Section 228.10  Definitions

            "Bilingual Education Teacher" means a teacher who:

holds a valid Illinois certificate with an endorsement or approval in bilingual education or an endorsement in ENL with a language-specific designation for bilingual education (see 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.Appendix E and 23 Ill. Adm. Code 1.780 and 1.781); or

holds a Transitional Bilingual Certificate endorsed for teaching in a language other than English and issued by the State Board of Education in accordance with 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.90; or

holds a Visiting International Teacher Certificate and meets the requirements of 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.92(i).

            "English as a Second Language" or "ESL" or "English as a New Language" or "ENL" means specialized instruction designed to assist students whose home language is other than English in attaining English language proficiency.  ESL or ENL instruction includes skills development in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.  (ESL and ENL are not to be confused with English language arts as taught to students whose home language is English.)

"English Language Proficiency Assessment" means the ACCESS for ELLs^® (World-class Instructional Design and Assessment Consortium, Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1025 West Johnson Street, MD#23, Madison WI 53706 (2006)).

            "Home Language" means that language normally used in the home by the student and/or by the student's parents or legal guardians.

"Prescribed Screening Instrument" means the WIDA ACCESS Placement Test (W-APT)™ (World-class Instructional Design and Assessment Consortium, Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1025 West Johnson Street, MD#23, Madison WI 53706 (2006)).

            "Standard School Program" means the educational program offered by the local school district to the majority of its students ("general education").

            "Students of Limited English Proficiency" means students, whether born in the United States or born elsewhere, whose native language background is a language other than English and whose difficulties in speaking, reading, writing, or understanding English may be sufficient to deny them:

the ability to meet the State's proficient level of achievement on State assessments;

the ability to successfully achieve in classrooms where the language of instruction is English; or

the opportunity to participate fully in the school setting.

            "Students of Non-English Background" means students, whether born in the United States or born elsewhere, whose native language is other than English or students who come from homes where a language other than English is spoken, either by the students themselves or by their parents or legal guardians.

            "Teacher of English as a Second Language" or "Teacher of English as a New Language" means a teacher who:

holds a special certificate endorsed for teaching ESL or ENL, issued by the State Board of Education in accordance with 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25; or

holds a valid Illinois certificate and an endorsement or approval for ESL, issued by the State Board of Education pursuant to 23 Ill. Adm. Code 1.780, 1.781, and 1.782; or

meets the requirements set forth in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 1.782.

(Source:  Amended at 30 Ill. Reg. 17434, effective October 23, 2006)