As stated in Chapter 89.1235
• Bilingual education and ESL programs shall be located in the public schools of the school
district with equitable access to all educational resources rather than in separate facilities.
• In order to provide the required bilingual education or ESL programs, school districts may
concentrate the programs at a limited number of facilities within the school district.
• Recent immigrant English learners shall not remain enrolled in newcomer centers for longer
than two years.
Additional guidance regarding concentrating, or clustering, students at a limited number of
facilities within the district:
• In the context of a bilingual program, a district may cluster bilingual program students at one
or more centrally located campus(es) in order to maximize resources.
Additional guidance regarding concentrating, or clustering, students at a limited number of
facilities within the district:
• In the context of a bilingual program, a district may cluster bilingual program students at one
or more centrally located campus(es) in order to maximize resources.
Additionally, ESL programs may be clustered in a similar fashion. However, when clustering
bilingual or ESL programs, districts must not isolate/segregate English learners from English
profcient students to the point at which English learners make up the entire school for the
duration of their program services.
Notice that an English learner’s participation in a newcomer center, likely composed of all
English learners, is limited to two years.