Title EDC, California Educ. Code

“Public institution of higher education” means any of the following: (a) An institution that meets the definition of subdivision (a) of Section 66010, including a district or campus of the California Community Colleges. (b) An institution operated by the United States government,…

“Recruiter” means an employee of an institution whose principal job responsibilities are the recruitment of students other than on the institution’s premises. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 310, Sec. 6. (AB 48) Effective January 1, 2010. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Se…

“Recruitment” means actions taken by recruiters seeking enrollment of students. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 310, Sec. 6. (AB 48) Effective January 1, 2010. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 94950.)

“Reporting period” means the institution’s fiscal year or any yearly period designated by the bureau to be covered in the institution’s annual report. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 310, Sec. 6. (AB 48) Effective January 1, 2010. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 94…

“Satellite location” means an auxiliary classroom or teaching site within 50 miles of the branch or main location. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 310, Sec. 6. (AB 48) Effective January 1, 2010. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 94950.)

“Site” means a main or branch campus or satellite location. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 310, Sec. 6. (AB 48) Effective January 1, 2010. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 94950.)

“Teach-out” means the arrangements an institution makes for its students to complete their educational programs when the institution or an educational program ceases to operate. (Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 592, Sec. 38. (SB 861) Effective January 1, 2026. Repealed as of January …

“Third-party payer” means an employer, government program, or other entity that pays a student’s total charges when no separate agreement for the repayment of the charges exists between the third-party payer and the student. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 310, Sec. 6. (AB 48) Effecti…

“To offer to the public” means to advertise, publicize, solicit, or recruit. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 310, Sec. 6. (AB 48) Effective January 1, 2010. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 94950.)

“To operate” means to establish, keep, or maintain any facility or location in this state where, or from which, or through which, postsecondary educational programs are provided, or to enroll California residents in postsecondary educational programs in an institution based outsi…

“Total charges” means the sum of institutional and noninstitutional charges. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 310, Sec. 6. (AB 48) Effective January 1, 2010. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 94950.)

“Year” means a calendar year. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 310, Sec. 6. (AB 48) Effective January 1, 2010. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 94950.)

All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicabl…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the California Hazardous Materials Education Act of 1982. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 785, Sec. 1.)

The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) Because school science laboratories pose a potentially serious threat to the health and safety of school pupils and school personnel due to the use and storage of hazardous materials in these laboratories, educational effo…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this code, money shall be paid from the funds of any community college district for the payment of the expenses of the district, only as provided in this article. (b) The Legislature reaffirms the status of the California Community Colleges as …

All payments from the funds of a community college district shall be made by written order of the governing board of the district. Orders shall be on forms prescribed by the county superintendent of schools. Forms may be printed and furnished by the board of supervisors or the co…

Each order drawn on the funds of a community college district shall be signed by at least a majority of the members of the governing board of the district, or by a person or persons authorized by the governing board to sign orders in its name. No person other than an officer or e…

The governing board of each community college district shall be responsible for filing, or causing to be filed, with the county superintendent of schools the verified signature of each person, including members of the governing board, authorized to sign orders in its name. Except…

Each order drawn against the funds of a community college district shall be numbered and shall state: (a) the particular fund or funds of the district against which it is drawn, (b) the amount of the payment to be made from each fund, and (c) the rate of salary and the period of …

Each order drawn against the funds of a community college district shall be transmitted to the county superintendent of schools, and, if approved and signed by him or her, shall become a requisition on the county auditor. The county superintendent may prescribe alternative proced…

The county superintendent of schools may examine each order on community college district funds transmitted to him or her, in the order in which it is received in his or her office. If it appears that the order is properly drawn for the payment of legally authorized expenses agai…

(a) If, at any time during a fiscal year, the county superintendent of schools concludes that the expenditures of a community college district in the territory within his or her jurisdiction are likely to exceed the anticipated income of the district for that fiscal year, he or s…

(a) At any time during a fiscal year, the county superintendent may audit the expenditures and internal controls of community college districts he or she determines to be fiscally accountable. The county superintendent shall report his or her findings and recommendation to the go…

If the order is disapproved by the county superintendent of schools, it shall be returned to the governing board of the community college district, except as otherwise provided in this code for the registration of warrants, with a statement of his or her reasons for disapproving …

(a) The county auditor may examine each order and requisition on community college district funds transmitted by the county superintendent of schools. If the county auditor allows the order and requisition, he or she shall endorse thereon “examined and allowed,” and shall date, n…

The county auditor may authorize the destruction of any bill or supporting document received from a school district for purposes of Section 85239 if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The record, paper, or document is photographed, microphotographed, or reproduced on fi…

(a) In lieu of drawing a warrant as provided in Section 85239, the county auditor may, with the approval of the governing board of the community college district, endorse, date, and number the order and requisition, and may prepare a separate warrant on the county treasurer for t…

The governing board of any community college district may, with the approval of the county auditor and county treasurer, in lieu of issuing single orders for the payment of the salary or wages of each employee, issue payroll orders, on forms prescribed by the county superintenden…

Each payroll order drawn pursuant to this article shall be drawn, approved, and issued in the same manner and shall contain the same minimum content as prescribed for single orders. Each payroll order shall list the names of all employees in whose favor the order is drawn and sha…

(a) The county superintendent of schools shall keep, open to the inspection of the public, a register of warrants, showing the fund upon which the requisitions have been drawn, the number, in whose favor, and for what purpose they were drawn. (b) The county superintendent of scho…

(a) Orders for the payment of wages and payroll orders for the payment of wages of employees employed full time in positions that are not academic positions shall be drawn twice during each calendar month on days designated in advance by the governing board of each community coll…

Except as provided in Sections 94874.2, 94874.7, and 94927.5, the following are exempt from this chapter: (a) An institution that offers solely avocational or recreational educational programs. (b) (1) An institution only offering educational programs to members of a bona fide tr…

(a) The bureau shall not verify the exemption from this chapter of, or contract for the complaint handling for, a nonprofit institution that operated as a for-profit institution during any period on or after January 1, 2010, unless the Attorney General verifies all of the followi…

Beginning January 1, 2016, an institution that is approved to participate in veterans’ financial aid programs pursuant to Section 21.4253 of Title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations that is not an independent institution of higher education, as defined in subdivision (b) of Se…

An institution that is otherwise exempt from this chapter shall comply with the requirements of Section 94927.5. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 593, Sec. 7. (SB 1192) Effective January 1, 2017. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 94950.)

The bureau shall establish, by regulation, a process pursuant to which an institution that is exempt from this chapter may request, and obtain, from the bureau verification that the institution is exempt. The verification shall be valid for a period of up to two years, as long as…

(a) An institution exempt from all or part of this chapter pursuant to subdivision (i) of Section 94874 or Section 94874.1 may apply to the bureau for an approval to operate pursuant to this section, but only subject to all of the following provisions: (1) The bureau may approve …

(a) An independent institution of higher education, as defined in Section 66010, that is exempt from this chapter pursuant to subdivision (i) of Section 94874 shall comply with all applicable state and federal laws, including laws relating to fraud, abuse, and false advertising. …

An election shall be held biennially in each library district for the election of one or more library trustees who shall hold office for four years beginning on the last Friday in November next succeeding his election. This election shall be held in the district on the same day a…

To be qualified to vote at any library district election a person shall be registered to vote in the library district, at least 29 days before the election. (Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1376.)

If pursuant to Section 5327 a district election is not held, the board of supervisors of the county in which the district, or the largest part thereof in area, is situated shall at its next regular meeting appoint to the positions of trustee those persons nominated, and such pers…

Except as otherwise provided in this article, Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5300) of Part 4 of this division shall govern and control the conduct of elections pursuant to this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 36.)

In any county, the county superintendent of schools, the county board of education and the county auditor, may prescribe a payroll procedure, to be followed by designated community college districts in the county, under which the community college district governing boards, by us…

A payroll clearance fund for the purpose of consolidating and balancing payroll deductions and other payroll accounting purposes for one or more community college district employees whose salary is paid from one or more funds, may be established by the governing board of the comm…

(a) In a county in which the board of supervisors has transferred educational functions to the county board of education pursuant to Section 1080, and a single budget has been authorized for the purposes of the county school service fund, county board of education, county committ…