---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 39.135"
title: "25"
number: "39.135"
heading: "What services must be provided to an LEP student?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/39.135"
---

# §39.135. What services must be provided to an LEP student?


A school must provide services that assist each LEP student to:

- (a) Become proficient in English and, to the extent possible, proficient in their Native language; and
- (b) Meet the same challenging academic content and student academic achievement standards that all students are expected to meet under [20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(1)](/usc/20/6311.md?p=b-1).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 70 FR 22205, Apr. 28, 2005, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 13, 2008; Public Law 107-110, 115 Stat. 1425.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 61864, Oct. 26, 1979, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 47 FR 13327, Mar. 30, 1982.