Title EDC, California Educ. Code

(a) (1) On or before July 1, 2023, the department shall develop model content, in consultation with relevant local educational agencies, civil rights groups, and the Department of Justice. (2) The model content developed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum, cont…

(a) Commencing with the 2023–24 school year, and each school year thereafter, a local educational agency serving pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, shall, informed by the model content developed by the department pursuant to Section 49391, include in the …

(a) A school official who is alerted to or observes any threat or perceived threat, as described in subdivision (e) of Section 49390, shall immediately report the threat or perceived threat to law enforcement. The report shall include copies of any documentary or other evidence a…

(a) Upon the notification described in Section 49393, the local law enforcement agency or the schoolsite police, as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 49390, as appropriate, with the support of the local educational agency, shall immediately conduct…

A local educational agency serving pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and a school of a local educational agency, is immune from civil liability for any damages allegedly caused by, arising out of, or relating to the requirements of this article. (Added b…

In lieu of the method provided in Article 7 (commencing with Section 85280) of this chapter, inclusive, for the registration of community college district orders, the provisions of this article may be followed upon resolution adopted by the county board of supervisors of any coun…

When any order on community college district funds is received by the county superintendent of schools, and there is insufficient money in the fund or funds against which the order is drawn to pay the order in full, the county superintendent shall endorse on the order “to be regi…

When the warrant is presented to the county treasurer for payment, he or she shall endorse, register, advertise, and pay it, with interest at the rate of 5 percent per annum, in the manner prescribed, as nearly as may be, for county warrants in Sections 29821 to 29824, inclusive,…

If the warrants are not again presented for payment within 60 days from the time the notice provided for in Section 29823 of the Government Code is given, the fund set aside for the payment of the warrants shall be applied by the treasurer to the payment of unpaid warrants next i…

Within 10 days after the end of each month, the county auditor shall report to the superintendent of schools the amount of interest added to registered warrants and paid during the preceding month. The report shall show each district to whose registered warrants, paid during the …

An institution shall not do any of the following: (a) Use, or allow the use of, any reproduction or facsimile of the Great Seal of the State of California on a diploma. (b) Promise or guarantee employment, or otherwise overstate the availability of jobs upon graduation. (c) Adver…

(a) An institution shall not merge classes unless all of the students have received the same amount of instruction. This subdivision does not prevent the placement of students, who are enrolled in different educational programs, in the same class if that class is part of each of …

(a) If an institution offers an educational program in a profession, occupation, trade, or career field that requires licensure in this state, the institution shall have an educational program approval from the appropriate state licensing agency to conduct that educational progra…

(a) Institutions that offer short-term programs designed to be completed in one term or four months, whichever is less, may require payment of all tuition and fees on the first day of instruction. (b) For those programs designed to be greater than four months, an institution shal…

(a) An institution shall maintain records of the name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number of each student who is enrolled in an educational program in that institution. (b) An institution shall maintain, for each student granted a degree or certificate by that institut…

An institution shall maintain, for a period of not less than five years, at its principal place of business in this state, complete and accurate records of all of the following information: (a) The educational programs offered by the institution and the curriculum for each. (b) T…

The recordkeeping requirements of this article shall not apply to an institution that is accredited, if the recordkeeping requirements of the accrediting organization are substantially similar to the recordkeeping requirements of this article, as determined by the bureau. (Added …

(a) An institution’s recruiters shall be employees. (b) (1) An institution shall issue identification to each recruiter identifying the recruiter and the institution. (2) The recruiter shall have the issued identification with them while recruiting. (Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 4…

(a) A student shall enroll solely by means of executing an enrollment agreement. The enrollment agreement shall be signed by the student and by an authorized employee of the institution. (b) An enrollment agreement is not enforceable unless all of the following requirements are m…

A student may not waive any term or receipt of any disclosure required by this article. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 310, Sec. 6. (AB 48) Effective January 1, 2010. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 94950.)

(a) During the enrollment process, an institution offering educational programs designed to lead to positions in a profession, occupation, trade, or career field requiring licensure in this state shall exercise reasonable care to determine if the student will not be eligible to o…

(a) An enrollment agreement shall be written in language that is easily understood. If English is not the student’s primary language, and the student is unable to understand the terms and conditions of the enrollment agreement, the student shall have the right to obtain a clear e…

An institution shall not require a student to invoke an internal institutional dispute procedure before enforcing any contractual or other legal rights or remedies. (Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 497, Sec. 87. (SB 1526) Effective January 1, 2025. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pur…

Any information or statement required by this article to be included in the catalog, School Performance Fact Sheet, or enrollment agreement shall be printed in at least the same size font as the majority of the text in that document. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 310, Sec. 6. (AB 48…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), before enrollment, an institution shall provide a prospective student, either in writing or electronically, with a current school catalog containing, at a minimum, all of the following: (1) The name, address, telephone number, and, if ap…

Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 94909 and Section 94910.5, prior to enrollment, an institution shall provide a prospective student with a current School Performance Fact Sheet containing, at a minimum, the following information, as it relates to the educational p…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a law school that meets the criteria of subdivision (b) shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this chapter regarding a School Performance Fact Sheet by doing all of the following: (1) Complying with Standard 509 of the American Bar Asso…

An enrollment agreement shall include, at a minimum, all of the following: (a) The name of the institution and the name of the educational program, including the total number of credit hours, clock hours, or other increment required to complete the educational program. (b) A sche…

Prior to the execution of an enrollment agreement, the information required to be disclosed pursuant to subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive, of Section 94910 shall be signed and dated by the institution and the student. Each of these items shall also be initialed and dated by the …

(a) By January 1, 2020, and permanently thereafter, each institution subject to this chapter that participates in federal student financial aid programs, including, but not necessarily limited to, those programs authorized by Title IV of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965 o…

(a) An institution that maintains an internet website shall provide on that internet website the current version of all of the following: (1) The school catalog. (2) A School Performance Fact Sheet for each educational program offered by the institution. (3) Student brochures off…

An institution extending credit or lending money to an individual for institutional and noninstitutional charges for an educational program shall cause any note, instrument, or other evidence of indebtedness taken in connection with that extension of credit or loan to be conspicu…

A note, instrument, or other evidence of indebtedness relating to payment for an educational program is void and not enforceable unless, at the time of execution of the note, instrument, or other evidence of indebtedness, the institution held an approval to operate or valid out-o…

In making consumer loans to students, an institution shall also comply with the requirements of the Federal Truth in Lending Act pursuant to Title 15 of the United States Code. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 310, Sec. 6. (AB 48) Effective January 1, 2010. Repealed as of January 1, 20…

(a) The bureau’s administration of this article or Article 13 (commencing with Section 94919) shall not preclude the authority of the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation over, and application of the California Consumer Financial Protection Law to, any “covered perso…

(a) An institution that participates in the federal student financial aid programs complies with this article by complying with applicable regulations of the federal student financial aid programs under Title IV of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965. (b) The institution sha…

An institution that does not participate in the federal student financial aid programs shall do all of the following: (a) The institution shall advise each student that a notice of cancellation shall be in writing, and that a withdrawal may be effectuated by the student’s written…

An institution offering an educational program for which the refund calculations set forth in this article cannot be utilized because of the unique way in which the educational program is structured, may petition the bureau for an alternative method of calculating tuition refunds…

A student may not waive any provision of this article. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 310, Sec. 6. (AB 48) Effective January 1, 2010. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 94950.)

(a) The Student Tuition Recovery Fund relieves or mitigates economic loss suffered by a student while enrolled in an institution not exempt from this article pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 94874), who, at the time of the student’s enrollment, was a California resi…

(a) The bureau shall determine the amount of Student Tuition Recovery Fund assessments to be collected for each student. (b) All assessments collected pursuant to this article shall be credited to the Student Tuition Recovery Fund, along with any accrued interest, for the purpose…

(a) The amount in the Student Tuition Recovery Fund shall not exceed twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) at any time. (b) If the bureau has temporarily stopped collecting the Student Tuition Recovery Fund assessments because the fund has approached the twenty-five-million d…

At least 30 days prior to closing, the institution shall notify the bureau in writing of its intention to close. The notice shall be accompanied by a closure plan, which shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following: (a) A plan for providing teach-outs of…

(a) An institution’s approval to operate is automatically terminated on the date of closure or when its exemption from this chapter has been verified by the bureau. (b) An institution that does not identify a date of closure shall have one selected by the bureau. (c) A terminated…

An institution shall be considered in default of the enrollment agreement when an educational program is discontinued or canceled or the institution closes prior to completion of the educational program. When an institution is in default, student institutional charges may be refu…

(a) Prior to closing, an institution shall provide the bureau with the following: (1) Copies of pertinent student records, including transcripts, in hardcopy or electronic form, as determined by the bureau, pursuant to regulations adopted by the bureau. (2) If the institution is …