Title EDC — California Educ. Code

(a) In a school district which during the preceding fiscal year had an average daily attendance of 70 or less, a member of the governing board may receive a reasonable compensation from the district for necessary work and labor performed by him or her for the district in repairin…

Any contract made in violation of Section 35239 is void.

The governing board of every school district shall: (a) Certify or attest to actions taken by the governing board whenever such certification or attestation is required for any purpose. (b) Keep an accurate account of the receipts and expenditures of school moneys. (c) Make an an…

Whenever in any school year the school register of any teacher, or other records of any school district are destroyed by conflagration or public calamity, preventing the teacher and school officers from making their annual reports in the usual manner and with accuracy, affidavits…

Whenever the average daily attendance of any school district has been materially affected in any school year by conflagration, public calamity, or epidemic of unusual duration and prevalence, the regular annual reports of the teacher, the school principal, or officers of the scho…

Whenever the destruction of records of a school district is not otherwise authorized or provided for by law, the governing board of the district may destroy those records of the school district in accordance with regulations of the Superintendent that the Superintendent may by th…

The governing board of any school district may make photographic, microfilm, or electronic copies of any records of the district. The original of any records of which a photographic, microfilm, or electronic copy has been made may be destroyed when provision is made for permanent…

In any joint school district, all returns, reports, certificates, estimates, petitions, and other papers of any kind relating to schools and school districts, required by law to be filed with or presented to the board of supervisors or county superintendent of schools, shall be f…

School Accountability Report Card The governing board of each school district maintaining an elementary or secondary school shall develop and cause to be implemented for each school in the school district a School Accountability Report Card. (a) The School Accountability Report C…

In addition to the information required under Section 35256, each School Accountability Report Card shall include the information required under Section 41409.3.

(a) Each school district that is connected to the Internet shall make the information contained in the School Accountability Report Card developed pursuant to Section 35256 accessible on the Internet. The School Accountability Report Card information shall be updated annually. Co…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “California Cybersecurity Integration Center” or “Center” means the California Cybersecurity Integration Center established by the Office of Emergency Services pursuant to Section 8586.5 of the Government Code. (b…

(a) A local educational agency shall report any cyberattack impacting more than 500 pupils or personnel to the California Cybersecurity Integration Center. (b) (1) The California Cybersecurity Integration Center shall establish a database that tracks reports of cyberattacks submi…

This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.

The governing board of any school district may acquire by eminent domain any property necessary to carry out any of the powers or functions of the district. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

(a) The governing board of any school district may acquire property, construct buildings, and maintain classes outside its boundaries on sites immediately adjacent to school sites of the district within its boundaries. (b) This section shall become operative June 30, 1993.

The governing board of any school district may acquire and pay for educational and athletic equipment, supplies and materials, and other personal property necessary to its operation of the schools, as provided by law. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The governing board of any school district shall meet with appropriate local government recreation and park authorities to review all possible methods of coordinating planning, design, and construction of new school facilities and schoolsites or major additions to existing school…

For purposes of this article the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Affordable housing cost” has the same meaning as set forth in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 50050) of Part 1 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code as applied to persons and families of …

For purposes of this article, an extreme shortage of affordable housing exists if any of the following conditions exist: (a) The vacancy rate for rental housing in the jurisdiction in which the new schoolsite is located is 5 percent or lower. (b) The median rent in the Zip Code w…

(a) If a school district or community college district has acquired a new schoolsite containing residential dwelling units, the local governing agency, community college district, or eligible nonprofit corporation may, consistent with this article, acquire real property for the p…

This article does not require a local governing agency to acquire real property, develop replacement housing, or perform any other act pursuant to this article. A local governing agency may, at its option, take action pursuant to this article.

The governing board of any school district shall maintain schools and classes as provided by law. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The governing board of any school district shall prescribe rules not inconsistent with law or with the rules prescribed by the State Board of Education, for the government and discipline of the schools under its jurisdiction. The governing board of each school district which main…

(a) On or before December 1, 1987, and at least every four years thereafter, each public school may, at its discretion, adopt rules and procedures on school discipline applicable to the school. For schools that choose to adopt rules pursuant to this article, the school discipline…

Additional employees may not be hired and substitute teachers may not be utilized in order to comply with the requirements of Sections 35291 and 35291.5.

The governing board of any school district shall visit each school in its district at least once each term, and examine carefully into the management, needs, and conditions of the schools. In any school district which employs district or city superintendents of schools, it shall …

(a) Every public and private school maintaining any combination of classes from kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, shall comply with all of the following: (1) Every restroom shall at all times be maintained and cleaned regularly, fully operational, and stocked at all times with…

(a) On or before the start of the 2024–25 school year, a public school, including a school operated by a school district, county office of education, or charter school, maintaining any combination of classes from grades 3 to 12, inclusive, shall stock the school’s restrooms at al…

The governing board of any school district shall maintain all of the elementary day schools established by it, and all of the day high schools established by it with equal rights and privileges as far as possible. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Because of the generally acknowledged fact that California will experience moderate to severe earthquakes in the foreseeable future, increased efforts to reduce earthquake hazards should be encouraged and supported. (b) In ord…

The governing board of each private school shall establish an earthquake emergency procedure system in every private school building under its jurisdiction having an occupant capacity of 50 or more pupils or more than one classroom. A governing board may work with the Office of E…

The earthquake emergency procedure system shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) A school building disaster plan, ready for implementation at any time, for maintaining the safety and care of students and staffs. (b) A drop procedure. As used in this artic…

The governing board of any school district may establish and maintain a scholarship and loan fund, to be administered by a committee composed of the members of the governing board of the school district, the school district superintendent, and such other community, faculty, admin…

The superintendent of school district shall be the chairman of the committee and shall be the chief executive officer of the fund. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The committee shall meet at least once each fiscal year and at such other times as it may be called into session by the chairman. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The committee may accept on behalf of, and in the name of, the fund, such gifts, donations, bequests, and devises as are made for the purposes of the fund. Such gifts, donations, bequests, and devises may be made subject to such conditions or restrictions as the committee may pre…

Money in the fund shall be deposited in a bank or other institution whose accounts are federally insured, and any money so deposited shall be in an account or accounts fully covered by that insurance. The committee shall establish and maintain procedures to identify clearly all m…

All money in the fund shall be available for making interest-free loans for educational advancement, for scholarship, or for grants-in-aid to eligible persons. An eligible person for such loans shall be any of the following: (a) A bona fide organization of a school under the juri…

An applicant for a loan from the fund shall make application therefor in accordance with reasonable rules and regulations established by the governing board of the school district, provided that the rules and regulations shall not include any conditions limiting eligibility on ac…

All expenses in the administration of the fund including, but not limited to, operating costs, audits, promotion of the fund, and physical housing for the committee, shall be a proper charge against the funds of the school district and the annual budget of the school districts sh…

The governing board of the school district shall arrange for an annual audit of the fund in the same manner as prescribed in Section 41020. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The chief executive officer of the fund shall make periodic reports, but not less frequently than annually, to the governing board of the school district with respect to the status and activity of the fund. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

(a) The governing board of a school district or the county superintendent of schools of a county may: (1) Conduct field trips or excursions in connection with courses of instruction or school-related social, educational, cultural, athletic, or school band activities to and from p…

(a) The governing board of any school district conducting excursions and field trips pursuant to this article shall provide, or make available, medical or hospital service, or both, for pupils of the district injured while participating in any excursion or field trip under the ju…

No transportation by air may be provided under this article unless the transportation by air is provided by any of the following: (a) aircraft owned and operated by the state or federal government; (b) chartered or regularly scheduled aircraft operated exclusively by an air carri…

The governing board of any elementary, high, or unified school district may charge a fee for school camp programs, provided that payment of such fee is not mandatory. No pupil shall be denied the opportunity to participate in a school camp program because of nonpayment of the fee…

No governing board of a school district shall require any student or pupil to be transported for any purpose or for any reason without the written permission of the parent or guardian. This section shall not apply to the transportation of a student or pupil in an emergency arisin…

No public school pupil shall be assigned to or be required to attend a particular school because of the characteristics listed in Section 220.

(a) The Los Angeles Unified School District’s Inspector General of the Office of the Inspector General may conduct audits and investigations. The inspector general may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths or affirmations, take testimony, and compel the production of all informati…