Title EDC, California Educ. Code

(a) Except as set forth in subdivision (b), a chartering authority may charge for the actual costs of supervisorial oversight of a charter school not to exceed 1 percent of the revenue of the charter school. (b) A chartering authority may charge for the actual costs of supervisor…

(a) The Superintendent shall make all of the following apportionments on behalf of a charter school in a school district in which all schools have been converted to charter schools pursuant to Section 47606: (1) From funds appropriated to Section A of the State School Fund for ap…

(a) The intent of the people in amending Section 47614 is that public school facilities should be shared fairly among all public school pupils, including those in charter schools. (b) Each school district shall make available, to each charter school operating in the school distri…

(a) The Charter School Facility Grant Program is hereby established, and shall be administered by the California School Finance Authority. The grant program is intended to provide assistance with facilities rent and lease costs for pupils in charter schools. (b) (1) Commencing wi…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Charter schools are part of the Public School System, as defined in Article IX of the California Constitution. (2) Charter schools are under the jurisdiction of the Public School System and the exclusive control of …

The governing board of any school district may establish and maintain one or more alternative schools within the district. For the purposes of this article, an alternative school is defined as a school or separate class group within a school which is operated in a manner designed…

The following notice shall be sent along with the notification of parents and guardians required by Section 48980: “Notice of Alternative Schools California state law authorizes all school districts to provide for alternative schools. Section 58500 of the Education Code defines a…

The parent or guardian of any pupil may request the governing board of a school district to establish an alternative school program or programs in the district pursuant to this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Teachers employed and students enrolled in the alternative school shall be selected entirely from volunteers. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Previous classroom performance shall not be a criterion limiting any student from the opportunity of attending an alternative school. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

A district may establish alternative schools in each attendance area or on a districtwide basis, with enrollment open to all students districtwide, or any combination thereof. (Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 911.)

Alternative schools shall be operated in a manner to maximize the opportunity for improvement of the general school curriculum by innovative methods and ideas developed within the alternative school operation and to improve the general level of education in the State of Californi…

For the operation of alternative schools as herein defined, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may, upon application of a school district, waive any provisions of this code other than those relating to earthquake safety and the provisions of this chapter. (Amended by Stats.…

Each district operating an alternative school shall annually evaluate such school. The evaluation shall include testing of basic skills for student participants, and must identify the variables which may have affected student academic achievement. The process of evaluation shall …

The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish minimum standards to further implement the definition of alternative schools as used in Section 58500 and may also establish such further guidelines as may be deemed by him necessary to the proper administration of this art…

The governing board of a school district maintaining an alternative school may provide in whole or in part for the transportation of a pupil attending the alternative school. In lieu of providing such transportation, the governing board may pay to the parents or guardian of the p…

A fund in the State Treasury is hereby created, to be known as the Capital Outlay Fund for Public Higher Education. All money in the Capital Outlay Fund for Public Higher Education, including any money deposited in said fund from any source whatsoever after the effective date of …

The Director of Finance shall cause all moneys in the fund which are in excess of current requirements to be invested and reinvested from time to time in securities described in Section 16430 of the Government Code, and such securities may be sold or exchanged if in his opinion s…

(a) Any person who questions the findings of a county committee that a proposed transfer of territory will not adversely affect the racial or ethnic composition of the colleges of the districts affected by the proposal may file an appeal with the board of governors within 30 days…

Upon receipt of an approved petition, the board of governors may make whatever inquiries or studies are necessary to validate information and recommendations submitted by the county committee prior to making a recommendation to the board of governors. When it is necessary for the…

The board of governors may return the petition for reorganization to the county committee for its reconsideration of information found to be incorrect in the proposal. The county committee shall take whatever action it deems necessary to verify the original proposal or to resubmi…

At least 30 days prior to the date of the hearing, the board of governors shall announce the purpose of the proposal and the time and place of the hearing to each of the following: (a) The governing board and district superintendent of each district whose boundaries would be affe…

After affording interested persons an opportunity to present their views on the proposal, the board of governors shall give notice of approval or disapproval to the county committee and county superintendents of schools having jurisdiction over any of the districts whose boundari…

The following definitions govern the construction of this part: (a) “Board of governors” means the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. (b) “Business Resource Assistance and Innovation Network” means the network of projects and programs that comprise the Calif…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) Education is fundamental to the development of all residents and to the progress of the state as a whole. (2) Standardized tests are a major factor in the admission and placement of students in postsecondary education. (3) There is…

(a) “Admissions data assembly service” means any summary or report of grades, grade point averages, standardized test scores, or any combination of grades and test scores, of a test subject used by any test score recipient. (b) “Standardized test” or “test” means any test adminis…

Each test sponsor shall report the closing date of its testing year to the appropriate state agency or make the closing date publicly available on the test sponsor’s Internet Web site by February 1, 1985, or within 90 days after it first becomes a test sponsor, whichever is later…

On or before November 15 of each year, the test sponsor shall submit to the appropriate state agency or make publicly available on the test sponsor’s Internet Web site all of the following data and information: (a) Three copies of each version of the test which was disclosed in t…

(a) Within 90 days of the close of each testing year, the test sponsor shall file with the appropriate state agency or make publicly available on the test sponsor’s Internet Web site standard technical data sufficient to describe the psychometric quality of the test. For purposes…

(a) A test sponsor shall provide alternative methods to verify the identity of those test subjects who are unable to provide the required identification for purposes of admitting a test subject to take a standardized test administered by the sponsor. (b) A test sponsor shall clea…

A test agency shall prepare a clear, easily understandable written description of each standardized test it administers. A copy of the appropriate description shall be provided to the test subject or the test score recipient prior to the administration of the test or coinciding w…

(a) Except for test administrations described in subdivision (d), the test sponsor shall provide to test subjects the test materials specified in subdivisions (b) and (c) for 50 percent of regular test administrations, as determined by the test sponsor, unless the application of …

If the test agency will be delayed in reporting a test subject’s score for a time period amounting to 10 calendar days beyond the period specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 99156, the test agency shall notify the test subject immediately. The notice shall ind…

(a) Whenever a test agency is presented with information which renders the test subject’s test score suspect, whether that information is in the form of allegations of collusion or cheating, or irregular test administration, or irregular statistical data, or any other form, the t…

(a) Whenever the test agency determines that substantial evidence exists to support cancellation or invalidation of a test score, the test agency shall provide the test subject with a choice of the following options: (1) A cancellation of the test scores in question, with full re…

(a) A test agency shall immediately initiate an investigation upon learning of a complaint or a notice of inadequate or improper test conditions relating to an administration of an Advanced Placement test. In order to expedite the investigation and ensure a timely resolution, the…

(a) No test agency shall release or disclose any test score identifiable with any individual test subject, in any form whatsoever, to any test score recipient, unless the agency is specifically authorized by the test subject to release that test score to the recipient. A test age…

(a) (1) The test sponsor of the Law School Admission Test shall provide testing accommodations to a test subject with a disability who makes a timely request to ensure that the Law School Admission Test accurately reflects the aptitude, achievement levels, or other factors that t…

Any information or report required to be submitted to the appropriate state agency or made publicly available on the test sponsor’s internet website pursuant to this chapter shall be public record subject to disclosure under the provisions of Division 10 (commencing with Section …

Any test sponsor who intentionally violates any provision of this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) for each violation. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1505, Sec. 2.)

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the …