English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC)

California Education Code requires that a school with twenty-one or more pupils identified as English Learners (EL) shall establish a school-level advisory committee called an English Language Advisory Committee (ELAC).  An ELAC's responsibilities include:

 Advise the school's principal and the staff on:

• The school’s program for English Learners.

 Advise the School Site Council (SSC) on:

• The development of the Single School Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)

 Assist the school's principal and staff on:

• The school’s needs assessment.
• The school’s annual language census (R-30 LC Report).
• Efforts to make parents aware of the importance of regular school attendance.

The following is information about ELAC meetings at Park Dale Lane: