California English Language Development Test (CELDT) Apportionment

Funding Description

Funding is provided to reimburse districts and charter schools the costs associated with administering the California English Language Development Test (CELDT). The CELDT is a criterion-referenced examination and is aligned to the California academic content standards in English-language development adopted by the State Board of Education. Approximately 1,060 local educational agencies (LEAs) administer the CELDT during various testing periods.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Local educational agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	Local educational agencies that administer the CELDT.
Other Eligibility Considerations	Not Applicable
Eligible Grade Level(s)	Not applicable
Eligible Age Level(s)	Not applicable

Funding

Legal Authority	Education Code section 313 (enacted by Chapter 1 of the Statutes of 1999 (Senate Bill 638)), 60810, 60811, and 60812 (enacted by Chapter 7 of the Statutes of 1997 (Assembly Bill 748)); Budget Item 6110-113-0001, Schedule 3, Provision 3; Code of Regulations, Title 5, Section 11511
Source / Type	State / Apportionment
State Fiscal Year	2007-08
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	0000 / 8590
Total Available	$9,741,000
Recipient Amount	Unavailable
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	$5.00 per student tested.

Important Dates

Date Application Available	Unavailable
Due Date	Unavailable
Expected Notification Date	May 15, 2009

Additional Information

Application	Unavailable
Background	California English Language Development Test  [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/el/]
Fiscal	Unavailable
Other	The apportionment payment includes district and/or charter schools that have signed and submitted an apportionment report and certification postmarked by December 31 or have filed a waiver request and received approval for payment by the State Board of Education. The CELDT Apportionment Report and Certification is mailed to school districts/charter schools by November 15 each year with a deadline to be returned to CDE by December 31.

Contacts

Program	Lily Roberts, 916-319-0569, lroberts@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Kerri Wong, 916-319-0333, kewong@cde.ca.gov
Division	Assessment Development & Administration Division, 916-319-0784 (phone), 916-319-0967 (fax)