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SSB Less Commonly Awarded Languages, 2023-24

Districts Awarding the State Seal of Biliteracy (SSB) in Less Commonly Awarded Languages for 2023-24.

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 are those that have local educational agencies that requested insignias in that language for the 2023–24 school year.

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

Afro-Asiatic

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Albanian

Los Angeles

  • Whittier Union High

Sacramento

  • San Juan Unified

Amharic

Alameda

  • Oakland Unified

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Orange

  • Anaheim Union High

Sacramento

  • San Juan Unified

Assyrian

San Diego

  • Grossmont Union High

Stanislaus

  • Turlock Unified

Bangla

San Bernardino

  • Redlands Unified

Bulgarian

Contra Costa

  • Mt. Diablo Unified

El Dorado

  • Lake Tahoe Unified

Cambodian

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Cantonese

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Croatian

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Czech

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Dari

Contra Costa

  • Mt. Diablo Unified

Orange

  • Anaheim Union High

Sacramento

  • Elk Grove Unified
  • Folsom-Cordova Unified
  • Natomas Unified
  • San Juan Unified
  • Twin Rivers Unified

Dutch

Riverside

  • Hemet Unified

San Diego

  • Coronado Unified

Bangla

San Bernardino

  • Redlands Unified

Greek

Alameda

  • Fremont Unified

Los Angeles

  • Whittier Union High

San Mateo

  • San Mateo Union High

Placer

  • Western Sierra Collegiate Academy

Guamanian

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Gujarati

Madera

  • Chowchilla Union High

Orange

  • Anaheim Union High

Sacramento

  • San Juan Unified

Hungarian

Alameda

  • Berkeley Unified

Sonoma

  • Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified

Yolo

  • Davis Joint Unified

Ilocano

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Monterey

  • Salinas Union High

Indonesian

Orange

  • Anaheim Union High

San Bernardino

  • Redlands Unified

Kannada

Alameda

  • Pleasanton Unified

Kapampangan

Monterey

  • Salinas Union High

Khmer

Monterey

  • Salinas Union High

Orange

  • Anaheim Union High

Ventura

  • Ventura Unified

Kinyarwanda

Orange

  • Anaheim Union High

Lithuanian

Alameda

  • Castro Valley Unified

Marathi

Santa Clara

  • Santa Clara Unified

Mixteco

Monterey

  • Salinas Union High

Santa Barbara

  • Santa Maria Joint Union High

Ventura

  • Oxnard Union High

Mongolian

Alameda

  • Albany City Unified

Sacramento

  • San Juan Unified

Nahuatl

Los Angeles

  • Anahuacalmecac International University Preparatory of North America

Nepali

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Orange

  • Anaheim Union High

Yolo

  • Woodland Joint Unified

Norwegian

Sacramento

  • San Juan Unified

Pashto

Sacramento

  • Elk Grove Unified
  • Folsom-Cordova Unified
  • Natomas Unified
  • Sacramento City Unified
  • San Juan Unified
  • Twin Rivers Unified
  • Woodland Joint Unified

Polish

Santa Barbara

  • Santa Barbara Unified

Ventura

  • Ventura Unified

Contra Costa

  • Mt. Diablo Unified

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Sacramento

  • San Juan Unified

Riffian

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Romanian

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Orange

  • Anaheim Union High

Sacramento

  • Natomas Unified

San Bernardino

  • Redlands Unified

Samoan

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Serbian

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Sinhala

Orange

  • Anaheim Union High

Sinhalese

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Somali Maxaa

Santa Clara

  • Santa Clara Unified

Swahili

Alameda

  • Berkeley Unified

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Orange

  • Anaheim Union High

San Bernardino

  • Redlands Unified

Swedish

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Tamil

Alameda

  • Fremont Unified
  • Pleasanton Unified

Los Angeles

  • ABC Unified
  • William S. Hart Union High

Sacramento

  • Folsom-Cordova Unified

San Joaquin

  • Lammersville Joint Unified

Santa Clara

  • Milpitas Unified

Telugu

Alameda

  • Fremont Unified

Orange

  • Anaheim Union High

Sacramento

  • Elk Grove Unified
  • Folsom-Cordova Unified
  • Natomas Unified

San Bernardino

  • Redlands Unified

San Diego

  • Poway Unified

San Joaquin

  • Lammersville Joint Unified

Thai

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Orange

  • Anaheim Union High

Santa Cruz

  • San Lorenzo Valley Unified

Tibetan

Alameda

  • Albany City Unified

Tigrinya

Alameda

  • Oakland Unified

Turkish

Contra Costa

  • Mt. Diablo Unified

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified
  • Whittier Union High

Sacramento

  • San Juan Unified
  • Twin Rivers Unified

San Diego

  • Coronado Unified

Yolo

  • Davis Joint Unified

Tuscarora

Sonoma

  • Santa Rosa High

Ukrainian

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Placer

  • Roseville Joint Union High

Sacramento

  • Center Joint Unified
  • Twin Rivers Unified
  • Folsom-Cordova Unified
  • Natomas Unified
  • Twin Rivers Unified

Tulare

  • Visalia Unified

San Bernardino

  • Victor Valley Union High

Uzbek

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Yoruba

Sacramento

  • San Juan Unified

Yurok

Del Norte

  • Del Norte County Unified

Humboldt

  • Eureka City Schools
  • Northern Humboldt Union High
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