Title EDC — California Educ. Code

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…

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.

The governing board of every school district shall: (a) Certify or attest to actions taken by the governing board whenever such certification or attestation is required for any purpose. (b) Keep an accurate account of the receipts and expenditures of school moneys. (c) Make an an…

Whenever in any school year the school register of any teacher, or other records of any school district are destroyed by conflagration or public calamity, preventing the teacher and school officers from making their annual reports in the usual manner and with accuracy, affidavits…

Whenever the average daily attendance of any school district has been materially affected in any school year by conflagration, public calamity, or epidemic of unusual duration and prevalence, the regular annual reports of the teacher, the school principal, or officers of the scho…

Whenever the destruction of records of a school district is not otherwise authorized or provided for by law, the governing board of the district may destroy those records of the school district in accordance with regulations of the Superintendent that the Superintendent may by th…

The governing board of any school district may make photographic, microfilm, or electronic copies of any records of the district. The original of any records of which a photographic, microfilm, or electronic copy has been made may be destroyed when provision is made for permanent…

In any joint school district, all returns, reports, certificates, estimates, petitions, and other papers of any kind relating to schools and school districts, required by law to be filed with or presented to the board of supervisors or county superintendent of schools, shall be f…

School Accountability Report Card The governing board of each school district maintaining an elementary or secondary school shall develop and cause to be implemented for each school in the school district a School Accountability Report Card. (a) The School Accountability Report C…

In addition to the information required under Section 35256, each School Accountability Report Card shall include the information required under Section 41409.3.

(a) Each school district that is connected to the Internet shall make the information contained in the School Accountability Report Card developed pursuant to Section 35256 accessible on the Internet. The School Accountability Report Card information shall be updated annually. Co…

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…

(a) A local educational agency shall report any cyberattack impacting more than 500 pupils or personnel to the California Cybersecurity Integration Center. (b) (1) The California Cybersecurity Integration Center shall establish a database that tracks reports of cyberattacks submi…

This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.

The governing board of any school district may acquire by eminent domain any property necessary to carry out any of the powers or functions of the district. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

(a) The governing board of any school district may acquire property, construct buildings, and maintain classes outside its boundaries on sites immediately adjacent to school sites of the district within its boundaries. (b) This section shall become operative June 30, 1993.

The governing board of any school district may acquire and pay for educational and athletic equipment, supplies and materials, and other personal property necessary to its operation of the schools, as provided by law. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The governing board of any school district shall meet with appropriate local government recreation and park authorities to review all possible methods of coordinating planning, design, and construction of new school facilities and schoolsites or major additions to existing school…

For purposes of this article the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Affordable housing cost” has the same meaning as set forth in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 50050) of Part 1 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code as applied to persons and families of …

For purposes of this article, an extreme shortage of affordable housing exists if any of the following conditions exist: (a) The vacancy rate for rental housing in the jurisdiction in which the new schoolsite is located is 5 percent or lower. (b) The median rent in the Zip Code w…

(a) If a school district or community college district has acquired a new schoolsite containing residential dwelling units, the local governing agency, community college district, or eligible nonprofit corporation may, consistent with this article, acquire real property for the p…

This article does not require a local governing agency to acquire real property, develop replacement housing, or perform any other act pursuant to this article. A local governing agency may, at its option, take action pursuant to this article.

The governing board of any school district shall maintain schools and classes as provided by law. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

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.

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 the following: (a) Because of the generally acknowledged fact that California will experience moderate to severe earthquakes in the foreseeable future, increased efforts to reduce earthquake hazards should be encouraged and supported. (b) In ord…

The governing board of each private school shall establish an earthquake emergency procedure system in every private school building under its jurisdiction having an occupant capacity of 50 or more pupils or more than one classroom. A governing board may work with the Office of E…

The earthquake emergency procedure system shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) A school building disaster plan, ready for implementation at any time, for maintaining the safety and care of students and staffs. (b) A drop procedure. As used in this artic…

The governing board of any school district may establish and maintain a scholarship and loan fund, to be administered by a committee composed of the members of the governing board of the school district, the school district superintendent, and such other community, faculty, admin…

The superintendent of school district shall be the chairman of the committee and shall be the chief executive officer of the fund. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The committee shall meet at least once each fiscal year and at such other times as it may be called into session by the chairman. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The committee may accept on behalf of, and in the name of, the fund, such gifts, donations, bequests, and devises as are made for the purposes of the fund. Such gifts, donations, bequests, and devises may be made subject to such conditions or restrictions as the committee may pre…

Money in the fund shall be deposited in a bank or other institution whose accounts are federally insured, and any money so deposited shall be in an account or accounts fully covered by that insurance. The committee shall establish and maintain procedures to identify clearly all m…

All money in the fund shall be available for making interest-free loans for educational advancement, for scholarship, or for grants-in-aid to eligible persons. An eligible person for such loans shall be any of the following: (a) A bona fide organization of a school under the juri…

An applicant for a loan from the fund shall make application therefor in accordance with reasonable rules and regulations established by the governing board of the school district, provided that the rules and regulations shall not include any conditions limiting eligibility on ac…

All expenses in the administration of the fund including, but not limited to, operating costs, audits, promotion of the fund, and physical housing for the committee, shall be a proper charge against the funds of the school district and the annual budget of the school districts sh…