Title EDC — California Educ. Code

(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’…

(a) No physician, psychiatrist, oculist, dentist, dental hygienist, optometrist, otologist, podiatrist, audiologist, or nurse not employed in that capacity by the State Department of Health Services, shall be, nor shall any other person be, employed or permitted to supervise the …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 49422, any pupil who is required to take, during the regular schoolday, medication prescribed for the pupil by a physician and surgeon or ordered for the pupil by a physician assistant practicing in compliance with Chapter 7.7 (commencing with Section …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 49422, a pupil who is required to take, during the regular schoolday, medication prescribed for the pupil by a physician or surgeon, may be assisted by the school nurse or other designated school personnel or may carry and self-administer inhaled asthm…

On or before June 15, 2001, the State Department of Education shall review and make recommendations to the State Board of Education regarding any needed updates to the regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 49423.5.

(a) On or before June 15, 2001, the State Department of Education shall develop and recommend to the State Board of Education, and the board shall adopt regulations, regarding the administration of medication in the public schools pursuant to Section 49423. These regulations shal…

A school psychologist is a credentialed professional whose primary objective is the application of scientific principles of learning and behavior to ameliorate school-related problems and to facilitate the learning and development of children in the public schools of California. …

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 49422, a licensed physician need not hold a credential if his sole service for a school district or county superintendent of schools is service as a member of a committee whose function is to consider written and oral information and repo…

A school nurse is a registered nurse currently licensed under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 2700) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, and who has completed the additional educational requirements for, and possesses a current credential in, school nursing purs…

(a) A licensed vocational nurse hired pursuant to this section shall be supervised by a credentialed school nurse who is employed as a school nurse at the same local educational agency or at another local educational agency. (b) (1) If a local educational agency elects to hire a …

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the governing board of each school district and each county superintendent of schools maintain fundamental school health services at a level that is adequate to accomplish all of the following: (1) Preserve pupils’ ability to learn. (2…

(a) A school of a school district or county office of education and a charter school shall notify pupils and parents or guardians of pupils no less than twice during the school year on how to initiate access to available pupil mental health services on campus or in the community,…

(a) On or before June 1, 2025, the department shall develop model referral protocols for addressing pupil behavioral health concerns. In developing these protocols, the department shall consult with the State Department of Health Care Services, the members of the Student Mental H…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Evidence-based” means peer-reviewed, scientific research evidence, including studies based on research methodologies that control threats to both the internal and the external validity of the research finding…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to assist local educational agencies in developing strategies for preventing pupil opioid overdoses, including synthetic opioids. (b) The Legislature encourages county offices of education to establish a County Working Group on Fentanyl Edu…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Local educational agency” means a county office of education, school district, state special school, or charter school that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive. (2) “Youth behavioral health diso…

(a) On or before the start of the 2023–24 school year, each schoolsite in a school district, county office of education, or charter school, serving pupils in any of grades 6 to 12, inclusive, shall create a poster that identifies approaches and shares resources regarding pupil me…

(a) The department, in consultation with the State Department of Health Care Services and appropriate stakeholders, including stakeholders with experience in telehealth, as defined in subdivision (d), shall develop guidelines on or before December 31, 2022, for the use of telehea…

(a) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school. (b) On or before November 1, 2024, county offices of education, in consultation with the department and other relevant state and local agencies, sh…

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Added sweetener” means an additive other than 100 percent fruit juice that enhances the sweetness of a beverage. (b) “Combination foods” means products that contain two or more components representing …

Notwithstanding any provisions of law, including, but not limited to, Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 38080) of Part 23 or Section 48931, this article shall control over contrary provisions relating to the sale of food items to public school pupils.

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Child development program” means a program operated pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 8200) of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1. (2) “School” means a school operated and maintained…

(a) From the midnight before to 30 minutes after the end of the official schoolday, at each elementary school, the only competitive foods that may be sold to a pupil are fruit, vegetable, dairy, protein, or whole grain rich food items; foods with a fruit, vegetable, dairy, protei…

(a) From the midnight before to 30 minutes after the end of the official schoolday, at each middle school or high school, the only competitive snack foods that may be sold to a pupil are fruit, vegetable, dairy, protein, or whole grain rich food items; foods with a fruit, vegetab…

(a) (1) (A) From the midnight before to 30 minutes after the end of the official schoolday, at each elementary or middle school, the only competitive beverages that may be sold to a pupil are the following: (i) Fruit-based drinks that are composed of no less than 50 percent fruit…

(a) From the midnight before to 30 minutes after the end of the official schoolday, a school or school district shall not sell to pupils enrolled in kindergarten, or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, food containing artificial trans fat, as defined in subdivision (b). (b) For pur…

(a) For purposes of this section, and unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Advertising” means an oral, written, or graphic statement or representation, including a company logo or trademark, made for the purposes of promotin…

Every public school may post a summary of nutrition and physical activity laws and regulations, and shall inform the public about the content of the school’s local school wellness policy, established pursuant to the federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-29…

Compliance with this article shall be monitored by the department in conformity with the United States Department of Agriculture’s administrative review process, as published in the Federal Register, Volume 77, Number 17, on January 26, 2012.

The governing board of any school district shall make such rules for the examination of the pupils in the public schools under its jurisdiction as will insure proper care of the pupils and proper secrecy in connection with any defect noted by the supervisor of health or his assis…

A parent or guardian having control or charge of any child enrolled in the public schools may file annually with the principal of the school in which he is enrolled a statement in writing, signed by the parent or guardian, stating that he will not consent to a physical examinatio…

(a) The governing board of a school district shall, subject to Section 49451, provide for the testing of the sight and hearing of each pupil enrolled in the schools of the school district. (b) The test shall be adequate in nature and shall be given only by any of the following: (…

The governing board of any school district shall, subject to Section 49451 and in addition to the physical examinations required pursuant to Sections 100275, 124035, and 124090 of the Health and Safety Code, provide for the screening of every female pupil in grade 7 and every mal…

(a) The department, in coordination with any other entity the department deems appropriate, shall develop type 1 diabetes informational materials for the parents and guardians of pupils. The informational materials shall be made available to each school district, county office of…

(a) On and after July 1, 2010, the school district shall provide an information sheet regarding type 2 diabetes to the parent or guardian of incoming 7th grade pupils. The information sheet may be provided to the parent or guardian of incoming 7th graders with the information pro…

(a) (1) A pupil, while enrolled in kindergarten in a public school, or while enrolled in first grade in a public school if the pupil was not previously enrolled in kindergarten in a public school, no later than May 31 of the school year, shall present proof of having received an …

A person employed by a school district in a position requiring certification qualifications who holds a valid special credential authorizing the teaching of lipreading or the teaching of the deaf and hard of hearing or a standard teaching credential with specialized preparation i…

(a) (1) During the kindergarten year or upon first enrollment or entry in a California school district of a pupil at an elementary school, and in grades 2, 5, and 8, the pupil’s vision shall be appraised by the school nurse or other authorized person under Section 49452. (2) A pu…

(a) A local educational agency maintaining kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, may enter into a memorandum of understanding with a nonprofit eye examination provider to provide eye examinations to pupils at any schoolsite within the local educational agency. Eye exa…

(a) When a defect other than a visual defect has been noted by the supervisor of health or his assistant, a report shall be made to the parent or guardian of the child, asking the parent or guardian to take such action as will cure or correct the defect. Such report, if made in w…

The supervisor of health shall make such reports from time to time as he deems best to the governing board of the school district, or as the board may call for, showing the number of defective children in the schools of the district and the effort made to correct the defects. (En…

When a school district or a county superintendent of schools requires a physical examination as a condition of participation in an interscholastic athletic program, the physical examination may be performed by a physician and surgeon or physician assistant practicing in complianc…

(a) The State Department of Education, the State Department of Health Services, and the State Department of Social Services shall jointly enter into a collaborative agreement with the California State University, the University of California, and California medical schools, to es…

The coordinating center at the California State University shall select a sample of schools that is demographically and ethnically representative of the state’s population to participate in the health assessment.

The health assessment shall be conducted over a four-year period and shall be completed on or before December 31, 2002.

The California State University shall notify the parent or guardian of each pupil for whom the assessment has detected health problems and shall recommend further consultation with a physician. If there is no physician available, the coordinating center shall direct the parent or…

The State Department of Health Services and the State Department of Social Services shall be provided with scientifically valid results of the health assessment that may be used to base revisions of school curriculum, state health programs, and teacher and personnel training rela…