Section 52164 Of Article 3. Bilingual-bicultural Education Act Of 1976 From California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 28. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 3.
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 total number of pupils of limited
English proficiency within the district, and shall classify them
according to their primary language, age, and grade level. This count
shall be known as the "census of pupils of limited English
proficiency" and shall consist of a determination of the primary
language of each pupil enrolled in the school district and an
assessment of the language skills of all pupils whose primary
language is other than English.
The census shall be taken by individual, actual count, and not by
estimates or samplings. All pupils of limited English proficiency,
including migrant and special education pupils, shall be counted.
Special language assessment instruments, designated by the
superintendent and in compliance with the requirements of subdivision
(j) of Section 56001, may be used for special education pupils. The
results of this census shall be reported to the Department of
Education not later than the 30th day of April of each year. The
previous census shall be updated to include new enrollees and to
eliminate pupils who are no longer pupils of limited English
proficiency and pupils who no longer attend school in the district,
and shall be reported pursuant to Section 52164.1. Census data
gathered in one school year shall be used to plan the number of
bilingual classrooms to be established in the following school year.