Title EDC, California Educ. Code

(a) The authority may fix, revise, charge, and collect rates, rents, fees, and charges for the use of and for the services furnished or to be furnished by each project, and may contract with any person, partnership, association or corporation, or other body, public or private, in…

Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee or trustees under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by any resolution authorizing the issuance of, or any …

All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this chapter, whether as proceeds from selling or incurring bonds, or as revenue, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter. Notwithstanding any other law, until the funds are appli…

(a) The authority may issue bonds of the authority for the purpose of refunding any bonds or notes of the authority then outstanding, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the earliest date of redemption or subsequent dat…

(a) The authority may loan funds to a participating institution or university applicant and to provide for the issuance of bonds for the purpose of refinancing working capital or projects not originally funded pursuant to this chapter, such refinancing to include the repayment of…

Bonds and notes issued by the authority under the provisions of this chapter are hereby made securities in which all banks, bankers, savings banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance…

The State of California pledges and agrees with the holders of the bonds, notes, and other obligations issued pursuant to authority contained in this chapter, and with those parties who may enter into contracts with the authority pursuant to this chapter, that the state will not …

On or before March 31 in each year the authority shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding calendar year to the Governor and the Legislature. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering the authority’s operations du…

The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state, for the increase of their commerce, welfare, and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and as the operation and maintenance…

(a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction or the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as appropriate, shall represent, and exercise rights of appeal to the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board under this part on behalf of school employers held under Section…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, bonds of a school facilities improvement district shall be authorized, offered for sale, issued and paid, and taxes levied and collected for payments related to those bonds, and the proceeds of the bonds and the collected taxes de…

The bonds shall be issued in the name of the school facilities improvement district and shall be designated “Bonds of the School Facilities Improvement District of the ____ School District” or “Bonds of the School Facilities Improvement District of the ____ Community College Dist…

(a) The board of supervisors shall establish within the county treasury a school facilities improvement fund for each school facilities improvement district for the purpose of depositing the proceeds of the bonds of the school facilities improvement district. The board of supervi…

The governing board of a school district or community college district may proceed pursuant to Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 15264) and subject to the requirements therein on behalf of a school facilities improvement district that is created by and under the exclusive auth…

The governing board of any school district shall expend the library fund, together with the money that is added thereto by donation, in the purchase of school apparatus and books for a school library, including books for supplementary work. (Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec.…

No warrant shall be drawn by the superintendent of schools upon the order of any governing board of any school district against the library fund of any district unless the order is accompanied by an itemized bill, showing the books and apparatus, and the price of each in payment …

All orders of the governing board of any school district for books or apparatus shall in every case be submitted to the superintendent of schools of the county, city, or city and county, respectively, for his or her approval, before the books or apparatus shall be purchased. (Ame…

(a) At the request of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Board of Education shall do all of the following as long as the board’s actions do not result in a state mandate or an increase in costs to a state or local program: (1) Adopt policies directed toward creat…

(a) Each teacher shall endeavor to impress upon the minds of the pupils the principles of morality, truth, justice, patriotism, and a true comprehension of the rights, duties, and dignity of American citizenship, and the meaning of equality and human dignity, including the promot…

(a) The State Department of Education shall provide regional training to assist school district personnel in the identification and determination of hate violence on school campuses. (b) (1) A grant program for school districts shall be established by the department for the purpo…

The Legislature recognizes that crime, including vandalism, and violence have reached an alarming level at school sites throughout California. The Legislature further recognizes that there is a need for dealing with the complex problems of crime and violence at school sites and f…

There is hereby created in the Department of Education the School Safety and Security Resource Unit. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 788, Sec. 1.)

The primary functions of the School Safety and Security Resource Unit are all the following: (a) Identification of exemplary programs and techniques which have been effectively utilized by any county superintendent of schools or in any school district to combat crime and violence…

The Department of Education shall not be subject to the duties, obligations, and responsibilities prescribed by this article unless funds specifically appropriated for the purposes of this article are available. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 788, Sec. 1.)

Every person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation offering or conducting private school instruction on the elementary or high school level shall between the first and 15th day of October of each year, commencing on October 1, 1967, file with the Superintendent of Publi…

(a) Commencing October 1, 1985, the affidavit or statement filed with the Superintendent of Public Instruction pursuant to Section 33190 shall, under penalty of perjury, include a statement manifesting compliance with the provisions of Section 44237. (b) In the case of any privat…

(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), if the employees of any entity that has a contract with a private school to provide any of the following services may have any contact with pupils, those employees shall submit or have submitted their fingerprints in a manner au…

(a) A private school contracting with an entity for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or repair of a school facility where the employees of the entity will have contact, other than limited contact, with pupils shall ensure the safety of the pupils by one or more o…

The governing board of a school district, except a district having a city board of education, may, and upon a petition signed by a majority of the electors resident in the district shall, call meetings of the qualified electors of the district for consultation in regard to any af…

The meeting provided for in Section 35190 shall be called by posting three notices in public places, one of which shall be in a conspicuous place on the schoolhouse, for not less than 10 days prior to the time for which the meeting is called. The notices shall specify the purpose…

Any district meeting called pursuant to Sections 35190 and 35191 shall be organized by choosing a chairman from the electors present. The district clerk or secretary shall be clerk of the meeting, and shall enter the minutes on the records of the district. Any district meeting ma…

(a) The adequacy of subject matter preparation and the basis for assignment of certified personnel shall be determined by the successful demonstration of subject matter competence as set forth in paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 44259. (b) For the purpose of determinin…

(a) The commission and programs of professional preparation shall support teacher candidates to establish subject matter competence through a degree major or coursework, pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 44259. (…

(a) The commission shall adopt examinations and assessments to verify the subject matter knowledge and competence of candidates for the single subject teaching credentials described in Section 44257 and the concentrations described in Section 44257.2. (b) A general subject matter…

(a) In carrying out its duties prescribed by subdivision (h) of Section 44225, the commission shall not develop a new health science subject matter examination, but shall instead employ an existing health science subject matter examination for the purpose of certifying single sub…

(a) The Legislature hereby recognizes that teacher competence in reading instruction is essential to the progress and achievement of pupils learning to read in elementary and secondary schools. It is the intent of the Legislature that the commission develop a reading instruction …

(a) As of the effective date of this section, an applicant for a preliminary multiple subject teaching credential or a preliminary education specialist instruction credential will hold a passing reading instruction competence assessment score prospectively if, within the 10 calen…

(a) Commencing on January 1, 2000, prior to the initial issuance of a specialist teaching credential in special education pursuant to Section 44265, except as provided in subdivision (b) a first time credential applicant who is not credentialed in any state shall be required to d…

A holder of a preliminary multiple subject credential or a preliminary education specialist credential who was unable to take the reading instruction competence assessment pursuant to Section 44283, as it read on January 1, 2020, due to the closure of assessment centers during th…

Examinations authorizing advanced or specialist teaching service may be authorized by the commission. Such examinations shall conform to the guidelines established by this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The commission shall create subject matter advisory panels to advise in the selection, administration, and interpretation of examinations. The subject matter advisory panels shall consist of recognized leaders in the subject matter fields to be examined and shall be composed prim…

The commission shall set passing scores with the objective of assuring an adequate level of subject matter preparation. The examination shall report at least relative and absolute scores to facilitate comparison and interpretation, if practicable. The individual candidate’s score…

The commission, before the adoption of any examination, shall provide an opportunity to the public and teaching profession to present their viewpoints with respect thereto in open hearings. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The approved examinations shall be instruments whose purpose is to measure achievement and shall be used solely to measure objective knowledge of subject matter. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Insofar as is reasonable and practicable, the commission shall adopt examinations which are nationally administered on a regular basis. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

In selecting subject matter examinations, the commission shall consider the importance of timely and expeditious processing and the desirability and convenience of machine scoring. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)