Title EDC, California Educ. Code

A fund in the State Treasury is hereby created, to be known as the State School Construction Fund. All money in the State School Construction Fund, including any money deposited in the fund from any source whatsoever after September 11, 1957, is hereby continuously appropriated w…

The Legislature hereby declares that it is in the interest of the people and of the state that there be a general diffusion of knowledge and intelligence through the establishment and operation of public libraries. Such diffusion is a matter of general concern inasmuch as it is t…

There is in the state government an agency known as the California State Library. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 9. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

The California State Library is under the control of an executive who shall be a technically trained librarian and shall be known as the “State Librarian.” (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 10. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

The State Librarian shall be appointed by and hold office at the pleasure of the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The State Librarian shall nominate a Deputy State Librarian to be appointed by, and hold office at the pleasure of, the Governor. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 11. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

As used in this chapter, “public library” means any public library as defined in this code, or any county law library established pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6300) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 318, Sec. 2. (SB 7…

No minor having a permit to work and no minor under 18 years of age, who is otherwise required by law to attend school, shall be out of school and unemployed for a period longer than 10 consecutive days while the public schools are in session, but shall enroll and attend school. …

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any minor who has been graduated from a high school maintaining a four-year course above the eighth grade of elementary schools, or who has had an equal amount of education in a private school or by private tuition, or who has bee…

(a) No publisher or manufacturer of instructional materials, nor any of his or her representatives, shall offer or give any emolument, money, or other valuable thing, or any inducement, to any community college official to directly or indirectly introduce, recommend, vote for, or…

The use by any person, including a student, of any electronic listening or recording device in any classroom without the prior consent of the instructor is prohibited, except as necessary to provide reasonable auxiliary aids and academic adjustments to disabled students. Any pers…

When the governing board of a community college district provides for the transportation of students to and from community colleges, the governing board of the district may require the parents and legal guardians of all or some of the students transported, to pay a portion of the…

(a) A certified public accountant shall be selected by each auxiliary organization described in Section 89901. The office of the chancellor, in cooperation with the Department of Finance, shall develop and forward the applicable auditing and reporting procedures to each auxiliary…

As used in this article, the term “auxiliary organization” includes the following entities: (a) Any entity in which any official of the California State University participates as a director as part of his or her official position. (b) Any entity formed or operating pursuant to A…

This article shall not apply to any student body organization not formed or operating pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 89300) of Chapter 3 nor to any student or faculty society, social club, fraternity, or sorority, nor to any alumni association, whether officially …

(a) (1) Each auxiliary organization formed pursuant to this article shall have a board of directors composed, both as to size and categories of membership, in accordance with regulations established by the Trustees of the California State University. (2) If, in any fiscal year, a…

All expenditures and fund appropriations of auxiliary organizations described in Section 89903 shall be approved by the governing board of the auxiliary organization. Appropriations of funds for use outside of the normal business operations of the auxiliary organization shall be …

The trustees shall, by July 1, 1983, develop and implement guidelines to ensure that auxiliary organizations classified as foundations for sponsored programs, workshops, and institutes maintain fiscal viability. These guidelines shall specify how reimbursement received by a found…

The trustees shall, by July 1, 1983, develop and implement guidelines to ensure that auxiliary organizations classified as foundations for sponsored programs, workshops, and institutes, expend discretionary funds in a manner consistent with the educational mission of the universi…

Operations of commercial services on a campus of the California State University, such as a food service or bookstore, or any commercial services that may be provided in a state university union, shall, when operated by an auxiliary organization, be self-supporting. Any surplus f…

(a) No auxiliary organization operating a commercial service on the California State University, Chico, campus shall discontinue that commercial service without providing the campus with adequate notice of its intent to discontinue the service, and the opportunity to continue the…

No member of the governing board of an auxiliary organization shall be financially interested in any contract or other transaction entered into by the board of which he is a member, and any contract or transaction entered into in violation of this section is void. (Enacted by Sta…

No contract or other transaction entered into by the governing board of an auxiliary organization is void under the provisions of Section 89906, nor shall any member of such board be disqualified or deemed guilty of misconduct in office under said provisions, if the circumstances…

The provisions of Section 89907 shall not be applicable if the circumstances specified in any of the following subdivisions exist: (a) The contract or transaction is between an auxiliary organization and a member of the governing board of that auxiliary organization. (b) The cont…

It is unlawful for any person to utilize any information, not a matter of public record, which is received by him by reason of his membership on the governing board of an auxiliary organization, for personal pecuniary gain, regardless of whether he is or is not a member of the go…

Any construction project located on property of the California State University that is performed pursuant to a contract entered into or awarded by an auxiliary organization and funded in whole or in part by public funds is subject to the California State University Contract Law …

All bonds, notes, borrowings, or other evidences of indebtedness of an auxiliary organization and interest thereon or income therefrom are exempt from all taxation in the state other than estate and generation skipping transfer taxes. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 779, Sec. 6. Effec…

Apportionment from the State School Construction Fund to school districts shall be made in the manner and subject to the conditions herein provided and in accordance with policies adopted by the board, for any of the following purposes: (a) The purchase and improvement of schools…

In addition to the purposes for which apportionments may be made to school districts under Section 16520, apportionments may also be made to school districts for the construction, repair, attachment or development of offsite facilities, utilities or improvements which the board d…

In making applications for, and in expending, apportionments of funds under this chapter, a district acts as an agent of the state and all sites purchased and improved, all equipment purchased, and all buildings constructed, reconstructed, altered, or added to through the expendi…

The board may require school districts to insure for the benefit of the state all sites, equipment, and buildings which are the property of the state, against any risks and in any amounts that the board may deem necessary to protect the interests of the state. No state funds appo…

A district shall be eligible to an apportionment under this chapter if the estimated number of project children and indirect project children who will be in average daily attendance in the schools of the district during the period of the state project is at least 25 and is at lea…

Any eligible school district may make application for an apportionment for a grade level which it maintains by submitting through the governing board an application therefor in a form and number that the board shall prescribe. The application shall be addressed to the board and s…

At the next regular meeting of the board following the submission of the reports and recommendations required by Section 16525, the board shall, subject to this chapter, approve or reject the application. If the board approves the application, it shall by resolution adopted by it…

No apportionment to a school district under this chapter shall become final, nor shall any agreement authorized by Section 16528 be entered into, unless at an election called by the governing board of the district, two-thirds of the qualified electors of the district voting there…

(a) In addition to the powers granted the board under this chapter, the board shall have authority to do each of the following: (1) Make apportionments to districts for the purchase of sites only, or for the construction or purchase of temporary or portable buildings, and for the…

The State Librarian may do all of the following: (a) Make rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the government of the California State Library. (b) Appoint or employ civil service personnel as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (c) Sell or exchan…

The State Librarian may employ consultants to provide technical assistance to public libraries in the development and enhancement of library services. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 13. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

The State Librarian shall also do all of the following: (a) Purchase books, maps, engravings, paintings, furniture, and other materials and equipment necessary to carry out California State Library programs and services. (b) Number and stamp all books and maps belonging to the li…

The State Librarian may do both of the following: (a) Contract directly with counties, cities, or districts within this state, agencies of the state, and agencies of the United States government for the purpose of providing library services. (b) Establish and operate library serv…

The State Librarian shall make available in the state on a loan basis to blind or print disabled persons, or to persons with a disability that prevents them from reading conventional printed materials, audio recordings of books and other related materials. The materials to be mad…

The State Librarian may consider for rendering into embossed braille any print books and other materials, excluding textbooks, requested by an eligible patron with print disabilities. Consideration of the patron’s request shall be dependent upon available staffing, resources, and…

The State Librarian may provide the following: (a) Toll-free and local telephone services for registered patrons of the federally designated regional libraries for the blind and print disabled, in order to enable those persons to have direct patron access to library services. (b)…

(a) The State Librarian may operate a telephonic reading system, fund the operation of telephonic reading systems operated by qualifying entities, or both. (b) Pursuant to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act and in accordance with Section 270 of the Public Utilities Code, t…

(a) The State Librarian may annually award a gold medal for excellence in the humanities and science to an individual or organization for publication of a work that has enriched the collection of the California State Library and enriched the state by significantly contributing to…

(a) In order to protect and preserve valuable and irreplaceable treasures of the state, the State Librarian may enter into an operating agreement with a private, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, currently known as the California State Library Foundation, as follows: (1) The Ca…