Title EDC, California Educ. Code

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any college, university, or other entity that operates an accredited registered nursing program may require any prospective student to provide criminal record clearance within the meaning of Section 1265.5 of the Health and Safety Code …

(a) The Legislature hereby recognizes the growing need for new faculty members at California’s colleges and universities. This need will be fueled largely by two factors: (1) the large number of current faculty approaching retirement age who will need to be replaced; and (2) the …

(a) Program participants shall meet all of the following eligibility criteria prior to selection in the program and shall continue to meet these criteria, as appropriate, during the payment periods: (1) The participant shall be a United States citizen or eligible noncitizen. (2) …

The commission shall redeem an applicant’s warrant and commence loan assumption payments as specified in Section 69618.3 upon verification that the applicant has fulfilled all of the following: (a) The applicant has received a graduate degree from an accredited, participating ins…

The terms of the loan assumptions granted under this article shall be as follows, subject to the specific terms of each warrant: (a) After a program participant has completed one academic year, or the equivalent of full-time teaching, at one or more regionally accredited, eligibl…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in the event that a program participant fails to complete a minimum of three consecutive academic years of teaching as required by this article, under the terms of the agreement pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (c) of Section 696…

(a) The commission shall accept nominations from accredited colleges and universities made pursuant to Section 69618.1. (b) The commission shall choose from among those nominations deemed financially needy with outstanding student loans pursuant to Article 1.5 (commencing with Se…

The commission shall administer this article, and shall adopt rules and regulations for that purpose. The rules and regulations shall include, but need not be limited to, provisions regarding the period of time for which a warrant shall remain valid and the development of project…

The commission shall work in conjunction with lenders participating in the Federal Family Education Loan Program to develop a streamlined application process for participation in the program set forth in this article. (Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 330, Sec. 32. Effective August 21, …

Commencing with the 1998–99 fiscal year, the commission shall issue warrants for the assumption of up to 500 student loans for program participants eligible under this article. The issuance of warrants shall be subject to funding to be provided in the annual Budget Act for each f…

It is the intent of the Legislature that, commencing with the 1998–99 fiscal year, funding necessary for the administration of this student loan assumption program shall be included within the annual budget of the commission in an amount necessary to meet the student loan obligat…

(a) For purposes of this article, “local educational agency” means a county office of education, school district, state special school, or charter school. (b) Commencing with the 2020–21 academic year, each local educational agency shall ensure that all of the following informati…

As used in this part, “private school children with disabilities” means children with disabilities enrolled by a parent in private schools or facilities that meet the definition of “elementary school” in Section 300.13 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations or “secondary …

Pursuant to Section 300.131 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, local educational agencies shall locate, identify, and assess all private school children with disabilities, including religiously affiliated schoolage children, who have disabilities and are in need of s…

(a) The local educational agency shall make provision for the participation of private school children with disabilities in special education programs under this part by providing them with special education and related services in accordance with the provisions of this article a…

To meet the requirements of Section 56172, each local educational agency shall provide special education and related services to pupils with disabilities enrolled by a parent in private elementary and secondary schools, described in Section 56171, by expending an amount of federa…

The local educational agency shall not be required to pay for the cost of education, including special education and related services, of a child with a disability at a private school or facility if the local educational agency made a free appropriate public education available t…

(a) Private school individuals with exceptional needs may receive a different amount of services than individuals with exceptional needs in public school receive pursuant to Section 300.138(a)(2) of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations. No private school individual with ex…

If a parent or guardian of an individual with exceptional needs, who previously received special education and related services under the authority of the local educational agency, enrolls the child in a private elementary or secondary school without the consent of or referral by…

The cost of the reimbursement described in Section 56175 may be reduced or denied pursuant to clause (iii) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (10) of subsection (a) of Section 1412 of Title 20 of the United States Code in the event of any of the following: (a) At the most recent in…

(a) Notwithstanding the notice requirement in subclause (I) of clause (iii) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (10) of subsection (a) of Section 1412 of Title 20 of the United States Code, the cost of reimbursement shall not be reduced or denied, in accordance with clause (iv) of s…

(a) Except as required by state or federal law or as required to administer a state or federally supported educational program, school officials and employees of a local educational agency shall not do either of the following: (1) Collect information or documents regarding citize…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The future economic vitality of California will depend on the state’s ability to educate its citizens and to help them develop the work and social skills needed to compete with workers of other nations and states in…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Entity managing a charter school” means a nonprofit public benefit corporation operating a charter school consistent with Section 47604. (b) “K–12 public education school finance laws” includes both of the follow…

(a) (1) The County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team established pursuant to Section 42127.8 shall, in consultation with the department, develop, on or before October 1, 2026, a curriculum for the topics described in subdivision (b) of Section 35220 that shall b…

(a) Each local educational agency official shall receive training in K–12 public education school finance laws pursuant to this article. (b) An entity offering training courses to meet the requirements of this article shall use the curriculum developed pursuant to Section 35220.5…

(a) A local educational agency shall maintain records showing both of the following: (1) The dates on which each local educational agency official satisfied the requirements of this article. (2) The entity that provided the training to the local educational agency official. (b) N…

(a) Each local educational agency official in local educational agency service as of April 1, 2027, except for officials whose term of office ends before April 1, 2028, shall receive the training required by subdivision (a) of Section 35221 before April 1, 2028. (b) Each local ed…

(a) The University of California, San Francisco, San Joaquin Valley Regional Campus Medical Education Endowment Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Funds received by the University of California or the Controller, for the purposes set forth in subdivision (b), shall…

(a) (1) Upon the determination of the Controller, in consultation with the University of California, that the endowment fund has adequate principal to annually yield sufficient investment earnings, from the date of determination, to cover the annual costs for the development, ope…

Nothing in this article shall require the University of California to take any action towards developing a branch campus of the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine in the San Joaquin Valley region unless the endowment fund has a balance of five hundred mil…

(a) The University of California Kern County Medical Education Endowment Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Funds received by the University of California or the Controller, for the purposes set forth in subdivision (b), shall be deposited into the University of Ca…

(a) (1) Upon the determination of the Controller, in consultation with the University of California, that the endowment fund has adequate principal to annually yield sufficient investment earnings, from the date of determination, to cover the annual costs for the development, ope…

(a) The commission shall issue district intern credentials authorizing persons employed by a school district that maintains kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, or that maintains classes in bilingual education to provide classroom instruction to pupils in those grades and …

(a) Persons holding district intern credentials issued by the commission under Section 44325 to teach in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, or in grades 6 to 8, inclusive, in a departmentalized program, or in departmentalized bilingual classes, shall be authorized to teach in the subject…

On or before July 1, 1995, the commission, in consultation with participating school districts and other affected organizations, shall revise existing standards and adopt additional standards, as necessary, related to the quality of the training, support, evaluation, and performa…

(a) Unless the commission determines that substantial evidence exists that a person is unqualified to teach, upon the completion of successful service as a district intern pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 44325, and upon the recommendation of the school district governing b…

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Designation of California Black-Serving Institutions. (Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 627, Sec. 2. (SB 1348) Effective January 1, 2025.)

As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Applicant” means an eligible college or university that applies for a designation pursuant to this article. (b) “College or university” means a University of California, California State University, or California Comm…

(a) The Designation of California Black-Serving Institutions is hereby established to recognize colleges and universities that excel at providing academic resources to Black and African American students enrolled in degree or certificate programs offered by colleges and universit…

The California State University Statewide Central Office for the Advancement of Black Excellence is hereby designated as the managing entity for initial and renewal designations pursuant to this article. The managing entity shall act as a neutral administrative body. The managing…

(a) The governing board of the Designation of California Black-Serving Institutions is hereby established. The purpose of the governing board is to award colleges and universities with designations pursuant to this article based on applications presented by the managing entity pu…

It is the intent of the Legislature: (a) That, pursuant to funding to be appropriated in the Budget Act of 2007, the trustees should increase, by at least 340, the number of full-time equivalent students in baccalaureate degree nursing programs, beginning in the 2007–08 fiscal ye…

The California State University may establish priorities for admission to baccalaureate degree nursing programs, but it shall not disqualify or prohibit any student who possesses a baccalaureate or higher degree from enrolling in, and completing, a baccalaureate degree nursing pr…

(a) As used in this section, “ADN-to-BSN student” means a person who meets all of the following qualifications: (1) The person has earned an associate degree in nursing from a California Community College from a program approved by the Board of Registered Nursing. (2) The person …

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “California Cybersecurity Integration Center” or “Center” means the California Cybersecurity Integration Center established by the Office of Emergency Services pursuant to Section 8586.5 of the Government Code. (b…