Title EDC, California Educ. Code

The governing board of any school district shall prescribe rules not inconsistent with law or with the rules prescribed by the State Board of Education, for the government and discipline of the schools under its jurisdiction. The governing board of each school district which main…

(a) On or before December 1, 1987, and at least every four years thereafter, each public school may, at its discretion, adopt rules and procedures on school discipline applicable to the school. For schools that choose to adopt rules pursuant to this article, the school discipline…

Additional employees may not be hired and substitute teachers may not be utilized in order to comply with the requirements of Sections 35291 and 35291.5. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 87, Sec. 2.5.)

The governing board of any school district shall visit each school in its district at least once each term, and examine carefully into the management, needs, and conditions of the schools. In any school district which employs district or city superintendents of schools, it shall …

(a) Every public and private school maintaining any combination of classes from kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, shall comply with all of the following: (1) Every restroom shall at all times be maintained and cleaned regularly, fully operational, and stocked at all times with…

(a) On or before the start of the 2024–25 school year, a public school, including a school operated by a school district, county office of education, or charter school, maintaining any combination of classes from grades 3 to 12, inclusive, shall stock the school’s restrooms at al…

The governing board of any school district shall maintain all of the elementary day schools established by it, and all of the day high schools established by it with equal rights and privileges as far as possible. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The Legislature finds and declares that the competence and performance of professional educators depends in part on the quality of their academic and professional preparation. The Legislature recognizes that standards of quality in collegiate preparation complement standards of c…

(a) The system for accreditation of educator preparation shall do all of the following: (1) Concentrate on the overall quality of educator preparation in credential programs. (2) Hold professional elementary, secondary, and postsecondary educators responsible for quality in the p…

The powers and duties of the commission regarding the accreditation system shall include the following: (a) Adopt and implement an accreditation framework, which sets forth the policies of the commission regarding the accreditation of educator preparation in California. (b) Estab…

(a) There is hereby established the Committee on Accreditation consisting of 12 members selected for their distinguished records of accomplishment in education. Six members shall be from postsecondary education institutions, and six shall be certificated professionals in public s…

(a) The accreditation framework shall include common standards that relate to aspects of program quality that are the same for all credential programs. The framework shall also include multiple options for program standards. (b) The accreditation framework shall include provision…

(a) The commission may charge fees to cover the standard costs of reviewing new and existing educator preparation programs. Sponsors of educator preparation programs shall submit the established fee to the commission when submitting a proposal for a new program, and, as determine…

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Open Enrollment Act. (Added by Stats. 2010, 5th Ex. Sess., Ch. 3, Sec. 1. (SB 4 5x) Effective April 12, 2010.)

The purpose of this article is to improve pupil achievement, in accordance with the regulations and guidelines for the federal Race to the Top Fund, authorized under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), and to enhance parental choice in e…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Low-achieving school” means any school identified by the Superintendent pursuant to the following: (1) Excluding the schools, and taking into account the impact of the criteria in paragraph (2), the Superintenden…

The state board shall adopt emergency regulations to implement this article. (Added by Stats. 2010, 5th Ex. Sess., Ch. 3, Sec. 1. (SB 4 5x) Effective April 12, 2010.)

(a) The parent of a pupil enrolled in a low-achieving school may submit an application for the pupil to attend a school in a school district of enrollment pursuant to this article. (b) (1) Consistent with the requirements of Section 1116(b)(1)(E) of the federal Elementary and Sec…

(a) The school district of residence of a pupil or a school district of enrollment to which a pupil has applied to attend may prohibit the transfer of the pupil pursuant to this article or limit the number of pupils who transfer pursuant to this article if the governing board of …

(a) A school district of enrollment may adopt specific, written standards for acceptance and rejection of applications pursuant to this article. The standards may include consideration of the capacity of a program, class, grade level, school building, or adverse financial impact.…

Within 60 days of receiving an application pursuant to Section 48354, a school district of enrollment shall notify the applicant parent and the school district of residence in writing whether the application has been accepted or rejected. If an application is rejected, the school…

A school district of enrollment that enrolls a pupil pursuant to this article shall accept credits toward graduation that were awarded to the pupil by another school district and shall graduate the pupil if the pupil meets the graduation requirements of the school district of enr…

(a) Each school district is encouraged to keep an accounting of all requests made for alternative attendance pursuant to this article and records of all disposition of those requests that may include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (1) The number of requests grante…

(a) For a school district of enrollment that is a basic aid school district, the apportionment of state funds for average daily attendance credited pursuant to this article shall be 70 percent of the school district local control funding formula base grant that would have been ap…

(a) From federal funds appropriated for this purpose, the Superintendent shall contract for an independent evaluation of the open enrollment program operated pursuant to this article. The evaluation shall, at a minimum, consider all of the following: (1) The levels of, and change…

No exercise of discretion by a district of enrollment in its administration of this article shall be overturned absent a finding as designated by a court of competent jurisdiction that the district governing board acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner. (Added by Stats. 2010…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Investor-owned energy utilities” means the state’s three largest electrical corporations, as defined in Section 218 of the Public Utilities Code, and each gas corporation, as defined in Sectio…

The governing board of a community college district may exchange any of its real property for real property of another person or private business firm. Any exchange shall be upon such terms and conditions as the parties thereto may agree and may be entered into without complying …

Before ordering any exchange of real property the board shall adopt, by a two-thirds vote of its members, a resolution declaring its intention to exchange the property. The resolution shall describe the properties to be exchanged in such manner as to identify them, and the terms …

The board and the other party to the exchange each shall appoint one member of a board of appraisers, and the third member shall be selected by the county superintendent of schools. The governing board and the other party to the exchange shall agree on the compensation of the boa…

If the county superintendent of schools approves the report of the appraisers and the terms and conditions set forth in the resolution, the governing board shall publish at least once a week for two weeks in a newspaper of general circulation, circulated in the county, the resolu…

At the time and place fixed in the published notice, the board shall meet and consider the report of the appraisers. It then may order the exchange pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the resolution and the report of the appraisers. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010…

The City and County of San Francisco may develop and implement an individualized county childcare subsidy plan. The plan shall ensure that childcare subsidies received by the city and county are used to address local needs, conditions, and priorities of working families in the co…

Before implementing the local subsidy plan, the City and County of San Francisco, in consultation with the department, shall develop an individualized county childcare subsidy plan for the city and county that includes the following four elements: (a) An assessment to identify th…

(a) The plan shall be submitted to the local planning council, as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 10480 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, for approval. Upon approval of the plan by the local planning council, the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Franci…

(a) The City and County of San Francisco shall, at least once every three years, using the template developed by the department, prepare and submit to the Legislature, the State Department of Social Services, and the department a report that summarizes the success of the city and…

Any modifications to the plan shall be submitted in conformance with the procedures established in Article 9 (commencing with Section 8273). (Added by renumbering Section 8335.5 by Stats. 2021, Ch. 116, Sec. 173. (AB 131) Effective July 23, 2021.)

A participating contractor shall receive any increase or decrease in funding that the contractor would have received if the contractor had not participated in the local subsidy plan established by this article. (Added by renumbering Section 8335.6 by Stats. 2021, Ch. 116, Sec. 17…

Commencing on the effective date of the act that added this section, the components of the plan relating to preschool shall be overseen by the department and the components of the plan addressing all other childcare programs shall be overseen by the State Department of Social Ser…

(a) The California State University shall report biennially to the Legislature and the Department of Finance, on or before October 1, 2014, and on or before October 1 of each even-numbered year thereafter, on the total costs of education at the California State University. (b) Th…

The Office of the Chancellor of the California State University shall prepare a systemwide report that includes a summary of current hiring practices for all California State University positions, including executive, management, faculty, and nonfaculty support staff positions. T…

(a) By October 1 of each year, the department shall issue a management bulletin to all local educational agencies describing the protections, requirements, and responsibilities prescribed in Sections 244, 262.3, 48980, 51500, 51501, 60151, and 60152, and in Chapter 5 (commencing …

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the teaching profession must be able to recruit talented individuals, in addition to college students, from a variety of sources to address geographic and subject area shortages. Many persons changing careers and early retirees from ind…

As used in this article, “alternative certification program” is a program operated by a school district, county office of education, college or university, or other public education entity, individually or in collaboration with other public education entities in the region to be …

Alternative certification programs shall address geographic and subject matter shortage areas, and shall be targeted toward people with work experience and others who already have a bachelor’s degree in the field in which they plan to teach. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1147, Sec. …

School districts or county offices of education operating, or that propose to operate, an alternative certification program pursuant to this article, may apply to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing for incentive grant funding that has been appropriated for the purposes of th…