Title EDC — California Educ. Code

It is the intent of the Legislature that, for the 1989–90 fiscal year and each year thereafter, funds shall be provided to the State Department of Education through the annual Budget Act for the purposes of carrying out the duties of the department in connection with Section 3312…

(a) The department or any other state agency that administers a grant or allocation of state funds to a school district shall allow an indirect cost rate that is not less than the indirect cost rate established by the department, unless a lower rate is required by law. (b) For pu…

The State Department of Education shall do all of the following: (a) Adopt rules and regulations that it deems necessary and proper to secure the establishment of courses in physical education in the elementary and secondary schools. (b) Compile or cause to be compiled and printe…

The Department of Education may employ the necessary expert and clerical assistants in order to carry out the provisions of this article. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

(a) The department shall exercise general supervision over the courses of physical education in the elementary and secondary schools of the state; advise school officials, school boards, and teachers in the development and improvement of their physical education and activity prog…

(a) The California Interscholastic Federation is a voluntary organization that consists of school and school-related personnel with responsibility for administering interscholastic athletic activities in secondary schools. It is the intent of the Legislature that the California I…

The California Interscholastic Federation shall not transact insurance as defined in Section 35 of the Insurance Code, nor shall the federation endorse any insurance programs.

(a) No later than July 1, 2017, the California Interscholastic Federation, in consultation with the department, shall develop guidelines, procedures, and safety standards for the purpose of classifying competition cheer as an interscholastic sport that is consistent with the Unit…

(a) The department shall have the following authority over interscholastic athletics: (1) The department may state that the policies of school districts, of associations or consortia of school districts, and of the California Interscholastic Federation, concerning interscholastic…

(a) (1) On or before January 1, 2026, the department, in consultation with relevant stakeholders and experts, shall compile, and post on the department’s internet website, standardized guidelines specifying temperature thresholds or index ratings that trigger modifications to pup…

The Department of Education and a statewide association composed exclusively of school district governing boards or county boards of education, or both, acting jointly, may conduct annual workshops within this state. Such workshops shall include but are not limited to study and i…

Any member or member-elect of a school district governing board who attends and successfully completes a workshop as authorized by this article may be reimbursed for expenses as provided for in Section 35173. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Any member or member-elect of a county board of education who attends and successfully completes a workshop as authorized by this article may be reimbursed for expenses as provided for in Section 1096. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

(a) There is hereby created within the department an American Indian Education Unit, which shall provide technical support to, and proper administrative oversight of, American Indian education programs established by the state in order to ensure that American Indian pupils in Cal…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that American Indian children have not performed well in California public schools as evidenced by low academic achievement at all grade levels, high dropout rates, and by the low number of pupils achieving a higher education. It is the i…

The California American Indian education centers established pursuant to this article shall serve as community-based educational resource centers to American Indian pupils, parents, guardians, and the public schools in order to promote the academic and cultural achievement of the…

The state board, upon the advice and recommendations of the Superintendent, shall approve revised guidelines for the selection and administration of California American Indian education centers. The Superintendent shall request input from the American Indian Education Oversight C…

(a) An application for the establishment of a California American Indian education center may be made to the department by any tribal group or incorporated American Indian association, separately or jointly, upon forms provided by the department. Funding for existing centers or a…

(a) (1) Each center shall annually submit a report to the department that includes appropriate data, presented in a format developed jointly with the department, that reflects each center’s progress toward meeting its stated objectives, including pupil academic performance, meeti…

This article shall be known, and may be cited as, the California Indian Education Act.

(a) The Legislature encourages local educational agencies to form California Indian Education Task Forces with California Indian tribe’s local to their region or tribes historically located in the region. Participants in these meetings are encouraged to discuss issues of mutual c…

It is the intention of the Legislature in enacting this article that: (a) Evaluations shall be performed in such a manner as to minimize the resources required of school districts in the collection, analysis, and reporting of evaluation information. In order to achieve this goal,…

The State Department of Education shall perform evaluations of those educational programs as determined to be necessary by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to carry out the purposes of this article or as required by the Legislature. Program evaluations determined to be ne…

It is the understanding of the Legislature that the evaluation needs of the educational programs change over a period of time and during the progress of the programs and, therefore, the Legislature may require through supplemental language to the Budget Act: (a) That additional t…

The State Department of Education shall conduct special studies as determined to be necessary by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to carry out the purposes of this article or as required by the Legislature. The department shall utilize existing information to the maximum …

The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall annually, not later than February 15, submit to the State Board of Education and the Legislature a proposal for the initiation or continuance for the succeeding fiscal year of special studies and evaluation activities.

(a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction, in cooperation with the Department of Finance and the State Auditor, shall, on or before July 1, 1980, provide for a plan for independent audits of state and federal funds allocated to private agencies that are under contract with the…

Every private agency which receives state funds which may be audited pursuant to Section 33420 shall, at the request of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, make all records pertaining to its state-funded programs available to the Department of Education during regular busin…

(a) The California Youth Leadership Project is hereby established under the department for the purpose of promoting youth civic engagement through meaningful opportunities to improve the quality of life for California’s disconnected and disadvantaged youth. (b) The California You…

(a) The California Youth Leadership Project shall be overseen by the California Youth Leadership Project Committee. (b) The California Youth Leadership Project Committee shall be established and oversee the California Youth Leadership Project and distribute funds pursuant to Arti…

Duties of the California Youth Leadership Project Committee shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) Develop and provide applications for the California Youth Leadership Project scholarship and collect applications from youth who would like to apply. (b) De…

(a) The funds for the California Youth Leadership Project shall be allocated from the California Youth Leadership Fund pursuant to Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 18736) of Chapter 3 of Part 10.2 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, or from private funds directed …

The Learning Communities for School Success Program is hereby established for the purpose of implementing, pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 7599.2 of the Government Code, the K–12 education portion of the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, as approved as P…

(a) A local educational agency that chooses to apply for funding pursuant to this article shall submit an application to the department to receive a grant, in a format and by a date determined by the department. An application submitted to the department by a local educational ag…

(a) A local educational agency that receives a grant shall use the grant funds for planning, implementation, and evaluation of activities in support of evidence-based, nonpunitive programs and practices to keep the state’s most vulnerable pupils in school. These activities shall …

(a) The department shall use the funding the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act authorizes for administrative costs pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 7599.2 of the Government Code, which is no more than 5 percent of the annual funding the department receives from the Safe Ne…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Community school” means a public school that participates in a community-based effort to coordinate and integrate educational, developmental, family, health, and other comprehensive services through community-bas…

This article shall not become operative unless funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act or another statute to the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund in accordance with the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act for the purposes specified in this article.

For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “English learner” has the same meaning as defined in Section 306. (b) “Native speaker of English” has the same meaning as defined in Section 306. (c) “Dual language immersion program” is a program …

(a) The Pathways to Success Grant Program is hereby established with the goal of providing pupils in preschool, transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, with dual language immersion programs, developmental bilingual programs for English learners, or…

(a) (1) The department shall administer the Pathways to Success Grant Program, which shall be a three-year grant program. Commencing September 1, 2019, the department shall award a minimum of 10 one-time grants of up to three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) per grant, to enti…

The department shall perform all of the following functions in the administration of the Pathways to Success Grant Program: (a) Review applications and award grants. (b) Provide technical assistance to school districts, county offices of education, or consortia implementing a dua…

The department shall consult with the following persons and entities in the development of the criteria for awarding the grants and in developing the professional development modules: (a) Professional organizations with demonstrated expertise and experience in developing, impleme…

(a) A grant recipient shall use the grant for any of the following purposes: (1) School administrator, teacher, and staff training specific to the implementation and maintenance of a dual language immersion program, developmental bilingual program for English learners, or early l…

On or before June 30, 2025, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of the Legislature detailing the successes, best practices, barriers or constraints, and outcomes of school district and consortium programs funded with grants pursuant to this article.…

This article shall be implemented only upon an appropriation for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or other statute.

The State Department of Education shall administer intergenerational education programs in accordance with this article.

The State Department of Education shall establish criteria for the allocation of funds to intergenerational education programs. These criteria shall include all of the following: (a) The programs shall involve persons over 55 years of age in projects with elementary or secondary …

The State Department of Education may allocate funds pursuant to this article to intergenerational education programs which operate without regard to school district boundaries.

The department shall require continuation of contract requirements, such as matching of funds or provision of in-kind services, and any other provisions determined necessary by the department for intergenerational programs.