Title EDC, California Educ. Code

The Legislature finds and declares that although many of the communicable diseases and environmental hazards which plagued earlier generations have been controlled, major health problems and hazards are prevalent among today’s school-age children and youth including the abuse of …

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that hazardous substances, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 78075 of the Health and Safety Code, are an integral part of daily life, and that some substances, which are routinely found in and around homes, present potential hazards t…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Optional Retirement Program. (Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1178, Sec. 1.)

In order to encourage qualified teachers to enter and remain in service with the California State University, an optional retirement program is authorized by this chapter. The optional retirement program may be established on or after July 1, 1991, by a provision adopting this ch…

Under this optional retirement program, the trustees shall offer eligible employees contracts, certificates, or investment funds providing retirement and death benefits, funded through annuities or investment fund options. The state and eligible employees electing this optional r…

For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Capacity-related busing” means transporting a pupil to a school other than the school of residence in order to reduce the number of pupils attending the school of residence. (b) “Circumstances bey…

(a) Commencing with the 2004–05 school year, a school district may not operate a Concept 6 program, unless the school district operated a Concept 6 program continuously since the 2003–04 school year. (b) A school initially operating on or after July 1, 2004, may not operate a Con…

(a) As a condition of operating a Concept 6 program at a school in the 2004–05 school year or thereafter, a district shall, by January 1, 2005, present to the department a comprehensive action plan detailing the strategy and steps to be taken annually to eliminate the use of the …

(a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall evaluate a comprehensive action plan submitted by a district and shall make recommendations to the state board for approval or disapproval of the plan. The evaluation shall be based on the reasonableness and practicability of the…

(a) A district operating a Concept 6 program shall report each January to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, who shall report to the state board, on progress made in reaching the annual numerical goals established in its comprehensive action plan. If a district fails to me…

(a) A district that plans to operate a Concept 6 program after June 30, 2006, shall, by July 1, 2006, and by July 1 of any succeeding year in which it plans to operate a Concept 6 program, as a condition of operating that program, submit evidence in writing to establish to the sa…

(a) If a district fails to meet its annual numerical goals for any two consecutive years between 2005 and 2012, the district shall be prohibited from all the following until the district achieves substantial progress toward meeting its annual numerical goals: (1) Approving any ne…

(a) A district that plans to operate a Concept 6 program after June 30, 2009, shall by July 1 of 2009, and by July 1 of any succeeding year in which it plans to operate a Concept 6 program, submit evidence in writing to establish to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of Publi…

(a) If on or after July 31, 2008, and any succeeding year in which a district operates a Concept 6 program, the state board finds that a district has failed to make substantial progress in eliminating the Concept 6 program, or if on or after July 31, 2009, and any succeeding year…

(a) In addition to Section 37688, on or after July 31, 2009, if the state board determines that the failure of a district to achieve substantial progress or develop a specific school building plan is not due to circumstances beyond the control of the district, but due to its fail…

All reports required by a district to be submitted to a state agency pursuant to this article shall be made available to the public. An interested party shall be permitted to submit comments regarding a report to the appropriate state agency within a reasonable time following the…

A Concept 6 program conducted pursuant to this article is eligible for apportionment from the State School Fund. (Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 901, Sec. 3. Effective September 29, 2004.)

On or before July 1, 2008, the department, in consultation with the Office of Public School Construction, shall conduct a survey to determine whether the school districts operating Concept 6 programs will phase out the program by the 2009–10 fiscal year and shall submit a copy of…

(a) A Concept 6 program may not be operated after July 1, 2012, or such earlier date as may be prescribed by the Legislature pursuant to Section 37692. (b) Although the Concept 6 program is authorized until July 1, 2012, it is the intent of the Legislature that all school distric…

A school district operating a Concept 6 program is exempt from the requirements of Section 37202. (Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 901, Sec. 3. Effective September 29, 2004.)

(a) A pupil participating in a Concept 6 program shall not be credited with more than one day of attendance in any calendar day, except as permitted in Section 46140. (b) Average daily attendance generated at a regular elementary, junior high, or high school operated pursuant to …

(a) For the purposes of this chapter, “comprehensive health education programs” are defined as all educational programs offered in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, in the public school system, including in-class and out-of-class activities designed to ensure that: (1) …

As used in this chapter, “community participation” means the active participation in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive health education by parents, professional practicing health care and public safety personnel, and public and private health care and …

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article govern construction of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1178, Sec. 1.)

“Benefit” means any monthly or lump-sum payment due a retirant, or other beneficiary, and includes lump-sum payments due on account of death. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 385, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1997.)

“Compensation” and “salary” have the same meaning as set forth in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 20022 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1178, Sec. 1.)

“Eligible employee” means all faculty and executive, managerial, and supervisory employees of the California State University system whose employment would qualify them for membership in the Public Employees’ Retirement System, and who are initially appointed on or after the oper…

“Participant” means any person electing the optional retirement program. (Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1178, Sec. 1.)

The department shall prepare and distribute to school districts guidelines for the preparation of comprehensive health education plans, and, in cooperation with those county offices of education which desire to participate, assist school districts in developing comprehensive heal…

The department, in consultation with the State Department of Developmental Services and the State Department of Public Health, shall gather and make available on its internet website school-based water safety and drowning prevention education resources and curriculum that are age…

(a) During the next revision of the publication “Health Framework for California Public Schools” (health framework), the Instructional Quality Commission shall consider developing, and recommending for adoption by the state board, a distinct category on mental health instruction …

(a) (1) The state board shall, based upon recommendations by the Superintendent, consider including age-appropriate content for kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, in sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention in the next revision of the health content stand…

The Department of Education shall be responsible for the preparation and distribution of health education materials and for providing assistance for in-service teaching programs carried out with districts that have plans approved pursuant to Section 51911. (Added by Stats. 1977, …

(a) Only eligible employees of the California State University may elect to participate in the optional retirement program. (b) Elections to participate in the optional retirement program shall be made as follows: (1) Eligible employees shall irrevocably elect either to join the …

Any eligible employee electing to participate in the optional retirement program shall be ineligible for membership in the Public Employees’ Retirement System so long as he or she is employed in any eligible position by the California State University. In the event an optional re…

(a) The state shall contribute to the optional retirement program an amount equal to the employer contribution of the trustees to the Public Employees’ Retirement System, less the amount attributable to the unfunded actuarial obligation of the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund, a…

No retirement, death, or other benefit shall be paid by the state or the trustees for services credited under the optional retirement program. The benefits are payable to participants or their beneficiaries only by the designated company or companies in accordance with the terms …

Approval of district plans shall be made in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Education. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 809.)

The plan for a comprehensive health education program shall include a statement setting forth the district’s educational program for health education on a districtwide basis. The state board shall establish standards and criteria to be used in the evaluation of plans submitted by…

No plan shall be approved by the State Board of Education unless it determines that the plan was developed with the active cooperation of parents, community, and teachers, in all stages of planning, approval, and implementation of the plan. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 809.)

In the development of a plan for a comprehensive health education program, the governing board of a school district may include in such plan the employment of the following as resource persons, with or without compensation: (a) licensed physicians and surgeons, school or public h…

The Department of Education shall reimburse all school certificated personnel from those school districts in which the governing board has adopted a comprehensive health education plan approved by the Department of Education according to this chapter for necessary travel and expe…

School district governing boards may, at their discretion, assign units of credit for participation in in-service training programs undertaken pursuant to this chapter and such units may be included as units of credit for purposes of the salary schedule of the school district. (A…

Each school district, county office of education, state special school, and charter school that offers one or more courses in health education to pupils in middle school or high school shall include in those courses instruction in mental health that meets the requirements of this…

Instruction and materials required pursuant to this article shall satisfy all of the following: (a) Be appropriate for use with pupils of all races, genders, sexual orientations, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds, pupils with disabilities, and English learners. (b) Be accessibl…

(a) This article does not limit a pupil’s health and mental health privacy or confidentiality rights. (b) A pupil receiving instruction pursuant to this article shall not be required to disclose their confidential health or mental health information at any time in the course of r…