Know Your ESOL Rights

Families should know what schools are required to do

This graphic is intended to help families understand their rights with regard to their EMEB (Emergent Multilingual / Emergent Bilingual) students’ education in USA K–12 public schools. Some of this information is also relevant to families whose students have placed out of ESOL services.

Standard disclaimer: I am not a lawyer; this is not legal advice.

Know Your ESOL Rights (English)

Updated 2022-10-09 to include information on IEP requirements.

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Know Your ESOL Rights (Spanish)

Warning: I do not know (much) Spanish. This graphic was created with Google Translate. Feel free to contact me with corrections or improvements.

PDF (letter-size paper, great for printing)
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TXT (plain text. good for reading without distraction)
ZIP (original SVG files in a zip file. for modifying. Contains both English and Spanish versions.)

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Last updated: 2026-10-22

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