Title EDC — California Educ. Code

The county board of education may grant to employees whose salaries are paid from the county school service fund any employee benefit which the board of supervisors provides for county employees. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

No employee transferred from the county service to a position, the salary for which is paid from the county school service fund, shall suffer any loss of salary at the time of transfer or as to the future as relates to his status on the salary scale of the county in effect at the…

(a) The county board of education shall adopt the merit system as provided in Article 6 (commencing with Section 45240) of Chapter 5 of Part 25 of Division 3 of Title 2, and Article 3 (commencing with Section 88060) of Chapter 4 of Part 51 of Division 7 of Title 3, if the county …

The county board of education or county superintendent of schools may declare a holiday in the schools or offices operated by the county superintendent of schools whenever good reason exists. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The county superintendent of schools may employ, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 45100) of Part 25 of Division 3 of Title 2, such personnel as may be necessary to act as guards at pedestrian crossings to ensure the safety of schoolchildren …

(a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction or the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as appropriate, shall represent, and exercise rights of appeal to the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board under this part on behalf of school employers held under Section…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the following procedure may be utilized for payroll-related payments as limited in this section. The county superintendent of schools may designate one or more national or state banks, savings and loan associations, or f…

A county superintendent of schools may establish a retiree benefit fund to accumulate restricted moneys from salary reduction agreements, other contributions for employee retirement benefit payments, or both. Moneys may be transferred to the fund from other funds by periodic expe…

When any school district or community college district is situated partly in two or more counties the assessor of each of the counties shall annually certify to the board of supervisors of each of the counties the assessed value of all taxable property in the county situated in t…

The certificate of the assessor shall be made in the same manner and at the same time as is required for school districts or community college districts located wholly within the boundaries of one county. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The board of supervisors of each county, after receiving the certificate of the assessor, shall thereupon determine the rate of taxation necessary to be levied upon the property in the school district or community college district situated in the county. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, …

The rate of taxation shall be sufficient to meet the proportion of taxes necessary to be raised in the county for the purpose of paying the principal and interest of the bonds of the district and all other expenses of the district as shown by the estimate of the county superinten…

The taxes shall be assessed, levied, and collected in the same manner and at the same time as county taxes are assessed, levied, and collected. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The money received shall be deposited in the county treasury of the county whose superintendent of schools has jurisdiction over the school district or community college district, and such county treasury shall be the legal depository of the district. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch.…

The money deposited shall be placed in the school fund of the school district or community college district to be expended in the same manner as money of other districts. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The county auditor may impound the disputed revenues of school district or community college district taxes, upon secured or unsecured property, levied and collected in the 1954–1955 fiscal year, and thereafter, whenever, pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 5096) of Pa…

Of the amounts appropriated in the items listed in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 42605 that are contained in the annual Budget Act, payments equal to 5 percent of the total amount appropriated in those items shall be made for the months of July and August. Payments …

This chapter provides a method for the formation of school facilities improvement districts consisting of a portion of the territory within a school district or community college district, for the conduct of a bond election within a school facilities improvement district, and for…

(a) A school district or community college district that has a community facilities district formed pursuant to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as set forth in Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, …

(a) Two or more small school districts that have had the issuance of bonds authorized by the voters pursuant to this chapter may form a joint powers authority in accordance with the provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of th…

(a) This chapter shall not be operative in a county or counties until the board of supervisors of the county in which the county superintendent of schools having jurisdiction over the school district or community college district in which a proposed school facilities improvement …

Whenever the governing board of a school district or community college district meeting the requirements set forth in Section 15301 determines that a school facilities improvement district is necessary, the governing board shall adopt a resolution of intention that states all of …

Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution of intention in a newspaper of general circulation published in each affected county, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, the first publication shall be at least 14 days prior to the time fix…

The governing board of the school district or community college district shall hold the hearing provided for by resolution of intention at the time and place fixed by that resolution. Any interested person, including, but not limited to, all persons owning land in the school dist…

At the hearing, the governing board of the school district or community college district may adopt a resolution proposing modifications, consistent with Section 15302, of the purpose stated in the resolution of intention. A resolution proposing modifications shall describe the pr…

The governing board of the school district or community college district shall publish the resolution proposing the modifications to the resolution of intention once in the same newspaper in which the resolution of intention was published at least 14 days prior to the date of hea…

The hearing on any proposed modifications may be held at the same time and place as any continued hearing on the resolution of intention and both hearings may be held and conducted concurrently.

At the conclusion of the hearing on the resolution of intention and of the hearing, if any, upon proposed modifications, the governing board may by resolution order the school facilities improvement district formed for the purpose and with the boundaries described in the resoluti…

The governing board may amend a previously adopted resolution ordering the formation of a school facilities improvement district to change or add to the purposes for which the school facilities improvement district is formed and the projects to be financed and to increase or decr…

The governing board of the school district or community college district in which a school facilities improvement district has been formed shall have the same rights, powers, duties and responsibilities with respect to the formation and government of school facilities improvement…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no bonded indebtedness may be incurred pursuant to this part in an amount that would cause the bonded indebtedness of the territory of the school facilities improvement district or of the school district or community college district of…

(a) After adopting the resolution ordering the formation of the school facilities improvement district, the governing board may provide for and call a special bond election within the school facilities improvement district pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 15100) and…

Any qualified elector who is a resident of the territory of the school facilities improvement district may vote on the proposition of issuing bonds of the school facilities improvement district.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, bonds of a school facilities improvement district shall be authorized, offered for sale, issued and paid, and taxes levied and collected for payments related to those bonds, and the proceeds of the bonds and the collected taxes de…

The bonds shall be issued in the name of the school facilities improvement district and shall be designated “Bonds of the School Facilities Improvement District of the ____ School District” or “Bonds of the School Facilities Improvement District of the ____ Community College Dist…

(a) The board of supervisors shall establish within the county treasury a school facilities improvement fund for each school facilities improvement district for the purpose of depositing the proceeds of the bonds of the school facilities improvement district. The board of supervi…

The governing board of a school district or community college district may proceed pursuant to Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 15264) and subject to the requirements therein on behalf of a school facilities improvement district that is created by and under the exclusive auth…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, it is the intent of the Legislature that the rate of taxes levied annually upon the property in a school facilities improvement district formed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 15301 not be greater than the rate of the an…

The governing board of each school district shall provide school library services for the pupils and teachers of the district by establishing and maintaining school libraries or by contractual arrangements with another public agency.

The State Board of Education shall adopt standards, rules and regulations for school library services.

Libraries may be established and maintained under the control of the governing board of any school district.

The libraries shall be open to the use of the teachers and the pupils of the school district during the schoolday. In addition, the libraries may be open at other hours, including evenings and Saturdays, as the governing board may determine. Libraries open to serve students durin…

(a) It is in the interest of the state to authorize the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District to enter into a joint-use arrangement with another public entity for operation of a joint-use library facility located on land, in close proximity to a schoolsite, owned by the …

County boards of education may adopt lists of books and other library materials for districts not employing a superintendent of schools or a librarian for full time. The lists may be distributed to all school districts in a county for use in the selection of books and other libra…

The governing board of any school district may exclude from schools and school libraries all books, publications, or papers of a sectarian, partisan, or denominational character.

The governing board of a school district maintaining its own library or libraries may appoint a librarian or librarians to staff the libraries provided they qualify as librarians pursuant to Section 44868.

The governing board of a school district is accountable for the proper care and preservation of the school libraries of the district, and may make all necessary rules and regulations not provided for by the State Board of Education, or the Superintendent of Public Instruction and…

The governing board of a school district shall, on or before August 31st, in each year, report to the State Department of Education on the condition of school libraries, for the year ending June 30th preceding. The report shall, in addition to other matters deemed expedient by th…

Whenever the county in which a district is situated maintains a county library, the governing board of any school district or community college district may agree with the proper authorities of the county to contract for the provision of school library services by the county libr…

Notwithstanding any other section of this article to the contrary, school districts may purchase textbooks, reference books, periodicals, and other publications approved by any board authorized to adopt these materials in addition to those furnished by the county library.