Agenda Item
e. Division of Student Services ~ Instructional Resources (Not to exceed $1,400,000)
Summary: Presented by: Dr. Norman C. Sauce III, Chief of Student Services, Division of Student Resources
Request: It is requested that the Board of Education approve the purchase of supplemental instructional resources and materials for the English Learners Department in an amount not to exceed $­­1,400,000.
Why: The selected vendors have been carefully vetted and identified to
improve access to meaningful content,
increase awareness of sound instructional practices,
provide technological assets that promote creativity, connections, and innovation, and
engage students in rigorous activities/ assessments.
These research-based supplemental instructional resources and materials provide full access to the DCSD’s rigorous curriculum to the school district’s diverse population.
DeKalb County School District adheres to Title III (Federal) funding allocation to provide supplemental services to improve the English language proficiency and academic achievement of English Learners.
Details: The DeKalb County School District will purchase supplemental instructional resources and materials to support the academic success of English Learners served through the Division of Student Services (English Learners Department) in accordance with Board Policy DJE (III.D.3.g).
Financial impact: The total financial impact for SY2025-2026 is not to exceed the amount of $1,400,000.
Title III Funds and general funds will be used to purchase these resources.
Charge codes:
460.1000.553200.07221.7130.1816.6015.094.2025
100.1000.553200.07711.7130.1353.6015.094.0000
Contact: Presented by: Dr. Norman C. Sauce III, Chief of Student Services, Division of Student Services
Dr. Evelyn Hall, Executive Director of English Learners Department, Division of Student Services
Effective: July 14, 2025- July 13, 2026
Status: Approved by the Office of Legal Affairs
English Learners Department Resource Overview
Resource
(DRC Insight)
LAS Links monitors Lexia English language Evidence-based Evidence-based Program that provides ELLevation is a web-based
English language development is an proven program program designed to personalized English platform designed
development for adaptive blended provides explicit, help struggling and language learning. It specifically for managing
students in the learning program that systematic, nearly proficient incorporates scaffolded English learner (EL) data
Intensive English (IE) supports Bilingual personalized learning readers in becoming instruction and and supporting educators.
Program. Newcomer students’ English in six areas of reading proficient readers & systematic approach to It consolidates
students in the IE language acquisition instruction. confident learners. vocabulary demographic and
program take LAS Links through academic • Engages & • Engages & development. This assessment information
instead of the MAP conversations. The motivates motivates resource can be use at into a single, user-friendly
Purpose assessment. Students program integrates students in a students in a home for vocabulary dashboard, making it
who achieve an overall speaking, listening, and game like game like development easier to access and
CPL score of 2.0 or grammar in the environment. environment. monitor EL student
higher on LAS Links are subjects of math, • Provides • Provides progress. The platform
eligible for transition science, social studies, progress- progress- enables the creation of
from the Intensive general knowledge, monitoring monitoring individualized language
English Program to the and biographies. student data student data plans (ILPs), streamlining
general ESOL Program. without a test. without a test. compliance and
instructional planning for
teachers.
• K-5 • 6-8
Grades • Grades 4-12 • 4-12
• 6-8 • 9-12
• 3-12 • All Grades
• 1.0-1.9 CPL on the
WIDA Screener
Overall • Less than 1 year in • Entering 1.0-1.9 • Entering 1.0-1.9
• Emerging 2.0-2.9 • Emerging 2.0-2.9 • All current and former
CPL Score U.S. Schools (Newcomers/first
• Developing 3.0-3.9 and above
(Newcomers/first
English Learners
& Levels (Students in the year in U.S. school) year in U.S. school)
Intensive English
Program only)
• Chromebook
• Chromebook • Chromebook • Chromebook • Chromebook • Any device
• Internet-enabled
Device • Internet-enabled • Internet-enabled • Internet-enabled • Internet-enabled All DCSD instructional
device
Access DRC Insight is the
device device device device staff have access to this
• Tablet • Tablet • Tablet • Tablet platform
testing platform
May 2025