{"code":"EDC","codeName":"Education Code","section":"52164.4","citation":"Ed. Code, § 52164.4","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [33000. - 65001.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2"},{"name":"DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES [46000. - 65001.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4"},{"name":"PART 28. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS [51000. - 53303.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4/part-28"},{"name":"CHAPTER 7. Bilingual Education [52160. - 52202.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4/part-28/chapter-7"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Bilingual-Bicultural Education Act of 1976 [52160. - 52178.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4/part-28/chapter-7/article-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1339, Sec. 14.   Operative July 1, 1981, by Sec. 39 of Ch. 1339.","effective":null,"html":"<p>If a previously untested pupil enrolling in a school for the first time speaks a language other than English in the home, such pupil shall be enrolled as a pupil of limited English proficiency in a bilingual program pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), (c), (e), or (f) of Section <a href=\"/edc/52163\">52163</a> at least until that child has been assessed pursuant to Section <a href=\"/edc/52164\">52164</a>.</p>","text":"If a previously untested pupil enrolling in a school for the first time speaks a language other than English in the home, such pupil shall be enrolled as a pupil of limited English proficiency in a bilingual program pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), (c), (e), or (f) of Section 52163 at least until that child has been assessed pursuant to Section 52164.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/bilingual-bicultural-education-act-of-1976-52164-4","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}