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CHAPTER 3. English Language Education for Immigrant Children [300. - 340.]

Chapter 3 added June 2, 1998, by initiative Proposition 227, Sec. 1.

§§ 300–340 · 16 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. Findings and Declarations § 300 · 1 section
    • § 300 The people of California find and declare as follows: (a) Whereas, The English language is the national public language of the United States of America and of…
  2. ARTICLE 2. English Language Education §§ 305–306 · 2 sections
    • § 305 (a) (1) As part of the parent and community engagement process required for the development of a local control and accountability plan pursuant to Article 4.5…
    • § 306 The definitions of the terms used in this article and in Article 1 (commencing with Section 300) are as follows: (a) “English learner” means a pupil who is…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Parental Exceptions § 310 · 1 section
    • § 310 (a) Parents or legal guardians of pupils enrolled in the school may choose a language acquisition program that best suits their child pursuant to this section.…
  4. ARTICLE 3.5. English Language Proficiency Assessment §§ 313–313.5 · 5 sections
    • § 313 (a) Each school district that has one or more pupils who are English learners, and, to the extent required by federal law, each county office of education and…
    • § 313.1 For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) (1) “Long-term English learner” means an English learner to which all of the…
    • § 313.2 (a) The department shall annually ascertain the number of pupils in each school district and school, including a school that is within the jurisdiction of a…
    • § 313.3 (a) On or before December 31, 2023, the department shall develop a standardized English language teacher observation protocol for use by teachers in evaluating…
    • § 313.5 (a) By January 1, 2014, the department shall review and analyze the criteria, policies, and practices that a sampling of school districts that represent the…
  5. ARTICLE 4. Community-Based English Tutoring §§ 315–316 · 2 sections
    • § 315 In furtherance of its constitutional and legal requirement to offer special language assistance to children coming from backgrounds of limited English…
    • § 316 Programs funded pursuant to this section shall be provided through schools or community organizations. Funding for these programs shall be administered by the…
  6. ARTICLE 5. Legal Standing and Parental Enforcement § 320 · 1 section
    • § 320 As detailed in Section 5 of Article IX of the California Constitution, and Article 2 (commencing with Section 305) and Article 3 (commencing with Section 310),…
  7. ARTICLE 6. Severability § 325 · 1 section
    • § 325 If any part or parts of this statute are found to be in conflict with federal law or the United States or the California State Constitution, the statute shall…
  8. ARTICLE 7. Operative Date § 330 · 1 section
    • § 330 This initiative shall become operative for all school terms which begin more than sixty days following the date on which it becomes effective.
  9. ARTICLE 8. Amendment § 335 · 1 section
    • § 335 The provisions of this act may be amended by a statute that becomes effective upon approval by the electorate or by a statute passed by a majority vote of each…
  10. ARTICLE 9. Interpretation § 340 · 1 section
    • § 340 Under circumstances in which portions of this statute are subject to conflicting interpretations, Section 300 shall be assumed to contain the governing intent…