From the California Education Code (Enacted 1976, chapter
1010-2, operative April 30, 1977), and revised as per AB680, revisions
effective January 1, 2007.
Section 48985. Notices to parents
in languages other than English.
(a) When 15 percent or more of the pupils enrolled
in a public school that provides instruction in kindergarten or any
of grades 1 through 12 speak a single primary language other than English,
as determined from the census data submitted to the Department of Education
pursuant to Section 52164 in the preceding year, all notices, reports,
statements, or records sent to the parent or guardian of any such pupil
by the school or school district shall, in addition to being written
in English, be written in such primary language, and may be responded
to either in English or the primary language.
(b) Pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 64001, the department shall
monitor adherence to the requirements of subdivision (a) as part of
its regular monitoring and review of public schools and school districts,
commonly known as the Categorical Program Monitoring process, and shall
determine the types of documents and languages a school district translates
to a primary language other than English, the availability of these
documents to parents or guardians who speak a primary language other
than English, and the gaps in translations of these documents.
(c) Based on census data submitted to the department pursuant to Section
52164 in the preceding fiscal year, the department shall notify a school
district, by August 1 of each year, of the schools within the school
district, and the primary language other than English, for which the
translation of documents is required pursuant to subdivision (a). The
department shall make that notification using electronic methods.
(d) The department shall use existing resources to comply with subdivisions
(b) and (c).
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