Title EDC, California Educ. Code

The governing board of the school district or community college district in which a school facilities improvement district has been formed shall have the same rights, powers, duties and responsibilities with respect to the formation and government of school facilities improvement…

County boards of education may adopt lists of books and other library materials for districts not employing a superintendent of schools or a librarian for full time. The lists may be distributed to all school districts in a county for use in the selection of books and other libra…

The governing board of any school district may exclude from schools and school libraries all books, publications, or papers of a sectarian, partisan, or denominational character. (Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 158.)

The definitions in this article shall govern the use of the terms defined for purposes of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 914, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1999.)

“Disability” includes mental and physical disability as defined in Section 12926 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 569, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2008.)

“Disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic that is contained in the definition of hate crimes set forth in Section 422.55 of the Penal Code” includes any of the following: (a) …

“Educational institution” means a public or private preschool, elementary, or secondary school or institution; the governing board of a school district; or any combination of school districts or counties recognized as the administrative agency for public elementary or secondary s…

“Gender” means sex, and includes a person’s gender identity and gender expression. “Gender expression” means a person’s gender-related appearance and behavior whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth. (Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 719, Sec.…

“Governing board” means the governing board of a school district. (Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 914, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 1999.)

“Nationality” includes citizenship, country of origin, and national origin. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 569, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2008.)

(a) “Race or ethnicity” includes ancestry, color, ethnic group identification, and ethnic background. (b) “Race” is inclusive of traits associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles. (c) “Protective hairstyles” includes, but is not li…

“Religion” includes all aspects of religious belief, observance, and practice and includes agnosticism and atheism. (Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 569, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2008.)

“Sexual harassment” means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, visual, or physical conduct of a sexual nature, made by someone from or in the work or educational setting, under any of the following conditions: (a) Submission to the conduct is e…

“Sexual orientation” means heterosexuality, homosexuality, or bisexuality. (Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 569, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2008.)

(a) “State financial assistance” means any funds or other form of financial aid appropriated or authorized pursuant to state law, or pursuant to federal law administered by any state agency, for the purpose of providing assistance to any educational institution for its own benefi…

“State student financial aid” means any funds or other form of financial aid appropriated or authorized pursuant to state law, or pursuant to federal law administered by any state agency, for the purpose of providing assistance directly to any student admitted to an educational i…

Any person who willfully disturbs any public school or any public school meeting is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500). (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 83. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1…

(a) Any person who is not a pupil of the public school, a parent or guardian of a pupil of the public school, or an officer or employee of the school district maintaining the public school, or who is not required by his or her employment to be in a public school building or on th…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that interruption of class time seriously impairs the educational process. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that each governing board of a school district formally address the problem of classroom interruptions and adopt a policy to c…

The Superintendent of Public Instruction may employ one Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction and necessary clerical and expert assistants, and may fix the compensation of all statutory and other employees as provided by law, except as otherwise provided. (Enacted by Stats.…

The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall execute, under direction of the State Board of Education, the policies which have been decided upon by the board and shall direct, under general rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Education, the work of all appointee…

The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall: (a) Superintend the schools of this state. (b) Prepare, have printed, and furnish to teachers and to all officers charged with the administration of the laws relating to the public schools the blank forms and books necessary to the …

The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prescribe regulations under which contracts, agreements, or arrangements may be made with agencies of the federal government for funds, services, commodities, or equipment to be made available to schools under the jurisdiction of the…

(a) The department may require employees, prospective employees, volunteers, contractors, and subcontractors to undergo a fingerprint-based state and national criminal history background check. (b) The department shall electronically submit to the Department of Justice fingerprin…

All such contracts, agreements or arrangements shall be entered into in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and in no other manner. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The Superintendent of Public Instruction may enter into an agreement with the government of the United States or any agency thereof relative to the establishment of courses of study in aeronautics in the technical schools of the public school system, except the California State U…

The Director of Education may enter into agreements with any agency of the federal government for the education of persons in the service of the federal government in schools under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education. All money received from an agency of the federal g…

The Director of Education may enter into agreements with agencies of the federal government, county superintendents of schools, county boards of education, any school district, and state college foundations or other auxiliary organizations, including those established pursuant to…

(a) Adult education programs and regional occupational programs operated by school districts and county offices of education that have contracted with the Superintendent of Public Instruction pursuant to subdivision (b) shall provide services to welfare recipients referred by cou…

The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall use 30 percent of the funds available under Section 202(c)(1)(C) and Section 262(c)(1)(C) of the federal Job Training Partnership Act to support the work-based learning component of a school-to-career program. These funds shall be ex…

The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, not later than the 25th day of July in each year, prepare an estimate of the amount of state school money that will be apportioned to each county or city and county during the current school year, and furnish a certified copy of the…

Other than for persons in the state civil service, the length of, and the time for, vacations of teachers, officers, and employees of the schools for the deaf, the school for the blind, and orientation centers for the blind shall be prescribed by the Director of Education, except…

The Director of Education may conduct experimental work in education through various media, including radio and television. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The Director of Education may develop audial and visual curriculum materials, evolve means and methods, and prescribe standards, for the use of such materials in the public elementary and secondary schools. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The Director of Education shall employ such persons as are necessary for the coordination and the supervision of services for hard-of-hearing children. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The Director of Education may enter into an agreement with any political entity mentioned in Section 44853 for the exchange and employment of persons serving as teachers in schools under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education and employees of public schools of the politi…

The Director of Education, subject to such conditions as the State Board of Education may establish, may purchase annuity contracts for the employees of the California School for the Deaf provided for in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 59000) of Part 32 of Division 4 of this t…

(a) The school accountability report card shall provide data by which a parent can make meaningful comparisons between public schools that will enable him or her to make informed decisions on the school in which to enroll his or her children. (b) The school accountability report …

(a) The department shall develop and recommend for adoption by the state board a standardized template intended to simplify the process for completing the school accountability report card and make the school accountability report card more meaningful to the public. (b) The stand…

(a) By July 1, 2006, the department shall develop, and shall recommend for adoption by the State Board of Education, a revision to the standardized template required pursuant to Section 33126.1. (b) The revision to the standardized template recommended by the department shall inc…

(a) The Superintendent may recommend additional data elements for inclusion in the Academic Performance Index. Data elements may be incorporated in the Academic Performance Index only after those elements have been determined by the state board to be valid and reliable for the pu…

The State Allocation Board, in cooperation with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall develop and maintain an automated school facilities inventory that is capable of indicating the statewide percentage of facility utilization and projecting school facility needs five y…

(a) The Superintendent, the Controller, and the Director of Finance shall develop, on or before March 1, 1989, standards and criteria to be reviewed and adopted by the state board, and to be used by local educational agencies in the development of annual budgets and the managemen…

(a) The standards and criteria to be adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to Section 33127 shall include, but not be limited to, comparisons and reviews, including appropriate methods of projection, of all of the following: (1) Average daily attendance. (2) Revenues a…

Notwithstanding any other law, a local educational agency may recognize for budgetary and financial reporting purposes any amount of state appropriations deferred from the current fiscal year and appropriated from the subsequent fiscal year for payment of current year costs as a …

Notwithstanding any other law, a local educational agency may recognize for budgetary and financial reporting purposes any amount of state allocations described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of, or subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of, Section 41206.04 in…