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**English Language Advisory Committee (ELAC)**
====// The English Language Acquisition Program (ELAP) was authorized by Assembly Bill (AB) 1116, Statutes of 1999. The purpose of ELAP funds is to improve the English proficiency of English learners and to prepare them to meet the state's academic content and performance standards. Funds are to supplement regular school programs, grades 4-8, and other related program services for English Learners.//========

====//Funds may be used to provide intersession, before and after school, or summer school instruction. They may also be used for newcomer centers, tutors, mentors, special materials, or any other supplemental activity that meets the objectives of ELAP. Allocations muse be used for the scools selected and may not be distributed to any other school district. The state determines funding distribution based on the Annual Language Census (R30).//====