Title EDC, California Educ. Code

The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future, the present. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The masculine gender includes the feminine. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

“Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code. (Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 27. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.)

The singular number includes the plural, and the plural, the singular. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

“Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

“Oath” includes affirmation. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The governing board of a community college district shall adopt rules and regulations relating to the exercise of free expression by students upon the premises of each community college maintained by the district, which shall include reasonable provisions for the time, place, and…

The governing board of each community college district shall require each community college maintained by the district, in administering any test or examination, to permit any student who is eligible to undergo the test or examination to do so, without penalty, at a time when tha…

“State” means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. In the latter case, it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

“Governing board” means board of school trustees, community college board of trustees, and city, and city and county board of education. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Hire UP Pilot Program. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 54, Sec. 27. (AB 183) Effective June 30, 2022. Inoperative March 15, 2029, pursuant to Section 78084. Repealed January 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 78084.)

(a) The Hire UP Pilot Program is hereby established, to be administered by the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, for purposes of providing justice-involved individuals access to the credential programs and workforce support needed to enter, participat…

(a) (1) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before March 1, 2025, and annually thereafter until a final report is submitted on March 1, 2029, on the implementation of the pilot program, including, but not limited to, …

Funding for the Hire UP pilot program shall be subject to appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of this article, up to a total of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000). Funding for the Hire UP pilot program shall not draw from, supplant, or redirect existing state or feder…

This article shall become inoperative on March 15, 2029, and as of January 1, 2030, is repealed. (Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 9, Sec. 10. (AB 123) Effective June 27, 2025. Repealed January 1, 2030, by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Article 7 commencing with Section 7808…

“City superintendent of schools” includes the superintendent of schools of a district lying wholly or partly within a city and county. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

“Any school district” and “all school districts” mean school districts of every kind or class, except a community college district. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

“Union school district” means a district composed of two or more school districts situated in the same county. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

(a) The Department of General Services under the police power of the state shall supervise the design and construction of any school building or the reconstruction or alteration of, or addition to, any school building, if not exempted under Section 81133, to ensure that plans and…

This article, together with Article 3 (commencing with Section 17280) and Article 6 (commencing with Section 17365) of Chapter 3 of Part 10.5 and Article 3 (commencing with Section 81050), shall be known and may be cited as the “Field Act.” (Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 35, Sec. 1…

(a) This article does not apply to an offsite building during the time the building is used wholly or in part for community college purposes, if the building is neither owned by a community college district nor leased by a community college district under a lease containing an op…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to expedite the repair, alteration, and reconstruction of community college facilities that have been damaged or destroyed by fire, earthquake, flood, or other manmade or natural disasters, to return those community college facilities to a …

(a) The Department of General Services shall pass upon, and approve or reject, all plans for the construction or, if the estimated cost exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the alteration of any school building. To enable it to do so, the governing board of each commu…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The purpose of the collaborative process for project development and review is to ensure the public safety of community college facilities through a collaborative, consistent and timely project development and revie…

(a) The Department of General Services shall provide training, on an ongoing basis, to its employees and to the employees of architectural and structural engineering firms that contract with the department for the purposes of this chapter. The training shall address all phases of…

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, including, but not limited to, Title 3 (commencing with Section 9000) of Part 6 of Division 4 of the Civil Code, the Department of General Services may issue a stop work order when construction work on a community college …

(a) The Department of General Services shall establish one or more methods to ensure that each application has been completed sufficiently by the applicant to enable the plan review to be performed. (b) Upon receipt of a complete application, the Department of General Services sh…

(a) Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this article. (1) “Prequalified list” means a list of qualified firms established by the Department of General Services to perform specific types of plan review service…

(a) Upon submitting a complete application for review under this article, the applicant may request that the Department of General Services refer the documents necessary for the review of that application to a qualified plan review firm operating under contract with the departmen…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), all plans, specifications, and estimates shall be prepared by a licensed architect holding a valid certificate under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5500) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code or by a structural engineer …

From time to time, as the work of construction or alteration progresses and whenever the Department of General Services requires, the licensed architect or structural engineer in charge of observation of construction or registered engineer in charge of observation of other work, …

Except as provided in Section 18930 of the Health and Safety Code, the Department of General Services may from time to time make such rules and regulations as it deems necessary, proper, or suitable to carry out the provisions of this article. The Department of General Services s…

The State Department of General Services shall make such inspection of the school buildings and of the work of construction or alteration as in its judgment is necessary or proper for the enforcement of this article and the protection of the safety of the students, the instructor…

Any person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of this article or fraudulently makes any false statement in any verified report or affidavit required pursuant to this article, is guilty of a felony. (Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 470, Sec. 219.)

Any public school building which has been approved by the Department of General Services for occupancy shall be deemed to meet the local building requirements for use as a private school. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

(a) When a school building constructed in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Department of General Services is completed, the notice of completion is filed, and all final verified reports and all testing and inspection documents, as required by this article …

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law, a community college district may acquire for use any facility previously used by the United States military and closed as a result of action by the federal Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, or purchase any offsite building …

“Joint union school district” means a district composed of two or more school districts situated wholly or in part in different counties. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

A unified school district means a district maintaining grades kindergarten or 1 through 12. A unified district may comprise territory in more than one county. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

“City school district” includes a school district lying wholly or partly within a city and county. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Whenever “high school district” is used in this code, unless a contrary intent appears, it includes union high school districts, joint union high school districts, and county high school districts. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

A high school district, other than a city high school district, comprising two or more elementary school districts lying wholly in the same county is a union high school district, and such designation shall be part of its name. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

A school district lying in more than one county is a joint school district. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

“State Board” or “state board” whenever used in this code means the State Board of Education, unless the context requires otherwise. (Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 118, Sec. 1. Effective July 25, 2005.)

The word “department” whenever used in this code, unless the context otherwise requires, means the State Department of Education. (Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1059, Sec. 1. Effective September 26, 1980.)

With respect to the personnel of school districts and other educational agencies, the terms “certificated” and “certified” have the same meaning. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)