20 U.S.C. § 3420
Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students
United States · Title 20 — EDUCATION · Status: effective
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There shall be in the Department an Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students, to be administered by a Director of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students, who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The Director shall coordinate the administration of bilingual education programs by the Department and shall consult with the Secretary concerning policy decisions affecting bilingual education and minority languages affairs. The Director shall report directly to the Secretary, and shall perform such additional functions as the Secretary may prescribe.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- An act to establish a Department of Education, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Improving America's Schools Act of 1994
- No Child Left Behind Act of 2001