Title EDC, California Educ. Code

Members elected to fill vacancies created pursuant to Section 5025 shall serve out the unexpired term of the office that was terminated. The county committee shall designate by lot for each newly formed trustee area the expiring term of office for which a member shall be elected.…

Notwithstanding Section 5019, Section 5019.5, or Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 21100) of Division 21 of the Elections Code, whenever the boundaries of a county high school district are coterminous with the boundaries of a county, the board shall consist of one member from ea…

In every community college district that was divided into five trustee areas on or before September 7, 1955, one member of the board shall be elected from each trustee area by the registered voters of the trustee area. Following each federal decennial census, the governing board …

Notwithstanding Section 5028, when a community college trustee ward boundary line falls upon an election precinct boundary line, and the election precinct boundary line is changed pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12200) of Division 12 of the Elections Code, the gove…

Except as provided in Sections 5027 and 5028, in any school district or community college district having trustee areas, the county committee on school district organization and the registered voters of a district, pursuant to Sections 5019 and 5020, respectively, may at any time…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the members of the governing board in the Sweetwater Union High School District may be elected under a method, as approved pursuant to Section 5019, that would require all of the following: (a) That each membership position on the gover…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the members of the governing board of the Chula Vista Elementary School District may be elected under a method, as approved pursuant to Section 5019, that would require all of the following: (a) That each membership position on the gove…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the members of the governing board of the Santee Elementary School District may be elected under a method, as approved pursuant to Section 5019, that would require all of the following: (a) That each membership position on the governing…

Whenever a school district or community college district is divided for governing board membership purposes into wards, supervisorial districts, or trustee areas, the county superintendent of schools shall prepare and keep in his or her office a map showing the boundaries of such…

A member of the governing board of a district wholly or partially included in a unified school district formed under the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 35700) of Part 21 of Division 3 of Title 2 shall not be a member of the governing board of the unified school …

This chapter may be known as the George Miller, Jr., Education Act of 1968. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The Legislature hereby recognizes that, because of the common needs and interests of the citizens of this state and the nation, there is a need to establish a common state curriculum for the public schools, but that, because of economic, geographic, physical, political and social…

It is the intent of the Legislature that explicit, rigorous statewide academic standards be adopted for all pupils enrolled in public schools. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 274, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The Legislature hereby recognizes that it is the policy of the people of the State of California to provide an educational opportunity to the end that every pupil leaving school shall have the opportunity to be prepared to enter the world of work; that every pupil who graduates f…

In order to carry out the intent of Section 51004, the Department of Education shall annually encourage school districts to plan programs and activities which utilize the resources of fairs and youth leadership activities as an integral part of the vocational instructional progra…

The Legislature finds that the increasing integration of computers and computer technology into our economy has profound implications for our society, and equally important implications for state educational policy. The Legislature also finds that the methods of distribution of c…

(a) It is the policy of the State of California that all students enrolled in the state’s public elementary and secondary schools, regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical disability, geographic location, or socioecon…

The State Board of Education shall ensure that the state curriculum and framework, where appropriate, include instruction on Cesar Chavez and the history of the farm labor movement in the United States, and the role of immigrants, including Filipino Americans, in that movement, a…

The month of May is hereby deemed to be Labor History Month throughout the public schools, and school districts are encouraged to commemorate this month with appropriate educational exercises that make pupils aware of the role the labor movement has played in shaping California a…

It is the intent of the Legislature to provide quality educational opportunities for all children in the public schools. The Legislature recognizes that a wide variety of factors such as low family income, pupil transiency rates, and large numbers of homes where a primary languag…

From the funds appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of this chapter, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with the approval of the State Board of Education, shall administer this chapter and make apportionments to school districts to meet the total approved expen…

Under rules and regulations established by the State Board of Education, participating school district governing boards shall evaluate the effectiveness of participating schools and shall terminate entitlements to schools which are unsuccessful over a four-year period in substant…

For fiscal year 1979–80 and each year thereafter, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall apportion funds available for programs in accord with procedures specified in this chapter and rules and regulations established by the State Board of Education. Funds shall be alloca…

It is the intent of the Legislature to provide all districts receiving impact aid with sufficient flexibility to design and administer an intra-district allocation system for impact aid which reflects the distribution and the needs of the needy population and assures the provisio…

Under the rules and regulations established by the State Board of Education, school districts receiving entitlements for the 1979–80 year and thereafter under this chapter shall develop and submit to the Department of Education for approval an intra-district allocation plan for d…

The intradistrict allocation plan shall assure adequate support to any school to provide programs appropriate to the educational needs of limited- and non-English-speaking pupils as required by Section 52165 except that programs funded under Article 3 (commencing with Section 521…

The State Board of Education shall adopt regulations setting forth the standards and criteria to be used in the administration, monitoring, evaluation, and dissemination of programs submitted for consideration. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 894.)

In approving projects pursuant to this chapter, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with the concurrence of the Director of Finance, may, upon the request of the applicant district, designate a portion of the district’s entitlement which may be expended for noninstructional…

Expenditures pursuant to this chapter shall be considered to be categorical program expenditures within the meaning of Section 52165 and therefore subject to the requirements of the Chacon-Moscone Bilingual-Bicultural Education Act of 1976 (Article 3 (commencing with Section 5216…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that all individuals with exceptional needs have a right to participate in free appropriate public education and special educational instruction and services for these persons are needed in order to ensure the right to an appropriate educati…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) Pupils with low-incidence disabilities, as a group, make up less than 1 percent of the total statewide enrollment for kindergarten through grade 12. (2) Pupils with low-incidence disabilities require highly specialized services, eq…

It is the intent of the Legislature that special education programs provide all of the following: (a) Each individual with exceptional needs is assured an education appropriate to his or her needs in publicly supported programs through completion of his or her prescribed course o…

There are two state schools for the deaf, known and designated as the California School for the Deaf, Northern California, and the California School for the Deaf, Southern California. The term “California School for the Deaf” shall refer to both schools unless the context otherwi…

The California School for the Deaf is part of the public school system of the state except that it derives no revenue from the State School Fund, and has for its object the education of the deaf who, because of their severe hearing loss and educational needs, cannot be provided a…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) It is essential for the well-being and growth of deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils that educational programs recognize the unique nature of deafness and ensure that all deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils have appropriate, on…

It is the intent of the Legislature that programs at the California School for the Deaf provide all of the following: (a) Each pupil should be assured an education appropriate to his or her needs in publicly supported programs through completion of his or her prescribed course of…

The California Schools for the Deaf are under the administration of the State Department of Education. The Superintendent of Public Instruction, in connection with the California Schools for the Deaf, shall do all of the following: (a) Provide educational assessments and individu…

The Superintendent of Public Instruction, in connection with the California Schools for the Deaf and in cooperation with public and private agencies, may do one or more of the following: (a) Serve as a demonstration school to promote personnel development through student teaching…

The State Department of Education in relation to the California Schools for the Deaf shall: (a) Prescribe rules for the government of the schools. (b) Appoint the superintendents and other officers and employees. (c) Remove for cause any officer, teacher, or employee. (d) Fix the…

The superintendent of the school shall have had not less than three years’ experience in the art of teaching the deaf and shall hold a credential issued by the State Board of Education authorizing him to teach in secondary schools of this state. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.…

The powers and duties of the superintendents of the schools are such as are assigned by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 759, Sec. 51.7. Effective September 21, 1992.)

The Superintendent of Public Instruction may authorize the California Schools for the Deaf to establish and maintain teacher training courses designed to prepare teachers of the public schools and such other persons holding a credential issued by the State Board of Education as a…

The State Department of Education may employ any person, otherwise qualified, who has retired for service under either the Public Employees’ Retirement System or the State Teachers’ Retirement System as a substitute in a position requiring certification qualifications at the Cali…

(a) The Department of Human Resources shall consider making salaries for teachers, specialists, and administrators of the California School for the Deaf competitive with the salaries of similarly qualified school teachers, specialists, and administrators who are employed by the e…

(a) The department may require employees, prospective employees, volunteers, contractors, and subcontractors for the California School for the Deaf, as defined in Section 59000, to undergo a fingerprint-based state and national criminal history background check. (b) The departmen…

If any provision of this code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the code, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)