Title EDC — California Educ. Code

(a) Notwithstanding Section 44842, and except for employees who are notified pursuant to Section 44955, each classroom teacher shall, by May 15 of each year, inform the employing school district whether he or she intends to return to a teaching position for the following school y…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 44001, 44830, 44831, or any other provision of law, a noncertificated student enrolled in any public or private college or university in California may be permitted by the governing board of a school district maintaining any of grades 1 …

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after the effective date of this section the governing board of a school district may employ an individual in any administrative or supervisory position, irrespective of whether or not that person holds any supervisory or adm…

On or before June 30, 1991, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall adopt criteria to exempt from the requirement of obtaining an administrative services credential those certificated employees who participate in innovative programs of school organization that may be develo…

It is the intent of the Legislature that the minimum requirements for the administrative services credential prescribed by Sections 44270 and 44270.1 include an integration of theoretical knowledge and the demonstration of skills. It is further the intent of the Legislature that …

A student providing services in elementary schools or child development facilities as a nonteaching aide shall perform no instructional work; but shall, under the immediate supervision and direction of a certificated employee, perform noninstructional work which serves to assist …

(a) (1) The governing board of a school district shall not employ or retain in employment persons in public school service who have been convicted, or who have been convicted following a plea of nolo contendere to charges, of any sex offense as defined in Section 44010. (2) If a …

Governing boards of school districts shall not employ or retain in employment any person in public school service who has been determined to be a sexual psychopath under the provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 6300), Chapter 2, Part 2, Division 6 of the Welfare and I…

The governing board of a school district shall, as a condition to employment, require an applicant for a position requiring certification qualification to furnish a statement of the military service of the applicant and, if any was rendered, a copy of the discharge or release fro…

(a) When a school district or a county superintendent of schools wishes to employ a person in a position requiring certification qualifications and that person has not previously been employed in a position requiring certification qualifications in this state, the district or cou…

(a) When a school district or county superintendent of schools wishes to employ a retirant who is retired for service, and such person has not been previously employed as a retirant, such district or county superintendent shall require, as a condition of initial employment as a r…

Persons in positions requiring certification qualifications may be elected for the next ensuing school year on and after the 15th day of March, and each person so elected shall be deemed reelected from year to year except as provided in Section 35043, Sections 44221 to 44227, inc…

Commencing July 1, 2025, a school district, county office of education, charter school, or state special school shall not hire any person for purposes of a short-term staff permit, provisional internship permit, or a teaching permit for statutory leave, as described in Sections 8…

(a) Except as set forth in subdivision (b), if, without good cause, a probationary or permanent employee of a school district fails prior to July 1 of any school year to notify the governing board of the district of his or her intention to remain or not to remain in the service o…

The county superintendent of schools shall be given immediate notice in writing by the governing board of the school district of the employment of persons for positions requiring certification qualifications. The notice shall include, but not be limited to, such data as may be pr…

Except as otherwise provided in Sections 44831 to 44855, inclusive, every probationary or permanent employee employed before July 1, 1947, shall be deemed to have been employed on the date upon which he first accepted employment in a probationary position.

Every probationary or permanent employee employed after June 30, 1947, shall be deemed to have been employed on the date upon which he first rendered paid service in a probationary position.

The following general provisions shall apply regardless of date of employment: As between two or more employees who first rendered paid service to the district on the same date, and who, following the termination of services, have a statutory preference to reappointment in the or…

When any school or part thereof shall have been transferred from one district to another, employment for any employees who transfer with said school or part thereof shall date from the time said employees first accepted employment (if before July 1, 1947) or rendered paid service…

When any certificated employee shall have resigned or been dismissed for cause and shall thereafter have been reemployed by the board, his date of employment shall be deemed to be the date on which he first accepted reemployment (if reemployed before July 1, 1947) or rendered pai…

Nothing in Sections 35029, 35161, 35162, Sections 44030 to 44034, inclusive, Sections 44036 to 44048, inclusive, Sections 44800 to 44802, inclusive, Sections 44804 to 44824, inclusive, Sections 45021 to 45060, inclusive, Sections 48913, 87462, 87463, 87469, 88021, 88071, Article …

Nothing in Sections 35029, 35161, 35162, Sections 44030 to 44034, inclusive, Sections 44036 to 44048, inclusive, Sections 44800 to 44802, inclusive, Sections 44804 to 44824, inclusive, Sections 45021 to 45060, inclusive, Sections 48913, 87462, 87463, 87469, 88021, 88071, Article …

Notwithstanding Section 44850, and notwithstanding provisions of the charter of any city or city and county to the contrary, on and after July 1, 1978, the certificated employees of any school district governed by such a charter who serve as the head of a department of the distri…

All employments under the provisions of Section 35161, Sections 44221 to 44227, inclusive, Sections 44831 to 44887, inclusive, Sections 44889 to 44891, inclusive, Sections 44893 to 44906, inclusive, Sections 44908 to 44919, inclusive, Sections 87462 and 87469, shall be subordinat…

Nothing in this code shall be construed as prohibiting the employment of persons in positions requiring certification qualifications for less than a full school year in temporary schools or classes. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The governing board of any school district, subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the state board, may enter into an agreement with the proper authorities of any foreign country, or of any state, territory, or possession of the United States, or other district within…

Acceptance of any exchange position by an employee of any school district in the state shall not affect his or her right to the permanent classification to which he or she is entitled, at the time of the acceptance, or any of his or her rights under the state teachers retirement …

If the teacher from the district within the state who serves as an exchange teacher without the state and the governing board regularly employing him so agree, the district may pay his regular salary, making all deductions provided by law for retirement purposes, during the perio…

(a) The governing board of a school district, for the purposes of providing bilingual instruction, world language instruction, or cultural enrichment, in the schools of the school district, subject to the rules and regulations of the state board, may conclude arrangements with th…

Each person employed by the governing board of a school district for a position requiring certification qualifications shall, not later than 60 days after the date fixed by the governing board of the district for the commencement of the person’s service, register, in the manner p…

The Legislature hereby declares that it is contrary to the interest of this state and of the people of the state for any governing board or any person charged by the governing board of any school district with the responsibility of interviewing and recommending persons for employ…

No school district may adopt or maintain any rule or regulation which requires a candidate for a position requiring certification qualifications to be a resident of the district or to become a resident of the district, or which requires that an employee maintain residency within …

No person shall be employed as principal of a school of six or more certificated employees unless he or she holds a valid school administration credential and at least one of the following: a teaching credential, or a services credential with a specialization in pupil personnel, …

A substitute principal holding a valid teacher’s credential of the same grade as the school to be administered may be employed without meeting the requirements of Section 44860 to meet an emergency for not more than five months of any school year. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 101…

No person is eligible to teach in any public school in the state, or to receive a certificate to teach who has not attained the age of 18 years. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

No teacher holding a special certificate shall be employed to teach any subject not authorized in the certificate. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Each teacher in a joint elementary district shall hold a valid certificate in the county in which the schoolhouse is located. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

A valid teaching credential issued by the State Board or the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, based on a bachelor’s degree, student teaching, and special fitness to perform, shall be deemed qualifying for assignment as a teacher in the following assignments, provided that the…

The qualifications of a home instructor of pupils with physical disabilities shall be a valid teaching credential or a credential authorizing the teaching of exceptional children in an area of specialized preparation issued by the state board, or the Commission on Teacher Credent…

Except as provided in Section 44865, teachers in opportunity schools, classes, or programs shall have the same qualifications and shall be employed in the same manner as in other elementary and secondary schools of the school district in which the opportunity schools, classes, or…

No person shall be employed as a teacher librarian in an elementary or secondary school, unless he or she holds a valid credential of proper grade authorizing service as a teacher librarian or a valid teaching credential issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing if he or …

A teacher librarian, when employed full time as a teacher librarian or serving full time, partly as a teacher librarian and partly as a teacher, shall rank as a teacher.

No one shall be employed to supervise the work of teachers for more than half time during any school week unless he is the holder of a valid teacher’s certificate authorizing him to teach in the schools and classes in which he is to supervise instruction and a valid supervision c…

The qualifications of supervisors of health shall be as provided in Sections 44873 to 44878, inclusive. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

For the purposes of Sections 44873 to 44878, inclusive, “standard designated services credential with a specialization in health” and “services credential with a specialization in health” includes a community college health services credential when the service is provided in grad…

The qualifications for a physician and surgeon employed to serve on a half-time or greater than half-time basis shall be a valid certificate to practice medicine and surgery issued by the Medical Board of California or Osteopathic Medical Board of California and either a services…

The qualifications for a psychologist or social worker are a valid certificate issued by the appropriate California agency authorized by law to certify such persons and a services credential with a specialization in health. Any school district may employ and compensate psychologi…

The qualifications for a dentist are a valid certificate issued by the Board of Dental Examiners and a services credential with a specialization in health or a valid credential issued prior to November 23, 1970. Any school district may employ and compensate dentists meeting the f…

The qualifications for a dental hygienist, dental hygienist in alternative practice, or dental hygienist in extended functions shall be a valid license issued by the Dental Hygiene Board of California or by the Dental Board of California and either a health and development creden…

The qualifications for a nurse shall be a valid certificate of registration issued by the Board of Nurse Examiners of the State of California or the California Board of Nursing Education and Nurse Registration and a health and development credential, a standard designated service…