Title EDC, California Educ. Code

In the 2012–13 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, this article shall be operative only if funds are specifically appropriated for the purposes of this article. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 624, Sec. 12. (SB 1456) Effective January 1, 2013. Note: Operational conditions a…

(a) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall establish a common assessment system to be used as one of multiple measures, consistent with existing regulations, for the purposes of community college placement and advisement. The system shall include all of…

(a) The governing board of a community college district may, after a public hearing on the matter, request the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to waive, insofar as necessary to accomplish the purpose of the waiver request, all or part of any section of thi…

(a) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges may approve any request for waiver upon finding that the waiver would promote efficiency and further the public benefit. Waivers may be approved for purposes including, but not necessarily limited to, joint or shared…

The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall annually report to the Governor and Legislature on the number, types, and disposition of waiver requests submitted pursuant to Section 81250 on or before July 1 for the prior year actions. (Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 386,…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Early Education Act. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 116, Sec. 2. (AB 131) Effective July 23, 2021.)

The purpose of this chapter is as follows: (a) To provide an inclusive and cost-effective preschool program that provides high-quality learning experiences, coordinated services, and referrals for families to access health and social-emotional support services through full- and p…

It is the intent of the Legislature that: (a) All families have equitable access to a high-quality preschool program, regardless of race or ethnic status, cultural, religious, or linguistic background, family composition, or children with exceptional needs. It is further the inte…

(a) (1) The Superintendent, in consultation with the Director of Social Services and the executive director of the State Board of Education, shall convene a statewide interest holder workgroup. The workgroup shall include representatives from county offices of education, contract…

The Superintendent shall develop standards for the implementation of high-quality preschool programs. Indicators of quality shall include, but not be limited to: (a) A physical environment that is safe and appropriate for preschool children and that meets applicable licensing sta…

(a) The Superintendent shall administer a QRIS block grant, pursuant to an appropriation made for that purpose in the annual Budget Act, to be allocated to local consortia for support of local early learning quality rating and improvement systems that increase the number of low-i…

(a) The department, in consultation with the State Department of Social Services, shall maintain and update the prekindergarten learning development guidelines. The guidelines shall focus on preparing three-, four-, and five-year-old children for kindergarten. The guidelines shal…

(a) The Superintendent shall ensure that each contract entered into under this chapter to provide preschool services, or to facilitate the provision of those services, provides support to the public school system of this state through the delivery of appropriate educational servi…

In recognition of the demonstrated relationship between food and good nutrition and the capacity of children to develop and learn, it is the policy of this state that no child shall be hungry while in attendance in a preschool facility, as defined in Section 8205, and that presch…

As used in this chapter: (a) “Applicant or contracting agency” means a school district, community college district, college or university, county superintendent of schools, county, city, public agency, private nontax-exempt agency, private tax-exempt agency, or other entity that …

(a) If a state of emergency is declared by the Governor, the Superintendent may waive any requirements of this code or regulations adopted pursuant to this code relating to preschool programs operated pursuant to this chapter only to the extent that enforcement of the regulations…

The trustees, on behalf of any campus of the California State University, may enter into contracts for the purpose of participating in, or the procuring or transmitting of, television broadcasts, may purchase broadcast time over, and may own, lease, and operate, television transm…

Any sum of money specifically appropriated to, or for the use of, or expenditure by, the Regents of the University of California, other than money appropriated by a state budget act for the general support of the University of California, may be withdrawn at any time in its entir…

The Regents of the University of California shall submit reports to the State Public Works Board of any allocations made by the Regents of the University of California pursuant to the provisions of this article. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the portion of each sum of money which has been or is appropriated or allocated to the Regents of the University of California for capital outlay which remains after the purpose for which each sum was appropriated or allocated has been …

It is the purpose of this chapter to accomplish all of the following: (a) To give this and future generations of youth the fullest opportunity to learn and develop their intellectual and mental capacities by providing private institutions of higher education within the state with…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Educational Facilities Authority Act. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

All assets and obligations of the California Student Loan Authority, as of the effective date of the act that enacts this section during the 1995–96 Regular Session, are hereby transferred to, and assumed by, the California Educational Facilities Authority. All of those assets sh…

In addition to the definition provided in Section 94110, “student loan” may also mean loan assumptions pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 69612) of Chapter 2 of Part 42 of Division 5. (Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 34, Sec. 33. (SB 860) Effective June 20, 2014.)

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no city, county, city and county, district, or other local jurisdiction shall operate, or request or authorize another entity, including, but not necessarily limited to, a corporation, either directly or through an intermediary, to …

(a) Bonds in the total amount of six billion seven hundred million dollars ($6,700,000,000), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with Section 100444, or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to provide a fund to be used for carry…

The State School Building Finance Committee, established by Section 15909 and composed of the Governor, the Controller, the Treasurer, the Director of Finance, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, or their designated representatives, all of whom shall serve thereon witho…

(a) The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), and all of the provis…

Upon request of the State Allocation Board from time to time, supported by a statement of the apportionments made and to be made for the purposes described in Sections 100415 and 100420, the State School Building Finance Committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or…

There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds each year. It is the duty of all …

Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this chapter, an amount that will equal the total of the following: (a) The sum annually necessary to pay the principal of, and inte…

The State Allocation Board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account or any other approved form of interim financing, in accordance with Section 16312 of the Government Code, for the purpose of carrying out this chapter.…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this chapter that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the interest on the bonds is excluded from gross income for federal tax p…

For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that have been authorized by the State School Building Finance Committee to be sold for the purpose …

All money deposited in the 1998 State School Facilities Fund, that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest. (Added by Stats. 1998…

The bonds may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, which is a part of the State General Obligation Bond Law. Approval by the voters of the state for the issuance of the bon…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of the California Constitution, the disbursement of these proceeds is not subject to the l…

(a) Of the total amount of bonds authorized to be issued and sold pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 100600), bonds in the total amount of eleven billion four hundred million dollars ($11,400,000,000) not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordanc…

The State School Building Finance Committee, established by Section 15909 and composed of the Governor, the Controller, the Treasurer, the Director of Finance, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, or their designated representatives, all of whom shall serve thereon witho…

(a) The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), and all of the provis…

Upon request of the State Allocation Board from time to time, supported by a statement of the apportionments made and to be made for the purposes described in Sections 100615 and 100620, the State School Building Finance Committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or…

There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds each year. It is the duty of all …

Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this chapter, an amount that will equal the total of the following: (a) The sum annually necessary to pay the principal of, and inte…

The State Allocation Board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account or any other approved form of interim financing, in accordance with Section 16312 of the Government Code, for the purpose of carrying out this chapter.…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this chapter that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the interest on the bonds is excluded from gross income for federal tax p…

For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that have been authorized by the State School Building Finance Committee to be sold for the purpose …