TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 33000-64100›DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES 46000-65001›PART 28. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS 51000-53315›CHAPTER 10. Adult Schools 52500-52621›ARTICLE 3. Adult English Classes 52540-52544

§ 52540

California Education Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Upon application of 20 or more persons above the age of 18 years residing in a high school district who cannot speak, read, or write the English language to a degree of proficiency equal to that required for the completion of the eighth grade of the elementary schools, the governing board of the high school district shall establish classes in English.

(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

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