Title EDC, California Educ. Code

(a) (1) Every agenda for regular meetings shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the legislative body on any item affecting higher education at the campus or statewide level, provided that no action shall be taken on any item not appearing on t…

(a) A special meeting may be called at any time by the presiding officer of a legislative body, or by a majority of the membership of the legislative body, by providing written notice to each member of the legislative body, and to each local newspaper of general circulation and r…

(a) Any legislative body may hold a closed session under any of the following circumstances: (1) A closed session with its negotiator prior to the purchase, sale, exchange, or lease of real property by or for the student body organization to grant authority to its negotiator rega…

In the event that any meeting is willfully interrupted by a group or groups of persons so as to render the orderly conduct of that meeting unfeasible, and order cannot be restored by the removal of individuals who are willfully interrupting the meeting, the members of the legisla…

(a) A legislative body shall not conduct a meeting in a facility that prohibits the admittance of any person, or persons, on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression, or that is inaccessib…

Each member of a legislative body who attends a meeting of that legislative body where an action is taken in violation of any provision of this article, with knowledge that the meeting is in violation of this article, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 330, Se…

The principal and interest on the bonds shall be paid by the county treasurer, upon the warrant of the county auditor, out of the fund provided therefor. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The county auditor shall cancel and file with the county treasurer the bonds and coupons as rapidly as they are paid. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that when a school district becomes insolvent and requires an emergency apportionment from the state in the amount designated in this article, it is necessary that the county superintendent of schools, under the supervision of the Superinten…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the acceptance by a school district of an apportionment made pursuant to Section 41320 that exceeds an amount equal to 200 percent of the amount of the reserve recommended for that school district under the standards and crite…

Within 30 days of assuming authority, an administrator who has control over a school district pursuant to Section 41326 shall discuss options for resolving the fiscal problems of the district with all of the following groups and shall consider, on a monthly basis, or more frequen…

(a) In accordance with timelines, instructions, and a format established by the county superintendent of schools, with concurrence from the Superintendent, the administrator appointed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 41326 shall prepare or obtain the following reports and p…

(a) The state board shall adopt and may periodically update by regulation a comprehensive list of professional and legal standards that all school districts are encouraged to use as a guide to conduct a good educational program and fiscal and management practices that shall be us…

(a) The appointment of an administrator pursuant to Section 41326 does not remove any statutory rights, duties, or obligations from the county superintendent of schools. The county superintendent of schools retains the responsibility to superintend school districts under his or h…

The qualifying district shall bear 100 percent of all costs associated with implementing this article, including the activities of the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team or the regional team. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall withhold from the…

(a) A school district under financial distress, as defined in subdivision (b), shall do all of the following before approving the closure or consolidation of a school of the school district: (1) In deciding what schools to close or consolidate, the governing board of the school d…

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Statewide Energy Management Program. (Added by Stats. 2001, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 8, Sec. 2. Effective April 12, 2001.)

The definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this article: (a) “Commission” means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. (b) “Energy independence” means the utilization of existing and developing technologies to meet energy nee…

(a) (1) In Executive Order D-16-00, issued August 2, 2000, Governor Davis directed state agencies to design and construct buildings that incorporate energy efficiency, resource conservation, and renewable technologies. In his State of the State Address delivered on January 8, 200…

The board of governors shall encourage the construction of community college sustainable green buildings that implement energy efficiency, sustainable building concepts, and solar electric, fuel cell, and other technologies. On the effective date of this article, the board of gov…

The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall establish an advisory committee for the Statewide Energy Management Program, and determine the membership of that committee. The advisory committee, with technical assistance from the commission, shall make recommendations…

The following definitions apply to this article, and, except as provided in subdivision (d), apply to Article 2 (commencing with Section 41320) and Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 41325), unless the context clearly indicates or requires another or different meaning: (a) “Ban…

Notwithstanding any other law, an emergency apportionment is a financing provided to a community college district as authorized by the Legislature or to a school district, other than a community college district, complying with the requirements contained in Article 2 (commencing …

(a) A school district may receive a two-part financing designed to provide an advance of apportionments owed to the district from the State School Fund and the Education Protection Account. (b) The initial emergency apportionment shall be an interim loan from the General Fund to …

(a) As an alternative to the lease financing pursuant to Section 41329.52, a school district may receive an emergency apportionment from the General Fund designed to provide an advance of apportionments owed to the district from the State School Fund and the Education Protection …

In furtherance of the lease financing authorized pursuant to Section 41329.52, and notwithstanding any other law, the school district may lease any property of the school district to the bank or from the bank, in connection with the bonds issued by the bank. In each case, the lea…

(a) Simultaneous with the execution of the lease financing authorized pursuant to Section 41329.52, the bank shall provide to the Controller and the school district a notification of its lease financing. The notice shall include a schedule of rent payments to become due to the ba…

(a) Chapter 57 of the Statutes of 1993 consolidated several previous emergency apportionments and a loan to the West Contra Costa Unified School District and specified the repayment terms of that apportionment. Chapter 14 of the Statutes of 2003 authorized an emergency apportionm…

(a) (1) Pursuant to a schedule provided to the Controller by the bank, the Controller shall transfer from Section A of the State School Fund and the Education Protection Account the amount of funds necessary to pay the warrants issued pursuant to paragraph (2) so that the effecti…

(a) (1) Pursuant to a schedule provided to the Controller by the bank, commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year, the Controller shall transfer from Section A of the State School Fund and the Education Protection Account the amount of funds necessary to pay the warrants issued purs…

The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) is hereby appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for apportionment to the Compton Community College District as an emergency apportionment to…

(a) On or before October 30, 2006, the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT) shall conduct an extraordinary audit of the Compton Community College District, to be delivered to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges and the Director of Finance, …

Notwithstanding any other law, beginning July 1, 2016, the interest rate on any outstanding General Fund emergency apportionments made to the Compton Community College District pursuant to Section 41329.52 or 41329.58 shall be 2.307 percent. All other terms of those emergency app…

(a) (1) The State Department of Education shall issue a request for proposals to contract for the development of standards for professional development for educators and instructional leaders. (2) The standards shall present a vision of ongoing, high quality professional developm…

The entity with which the State Department of Education contracts shall convene a committee of experts in teacher development, professional development, and instructional leadership to develop the standards and disseminate them for field review. The Superintendent of Public Instr…

The standards developed pursuant to this article shall meet all of the following characteristics: (a) Describe core concepts of high quality professional development and differentiate, where necessary or appropriate, program qualities for high need schools. (b) Support respect fo…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The purpose of the collaborative process for project development and review is to ensure the public safety of school facilities through a collaborative, consistent, and timely project development and review process.…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Private Schools Building Safety Act of 1986. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Most of California is subject to potentially devastating, large-magnitude earthquakes. (b) Earth scientists estimate that there is a greater than 50-percent probability that one or more damaging earthquakes will occur i…

It is the intent of the Legislature that children attending private schools be afforded life safety protection similar to that of children attending public schools by having all of the following: (a) Private school structures designed and constructed in a manner that minimizes fi…

For the purposes of this article: (a) “Construction or alteration” means any construction of, addition to, reconstruction of, or structural alteration to any private school structure. (b) “Enforcement agency” means the agency of a city, city and county, or county responsible for …

The appropriate enforcement agency that meets the requirements of Sections 17331 and 17332 shall review the design and inspect the construction, reconstruction, structural alteration, or addition to any private school structure to the extent necessary to ensure that drawings and …

Private school structures of one-story Type V and Type II N construction, as defined by the Uniform Building Code, that are 2,000 square feet or less in floor area are exempt from the provisions of this article. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997. O…

(a) Prior to adopting any drawings or specifications for the private school structure, the governing board, authority, owner, corporation, or other agency proposing to construct any private school structure shall submit the design calculations, drawings, and specifications of the…

The application for approval of the drawings and specifications for private school structures shall be accompanied by comprehensive and complete drawings, design calculations, specifications, and a soil analysis at a level of detail appropriate to the proposed structure and site,…

The enforcement agency shall approve or reject all drawings and specifications for the construction or alteration of private school structures and in doing so shall review the submitted design calculations, drawings, and specifications to ensure compliance with the requirements o…