Parents & Guardians of K-12 Emerging Bilingual / Multilingual Students

Know Your Rights

Your Student's School Must …

• call home in your preferred language
• send communications home in your preferred language
• have a proper ESOL program to help your student become proficient in English
• allow your student access to all classes, clubs, and programs that English-proficient students have access to
• provide supports in content classes to ensure that the content is accessible to your student
• provide IEP / Special Education materials and communications in your preferred language

Your Student's School Must Not …

• ask about your or your student's immigration status
• ask for your or your student's Social Security Number (SSN)
• have a sibling or other student interpret for the school
• prevent from participating in a school activity because of their student English proficiency
• pretend that your student will just naturally learn English without support. (Your student can learn that way, but the school is required to do more than that!)


For more information, talk to your student's ESOL teacher.