Title EDC, California Educ. Code

The chief executive officer of each community college district shall, at times as required by the board of governors, provide an affidavit that, during the 12 months preceding the execution of the affidavit, all academic employees of the district possessed the required minimum qu…

A full-time contract or regular classroom instructor currently employed by a community college district that decides to maintain classes on Saturday or Sunday, or both, shall not, without his or her written consent, be required to instruct under that program for more than 180 ful…

This article shall be known, and may be cited as the Higher Education Outreach and Assistance Act for Foster Youth. (Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 763, Sec. 2. (AB 1567) Effective January 1, 2018.)

(a) The Legislature makes the following findings and declarations: (1) Children who live in foster care are abused and neglected individuals for whom the state has assumed parental responsibility. Although foster care is designed to reunite those children, when appropriate, with …

The Trustees of the California State University and Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall perform the following services to assist foster youth: (a) Review housing issues for those foster youth living in college dormitories to ensure basic housing during t…

The Trustees of the California State University and Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall evaluate the extent to which their current programs are meeting the needs of foster youth and how those outreach and retention services can be improved. (Amended by S…

Representation on the appropriate California State University Advisory Councils shall be expanded to include at least one foster youth who is either a current or former student at the university. (Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 763, Sec. 5. (AB 1567) Effective January 1, 2018.)

The State University Educational Opportunity Program and California Community College Extended Opportunity Programs and Services shall ensure that identified foster youth are informed of services, including mentoring, provided by these programs. (Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 763, …

(a) The State Department of Social Services and county welfare departments shall, in coordination with the California State University and the California Community Colleges, do both of the following: (1) Communicate with foster youth at two grade levels designated jointly by the …

The Student Aid Commission shall provide outreach services and technical assistance to foster youth at the two grade levels designated jointly by the California State University and the California Community Colleges. The State Department of Social Services and county welfare depa…

(a) Subject to the availability of funds in the annual Budget Act for this purpose, the office of the Chancellor of the California State University shall provide each participating campus with funding to support postsecondary education programs for foster youth and former foster …

The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) By an urgency act (Stats. 1933, Ch. 59), the Legislature at the 1933 General Session established reasonable minimum standards for the design and construction of new school buildings, as now defined in Section 17283. Although it w…

It is the intent of the Legislature to reexamine the progress under this article from time to time. To enable it to do so, and to expedite the provision of safe educational facilities for California schoolchildren, the Legislature intends that the governing board of each school d…

The governing board of any school district which has in use for school purposes any school buildings which were not constructed under approved plans and the supervision and inspection requirements of Article 3 (commencing with Section 17280) of this chapter shall have such buildi…

“School building” as used in this article shall be limited to any physical structure capable of being occupied by pupils, but shall exclude, (a) any bleacher or grandstand with less than six rows of seats, (b) any building which is used exclusively for warehouse, storage, garage,…

“School building” as used in this article excludes any building operated by an official or board of a public entity for purposes other than educational, notwithstanding any educational use thereof incidental to the other primary purpose. For purposes of this section, a public ent…

Except as provided in Section 17371, nothing in this article shall be construed as relieving any member of the governing board of a school district of any liability for injury to persons or damage to property imposed by law. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 3. Effective Janua…

No member of the governing board of a school district shall be held personally liable for injury to persons or damage to property resulting from the fact that a school building was not constructed under the requirements of Article 3 (commencing with Section 17280) of this chapter…

No school building examined and found to be unsafe for school use pursuant to Section 17367 and not repaired or reconstructed in accordance with the provisions of this article, and no school building which has never met the requirements of Article 3 (commencing with Section 17280…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or Article 9 (commencing with Section 16310) of Chapter 6 of Part 10, whenever a school district does not have funds available to repair, reconstruct, or replace the school buildings referred to in this article or Section 16320,…

Any revenue derived from an increase in the rate of tax provided by Section 39230, as amended by Section 147 of Chapter 36 of the Statutes of 1977, prior to July 1, 1975, and which is unexpended on that date, may be used after July 1, 1975, by the governing board of a school dist…

A board of library trustees shall meet at least quarterly, at the time and place that it may fix by resolution. (Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 579, Sec. 4. Effective October 4, 1995. Operative January 1, 1996.)

Special meetings may be called at any time by two trustees, by written notices served upon each member at least 12 hours before the time specified for the meeting. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Three members constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The board shall hold an annual organizational meeting. In a year in which a regular election for board members is conducted, the meeting shall be held on a day within a 15-day period that commences with the date upon which a board member elected at that election takes office. Org…

The board shall cause a proper record of its proceedings to be kept. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

At the first meeting of the board of trustees of any library district formed under this chapter it shall immediately cause to be made out and filed with the State Librarian a certificate showing that the library has been established, with the date thereof, the names of the truste…

Any person, corporation, firm, or public entity, or employee thereof, who gratuitously loans equipment of any description or the services of an employee to a school district or community college district shall not be liable, and the school district or community college district s…

If any part or parts of this statute are found to be in conflict with federal law or the United States or the California State Constitution, the statute shall be implemented to the maximum extent that federal law, and the United States and the California State Constitution permit…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that American Indian children have not performed well in California public schools as evidenced by low academic achievement at all grade levels, high dropout rates, and by the low number of pupils achieving a higher education. It is the i…

The California American Indian education centers established pursuant to this article shall serve as community-based educational resource centers to American Indian pupils, parents, guardians, and the public schools in order to promote the academic and cultural achievement of the…

The state board, upon the advice and recommendations of the Superintendent, shall approve revised guidelines for the selection and administration of California American Indian education centers. The Superintendent shall request input from the American Indian Education Oversight C…

(a) An application for the establishment of a California American Indian education center may be made to the department by any tribal group or incorporated American Indian association, separately or jointly, upon forms provided by the department. Funding for existing centers or a…

(a) (1) Each center shall annually submit a report to the department that includes appropriate data, presented in a format developed jointly with the department, that reflects each center’s progress toward meeting its stated objectives, including pupil academic performance, meeti…

(a) The reorganization of any school district or school districts shall not affect the classification of certificated employees already employed by any school district affected. Those employees have the same status with respect to their classification by the school district, incl…

(a) The reorganization of any school district, or school districts, shall not affect the rights of persons employed in positions not requiring certification qualifications to retain the salary, leaves, and other benefits that they would have had if the reorganization had not occu…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 5000, whenever, in a district that has been wholly absorbed into one or more other districts and continues in existence as a district until the reorganization in which it has been included is effective for all purposes and a governing board member elec…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 35105 and 5000, in the case of a unified school district formed in an even-numbered year, where in connection with the formation of which the first governing board was elected in that even-numbered year, all of the members of the first elected governi…

Notwithstanding Sections 5000 and 35105, when the first elected board of any new district is elected on the same date that the election is held for adopting the proposal for the formation of the new district and when the terms of several members of the first governing board would…

It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature to improve public education in California by maximizing the allocation of existing resources, to discourage the growth of bureaucracy in the public schools, and to emphasize the importance and significance of the classroom teacher. …

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Administrative employee” means an employee of a school district, employed in a position requiring certification qualifications, who does not come within the definition of a “pupil services employee” or a “tea…

The maximum ratios of administrative employees to each 100 teachers in the various types of school districts shall be as follows: (a) In elementary school districts—9. (b) In unified school districts—8. (c) In high school districts—7. This section shall not apply to a school dist…

(a) The Superintendent shall determine, for each current fiscal year, for each school district in the state, to two decimal points, the following: (1) The total number of administrative employees, except those serving in positions that are supported by categorical grants from any…

(a) The Superintendent shall determine the reduction in state support resulting from excess administrative employees identified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 41403 as follows: (1) Compute the ratio that total state support to the school district general fund bear…

(a) A school district with an average daily attendance of more than 400,000 as of the 2016–17 second principal apportionment shall be exempt from any reduction in state support pursuant to Section 41404 for the 2019–20 fiscal year to the 2021–22 fiscal year, inclusive. A school d…

Amounts allowable from the State School Fund but not transferred thereto because of the operation of Section 41404 and the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 14002, shall be held in the General Fund and shall be expended for public school purposes pursuant to appropriations…