Title EDC — California Educ. Code

(a) Evaluation and assessment of the performance of each certificated employee shall be made on a continuing basis as follows: (1) At least once each school year for probationary personnel. (2) At least every other year for personnel with permanent status. (3) At least every five…

For purposes of this article, “employing authority” means the superintendent of the school district in which the employee is employed, or his designee, or in the case of a district which has no superintendent, a school principal or other person designated by the governing board. …

(a) The Legislature finds that a primary goal of every public school should be the creation of effective and productive learning environments for pupils. Increasing the educational effectiveness and productivity of public schools may require new ways of organizing instructional a…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage school districts to plan and implement alternative models of school-based management projects, or advanced career opportunities for classroom teachers projects, or a combination of both, for one or more schools in the district.…

It is the intent of the Legislature that each school district’s school-based management proposal shall include the following: (a) A plan for involving parents in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of school restructuring efforts. (b) A plan for staff development that sh…

(a) “Advanced career opportunities for classroom teachers” means a compensation system developed jointly by the governing board of a school district and the exclusive representative of certificated employees for one or more of the schools in the district that may include the foll…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purposes of implementing a program established pursuant to this article, the State Board of Education may waive any part, article, or section of this code, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education that imple…

(a) The governing board of a school district may identify who will conduct the evaluation of each school principal. (b) A school principal may be evaluated annually for the first and second year of employment as a new principal in a school district. The governing board may determ…

(a) Criteria for effective school principal evaluations may be based upon the California Professional Standards for Educational Leaders. These standards identify a school administrator as being an educational leader who promotes the success of all pupils through leadership that f…

(a) In computing average daily attendance of a school district or county office of education, there shall be included the attendance of pupils while engaged in educational activities required of those pupils and under the immediate supervision and control of an employee of the di…

Commencing July 1, 1993, no school district may receive school district apportionments pursuant to Section 42238 for independent study by pupils 21 years of age or older or by pupils 19 years of age or older who have not been continuously enrolled in kindergarten or any of grades…

The State Department of Education shall apportion funds for community school and independent study average daily attendance only for average daily attendance claimed by school districts and county superintendents of schools for pupils who officially reside in the county in which …

An employee of the Mountain Valley Special Education Joint Powers Authority who possessed a valid certification document, registered as required by law, shall be deemed an employee of a school district in the County of Shasta or an employee of the Shasta County Office of Educatio…

For the purposes of educational programs sponsored by the California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Program, the term “immediate supervision” as used in Section 46300 means, in the context of classes conducted at the workplace, pupil participation in classes instructed by a per…

The State Department of Education shall not apportion funds to a local education agency for a pupil in the independent study program if that agency has provided any funds or other things of value to the pupil or his or her parent or guardian that the agency does not provide to pu…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no school district or county office of education shall receive apportionments for any pupil in independent study unless that entity receives written permission from the parent or guardian of the pupil prior to the commencement of indepe…

Whenever it is necessary to compute the average daily attendance of a school of a district for any certain purpose and no provision is made for the computation thereof for such purpose, the average daily attendance of the school shall be computed by dividing the total number of d…

Where in a high school or elementary school four terms of school of at least 12 weeks each are maintained during a fiscal year, and where the course of instruction is so arranged that students may complete a full year’s work in any three terms, the total number of days of pupils …

(a) If any computation of average daily attendance made under, or necessitated by, any provision of law, results in a fraction of less than one-half of a unit, the average daily attendance shall be taken as the next lowest whole number, except that if such computation results in …

(a) Notwithstanding anything in this code to the contrary when as a result of the unification or other reorganization of school districts, or the change of school district boundaries, and if the Superintendent of Public Instruction determines that a school district in which pupil…

Each elementary, high school, and unified school district shall report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction on forms prepared by the Department of Education in addition to all other attendance data as required, the active enrollment as of the third Wednesday of each school…

Attendance of individuals with exceptional needs, identified pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 56300) of Part 30, enrolled in a special day class or given instruction individually or in a home, hospital, or licensed children’s institution who attend school for either…

The computation of average daily attendance pursuant to this chapter shall not include the attendance of minors between the ages of 18 months and three years, inclusive, enrolled in programs operated by a county superintendent of schools who are physically handicapped, deaf or ha…

The average daily attendance of individuals with exceptional needs given instruction by a county superintendent of schools and whose attendance is credited to the county school service fund, shall be computed by dividing the total days of attendance of such pupils during the fisc…

The average daily attendance for the fiscal year of pupils residing in a county of this state and attending a school in an adjoining state under Article 1 (commencing with Section 2000) of Chapter 7 of Part 2 of Division 1 of Title 1 shall be reported using the methodology for re…

Where a school in a district maintaining more than one school is closed for a part of a term by order of a city or county board of health or of the State Board of Health, or because of fire, flood, impassable roads, epidemic, or other emergency, or by an order provided for in Sec…

Whenever any attendance records of any district have been lost or destroyed, making it impossible for an accurate report on average daily attendance for the district for any fiscal year to be rendered, which fact shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of Public …

(a) If the average daily attendance of a school district, county office of education, or charter school during a fiscal year has been materially decreased during a fiscal year because of any of the following, the fact shall be established to the satisfaction of the Superintendent…

(a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that, given the effects of public health emergencies and the significant and growing number of natural disasters that the state has faced in recent years, there is an increased need for local educational agencies to provide instructional…

All persons 16 years of age or older and under 18 years of age, not otherwise exempted by this chapter, shall attend upon special continuation education classes maintained by the governing board of the high school district in which they reside, or by the governing board of a neig…

The complaint of any citizen of a school district that such school district has failed to meet the requirements of providing continuation education classes pursuant to this chapter shall be presented to the county superintendent of the county in which such district is located. If…

Whenever a minor subject to the provisions of this chapter, who is not otherwise exempted by this chapter, cannot give satisfactory proof of regular employment he shall attend, for not less than 15 hours per week, special continuation education classes during the period of unempl…

If any person subject to the provisions of this chapter is an habitual truant or is irregular in attendance as required by this chapter or is habitually insubordinate or disorderly during attendance at school, the county superintendent of schools may request a petition on his beh…

There are exempted from compulsory attendance in continuing education classes as otherwise required by Sections 48400 and 48402, persons who: (a) Have been graduated from a high school maintaining a four-year course above the eighth grade of the elementary schools, or who have ha…

(a) (1) A person 16 years of age or older, or who has been enrolled in grade 10 for one school year or longer, or who will complete one school year of enrollment in grade 10 at the end of the semester during which the next regular examination will be conducted, may have their pro…

Persons 16 years of age or older and under 18 years of age who have not been graduated from high school shall be permitted by the governing board to enroll in continuation classes conducted by the school district pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 48430) of this chapt…

Any person 16 or 17 years of age exempt from compulsory continuation attendance laws by subdivision (e) of Section 48410 who has terminated his enrollment on the basis of such exemption shall be permitted by the governing board of the school district in which he resides to reenro…

In the case of attendance upon private school, exemption from the requirements of attendance upon compulsory continuation education shall be valid only after verification by the attendance supervisor of the district, or other person designated by the board of education, that the …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a child who, at the time a leave of absence is to begin, will be between the ages of 16 and 18, inclusive, may take a leave of absence from compulsory continuation education classes or, if exempted pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section…

It is the intent of the Legislature that continuation education schools and classes shall be established and maintained to provide all of the following: (1) An opportunity for pupils to complete the required academic courses of instruction to graduate from high school. (2) A prog…

The governing board of each high school district shall establish and maintain a program of guidance, placement, and followup for all minors within the district subject to compulsory continuation education. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The governing board of each high school district and each unified school district shall establish and maintain within its boundaries special continuation education classes and may establish and maintain regional occupational centers or programs, in accordance with the provisions …

(a) If the governing board of a school district chooses to voluntarily enroll high school pupils in a continuation school, the governing board of the school district shall establish and adopt policies and procedures governing the identification, placement, and intake procedures f…

(a) The governing board of each high school or unified school district that assigns pupils to continuation schools shall adopt rules and regulations governing procedures for the involuntary transfer of pupils to continuation schools. (b) The rules and regulations shall provide th…

Special continuation education classes or classes conducted by a regional occupational center or any combination thereof shall provide at least four 60-minute hours of instruction per week for each minor within the high school district who is subject to compulsory continuation ed…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), such classes shall be maintained during the district’s regular school hours, or during special school hours for these classes established by the governing board. (b) If the school district maintains classes for adults, the gove…

Such classes shall provide suitable instruction for the various individuals for whose benefit they are established. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The State Board of Education shall prescribe and enforce standards and regulations for the organization and administration of programs of guidance, placement and followup, for programs of coordination and instruction in continuation education, for the special reimbursement thereo…

The governing board of a school district or school districts, as the case may be, maintaining special continuation education classes may accept and expend grants from the federal government or from other public or private sources for the purpose of this article. (Enacted by Stats…

It is the intent of the Legislature that special funds for eligible pupils be expended by the continuation schools in which those pupils are enrolled. State and federal categorical funds shall be allocated to continuation schools in the same manner as to comprehensive schools to …