The purpose of this public school bilingual census was to identify the attendance centers in the state of Illinois which had students in need of bilingual education. According to an Illinois state law, any attendance center with 20 or more students of limited English language proficiency of the same non-English language must provide a bilingual education program for these students. Table 1 of this report shows the number of students by language fluency level, the percent, and the percent of change for the 1975 and 1976 census. Table 2 indicates the ten countries with the largest number of students reported on the bilingual census and the percentage of the total number of students reported statewide. Table 3 indicates the ten non-English languages most frequently reported and the number of students. Table 4 indicates the number and percentage of Vietnamese students. Table 5 indicates the number of students and percentage of the total number of students reported. The appendices include a copy of the census form and the definitions of the six English language fluency levels. (CFM)