Title EDC, California Educ. Code

(a) (1) The California State Library shall provide grant awards for purposes of this article to nonprofit organizations, public libraries, and local educational entities that have demonstrated experience in providing similar literacy programs to children in extremely low-income c…

As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply: (a) “AANHPI” means Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander. (b) “Community college” means a college of the California Community College system. (c) “Program” means the A…

(a) (1) The Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Student Achievement Program is hereby established at the California Community Colleges to provide culturally responsive services to enhance student educational experiences and promote higher education succ…

This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 1995. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1298, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1994. Operative July 1, 1995, by Sec. 1.5 of Ch. 1298.)

(a) Because a hungry child cannot learn, the Legislature intends, as a state nutrition and health policy, that the federal School Breakfast Program be made available in all schools where it is needed to provide adequate nutrition for children in attendance. (b) The department, in…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Cafeteria fund” means the nonprofit school food service account, as defined in Section 210.2 of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (2) “Educational entity” means a school district, county office of e…

The State Board of Education shall adopt regulations prescribing standards and guidelines for carrying out the purposes of this article. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

For the purposes of this article, needy children shall be defined as those children who meet federal eligibility criteria for free and reduced price meals as defined in Section 49531, except for family day care homes which shall be reimbursed for 75 percent of the meals. The amen…

(a) A nutritionally adequate meal, for the purposes of this article, is a breakfast or lunch as defined in Section 49531 that qualifies for reimbursement under the federal child nutrition program regulations. (b) (1) (A) For the purposes of special school nutrition supplements pr…

Any school district or county superintendent of schools which has had no food service employees since July 1, 1977, or has inadequate or no food preparation facilities as determined by the State Department of Education, and is, therefore, unable to provide a nutritionally adequat…

The Superintendent shall supervise the implementation of this article and shall investigate acts of alleged noncompliance. If the Superintendent finds that a school district or county superintendent of schools has failed to comply with this article, the Superintendent shall certi…

(a) (1) The governing board of a school district and the county superintendent of schools shall make paper applications for free or reduced-price meals available to pupils at all times during each regular schoolday, and may also make an application electronically available online…

In making available to pupils the application for participation in the free or reduced-price meal program provided for under subdivision (a) of Section 49557, each school district and county superintendent of schools is encouraged to include information that parents may use to re…

(a) (1) At the option of the school district or county superintendent, and to the extent necessary to implement Section 14005.41 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the following information may be incorporated into the School Lunch Program application packet or notification of…

(a) Each school district or county office of education, at its option, may enter into a memorandum of understanding with the local agency that determines CalFresh program eligibility, or its designee, to share information provided on the School Lunch Program application with that…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 49076, 49557.3, and 49558, and accompanying regulations, the State Department of Education and the State Department of Social Services may share data for the limited purpose of administering the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) food benefi…

(a) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school, school district, county office of education, or charter school. (b) (1) A local educational agency shall ensure that a pupil is not denied an available reimbursable meal of the pupil’s choice and is not …

Notwithstanding Sections 49076, 49557.3, and 49558, and accompanying regulations, the State Department of Education and the State Department of Social Services may share data for the limited purpose of administering the federal Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer for Children (Sum…

(a) All applications and records concerning any individual made or kept by any public officer or agency in connection with the administration of any provision of this code relating to free or reduced-price meal eligibility shall be confidential, and may not be open to examination…

(a) Any school food authority that participates in a federal child nutrition program and is reimbursed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 49501.5 for meals served pursuant to this article may be reimbursed at the current rate as determined by the State Department of Education…

The child nutrition programs operated pursuant to Section 49559 shall maintain a data base as specified by the Superintendent of Public Instruction for purposes of program evaluation. From the funds appropriated in Section 4 of this act, an amount not to exceed 5 percent may be u…

(a) The department shall create a computerized data matching system using existing databases from the department and the State Department of Health Care Services to directly certify recipients of CalFresh, the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program (the Ca…

(a) The department, in consultation with the State Department of Health Care Services, shall develop and implement a process to use the participation data from the Medi-Cal program administered pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the W…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Buy American provision” means the provision requiring a school food authority to purchase, to the maximum extent practicable, domestic commodities or products, as specified in subdivision (n) …

(a) For purposes of this section, a “high-poverty school” is a school that enrolls pupils in kindergarten or in any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and is eligible to operate under the Community Eligibility Provision, pursuant to Section 1759a of Title 42 of the United States Code.…

In order to ensure optimal access to nutrition, facilitate the use of the federal Community Eligibility Provision (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1759a), and further reduce the burden of collecting annual unduplicated pupil income data through free and reduced-price school meal applications, a s…

(a) The Native American Student Support and Success Program is hereby established under the administration of the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to accomplish all of the following: (1) To strengthen K–12 pathways to and through the California Commun…

Each school district, county superintendent of schools, and other public or private entity that participates in programs under the National School Lunch Act, as amended, and as prescribed by Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 1751) of Title 42 of the United States Code, may, if …

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the state strives to serve National School Lunch Program meals of the highest quality and greatest nutritional value possible. (b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, and contingent upon allocations provided by the federal Consolidat…

For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Food” has the same meaning as in Section 113781 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) “Food bank” has the same meaning as in Section 113783 of the Health and Safety Code. (c) “Nonprofit charitable or…

The department shall update its guidance on the donation of leftover food to allow a public school cafeteria to donate food to a food bank or to any other nonprofit charitable organization for distribution to persons free of charge or to make leftover food available to pupils dur…

The Legislature finds and declares that the State of California strives to serve food of the highest quality and greatest nutritional value possible. The department shall monitor schools participating in the federal National School Lunch Program or federal School Breakfast Progra…

For purposes of this article, “office” means the Office of School-Based Health Programs established within the department that is dedicated to expanding access to school-based health programs pursuant to this article. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 44, Sec. 61. (AB 130) Effective Jul…

(a) The department shall, no later than January 1, 2022, establish an Office of School-Based Health Programs for the purpose of assisting local educational agencies regarding the current health-related programs under the purview of the department. The scope of the office shall in…

(a) The department shall by January 1, 2022, appoint a state school nurse consultant to be housed within the office, as established pursuant to Section 49419. The state school nurse consultant shall be a school nurse with a services credential with a specialization in health for …

(a) The sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Superintendent on a one-time basis for the School Health Demonstration Project. The School Health Demonstration Project is hereby established in the office as a pilot project to e…

(a) (1) On or before June 30, 2022, the State Department of Education shall establish a process to select, with approval from the executive director of the state board, a local educational agency to provide guidance around Medi-Cal billing and increase local educational agencies’…

For purposes of this article, “ROC/P” means regional occupational center or program. (Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 19, Sec. 109. (SB 78) Effective June 24, 2015.)

(a) As a condition of receiving state or federal funds, the regional occupational center or program shall report annually to the department the academic and workforce preparation progress of the secondary pupils enrolled in the center or program. Indicators to measure that progre…

(a) Any business, trade or professional association, union, or state or local governmental agency operating within this state may establish and operate, under the auspices of the local school district, a career preparatory program within this state that meets the requirements of …

Any pupil who has successfully completed his or her education through grade 10, with the written consent of his or her parent or guardian, may choose to follow either a traditional college preparatory curriculum or a career preparatory program established pursuant to Section 5233…

(a) The State Department of Education shall adopt rules and regulations by January 1, 1996, in relation to the following: (1) An application process for entities that are seeking to establish and operate a career preparatory program pursuant to Section 52336 that includes, but is…

(a) A private entity establishing a career preparatory program pursuant to this article shall not be eligible for any moneys from the state or any school district. (b) An entity establishing a career preparatory program pursuant to Section 52336 may contract for assistance in the…

The board of library trustees may vote to establish a public museum in the library district and to constitute the board of library trustees as the board of museum trustees for the purposes of managing such museum in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (Added by Stats.…

The board of museum trustees shall meet at least once a month, at such time and place as it may fix by resolution. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 988.)

Special meetings may be called at any time by three trustees, by written notices served upon each member at least 12 hours before the time specified for the meeting. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 988.)