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CT multilingual student enrollment down; Advocates cite ICE fears

For the first time in over a decade, the number of English language learners enrolled in Connecticut public schools fell this October, and some advocates are attributing the decline to families’ fears of immigration enforcement tactics.

Since 2014, English language learners have been one of the only groups with increasing enrollment, even as the number of total students across the state fell. And aside from 2020, when there was a dip from 2019 enrollment, the number of English language learners enrolling in Connecticut schools has increased by thousands of students each year.

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