Title EDC, California Educ. Code

(a) Upon the petition of the county committee on school district organization of a county, or of the county board of education of that county, the State Board of Education may order the county board of education to act as the county committee on school district organization for t…

Upon the order of the State Board of Education issued pursuant to Section 4020, the county board of education of a county succeeds to and is vested with all duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction formerly vested in the county committee on school district org…

(a) The State Board of Education may, upon its own motion or upon petition of the county board of education or a majority of districts in the county, reestablish a county committee on school district organization whose duties and powers have been previously transferred pursuant t…

Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 4005, the first annual meeting following the reestablishment of a county committee on school district organization shall occur within 30 days of the State Board of Education’s action to reestablish the committee. (Added by Stats. 1990, C…

A county committee on school district organization reestablished pursuant to Section 4022 succeeds to and is vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction previously transferred to the county board of education pursuant to Section 4021. (Added b…

The accounting system used to record the financial affairs of any school district shall be in accordance with the definitions, instructions, and procedures published in the California School Accounting Manual as approved by the State Board of Education and furnished by the Superi…

The accounting system used to record the financial affairs of any school district shall be designed to provide separate recording and clear distinction between expenditures for salaries of classroom teachers employed by the district and expenditures for other purposes of the dist…

(a) The accounting system used to record the financial affairs of any local educational agency shall be designed to provide a separate accounting of expenditures related to actual payments of legal settlements, judgments, or special assessments by a joint pooling arrangement, as …

For purposes of determining allowances pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 52200) of Part 28, and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 56500) and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 56600) of Part 30, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall require the use of a uni…

For the purpose of achieving clarity and uniformity in the budgeting and reporting of school district expenditures by funds, whenever certain expenditures for the children’s center program, the development center for handicapped minors program, or any similar program, except the …

Excepting only as provided in Article 1 (commencing with Section 41000) and this article, all constitutional and statutory limitations on the purposes for which moneys derived from particular specified sources may be expended, and all statutory provisions relative to the establis…

The governing board of any school district or any county office of education which has funds in a special reserve fund of the district or county office of education or any surplus moneys not required for the immediate necessities of the district or county office of education, is …

The governing board of a school district which has made an investment pursuant to the authority of Section 41015 may deposit such security for safekeeping with a state or national bank or trust company located within this state or with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco or…

The governing board of any school district or any county office of education may authorize any school district governed by it, or any school under its jurisdiction to deposit in one or more bank accounts as clearing accounts any miscellaneous receipts, including receipts from the…

The governing board of any school district or any county office of education having an average daily attendance of 100,000 or more may deposit in one or more bank accounts moneys received from the temporary rental of property acquired by a school district or county office of educ…

The governing board of any school district which maintains clearing accounts, cafeteria accounts, and other accounts in a bank or banks, pursuant to Section 41017 or 39892, or pursuant to any other provisions of law, may contract and pay for the expenses of transporting money to …

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage sound fiscal management practices among local educational agencies for the most efficient and effective use of public funds for the education of children in California by strengthening fiscal accountability at the school distri…

Reports of audits previously filed with the county clerk pursuant to Section 41020 shall be disposed of by the county clerk or returned to the respective superintendent of schools. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1239, Sec. 3.)

(a) (1) If the governing board of a school district or educational joint powers authority has entered into a contract for an independent audit of its financial statements in accordance with Section 41020 and the audited financial statements have not been filed with the county sup…

(a) Within 45 days after the issuance of an audit report, the governing board or body of each local educational agency shall review, at a public meeting, the annual audit of the local educational agency for the prior year, any audit exceptions identified in that audit, the recomm…

(a) (1) If the Controller determines by two consecutive quality control reviews pursuant to Section 14504.2, or if the Superintendent, a chartering authority, or a county superintendent of schools determines, that audits performed by a certified public accountant or public accoun…

(a) Commencing with the 2027–28 fiscal year Guide for Annual Audits of K–12 Local Education Agencies and State Compliance Reporting, the Controller shall include instructions necessary to require, as part of supplementary information, or other information as deemed applicable und…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the auditor conducting an annual audit pursuant to Section 41020 shall, upon request, provide pertinent financial and compliance information related to the circumstances listed in subdivision (b) to specified entities as follows: (1) To the coun…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 41020, for the 2019–20 fiscal year, a local educational agency shall provide for an audit by July 15, 2020, and if a local educational agency fails to provide for an audit by July 15, 2020, the county office of education having jurisdiction over the lo…

The governing board of every school district shall require each employee of the district, whose duty it is to handle funds of the district, and may, in its discretion, require employees of the district, whose duty it is to handle property of the district, to be bonded under a sui…

Except as provided in this section, any election held for the purpose permitting a school district to exceed the expenditure of school district funds fixed by the Constitution or by the statutes of the state shall be called, held, and conducted as nearly as possible as are electi…

(a) Any agency organized pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, the parties of which consist solely of school districts and county offices of education, shall be subject to the same restrictions as are ap…

(a) (1) Commencing April 1, 2017, a local educational agency that receives any funds pursuant to the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 (Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Section 17070.10) of Part 10 of Division 1 of Title 1) shall annually report a detailed list of all ex…

Any principal, teacher, employee, or school officer of any elementary or secondary school who refuses or willfully neglects to make such reports as are required by law is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100). (Enacted by …

(a) The superintendent of a school district or county office of education, or the administrator of a charter school, employing a person with a credential shall report any change in the employment status of the credentialholder to the commission not later than 30 days after the ch…

(a) Every employee has the right to inspect personnel records pursuant to Section 1198.5 of the Labor Code. (b) In addition to subdivision (a), all of the following shall apply to an employee of a school district: (1) Information of a derogatory nature shall not be entered into a…

The governing board of any school district shall provide for the payment of the actual and necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, of any employee of the district incurred in the course of performing services for the district, whether within or outside the district, und…

The governing board of any school district may provide for the reimbursement of employees of the district for the use of automobiles owned by the employees and used in the performance of regularly assigned duties, by establishing an allowance for such use on a mileage or monthly …

Any classroom teacher who, in the interest of improving his or her personal teaching techniques, wishes to use an audio recording device in a classroom to record classroom instructional presentations, may employ that device without the necessity of obtaining the approval of the s…

Every permanent employee of a school district which becomes in its entirety a part of a unified school district, and every permanent employee of a school district employed in a school located in a portion of a district which becomes a part of a unified school district, where the …

(a) The governing board of a school district may grant leaves of absence to employees to appear as a witness in court other than as a litigant or to respond to an official order from another governmental jurisdiction for reasons not brought about through the connivance or miscond…

The governing board of any district shall grant leave of absence to any employee, serving in a position not requiring certification qualifications, regularly called for jury duty in the manner provided for by law. The governing board shall grant such leave with pay up to the amou…

The governing board of any school district may use school district funds for cash deposits, when required to guarantee payment for transportation purchased on credit for school district employees or other representatives who are directed by the governing board to travel on school…

The governing board of any school district may use school district funds for cash deposits, when required to guarantee payment for health plans purchased on credit for school district employees. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

No contract with any insurer or other employee welfare benefit provider shall be approved or renewed if an administrative employee of a school district, as defined pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 33150, or any employee organization, as defined pursuant to subdivision (d) o…

It shall be unlawful for any person authorized to invoke disciplinary action against any employee of a school district or employee in the office of the county superintendent of schools either in his individual capacity or as a member of any board, to invoke or attempt to invoke d…

(a) (1) The governing board of each school district when drawing an order for the salary payment due to employees of the district shall, without charge, reduce the order by the amount which it has been requested in a revocable written authorization by the employee to deduct for a…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Annuity contract” means an annuity contract described in Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code that is available to employees as described in Section 770.3 of the Insurance Code. (2) “Custodial ac…

School districts may, but shall not be required to, provide payroll deduction for the collection of insurance premiums except as expressly authorized by Section 44041. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

(a) (1) When a school employer determines a wage overpayment has been made to a school employee, it shall notify the employee in writing of the overpayment, afford the employee an opportunity to respond before commencing recoupment actions, and inform the school employee of their…

Any school employee of a school district who is absent because of injury or illness which arose out of and in the course of the person’s employment, and for which the person is receiving temporary disability benefits under the workers’ compensation laws of this state, shall not b…