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What Does The Law Say About Potential English Language Learners If COVID19 Has Impacted Your Home?

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                                                New York City Subway Scenery During School Hours New York -  The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released joint guidance on January 7, 2015, reminding states, school districts, and schools of their obligations under federal law to ensure that English Learners (ELs) have equal access to a high-quality education and the opportunity to achieve their full academic potential, according to the English Learner Toolkit.   A s “Dear Colleague Letter” (DCL) was designed to help state and local education agencies support the attainment of English language proficiency while meeting college-and career-readiness standards.   The explanations of Civil Rights and Legal obligations were laid out to aid schools with compliance and additional resources about English Language at the readers convenience for free via the internet.  However, now that COVID-19 has impacted a war on America, what w