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The Board may approve time-and-a-half (1.5x) for qualifying applicants based on recent TOEFL-iBT scores, approved graduate program documentation, or non-U.S. schooling with substantial coursework in another language. 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The regulations, §1805 .2 of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations (16 CCR), supersede any allowances offered by the Board’s test vendors. They allow the Board to grant additional examination time of time-and-a-half (1 .5x) to an ESL applicant if they meet one of the following criteria:  \n1. A score of 85 or below on the Test of English as a Foreign Language, Internet Based Test (TOEFL-iBT), taken in the past 2 years. (The current cost of this testis $255 in the U.S. )  \n2. Documentation from the qualifying master’s degree program that the program had granted the applicant additional exam time or another allowance due to speaking English as a second language.  \n3. Documentation that the qualifying master’s degree was obtained from a school outside the U.S. , and that at least half the coursework was presented in a language other than English.  \nThe Board’s exam vendors administer exams on behalf of the Board. They are:  \n• The Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) (Administers LCSW clinical exam for the Board)  \n• The National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) (Administers LPCC clinical exam for the Board)  \n• Pearson-Vue (Administers all board-developed exams: LMFT clinical exam, LEP exam, and the Board’s California law and ethics exams for each license type. )  \nEach of these vendors have their own ESL allowances, outlined below. However, as noted above, because the Board has established its own ESL regulations, the exam  \nvendors accept the Board’s ESL policies as overriding their own. The fact that the Board has its own separate ESL policies can prolong the approval process, as it takes Board staff time to review the request for an allowance and either deny or approve it, before forwarding the allowance approval on to the test vendor.  \nAssociation of Social Work Boards (ASWB)  \nASWB administers the LCSW clinical exam.  \nBenefit granted: Additional time (up to two extra hours) , and applicant may request permission to use up to two dictionaries, one bilingual word-to-word translation dictionary and/or one general English dictionary.  \nHow to qualify: The applicant must certify under penalty of perjury that their primary/first language is one other than English.  \nNational Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)  \nNBCC administers the LPCC clinical exam.  \nBenefit granted: One or more of the following:  \n• Extended time, not to exceed time-and-a-half; and/or  \n• Use of an approved bilingual dictionary.  \nHow to qualify: The applicant must show that they have difficulty in speaking, reading, writing, or understanding English, and provide documentation of one of the following:  \n• That they have limited English proficiency, demonstrated by the results of an appropriate ESL assessment completed within the past 10 years (examples of appropriate assessments include the TOEFL and the International English Language Testing System (IELTS));  \n• That they received an ESL allowance on tests taken with respect to undergraduate or graduate studies within the past 10 years (may include a formalized plan);  \n• They have been found eligible for, or are participating in, an ESL or English Language Learner (ELL) program within the past 10 years.  \nRequests for the ESL allowance must be supported by documentation such as an ESL or ELL plan, or an official academic support or plan issued by an authorized representative of an educational institution.  \nPearson Vue (the Board’s exam vendor)  \nPearson Vue administers all of the BBS Board-developed exams ( LMFT clinical exam, LEP exam, and the LMFT, LCSW, and LPCC California law and ethics exams) .  \nBenefit granted: Time-and-a-half on the exam. Use of a dictionary must be formally requeste","cbCaiqByFvtfWJUY","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqByFvtfWJUY","pdf",1057646,11,"English","# Eligibility and regulatory basis\n## Qualifying criteria for time-and-a-half\n# Exam vendors and their ESL allowances\n## ASWB (LCSW exam) benefits and requirements\n## NBCC (LPCC exam) benefits and requirements\n## Pearson Vue (Board-developed exams) benefits and requirements\n# Recommendation and references","[{\"question\":\"What regulation authorizes additional ESL examination time allowances?\",\"answer\":\"The Board’s ESL additional examination time allowance is established via regulation in 2017 under 16 CCR §1805.2, which supersedes allowances offered by test vendors.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the qualifying criteria for receiving time-and-a-half (1.5x) ESL testing time?\",\"answer\":\"An applicant may qualify with a TOEFL-iBT score of 85 or below in the past 2 years, documentation from a qualifying master’s program granting an ESL-related allowance, or proof the master’s degree was earned outside the U.S. with at least half the coursework presented in a language other than English.\"},{\"question\":\"What benefits and documentation apply for the ASWB and NBCC exam vendors?\",\"answer\":\"ASWB may grant up to two extra hours and permit use of specific dictionaries, requiring certification that the applicant’s primary first language is other than English. NBCC may grant extended time (up to time-and-a-half) and use of an approved bilingual dictionary, requiring proof of difficulty with English plus supporting assessment or participation documentation within the past 10 years.\"}]","English as a Second Language (ESL) Additional Examination Time Allowances | PDF",1789981000,28]