Title EDC, California Educ. Code

This article shall be known as the Children’s Center Construction Law of 1968. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)

The Legislature hereby declares that it is in the interest of the state and of the people thereof for the state to provide assistance to school districts and to county superintendents of schools for the construction of children’s center facilities. Children’s centers are of gener…

The following terms, whether used or referred to in this article, have the following meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (a) “Local agency” means a school district or a county superintendent of schools operating or authorized to operate a childr…

This article shall be administered by the State Allocation Board. The board shall adopt any rules and regulations that it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. The rules and regulations of the board shall establish a system of priorities to determine the rela…

No local agency shall receive an initial allocation from any appropriation made for the purposes of this article more than an amount to be known as the local agency entitlement. This amount shall be computed as follows: (a) Determine the percentage that the amount apportioned to …

Any local agency operating or authorized to operate a children’s center may apply for assistance under this article to undertake one or more projects. Any local agency not operating a children’s center in the prior fiscal year shall have its eligibility and other factors determin…

Applications for assistance under this article shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the board. The applications shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following data and information: (a) An outline and general description of the project to be undertaken. (…

Not more than 25 percent of any funds available under this article for allocation to local agencies under this article shall be allocated for the reconstruction or rehabilitation of existing children’s center facilities. Not less than 75 percent of the funds shall be allocated fo…

The board shall notify a local agency when a preliminary approval of project has been given, and shall reserve from the appropriation made a sum in the amount of the approval given. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January …

Funds allocated for a project shall be disbursed to the local agency upon certification to the Controller when the executive officer of the board has determined both of the following: (a) All required approvals of the projects have been granted. (b) The local agency has subsequen…

In administering this article, the board shall approve the application. The executive officer of the board shall (a) prescribe and furnish application forms and (b) certify to the Controller the allocation of funds to which a local agency is eligible. (Repealed and added by Stats…

All sites, plans, and specifications of the proposed facilities shall be approved by the State Department of Education. Prior to the approval, the local agency shall certify to the State Department of Education the unavailability of adequate, alternate facilities in the area to b…

For each one dollar ($1) of money allocated to a local agency which is expended for a project, the local agency shall expend local funds for the project in an amount which bears the same percentage to the one dollar ($1) as the modified assessed valuation per unit of the average …

The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, employ personnel to provide necessary guidance services to pupils in elementary school districts under his jurisdiction which had less than 901 units of average daily attendance during t…

The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, enter into an agreement with the governing board of any district for the provision of guidance services in the district by the county superintendent of schools. The agreement shall provi…

The services described in Sections 1760 and 1761 shall be performed by persons who hold a valid credential issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing authorizing performance of the services. (Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 471, Sec. 4. (SB 1329) Effective January 1, 2025.)

(a) The last two full weeks in April and the last two full weeks in September shall be known as “high school voter education weeks,” during which time persons authorized by the county elections official shall be allowed to register students and school personnel on any high school…

(a) The administrator of a high school, or his or her designee, may appoint one or more pupils who are enrolled at that high school to be voter outreach coordinators. (b) A voter outreach coordinator may coordinate voter registration activities on his or her high school campus th…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Access to information concerning the conduct of the people’s business is a necessary and fundamental right of every person in this state. (b) The auxiliary organizations of a governing board of a community college distr…

For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Auxiliary organization” means those entities defined in Sections 72670 and 72670.5. (b) “Identifiable writing” means any handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, photocopyi…

(a) Records maintained by an auxiliary organization shall be available to the public to inspect or copy at all times during the office hours of the auxiliary organization, except as hereafter provided. The records subject to inspection or copying by the public pursuant to this se…

(a) Upon a written request for a copy or inspection of records, an auxiliary organization shall determine, within 10 calendar days from the receipt of the request, whether the request, in whole or in part, seeks copies of disclosable records maintained by the auxiliary organizati…

(a) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, an auxiliary organization that has information that constitutes an identifiable record not exempt from disclosure pursuant to this chapter that is in an electronic format shall make that record available in an electronic format when request…

Nothing in this article shall require an auxiliary organization to disclose information that is exempt from disclosure pursuant to an exemption set forth in Section 7922.000 of the Government Code or in any provision listed in Section 7920.505 of the Government Code. (Amended by …

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the following records maintained by an auxiliary organization shall not be subject to disclosure: (1) Information that would disclose the identity of a donor, prospective donor, or volunteer. (2) Personal financial information, estate planning i…

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law, trade secrets, as defined in Section 3426.1 of the Civil Code, shall not be subject to disclosure. This information shall be redacted from auxiliary organization records before disclosure. (b) For purposes of this section, “trade secrets”…

Any person may institute proceedings for injunctive or declarative relief or writ of mandate in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce his or her right to inspect or to receive a copy of any record or class of records maintained by an auxiliary organization under this art…

(a) Whenever it is made to appear by verified petition to the superior court of the county where the records or some part thereof are situated that certain records maintained by an auxiliary organization are being improperly withheld from a member of the public, the court shall o…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as provided for in subdivision (c), whenever an auxiliary organization discloses a record it maintains that is otherwise exempt from this article, this disclosure shall constitute a waiver of the exemptions specified in t…

Any provision in a contract entered into after the effective date of this article between an auxiliary organization and another party that would prevent the disclosure of information required to be disclosed pursuant to this article is void and unenforceable, and such a provision…

This article shall not apply to any records subject to a request made pursuant to the California Public Records Act, as set forth in Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 78. (AB 474) Effective Jan…

(a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the University of California and California State University Collaborative for Neurodiversity and Learning. (b) The goal of this article is to establish a joint University of California and California State University initiati…

The University of California, Los Angeles and the California State University, Dominguez Hills, along with California State University campuses serving the Los Angeles Basin selected by the Trustees of the California State University, shall form a neurodiversity and learning coll…

(a) (1) The collaborative formed pursuant to Section 92666 shall provide leadership on the development and testing of new classroom interventions and teaching practices for literacy learning issues based on brain research at public schools maintaining kindergarten or any of grade…

(a) The collaborative formed pursuant to Section 92666 shall support the development of a progressive teacher training curriculum to be integrated into professional preparation programs leading to a preliminary teaching credential, approved by the Commission on Teacher Credential…

(a) The operation of this article is contingent upon the enactment of an appropriation in the annual Budget Act for its purposes. (b) For purposes of this article, participation of public schools maintaining kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, shall be voluntary. (c…

Not to exceed two million dollars ($2,000,000) of the amount of the proceeds of bonds issued under the State School Building Aid Bond Law of 1966 shall be expended pursuant to this article. The funds shall be expended under the administrative direction of the State Allocation Boa…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to finance the capital expenditures involved in the construction, equipping, and establishment of a regional occupational center to be maintained by the Stockton Unified School District, to serve an area in great ne…

(a) The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of supervisors and the county board of education, agree with the county librarian to take over all existing contracts for supplementary books and other material adopted for the course of study bet…

(a) The county superintendent of schools of any county in which no county library is maintained may, with the approval of the county board of education, establish and maintain a county school library service for elementary school districts of the county that elect to participate …

The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, agree with the proper authorities of the county to transfer funds from the county school service fund to the county library for the purchase of such books and other materials as are adop…

The county superintendent of schools of any county maintaining one or more emergency elementary schools may, if the county maintains a county library, enter into an agreement with the proper authorities of the county to provide school library services in each of the schools under…

(a) The county superintendent of schools may establish a county teachers’ library and expend from the county school service fund such amounts as are necessary for the purchase of books therefor and for the payment of the necessary expenses of maintenance thereof. (b) If there is …

Whenever the county superintendent of schools assumes responsibility for the establishment of a library or the performance of library services pursuant to this article, the county superintendent shall, on or before August 31st, in each year, report to the State Department of Educ…

No school employee shall conduct a search that involves: (a) Conducting a body cavity search of a pupil manually or with an instrument. (b) Removing or arranging any or all of the clothing of a pupil to permit a visual inspection of the underclothing, breast, buttocks, or genital…

Nothing in this article shall be construed to affect the admissibility of evidence in subsequent juvenile or criminal proceedings. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1102, Sec. 1.)