California Education Code

§ 52165

EDC § 52165 Effective Jan 1, 2011Div. 4 · Title 2 · Part 28 · Ch. 7 · Art. 3

Statute text

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 a language understandable to the pupil that recognizes the pupil’s primary language and teaches the pupil English.

(a)In kindergarten and grades 1 to 6, inclusive, the following shall apply:

(1)If the language census indicates that any school of a school district has 10 or more pupils of limited English proficiency with the same primary language in the same grade level or 10 or more pupils of limited English proficiency with the same primary language, in the same age group, and in a multigrade or ungraded instructional environment, the school district shall offer instruction pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (c) of Section 52163 for those pupils at the school. If there are pupils of limited English proficiency with different primary languages who do not otherwise satisfy the program requirements of subdivision (a), (b), or (c) of Section 52163 or of this subdivision, a language development specialist defined in subdivision (b) may be used.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 328, Sec. 47. (SB 1330) Effective January 1, 2011.