text:
(a) At any time during a fiscal year, the county superintendent may audit the expenditures and internal controls of school districts he or she determines to be fiscally accountable, and shall conduct this audit in a timely and efficient manner. The county superintendent shall report the findings and recommendation to the governing board of the district within 45 days of completing the audit. The governing board shall, no later than 15 days after receipt of the report, notify the county superintendent of schools of its proposed actions on the county superintendent’s recommendation. Upon review of the governing board report, the county superintendent, at his or her discretion, may revoke the authority for the district to be fiscally accountable pursuant to Section 42650.

(b) At any time during a fiscal year, the county superintendent may review or audit the expenditures and internal controls of any school district in his or her county if he or she has reason to believe that fraud, misappropriation of funds, or other illegal fiscal practices have occurred that merit examination. The review or audit conducted by the county superintendent shall be focused on the alleged fraud, misappropriation of funds, or other illegal fiscal practices and shall be conducted in a timely and efficient manner. The county superintendent shall report the findings and recommendations to the governing board of the school district at a regularly scheduled school district board meeting within 45 days of completing the review, audit, or examination. The governing board of the school district shall, no later than 15 calendar days after receipt of the report, notify the county superintendent of its proposed actions on the county superintendent’s recommendations. Upon review of the school district governing board report, the county superintendent, at his or her discretion, and consistent with law, may disapprove an order for payment of funds consistent with Section 42638.

(c) At any time during a fiscal year, the county superintendent may review or audit the expenditures and internal controls of any charter school in his or her county if he or she has reason to believe that fraud, misappropriation of funds, or other illegal fiscal practices have occurred that merit examination. The review or audit conducted by the county superintendent shall be focused on the alleged fraud, misappropriation of funds, or other illegal fiscal practices and shall be conducted in a timely and efficient manner. The county superintendent shall report the findings and recommendations to the governing board of the charter school at a regularly scheduled meeting, and provide a copy of the information to the chartering authority of the charter school, within 45 days of completing the review, audit, or examination. The governing board of the charter school shall, no later than 15 calendar days after receipt of the report, notify the county superintendent and its chartering authority of its proposed response to the recommendations.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 357, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


kind: section

code: EDC

citation: EDC § 1243

text:
The county superintendent of schools shall make reports, when directed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, showing such matters relating to the public schools in his county as may be required of him.

If he fails to make full and correct report as required under the provisions of this section at the time fixed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, he shall forfeit one hundred dollars ($100) of his salary; and the county auditor whose duty it is to draw the warrant for the salary of the superintendent of schools shall deduct this amount from the warrant on receiving notice from the Superintendent of Public Instruction to the effect that the superintendent of schools has failed to make the report as directed.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 797.)

division: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

part: 2. COUNTY EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

chapter: 2. County Superintendents of Schools

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citation: EDC § 1244

text: Each county superintendent of schools shall annually, at such time as is required by the Superintendent of Public Instruction but not later than July 15th, submit to the Superintendent of Public Instruction a complete report of the attendance credited to the public schools of the county for the school year closing June 30th immediately preceding July 15th. Forms for the reports shall be furnished by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Reports shall contain and be accompanied by such other information and reports relating to the computation of state apportionments as may be required by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 2. Duties, Responsibilities, and General Powers


citation: EDC § 1245

text: Each county superintendent of schools shall submit the reports as may from time to time be required by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. It shall be the duty of each school district to furnish to the county superintendent of schools any records, reports, documents, maps or other data pertaining to reports required by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 13. Operative January 1, 1992, by Sec. 709 of Ch. 1372.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1246

text: Whenever the destruction of records of a county superintendent of schools is not otherwise authorized or provided for by law, the county superintendent of schools may destroy the records of his or her office in accordance with regulations of the Superintendent of Public Instruction which he or she is herewith authorized to adopt.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 14. Operative January 1, 1992, by Sec. 709 of Ch. 1372.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1249

text:
(a) The county superintendent of schools may sell publications that he or she produces.

(b) The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education, may fix the price, not to exceed the estimated cost of production, for the sale of any publication produced by him or her.

(c) All moneys received from the sale of publications produced by the county superintendent of schools shall be deposited to the credit of the fund against which the cost of printing the publication was charged.

(d) This section does not authorize a county superintendent of schools to prepare or publish written materials, the preparation or publication of which is not otherwise authorized by law.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1452, Sec. 19.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1250

text:
The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education, may enter into an agreement with the governing board of any school district or community college district in the territory under his or her jurisdiction, to provide for the use by the district of audiovisual equipment and apparatus. The county superintendent of schools is authorized to acquire by purchase, lease, or any other means the equipment and apparatus necessary to provide the service, and to establish facilities for maintaining and servicing that equipment, and for its distribution to school districts and community college districts. The title to all equipment and apparatus acquired by the county superintendent of schools under this section shall be vested in the office of the county superintendent of schools.

The agreement shall, among other matters, provide for the amount of the payment to be made by the districts to the county superintendent of schools, and the time the payments shall be made. The payments made by all districts that have entered into an agreement with the county superintendent of schools under this section shall not exceed the costs of rendering the service. The costs may include any expense necessary to carry out this section.

The governing board of a school district or a community college district may withdraw from an agreement by giving notice six months prior to the beginning of the next fiscal year, and the agreement shall terminate on the last day of the then current fiscal year. The terms of an agreement may be changed by mutual consent at any time.

The county superintendent of schools shall transfer the amounts agreed upon, at the time or times agreed upon, from the general fund of the district to the special equipment and apparatus fund of the county superintendent of schools, which fund is hereby authorized. All funds received for the purposes of this section shall be deposited in said fund, and all expenditures made for the purposes of this section shall be made from the fund.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 15.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1251

text:
The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education, may enter into an agreement with a nonpublic institution of higher education, the governing board of any nonpublic school, a public agency, or a nonprofit public organization to provide for the use by the institution, agency, organization, or school of audiovisual curriculum materials, including equipment and apparatus, under the control of the county superintendent of schools, in the same manner as public schools pursuant to Section 1250 except as otherwise provided in this section.

The agreement shall, among other matters, provide for the amount of the payment to be made by the nonpublic institution of higher education, the governing board of any nonpublic school, a public agency, or a nonprofit public organization to the county superintendent of schools and the time payments shall be made. The payments made by the nonprofit institution of higher education, the governing board of any nonpublic school, a public agency, or a nonprofit public organization that has entered into an agreement with the county superintendent of schools under this section shall be equal to the cost incurred by the county superintendent of schools in connection with the handling of, and the loss, destruction or damage to the audiovisual curriculum materials, including equipment and apparatus, by the nonpublic institution of higher education, the governing board of any nonpublic school, a public agency, or a nonprofit organization.

The governing board of any nonpublic school, a public agency, or nonprofit organization may withdraw from an agreement by giving notice six months prior to the beginning of the next fiscal year, and the agreement shall terminate on the last day of the then current fiscal year. The terms of an agreement may be changed by mutual consent at any time.

All funds received for the purposes of this section shall be deposited in the special equipment and apparatus fund of the county superintendent of schools authorized by Section 1250, and all expenditures made for the purposes of this section shall be made from that fund.

The audiovisual curriculum materials, including equipment and apparatus, shall be available for use by the nonpublic institution of higher education, the governing board of any nonpublic school, a public agency, or a nonprofit organization pursuant to this section only when such materials, including equipment and apparatus, are not needed by the public schools or the county superintendent of schools.

As used in this section, “nonpublic school” means a school that satisfies the requirements of Section 48222 and is exempt from taxation under Section 214 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 71, Sec. 1.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1252

text:
The county superintendent of schools of any county may, with the approval of the State Compensation Insurance Fund, insure the liability for compensation of any school districts and community college districts in the territory under his or her jurisdiction, the governing boards of which consent thereto, with the State Compensation Insurance Fund under one policy or contract of insurance and pay the premium for the insurance from the county school service fund. Immediately following the payment of the final premium the county superintendent of schools shall transfer from the funds of each insured district to the county school service fund an amount which bears the same ratio to the premium as the payroll of each district bears to the total payroll of all the insured districts.

Any dividends earned on the premiums paid under this section shall be credited to the individual districts in proportion to the amount of the premium charged to each district.

The expenses of the county superintendent of schools incurred under this section shall be charged to and paid from the county school service fund, which fund shall be reimbursed for those expenses from the general funds of the school districts and community college districts on whose behalf the expenditures are incurred.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 16.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1253

text:
(a) Whenever any school district or community college district is situated partly within two or more counties, jurisdiction over it is, unless otherwise provided in this code, in the county superintendent of schools of the county in which the schoolhouse of the district is located, or, if there be a schoolhouse of the district in each of two or more counties, jurisdiction over the district is in the county superintendent of schools of the county in which the greatest area of the district lies.

(b) Jurisdiction once established pursuant to subdivision (a) over a school district or community college district situated in two or more counties, shall not be changed, regardless of changes in the schoolhouse maintained by the district in the several counties or changes in the areas of the several counties included within the district, except by a majority of the votes cast by the electors within the district on the proposition for change of such jurisdiction submitted at election.

(c) “Jurisdiction,” with respect to community college districts for the purposes of this section, means the responsibility or authority to provide services to community college districts.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 17.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


text:
(a) If a unified school district, described in subdivision (c), is subject to Section 1253, the county board of supervisors of each county wherein the district is situated may by agreement and pursuant to an appropriate resolution adopted by each board, permit the voters of the district who lie outside the county housing the county superintendent of schools who has jurisdiction of the district the right to participate in the election of such county superintendent of schools.

(b) The county elections official of each county affected by the agreement described in subdivision (a) shall be responsible for the conduct of the election within his or her county.

(c) The provisions of this section shall apply only to a unified school district which was formed on July 1, 1965, and that, as of the 1979–80 school year, maintained an enrollment of between 12,000 and 15,000 pupils.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1254

text: The county superintendent of schools of the county in which the greatest part of the assessed valuation of any unified school district lies has jurisdiction over the unified school district for the purposes specified in this code.

history: (History: Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1256

text: The county superintendent of schools shall, when there is sufficient money in the fund of any school district to maintain a free school in the district for 175 days of actual teaching, if the trustees neglect or refuse to employ a teacher, appoint a teacher, and open and keep the school. The county superintendent of schools may draw a requisition upon the county auditor, who shall draw a warrant upon the fund of the district for the expense incurred.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 470, Sec. 2.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1258

text:
Whenever by this code the county superintendent of schools is authorized or required to prepare for, hold, or conduct any election in or for any public school district the county superintendent may contract with the county elections official for the performance under the supervision of the county superintendent of any or all of the duties incident to the preparation for and holding of elections.

The governing board of a school district may contract with the county elections official for the performance under the supervision of the governing board of any or all duties incident to the holding or conducting of an election in the district for the issuance and sale of bonds of the district pursuant to Section 15100.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2003.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1259

text:
The Director of Corrections may establish and maintain classes for inmates of institutions or facilities under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections by entering into an agreement with the county superintendent of schools of a county in which the institution or facility is located, or of a county contiguous to such county, with the approval of the county board of education, under which the county shall maintain classes for such inmates.

Any agreement entered into between the county superintendent of schools and the Director of Corrections, pursuant to this section shall require the Department of Corrections to reimburse the county for the cost to the county of maintaining such classes. “Cost” as used herein includes contributions required to be made by the county superintendent to the State Teachers’ Retirement System, but such cost shall not include an amount in excess of the amount expended by the superintendent for salaries of the teachers for such classes, increased by one-fifth. Salaries of such teachers for the purposes of this section shall not exceed the salaries as set by the county superintendent for teachers in other classes for adults maintained by the county.

Attendance or average daily attendance in classes established pursuant to this section shall not be reported to the State Department of Education or the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for apportionment and no apportionment from the State School Fund shall be made on account of average daily attendance in such classes.

No county superintendent of schools shall provide for the academic education of adult inmates of state institutions or facilities under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections except in accordance with this section.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1260

text:
The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education, may:

(a) Conduct studies through research and investigation as are determined by the county board to be required in connection with the future management, conditions, needs, and financial support of the schools within the county; or join with one or more school district or community college district governing boards in the conduct of the studies.

(b) Install and maintain exhibits of educational programs and activities of the school districts and community college districts within the county at any county fair or at any agricultural district fair.

(c) Inform and make known to the citizens of the county, the educational programs and activities of the school districts or community college districts in the territory within his or her jurisdiction.

(d) Subscribe for membership in any society, association, or organization which has for its purpose the promotion and advancement of public or private education, subject to the same restrictions as are imposed by Section 35173 on governing boards of school districts respecting those subscriptions.

(e) Provide in-service programs and coordinative services for any school or community college district governing board or governing board association in the territory under the jurisdiction of the county superintendent of schools.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 19.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1262

text: Each county superintendent of schools is authorized upon request to provide consultative or coordinative services for school districts and community college districts in the territory under his or her jurisdiction which have established educational programs that are designed to meet the requirements of federal law for the receipt of federal funds for the support of the programs, and that are supported in whole or in part by federal funds. The services may be financed by the federal funds as may be provided.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 20.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1263

text:
It is the intent of the Legislature that certificated personnel serving in the public schools have a responsible understanding of the nature and range of physical, mental, and emotional disabilities of children and youth and of the major implications of such disabilities. In furtherance of this intent, county superintendents of schools are encouraged, in cooperation with school districts, community college districts and colleges and universities, to sponsor workshops or similar activities for certificated personnel to provide opportunities to gain or increase these understandings.

It is not the intent of the Legislature that this section be interpreted as a requirement for the issuance or the renewal of any credential.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1266

text: Whenever the county superintendent of schools of any county provides for the maintenance and repair of the property of any school districts under his or her jurisdiction that elect to take advantage of the provisions of Sections 1267 to 1270, inclusive, he or she shall, upon the request of the governing board of that district, transfer from the general fund of the district to the “school maintenance and repair fund” a sum not to exceed 1 percent of the amount apportioned from the State School Fund to the district during the fiscal year in which the governing board of the district notifies him or her of its election to take advantage of the provisions of Sections 1267 to 1270, inclusive.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 89, Sec. 1. (AB 2081) Effective January 1, 2011.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1267

text: Out of the school maintenance and repair fund the superintendent of schools of the county shall purchase materials, bill the district on supplies and equipment, and employ labor to maintain and repair school premises and property of the school districts, under his or her jurisdiction which have elected to take advantage of the provisions of this article, and shall deliver a memorandum in triplicate of the cost of the service on or about the first of each calendar month to the school district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 471, Sec. 5.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1268

text: Upon receipt of the memorandum the governing board of the district shall draw an order on the funds of the district in favor of the county superintendent of schools in the amount of such cost and forward it with the duplicate and triplicate of the memorandum to the superintendent of schools who shall verify the cost and file the duplicate with the county auditor and the triplicate with the county treasurer. In lieu of the issuance of an order by the governing board of the district in payment of the supplies and equipment, the superintendent of schools of the county may transfer from the proper account of the school district to his or her school maintenance and repair fund a sum equal to the cost of the services as stated in the memorandum.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 471, Sec. 6.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1269

text: The superintendent of schools of the county may employ such extra help as is necessary to perform the labor for the maintenance and repair work, as well as to provide for the supervision and transportation of the labor together with the equipment and materials for the work. The cost price of the maintenance and repair services to any school district is the original cost thereof and in addition a sum sufficient to reimburse the county superintendent of schools for all supervision, transportation, equipment, and other expenses, but the sum added shall not in any case exceed 10 percent of the cost of labor and supplies.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 471, Sec. 7.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1270

text: The county superintendent of schools of any county may use schoolbuses to transport pupils attending schools or classes operated by the county superintendent pursuant to Article 15 (commencing with Section 1920) of Chapter 6 of this part, including adults attending special classes for adults designed to serve the educational needs of handicapped adults operated pursuant to Section 52570, and teachers or other employees employed by the county superintendent of schools, to and from school athletic contests or other school activities, or to and from fairs or expositions held in the state or in any adjoining state and in which the pupils participate actively or as spectators. The transportation may be provided on any day or days throughout the school year.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 303, Sec. 1. (SB 509) Effective January 1, 2010.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


text:
The county superintendent of schools may allow pupils entitled to attend the public schools under his jurisdiction, but in attendance at a school other than a public school under the provisions of Section 48222, transportation upon the same terms and in the same manner and over the same routes of travel as is permitted pupils attending the public schools.

The authorization of this section shall be restricted to actual transportation when furnished by the county superintendent, and nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize or permit in lieu of transportation payments of money to parents or guardians of children attending private schools.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 347.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1271

text:
The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, hold one trustees’ meeting in each year as follows:

(a) One school trustee of each school district of the county shall attend the meeting and participate in its proceedings but more than one trustee of any district may attend if the board of trustees of that district so directs.

(b) School trustees of each school district shall select the trustee or trustees who shall attend the meeting.

(c) Each trustee selected to attend the meeting shall be allowed his or her actual traveling expenses for not to exceed one day incurred in going to and returning from the meeting. The expenses shall be verified by the county superintendent of schools.

(d) The county superintendent shall notify each trustee of the county at least 10 days prior to calling of the trustees’ meeting of the time and place of the meeting.

(e) Each session of the trustees’ meeting may be called at any hour on the day specified and may continue for that time as those meeting see fit.

(f) The county superintendent shall draw his or her requisition on the county auditor who shall draw his or her warrant on the county school service fund to pay the expenses of holding the trustees’ meeting.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 21. Operative January 1, 1992, by Sec. 709 of Ch. 1372.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1273

text: The county superintendent of schools, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the county board of education, may provide for the reimbursement of any person or persons for the theft, destruction, or damage by arson, burglary or vandalism of personal property brought in to be used in the facilities of the county superintendent of schools. Reimbursement shall be made only when prior approval for the use of the facilities was given, and after the value of the damaged or stolen property is agreed upon by the persons or person bringing in the property and the administrator or representative of the administrator. This determination of value need take place only after the theft, destruction, or damage of the property. The county superintendent of schools may establish a maximum value of reimbursement which will be paid.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 838.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1274

text:
The county superintendent of schools may establish a fund or funds for losses, and payments, including, but not limited to, property of the county superintendent of schools, any liability, and workers’ compensation, in the county treasury for the purpose of covering the deductible amount under deductible types of insurance policies, losses or payments arising from self-insurance programs, or losses or payments due to noninsured perils. In the fund or funds shall be placed such sums, to be provided in the budget of the county superintendent of schools, as will create an amount which, together with investments made from the fund or funds, will be sufficient in the judgment of the county superintendent of schools to protect the county superintendent of schools from those losses or to provide for payments on the deductible amount under deductible types of insurance policies, losses or payments arising from self-insurance programs, or losses or payments due to noninsured perils. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the county superintendent of schools from providing protection against those losses or liability for the payment of claims partly by means of the fund or funds and partly by means of insurance written by acceptable insurers.

The fund or funds shall be considered as separate and apart from all other funds of the county superintendent of schools, and the balance therein shall not be considered as being part of the working cash of the county superintendent of schools in compiling annual budgets.

Warrants may be drawn on, or transfers made from, the fund or funds so created only to reimburse or indemnify the county superintendent of schools for losses as herein specified, and for the payment of claims, administrative costs, related services, and to provide for deductible insurance amounts and purchase of excess insurance. The warrants or transfers shall be within the purpose of the fund or funds as established by the county superintendent of schools.

The cash placed in the fund or funds may be invested and reinvested by the county treasurer, with the advice and consent of the county superintendent of schools, in securities which are legal investments for surplus county funds in this state. The income derived from the investments, together with interest earned on uninvested funds, shall be considered revenue of and be deposited in the fund. The cost of contracts or services authorized by this section are appropriate charges against the respective fund.

The county superintendent of schools may contract for investigative, administrative, and claims adjustment services relating to claims. The contract may provide that the contracting firm may reject, settle, compromise, and approve claims against the county superintendent of schools, its officers or employees, within those limits and for those amounts as the county superintendent of schools may specify, and may provide that the contracting firm may execute and issue checks in payment of those claims, which checks shall be payable only from a trust account which may be established by the county superintendent of schools. Funds in the trust account established by the county superintendent of schools pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not exceed a sum sufficient as determined by the superintendent to provide for the settlement of claims for a 30-day period. The rejection or settlement and approval of a claim by the contracting firm in accordance with the terms of the contract shall have the same effect as would the rejection or settlement and approval of the claim by the county superintendent of schools. The contract may also provide that the contracting firm may employ legal counsel, subject to those terms and limitations as the county superintendent of schools may prescribe, to advise the contracting firm concerning the legality and advisability of rejecting, settling, compromising, and paying claims referred to the contracting firm by the county superintendent of schools for investigation and adjustment, or to represent the superintendent in litigation concerning the claims. The compensation and expenses of the attorney for services rendered to the county superintendent of schools shall be an appropriate charge against the appropriate fund.

The contract provided for in this section may contain any other terms and conditions the county superintendent of schools may consider necessary or desirable to effectuate the superintendent’s self-insured programs.

In lieu of, or in addition to, contracting for the services described in this section, the county superintendent of schools may authorize an employee or employees to perform any or all of the services and functions which the county superintendent of schools may contract for under the provisions of this section.

As used in this section, “firm” includes a person, corporation, or other legal entity.

A county superintendent of schools may participate in, or administer, insurance for one or more school or community college districts pursuant to this section, and Section 81602.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 89, Sec. 2. (AB 2081) Effective January 1, 2011.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1275

text: The county superintendent may arrange with a county purchasing agent for the purchase of standard school supplies and equipment in accordance with the regulations of the county board of education and the purchasing agent shall act in that capacity when so authorized.

history: (History: Added by renumbering Section 40005 by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1452, Sec. 312.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1276

text: The county superintendent of schools may contract with an acceptable party who is one of the three lowest responsible bidders for the lease, purchase, or maintenance of electronic data-processing systems and for the lease, purchase, or maintenance of supporting software.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 288, Sec. 2.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1277

text: The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education and in accordance with rules prescribed by the board, may market or license any noneducational mainframe electronic data-processing software developed by that office to any person or any public or private corporation or agency. Proceeds from the marketing or licensing of noneducational mainframe electronic data-processing software under this section shall be used exclusively for educational purposes.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 607, Sec. 1.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1278

text: The superintendent of schools of each county may conduct teacher institutes on behalf of the school districts in the county.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1452, Sec. 23.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1279

text:
(a) The county superintendent of schools shall not in any manner dispose of any item of personal property worth over twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) that belongs to the county office of education without meeting the following conditions:

(1) Obtaining an independent valuation of the property.

(2) Advertising the property for sale in a newspaper of general circulation within the district, or, if there is no newspaper of general circulation within the district, in any newspaper of general circulation that is regularly circulated in the district. The advertisement shall be published for a period of time in accordance with the policy of the county board of education.

(3) Bringing the matter to the attention of the county board of education for its discussion at a regularly scheduled public meeting.

(4) Obtaining the approval of the county board of education.

(b) The county superintendent of schools shall not in any manner dispose of any personal property worth less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) that belongs to the county office of education unless he or she certifies the value of the property in a quarterly report and submits that report to the county board of education for its review.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 838, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1280

text: If a revision in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) is proposed by the county superintendent of schools to the annual budget of the county superintendent of schools after the county board of education has adopted the budget, the revision shall be incorporated in the next interim financial report or other board report when the report is submitted to the county board of education for discussion and approval at a regularly scheduled public meeting of the county board of education.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 838, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1281

text:
(a) No county superintendent of schools may hire as a consultant any entity in which he or she has a financial interest.

(b) If the county superintendent of schools enters into a consultant contract for twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or more and the contract constitutes a budget revision, it shall be incorporated in the next interim financial report or other board report when the report is submitted to the county board of education for discussion and approval at a regularly scheduled public meeting of the county board of education.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 838, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2000.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1290

text: Except as otherwise provided by law, every county superintendent may appoint a deputy.

history: (History: Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Staff

path: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 2. COUNTY EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES > 2. County Superintendents of Schools > 3. Staff


citation: EDC § 1292

text: The compensation of each deputy school superintendent of a city and county shall be not less than the minimum received by any high school principal in the city and county.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Staff


citation: EDC § 1293

text: A county superintendent of schools may enter into contracts of employment with persons employed by him in positions requiring certification qualifications for periods of not to exceed the end of the school year in which the term for which the county superintendent of schools was elected or appointed expires and in no event, for more than four years and six months.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Staff


citation: EDC § 1294

text:
Each person employed by a county superintendent of schools in a position requiring certification qualifications, except employees included in the civil service system or in any merit system, or any person who holds an office by virtue of an election conducted under the Elections Code or the Education Code, and whose salary is paid from the county school service fund, has the same right with respect to leaves of absence, sick leave, and bereavement leave as a person employed by a school district or a community college district in a position requiring certification qualifications.

Sections 22724, 44845, 44922, 44949, 44955, 44962 to 44976, inclusive, 44977, 44978, 44979, 44983, 44984, 44985, 44987, 87413, 87414, 87740, 87743, 87763 to 87779, inclusive, 87780, 87781, 87782, 87786, 87787, and 87788 apply to persons so employed by a county superintendent of schools and so paid from the county school service fund. Whenever, in those provisions, a duty or power is imposed upon or granted to the governing board of a school district or community college district or an employee thereof, the power or duty shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to be granted to or imposed on the county superintendent of schools or his or her employee, respectively. When “district” is used in those provisions, it shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to mean “county superintendent of schools.” Compensation paid to employees during those leaves shall be paid from the county school service fund.

The granting of leaves of absence to employees pursuant to Section 44966 or 87767 shall be by the county superintendent of schools, upon approval by the county board of education.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 22.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Staff


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a county superintendent of schools may employ substitute or temporary employees in a position requiring certification requirements to serve for periods of less than one year to provide instructional and related educational services in county community schools operated pursuant to Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 1980) of Part 2 and juvenile court schools operated pursuant to Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 48645) of Chapter 4 of Part 27 if a temporary increase in enrollment exists.

(b) The number of employees hired under this section shall not exceed the number necessary to accommodate the temporary increase in enrollment and shall not increase established class size or pupil-to-teacher ratios, or both.

(c) If a substitute or temporary employee serves more than 60 schooldays, the employee is deemed to have been hired as a substitute or temporary employee for the duration of the semester in which the employee renders the substitute or temporary service.

(d) Notwithstanding Sections 44917 and 44920, it is not required that substitute or temporary employees employed under this section replace regularly employed persons absent from service.

(e) For purposes of this section, a temporary increase in enrollment exists when the number of pupils enrolled is more than the average enrollment of the preceding two fiscal years prior to the year in which the substitute or temporary employee was hired under this section.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 255, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Staff


text:
Any county superintendent of schools may employ persons possessing an appropriate credential as certificated employees in programs and projects to perform services conducted under contract with public or private agencies, or other categorically funded projects of indeterminate duration. The terms and conditions under which such persons are employed shall be mutually agreed upon by the employee and the county superintendent and such agreement shall be reduced to writing. Service pursuant to this section shall not be included in computing the service required as a prerequisite to attainment of, or eligibility to, classification as a permanent employee unless (1) such person has served pursuant to this section for at least 75 percent of the number of days the regular schools of county superintendent by which he is employed are maintained, and (2) such person is subsequently employed as a probationary employee in a position requiring certification qualifications. Such persons may be employed for periods which are less than a full school year and may be terminated at the expiration of the contract or specially funded project without regard to other requirements of this code respecting the termination of probationary or permanent employees.

This section shall not be construed to apply to any regularly credentialed employee who has been employed in the regular educational programs of the county superintendent of schools as a probationary employee before being subsequently assigned to any one of these programs.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 36.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Staff


citation: EDC § 1295

text: The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education, may grant leaves of absence, with or without pay, to persons employed by him in positions not requiring certification qualifications in the same manner and to the same extent as is permitted of school district governing boards by Section 45190 and Section 88190.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Staff


citation: EDC § 1296

text:
(a) If the average daily attendance of the schools and classes maintained by a county superintendent of schools is 250 or more, each person who, after being employed for three complete consecutive school years by the superintendent in a teaching position in those schools or classes requiring certification qualifications and whose salary is paid from the county school service fund, is reelected for the next succeeding school year to such a position in those schools or classes, shall be classified as and become a permanent employee of the county superintendent of schools.

Such an employee shall have the same rights and duties as employees of school districts to which Section 44882 applies. Sections 44841, 44842, 44882, 44948.3, and 44948.5 are applicable to these employees.

This subdivision shall apply only to probationary employees whose probationary period commenced prior to the 1983–84 fiscal year.

(b) If the average daily attendance of the schools and classes maintained by a county superintendent of schools is 250 or more, each person who, after being employed for two complete consecutive school years by the superintendent in a teaching position in those schools or classes requiring certification qualifications and whose salary is paid from the county school service fund, is reelected for the next succeeding school year to such a position in those schools or classes, shall be classified as and become a permanent employee of the county superintendent of schools.

The county superintendent of schools shall notify the employee, on or before March 15 of the employee’s second complete consecutive year of employment by the superintendent in a teaching position in schools or classes maintained by the superintendent requiring certification qualifications, of the decision to reelect or not reelect the employee for the next succeeding school year to such a position in those schools. In the event that the county superintendent does not give notice pursuant to this section on or before March 15, the employee shall be deemed reelected for the next succeeding school year.

Such an employee shall have the same rights and duties as employees of school districts to which Section 44882 applies. Sections 44841, 44842, 44882, 44948.3, and 44948.5 are applicable to these employees.

This subdivision shall apply only to probationary employees whose probationary period commenced during the 1983–84 fiscal year or any fiscal year thereafter.

(c) As used in this section, “teaching position” means any certificated position designated as of January 1, 1983, by the county board of education or the county superintendent of schools as a teaching position for the purpose of granting probationary or permanent status.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1115, Sec. 1.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Staff


citation: EDC § 1297

text: For the purpose of insurance under the workers’ compensation laws of this state, any person employed by a county superintendent of schools to supervise instruction or to give instruction in the school districts or community college districts located in the territory under the jurisdiction of the county superintendent of schools shall be deemed an employee of the county. The cost of insuring any person employed to supervise instruction shall be paid by the county superintendent of schools from the county school service fund. The cost of insuring any person employed by the county superintendent of schools to give instruction shall be paid by the county superintendent of schools from the county school service fund.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 23.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Staff


citation: EDC § 1298

text: By agreement between the county board of education and county board of supervisors, in counties in which the provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 1310) have become operative and in which functions and duties have been transferred from the county board of supervisors to the county board of education in accordance with Sections 1043 and 1080, the county superintendent of schools may be authorized to employ an administrative adviser as part of the classified service. His or her compensation shall be as fixed by the county board of education, and shall be paid from that part of the single budget prepared by the county board of education for which a county tax is levied pursuant to Section 1623. His or her duties shall be the administrative duties established by the county board of education, and to counsel with and act as a coordinator between, the district attorney or county counsel, the county board of education, the county committee on school district organization, the personnel commission, the county superintendent of schools, school districts, and community college districts which request his or her services. The district attorney or county counsel shall continue to have and to discharge all of the authority and duties imposed upon him or her by law in the schools and education fields; however, the administrative adviser may be deputized by the district attorney or county counsel, in his or her discretion, if the adviser is admitted to practice law in this state.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 24.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Staff


citation: EDC § 1299

text: A supervisor of health employed by the county superintendent of schools shall perform such duties in connection with the supervision of the health of pupils as are prescribed by the county superintendent of schools.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Staff


citation: EDC § 1300

text:
(a) A county superintendent of schools may award consultancy contracts to retired certificated employees of the county superintendent of schools or a school district or community college district of the county who were employed by the county superintendent of schools or a school district or community college district of the county for at least 10 years and who are at least 55 years of age.

(b) A county superintendent of schools may enter into a contract with a retired certificated employee who has been employed by the county superintendent of schools or a school district or community college district of the county at least 10 years and who is at least 55 years of age whereby the retired employee is granted a consultancy contract with the county superintendent of schools, which contract is renewable on an annual basis for up to five years or until the retired employee reaches age 65, whichever comes first.

(c) Persons hired by a consultancy contract as authorized by this section are considered employees and are subject to the earnings limitation provided in Section 23919.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 355.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Staff


citation: EDC § 1301

text:
The county superintendent of schools, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the county board of education, may provide for the payment of the costs of replacing or repairing property of an employee, such as eyeglasses, hearing aids, dentures, watches, articles of clothing necessarily worn or carried by the employee, or vehicles when any such property is damaged in the line of duty without fault of the employee or if such property is stolen from the employee by robbery or theft while the employee is in the line of duty. If the property is damaged beyond repair or stolen, the actual value of such property may be paid. The determination of the value of such property shall be equal to its value at the time of the damage, destruction, or theft. Limits may be established for the payment for such damaged or stolen property.

In the event the employee is paid the costs of replacing or repairing such property, or the actual value of such property, the county superintendent of schools shall, to the extent of such payments, be subrogated to any right of the employee to recover compensation for such damaged or stolen property. The county superintendent of schools may file and prosecute an action to enforce its subrogation right in the small claims court if the amount of the claim is within that court’s monetary jurisdiction or may enforce its subrogation right in any other court of competent jurisdiction.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 838.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Staff


citation: EDC § 1302

text:
(a) The county superintendent of schools shall not increase by ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more the salary or bonus of any employee of the county office of education unless the matter is brought to the attention of the county board of education for its discussion at a regularly scheduled public meeting of the county board of education.

(b) The county superintendent of schools shall not increase the retirement benefits of any employee of the county office of education unless the matter is brought to the attention of the county board of education for its discussion at a regularly scheduled public meeting of the county board of education and the county board of education approves the increase.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 838, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2000.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Staff


citation: EDC § 1310

text: The provisions of this article shall become operative in any county upon adoption of a resolution by the county board of supervisors to make it operative.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Classified County School Employees

path: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 2. COUNTY EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES > 2. County Superintendents of Schools > 4. Classified County School Employees


citation: EDC § 1311

text: Each person employed by a county superintendent of schools in a position not requiring certification qualifications and whose salary is paid from the county school service fund shall be employed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 44000) and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 45100) of Part 25 of Division 3 of Title 2, and Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 87000) and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 88000) of Part 51 of Division 7 of Title 3.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Classified County School Employees


citation: EDC § 1312

text: County employees assigned to the office of the county superintendent of schools shall cease to be employees of the county upon the establishment of a separate budget for the office of the county superintendent of schools, and shall thereafter be paid from the county school service fund. Other county employees assigned to functions transferred to the county board of education pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 1080) of Chapter 1 of this part shall cease to be employees of the county upon the effective date of such transfer, and shall thereafter be paid from the county school service fund.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Classified County School Employees


citation: EDC § 1313

text: Each county employee whose status is changed by this article, and who is in employment and a member of a county retirement system other than one provided by contract with the Public Employees’ Retirement System on the date of the change, shall become eligible for membership in the Public Employees’ Retirement System in accordance with the Public Employees’ Retirement Law with respect to his or her employment thereafter, and shall be subject to the reciprocal benefits provided by those systems. However, the employee may elect to continue in membership of the county retirement system with respect to his or her employment thereafter, in which event the same appropriations and transfers of funds shall be made to the retirement fund of the county system for the employee as those required of the county under the county retirement law, and these amounts shall be legal charges against the county school service fund. The election authorized by this section shall be made no later than the date preceding the date upon which his or her status is changed in accordance with procedures to be established by the county board of supervisors, which shall allow at least 30 days to make the election. The election once made shall not be rescinded. An employee who does not elect to continue membership in the county system shall be deemed to have discontinued county employment for purposes of the county system at the close of the day preceding the date upon which his or her status changes.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 53. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Classified County School Employees


citation: EDC § 1314

text: County employees whose status is changed by this article shall retain all accumulated and unused sick leave, vacation, compensatory overtime and other benefits which can reasonably be construed to have been an earned right at the time of transfer from county service to the county school service fund.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Classified County School Employees


citation: EDC § 1315

text: The county board of education may grant to employees whose salaries are paid from the county school service fund any employee benefit which the board of supervisors provides for county employees.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Classified County School Employees


citation: EDC § 1316

text: No employee transferred from the county service to a position, the salary for which is paid from the county school service fund, shall suffer any loss of salary at the time of transfer or as to the future as relates to his status on the salary scale of the county in effect at the time of the transfer.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Classified County School Employees


citation: EDC § 1317

text:
(a) The county board of education shall adopt the merit system as provided in Article 6 (commencing with Section 45240) of Chapter 5 of Part 25 of Division 3 of Title 2, and Article 3 (commencing with Section 88060) of Chapter 4 of Part 51 of Division 7 of Title 3, if the county has a merit (civil service) system in effect at the time of the adoption of this article as provided in Section 1310.

(b) Notwithstanding Article 6 (commencing with Section 45240) of Chapter 5 of Part 25, any personnel commission in a county of the third class, as described in Section 2562, may, after a public hearing, and after consultation with all affected employee organizations, adopt a regulation providing for the appointment of one or more alternate members of the personnel commission. The appointment of any alternate member shall be with the concurrence of all affected employee organizations. Thereafter, an alternate may serve only in the absence of a regular commission member.

(c) This section shall not apply to a county board of education which has been transferred specific duties and functions of the county board of supervisors pursuant to Section 1080 on or after June 1, 1977.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 646, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Classified County School Employees


citation: EDC § 1318

text: The county board of education or county superintendent of schools may declare a holiday in the schools or offices operated by the county superintendent of schools whenever good reason exists.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Classified County School Employees


citation: EDC § 1319

text: The county superintendent of schools may employ, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 45100) of Part 25 of Division 3 of Title 2, such personnel as may be necessary to act as guards at pedestrian crossings to ensure the safety of schoolchildren who use such intersections.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 295.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Classified County School Employees


citation: EDC § 1330

text:
(a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction or the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as appropriate, shall represent, and exercise rights of appeal to the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board under this part on behalf of school employers held under Section 1336 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.

(b) The Superintendent of Public Instruction or Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges is hereby authorized to obtain pertinent personnel records and data from any school employer and to act as an agent individually or collectively for school employers in matters pertaining to unemployment insurance.

(c) Each county superintendent of schools shall have the responsibility of establishing, coordinating, and maintaining, either directly or by contract, an unemployment insurance management system for each school employer participating in the School Employees Fund under Article 6 (commencing with Section 821) of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Unemployment Insurance Code. A management system shall include general administration, claims management, appointment of hearing representatives, representation of school employers at hearings, and other duties related to the unemployment insurance program in their jurisdiction. These duties and responsibilities may be delegated to any school district, community college district, another county superintendent of schools, or any combination of these entities, including programs under joint powers agreements for the purpose of consolidation for economy and employment of specialists, including the services of a regional data center operated by a county superintendent of schools or the data-processing services of a school district or a community college district. School employers not participating in the School Employees Fund shall be responsible for the development and maintenance of their own unemployment insurance management system required by this subdivision.

(d) Each school employer shall perform pursuant to the type of financing elected, and shall, as required, respond to the Superintendent of Public Instruction or Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges and the county superintendent of schools or designated agency as soon as possible, in no case later than 48 hours, to inquiries made on behalf of the county superintendent or the Superintendent of Public Instruction or Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges in reference to any aspect of eligibility, notice of claim or appeal under the unemployment insurance program. Each county superintendent or agent thereof who is responsible for administering the unemployment insurance program shall be responsible for timely responses to any inquiry by the administrator, Superintendent of Public Instruction, State Treasurer, Controller, or other officer or person responsible for disbursements from the School Employees Fund in the State Treasury as established by Section 822 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, or the Unemployment Fund in the State Treasury. Any school employer which fails to pay the contributions, interest, charges or levies within the time required shall be liable for interest on moneys due at the rate of 1 percent per month or fraction thereof from and after the date of delinquency until paid. If the school employer fails, without good cause, to pay any sums required within the time required, a penalty of 10 percent of the amount noticed, billed or required shall be made by the administrator. The administrator may for good cause waive all or a portion of interest and penalty.

(e) The administrator of the School Employees Fund shall, from available interest earnings, pursuant to investments authorized by Section 822 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, transfer each year an amount equal to two dollars ($2) per covered employee for all districts participating in the School Employees Fund under Article 6 (commencing with Section 821) of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, to the Superintendent of Public Instruction or the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as appropriate. The Superintendent of Public Instruction or the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as appropriate, shall apportion the two dollars ($2) per covered employee amount, less actual state administrative costs not to exceed five cents ($0.05) per covered employee, to the county superintendent of schools to cover costs of administering the unemployment insurance management system specified in subdivision (c).

(f) For the fiscal year 1978–79, and each fiscal year thereafter, the administrator of the School Employees Fund shall transfer the funds by December 31 of each year based on the reports received from the Superintendent of Public Instruction or Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges by November 30 of each year. The reports shall be compiled from the number of covered employees as reported by the county superintendent of schools or community colleges, as appropriate, to the Superintendent of Public Instruction or the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges by November 1 of each year, based on the covered employees employed in the preceding calendar month. The funds shall be apportioned by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges prior to January 31 of each year to the county superintendent of schools, less the actual administrative costs of the Superintendent of Public Instruction or the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, which shall not exceed an aggregate amount of five cents ($0.05) per covered employee. Funds for the cost of administering the unemployment insurance management system shall be apportioned to each county superintendent of schools according to the number of covered employees in each district reported by him or her, and shall be used only for the purpose of covering actual administrative costs incurred pursuant to Section 1330.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 25.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 5. Unemployment Insurance

path: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 2. COUNTY EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES > 2. County Superintendents of Schools > 5. Unemployment Insurance


citation: EDC § 1340

text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the following procedure may be utilized for payroll-related payments as limited in this section. The county superintendent of schools may designate one or more national or state banks, savings and loan associations, or federal or state credit unions with the principal office in this state, if the deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, or other private insurance or guaranty of share accounts that is acceptable to the Commissioner of Financial Institutions, to act as disbursing agents for the county superintendent of schools and for school districts and community colleges in the territory under his or her jurisdiction. The county superintendent of schools may draw orders and requisitions upon the funds of the respective public employers, in favor of the designated institutions, for tax-sheltered annuities, custodial accounts, individual retirement accounts, credit union deductions, insurance plan payments, deferred compensation, withholding taxes, professional dues, and other payroll-related deductions or employer contributions. The county auditor shall follow the procedure with respect to examining and allowing the orders and requisitions set forth in Sections 42639 and 85239. The county superintendent of schools, upon receiving allowed warrants from the county auditor, shall deposit the warrants in the designated institutions. As soon as feasible following deposit, the county superintendent of schools shall furnish the designated institutions with information required to enable disbursement of payments to insurance companies, credit unions, and other recipients, including identification of the employees for whom the payments are to be made, the amount of payment on behalf of each designated employee, and the company to which the payment on behalf of each designated employee is to be made. It shall be the duty of each designated institution to disburse the payments to the recipients entitled thereto by check, bank draft, or other appropriate method, within a reasonable time after receipt of each payment, with necessary information for disbursements, which time period shall not exceed 5 working days. Designated institutions receiving deposits and making disbursements, and the county superintendent of schools, shall be deemed to be agents of the respective public employers, for payment of annuities on behalf of their respective employees, and for other payments as specified, and the moneys received by the designated institutions shall be deemed to be deposits of the county superintendents of schools. Security for the deposits shall be furnished as required by the laws of this state. The county superintendent of schools may directly prepare the information and necessary checks, bank drafts, or other appropriate instruments, on the account or accounts within the designated institutions, providing that payment to recipients entitled thereto with required information is made within the timeframe specified.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 430, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 6. Tax-Sheltered Annuities

path: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 2. COUNTY EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES > 2. County Superintendents of Schools > 6. Tax-Sheltered Annuities


citation: EDC § 1350

text: A county superintendent of schools may establish a retiree benefit fund to accumulate restricted moneys from salary reduction agreements, other contributions for employee retirement benefit payments, or both. Moneys may be transferred to the fund from other funds by periodic expense charges, in amounts based on existing and future obligation requirements. Payments from the retiree benefit fund for insurance, annuities, administrative costs, or any other authorized purpose shall be made in accordance with all warrant approval requirements applicable under this code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 586, Sec. 1.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 7. Retiree Benefit Funds

path: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 2. COUNTY EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES > 2. County Superintendents of Schools > 7. Retiree Benefit Funds


citation: EDC § 1400

text: Except as provided in Sections 4040 to 4045, inclusive, all actions required by this code to be taken by the board of supervisors of the county in which a school district is located, shall, in the case of any joint school district, be taken by the concurrent action of the boards of supervisors of each county in which any part of the joint district is located.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 27. Operative January 1, 1992, by Sec. 709 of Ch. 1372.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

chapter: 3. County Boards of Supervisors

path: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 2. COUNTY EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES > 3. County Boards of Supervisors


citation: EDC § 1500

text:
All expenses shall be paid out of the County School Service Fund necessary for the county board of education and the county superintendent of schools to perform the duties and render the services required by and comply with Sections 1042, 1250, 1252, 1270, 1297, 1299, 1330, 1601, 1602, 1702, 41020, 41360, 42621, 42622, 45035, 45056, 60601, 60602, 60605, 84040, 85221, 85222, 87809, Chapter 7.2 (commencing with Section 56836) of Part 30, and Part 1 (commencing with Section 100) of Division 1 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.

This section shall not be construed to prohibit support from the county general fund from being provided for duties and services performed pursuant to the sections and part enumerated above.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 89, Sec. 1. Effective June 30, 1998. Operative July 1, 1998, by Sec. 62 of Ch. 89.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

chapter: 4. Expenses

path: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 2. COUNTY EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES > 4. Expenses > 1. Expenses Payable From County School Service Fund


citation: EDC § 1510

text:
(a) Except as provided in Section 1500, all expenses necessary for the county board of education, the county committee on school district organization, and the county superintendent of schools to comply with the following provisions are payable from the county general fund: Sections 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1200, 1201, 1202, 1203, 1240, 1243, 1244, 1245, 1290, 1298, 2600, 5425, 5426, 10020, 16061, 16166, 23000, 23002, 23003, 23004, 23005, 23006, 23008, 35102, 40000, 42124, 42636, 42638, 42643, 42662, 42670, 42671, 42672, 42673, 42674, 42675, 42676, 42677, 42678, 42690, 42691, 42692, 42693, 42694, 42800, 44323, 44422, 44427, 44428, 44429, 44430, 44433, 44434, 44435, 44436, 44437, 44816, 44843, 44857, 45034, 45056, 45057, 48263, 49406, 52550, 52551, 85236, 85238, 85243, 85272, 85280, 85281, 85282, 85283, 85284, 85285, 85286, 85287, 85288, 85300, 85301, 85302, 85303, and 85304.

(b) This section shall not be construed to prohibit support from the county general fund from being provided for duties and services performed pursuant to sections enumerated above for those counties operating under the provisions of Section 1080.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 89, Sec. 3. (AB 2081) Effective January 1, 2011.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

path: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 2. COUNTY EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES > 4. Expenses > 2. Expenses Payable From County General Fund


citation: EDC § 1600

text: There is hereby established in the treasury of each county the “county school service fund.”

history: (History: Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

chapter: 5. County School Service Fund

article: 1. County School Service Fund

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citation: EDC § 1601

text: Wherever any of the terms “unapportioned county elementary school fund,” “county elementary school supervision fund,” “unapportioned county high school fund,” and “county school service fund” are used in this code or in any other law, such term shall be deemed to refer to and mean the “county school service fund.”

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 1. County School Service Fund


citation: EDC § 1602

text:
The county school service fund shall be utilized by the county superintendent of schools to pay the charges against the fund as are provided in this code; and to provide, with the approval of the county board of education, all of the following:

(a) Additional apportionments to any school district or community college district in the territory under his or her jurisdiction for current expenses that (1) has levied the maximum district tax and in which the annual average current cost per pupil does not exceed the annual average current cost per pupil for all districts of the same type within the county or under the jurisdiction of the county superintendent of schools, or (2) needs additional apportionments for current expenses because of temporary emergency conditions.

(b) Additional apportionments to any school district or community college district in the territory under his or her jurisdiction for the transportation of pupils to and from school to meet temporary emergency conditions.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 30.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 1. County School Service Fund


citation: EDC § 1604

text:
No moneys shall be expended from the county school service fund for any purpose in excess of the latest proposed expenditures for such purpose as approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction under Section 14050, without the approval of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

It shall be the duty of the county auditor to approve warrants drawn on the county school service fund for expenses approved in the county school service fund budget; provided, however, in a county in which the board of supervisors has transferred educational functions to the county board of education pursuant to Section 1080, and a single budget has been authorized for the purposes of the county school service fund, county board of education, county committee on school district organization, and the office of the county superintendent of schools pursuant to Sections 1620 to 1625, inclusive, and the board of supervisors has made the provisions of Sections 42649 and 85265.5 applicable in the county, orders for warrants and warrants shall be signed by the county superintendent of schools and paid by the county treasurer without the approval of the county auditor.

A listing of all warrants issued by the county superintendent of schools, where the approval of the county auditor is not required, shall be forwarded to the county auditor on the same day they are issued. The form of the warrant and the form and content of the warrant listing shall be as approved by the county auditor. The county auditor shall not be liable upon his bond or otherwise for any warrant issued where his approval is not required.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 797.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 1. County School Service Fund


citation: EDC § 1605

text: The title to all property purchased by the county superintendent of schools from the county school service fund is in the offices of the county superintendent of schools.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 1. County School Service Fund


citation: EDC § 1606

text: The money credited to the county school service fund of a county pursuant to Section 16417 of the Government Code may be apportioned by the county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education, to school districts within which there is land which has been acquired by the United States.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 31. Operative January 1, 1992, by Sec. 709 of Ch. 1372.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 1. County School Service Fund


citation: EDC § 1620

text: On or before July 1 of each fiscal year, the county board of education shall hold a public hearing on the proposed county school service fund budget for that fiscal year (the “budget year”). The public hearing shall be held prior to the adoption of the budget by the county board of education, and shall occur not less than three days following the availability of the proposed budget for public inspection. The agenda for that hearing shall be posted at least 72 hours prior to the hearing and shall include the location of where the budget will be available for inspection. At the hearing, any taxpayer directly affected by the county school service fund budget may appear before the county board of education and speak on the proposed budget or any item therein.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 323, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

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citation: EDC § 1621

text:
(a) The single-fund budget shall be prepared in the form prescribed and furnished by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and shall be the county school service fund budget. The budget shall show a complete plan and itemized statement of all proposed expenditures in each fund of the county office of education, of estimated cash balances, and of all estimated revenues for the budget year, and shall include an estimate of those figures, unaudited, for the fiscal year immediately preceding the budget year.

(b) The budget may contain an amount to be known as the general reserve, in such sum as the county board of education may deem sufficient to meet the cash requirements of the fiscal year next succeeding the budget year until adequate proceeds of the taxes levied or of the apportionment of state funds are available.

(c) The budget may contain a fund balance designated for any specific purpose as determined by the county board of education. Those funds shall be available for appropriation by a majority vote of the members of the county board of education.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1213, Sec. 3.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 2. County Office of Education Budget Approval


citation: EDC § 1622

text:
(a) On or before July 1 of each fiscal year, a county board of education shall adopt an annual budget for the budget year and shall file the budget with the Superintendent, the county board of supervisors, and the county auditor. The budget, and supporting data, shall be maintained and made available for public review. The budget shall indicate the date, time, and location at which the county board of education held the public hearing required under Section 1620. For the 2014–15 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the county board of education shall not adopt a budget before the county board of education adopts a local control and accountability plan or approves an update to an existing local control and accountability plan if an existing local control and accountability plan or update to a local control and accountability plan is not effective during the budget year. The county board of education shall not adopt a budget that does not include the expenditures identified in the local control and accountability plan and any annual update to the local control and accountability plan that will be effective for the budget year. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, for the 2014–15 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the budget shall not be adopted or approved by the Superintendent before a local control and accountability plan or update to an existing local control and accountability plan for the budget year is approved.

(b) (1) (A) The Superintendent shall examine the budget to determine if it (i) complies with the standards and criteria adopted by the state board pursuant to Section 33127 for application to final local educational agency budgets, (ii) allows the county office of education to meet its financial obligations during the fiscal year, and (iii) is consistent with a financial plan that will enable the county office of education to satisfy its multiyear financial commitments. In addition, the Superintendent shall identify any technical corrections to the budget that must be made. On or before September 15, the Superintendent shall approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the budget and, in the event of a conditional approval or disapproval, transmit to the county office of education in writing the Superintendent’s recommendations regarding revision of the budget and the reasons for those recommendations.

(B) In addition to examining the budget of a county board of education pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Superintendent shall review and consider studies, reports, evaluations, or audits of the county office of education that were commissioned by the county superintendent of schools, the Superintendent, or state control agencies that contain evidence that the county office of education is showing fiscal distress according to the standards and criteria adopted by the state board pursuant to Section 33127 or that contain a finding by an external reviewer that the county office of education is at moderate or high risk of intervention based on the most common indicators of a county office of education needing intervention, as determined by the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team.

(2) For the 2014–15 fiscal year to the 2023–24 fiscal year, inclusive, the Superintendent shall disapprove a budget, and for the 2024–25 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Superintendent shall conditionally approve or disapprove a budget, if any of the following occur:

(A) The Superintendent has not approved a local control and accountability plan or an annual update to the local control and accountability plan filed by a county board of education pursuant to Section 52070.5 that is effective for the budget year.

(B) The Superintendent determines that the budget does not include the expenditures necessary to implement the local control and accountability plan or an annual update to the local control and accountability plan that is effective for that budget year.

(C) The Superintendent determines that the budget does not provide adequate assurance that the county office of education will meet its current and future obligations and resolve any problems identified in the studies, reports, evaluations, or audits described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1).

(c) In the event of the conditional approval or disapproval of the budget of a county office of education pursuant to subdivision (b), on or before October 8, the county superintendent of schools and the county board of education shall review the recommendations of the Superintendent at a regularly scheduled meeting of the county board of education and respond to those recommendations. That response shall include any revisions to the adopted budget and other proposed actions to be taken, if any, as a result of those recommendations.

(d) (1) The Superintendent shall examine the revised budget as provided in subdivision (c) to determine if it (A) complies with the standards and criteria adopted by the state board pursuant to Section 33127 for application to final local educational agency budgets, (B) allows the county office of education to meet its financial obligations during the fiscal year, (C) satisfies all conditions established by the Superintendent in the case of a conditionally approved budget, and (D) is consistent with a financial plan that will enable the county office of education to satisfy its multiyear financial commitments. The Superintendent, not later than November 8, shall approve or disapprove the revised budget. For the 2014–15 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the Superintendent shall disapprove a revised budget if the Superintendent determines that the revised budget does not include the expenditures necessary to implement the local control and accountability plan or an annual update to the local control and accountability plan approved by the Superintendent pursuant to Section 52070.5 that is effective for the budget year. If the Superintendent disapproves the budget, the Superintendent shall call for the formation of a budget review committee pursuant to Section 1623.

(2) Notwithstanding any other law, for the 2014–15 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, if the Superintendent disapproves the budget for the sole reason that the Superintendent has not approved a local control and accountability plan or an annual update to the local control and accountability plan filed by the county board of education pursuant to Section 52070.5, the Superintendent shall not call for the formation of a budget review committee pursuant to Section 1623.

(e) Not later than 45 days after the Governor signs the annual Budget Act, the county office of education shall make available for public review any revisions in revenues and expenditures that it has made to its budget to reflect the funding made available by that Budget Act.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 8, Sec. 1. (AB 121) Effective June 27, 2025.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1623

text:
(a) The budget review committee shall be composed of three persons and shall be selected by the county superintendent of schools and the county board of education solely from a list of no fewer than five candidates provided by the Superintendent. The candidates shall be persons who have expertise in the management of a school district or county office of education, including, but not limited to, the fiscal and educational aspects of that management.

(b) No later than five working days after the receipt of the candidate list described in subdivision (a), the county superintendent of schools and the county board of education shall select the budget review committee. If the county superintendent of schools and the county board of education fail to select a committee within the period of time permitted by this subdivision, the Superintendent shall select and convene the budget review committee no later than 10 working days after the receipt by the county superintendent of schools and the county board of education of the candidate list.

(c) On or before November 30, the budget review committee shall review the proposed budget of the county office of education and the underlying fiscal policies of that county office of education, and shall transmit to the Superintendent, the county superintendent of schools, and the county board of education either of the following:

(1) A recommendation that the budget be approved.

(2) A report disapproving the budget and setting forth recommendations for revisions to the budget that would enable the county office of education to meet its financial obligations in the budget year and with regard to multiyear financial commitments.

(d) Upon the request of the budget review committee, the Superintendent may extend the deadline in subdivision (c) for a period of not more than 15 working days.

(e) The Superintendent shall develop criteria and procedures governing the performance by budget review committees of their duties under this section.

(f) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), members of the budget review committee shall be reimbursed by the department for their services and associated expenses while on official business, at rates established by the Superintendent, subject to the approval of the executive director of the state board.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an employee of the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team who serves as a member of the budget review committee shall not be eligible for reimbursement by the department for their services and associated expenses while on official business.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 8, Sec. 2. (AB 121) Effective June 27, 2025.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1624

text:
(a) If the budget review committee established pursuant to Section 1623 disapproves the budget of the county office of education, within five working days following the receipt of the committee’s report, the county superintendent of schools and the county board of education may submit a response to the Superintendent, including any revisions to the adopted budget and any other proposed action to be taken as a result of the recommendations of the budget review committee.

(b) Based upon the recommendations of the budget review committee provided pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1623, and any response provided pursuant to subdivision (a), the Superintendent shall either approve or disapprove the budget of the county office of education. If the Superintendent disapproves the budget, the superintendent or his or her designee may do any of the following for the remainder of the current fiscal year:

(1) On or before December 31, develop and adopt, in consultation with the county superintendent of schools and the county board of education, a fiscal plan and budget for the county office of education that will allow the county office of education to meet its financial obligations both in the budget year and with regard to the multiyear financial commitments. The county board of education and the county superintendent of schools shall govern the operation of the county office of education for the budget year in accordance with that fiscal plan and budget. The deadline set forth in this paragraph shall be modified to reflect any extension granted under subdivision (d) of Section 1623.

(2) Cancel purchase orders, prohibit the issuance of nonsalary warrants, and otherwise stay or rescind any action that is inconsistent with the fiscal plan and budget adopted pursuant to paragraph (1). The Superintendent shall inform the county board of education and the county superintendent of schools in writing of his or her justification for any exercise of authority under this paragraph.

(3) Monitor and review the operation of the county office of education.

(4) Determine the need for additional staff and may employ, at county office of education expense, short-term analytical assistance or expertise to validate financial information if the county does not have the expertise or staff.

(5) Require the county office of education to encumber all contracts and other obligations, to prepare appropriate cashflow analyses and monthly or quarterly budget revisions, and to appropriately record all receivables and payables.

(6) Determine whether there are any financial problem areas and may employ, at county office of education expense, a certified public accounting firm to investigate financial problem areas.

(7) Withhold compensation of the members of the county board of education and the county superintendent for failure to provide requested financial information.

(c) The county office of education shall pay reasonable fees charged by the Superintendent of Public Instruction for actual administrative expenses incurred pursuant to subdivision (b), or costs associated with improving the county office of education’s financial management practices.

(d) This section shall not be construed to authorize the Superintendent to abrogate any provision of a collective bargaining agreement that was entered into by a county office of education prior to the date upon which the Superintendent disapproved the budget of the county office of education pursuant to subdivision (b).

(e) As he or she deems necessary for the purposes set forth in subdivision (b), the Superintendent may seek from the county office of education, or otherwise obtain, additional information regarding the budget or operations of the county office of education, through a financial or management review of the county office of education, a cashflow projection, or other appropriate means.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 19, Sec. 6. (SB 78) Effective June 24, 2015.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1625

text: The county superintendent of schools for any county office of education that reports a negative unrestricted fund balance or a negative cash balance in the annual report required by Section 1622 or in the audited annual financial statements required by Section 41020 shall include, with the budget submitted in accordance with Section 1622 and the certifications required by subdivision (l) of Section 1240, a statement identifying the reasons for the negative unrestricted fund balance or negative cash balance and the steps that will be taken to ensure that the negative balance will not occur at the end of the budget year.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 896, Sec. 4. Effective September 29, 2004.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1626

text: Until the time the county office of education receives approval of its budget under this article, the county office of education shall continue to operate on the basis of the last budget adopted or revised for the county office of education for the fiscal year immediately preceding the budget year.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1627

text: The county school service fund shall be audited annually by a public accountant or a certified public accountant selected by the county superintendent of schools. The cost of the audit shall be a legal charge against the county school service fund.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1213, Sec. 3.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS