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Profile of Limited English <br />Proficient Students <br />• 529 Identified LEP Students <br />• 360 Number of students currently <br />receiving ESL services <br />• 1:45 Average current ESL Teacher/ <br />Student ratio <br />LEP Budget Impact: <br />• The additional dollars support: <br />— summer programming for ESL students <br />— beginning spanish classes for school staff <br />— translation and interpreting services <br />— professional development on ESL strategies <br />and methodologies ' <br />— teacher handbook with tips for classroom <br />teachers <br />Local Supplement Comparison <br />16 <br />14 <br />12 ■caccs eamat <br />to ■CHCCS prapsed <br />■ Durham ca. cumnt <br />g ■Mki County eumnt <br />6 0 orange co. cumnt <br />4 nOrange Co. Proposed <br />2 <br />0 <br />D4 5.9 10.14 <br />years <br />3 <br />LEP Budget Impact: <br />4 Additional ESL Teachers <br />• Adding 4 additional ESL Teachers for <br />the 1999 -2000 school year would allow <br />service to all students identified as LEP. <br />• The teacher /student ratio would remain <br />approximately 1:45. _ <br />Compensation agilao <br />• Increase teacher supplement for <br />0 -9 years of experience $112,000 <br />• Removal of 10 year "cap" 151,000 <br />• Tuition reimbursements, signing 95,000 <br />• Administrative salary study 49,000 <br />• Support for teacher certification 15,200 <br />• Board stipends 5.250 <br />$427,450 <br />Remove Ten Year <br />Teacher Supplement "Cap" <br />• Proposal to remove 10 year "cap" of outside <br />teacher experience for supplement affects 112 <br />employees over the next four years. <br />• Credit would be given for all years of teaching <br />experience after 4 consecutive successful years <br />teaching with CHCCS <br />• 38 teachers hired between the 1993 -94 and <br />1995 -96 would be affected in 1999 -00 (at cost of <br />$151,000) <br />