Title EDC, California Educ. Code

The requirements of this chapter shall not be waived by the state board pursuant to Section 33050 or any other law. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 10, Sec. 2. (AB 86) Effective March 5, 2021. Inoperative June 30, 2026, pursuant to Section 43525. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursua…

This part shall become inoperative on June 30, 2026, and, as of January 1, 2027, is repealed. (Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 38, Sec. 25. (SB 153) Effective June 29, 2024. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Part 24.6, commencing with Section…

This part shall be known, and may be cited, as the “Charter Schools Act of 1992.” (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 781, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)

It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this part, to provide opportunities for teachers, parents, pupils, and community members to establish and maintain schools that operate independently from the existing school district structure, as a method to accomplish all of the…

(a) (1) In the 1998–99 school year, the maximum total number of charter schools authorized to operate in this state shall be 250. In the 1999–2000 school year, and in each successive school year thereafter, an additional 100 charter schools are authorized to operate in this state…

(a) This part shall not be construed to prohibit any private person or organization from providing funding or other assistance to the establishment or operation of a charter school. (b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2017. (Repealed (in Sec. 54) and added by Stats…

(a) A charter school may elect to operate as, or be operated by, a nonprofit public benefit corporation, formed and organized pursuant to the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law (Part 2 (commencing with Section 5110) of Division 2 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code). (b) (1…

(a) For purposes of this section, an “entity managing a charter school” means a nonprofit public benefit corporation that operates a charter school consistent with Section 47604. An entity that is not authorized to operate a charter school pursuant to Section 47604 is not an “ent…

(a) For purposes of this section, “entity managing a charter school” has the same meaning as described in subdivision (a) of Section 47604.1. (b) (1) There may be submitted to the governing body of a charter school attended by high school pupils, or to the governing body of an en…

A charter school and an entity managing a charter school shall promptly respond to all reasonable inquiries, including, but not limited to, inquiries regarding its respective financial records and contracts, from its chartering authority, the county superintendent of schools that…

(a) Each chartering authority, in addition to any other duties imposed by this part, shall do all of the following with respect to each charter school under its authority: (1) Identify at least one staff member as a contact person for the charter school. (2) Visit each schoolsite…

(a) Each charter school shall annually prepare and submit the following reports to its chartering authority and the county superintendent of schools, or only to the county superintendent of schools if the county board of education is the chartering authority: (1) On or before Jul…

(a) In addition to the authority granted by Sections 1241.5 and 47604.3, a county superintendent of schools may, based upon written complaints by parents or other information that justifies the investigation, monitor the operations of a charter school located within that county a…

The state board may, based upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, take appropriate action, including, but not limited to, revocation of the charter school’s charter, when the state board finds any of the following: (a) Gross financial mismanagement that jeopardizes the fi…

“Sunset” and “sunset date,” as used in this part, mean the date on which specific categorical programs cease to be operative and Sections 62002, 62003, 62004, 62005, and 62005.5 govern program funding. The educational programs referred to in this part shall cease to be operative …

The following programs shall sunset on June 30, 1987: (a) Miller-Unruh Basic Reading Act of 1965. (b) School improvement program. (c) Bilingual education. (Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 79, Sec. 20. Effective July 19, 2006.)

(a) The intent of the Legislature in enacting this section is to assure a thorough review of programs listed in this part and the funding sources thereof, so that they most effectively, efficiently, and economically meet the needs of pupils and improve schools. It is not the inte…

If the Legislature does not enact legislation to continue a program listed in this part, the funding of that program shall continue for the general purposes of that program as specified in the provisions relating to the establishment and operation of the program. The funds shall …

Parent advisory committees and school site councils which are in existence pursuant to statutes or regulations as of January 1, 1979, shall continue subsequent to the termination of funding for the programs sunsetted by this chapter. Any school receiving funds from Economic Impac…

The Department of Education shall apportion the funds specified in Section 62002 to school districts and shall audit the use of such funds to ensure that such funds are expended for eligible pupils according to the purposes for which the legislation was originally established for…

The State Auditor shall audit, on a sampling basis, school districts’ use of the funds specified in Section 62002. (Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 107, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2004.)

If the Superintendent of Public Instruction determines that a school district did not comply with the provisions of this chapter, any apportionment subsequently made pursuant to Section 62003 shall be reduced by two times the amount the superintendent determines was not used in c…

Notwithstanding Section 62005, if the Superintendent of Public Instruction determines that a school district or county superintendent of schools fails to comply with the purposes of the funds apportioned pursuant to Section 62003, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may term…

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to funds received for the following categorical programs: (a) Child care and development programs pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 8200) of Part 6. (b) School and Library Improvement Block Grant pursuant to Article 7 (comme…

A school district that, in a fiscal year, receives an apportionment for a program specified in Section 63000 shall use no less than 85 percent of that apportionment at schoolsites for direct services to pupils. (Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 19, Sec. 119. (SB 78) Effective June 24,…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the Donahoe Higher Education Act. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Meeting the educational needs of student athletes should be a priority for intercollegiate athletic programs. (b) California’s institutions of higher education that participate in Division I and Division II intercollegi…

Any accompanying regulations or formal policy to verify Selective Service registration is waived for applicants eligible for Cal Grants pursuant to Section 69508.5. The Student Aid Commission shall not consider verification of Selective Service registration in audits of the 2021–…

(a) The economic and workforce development program shall operate according to all of the following principles: (1) The program shall be responsive to the needs of employers, workers, and students. (2) The program shall collaborate with other public institutions, aligning resource…

A financial and professional development grant funding program, administered by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, is hereby established. The chancellor shall distribute multiyear grants, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the governing boards of communit…

(a) (1) The governing board of a community college district may apply for funds pursuant to this part for the purpose of making more effective, evidence-based practices available to more underprepared students who enroll at campuses of the California Community Colleges. A communi…

(a) In order to receive a grant, the governing board of a community college district shall demonstrate in its application for funding, consistent with subdivision (b) of Section 88805, that the community colleges that are to participate in the grant program will redesign their cu…

(a) Three billion three hundred fifty million dollars ($3,350,000,000) of the proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this part shall be deposited in the 1998 State School Facilities Fund, which is established by Section 17070.40, and allocated by the State Allocation Board…

(a) All moneys deposited in the 1998 State School Facilities Fund pursuant to this chapter shall be available and, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, are hereby appropriated to provide aid to school districts of the state in accordance with the Leroy F. G…

(a) Of the proceeds from the sale of bonds, issued and sold pursuant to this chapter, as specified in subdivision (a) of Section 100410, not more than three billion three hundred fifty million dollars ($3,350,000,000) shall be allocated beginning in the 1998–99 fiscal year in acc…

The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 100625) shall be deposited in the 2002 State School Facilities Fund, which is established in Section 17070.40, and shall be allocated by the State Allocation Board pursuant to this chapter. (Adde…

All moneys deposited in the 2002 State Facilities Fund for the purposes of this chapter shall be available and, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, are hereby appropriated to provide aid to school districts, county superintendents of schools, and county bo…

(a) The proceeds from the sale of bonds, issued and sold for the purposes of this chapter, shall be allocated in accordance with the following schedule: (1) The amount of three billion four hundred fifty million dollars ($3,450,000,000) for new construction of school facilities o…

The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 100825) shall be deposited in the 2004 State School Facilities Fund, which is established in Section 17070.40, and shall be allocated by the State Allocation Board pursuant to this chapter. (Adde…

All moneys deposited in the 2004 State Facilities Fund for the purposes of this chapter shall be available and, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, are hereby appropriated to provide aid to school districts, county superintendents of schools, and county bo…

(a) The proceeds from the sale of bonds, issued and sold for the purposes of this chapter, shall be allocated in accordance with the following schedule: (1) The amount of five billion two hundred sixty million dollars ($5,260,000,000) for project funding for new construction of s…

The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 101020) shall be deposited in the 2006 State School Facilities Fund established in the State Treasury under subdivision (d) of Section 17070.40 and shall be allocated by the State Allocation Boar…

All moneys deposited in the 2006 State School Facilities Fund for the purposes of this chapter shall be available to provide aid to school districts, county superintendents of schools, and county boards of education of the state in accordance with the Leroy F. Greene School Facil…

(a) The proceeds from the sale of bonds, issued and sold for the purposes of this chapter, shall be allocated in accordance with the following schedule: (1) The amount of one billion nine hundred million dollars ($1,900,000,000) for new construction of school facilities of applic…

The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the 2016 State School Facilities Fund established in the State Treasury under Section 17070.41 and shall be allocated by the State Allocation Board pursuant to this chapter. (Added November 8, 20…

All moneys deposited in the 2016 State School Facilities Fund for the purposes of this chapter shall be available to provide aid to school districts, county superintendents of schools, and county boards of education of the state in accordance with the Leroy F. Greene School Facil…