General Information Administration The California Department of Education (CDE) is responsible for the administration and management of the California Basic Educational Data System (CBEDS). This function is performed under the direction of the CBEDS/CDS Support Office of the Educational Data Management Division. Contacts Although CBEDS data are collected by the Educational Data Management Division, data are collected for and used by other divisions within the CDE. Below is a list of subject matter experts who may be contacted should you need assistance reporting data for a particular section of CBEDS. General Inquiries Educational Data Management Division CBEDS/CDS Support Office 916-324-6738 Classified Staff, Teacher Hires, and Educational Calendar Lisa Young Educational Data Management Division CBEDS/CDS Support Office
916-319-0577 District of Choice Analysis, Measurement, and Accountability Reporting Division Data Visualization and Reporting Office 916-323-3071 Kindergarten Program Type Kathleen Halvorson Early Education and Support Division Policy Office 916-323-4629 Multilingual Instructional Programs and Languages of Instruction Lorrie Kelling English Learner Support Division Language Policy and Leadership Office 916-319-0386 Work Visa Applications Kristen Cruz Allen Educator Excellence and Equity Division Teacher and Leader Policy Office 916-319-0387 Resources All information pertaining to the CBEDS data collection, including forms and instructions, training, correspondence, and more are available online. Following are links to important CBEDS resources. CBEDS Web page CBEDS Online Reporting Application (ORA) CBEDS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Web page Significant Dates – CBEDS 2018 By August 1 CBEDS Training is made available. By August 16 CBEDS coordinators receive data collection information. October 3 Information Day By October 31 Data are due to the CDE. November 1 The CDE notifies district superintendents if CBEDS data are not received by this date. December 14 CBEDS cycle ends. CBEDS Forms and Data Collected Three separate forms are used to collect CBEDS data. A breakdown of each form and what data are collected is provided below. County/District Information Form (CDIF) Classified Staff – The full-time equivalent of classified staff members by type, gender, and racial/ethnic designation. Teacher Hires – The estimated number of hires by subject area for 2019–20. Work Visa Applications – The number of H-1B work visa applications applied for on behalf of potential local educational agency (LEA) and school employees and the number of those visa applications that were granted. District of Choice Supplemental (DOCS) Transfer Requests – The number of District of Choice transfer requests granted, withdrew, or denied, and the reason(s) for denial. Transferred Students Receiving Transportation Services by
List of Target Languages and Codes The following is a list of reportable languages and codes that may be used when reporting the target language(s) in which multilingual instructional programs are offered. Languages not listed are to be assigned to Code 99 - Other non-English languages. Code Language 56 Albanian 66 Amharic 11 Arabic 12 Armenian 42 Assyrian 61 Bengali 67 Bulgarian 13 Burmese 03 Cantonese 36 Cebuano (Visayan) 54 Chaldean 20 Chamorro (Guamanian) 39 Chaozhou (Chiuchow) 15 Dutch 16 Farsi (Persian) 05 Filipino (Pilipino or Tagalog) 17 French 18 German 19 Greek 43 Gujarati 21 Hebrew 22 Hindi 23 Hmong 24 Hungarian 25 Ilocano 26 Indonesian 27 Italian 08 Japanese 65 Kannada 69 Kashmiri 09 Khmer (Cambodian) 50 Khmu 68 Kikuyu (Gikuyu) 04 Korean 51 Kurdish (Kurdi, Kurmanji) 47 Lahu 10 Lao 07 Mandarin (Putonghua) 64 Marathi 48 Marshallese 44 Mien (Yao) 49 Mixteco 40 Pashto 41 Polish 06 Portuguese 28 Punjabi 45 Rumanian 29 Russian 30 Samoan 52 Serbo-Croatian (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian) 37 Sign Language 60 Somali 01 Spanish 70 Swedish 46 Taiwanese 63 Tamil 62 Telugu 32 Thai 57 Tigrinya 53 Toishanese 34 Tongan 33 Turkish 38 Ukrainian 35 Urdu 72 Uzbek 02 Vietnamese 71 Zapoteco 99 Other non-English languages