Title EDC — California Educ. Code

(a) No educational programs and services already in operation in school districts or a county office of education pursuant to Part 30 (commencing with Section 56000) shall be transferred to another school district or a county office of education or from a county office of educati…

A request by a charter school to participate as a local educational agency in a special education local plan area may not be treated differently from a similar request made by a school district. In reviewing and approving a request by a charter school to participate as a local ed…

This article shall apply to special education local plan areas that are submitting a revised local plan for approval pursuant to Section 56836.03 or that have an approved revised local plan pursuant to Section 56836.03.

A special education local plan area submitting a local plan, pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 56195.1, which includes all of the school districts located in the county or counties submitting the plan, except those participating in a countywide special education local plan a…

An eligible special education local plan area, which submits a local plan under the provisions of Section 56211, may request designation as a necessary small special education local plan area if its total reported units of average daily attendance in kindergarten and grades 1 to …

For the 2020–21 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, a necessary small special education local plan area, as described in Section 56212, shall receive, in addition to the funding it received in the 2019–20 fiscal year, an additional funding amount equal to the sum of both…

Staff development programs shall be provided for regular and special education teachers, administrators, certificated and classified employees, volunteers, community advisory committee members and, as appropriate, members of the district and county governing boards. The programs …

Staff development programs shall include, but not be limited to, all the following: (a) Provision of opportunities for all school personnel, paraprofessionals, and volunteers to participate in ongoing development activities pursuant to a systematic identification of pupil and per…

It is the intent of the Legislature, pursuant to this article, that a local educational agency provide regular classroom teachers serving individuals with exceptional needs appropriate training each year relating to the needs of those individuals.

The superintendent shall, to the extent possible using federal and state funds appropriated for this purpose, provide staff development to child care center staff and family day care providers to improve child care services to individuals with exceptional needs.

The Legislature encourages the inclusion, in local in-service training programs for regular education teachers and special education teachers in local educational agencies, of a component on the recognition of, and teaching strategies for, specific learning disabilities, includin…

There are three diagnostic centers, to be known and designated as Diagnostic Center, Northern California, Diagnostic Center, Central California, and Diagnostic Center, Southern California.

The diagnostic centers are a part of the public school system of the state, except that they derive no revenue from the State School Fund. The diagnostic centers provide services, including pupil assessment, consultation, technical assistance, and training, to school districts, c…

The centers are under the administration of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

The Superintendent of Public Instruction, in relation to the diagnostic centers, shall do all of the following: (a) Prescribe rules for the government of the centers. (b) Appoint the directors of the centers and other officers and employees. (c) Remove for cause any officer, teac…

The Superintendent of Public Instruction, in connection with the diagnostic centers and in cooperation with public and private agencies, may: (a) Conduct projects designed to meet needs of those categories of disabled children selected by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.…

(a) The Department of Human Resources shall consider making salaries for teachers, specialists, and administrators of the Diagnostic Center, Southern California, the Diagnostic Center, Central California, and the Diagnostic Center, Northern California, competitive with the salari…

(a) The department may require employees, prospective employees, volunteers, contractors, and subcontractors for the diagnostic centers, as defined in Section 59200, to undergo a fingerprint-based state and national criminal history background check. (b) The department shall elec…

The powers and duties of the directors of the diagnostic centers are such as are assigned by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Pupils residing within California shall be accepted by a diagnostic center pursuant to criteria adopted by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

The governing board of each school district maintaining one or more high schools shall adopt instructional materials for use in the high schools under its control. Only instruction materials of those publishers who comply with the requirements of Article 3 (commencing with Sectio…

The district board of each high school district may fix a charge not to exceed the cost of the books to the high school district for books furnished pupils in classes for adults. In lieu of fixing such charge, the board may lend books to such pupils and require the making of depo…

The district board of each high school district shall purchase textbooks and may purchase supplementary books for the use of pupils enrolled in the high schools of the district. The textbooks and supplementary books shall at all times remain the property of the district, and shal…

(a) The Legislature hereby recognizes the growing need for new faculty members in the nursing field at California’s colleges and universities. This need will be fueled largely by the large number of current faculty approaching retirement age who will need to be replaced and the e…

(a) Program participants shall meet all of the following eligibility criteria prior to selection into the program, and shall continue to meet these criteria, as appropriate, during the payment periods: (1) The participant shall be a United States citizen or eligible noncitizen. (…

The commission shall commence loan assumption payments pursuant to this article upon verification that the participant has fulfilled all of the following: (a) The participant has received a baccalaureate degree or a graduate degree from an accredited, participating institution. (…

The terms of the loan assumptions granted under this article shall be as follows, subject to the specific terms of each loan assumption agreement: (a) After a program participant has completed one academic year, or the equivalent, of full-time teaching nursing studies at one or m…

(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), if a program participant fails to complete a minimum of three academic years of teaching on a full-time basis or the equivalent on a part-time basis, as required by this article under the terms of the agreement pursuant to parag…

(a) The commission shall accept nominations from accredited colleges and universities made pursuant to this article. (b) The commission shall choose from among those nominations of graduate students and applicants who have completed their baccalaureate or graduate degrees with ou…

(a) The commission shall administer this article, and shall adopt rules and regulations for that purpose. The rules and regulations shall include, but need not be limited to, provisions regarding the period of time for which a loan assumption agreement shall remain valid and the …

The commission shall work to develop a streamlined application process for participation in the program set forth in this article.

Notwithstanding any other law, in any fiscal year, the commission shall award no more than the number of warrants that are authorized by the Governor and the Legislature in the annual Budget Act for that year for the assumption of loans pursuant to this article.

It is the intent of the Legislature that, commencing with the 2006–07 fiscal year, funding necessary for the administration of the student loan assumption program implemented pursuant to this article shall be included within the annual budget of the commission.

A member of the governing board of a community college district who has tendered a resignation with a deferred effective date pursuant to Section 5090 shall, until the effective date of the resignation, continue to have the right to exercise all powers of a member of the governin…

The approval of any state agency shall not be a prerequisite to acceptance by the governing board of any community college district of a gift, donation, bequest, or devise. No real or personal property, including money, accepted by a governing board pursuant to this section shall…

The governing board of a community college district may secure copyrights, in the name of the district, to all copyrightable works developed by the district, and royalties or revenue from said copyrights are to be for the benefit of the district securing said copyrights. (Enacted…

(a) The regional accrediting agency for the community colleges shall report to the appropriate policy and budget subcommittees of the Legislature upon the issuance of a decision that affects the accreditation status of a community college and, on a biannual basis, report any accr…

(a) The governing board of a community college district may establish a community college police department under the supervision of a community college chief of police and, in accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 88000) of Part 51, may employ personnel as necessary…

Every member of a California Community College police department first employed by a California Community College district before July 1, 1999, shall, in order to retain his or her employment, fulfill both of the following conditions: (a) The employee shall submit to the district…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure the safety of students, staff, and the public on or near California’s community colleges, by providing community college security officers with training that will enable them to deal with the increasingly diverse and dangerous sit…

Every member of a community college police department shall be supplied with, and authorized to wear, a badge bearing the words “Community College Police”, prefaced by the name of the district, and shall be issued a suitable identification card bearing his or her physical descrip…

Any vehicle, when operated in the performance of his or her duties by any member of the police department, is an authorized emergency vehicle and may be equipped and operated as such as provided by the Vehicle Code.

The governing board of any community college district shall make such rules for the examination of the students in the community colleges under its jurisdiction as will ensure proper care of the students and proper secrecy in connection with any defect noted by the supervisor of …

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing board of any community college district shall cooperate with the local health officer in measures necessary for the prevention and control of communicable diseases in students. (b) A registered nurse, acting under the …

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of any law, no community college district, officer of any community college district, college president or superintendent, physician, or hospital treating any minor enrolled in any school in any district shall be held liable for the reasonable tr…

(a) The governing board of a community college district may, with the approval of the board of governors, establish and maintain classes for adults for the purpose of providing instruction in civic, vocational, literacy, health, family and consumer sciences, technical, and genera…

(a) The chancellor’s office, in conjunction with the department, as part of the report and recommendations required pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 84830, shall jointly develop and issue assessment policy recommendations regarding assessments to be used by…

The governing board of a community college district shall manage and control school property within its district. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The governing board of a community college district shall furnish, repair, insure against fire, and in its discretion rent the school property of its districts. The governing board may also insure the property against other perils. The insurance shall be written in any admitted i…

The governing board of a community college district may, by resolution, establish a fund or funds, as designated by the California Community Colleges Budget and Accounting Manual, for losses, and payments including, but not limited to, health and welfare benefits for its employee…