Title EDC — California Educ. Code

(a) When a school building constructed in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Department of General Services is completed, the notice of completion is filed, and all final verified reports and all testing and inspection documents, as required by this article …

(a) Any contract entered into by and between the governing board of any school district and any certified architect or structural engineer pursuant to Section 17302 shall provide that all plans, including, but not limited to, record drawings, specifications, and estimates prepare…

(a) The Department of General Services shall, in consultation with the Seismic Safety Commission, conduct an inventory of public school buildings that are concrete tilt-up school buildings and school buildings with nonwood frame walls that do not meet the minimum requirements of …

(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.

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.

(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…

All drawings and specifications shall be prepared under the responsible charge of an architect, civil engineer, or structural engineer, who shall sign all drawings and specifications that are to be approved by the enforcement agency. Observation of the work of construction shall …

Except as provided in Section 17326, on or after July 1, 1987, construction of a private school structure shall not commence unless the structure’s drawings and specifications comply with the provisions of this article and the requirements prescribed by the enforcement agency, an…

During construction or alteration of a private school structure, the building owner shall provide for, and the local enforcement agency shall require, special inspection by a qualified inspector when needed, as determined by the local enforcement agency. Continuous inspection is …

An enforcement agency is qualified to undertake the review of plans, drawings, and specifications for a private school structure if the enforcement agency has a structural engineer, either on its staff or under contract, that is responsible for all design review conducted by the …

A jurisdiction whose enforcement agency does not meet the qualifications specified in Sections 17331 and 17332 shall obtain necessary qualified personnel to meet the requirements of this article by contracting with other public agencies, private sector firms, or individuals quali…

During the construction of a private school structure, the enforcement agency shall require the engineer of record responsible for the structural design, or that engineer’s authorized representative, to make periodic reviews of construction at the construction site to observe com…

Prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy, the engineer of record shall state in writing to the enforcement agency that, in exercising his or her reasonable professional judgment and to the best of his or her knowledge, information, and belief, the private school struct…

Any person who willfully violates this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.

The governing board of any school district may, and when directed by a vote of the district shall, build and maintain a schoolhouse.

The governing board of any school district, whenever in its judgment it is desirable to do so, may establish additional schools in the district.

The governing board of any school district may purchase property and construct and equip buildings in an area after the legal action has been taken that will result in annexation of the area to the school district, but before the annexation has become effective.

It is the intent of this article to provide an alternative procedure to Article 3 (commencing with Section 17280) for the construction and installation of factory-built school buildings not over 1,000 square feet in area designed or intended for use as school buildings. As used i…

Except as provided in Section 18930 of the Health and Safety Code, the Department of General Services shall adopt regulations for the safety of design and construction of factory-built buildings for use as school buildings, and shall prescribe procedures for the plans, specificat…

A manufacturer of factory-built buildings designed or intended for use as school buildings shall submit to the Department of General Services and the State Department of Education for approval, its plans, specifications, methods of construction, and estimates of cost of such buil…

All plans, specifications and estimates shall be prepared by a certified architect holding a valid license under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5500) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code or by a structural engineer holding a valid certificate to use the title st…

The Department of General Services, in accordance with standards and procedures adopted pursuant to Section 17351, and as such standards and procedures may thereafter be modified, shall either approve or reject such plans, specifications, and methods of construction. Approval sha…

The Department of General Services shall provide for competent, adequate, and continuous inspection during construction in the factory to insure that all work has been performed and materials used and installed, in every particular, in accordance with the approved plans and speci…

From time to time, as the work of construction in the factory progresses and whenever the Department of General Services requires, the certified architect or structural engineer in responsible charge of the supervision of the work of construction in the factory, the inspector on …

Upon the Department of General Services’ approval of a manufacturer’s plans, specifications, and methods of construction of a factory-built school building, a school district, whenever it is otherwise required by any of the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 17260),…

Whenever a school district has contracted for the purchase or lease of a factory-built school building and where such building is to be supported by foundations, underpinning, pedestals, or similar type elements which extend more than 18 inches above natural grade at any point, o…

The provisions of Sections 17266, 17268, 17300, 17302, and 17309 shall not apply with respect to the manufacture, sale, or lease of factory-built school buildings if this article is otherwise complied with.

Sections 17297, 17302, 17307, 17309, and 17311 shall not apply with respect to the design and construction of onsite work except where required by Section 17358.

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.

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) (1) The California Preschool, Transitional Kindergarten and Full-Day Kindergarten Facilities Grant Program is hereby established, under the administration of the State Allocation Board pursuant to the requirements of this section, to provide one-time grants to school district…

“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.)

For the purposes of this chapter a unified school district has all of the powers and duties of a union high school district. A library district may be formed upon the application of 50 or more taxpayers and residents of any unified district, and after an election, in the manner p…

As used in this chapter the words “union high school district” mean union high school district or unified school district and the words “union high school” mean union high school or unified school district. Whenever the provisions of this chapter are being exercised by, or are be…