Title EDC, California Educ. Code

The State Department of Education may consult with the Department of Aging and the Commission on Aging regarding the criteria for selection of programs. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1592, Sec. 3. Effective September 30, 1984.)

(a) The Legislature finds that a primary goal of every public school should be the creation of effective and productive learning environments for pupils. Increasing the educational effectiveness and productivity of public schools may require new ways of organizing instructional a…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage school districts to plan and implement alternative models of school-based management projects, or advanced career opportunities for classroom teachers projects, or a combination of both, for one or more schools in the district.…

It is the intent of the Legislature that each school district’s school-based management proposal shall include the following: (a) A plan for involving parents in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of school restructuring efforts. (b) A plan for staff development that sh…

(a) “Advanced career opportunities for classroom teachers” means a compensation system developed jointly by the governing board of a school district and the exclusive representative of certificated employees for one or more of the schools in the district that may include the foll…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purposes of implementing a program established pursuant to this article, the State Board of Education may waive any part, article, or section of this code, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education that imple…

After the provisions of Sections 18510 to 18515, inclusive, have been complied with, the board of supervisors shall issue the bonds of the district, to the number and amount provided in the proceedings, payable out of the building fund of the district, naming it, and the money sh…

The total amount of bonds issued, shall not exceed 5 percent of the taxable property of the district, as shown by the last equalized assessment book of the county. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The bonds shall not bear a rate of interest greater than 8 percent, payable annually or semiannually. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The board of supervisors by an order entered upon its minutes shall prescribe the form of the bonds and of the interest coupons attached thereto. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The board of supervisors by an order entered upon its minutes shall fix the time when the whole or any part of the principal of the bonds will be payable, which shall not be more than 40 years from the date thereof. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The board of supervisors may divide the principal amount of any issue into two or more series and fix different dates for the bonds of each series. The bonds of one series may be made payable at different times from those of any other series. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 36.)

The board of supervisors may provide for redemption of bonds before maturity at prices determined by it. A bond shall not be subject to call or redemption prior to maturity unless it contains a recital to that effect. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 36.)

The bonds shall be sold in the manner prescribed by the board of supervisors, but for not less than 95 percent of par. (Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 36.)

The proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the building fund of the library district, and shall be drawn out for the purposes for which the bonds were issued as other library money is drawn out. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 10…

(a) No school district, county board of education, or county superintendent of schools shall expend any public funds on the purchase of alcoholic beverages. (b) If an employee of a school district or county educational agency requests and is erroneously granted a reimbursement fo…

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Stem Cell and Biotechnology Education and Workforce Development Act of 2009. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 185, Sec. 2. (SB 471) Effective January 1, 2010.)

The purpose of this article is to establish stem cell and biotechnology education and workforce development as a state priority and to promote stronger links among these industry sectors, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and California public schools. (Added by…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “CIRM” means the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. (b) “Department” means the State Department of Education. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 185, Sec. 2. (SB 471) Effective January 1, 2010.)

The department, in consultation with the CIRM and representatives of the biotechnology industry, shall promote stem cell and biotechnology education and workforce development in the department’s existing programs, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (a) The Calif…

The department shall post on its Internet Web site, and as appropriate, on the Internet Web site created pursuant to Section 52499.66, information and links to information about the following: (a) Biotechnology education programs, including, but not limited to, those identified b…

The department shall post on its Internet Web site links to the CIRM model curriculum on stem cell science and communicate to science teachers and school districts the availability of this curriculum. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 185, Sec. 2. (SB 471) Effective January 1, 2010.)

(a) The governing board of a school district may identify who will conduct the evaluation of each school principal. (b) A school principal may be evaluated annually for the first and second year of employment as a new principal in a school district. The governing board may determ…

(a) Criteria for effective school principal evaluations may be based upon the California Professional Standards for Educational Leaders. These standards identify a school administrator as being an educational leader who promotes the success of all pupils through leadership that f…

Whenever any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter remain unsold for the period of six months after having been offered for sale in the manner prescribed by the board of supervisors, the board of trustees of the library district for or on account of which the bonds we…

Upon receiving the petition, signed by a majority of the members of the board of trustees, the supervisors shall fix a time for hearing the petition, which shall not be more than 30 days thereafter, and shall cause a notice, stating the time and place of hearing, and the object o…

At the time and place designated in the notice for hearing the petition, or at any subsequent time to which the hearing may be postponed, the supervisors shall hear any reasons that may be submitted for or against the granting of the petition, and if they deem it for the best int…

Thereupon the bonds and the vote by which they were authorized to be issued, shall cease to be of any validity whatever. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The board of supervisors, at the time of making a levy of taxes for county purposes, shall levy a tax for that year upon the taxable property in the district, at the equalized assessed value thereof for that year, for the interest and redemption of the bonds. (Enacted by Stats. 1…

The tax shall not be less than sufficient to pay the interest of the bonds for that year, and such portion of the principal as is to become due during the year. In any event the tax shall be high enough to raise, annually, for the first half of the term the bonds have to run, a s…

All money levied, when collected, shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the library district, and be used for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds, and for no other purpose. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

(a) The purpose of this article is to identify, develop, validate, and disseminate effective educational programs and practices operated by state and local educational entities, in order to improve the educational services provided through public elementary and secondary schools …

The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish procedures within the State Department of Education to accomplish all of the following: (a) Annually identify the critical needs for which effective educational programs and practices are to be identified, developed, and di…

In performing the responsibilities set forth in Section 33321, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall consult with high school and elementary school teachers, high school and junior high school principals, school district administrators, members of school district governi…

The State Board of Education may authorize the funding of any proposal of a school district, county office of education, public postsecondary educational institution, or other public educational agency for the development of an educational program, where the board determines that…

The State Board of Education, upon review of the recommendation of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall validate, as an exemplary educational project, each project developed by the State Department of Education, a school district, county office of education, or public …

(a) The State Department of Education shall annually disseminate to each school district, county office of education, resource agency or consortium as described in Article 2 (commencing with Section 44680) of Chapter 3.1 of Part 25, and other public educational entity, as appropr…

All proposals submitted to the State Board of Education for funding pursuant to Section 33322 or 33324, or for validation pursuant to Section 33323, shall be evaluated by the State Department of Education, in consultation with school districts, county offices of education, and ot…

The State Board of Education, upon review of the recommendation of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, may authorize funding for any proposal of a county office of education, postsecondary educational institution, consortium of local educational agencies, the National Diffu…

(a) The State Department of Education, in performing the identification, development, evaluation, dissemination, or adoption of projects and practices under any state or federal categorical education program, shall perform those functions in accordance with the procedure set fort…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to evaluate the effectiveness of programs developed for English learners subsequent to Proposition 227 in order to ensure that only programs successful in teaching pupils English and allowing them to meet content standards are adopted by di…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Artificial intelligence” means an engineered or machine-based system that varies in its level of autonomy and that can, for explicit or implicit objectives, infer, from the input it receives, how to generate …

A special education local plan area submitting a local plan, pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 56195.1, which includes all of the school districts located in the county or counties submitting the plan, except those participating in a countywide special education local plan a…

An eligible special education local plan area, which submits a local plan under the provisions of Section 56211, may request designation as a necessary small special education local plan area if its total reported units of average daily attendance in kindergarten and grades 1 to …

For the 2020–21 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, a necessary small special education local plan area, as described in Section 56212, shall receive, in addition to the funding it received in the 2019–20 fiscal year, an additional funding amount equal to the sum of both…

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Gloria Romero Open Meetings Act of 2000. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 330, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)