October 13, 2011 (PDF, 323KB)
Meetings & Events
Fostering Global Citizens: Building a K-16 Pipeline for Chinese Language Learners
February 24, 2012University of South Florida
Patel Center
Tampa, Florida
9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Foreign Language Association for Managers in Education (FLAME) Meeting
January 19, 2012Westin Resort
2974 International Parkway
Lake Mary, Florida 32746