Title EDC, California Educ. Code

Upon application of 25 or more persons desiring training for citizenship and residing in a high school district, the governing board of the high school district shall establish special classes in training for citizenship. Upon demand, the governing board of the high school distri…

The course of study in training for citizenship shall consist of the teaching of U.S. history, state and community civics, and the Constitution of the United States, with special reference to those sections in the Constitution which relate directly to the duties, privileges, and …

The governing board of a school district may provide for the accumulation over a period of school years of funds for capital outlay purposes and salaries of school district employees whose work is directly related to projects financed by those funds, derived from the receipt of t…

Upon the filing of identical copies of a resolution of the governing board with the superintendent of schools, auditor, and treasurer of the county specifying the purpose or purposes of a special reserve fund, the fund shall be established for such purpose or purposes. From time …

(a) The governing board may expend the money in the special reserve fund for capital outlay for the purpose or purposes specified in any resolution filed pursuant to Section 42841 unless the purpose has been withdrawn pursuant to that section. In addition, unless actually encumbe…

Any moneys remaining in the special reserve fund of the district shall be transferred to the general fund of the district by the auditor and treasurer upon written request to the superintendent of schools, auditor, and treasurer of the county by the governing board of the distric…

The governing board of a school district maintaining secondary schools or a county superintendent of schools, shall have the power, with the approval of the department, to establish special classes for adults designed to serve the educational needs of adults with disabilities. Th…

The governing board of a school district or the county superintendent of schools authorized by this article to establish special classes for adults designed to serve the educational needs of adults with disabilities may contract to provide those classes by any adjacent high schoo…

The governing board of any school district may establish a fund for pension and other employee benefits to accumulate restricted moneys from salary reduction agreements, other contributions for employee retirement benefit payments, or both. Moneys may be transferred to the fund f…

“Adult,” for purposes of this section, means a person 18 years of age or older or a person who is not concurrently enrolled in a regular high school program. However, persons 18 years of age or older who are concurrently enrolled in a regular high school program are not adults fo…

Notwithstanding Section 52610, any minor, regardless of age, who is pregnant or is a parent actively engaged in raising one or more of the minor’s children, is eligible to enroll in any adult education course or class described in Section 41976. Money under the Adult Education Pr…

(a) Except as specified in this section, the governing board of the school district maintaining the class may require an adult enrolled in a class for adults to pay a fee for the class. Except as specified in Section 52613, the governing board of a school district shall not impos…

(a) Notwithstanding any section to the contrary, each governing board of a school district maintaining classes for adults that issues a Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant (F-1) Student Status - For Academic and Language Students, Form I-20AB, or completes Form I-20AB for…

Money derived under the Adult Education Program, established pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 84900) of Chapter 5 of Part 50 of Division 7 of Title 3, shall be deposited in a separate fund of the school district to be known as the “adult education fund.” Money in th…

(a) Commencing July 1, of each fiscal year, notwithstanding that a school district was not authorized to operate an adult education program pursuant to Section 41976, a school district may apply to the department for initial program approval and funding to begin any adult educati…

(a) Money in the Adult Education Fund of a school district may be expended only for the following charges: (1) Direct instructional costs relating directly to the adult education program, including, but not limited to, the salaries and benefits of adult education teachers and aid…

A school district or county superintendent of schools may expend funds allocated to it for the purposes of classes for adults in correctional facilities only for the direct instructional charges of those classes and for related direct and indirect support costs. (Added by Stats. …

The governing board of a school district overseeing an adult education program or the governing board of a community college district overseeing a noncredit program may authorize a student pursuing a high school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate, upon recommendatio…

(a) For purposes of allowances and apportionments from Section B of the State School Fund, a community college shall be credited with additional units of average daily attendance attributable to the attendance of students at the community college as special part-time students. (b…

The purposes of this chapter are: (a) To promote and preserve the health and general welfare of the people of the state and to cultivate the development of good citizenship by provision for adequate programs of community recreation. (b) To authorize public corporations or distric…

Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, school districts which, prior to the effective date of this section, have interpreted their authority as permitting the use of school buses by nonprofit organizations for purposes consistent with community recreation may continue to…

The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this chapter have the following meanings, respectively, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (a) “Public authority” means any city of any class, city and county, county of any class, public corporation o…

The governing body of every public authority may do all of the following: (a) Organize, promote, and conduct programs of community recreation. (b) Establish systems of playgrounds and recreation. (c) Acquire, construct, improve, maintain, and operate recreation centers within or …

Any individual who willfully, and without just cause, interferes with or disrupts the recreational activities of individuals, groups, or entities granted the use of a recreation center by a governing body is guilty of an infraction, and shall be punished by a fine of not more tha…

Upon the transfer of duties and functions of the county board of supervisors to the county board of education, the county board of supervisors may provide by agreement with the county board of education that the county board of education will perform all or any portion of the dut…

A public authority may permit the use of a recreation center or facility by parent cooperative nursery groups on a nonexclusive and nondiscriminatory basis when such use does not unreasonably impair or interfere with the right of the public to use the center or facility. As used …

The governing body of any public authority may cooperate with the federal government or any department thereof, and the governing bodies of any two or more public authorities may cooperate with each other or with the federal government or any department thereof to carry out the p…

The governing board of any union high school district located in a county of the third class which had an average daily attendance during the 1971–72 school year of between 17,500 and 18,500, and which, during the 1971–72 school year, had a modified assessed valuation per pupil o…

The governing body of any public authority other than a school district may designate any already existing board, officer, or employee of the public authority to exercise the powers granted by this chapter to carry out the purposes of this chapter, or may provide for the appointm…

The board of recreation commissioners shall consist of either five members or seven members, as determined by the governing body or bodies providing for its appointment, who shall serve with or without compensation at the discretion of the governing body. If compensation is autho…

The board of recreation commissioners in each public authority, or the board, officer, or employee of the authority designated to exercise the powers, shall exercise such powers and perform such duties, pursuant to this chapter, as the governing body of the public authority may p…

The governing body of any school district may use the buildings, grounds, and equipment of the district, or any of them, to carry out the purposes of this chapter, or may grant the use of any building, grounds, or equipment of the district to any other public authority for the pu…

Every public authority may appoint, prescribe the duties of, and provide for the compensation and necessary expenses of such recreational directors, supervisors, custodians, assistants, deputies, and other employees as it deems reasonably necessary for carrying out the provisions…

(a) Commencing with January 1, 1993, every public recreation program employer shall require each employee having direct contact with minors to immediately submit, or in the case of a new employee, to submit on or before the first day of his or her employment, one set of fingerpri…

The governing body of a school district may require persons, other than students, or organizations desiring to use the recreational facilities on school grounds or belonging to a school or the facilities provided by the district at a community recreation center maintained solely …

The governing body of a school district may require persons or organizations desiring to use schoolbuses belonging to a school to pay fees for the use as the governing body may prescribe. (Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 94.)

All necessary expenses incurred by the governing body of any school district in carrying out the purposes of this chapter are a charge against the funds of the district from whatever source the funds have been received. All the expenditures shall be made in the same manner as fun…

The governing board of any school district may establish accounts for community recreation programs established in the schools of the district, in one or more banks. There shall be no more than one account established by a district for any one school in the district. If one accou…

This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Freedom to Read Act. (Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 941, Sec. 1. (AB 1825) Effective January 1, 2025.)

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Libraries are essential for information, education, and enlightenment of all people of the community the library serves. (b) Libraries provide access to books that offer teachable moments for readers of all ages and exp…

(a) (1) Every public library jurisdiction that directly receives any state funding, including, but not limited to, state funding pursuant to this part, shall establish, adopt, and maintain a written and publicly accessible collection development policy for its public libraries by…

All persons who were members of the California State Teachers’ Retirement System on June 30, 1996, are members of the Defined Benefit Program under the plan, in accordance with Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1025, Sec…

(a) Any person who is not already a member of the Defined Benefit Program and who is employed by a school district or county office of education to perform creditable service on a full-time basis shall become a member as of the first day of employment, unless excluded from member…

(a) (1) Any person who is not already a member of the Defined Benefit Program and who is employed by a school district or county office of education to perform creditable service on a part-time basis for 50 percent or more of the time the employer requires for the full-time posit…

(a) Any person who is not already a member of the Defined Benefit Program and who is employed by a school district or county office of education to perform creditable service on a substitute basis shall become a member as of the first day of the pay period following the pay perio…

(a) Any person who is not already a member of the Defined Benefit Program and who is employed by a school district or county office of education to perform creditable service on a part-time hourly basis shall become a member as of the first day of the pay period following the pay…