The State of Our Artnys CR Part 154, Revised and in Practice

Abstract

With the recent revisions to CR-154 in New York State, schools that serve ELLs face new mandates. 
The New York State Department of Education (NYSED) revised regulations for programs that support 
English language learners (ELLs) in 2014. These regulations are known in the field as Commissioners 
Regulations Part 154 (CR-154). This article applauds many of the revisions while examining the 
challenges that have arisen from the rapid implementation of the policy. Particular attention is paid to 
students, ESL/ENL and content area teachers, and schools in which the new regulations in CR-154 
have proven to be prohibitively difficult, often at the expense of a quality education for our 
multilingual learners