When is the deadline to implement the new federal race and ethnicity categories?
California will implement these new requirements in the fall of 2009 and will include the new categories in the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) when it is implemented in the 2009-10 academic year. The federal guideline requires implementation no later than the fall of 2010 for the 2010-11 academic year, but the ED encourages reporting of aggregate race and ethnicity data in accordance with the guidance prior to the deadline.
