Title EDC — California Educ. Code

Each special education local plan area, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 56195.1, shall administer local plans submitted pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 56205) and shall administer the allocation of funds pursuant to Chapter 7.2 (commencing with Section 568…

The governing board of a district shall elect to do one of the following described in subdivision (a), (b), or (c): (a) (1) If of sufficient size and scope, under standards adopted by the board, submit to the superintendent a local plan for the education of all individuals with e…

Unless the process described in subdivision (i) of Section 56195.7 specifies an alternative method of distribution of state and local funds among the participating local educational agencies, the funds shall be distributed by the special education local plan area as allocated ins…

In developing a local plan under Section 56195.1, each district shall do the following: (a) Involve special and general teachers selected by their peers and parents selected by their peers in an active role. (b) Cooperate with the county office and other districts in the geograph…

(a) Each county office and district governing board shall have authority over the programs it directly maintains, consistent with the local plan submitted pursuant to Section 56195.1. In counties with more than one special education local plan area for which the county office pro…

In addition to the provisions required to be included in the local plan pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 56205), each special education local plan area that submits a local plan pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 56195.1 and each county office that submits a loc…

(a) Each entity providing special education under this part shall adopt policies for the programs and services it operates, consistent with agreements adopted pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 56195.1 or Section 56195.7. The policies need not be submitted to the super…

(a) The plan for special education shall be developed and updated cooperatively by a committee of representatives of special and regular teachers and administrators selected by the groups they represent and with participation by parent members of the community advisory committee,…

The plan for a new mechanism of faculty qualifications being developed by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges pursuant to Chapter 1465 of the Statutes of 1986 shall include all of the following: (a) A transition provision which would grandfather existing bargainin…

The minimum qualifications for service prescribed by this chapter shall become operative on July 1, 1990.

Notwithstanding Section 87356, every person authorized to serve as a community college instructor, librarian, counselor, student personnel worker, supervisor, administrator, or chief administrative officer under a credential shall retain the right to serve under the terms of that…

(a) The board of governors shall adopt regulations to establish and maintain the minimum qualifications for service as a faculty member teaching credit instruction, a faculty member teaching noncredit instruction, a librarian, a counselor, an educational administrator, an extende…

(a) In establishing and maintaining minimum qualifications pursuant to Section 87356, the board of governors shall do all of the following: (1) With regard to minimum qualifications for faculty, the board of governors shall consult with, and rely primarily on the advice and judgm…

The board of governors shall periodically designate a team of community college faculty, administrators, and trustees to review each community college district’s application of minimum qualifications to faculty and administrators.

The board of governors shall adopt regulations setting forth a process authorizing local governing boards to employ faculty members and educational administrators who do not meet the applicable minimum qualifications specified in the regulations adopted by the board of governors …

(a) The instructor of record for a course of instruction shall be a person who meets the minimum qualifications to serve as a faculty member teaching credit instruction or a faculty member teaching noncredit instruction established pursuant to Section 87356 or the qualifications …

By May 1, 1989, the board of governors shall have reviewed or contracted for review of, the job relevance of the requirements of Sections 87408, 87408.5, 87408.6, and any other physical fitness tests or examinations, and other conditions of employment, applicable to community col…

(a) In establishing hiring criteria for faculty and administrators, district governing boards shall, no later than July 1, 1990, develop criteria that include a sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds o…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the West Contra Costa Unified School District is authorized to lease, rent, sell, or otherwise utilize, excess school district real properties and facilities, the proceeds of which shall be used for the exclusive and sole purpose of rep…

(a) The loan obligations to which this chapter applies are as follows: (1) The loan of nine million five hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($9,525,000) made to the Richmond Unified School District from the General Fund as an emergency apportionment pursuant to Chapter 171 of t…

(a) The school district may prepay its loan obligation without incurring any prepayment penalties. (b) (1) The minimum payment on the consolidated debt shall be determined according to the following payment schedule: Due Date Payment Amount 2/1/93 $ 0 2/1/94 0 2/1/95 5,570,443 2/…

Any and all provisions of statute that impose a condition on the sale, use, or transfer of public agency lands and properties as they would apply to the actions of the West Contra Costa Unified School District, including, but not limited to, Sections 17732 and 39363, pertaining t…

Notwithstanding Sections 41471 and 41472, the school district may submit a request to the Director of Finance to have the interest rate on the remaining outstanding balance of its emergency apportionments changed to reflect the investment rate of the Pooled Money Investment Accou…

The Legislature recognizes that the principal plays a pivotal role in the life of a school. Research indicates that at schools where pupil achievement is higher than might be expected, principals provide strong leadership and support. Teachers at these schools report that their p…

(a) Any school district, county superintendent of schools, or consortium of those entities shall be eligible for funds in order to establish an administrator training and evaluation program, which shall provide to school administrators support and development activities designed …

(a) The three-year plan developed pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 44682 shall address, but need not be limited to, objectives identified pursuant to Sections 44670.4, 52014, and 52015, and the capacity of site and central district administrators to provide…

Administrator training and evaluation programs shall set aside specific times throughout the school year to conduct programs. The times shall include, but not be limited to, periods when participating administrators are released from their regular duties.

Any school district governing board, upon petition by a majority of the administrators designated to design an administrator training and evaluation program, may request the State Board of Education to grant a waiver of any provision of this article.

The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this article.

The State Department of Education may provide technical assistance, at the request of any entity involved in establishing and implementing an administrator training and evaluation program. At the request of the Legislature, the department shall assess the effectiveness of the tra…

(a) Federal and state funds appropriated or apportioned for the purposes of this article shall not be used to supplant funds currently expended by school districts for the purpose of administering or conducting staff development programs. (b) Priority in funding shall be given to…

It is the intent of the Legislature that the administrator training and evaluation programs be funded annually in each Budget Act.

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Strong schoolsite administrators play a pivotal role in the life of a school and are essential for successful schools. The principal, as leader of the schoolsite educational team, is the most effective agent for bri…

(a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, with the approval of the State Board of Education, award a grant to any eligible applicant school district, county office of education, or charter school, for the purpose of providing necessary administrator training pursuant to…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Skilled school and school district leaders are critical for building a strong and stable workforce, and for making the important shifts in practice envisioned by the local control funding formula and the Common Core…

(a) (1) The sum of one billion five hundred million dollars ($1,500,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Superintendent for the Educator Effectiveness Block Grant. The Superintendent shall apportion these funds to school districts, county offices of educat…

(a) For the 2021–22 fiscal year, the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Superintendent to apportion to the Orange County Department of Education in the manner, and for the purposes, set forth in this section. The Orange …

(a) There is hereby established the targeted instructional improvement block grant. Commencing with the 2005–06 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall apportion block grant funds to a school district in the same relative statewide proportion that the school district received in th…

The targeted instructional improvement block grant shall include funding apportioned to school districts prior to January 1, 2005, for purposes of the following programs: (a) Targeted instructional improvement as set forth in Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 54200) of Part 29…

Commencing with the 2006–07 fiscal year, the amount of funding a school district receives pursuant to this article shall be adjusted for inflation by the amount calculated pursuant to Section 42238.1 and for growth as measured by the regular average daily attendance used to calcu…

In expending funds received pursuant to this article, a school district shall give first priority to funding the costs of a court-ordered desegregation program if the order exists and is still in force.

(a) For a basic aid school district that was entitled to reimbursement pursuant to former Section 42247.4, as that section read on January 1, 2001, and that received an apportionment pursuant to subdivision (h) of former Section 42247.4, as that section read on January 1, 2001, b…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) It is imperative that the state address the persistent academic achievement gap in California’s public schools that has led to inequitable outcomes and opportunities for children. (2) Several factors, including thos…

(a) The sum of two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Superintendent for transfer by the Controller to Section A of the State School Fund for allocation by the Superintendent to establish the College Readiness Block Grant in…

(a) Contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute, the department, in consultation with the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, shall, beginning on or before January 1, 2023, administer a competitive gra…

(a) For the 2021–22 fiscal year, the sum of five hundred forty-seven million five hundred thirteen thousand dollars ($547,513,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Superintendent for allocation for the A–G Completion Improvement Grant Program in the manner and …

The governing boards of two or more school districts, in none of which the employees are entitled to the benefits of a pension or retirement system maintained by a city, city and county, or county in which the district, or a part thereof, is located, meeting in joint session, may…

The proposition of establishing the plan may be submitted to the electors of the districts at any general or special election called and held in the districts, as the governing boards of the districts may determine. The governing boards of the school districts may order the elect…

The governing boards calling the election shall consolidate the election and submit to the electors of the respective districts on the same day the question of whether a district retirement plan shall be established in the districts. Within the territory affected by the order of …

The election may be consolidated with any other election pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 10400) of Division 10 of the Elections Code.