This guide, designed for limited-English-speaking native Portuguese-speaking parents in California and presented in both Portuguese and English versions, is a general reference about the California State educational system. Sections address the following topics in question-and-answer format: matriculation, general information, and transportation; the basic academic program and curriculum; eligibility, placement, promotion, and testing; bilingual education; additional educational programs and services, including continuing, vocational, and adult education, attendance, and opportunities for gifted and talented; parent participation in the schools; and the structure of the public school system. (MSE)