The Multilingual Learner Report in Data Exchange (DEX-LM) collects information on students with a home language other than English, determines the enrollment count of identified English learner students, and generates funding for schools via the federal Title III grant and the state Non-English Speaking Program (NESP). Any students with errors or exclusions will not be certified and included in the finalized Multilingual Learner Report. The certification window is open through Friday, October 10 at 4 p.m. ET, allowing LEAs to submit additional data and address errors and exclusions. Schools can run their validations manually in DEX through Monday, October 6. Beginning Tuesday, October 7, a new validation can only be processed by making a request to IDOE. To review students not currently certified, navigate to the Validate tab in Data Exchange and click on the “Multilingual Learners” hyperlink. This report details each error or exclusion by STN and can be exported for further organization. If there is any discrepancy between the information shown in the Data Exchange Validation portal and your Student Information System (SIS), please contact your SIS vendor directly or submit a help ticket.