Title EDC — California Educ. Code

(a) Any school district, located in whole or in part in a county contiguous with the Republic of Mexico, or any county superintendent of schools of a county contiguous with the Republic of Mexico, which maintains a regional occupational center may enter into a student exchange ag…

(a) The governing board of a school district located in a county, or the county superintendent of schools maintaining a regional occupational program in a county, any of the boundaries of which are contiguous to the State of Arizona, may enter into an agreement with a public or p…

The governing board of any school district or the county superintendent of schools that is operating or jointly operating a regional occupational center or program may establish and maintain regional occupational center or regional occupational program classes in industrial or sc…

A regional occupational program or center, established pursuant to Section 52301, may contract with a community college district to provide career technical education instruction and services for students enrolled, or seeking to enroll, in a regional occupational center or progra…

(a) Indirect costs charged to regional occupational centers and programs may not exceed the school district or county office of education, as appropriate, prior year indirect cost rate as approved by the department. (b) The indirect costs charged by county offices of education an…

(a) Within existing resources, the department shall conduct monitoring reviews of each regional occupational center or program at least once every four years for compliance with applicable state laws and regulations, to provide focused and targeted technical assistance and suppor…

(a) The Superintendent may certify, by name, any regional occupational center or program, county office of education, or adult education program established pursuant to Section 52501 that provides a program of training to prepare adult students for gainful employment in a recogni…

For purposes of this article, “ROC/P” means regional occupational center or program.

(a) As a condition of receiving state or federal funds, the regional occupational center or program shall report annually to the department the academic and workforce preparation progress of the secondary pupils enrolled in the center or program. Indicators to measure that progre…

(a) Any business, trade or professional association, union, or state or local governmental agency operating within this state may establish and operate, under the auspices of the local school district, a career preparatory program within this state that meets the requirements of …

Any pupil who has successfully completed his or her education through grade 10, with the written consent of his or her parent or guardian, may choose to follow either a traditional college preparatory curriculum or a career preparatory program established pursuant to Section 5233…

(a) The State Department of Education shall adopt rules and regulations by January 1, 1996, in relation to the following: (1) An application process for entities that are seeking to establish and operate a career preparatory program pursuant to Section 52336 that includes, but is…

(a) A private entity establishing a career preparatory program pursuant to this article shall not be eligible for any moneys from the state or any school district. (b) An entity establishing a career preparatory program pursuant to Section 52336 may contract for assistance in the…

The governing board of any high school district may provide for the maintenance on Saturday of special day and evening classes in career technical training authorized and provided for by any program of national defense of the federal government, or any agency thereof, acting thro…

Pilot programs may be established by school districts to provide for the maintenance on Saturday of classes in career technical training, upon the approval of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Career technical training may be a part of, but is not limited to, a program of…

The governing board of any high school district, subject to the provisions of this code relating to courses of study for high schools, the governing board of any joint powers regional occupational center or program, or the county superintendent of schools which conducts any count…

(a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall adopt rules and regulations for cooperative career technical education programs and community classrooms. The rules and regulations shall include, but need not necessarily be limited to, all of the following: (1) Selection and ap…

(a) For purposes of this section, a “linked learning program” is a program that is all of the following: (1) A multiyear, comprehensive high school program of integrated academic and technical study that is organized around a broad theme, interest area, or industry sector, includ…

(a) The governing board of any high school district maintaining an agriculture course may transport pupils, instructors, or supervisors of classes to and from any classes or places where the work of the classes is being done, whether within or without the district, in the same ma…

The duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the governing board of any high school district with respect to any high school established in the district prior to August 14, 1929, and not supported in whole or in part by any funds derived from the levy of an…

No pupil shall be required to pay any fee or charge for enrollment or participation in activities of career technical student organizations which are a part of a career technical class or course of instruction offered for credit, when those activities are integral to assisting th…

(a) The governing board of any school district that maintains a high school may expend supplemental funding apportioned pursuant to Section 54761 for the purposes of this section. Any governing board that expends supplemental grant funding pursuant to this section or accepts othe…

Any reference to “vocational” education, skill training, instruction, or training in this code shall be deemed to be a reference to “career technical” education, skill training, instruction, or training.

The Legislature finds that it is urgently necessary to reduce the continuing high level of unemployment among the youth and young adults by broadening and strengthening the existing career technical education programs to provide them with the necessary work skills in order that t…

A program of summer career technical and technical education may be established pursuant to this article by the governing board of any school district maintaining one or more high schools. Pupils who have completed grades 9 to 12, inclusive, may be permitted to participate in a p…

Wages earned by pupils participating in a program of summer career technical and technical education, shall be paid weekly, or, if not reasonably possible, biweekly.

The governing board of a school district may contract with and receive and expend funds from any other public or private agency, foundation, or corporation for the purposes of this article. The governing board of a school district may cooperate with public and private institution…

Upon the approval of appropriate school district personnel, or the approval of the county superintendent of schools as to students under his jurisdiction, and with the written approval of the parent or guardian of the student, a student in grade 11 or 12, who will be at least 17 …

Duties of environmental interns employed pursuant to this article shall be established by the employing agency in conjunction with the local school district or the county superintendent of schools and shall be oriented toward providing maximum exposure to problems of environmenta…

Approval of environmental internships shall be required by the district superintendent or the county superintendent of schools. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Successful completion of a summer program and submission by the environmental intern of a suitable project report to the school district may result in academic credit toward graduation from high school. Such students may be deemed to be temporarily employees of the agency involve…

The school district or county superintendent of schools and the employing agency shall jointly apply to the Conservation Education Service for funds. The Superintendent of Public Instruction, upon the recommendation of the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commiss…

The Legislature of the State of California recognizes that agriculture is the most basic and singularly important industry in the state, that agriculture is of central importance to the welfare and economic stability of the state, and that the maintenance of this vital industry r…

The State Department of Education shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this article. The rules and regulations shall not create any new state mandates on school districts or county offices of education as a condition of receiving …

(a) There is hereby created within the department an agricultural career technical education unit to assist school districts in the establishment and maintenance of educational programs established pursuant to this article. (b) The staffing of the unit shall at all times be compo…

(a) The State Director of Career Technical Education shall establish and convene an Agricultural Advisory Committee representative of the various and diverse areas of the agricultural industry in California. (b) The committee shall be composed of the following: (1) A representati…

(a) The curriculum of school districts that choose to participate in the state program of agricultural career technical education shall include all of the following components: (1) Organized classes in the study of agricultural science and technology. (2) A student-supervised occ…

The governing board of a school district which operates an agricultural career technical education program may apply to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for an incentive grant, pursuant to this article, for the purpose of purchasing or leasing agricultural career technica…

The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall award grants to applicant school districts which meet the following requirements: (a) The school district shall contribute an amount of funds equal to the amount of the grant to the purchase or lease of equipment for use in agricultu…

(a) For purposes of this article, “agricultural career technical education equipment” shall mean any nonsalary item of expenditure, including, but not limited to, capital outlay, for approved agricultural career technical education programs. (b) Notwithstanding any other provisio…

The State Board of Education may, with the advice of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, adopt rules and regulations governing the distribution of funds provided for purposes of this article and shall adopt criteria for assessing whether school districts have met the requir…

(a) The Dream Resource Center Grant Program is hereby established with the goal of creating Dream Resource Centers at schoolsites that serve pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive. (b) The purpose of a Dream Resource Center is to provide pupils, including undocumented pupils, in gra…

(a) The department shall administer the Dream Resource Center Grant Program, which shall be a four-year grant program. (b) (1) A local educational agency, including those that have already established a Dream Resource Center at one or more schoolsites, may apply for funds for one…

The department shall perform all of the following functions in the administration of the Dream Resource Center Grant Program: (a) Review applications and award grants based off of a tiered point system that prioritizes applications for funding as follows: (1) Local educational ag…

A grant recipient shall use the grant for either of the following purposes: (a) (1) To create a Dream Resource Center that provides pupils with the resources identified pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54680. (2) Schoolsites may choose to have the Dream Resource Center sole…

On or before June 1, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature detailing the successes, best practices, barriers or constraints, and outcomes of Dream Resource Centers funded with grants pursuant to this article. The report…

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

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the partnership academies program has proven to be a highly effective state-school-private sector partnership, providing combined academic and occupational training to high school pupils who present a high risk of dropping out of…

Commencing with the 1993–94 fiscal year, from the funds appropriated for that purpose, the Superintendent shall issue grants to school districts maintaining high schools that meet the specifications of Section 54692, for purposes of planning, establishing, and maintaining academi…

In order to be eligible to receive funding pursuant to this article, a school district shall provide all of the following: (a) An amount equal to a 100-percent match of all funds received pursuant to this article in the form of direct and in-kind support provided by the district.…