Title EDC, California Educ. Code

In the event a permanent employee of a school district has tenure as a full-time employee of the district, any assignment or employment of such employee in addition to his full-time assignment may be terminated by the governing board of the district at any time. (Enacted by Stats…

Except as provided in Sections 44937 and 44956, any contract or agreement, express or implied, made by any employee to waive the benefits of this chapter or any part thereof is null and void. Notwithstanding provisions of this or any other section of this code, governing boards o…

The governing board of any school district may employ or engage as an independent contractor a qualified person to serve as limited-term or part-time reader assistant in connection with instruction in composition and writing, and in mathematics, to teachers. Any person employed a…

The governing board of any school district may employ any qualified person who possesses a temporary certificate to serve as a teacher-assistant in a program conducted in cooperation with a California teacher training institution. No person shall be so employed unless he is enrol…

The governing board of any school district, a county board of education, or the Department of Education may execute a contract with any California teacher-training institution whereby certificated personnel of the school district, county, or the Department of Education may be ass…

(a) No school in any school district having an average daily attendance in excess of 250,000 shall have at any time a certificated teaching staff, excluding substitutes employed pursuant to Section 45030, of whom more than 5 percent have only an emergency credential. (b) This sec…

Whenever the governing board of a school district or a county office of education, by formal action, determines that because of impending curtailment of or changes in the manner of performing services, the best interests of the district or county office of education would be serv…

Opportunity schools established pursuant to this article by the county board of education shall be limited to counties which have an average daily attendance of less than 8,000. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010. Note: The Jan. 1, 2006, article repeal date (in former Section 4864…

An opportunity school established by a county board of education in a county which has an average daily attendance of less than 8,000 shall be deemed to be in lieu of any continuation education program, and shall excuse the school districts within the county from complying with o…

Except as to textbooks approved by the state board or a county board of education, no bulletin, circular, or publication may be used as the basis of study or recitation or to supplement the regular school studies if the material contained in the bulletin, circular, or publication…

Nothing in this code shall be construed to prevent, or exclude from the public schools, references to religion or references to or the use of religious literature, dance, music, theatre, and visual arts or other things having a religious significance when such references or uses …

The Legislature finds that the use by any person, including a pupil, of any electronic listening or recording device in any classroom of the elementary and secondary schools without the prior consent of the teacher and the principal of the school given to promote an educational p…

No test, questionnaire, survey, or examination containing any questions about the pupil’s personal beliefs or practices in sex, family life, morality, and religion, or any questions about the pupil’s parents’ or guardians’ beliefs and practices in sex, family life, morality, and …

If a local educational agency administers a voluntary survey that already includes questions pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity, the local educational agency shall not remove those questions. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 744, Sec. 2. (AB 677) Effective January 1, …

The purpose of this article is to establish criteria to guide local school districts in making applications for federal funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 as accepted in Sections 12400, 12402, 12403, 12404, Article 4 (commencing with Section 12030) of …

Each application of a local school district for federal funds or state funds shall include a comprehensive compensatory education plan which shall demonstrate that the district has fully utilized all other sources of funds, and the assistance of all volunteer aid offered by indiv…

For purposes of applications for federal funds a plan should be comprehensive in scope, and may include any or all of the program components set out below. The State Board of Education shall act, upon recommendation of the Advisory Compensatory Education Commission, to establish …

In addition, the district may propose other programs, subject to the approval of the Director of Compensatory Education, to include the following elements: (a) Employment of competent school-community coordinators, to secure effective coordination of the efforts of pupils, parent…

(a) Whenever a districtwide school advisory committee on compensatory education programs has been established pursuant to a compensatory education plan, the procedures adopted for the selection of the district advisory committee shall specify that parents shall constitute a major…

Before any action is taken with respect to the initial placement of an individual with exceptional needs in special education instruction, an individual assessment of the pupil’s educational needs shall be conducted, by qualified persons, in accordance with requirements including…

All identification, evaluation, and assessment procedures for individuals with exceptional needs who are younger than three years of age shall be provided pursuant to Chapter 4.4 (commencing with Section 56425) and the California Early Intervention Services Act, Title 14 (commenc…

(a) If an assessment for the development or revision of the individualized education program is to be conducted, the parent or guardian of the pupil shall be given, in writing, a proposed assessment plan within 15 days of the referral for assessment not counting days between the …

If the child is a ward of the state and is not residing with his or her parent, the agency shall, pursuant to clause (iii) of subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section 1414 of Title 20 of the United States Code, make reasonable efforts to obtain the informed …

The copy of the notice of parent rights shall include the right to electronically record the proceedings of individualized education program team meetings as specified in subdivision (g) of Section 56341.1. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 56, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2008.)

The copy of the notice of parent rights shall include information regarding the state special schools for pupils who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, visually impaired, or deaf-blind. (Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 245, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)

The assessment shall be conducted by persons competent to perform the assessment, as determined by the local educational agency. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 56, Sec. 40. Effective January 1, 2008.)

Admission of a pupil to special education instruction shall be made only in accordance with this article, Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 56333) and standards established by the board and upon a recommendation by the individualized education program team. (Added by Stats. 19…

(a) Any psychological assessment of pupils shall be made in accordance with Section 56320 and shall be conducted by a credentialed school psychologist who is trained and prepared to assess cultural and ethnic factors appropriate to the pupil being assessed. (b) Any health assessm…

(a) (1) As required by subclause (I) of clause (i) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of Section 1414 of Title 20 of the United States Code, the following shall apply to special education programs for individuals with exceptional needs who transfer from distri…

A pupil may be referred, as appropriate, for further assessment and recommendations to the California Schools for the Deaf or Blind or the Diagnostic Centers. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 759, Sec. 30. Effective September 21, 1992.)

(a) The department’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing unit and the California School for the Deaf shall jointly select language developmental milestones from existing standardized norms, pursuant to the process specified in subdivision (d), for purposes of developing a resource for use b…

The personnel who assess the pupil shall prepare a written report, or reports, as appropriate, of the results of each assessment. The report shall include, but not be limited to, all the following: (a) Whether the pupil may need special education and related services. (b) The bas…

Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, a special education local plan area may utilize a schoolsite level and a regional level service, as provided for under Section 56336.2 as it read prior to July 28, 1980, to provide the services required by this chapter. (Amended by …

As part of the assessment plan given to parents or guardians pursuant to Section 56321, the parent or guardian of the pupil shall be provided with a written notice that shall include all of the following information: (a) (1) Upon completion of the administration of tests and othe…

A local educational agency shall follow the procedures in Section 300.306(c) of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations when interpreting assessment data for the purpose of determining if a child is an individual with exceptional needs under Section 56026. (Amended by Stats. …

The state board, any district board which employs a superintendent of schools, and other school districts with the approval of the county superintendent of schools may dispose of unusable surplus or undistributed obsolete instructional materials, or such materials which are usabl…

After the board of supervisors receives official notification that an action to reorganize districts has been approved as provided by law, the board of supervisors shall issue an order to change districts where required by the action, and to establish or reestablish the boundarie…

(a) An action to reorganize districts is complete when the board of supervisors makes the order pursuant to Section 74250. (b) After the expiration of one year from the date of the order, the order shall be conclusive evidence that the district has been legally organized, or the …

The governing board of each community college district shall prepare and submit to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges a plan for capital construction for community college purposes of the district. The plan shall reflect capital construction for community…

(a) The five-year plan for capital construction shall set out the estimated capital construction needs of the district with reference to at least both of the following elements: (1) The current enrollment capacity of the district expressed in terms of weekly student contact hours…

The board of governors shall review and evaluate the plan for capital construction submitted by the governing board of each community college district in terms of the elements of the capital construction program specified in Section 81821, and shall, on the basis of the review an…

(a) If a community college district maintains colleges, or one college and one or more educational centers, it may additionally submit the plan required by Section 81820 on the basis of each college or educational center maintained by the district, if either of the following circ…

There is in the Department of Education the Conservation Education Service. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The Conservation Education Service shall encourage the development of educational opportunities specifically related to the conservation, the interpretation, and the use of the natural resources of the State of California, including, but not limited to, the development of nature …

The Conservation Education Service shall have the following additional powers and duties: (1) To assist school districts, community college districts, and county superintendents of schools in preparing teachers to present concepts of conservation, the effects of pollution and maj…

The Conservation Education Service shall have such other powers and duties as shall be vested in it by law. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)