California Education Code ARTICLE 3 - Bilingual-Bicultural Education Act of 1976

• Section 52160.
  This article shall be known and may be referred to as the Chacon-Moscone Bilingual-Bicultural Education Act of 1976.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 36.)
• Section 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...
• Section 52162.
  The State Board of Education shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary for the effective administration of this article.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch....
• Section 52163.
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section shall govern the construction of this article.(a) “Basic bilingual education” is a system of...
• Section 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...
• Section 52163.6.
  The Legislature recognizes that for many languages there is a shortage of primary language textbooks, curriculum, teacher training programs, and bilingual personnel. The requirement for...
• Section 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,...
• Section 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, which shall...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 fluent English proficient,...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 district...
• Section 52164.6.
  Reclassification criteria shall be established by each school district in which pupils of limited English proficiency are enrolled. The criteria shall determine when pupils of...
• Section 52165.
  Each pupil of limited English proficiency enrolled in the California public school system in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, shall receive instruction in...
• Section 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, shall...
• Section 52167.
  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 less...
• Section 52168.
  (a) The superintendent shall ensure that funds appropriated for purposes of this article supplement and do not supplant categorical funds allocated from other local or state...
• Section 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.(b) Nothing contained in...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 permitted...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 subdivision...
• Section 52176.
  (a) Each school district with more than 50 pupils of limited English proficiency shall establish a districtwide advisory committee on bilingual education. Parents or guardians, or...
• Section 52177.
  Out of funds appropriated for these purposes, the superintendent shall administer this article. The responsibilities of the superintendent in administering this article shall include, but...
• Section 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 available,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018