ARTICLE 3. Bilingual-Bicultural Education Act of 1976

Article 3 added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 36.

§§ 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…