Major Languages definition

Major Languages refers to the most commonly spoken languages other than English for ▇▇▇▇ in the District, including Spanish, Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Somali, and any other language that the District shall add whenever the number of students with that language background reaches 100.
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Major Languages refers to the languages other than English most commonly requested for translations and/or interpreters by LEP parents in the District, including Spanish, Urdu, Arabic, Vietnamese, Korean, and any other language that the District shall add whenever its Student Information Management System (“SMS”) indicates that the number of LEP parents requesting that language reaches 50.
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Examples of Major Languages in a sentence

  • During this training, the District will explain how to obtain qualified interpreters and translations of essential information into the District’s Major Languages.

  • A list of names and contact information of qualified professional bilingual special education evaluators for each of the District’s Major Languages and other languages to the extent available.

  • When an opt-out EL is not progressing as expected, the District will inform the student’s parents and recommend ESL and/or other EL services in a language the parents understand, including providing a qualified interpreter and a translated version of the opt-out monitoring form in the Major Languages.

  • The District also will add a statement (in English and the District’s Major Languages) to its registration packet, its online registration form, and the homepage of the District and school websites about the availability of interpretation in multiple languages and how to request an interpreter or a translation.

  • During this training, the District will explain how to access Qualified Interpreters, including how to access the District’s telephone-based interpretation vendor, and accurate translations of essential information into the District’s Major Languages from Qualified Translators.

  • The District will ensure that the Agreement and any amendments are available in hard copy in English and the Major Languages and are accessible to LEP parents at all bilingual parent advisory committee meetings while the Agreement is in effect.

  • The United States will provide translations of the Agreement and any amendments to the District in the Major Languages.

  • The District also will add a statement (translated into the Major Languages) to its registration packet, its online registration form, and the homepage of the District and school websites about the availability of interpretation in multiple languages and how to request an interpreter or a translation.

  • In The Major Languages of South Asia, the Middle East and Africa, 131–135.

  • As additional language(s) are added to the District’s Major Languages, the District’s reporting shall include copies of those translated documents.