CHAPTER 7. Bilingual Education

Chapter 7 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 52160–52202 · 36 sections

1. ARTICLE 3. Bilingual-Bicultural Education Act of 1976 §§ 52160–52178 · 27 sections

   • § 52160 This article shall be known and may be referred to as the Chacon-Moscone Bilingual-Bicultural Education Act of 1976.
   • § 52161 The Legislature finds that there are more than 288,000 school age children who are limited English proficient and who do not have the English language skills…
   • § 52162 The State Board of Education shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary for the effective administration of this article.
   • § 52163 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section shall govern the construction of this article. (a) “Basic bilingual education”…
   • § 52163.5 Each of the program options defined in subdivision (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) of Section 52163 shall include structured activities which promote the…
   • § 52163.6 The Legislature recognizes that for many languages there is a shortage of primary language textbooks, curriculum, teacher training programs, and bilingual…
   • § 52164 Each school district shall ascertain not later than the first day of March of each year, under regulations prescribed by the State Board of Education, the…
   • § 52164.1 The superintendent, with the approval of the State Board of Education, shall prescribe census-taking methods, applicable to all school districts in the state,…
   • § 52164.2 The Department of Education shall review the results of the census each year. Where the information provided by a school district appears to be inaccurate or…
   • § 52164.3 (a) Each school district shall reassess pupils whose primary language is other than English, whether they are designated as limited English proficient, or…
   • § 52164.4 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…
   • § 52164.5 Pertinent information from the assessment of language skills for each pupil whose primary language is other than English shall be retained by the school…
   • § 52164.6 Reclassification criteria shall be established by each school district in which pupils of limited English proficiency are enrolled. The criteria shall…
   • § 52165 Each pupil of limited English proficiency enrolled in the California public school system in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, shall receive…
   • § 52166 All teachers and aides providing instruction in programs established pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or, unless waived by the board, (c) of Section 52163,…
   • § 52167 (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in classes established pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (c) of Section 52165, not more than two-thirds nor…
   • § 52168 (a) The superintendent shall ensure that funds appropriated for purposes of this article supplement and do not supplant categorical funds allocated from other…
   • § 52169 (a) The requirements for establishing programs mandated pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 52165 shall be in effect beginning with the 1977–78 school year.…
   • § 52170 (a) Each school which has enrolled one or more pupils of limited English proficiency shall prepare a plan to meet the needs of pupils of limited English…
   • § 52171 Each district shall submit annually to the department an evaluation of pupil progress for every program that has been approved pursuant to this article in a…
   • § 52172 Teachers and teacher aides who are not bilingual-crosscultural teachers and aides, as defined by subdivisions (h) and (i) of Section 52163, shall not be…
   • § 52173 (a) Prior to the enrollment of any pupils in any program authorized pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (d) of Section 52163, parents or guardians of…
   • § 52174 Nothing in this article shall preclude the participation by an individual school district in a consortium or a cooperative in order to provide support and…
   • § 52175 A school district governing board may allow a nonresident pupil of limited English proficiency to enroll in or attend its program authorized pursuant to…
   • § 52176 (a) Each school district with more than 50 pupils of limited English proficiency shall establish a districtwide advisory committee on bilingual education.…
   • § 52177 Out of funds appropriated for these purposes, the superintendent shall administer this article. The responsibilities of the superintendent in administering…
   • § 52178 All principal teachers providing instruction in programs defined by subdivision (a), (b), or, unless waived by the board, (c), and insofar as teachers are…
2. ARTICLE 4. Bilingual Teacher Training Assistance Program §§ 52180–52186 · 6 sections

   • § 52180 It is the intent of the Legislature that school districts, county offices of education and institutions of higher education, with the assistance of the State…
   • § 52181 The State Bilingual Teacher Training Assistance Program is hereby established for teachers who are granted waivers under Section 52178 and who are enrolled and…
   • § 52182 (a) The State Department of Education shall establish minimum standards and criteria for the State Bilingual Teacher Training Assistance Program, and shall…
   • § 52183 The department shall establish minimum requirements for teachers who may wish to participate in the program, including, but not limited to, the following…
   • § 52185 Agencies funded under Section 52182 to provide training services shall report annually to the Superintendent of Public Instruction the information required…
   • § 52186 The department shall provide ongoing technical assistance and support for districts establishing or continuing bilingual teacher training assistance programs…
3. ARTICLE 5. Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program §§ 52200–52202 · 3 sections

   • § 52200 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program.
   • § 52201 (a) (1) The purpose of the grant program established under this article is to ensure that California can meet the demand for bilingual teachers necessary for…
   • § 52202 (a) The Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program shall be administered by the department in consultation with the Commission on Teacher…