{"id":507,"date":"2020-08-02T21:23:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T21:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/esol\/?page_id=507"},"modified":"2025-12-19T18:43:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T18:43:24","slug":"home2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/esol\/","title":{"rendered":"The English You Need to Succeed"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-507","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"layouts":[{"acf_fc_layout":"three_columns","heading":"Steps to Enroll","column_1":"<div style=\"background-color: #c4f1a4;color: white;padding: 1rem;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/esol\/apply\/\"><strong>APPLICATION<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n","column_2":"<div 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