Section 52540.  


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  • 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.)