Title EDC, California Educ. Code

Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the commission shall issue a professional services credential with a specialization in administrative services to an out-of-state trained administrator who meets all of the following requirements: (a) Possesses a baccalaureate degree…

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter and as an expedited alternative to Section 44270, the commission may issue a preliminary services credential with a specialization in administrative services to a candidate who completes the following requirements: (1) Possess a t…

(a) No later than September 1, 2028, the commission shall ensure that the program standards for the professional preparation of candidates for a preliminary services credential with a specialization in administrative services established pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (…

The designated subjects teaching credential with a specialization in vocational trade and technical teaching shall authorize the holder, who also meets the requirements for administrative service, to supervise and administer programs of trade and technical education in school dis…

The commission may issue limited services credentials authorizing administrative service in schools which are not part of the public school system but which are administered by other state agencies. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, any credential described in Section 44250 shall be issued to an applicant under the following circumstances: (a) The commission has accepted, upon application of an approved institution supported by detailed data and justificatio…

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the commission shall issue a five-year preliminary multiple subject teaching credential authorizing instruction in a self-contained classroom, a five-year preliminary single subject teaching credential authorizing instruction in …

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the commission shall issue a five-year preliminary single subject teaching credential authorizing instruction in departmentalized classes to an individual who satisfies all of the following requirements: (1) Possesses a val…

Unless the commission determines that substantial evidence exists that the individual is unqualified to teach, upon the recommendation of the governing board of the school district employing the individual, and notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the commission s…

Notwithstanding Section 44227, Section 44259, or any other provision of this chapter, an applicant who holds a valid teaching credential from a state other than California, and who has met, at a minimum, every requirement for a California professional multiple or single subject c…

Notwithstanding any other law: (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that both of the following occur: (1) That this section provide flexibility to enable school districts to recruit credentialed elementary, secondary, and special education teachers prepared in countries other …

(a) In addition to the authority granted to the commission under Section 44275.4, the commission may determine that the national standards for coursework, programs, or degrees in a country other than the United States are equivalent to those offered by a regionally accredited ins…

(a) A school district, county office of education, and charter school shall annually report to the department, in a manner prescribed by the department, the number of visa applications for persons excluded from the term “immigrant,” for purposes of the federal Immigration and Nat…

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that California’s public school pupils need quality instruction and support in the areas of computer education in order to develop the skills necessary for entry into an increasingly technological society. The Legislature recognizes t…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The educational mission of schools may be thwarted when school campuses are not safe, secure, and peaceful. (2) Effective school management can improve school safety and decrease violence and criminal behavior. (3) …

It is the intent of the Legislature that the Commission on Teacher Credentialing not duplicate the efforts of the State Department of Education, Office of Criminal Justice Planning, Department of the Youth Authority, and the School/Law Enforcement Partnership in undertaking leade…

(a) The Legislature recognizes that effective professional growth must continue to occur throughout the careers of all teachers, in order that teachers remain informed of changes in pedagogy, subject matter, and pupil needs. In enacting this section, it is the intent of the Legis…

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board of a school district that maintains a junior high school or high school may schedule classes in these schools so that each pupil attends classes for at least 1,200 minutes during any five-schoolday period or 2,400 minutes…

If a pupil attends classes pursuant to a schedule adopted under the authority of this chapter, he shall be deemed to have complied with all of the requirements of this code relating to school attendance. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Prior to implementing a program under the provisions of this chapter in any school of the district, the school district governing board shall consult in good faith in an effort to reach agreement with the certificated and classified employees of the school, with the parents of pu…

(a) The governing board of each school district and each county superintendent of schools shall appoint a supervisor of attendance and any assistant supervisors of attendance as may be necessary to supervise the attendance of pupils in the school district or county. The governing…

In any city or city and county no supervisor of attendance or assistant supervisors of attendance shall be appointed, unless he has been lawfully certificated for the work by the county board of education. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The governing board of a school district may appoint a school district supervisor of attendance to act under the direction of the county supervisor of attendance. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 829, Sec. 2. (AB 2815) Effective January 1, 2017.)

Two or more districts may unite in appointing a district supervisor of attendance and in paying his compensation. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

A school district may contract with the county superintendent of schools for the supervision of attendance of pupils in the school district. The county superintendent of schools shall transfer from the funds of the school district to the county school service fund an amount equal…

In any district or districts with an average daily attendance of 1,000 or more school children, according to the annual school report of the last preceding school year, no district supervisor of attendance shall be appointed, unless he has been lawfully certificated for the work …

The attendance supervisor, who is a full-time attendance supervisor performing no other duties, of any county, city and county, or school district in which any place of employment is situated, or the probation officer of the county, may at any time enter into any such place of em…

(a) If any part of a school’s instruction in health conflicts with the religious training and beliefs of a parent or guardian of a pupil, the pupil, upon written request of the parent or guardian, shall be excused from the part of the instruction that conflicts with the religious…

(a) A pupil in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, shall be granted an accommodation in connection with any physical activity components of a physical education course during a period of religious fasting upon the submission to the school principal of written notifi…

(a) The governing board of a school district or the office of the county superintendent of schools of a county may grant a temporary exemption to a pupil from courses in physical education, if the pupil is one of the following: (1) Ill or injured and a modified program to meet th…

The governing board of a school district may exempt any four-year or senior high school pupil from attending courses of physical education, if the pupil is engaged in a regular school-sponsored interscholastic athletic program carried on wholly or partially after regular school h…

Credit shall be given for purposes of the course of study requirements prescribed by school district governing boards or other authorities having jurisdiction for grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to courses in world languages in private schools on the basis of their being at least equi…

The provisions of Section 51243 giving credit for world language courses given in private schools shall apply to courses in the following languages: Chinese, French, German, Greek (classical and modern), Hebrew (classical and modern), Italian, Japanese, Jewish, Latin, Spanish, an…

For purposes of the credit that may be given pursuant to Sections 51243 and 51244 for world language courses undertaken in private schools, it shall not be required that instructors in the private schools be regularly credentialed teachers. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 865, Sec. …

The governing board of a school district may exempt any pupil enrolled in his last semester or quarter, as the case may be, of the 12th grade who, pursuant to Section 46145 or 46147, is permitted to attend school less than 240 or 180 minutes per day, from attending courses of phy…

Special education programs authorized by this part shall be provided, pursuant to Section 48645.2, for individuals with exceptional needs who have been adjudicated by the juvenile court for placement in a juvenile hall or juvenile home, day center, ranch or camp, or for individua…

The Department of Education, in connection with the California School for the Blind, shall establish and maintain a kindergarten service for the care and teaching of children under school age. The department shall prescribe the rules and regulations which shall govern the conduct…

The Department of Education shall create the position of visiting teacher to blind children of preschool age. With the consent of the parents of any blind child of preschool age it shall be the duties of such visiting teacher to assist and instruct the parents in the early care a…

The Department of Education, in addition to the teaching and education of the blind of suitable age, shall adopt measures and prescribe rules for the giving of vocational training to the pupils at the school, in order that they may be equipped upon their graduation to engage in o…

The Superintendent of Public Instruction may authorize the California School for the Blind to establish and maintain, either independently or in cooperation with the University of California or the Trustees of the California State University, teacher training courses for teachers…

The Superintendent of Public Instruction, in conjunction with the California School for the Blind, shall provide assessment and instructional planning services for individuals who are referred for those services pursuant to Section 56326. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 759, Sec. 58…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that public higher education in California strive to provide educationally equitable environments that give each Californian, regardless of age, economic circumstance, or the characteristics listed in Section 66270, a reasonable opportunity…

(a) Subject to an appropriation of funds by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute for purposes of this section, the California State University may, and the University of California is requested to, establish and maintain inclusive college programs for stude…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Lack of information about postsecondary educational opportunities and financial aid are primary barriers to postsecondary education for pupils from schools that have low college eligibility and participation rates. (b) …

As used in the article, the following definitions apply: (a) “CADAA” means the California Dream Act Application. (b) “Cal-SOAP” means the California Student Opportunity and Access Program. (c) “FAFSA” means the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. (d) “Local educational agen…

(a) The California Student Opportunity and Access Program is administered by the commission. (b) (1) The commission may apportion funds on a progress payment schedule for the support of projects designed to increase the accessibility of postsecondary educational opportunities and…