Title EDC — California Educ. Code

(a) The department shall, no later than May 1, 2022, in collaboration with, and subject to the approval of, the executive director of the state board, use the funding appropriated pursuant to Section 156 of Chapter 44 of the Statutes of 2021 to enter into a contract with a county…

(a) The State Board of Education and the department shall revise, as necessary, the framework in science to include the necessary elements to teach environmental education, including, but not limited to, all of the following topics: (1) Integrated waste management. (2) Energy con…

The commission and the state board shall ensure that the health and science curriculum frameworks adopted in the course of the next submission cycle following the date that this section becomes effective include the subject of organ procurement and tissue donation, as appropriate…

(a) During the next revision of the history-social science curriculum framework, the commission shall consider including, and recommending for adoption by the state board, instruction on the election of President Barack Obama and the significance of the United States electing its…

(a) When the “Health Framework for California Public Schools” (health framework) is next revised after January 1, 2016, the commission shall consider including comprehensive information for grades 9 to 12, inclusive, on sexual harassment and violence that includes, but is not lim…

When the “Health Framework for California Public Schools” (health framework) is next revised after January 1, 2015, the commission shall consider including a distinct category on sexual abuse and sex trafficking prevention education that includes, but is not limited to, all of th…

(a) When the “Health Framework for California Public Schools” (health framework) is next revised after January 1, 2017, the commission shall consider including comprehensive information for kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, on the development of healthy relationships, wh…

(a) When the health curriculum framework is next revised, on or after January 1, 2025, the Instructional Quality Commission shall consider providing for inclusion, in that curriculum framework, content on sextortion. (b) For the purposes of this section, “sextortion” means a thre…

When the “Health Education Framework for California Public Schools” (health framework) is next revised, on or after January 1, 2025, the commission shall consider including information on evidence-based schoolwide programs to support pupils in developing skills in mindfulness, di…

At the next adoption or followup adoption of instructional materials for use in kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, in English Language Arts and English Language Development, the commission shall consider including resources for teachers to help them meet the unique academ…

The commission shall, when the mathematics curriculum framework is next revised after January 1, 2025, consider including that pupils in grade 8 be offered the opportunity to take an Algebra I or Mathematics I course that is aligned to the content standards adopted by the state b…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Artificial Intelligence (AI) literacy” means the knowledge, skills, and attitudes associated with how artificial intelligence works, including its principles, concepts, and applications, as well as how to use…

There is in the state government the Educational Management and Evaluation Commission consisting of a Member of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, a Member of the Senate appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, one public member appointed by the Speaker of …

The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission pursuant to Section 33550 shall have the powers and duties of a joint legislative committee on the subject of educational management and evaluation and shall meet with, and participate in, the work of the commission to th…

The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, except that they shall receive their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and responsibilities, including travel expenses. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The Superintendent of Public Instruction or his representative shall serve as executive secretary to the commission. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The commission shall select one of its members to be chairman of the commission. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The commission shall assist and advise the State Board of Education in the evaluation of the program achievement of educational programs, in the determination of the relative cost effectiveness of educational programs, and shall make recommendations concerning the expanded use, m…

As used in this article, “commission” means the Educational Management and Evaluation Commission. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

(a) There is in state government the Advisory Commission on Special Education consisting of the following 19 members: (1) A Member of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly. (2) A Member of the Senate appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. (3) Three public mem…

The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission pursuant to Section 33590 shall have the powers and duties of a joint legislative committee on the subject of special education and shall meet with, and participate in, the work of the commission to the extent that such p…

The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, except they shall receive their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and responsibilities, including traveling expenses. Reimbursement of other expenses, which are determined to b…

The Superintendent of Public Instruction or the superintendent’s designee shall serve as executive secretary to the commission.

(a) The commission shall study and provide assistance and advice to the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Legislature, and the Governor in new or continuing areas of research, program development, and evaluation in special education. The comm…

As used in this article, “commission” means the Advisory Commission on Special Education. The commission shall also serve as the State Advisory Panel required by paragraph (21) of subdivision (a) of Section 1412 of Title 20 of the United States Code.

An action to reorganize one or more districts is initiated upon the filing, with the county superintendent of schools, of a petition to reorganize one or more school districts signed by any of the following: (a) At least 25 percent of the registered voters residing in the territo…

(a) A county superintendent of schools may do any of the following, as necessary, with respect to the reorganization of school districts within the jurisdiction of a county superintendent of schools: (1) Before the initiation of an action to reorganize, a county superintendent of…

A petition filed under Section 35700 shall be required to reasonably identify the territory to be reorganized, which identification may include references to streets or prominent geographic features. The inclusion of legal descriptions or plat maps, or both, however, shall not be…

Before initiating proceedings to consider any reorganization plan, the county committee on school district organization shall provide written notice of the proposed action to the local agency formation commission for the affected area.

In any petition to reorganize school districts there shall be designated no more than three of the petitioners as chief petitioners for the purpose of receiving notice of any public hearings to be held on the petition.

The persons securing the signatures to a petition of electors to reorganize school districts shall attach thereto an affidavit that all persons who signed the petition did so in the presence of the affiant and that each signature is a genuine signature of the person whose name it…

Any petition filed under this article may include any of the appropriate provisions specified in Article 3 (commencing with Section 35730).

The county superintendent of schools, within 30 days after any petition for reorganization is filed, shall examine the petition and, if he or she finds it to be sufficient and signed as required by law, transmit the petition simultaneously to the county committee and to the State…

Within 60 days after receipt of the petition, the county committee shall hold one or more public hearings thereon at a regular or special meeting in each of the districts affected by the petition. Notice of the public hearing shall be given at least 10 days in advance thereof to …

(a) The county committee may add to the petition any of the appropriate provisions specified in Article 3 (commencing with Section 35730) that were not included in the petition as filed and may amend any such provision that was so included. (b) At least 10 days before the public …

(a) Within 120 days of the commencement of the first public hearing on the petition, the county committee shall recommend approval or disapproval of a petition to form one or more new districts or for the division of the entire territory of a school district into two or more new …

(a) No action to reorganize a school district shall be initiated or completed without the consent of a majority of all of the members of the governing board of the affected district if both of the following conditions apply to the school district: (1) It has obtained an emergency…

(a) Except for petitions for the transfer of territory, the county committee shall expeditiously transmit the petition to the State Board of Education together with its recommendations thereon. It shall also report whether any of the following, in the opinion of the committee, wo…

Except for a petition to form one or more new districts approved pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 35710, a petition transmitted pursuant to Section 35707, including the plans and recommendations included therein, if any, together with the recommended approval or disapproval…

If the following conditions are met, the county committee may approve the petition and order that the petition be granted, and shall so notify the county board of supervisors: (a) The county committee finds that the conditions enumerated in paragraphs (1) to (10), inclusive, of s…

(a) For all other petitions to transfer territory, if the county committee finds that the conditions enumerated in paragraphs (1) to (10), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 35753 substantially are met, the county committee may approve the petition. If the petition is appro…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an election may not be called to vote on a petition to transfer territory if the election area for that petition, as determined pursuant to Section 35732, is uninhabited territory as described in Section 35517. The county committee, if …

A county committee shall be the lead agency, as defined in Section 21067 of the Public Resources Code, for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) for each petition it considers pursuant to Se…

(a) (1) An action by the county committee approving a petition pursuant to Section 35709, 35710, 35710.1, or paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 35722 may be appealed to the state board by the chief petitioners or one or more affected school districts. Except as pr…

(a) The county superintendent of schools, within 35 days after receiving the notification provided by Section 35710, shall call an election, in the manner prescribed in Part 4 (commencing with Section 5000), to be conducted at the next election of any kind in accordance with eith…

(a) A person questioning the finding of the county committee pursuant to Section 35709, 35710, or paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 35722 that the action to transfer territory or form one or more new districts will not adversely affect the racial or ethnic integr…

The State Board of Education may adopt rules and regulations for the implementation of this article, as it deems necessary.

Each county committee on school district organization shall, under the direction of the State Board of Education, formulate plans and recommendations for the organization of the districts in the county or any portion thereof including, if appropriate, a portion of one or more adj…

(a) The county committee shall adopt a tentative recommendation following which action it shall hold one or more public hearings in the area proposed for reorganization at least 30 days before submission of a final recommendation for unification or other reorganization to the sta…

(a) On receipt of a petition signed by at least 10 percent of the qualified electors residing in any district for a consideration of unification or other reorganization of any area, the county committee shall hold a public hearing on the petition at a regular or special meeting. …