Title EDC, California Educ. Code

Whenever the Controller determines that any money apportioned to a school district under this chapter has been expended by the district for purposes not authorized by this chapter, or exceeds the final cost of the project which is authorized by this chapter to be paid therefrom, …

The Statewide Imagination Library Program is hereby established under the administration of the State Librarian for purposes of developing, implementing, promoting, and fostering a comprehensive statewide initiative for encouraging children from birth to five years of age, inclus…

(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund which shall be known as the Imagination Library of California Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys deposited in the fund, including state General Fund appropriations, public or private bequ…

The State Librarian shall coordinate with a nonprofit entity, qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and organized solely to promote and encourage reading by the children of the state, for the purpose of implementing this article. (Added by Stats. 2022, C…

The State Librarian shall do all of the following: (a) Promote the statewide development of local Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library programs. (b) Advance and strengthen local Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library programs with the goal of increasing enrollment. (c) Recruit voluntee…

The California State Library may promulgate regulations as may be needed for the administration of the Statewide Imagination Library Program. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 992, Sec. 1. (SB 1183) Effective September 30, 2022.)

No person, firm or corporation shall employ, suffer, or permit any minor under the age of 18 years to work in or in connection with any establishment or occupation except as provided in Section 49151 without a permit to employ, issued by the proper educational officers in accorda…

Every person, firm, corporation, or agent or officer of a firm or corporation, employing minors under the age of 18 years shall keep on file all permits to employ minors under the age of 18 years during the term of the employment. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The employer of any minor subject to this chapter shall send to the officer authorized to issue the permit to work a written notification of intent to employ a minor. The form of the intent to employ a minor shall be prescribed by the Department of Education and shall be furnishe…

The notification of intent to employ a minor shall contain: (a) The name, address, phone number, and social security number of the minor. (b) The name, address, phone number, and supervisor at the minor’s place of employment. (c) The kind of work the minor will perform. (d) The m…

Permits to work and to employ and certificates of age shall always be open to inspection by supervisors of attendance, probation officers, designees of the Labor Commissioner, and by officers of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Every permit to work or to employ and every…

Nothing in this article shall require a person to obtain a permit to employ in order for a minor to participate in horseback riding exhibitions, contests or events specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 1308 of the Labor Code. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)…

If upon inspection or investigation a supervisor of attendance, probation officer, or officer of the Superintendent determines that a person is in violation of any statutory provision or rule or regulation relating to the employment of minors, the Superintendent shall report the …

Failure to produce a permit to work is prima facie evidence of the illegal employment of any minor whose permit to work is not produced. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Any person, firm, corporation, or agent or officer of a firm or corporation, that violates or omits to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter, or that employs or suffers any minor under 18 years of age who is too old to be subject to compulsory full-time school attenda…

Every person authorized to sign any certificate of age or any permit to work or to employ which allows employment of any minor during or outside school hours, during a vacation of the public schools, or upon the regular school holiday who knowingly certifies to any false statemen…

(a) Documentation required pursuant to this chapter, including signatures, may be collected electronically during an extended school closure due to a natural disaster, pandemic, or other emergency. (b) A work permit shall not be denied based on a pupil’s grades, grade point avera…

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) California State University auxiliary organizations promote and assist the Tr…

For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Auxiliary organization” means those entities defined in Section 89901. (b) “Identifiable writing” means any handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, photocopying, transmitt…

(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. 86. (AB 474) Effective Jan…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to make complete, current, and reliable information relating to education available to the Legislature and to all public educational agencies in California at maximum efficiency and economy through statewide compati…

(a) There has been developed by the department the California Education Information System, hereinafter in this chapter called “the system.” The function of the system is to establish, conduct, and by continuous concern keep up to date a basic, integrated, statewide information s…

(a) The department, in collaboration with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, shall contract for the development of a teacher data system to be known as the California Longitudinal Teacher Integrated Data Education System that is based on the results of the teacher data syst…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, data in the California Education Information System, solely or in conjunction with data from any other data system, may be used by local educational agencies for purposes of evaluating teachers and administrators and making employment d…

In maintaining the system, the department shall: (a) Consult and cooperate with school districts, county superintendents, advisory committees on integrated data processing, task forces for implementing the utilization of a statewide information system, intergovernmental boards on…

The department may consult and cooperate with public and private agencies and with educators and information specialists at the district, county, regional, state, and national levels. The department may enter into nonexclusive licenses with public and private agencies within or o…

School districts maintaining kindergarten or any grade of grades 1 through 12, county superintendents of schools, and the department shall: (a) Cooperate and consult in the joint conduct of the system. (b) Coordinate information-processing activities to preclude duplication of th…

The department shall, among other things: (a) Develop for statewide educational use standards for: (1) Coding structures. (2) Common data base. (3) File layout and design. (4) Flow charts. (5) Identification of data items. (6) Input documentation and formats. (7) Output report fo…

The regulations adopted pursuant to Section 10606 shall, among other things: (a) Require that the department and school districts use the system’s standard terminology and formats specified in Section 10606 as the basis for all reports and other data specified in this code and re…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school district or county office of education shall not be required to comply with a requirement in any other section of this code that information be reported to the State Department of Education with regard to information that is re…

The department may accept federal or other funds for the purpose of financing activities pursuant to this article. School districts and county offices of education may assign to the department funds or other resources which may be identified in their budgets for planning, develop…

The State Board of Education shall make recommendations to the Legislature as the state board deems appropriate concerning appropriate or necessary legislation related to this article. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the interest of the state and of the people thereof for the state to aid school districts in finding cost-effective methods of conserving energy in school buildings maintained by the districts. The Legislature also finds that while…

(a) School districts may borrow funds from federal or state regulated financial institutions for the purposes of design and construction costs associated with retrofitting school buildings to become more energy efficient. School districts shall only be authorized to borrow an amo…

To the extent that these services are available, school districts shall arrange for the preaudit and postaudit of school buildings by investor-owned or municipal utility companies or by independent energy audit companies or organizations which are recognized by federal or state r…

School districts taking action under this chapter shall contract with qualified businesses capable of retrofitting school buildings. To the extent that lists of qualified businesses are made available to school districts by investor-owned or municipal utility companies or federal…