MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Location: file:///C:/ACC94512/EnglApril2AMAOletterfromRobertScottCommissioner.htm Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="windows-1252" Robert Scott Commissioner

 

Robert Scott Commissioner

April 2, 2008

TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY

1701 North Congres= s Ave.*Austin, Texas 78701-1494 *512/463-9734 *FAX: 512/463-9838 *http://www.tea.state.tx.us

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SPECIAL NOTE:  This letter of notification is from the= Texas Education Agency requiring all districts (LEA’s= ) to notify all parents of Limited English Proficient students regarding TEA’s AMAO status in 2003-2004. 

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It is also importa= nt for you to know that Spring Branch Independent School District has= met the Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAO’s) every year since 2004.

 

ACTION REQUIRED

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April 2, 2008=

 

TO THE ADMINISTRAT= OR ADDRESSED:

 

SUBJECT: Notification to Title III local Education Agencies (LEAs) and Parents of Limited English Proficient Students Regarding Determinations for Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAOs) in 2003-2004

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Under the No Child= left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), the Texas Education Agency (TEA) is required to = make Annual Measurable Achievement Objective (AMAO) determinations annually for = all Title III, Part A, funded local education agencies (LEAs). The U.S. Departm= ent of Education (USDE) has required that the TEA notify all Title "' fund= ed LEAs that the TEA did not make AMAO determinations for the 2003-2004 school year, the first year of implementation of the AMAO requirement.

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The TEA was unable= to determine AMAOs in 2003-2004 because the necessary assessments were not available, and the agency subsequently developed the Texas English language= Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) to meet this requirement. The TEA has made AMAO determinations each school year after 2003-2004 and will continue to do so.=

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Notification also = must be provided to the parents of all limited English proficient (LEP) students= in your LEA by A= pril 30, 2008. You may sen= d your parents a copy of this letter or a letter that you have developed that cont= ains the same information as found in the first two paragraphs of this notificat= ion. A copy of this letter also is being provided in Spanish by the TEA.

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If you have questi= ons regarding this notification, please contact Ms. Christina Villarreal in the Division of NCLB Program Coordination at christina.villarreal@tea.state.tx.= us or via telephone at (512) 463-9374.