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Los Angeles Unified School District Compliance Review
(09-10-5001)
The Los Angeles Unified School District (District), entered into an agreement
to resolve a Title VI compliance review that OCR initiated that focused on
the educational opportunities of the District’s English Learners and comparability
of resources for African-American students. Under the agreement, entered into
prior to the conclusion of OCR’s investigation, the District will revamp its
entire program for English Learners and accelerate its efforts focused on closing
the achievement and opportunity gap for African-American students. The district
will also increase the focus on college- and career-ready curricula and programs
and ensure access to needed supports, including effective teachers, to accelerate
student progress. The agreement requires the District to create a new English
Learner Master Plan with guidance for its EL program, dedicate the resources
needed to implement the plan, and evaluate the program’s success in teaching
students English and enabling them to perform academically at grade level.
EL students in middle and high school who have been in the District’s program
for many years without becoming English proficient, will receive immediate
intervention services. The District will ensure that staff is held accountable
for delivering the EL program, and an enhanced professional development plan
will support teachers in strengthening their delivery of instruction to EL
students. Parents of EL students will receive information that enables them
to understand the District’s EL program and their children’s progress in learning
English. In addition, the District will adopt measures to ensure equitable
access to resources such as technology and library materials, and will take
steps to increase the participation of African American students eligible for
gifted and talented programs. The District will also address the academic
language proficiency and needs of African American students. The District
will eliminate the inequitable discipline of African American students. The
agreement requires the District to implement steps to achieve significantly
higher student and teacher attendance. In addition, the agreement includes
a first-of-its-kind pilot project for a community school in a predominantly
African American neighborhood that will provide wrap-around health and social
services. For both the EL and African American student populations, the agreement
requires the District to provide parents and students with information and
support so that students can succeed in post-secondary education and/or careers.
Professional development will be provided for all middle and high school counselors
and administrators to strengthen these efforts. Read
the Press Release : Español | Read
the Resolution Letter PDF (203K)
| Read
the Resolution Agreement (ELC)
PDF (143K)
| Read
the Resolution Agreement (RCC) PDF (117K)