Title EDC, California Educ. Code

(a) The system of public higher education in this state includes the University of California, the college named in Section 92200, the California State University, the California Community Colleges, and their respective off-campus centers. (b) The 2002 Higher Education Capital Ou…

(a) The system of public higher education in this state includes the University of California, the college named in Section 92200, the California State University, the California Community Colleges, and their respective off-campus centers. (b) The 2004 Higher Education Capital Ou…

(a) The 2006 California Community College Capital Outlay Bond Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury for deposit of funds from the proceeds of bonds issued and sold for the purposes of this chapter. (b) The Higher Education Facilities Finance Committee established pursu…

(a) The 2016 California Community College Capital Outlay Bond Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury for deposit of funds from the proceeds of bonds issued and sold for the purposes of this chapter. (b) The Higher Education Facilities Finance Committee established pursu…

(a) The 2024 California Community College Capital Outlay Bond Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury for deposit of funds from the proceeds of bonds, not including the proceeds of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with Section 101451, issued and sold for the purp…

Notwithstanding any provisions of Section 12020, 12220, and 12300 to 12307, inclusive, whenever by any act of Congress funds are provided as federal aid to education to the several states for apportionment or allocation to school districts or community college districts for the p…

The State Treasurer is designated as the custodian of all funds received by the state from the government of the United States or of any agency or agencies thereof and he is authorized to receive, and provide for the proper custody of, all moneys so received. (Enacted by Stats. 1…

The funds received by the state under Sections 12020, 12220, and 12300 to 12307, inclusive, shall be expended by the officers or agency administering the program to carry out the provisions of the act of the Congress and rules and regulations lawfully adopted thereunder. These fu…

The assent of the state is given to the provisions in the act of Congress entitled “An act to promote the mining of potash on the public domain,” and approved by the President February 7, 1927, and to the provisions of the act of Congress entitled “An act to authorize exploration…

All money derived from bonuses, royalties, and rentals under the provisions of the acts of Congress referred to in Section 12303, or either of said acts, and apportioned under the acts, or either of said acts, to the state shall be received by the State Treasurer and by him paid …

The money shall be apportioned among the school districts and community college districts in which potash leases or deposits are situated in the proportion which the total amount of rents, royalties, and other payments made to the United States from potash leases or deposits in e…

If any potash deposit or lease or any part thereof is wholly located within the boundaries of two or more elementary, high or unified school districts, or community college districts, the districts shall share equally in the apportionments made under Section 12305 which are attri…

Notwithstanding any other provision in this article or Section 2795 of the Public Resources Code, the Controller shall apportion money received pursuant to Section 12304 for potash deposits located in the Trona Joint Unified School District and the Kern Community College District…

The payments shall be deposited in the general fund of the districts and shall be in addition to any other moneys paid or credited to the districts. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The department shall: (a) Upon the request of the governing board of a school district, advise the governing board of the school district on the acquisition of new schoolsites and, after a review of available plots, give the governing board of the school district in writing a lis…

Notwithstanding any law, when using exclusively local funds for acquisition of a potential schoolsite, a school district is not required to receive final approval of a site by the State Department of Education prior to adopting a resolution of necessity in an eminent domain proce…

All money collected by the State Department of Education under the provisions of this article shall be available for the use of the department pursuant to appropriations for any use that may from time to time be made by the Legislature. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 3. Eff…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) The Department of Water Resources, pursuant to Division 3 (commencing with Section 6000) of the Water Code, exercises regulatory control over dam safety in the State of California. (2) The department approves all plans and…

The Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission shall, in consultation with the State Department of Education and the Division of the State Architect and the Office of Public School Construction within the Department of General Services, recommend best design practic…

The department and the Office of Public School Construction shall each develop regulations that provide local educational agencies with flexibility in the design of instructional facilities under this article and the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 (Chapter 12.5 (co…

“Trustees,” or “library trustees” as used in this chapter mean the regularly elected union high school trustees who reside within the library district. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

“Library,” “library district,” or “library districts” as used in this chapter mean “union high school library district.” (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The people of California find and declare as follows: (a) Whereas, The English language is the national public language of the United States of America and of the State of California, is spoken by the vast majority of California residents, and is also the leading world language f…

All printing or binding required by the Superintendent of Public Instruction or the State Board of Education, or by any educational institution, except the California Community Colleges and the University of California, supported entirely out of state funds, and all school regist…

There is in the state government a State Department of Education. Any reference to the Department of Education shall be deemed to be a reference to the State Department of Education, unless the context otherwise requires. (Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1059, Sec. 3. Effective Septe…

The Department of Education shall be administered through: (a) The State Board of Education which shall be the governing and policy determining body of the department. (b) The Director of Education in whom all executive and administrative functions of the department are vested an…

The Department of Education shall be conducted under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of Education. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The Superintendent of Public Instruction is ex officio Director of Education. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180), Chapter 2, Part 1, Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, shall govern and apply to the conduct of the Department of Education in every respect as if such provisions were herein set forth at length. (Enacted by S…

Wherever in Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180), Chapter 2, Part 1, Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the term “head of the department,” or similar designation occurs, it shall, for the purposes of Section 33304, of this code mean the Director of Education. (Ena…

The Department of Education is the successor to, and is vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the State Board of Education as they existed on July 30, 1921, of the board of directors of the California School for the Deaf and the Blind…

The Department of Education shall be in possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land, and other property, real or personal, now or hereafter held for the benefit of the bodies, offices, and officers whose …

The Department of Education shall administer and enforce all laws now or hereafter imposing any duty, power, or function upon any of the bodies, offices, officers, deputies, or employees transferred to the Department of Education under the provisions of Section 33306. (Enacted by…

The State Department of Education shall adopt guidelines to be disseminated to parents or guardians of pupils that describe the procedures that a parent or guardian can follow in filing a complaint of child abuse, as defined in Section 11165.6 of the Penal Code, with the school o…

(a) Program guidelines issued by the State Department of Education shall be designed to serve as a model or example, and shall not be prescriptive. Program guidelines issued by the department shall include written notification that the guidelines are merely exemplary, and that co…

In addition to the Division of Libraries of the Department of Education, established by law, the State Board of Education may, upon recommendation of the Director of Education, establish such divisions as in the judgment of the board are necessary for the proper transaction of th…

The State Department of Education may sell any educational materials and directories related to its scope and duties. (Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 825, Sec. 9. Effective October 9, 1997.)

When the Department of Education fixes the price of any publication, it shall specify the class of persons or institutions that may receive copies of the publication free of charge. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Any county, or any school district, in this state may purchase the publications described in Sections 33309 to 33313, inclusive, from the Department of Education. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

All moneys received from the sale of materials pursuant to Section 33310 of the Education Code shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the fund against which the cost of printing the publication was charged. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1158, Sec. 3. Effective S…

The State Board of Education may, upon recommendation of the Director of Education, establish in the Department of Education a school library consultant service to assist and advise local school districts in the establishment, development, and improvement of school libraries in t…

(a) The Superintendent shall establish and implement a system of complaint processing, known as the Uniform Complaint Procedures, for educational programs specified in paragraph (1). The department shall review the regulations set forth in Chapter 5.1 (commencing with Section 460…

(a) (1) Beginning July 1, 2026, upon receipt of a complaint that alleges unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying received by the department pursuant to subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 33315, the Superintendent shall collect a…

The State Department of Education shall do all of the following: (a) Revise and update budget manuals, forms and guidelines. (b) Cooperate with federal and state agencies in prescribing rules and regulations, and instructions required by those agencies. (c) Assess the needs and m…

The Department of Education shall cooperate with the Educational Management and Evaluation Commission and shall as requested by the commission: (a) Prepare and compile agenda items and research materials for the commission. (b) Prepare and direct the execution of any provisions o…

(a) Commencing with the 2026–27 school year, the department shall collect and publish on its internet website, and local educational agencies shall provide to the department, data on pupil transfers due to disciplinary reasons, including whether the pupil transferred to an altern…