Title EDC — California Educ. Code

(a) The California State University may require a student transferring pursuant to this article to take additional courses at the California State University so long as the student is not required to take any more than 60 additional semester units or 90 quarter units at the Calif…

The California Community Colleges and the California State University, in consultation with students, faculty, student service administrators, the State Department of Education, the California Education Round Table, and other key stakeholders, shall develop a student-centered com…

(a) The Legislative Analyst’s Office shall review and report to the Assembly Committee on Higher Education, the Senate Committee on Education, and the respective education finance budget subcommittees of the Assembly and the Senate in the spring of 2012, an update on the implemen…

(a) (1) An independent institution of higher education that chooses to accept an associate degree for transfer does not guarantee admission to a particular campus or program. (2) An independent institution of higher education that chooses to accept an associate degree for transfe…

The Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges and those independent institutions of higher education that choose to commit to accept a student with an associate degree for transfer, in consultation with students, faculty, student service administrators, the State D…

(a) (1) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act of 2021. (2) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (A) “ADT” means associate degree for transfer. (B) “Four-year postsecondary educational institution” m…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “ADT” means associate degree for transfer. (2) “Four-year postsecondary educational institution” means a campus of the University of California or the California State University or an independent institution …

(a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the University of California Associate Degree for Transfer Pilot Program. (b) (1) The University of California, Los Angeles shall do both of the following: (A) By the 2026–27 academic year, declare at least eight majors at the…

The board of supervisors of any county may authorize the county recorder to deposit with any free public library maintained at the county seat, or with the State Library, such newspaper files, or portions thereof, as may be in the custody of the recorder by virtue of Chapter 110 …

Before making the deposit, the board of supervisors shall obtain from the board of trustees or authorities in charge of the free public library, or the State Librarian, as the case may be, an agreement that it will properly preserve and care for the newspaper files, and make them…

The board of supervisors of any county may authorize the boards of trustees or other authorities in charge of any free public library with which newspaper files have been deposited in accordance with Section 19900 to deposit the newspaper files with the State Library. (Enacted by…

Any person who maliciously cuts, tears, defaces, breaks, or injures any book, map, chart, picture, engraving, statue, coin, model, apparatus, or other work of literature, art, mechanics, or object of curiosity, deposited in any public library, gallery, museum, collection, fair, o…

Any person who willfully detains any book, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, manuscript, or other property belonging to any public or incorporated library, reading room, museum, or other educational institution, for 30 days after notice in writing to return the article or property, …

This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998.

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless a different meaning appears from the context: (a) “Apportionment” means an allocation of funds for the purpose of eligible new construction, modernization, or hardship approved by the board for …

The Director of General Services shall administer this chapter and shall provide assistance to the board as it requires.

The department shall first publish applications for funding under this chapter by November 4, 1998, and shall be prepared to receive and expeditiously act upon applications on and after that date.

The State Allocation Board is continued in existence for the purpose of this chapter. The members of the board and the Members of the Legislature meeting with the board shall have no compensation for their services under this chapter, but shall be reimbursed for their actual and …

(a) The board shall adopt guidelines for use by districts by June 30, 1999, to achieve measurable reductions in the costs of school facilities construction. (b) The guidelines shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the following: (1) Mechanisms designed to reduce the c…

(a) In addition to all other powers and duties as are granted to the board by this chapter, other statutes, or the California Constitution, the board shall do all of the following: (1) Adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Proced…

(a) (1) A fund is hereby established in the State Treasury to be known as the 1998 State School Facilities Fund. All money in the fund, including any money deposited in that fund from any source whatsoever, and notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, is hereby conti…

Creation of 2016 State School Facilities Fund. (a) A fund is hereby established in the State Treasury, to be known as the 2016 State School Facilities Fund. All money in the fund, including any money deposited in that fund from any source whatsoever, and notwithstanding Section 1…

(a) A fund is hereby established in the State Treasury, to be known as the 2024 State School Facilities Fund. All money in the fund, including any money deposited in the fund from any source whatsoever, and notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, is hereby continuou…

(a) A county school facilities fund is hereby established in the county treasury within each county for each school district in the county. (b) The board may from time to time authorize the Controller to transfer any funds that the board may deem necessary from the 1998 State Sch…

This chapter shall not be construed to change the powers and duties of the State Department of Education or the Department of General Services with respect to schoolsites and the construction of school buildings as contained in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17211) and Chapte…

(a) For projects funded under this chapter, the following state agencies are deemed not to be the lead agency for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code): (1) The board. (2) The Department…

The board shall not apportion funds to any school district, unless the applicant school district has certified to the board that the services of any architect, structural engineer, or other design professional for any work under the project have been obtained pursuant to a compet…

(a) If any certified eligibility or funding application related information is found to have been falsely certified by school districts, architects, or design professionals, hereinafter referred to as a material inaccuracy, the Office of Public School Construction shall notify th…

(a) The State Department of Education shall include in its application for new construction plan approval developed pursuant to the authority established in Section 17070.50 the following questions: “Does the project include a school that will have a career technical education co…

(a) The Office of Public School Construction shall report to the board and the Legislature by March 1, 2015, on efforts to streamline and speed up the award of seismic mitigation funds. (b) The report required to be submitted to the Legislature shall be submitted in accordance wi…

(a) As a condition of participating in the school facilities program, a school district shall submit to the department a five-year school facilities master plan, or updated five-year school facilities master plan, approved by the governing board of the school district. (b) The sc…

Upon request of any school district, the State Department of Education shall provide assistance in the evaluation and utilization of existing school facilities and the justification of the need for schoolsites, new facilities, and the rehabilitation or replacement of existing fac…

For purposes of determining the points used to compute the required matching funds from local sources applied pursuant to Sections 17072.30 and 17074.16, the department shall compute the sum of the following point computations applicable to each school district: (a) For each scho…

Funding decisions made by the board shall not, in themselves, make the board liable for any tort, breach of contract, or any other action for damages caused by a school district arising from new construction or modernization by the district. These contracts include, but are not l…

(a) The total funding provided under this chapter shall constitute the state’s full and final contribution to the project and for eligibility for state facilities funding represented by the number of unhoused pupils for which the school district is receiving the state grant. As a…

From any moneys in one of the funds established pursuant to Section 17070.40, as appropriate, and approved for this purpose in the annual Budget Act, the board shall make available to the Director of General Services the amounts that the board determines necessary for the Departm…

(a) Title, including, but not limited to, any leasehold interest as set forth in subdivision (c), to all property acquired, constructed, or improved with funds made available under this chapter shall be held by the school district to which the board grants the funds. Title, as de…

(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 17070.70, new construction or modernization funded pursuant to this chapter may be upon real property leased to the applicant school district if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The property is leased from another governm…

(a) A school district may claim the entire pupil attendance of a charter school that is physically located within its geographical jurisdiction, within the per-pupil eligibility calculation in support of a project for school facilities pursuant to this chapter. (b) A school distr…

(a) The board shall require the school district to make all necessary repairs, renewals, and replacements to ensure that a project is at all times maintained in good repair, working order, and condition. All costs incurred for this purpose shall be borne by the school district. (…

A priority for the use of funds in the restricted account established pursuant to Section 17070.75, shall be to ensure that facilities, including, but not limited to, restroom facilities for pupils, are functional and that they meet local hygiene standards generally applicable to…

Notwithstanding Section 17070.75, for the 2003–04 fiscal year, the board shall only require a school district to deposit into the account established pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 17070.75 an amount equal to 2 percent of the total expenditures by a distr…

Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 17070.75, for the 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, and 2014–15 fiscal years, the board shall require a school district to deposit into the account established pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision…

(a) For each project funded after January 1, 2002, the board shall require the applicant school district governing board to certify, as part of the school district’s annual budget process and beginning in the fiscal year in which the project is funded by the state, that it is in …

(a) All school facilities purchased or newly constructed pursuant to this chapter for use, in whole or in part, by pupils who are individuals with exceptional needs, as defined in Section 56026, shall be designed and located on the schoolsite so as to maximize interaction between…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a lien recorded on school district property that has been imposed pursuant to Section 16019 or 17030 shall be released on the operative date of this section. The release shall conclusively protect any third party relying upon the same, …

New construction and modernization applications submitted before October 31, 2024, shall be processed and apportioned in accordance with this chapter, as it read on January 1, 2024.

As a part of its application, a school district shall certify that it has considered the feasibility of the joint use of land and facilities with other governmental entities in order to minimize school facilities costs. Funds provided pursuant to this chapter for growth and moder…

As a part of its application for large construction and modernization projects, a school district shall certify, in consultation with the career technical education advisory committee established pursuant to Section 8070, that it has considered the need for vocational and career …

In conjunction with an application of a school district for any construction or modernization project, and as a condition of the district receiving funds for the project, the career technical education advisory committee for the district shall provide written confirmation that th…