Title EDC, California Educ. Code

The offering of any valuable thing to any member of the governing board of any school district, with the intent to influence his action in regard to the granting of any teacher’s certificate, the appointment of any teacher, superintendent, or other officer or employee, the adopti…

Any contract or appointment obtained from the governing board of any school district by corrupt means is void. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Any person may be compelled to testify in any lawful investigation or judicial proceeding against any person who is charged with any offense described in Sections 35230 or 35231. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The prohibitions contained in Article 4 (commencing with Section 1090) and Article 4.7 (commencing with Section 1125) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code are applicable to members of governing boards of school districts and to members of citizens’ oversight committees…

(a) In a school district which during the preceding fiscal year had an average daily attendance of 70 or less, a member of the governing board may receive a reasonable compensation from the district for necessary work and labor performed by him or her for the district in repairin…

Any contract made in violation of Section 35239 is void. (Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 816, Sec. 8.)

(a) Professional preparation, including student teaching, shall be made available in the upper division course offerings at all California public institutions of higher learning, except the California Maritime Academy and the college named in Section 92200. No more than nine seme…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the competence and performance of teachers are among the most important factors in influencing the quality and effectiveness of education in elementary and secondary schools. (b) Commencing July 1, 2008, for a program of professional pr…

(a) By July 1, 2025, the commission shall ensure that an approved teaching performance assessment for a preliminary multiple subject credential, as required by Section 44320.2, and for a preliminary education specialist credential assesses all candidates for competence in instruc…

(a) To ensure the teaching performance assessments described in Sections 44320.2 and 44320.3 are valid and authentic, formative in nature, embedded in preparation, and inform program improvement through the accreditation system, the commission shall convene a workgroup to assess …

For the 2024–25 fiscal year only, the commission shall submit to the Department of Finance a plan for using existing funds available from the Teacher Credentials Fund to support the operations of the workgroup pursuant to Section 44320.4. Upon the approval of the plan by the Depa…

Student internship programs shall be joint projects of school districts and teacher preparation institutions, and such internship programs shall be submitted to the commission for approval. Approved internship programs shall be subject to periodic review by the commission. Upon c…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the professional preparation requirements for a teaching credential may be met by certification by the Director of the Peace Corps of the United States or the Peace Corp Country Director that the applicant has satisfactorily compl…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing school districts from hiring, employing, or otherwise using teacher aides, instructional aides, or teacher assistants under the terms of existing law and financial support formulas. The commission may study the various role…

(a) The Legislature encourages any public or private institution of higher education that conducts any program of professional preparation for a teaching or services credential to operate and supervise, within that program, a field experience program, and to grant up to and inclu…

(a) In classes for adults maintained for adults in any county jail, or any correctional facility, including any county industrial farm or county or joint county road camp, a day of attendance is 180 minutes of attendance; but no pupil in such a class shall be credited with more t…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Active military duty” means full-time military duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the National Guard and the State Reserve on active duty orders pursuant to Cha…

(a) (1) The governing board of a school district may elect to operate the school district as a school district of choice and may accept transfers from school districts of residence pursuant to this article. If the governing board of a school district elects to accept transfers as…

School districts are encouraged to hold informational meetings and make public announcements on the current educational programs the school district is offering so that parents may provide input to the school district on methods to improve the current programs and so that parents…

(a) The school district of choice shall not prohibit a transfer of a pupil pursuant to this article based upon a determination by the governing board of that school district that the additional cost of educating the pupil would exceed the amount of additional state aid received a…

An application of any pupil for transfer may not be approved under this article if the transfer would require the displacement, from a school or program conducted within any attendance area of the school district of choice, of any other pupil who resides within that attendance ar…

School districts of choice may employ existing entrance criteria for specialized schools or programs if the criteria are uniformly applied to all applicants. (Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 21, Sec. 1. Effective March 5, 2004.)

(a) A school district of choice shall give first priority for attendance to siblings of children already in attendance in that school district. (b) A school district of choice shall give second priority for attendance to pupils eligible for free or reduced-price meals, and pupils…

(a) A school district of residence with an average daily attendance greater than 50,000 may limit the number of pupils transferring to a school district of choice pursuant to this article each year to 1 percent of its average daily attendance, as reported as of the first principa…

(a) (1) An application requesting a transfer pursuant to this article shall be submitted by the parent of a pupil to the school district of choice before January 1 of the school year preceding the school year for which the pupil is requesting to be transferred. This application d…

(a) Any school district of choice that admits any pupil under this section may accept any completed coursework, attendance, and other academic progress credited to that pupil by the school district or districts previously attended by that pupil, and may grant academic standing to…

(a) The average daily attendance for pupils admitted by a school district of choice pursuant to this article shall be credited to that school district pursuant to Section 46607. The attendance report for the school district of choice may include an identification of the school di…

Upon request of the pupil’s parent, each school district of choice that admits a pupil under this article to any school or program of the school district may provide to the pupil transportation assistance to that school or program, to the extent that the school district otherwise…

(a) Each school district may make information regarding its schools, programs, policies, and procedures available to any interested person upon request. (b) A school district of choice shall make public announcements regarding its schools, programs, policies, and procedures, incl…

(a) (1) Pursuant to this article, each school district of choice shall keep an accounting of all requests made for transfers pursuant to this article and records of all disposition of those requests that shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (A) The number …

It is the intent of the Legislature that every parent in this state be informed of his or her opportunity for currently existing school district of choice options under this article regardless of ethnicity, primary language, literacy, or special needs. (Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch…

Commencing with the 2018–19 school year, and each year thereafter, the department shall investigate complaints regarding a school district operating as a school district of choice without registering pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 48301 and a school district of choice fai…

Each plan submitted under Section 56195.1 shall establish a community advisory committee. The committee shall serve only in an advisory capacity. (Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 854, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 1998.)

The members of the community advisory committee shall be appointed by, and responsible to, the governing board of each participating district or county office, or any combination thereof participating in the local plan. Appointment shall be in accordance with a locally determined…

The community advisory committee shall be composed of parents of individuals with exceptional needs enrolled in public or private schools, parents of other pupils enrolled in school, pupils and adults with disabilities, regular education teachers, special education teachers and o…

At least the majority of such committee shall be composed of parents of pupils enrolled in schools participating in the local plan, and at least a majority of such parents shall be parents of individuals with exceptional needs. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 797, Sec. 9. Effective Ju…

The community advisory committee shall have the authority and fulfill the responsibilities that are defined for it in the local plan. The responsibilities shall include, but need not be limited to, all the following: (a) Advising the policy and administrative entity of the specia…

The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (a) The primary goal of every higher educational institution should be to provide a collegiate experience that gives each student the skills of communication and problemsolving, the ideas and principles underlying the majo…

In enacting this article, it is the intent of the Legislature to urge the continued development and implementation of assessment processes whereby institutions of higher education establish mechanisms, through program review and improvement, for the assessment of their performanc…

It is the intent of the Legislature to monitor the performance of the University of California, the California State University, and the community colleges in the following areas: (a) Diversification of student bodies. (b) Improved student transfer rates. (c) Improved student ret…

There is hereby established the Child Development Teacher and Supervisor Grant Program, to be administered by the Student Aid Commission, with participation by students attending California public or private two-year or four-year postsecondary educational institutions who intend …

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Child Development Permit” means a permit issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing that authorizes an individual to teach, instruct, or supervise in a licensed child care and development program. (b) “Lic…

(a) Participants shall be enrolled in an approved course of study leading to the teacher, site supervisor, or program director level of the Child Development Permit. (b) An applicant shall be eligible to participate if he or she meets one of the following criteria: (1) Is nominat…

(a) To receive a grant under this article, a participant shall enter into a contractual agreement with the Student Aid Commission under which the participant agrees to do all of the following: (1) Pursue a course of study leading to the Child Development Permit at the teacher, si…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that up to 100 new grants be awarded each year, or that the maximum number of grants be based on the amount of federal funds available from the Child Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (P.L. 97-35). (b) (1) Grants shall be awarded in the a…

(a) In order to accomplish the purposes set forth in this article, commencing January 1, 1998, the Controller, the State Department of Education, the State Department of Social Services, or any other state agency receiving funds from the Child Care Development Block Grant Act of …