ELAC

California public schools with 21 or more students learning English must create a group called the English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC). The ELAC has some important jobs:

1. Advising the principal and staff in the development of a site plan for English learners and submitting the plan to the School Site Council for consideration of inclusion in the School Plan for Student Achievement
2. Assisting in the development of the schoolwide needs assessment.
3. Helping parents with awareness of the importance of regular school attendance.
4. Every ELAC can choose one person to be part of the District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC). If a district has 31 or more ELACs, they might use a system where each area has a say
5. The ELAC must have parents or guardians of English-learning students as members. The number of these parents or guardians in the ELAC should match the percentage of English-learning students in the school. These parents or guardians will vote to choose the members of the ELAC.

If you are interested in joining the ELAC at your child(s)’ school, please reach out to your site principal for information.