Table 5.4b. Percentage of students who qualify for limited-English-proficient (LEP) services, by LEP enrollment status and race/ethnicity: 2006

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Table 5.4b. Percentage of students who qualify for limited-English-proficient (LEP) services, by LEP enrollment status and race/ethnicity: 2006

Race/ethnicity	Total	Enrolled in LEP services	Not enrolled in LEP services
Total qualified for LEP services	9.4	8.6	0.8
White	0.9	0.7	0.1
Black	1.8	1.6	0.2
Hispanic	36.3	33.4	2.9
Asian/Pacific Islander	22.5	19.9	2.6
American Indian/Alaska Native	8.5	7.2	1.3

NOTE: Students who qualify for LEP services are defined as: (1) individuals who were not born in the United States or whose native language is a language other than English; (2) individuals who come from environments where a language other than English is dominant; and (3) individuals who are American Indian/Alaska Native and who come from environments where a language other than English has had a significant impact on their level of English language proficiency, and who, by reason thereof, have sufficient difficulty speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English language. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Civil Rights Data Collection, 2006, retrieved July 2, 2008, from http://ocrdata.ed.gov/ocr2006rv30/.

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