Title EDC — California Educ. Code

In order for the community or volunteer service performed by a participating student to be applied to the minimum hours required for eligibility for this program, the organization and service shall meet all of the following requirements, as determined by the commission: (a) The o…

(a) The commission may adopt regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this article as emergency regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). For p…

On or before November 1, 2022, and each year thereafter, the commission shall report to the Department of Finance, the Legislative Analyst’s Office, and the relevant policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on the program. The report shall include, but not necessarily be l…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Career pathway” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 88620. (2) “Economic security” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 14005 of the Unemployment Insurance Code. (3) “Indu…

(a) Commencing with the 2001–02 academic year, and each academic year thereafter, Cal Grant T awards shall be used only for tuition and student fees for a maximum of one academic year of full-time attendance in a program of professional preparation that has been approved by the C…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this article, to enhance the long-term policy of the Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Program and the state’s historic commitment, as stated in Section 66021.2, of providing educational opportunity by ensuring al…

(a) The commission shall adopt emergency regulations by July 1, 2010, establishing the pilot alternative Cal Grant delivery system to allow a qualifying institution to elect to administer Cal Grant awards under the Cal Grant A Entitlement Program (Article 2 (commencing with Secti…

The commission shall not implement the pilot alternative delivery system established pursuant to Section 69452 until at least 30, but no more than 35, qualifying institutions have committed to participating in the alternative delivery system and to paying the costs associated wit…

(a) (1) A qualifying institution electing to participate in the pilot alternative delivery system shall submit an application to the commission acknowledging that the qualifying institution satisfies the requirements for the pilot alternative delivery system and will maintain com…

All costs associated with developing, implementing, maintaining, and improving the pilot alternative delivery system shall be paid by the qualifying institutions that elect to participate in the pilot alternative delivery system.

(a) Participation in the pilot alternative delivery system pursuant to this article is voluntary. Any local agency electing to participate in the pilot alternative delivery system is deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that its participation is voluntary and does not constitut…

(a) On or before January 10, 2012, the Legislative Analyst’s Office shall report to the Legislature and the Governor on the implementation and outcomes of the first award cycle under the pilot program. The report shall assess the extent to which the pilot program resulted in impr…

(a) For purposes of this article, “dependent child” or “dependent children” means a child or children, as applicable, under 18 years of age whose parent or legal guardian is the student, if the child or all the children collectively receive more than 50 percent of their support f…

(a) Commencing with the 2022–23 academic year, the commission shall identify all foster youth and former foster youth, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 66025.9, who meet both of the following qualifying criteria for the award year: (1) The student will receive either a ne…

This chapter, except for Article 5.5 (commencing with Section 69438), Article 9 (commencing with Section 69465), and Article 10 (commencing with Section 69470), shall become inoperative on July 1, 2024, and as of January 1 of the year following that inoperative date, is repealed,…

For the purposes of implementing the federal Race to the Top program established by the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5): (a) The Superintendent and the President of the state board may enter into a memorandum of understanding with a local…

(a) The Governor, the Superintendent, and the state board shall jointly develop a single high-quality plan or multiple plans, in collaboration with participating local educational agencies, as necessary, to submit as part of an application for federal Race to the Top funds, autho…

(a) On or before January 1, 2011, the Superintendent shall contract for an independent evaluation of the implementation and impact of the state plan submitted in application for a federal Race to the Top Fund competitive grant award. (b) On or before September 1, 2010, the Superi…

The Legislature finds and declares that this act is declaratory of the requirements and definitions specified in the federal guidelines for the federal Race to the Top Fund. It is the intent of the Legislature that, to the extent that the federal guidelines are revised, the state…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Low-achieving school” means a school described in subdivision (a) of Section 53201. (b) “Persistently lowest-achieving school” means a school identified pursuant to subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, of Section …

The Superintendent and the state board shall establish a list of schools according to the following: (a) Identify any Title 1 school in improvement, corrective action, or restructuring. (b) Identify the lowest 5 percent of the schools in subdivision (a) as measured by the academi…

The Superintendent shall notify the governing board of a school district, county superintendent of schools, or the governing body of a charter school or its equivalent, that one or more of the schools in its jurisdiction have been identified as a persistently lowest-achieving sch…

(a) For purposes of implementing the federal Race to the Top program established by Sections 14005 and 14006 of Title XIV of the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), the governing board of a school district, county superintendent of schools, …

For any school not identified as a persistently lowest-achieving school under Section 53201 which, after one full school year, is subject to corrective action pursuant to paragraph (7) of Section 1116(b) of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 e…

(a) The local educational agency shall notify the Superintendent and the state board upon receipt of a petition under Section 53300 and upon its final disposition of that petition. (b) If the local educational agency indicates in writing that it will implement in the upcoming sch…

(a) No more than 75 schools shall be subject to a petition authorized by this article. (b) A petition shall be counted toward this limit upon the Superintendent and state board receiving notice from the local educational agency of its final disposition of the petition.

A local educational agency shall not be required to implement the option requested by the parent petition if the request is for reasons other than improving academic achievement or pupil safety.

This chapter shall be known and may be referred to as the Interagency School Safety Demonstration Act of 1985.

(a) The Legislature hereby recognizes that all pupils enrolled in the state public schools have the inalienable right to attend classes on school campuses that are safe, secure, and peaceful. The Legislature also recognizes that pupils cannot fully benefit from an educational pro…

(a) There is hereby established the School/Law Enforcement Partnership, comprised of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Attorney General. The duties of the partnership shall consist of all of the following: (1) The development of programs and policies necessary to i…

(a) The partnership shall sponsor at least two regional conferences for school districts, county offices of education, agencies serving youth, allied agencies, community-based organizations, and law enforcement agencies to identify exemplary programs and techniques that have been…

(a) The partnership shall establish a statewide school safety cadre for the purpose of facilitating interagency coordination and collaboration among school districts, county offices of education, agencies serving youth, allied agencies, community-based organizations, and law enfo…

The partnership shall annually assess the programs and activities under the Interagency School Safety Demonstration Act of 1985. The assessment shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) An assessment of the appropriateness and effectiveness of the statewide …

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all California public schools teaching kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, operated by a school district, in cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, community leaders, parents, pupils, teachers, administrators, c…

(a) On or before July 1, 2030, each public school, including charter schools, with an enrollment of 100 pupils or more is encouraged to implement a web-based or app-based school safety program that includes the following program parameters: (1) A common alphanumeric grid mapping …

(a) Each school district and county office of education is responsible for the overall development of all comprehensive school safety plans for its schools operating kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive. (b) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (d) with regard to a s…

(a) The comprehensive school safety plan shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) Assessing the current status of crime committed on school campuses and at school-related functions. (2) Identifying appropriate strategies and programs that will provide or ma…

(a) As comprehensive school safety plans are reviewed and updated, the Legislature encourages all plans, to the extent that resources are available, to include clear guidelines for the roles and responsibilities of mental health professionals, community intervention professionals…

(a) The department shall electronically distribute disaster preparedness educational materials and lesson plans that are currently available to school districts and county offices of education. (b) The department shall ensure that the disaster preparedness materials are available…

The Department of Justice and the State Department of Education, in accordance with Section 32262, shall contract with one or more professional trainers to coordinate statewide workshops for school districts, county offices of education, and schoolsite personnel, and in particula…

(a) (1) The department shall develop and post on its internet website an online training module to assist all school staff, school administrators, parents, pupils, and community members in increasing their knowledge of the dynamics of bullying and cyberbullying. The online traini…

The comprehensive school safety plan may also include, at local discretion of the governing board of the school district and using local funds, procedures for responding to the release of a pesticide or other toxic substance from properties located within one-quarter mile of a sc…

(a) Each school shall adopt its comprehensive school safety plan by March 1, 2000, and shall review and update its plan by March 1, every year thereafter. A new school campus that begins offering classes to pupils after March 1, 2001, shall adopt a comprehensive school safety pla…

If the Superintendent of Public Instruction determines that there has been a willful failure to make any report required by this article, the superintendent shall do both of the following: (a) Notify the school district or the county office of education in which the willful failu…

(a) (1) In order to ensure compliance with this article, each school shall forward its comprehensive school safety plan to the school district or county office of education for approval. (2) The department shall develop and post on its Internet Web site best practices for reviewi…

A complaint of noncompliance with the school safety planning requirements of Title IV of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 7114 (d)(7)) may be filed with the department under the Uniform Complaint Procedures as set forth in Chapter 5.1 (commencing with …

(a) The department shall collect, and local educational agencies shall provide, data pertaining to lockdown or multioption response drills conducted at schoolsites within school districts, county offices of education and charter schools providing instructional services to pupils …

(a) On or before June 15, 2025, the department shall curate and post on its internet website best practices pertaining to school shooter or other armed assailant drills, including, but not limited to, guidance for age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate drills, including …

The partnership shall discuss with providers of telephone equipment and services, and shall acquire information regarding, the availability of no-cost or reduced-cost cellular telephones and services to be provided on a statewide basis to each public school teacher for use as a c…

The School Law Enforcement Partnership, established pursuant to Section 32262, shall provide information to school districts and county offices of education about teen or peer court programs. A teen or peer court program shall include, but not be limited to, any program in which …