PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Changes are coming to 22 charter schools in Arizona after federal investigators say the network of schools discriminated against students who didn’t speak English.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced on Friday it has reached a deal with Legacy Traditional Schools after finding the violations.
Officials say the schools didn’t offer equitable learning opportunities to English language learners, failed to have qualified teachers and didn’t track their progress.
Legacy Traditional also didn’t tell parents about programs and activities in a language they could understand.
Some non-English speaking students were also given instruction in the cafeteria instead of the classroom.
Legacy Traditional agreed to rectify these problems by providing English learners with meaningful instruction and daily goals based on their level of English.
Teachers will also be properly trained, and those students will be given extra help so they can fully participate in academic programs.
“Through this agreement, Legacy Traditional Schools in Arizona commits to make its education programs equally available to English Learner students and to ensure that parents with limited English proficiency can meaningfully participate in their children’s education,” said Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Catherine E. Lhamon.
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