2006-07 Language Minority/Immigrant Student Enrollment (DOE-LM) data collection

TO: Superintendents and Language Minority Central Points of Contact
FROM: Darlene Slaby, Director, Division of Language Minority and Migrant Programs
DATE: February 2, 2007

The 2006-07 Language Minority/Immigrant Student Enrollment (DOE-LM) data collection form became available on Thursday, February 1, 2007.

These data are used to determine allocations for the state Non English Speaking Program and federal Title III, Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students. Timeliness is crucial in ensuring the accuracy of future funding allocations. Failure by school corporations to submit data will result in forfeiture of funding.

Submit data for each language minority or immigrant student enrolled during the collection period for the 2006-07 school year. All students with a home/native language other than English should continue to be reported on the DOE-LM until they either leave the school corporation or graduate. Data can either be submitted in a file or by filing out the Language Minority Input Form in the STN Application Center. The data layout is available on the STN homepage at http://www.doe.in.gov/stn/welcome.html. The option to report “No Language Minority students” is also available on the input form. Collaboration between STN coordinators and Language Minority Central Points of Contact will be required to compile student data and review the Language Minority reports.

Technical questions related to the submission of data should be directed to the school corporation’s STN system administrator. Questions regarding the identification and assessment of language minority students should be directed to the Division of Language Minority and Migrant Programs at 317-232-0555 or 800-382-9962. A DOE-LM Frequently Asked Questions document is posted at
http://www.doe.in.gov/stn/faq/welcome.html.

Data must be submitted by March 16, 2007.