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.
It is also important 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
April 2, 2008
TO THE ADMINISTRATOR 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
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. Department of
Education (USDE) has required that the TEA notify all Title "' funded
LEAs that the TEA did not make AMAO determinations for the 2003-2004
school year, the first year of implementation of the AMAO requirement.
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.
Notification also must be provided to the parents of
all limited English proficient (LEP) students in your LEA by April
30, 2008. You may send your parents a copy of this letter or a
letter that you have developed that contains the same information as
found in the first two paragraphs of this notification. A copy of this
letter also is being provided in Spanish by the TEA.
If you have questions 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.