Title EDC — California Educ. Code

For a new or acquiring district that has reorganized pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 35511 or subdivision (b) of Section 35511, the funding amount per unit of average daily attendance pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 422…

(a) For a new or acquiring district that has reorganized pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 35511 or subdivision (b) of Section 35511, the funding amount per unit of average daily attendance pursuant to Sections 42289 to 42289.5, inclusive, for p…

(a) For a new district or acquiring district that has reorganized pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 35511 or subdivision (b) of Section 35511, the funding amount per unit of average daily attendance pursuant to Sections 42289 to 42289.5, inclusi…

Plans and recommendations may include a proposal for dividing the property, other than real property, and obligations of any school district proposed to be divided between two or more new or acquiring districts, or proposed to be partially included in one or more new or acquiring…

Sections 35735 to 35736, inclusive, shall only apply to actions to reorganize school districts for which the order to reorganize, pursuant to Section 35765, is appropriately filed after December 1, 2013, pursuant to Section 54902 of the Government Code. Actions to reorganize scho…

Plans and recommendations may include a provision specifying that the election for the first governing board will be held at the same time as the election on the reorganization of the school districts. If such a provision is included, it shall specify the method whereby the lengt…

Plans and recommendations may include a method of dividing the bonded indebtedness other than the method specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 35576 for the purpose of providing greater equity in the division. Consideration may be given to the assessed…

In addition to satisfying the requirements of subdivision (j) of Section 42127.6, upon the approval of a petition for reorganization and continuing after the certification of the election results for an action to reorganize a school district pursuant to Section 35763, or upon the…

The State Board of Education shall establish minimum standards which it shall apply in approving or disapproving petitions and proposals for the formation or reorganization of school districts.

When it is necessary for the State Board of Education to consider petitions submitted under this chapter and prepare a proposal relating to such a petition, each county superintendent of schools and every other county officer in the counties affected, and the district superintend…

(a) When a petition for the reorganization of a school district is received in the office of the secretary of the state board, the secretary shall set the petition for hearing at a regular or special meeting of the state board. At least 30 days prior to the date of the hearing, h…

(a) The state board may approve proposals for the reorganization of school districts, if the state board has determined, with respect to the proposal and the resulting school districts, that all of the following conditions are substantially met: (1) The reorganized districts will…

After affording interested persons an opportunity to present their views on the petition to reorganize school districts, and after hearing any findings and recommendations of the Superintendent, the state board shall approve or disapprove the petition. If the state board approves…

After the state board has approved the plans and recommendations for the unification or other reorganization of the school districts in any area, including approval through affirmation or reversal of the action of a county committee, the secretary of the state board shall give no…

The county superintendent of schools, within 35 days after receiving the notification provided by Section 35755, shall call an election, to be conducted at the next election of any kind in the territory of districts as determined by the state board, in accordance with either of t…

In the case of the transfer of territory from one district to another, if the transfer is opposed by the governing boards of one or more of the districts affected with an average daily attendance of 900 or less, the territory in which the election is held shall include the entire…

The county superintendent of schools shall prepare a statement of official information and statistics relating to the proposed reorganization that shall include, but is not limited to, the plans and recommendations, the local control funding formula allocation pursuant to Section…

The county superintendent of schools calling the election shall cause to be prepared and distributed a statement setting forth arguments for and against the recommendations. The argument shall not exceed 500 words. The argument in favor of the recommendation shall be prepared by …

The cost of preparation and distribution of the statement setting forth the arguments in favor of, and those opposed to, the recommendations of the county board, and the cost of any election held pursuant to this article shall be a charge against the general fund of the county. I…

(a) Any circular, pamphlet, letter, poster, or other campaign literature which is designed to promote either the passage or defeat of a ballot measure proposing the reorganization of school districts shall bear on its face, in a conspicuous place, either of the following: (1) The…

Every qualified elector residing within the territory in which the election is called shall be eligible to vote at such election.

(a) The words to appear upon the ballots used for voting upon the adoption or rejection of the proposals for the reorganization of school districts shall be “Shall the school districts be reorganized as proposed?”, or words of similar import. To the right of or below those words,…

Upon the completion of the canvass of the election returns and the vote by mail ballots, the county superintendent of schools shall tabulate the returns and the vote by mail ballots, and notify the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the board of supervisors and the governing b…

When a majority of all the votes cast are cast in favor of the reorganization or other proposal, the proposal carries.

After the board of supervisors receives a proper certificate of election or other proper evidence that an action to organize or reorganize school districts has been approved as provided by law, the board of supervisors shall make an order to create, change, or terminate school di…

After the expiration of one year from the date of the order, the order shall be conclusive evidence that the school district has been legally organized, or the boundaries legally changed, as the case may be, and no suit shall be maintained which questions the validity of the orga…

Except as otherwise provided in Article 1 (commencing with Section 35100) of Chapter 2 of Part 21, and notwithstanding the provisions of Section 35101, the county superintendent of schools having jurisdiction may consolidate the election for the purpose of electing the governing …

The State Board of Education may adopt rules and regulations for the implementation of this article, as it deems necessary.

(a) A school district that has been organized for more than three years shall be lapsed as provided in this article if the number of registered electors in the school district is less than six or if the average daily attendance of pupils in the school or schools maintained by the…

For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Lapse” means dissolving a school district and annexing the entire territory of that school district to one or more adjoining school districts. (b) “Lapsation” means an action to lapse as defined b…

The attendance of pupils residing in a unified district in high schools in an adjoining state pursuant to Section 44618 or Article 1 (commencing with Section 2000) of Chapter 7 of Part 2, shall be deemed for the purposes of this article to be in high schools established and maint…

Within 45 days before the close of each school year, the county committee shall conduct a public hearing on the issues specified in Section 35780. Notice of the public hearing shall be given at least 10 days in advance of the hearing to each member of the governing board of the l…

After the hearing, and at least 30 days before the end of the school year, the county committee shall order the territory annexed to one or more adjoining districts as seems to the county committee to be in the best interest of the adjoining districts and the residents of the lap…

If the county committee orders the territory of a lapsed district annexed to more than one adjoining district, it may provide for such a division of the funds, property, and obligations of the lapsed district as it deems most equitable in the circumstances. If no division is prov…

Following the order of the county committee, the county superintendent of schools shall give notice of the board action to the county board of supervisors and to the State Board of Education.

An order of a county committee attaching the territory of a lapsed school district to one or more adjoining school districts shall be effective for all purposes on the July 1 after date of the order. Notwithstanding Section 35534, the effective date of the order is not subject to…

Except as otherwise provided in this article, an action to lapse a school district is subject to the provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 35500), and the county committee may add to its order to lapse a school district, pursuant to Section 35783, appropriate provision…

The county board of education shall on or before the first day of February of each year establish rules and regulations under which any school district in the county shall, except as provided in Section 40002, purchase standard school supplies and equipment through the county sup…

The governing board of each school district shall, except as otherwise provided in this code, purchase school furniture, including musical instruments, and apparatus, and such other articles as are necessary for the use of schools, and may, in its discretion, purchase uniforms an…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the governing board of any school district may purchase any necessary school supplies and equipment, including standard school supplies and equipment listed by the county board of education, in the manner provided in this chapter, or the…

The clerk of each district shall, under the direction of the board of trustees, provide all school supplies authorized by this chapter.

The cost of maintaining schoolbuses may be paid out of any funds of the district except funds derived from the sale of bonds and funds required by law to be set aside for teachers’ salaries.

The superintendent of schools of each county may transfer at the beginning of any school year from the funds of the school districts of the county which elect to purchase equipment and supplies in accordance with Section 38110, to the school supply revolving fund, which fund is c…

If in any county a school supply revolving fund is not established, payment for school supplies and equipment purchased through the county superintendent of schools or through the county purchasing agent shall be made by order of the governing board of the school district purchas…

The governing board of each school district throughout the state shall provide for each schoolhouse under its control, a suitable Flag of the United States, which shall be hoisted above each schoolhouse during all school sessions and on school holidays, weather permitting. The go…

Writing and drawing paper, pens, inks, blackboards, blackboard erasers, crayons, lead pencils, and other necessary supplies for the use of the schools, shall be furnished under direction of the governing boards of the school districts.

The governing board of a school district may rent or lease personal property needed for district purposes, including the renting or leasing of caps and gowns for seniors who participate in high school graduation ceremonies.

The governing board of any school district may lend school band instruments, music, uniforms, and other regalia to persons who are or have been, during the prior school year, members of the school band for use by them on excursions to foreign countries whether or not such an excu…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Civic Center Act.

(a) There is a civic center at each and every public school facility and grounds within the state where the citizens, parent teacher associations, Camp Fire girls, Boy Scout troops, veterans’ organizations, farmers’ organizations, school-community advisory councils, senior citize…