April 16, 2008
Dear Select County and District Superintendents and Language Census Coordinators:
Overdue 2008 Language Census Data From CSIS DISTRICTS with Charter schools NOT SUBMITED through CSIS State Reporting
Your local educational agency (LEA) is a California School Information Service (CSIS) state reporting LEA and has one or more charter school in your LEA that do not report their Language Census data through your LEA’s CSIS state reporting submission. Your LEA is responsible for submitting Language Census data for these charter schools using the traditional Language Census submission process. As of April 15, 2008, we have not received Language Census data for one or more of these charter schools in your LEA. Language Census data for these charter schools were due to the California Department of Education on April 3, 2008.
The data reported on the Language Census are required by federal case law. In addition, there are remaining reporting requirements under Education Code sections 62002 and 62003. The submission of the Language Census for each school is a LEA responsibility and must be completed for all public schools except preschools, children’s centers, adult schools, regional occupational centers, and state special schools. Based on federal case law, all charter schools must also submit Language Census data.
The LEA’s Language Census coordinator is to submit their charter school’s Language Census data using the Language Census Data Entry Assistant (LCDEA) software by April 30, 2008. The LCDEA software is available for downloading from the Download LCDEA Software Web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sd/lc/downloadlcdea.asp.
Enclosed is a list of the charter schools in your LEA that do not report their Language Census data through your LEA’s CSIS state reporting submission that our records show as missing Language Census data. If the schools are closed or temporarily not in operation, complete the List of Expected Schools and fax this form to the Data Management Division at 916-327-0195. This list was mailed to you on February 2, 2008. The List of Expected Schools may also be downloaded from the Language Census Coordinator Login page at http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/lclogin.asp.
If you have any questions regarding this subject, please contact Dorothy Aicega, Associate Governmental Program Analyst, Educational Demographics, at 916-327-0208 or by e-mail at daicega@cde.ca.gov.
Sincerely,
William L. Padia, Deputy Superintendent
Assessment and Accountability Branch
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Enclosure
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Sacramento, CA 95814