The purpose of the ELAC is to provide parents of English Learners with opportunities to: 

• Learn more about the programs offered to their children.
• Participate in the schools’ needs assessment of students, parents, and teachers. 
• Provide input to the principal and school staff on the most positive and effective strategies for teaching English Learners. 
• Provide input on the most effective ways to support full participation of English Learners in all school activities.
• Provide input on the most effective ways to ensure regular school attendance. 
• Have representation at the district level by the attendance of elected officials at the District English Language Advisory Council (DELAC) meetings.

California Education Code 52852 requires that a school site council shall be established at each school that participates in Title I or Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) supplemental/concentration grant funding. The school site council shall be composed of the principal and representatives of teachers selected by teachers at the school; other school personnel selected by other school personnel at the school; parents of pupils attending the school selected by the parents; and, in secondary schools, pupils selected by pupils attending the school.

• Elect officers
• Develop/revise by-law (optional)
• Advise the annual revision of the Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)
• Recommend the annual revisions to the SPSA for Board approval
• Approve revisions to the site categorical budget and SPSA
• Monitor the implementation of the site's categorical budget and activities in the SPSA
• Annually evaluate the activities in the approved SPSA