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SSB Less Commonly Awarded Languages, 2021-22

Districts Awarding the State Seal of Biliteracy (SSB) in Less Commonly Awarded Languages for 2021-22.

The languages listed below are languages in which no Advanced Placement Assessment is available. Languages are listed alphabetically with the districts that awarded the State Seal of Biliteracy in that language, organized by county. The counties listed under each language in the table of contents are those that have local educational agencies that requested insignias in that language for the 2021–22 school year.

All of the data included here is self-reported data that was provided to the California Department of Education through the State Seal of Biliteracy Insignia Request Form.

Albanian

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District
  • Whittier Union High School District

Ventura County

  • Ventura Unified School District

Amharic

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

Placer County

  • Roseville Joint Union High School District

Bulgarian

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

Burmese

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

San Mateo County

  • Jefferson Union High School District

Cebuano (Bisaya)

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

San Bernardino County

  • Fontana Unified School District

Danish

San Diego County

  • San Dieguito Union High School District

Dari

Sacramento County

  • Center Joint Unified School District
  • Sacramento City Unified School District
  • San Juan Unified School District
  • Twin Rivers Unified School District

Dutch

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

Santa Clara County

  • Santa Clara County Office of Education

Greek

El Dorado County

  • El Dorado Union High School District

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District
  • Whittier Union High School District

Placer County

  • Rocklin Unified School District

San Mateo County

  • San Mateo Union High School District

Gujarati

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

San Mateo County

  • Sequoia Union High School District

Santa Clara County

  • Santa Clara County Office of Education

Hungarian

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

Igbo

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

Ilocano

Monterey County

  • Salinas Union High School District

Riverside County

  • Hemet Unified School District

Santa Clara County

  • Santa Clara Unified School District

Indonesian

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

Javanese

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

Khmer

Los Angeles County

  • Long Beach Unified School District
  • Los Angeles Unified School District

Kurdish

San Diego County

  • Grossmont Union High School District

Lao

Contra Costa County

  • Summit Public Schools, K2

Sacramento County

  • Elk Grove Unified School District

Lithuanian

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

Marathi

Santa Clara County

  • Santa Clara Unified School District

Mien (Yao)

Contra Costa County

  • Summit Public Schools, K2

Mixteco

Santa Barbara County

  • Santa Maria Joint Union High School District

Ventura County

  • Oxnard Union High School District

Mongolian

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

Nepali

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

Solano County

  • Benicia Unified School District

Palauan

San Bernardino County

  • Fontana Unified School District

Pashto

Sacramento County

  • Natomas Unified School District
  • Sacramento City Unified School District
  • San Juan Unified School District
  • Twin Rivers Unified School District

Polish

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

Romanian

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District
  • Whittier Union High School District

Sacramento County

  • Natomas Unified School District
  • San Juan Unified School District
  • Twin Rivers Unified School District

Serbo-Croatian

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

Sinhalese

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

Sipakapense

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

Swahili

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

Swedish

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

Tamil

Alameda County

  • Fremont Unified School District

Los Angeles County

  • ABC Unified School District
  • Los Angeles Unified School District

Sacramento County

  • Folsom-Cordova Unified School District

Santa Clara County

  • Santa Clara Unified School District

Telugu

Alameda County

  • Fremont Unified School District

San Diego County

  • Poway Unified School District

Thai

Alameda County

  • Oakland Unified School District

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

Tigrinya

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

Toishanese

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

Turkish

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

Sacramento County

  • San Juan Unified School District

Ukrainian

Los Angeles County

  • Los Angeles Unified School District

Placer County

  • Roseville Joint Union High School District

Sacramento County

  • Natomas Unified School District
  • San Juan Unified School District
  • Twin Rivers Unified School District

Yoruba

Alameda County

  • Oakland Unified School District

Yurok

Del Norte County

  • Del Norte County Unified School District

Humboldt County

  • Eureka City Schools Unified School District
  • Northern Humboldt Union High School District
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Last Reviewed: Tuesday, October 10, 2023
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