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In Florida, over 2 million (17.3%) of the population is limited English proficient, an increase of 500,000 since 1990. Florida Department of Education, Office of Multicultural Student Language Education (OMSLE) reports that Florida's LEPs come from 258 countries and speaking 207 languages. 1999-2000 school year data indicates that 69.8% of Florida LEPs are Spanish speakers. Other languages spoken by more than 1% of LEPs are Haitian-Creole, Portuguese, French, and Vietnamese.

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Learn more about Hispanics in the U.S., view the U.S. Census Public Use Presentations at www.census.gov
Learn more about Florida's LEP population, look at the OMSLE web site at http://www.firn.edu/doe/bin00011/home0011.htm

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This program was developed by the State of Florida Adult Secondary/GED/VPI Committee of the Practitioners' Task Force, through an Adult Education State Leadership Grant from the Florida Department of Education, Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Education.

Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this web-based training component, it is not an official publication of the Florida Department of Education.