text:
(a) A pupil may wear traditional tribal regalia or recognized objects of religious or cultural significance, as determined by the pupil and the pupil’s family, as an adornment at school graduation ceremonies or related school events.

(b) A local educational agency shall not require either of the following:

(1) A preapproval process for a pupil to exercise the pupil’s rights pursuant to subdivision (a).

(2) A pupil to wear a cap if the cap is incompatible with the adornment.

(c) This section does not limit a local educational agency’s discretion and authority to prohibit an item that is likely to cause a substantial disruption of, or material interference with, the ceremony.

(d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Adornment” means either of the following:

(A) Something attached to, worn with, or worn in place of, the cap customarily worn at school graduation ceremonies.

(B) Something attached to or worn with, but not replacing, the gown customarily worn at school graduation ceremonies.

(2) “Cultural” means recognized practices and traditions of a certain group of people.

(3) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 133, Sec. 1. (AB 1369) Effective January 1, 2026.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


kind: section

code: EDC

text:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person shall have the right to wear a dress uniform issued to him or her by a branch of the United States Armed Forces while participating in the graduation ceremony for his or her high school if that person meets both of the following requirements:

(a) He or she has fulfilled all of the requirements of this code for receiving a diploma of graduation from high school, and is otherwise eligible to participate in the graduation ceremony.

(b) He or she has completed basic training for, and is an active member of, a branch of the United States Armed Forces.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 296, Sec. 1. (AB 1463) Effective January 1, 2010.)

division: 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

part: 21. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

chapter: 2. Governing Boards

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION > 21. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES > 2. Governing Boards > 4.7. Miscellaneous Administrative Authority


text:
(a) (1) Each schoolsite shall allow for outdoor use during the schoolday, articles of sun-protective clothing, including, but not limited to, hats.

(2) Each schoolsite may set a policy related to the type of sun-protective clothing, including, but not limited to, hats, that pupils will be allowed to use outdoors pursuant to paragraph (1). Specific clothing and hats determined by the school district or schoolsite to be gang-related or inappropriate apparel may be prohibited by the dress code policy.

(b) (1) Each schoolsite shall allow pupils the use of sunscreen during the schoolday without a physician’s note or prescription.

(2) Each schoolsite may set a policy related to the use of sunscreen by pupils during the schoolday.

(3) For purposes of this subdivision, sunscreen is not an over-the-counter medication.

(4) Nothing in this subdivision requires school personnel to assist pupils in applying sunscreen.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 266, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 4.7. Miscellaneous Administrative Authority


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing board of a high school district may enter into a contract with the governing board of any of its feeder elementary school districts to provide instruction at the schools of the high school district to all or a portion of the pupils enrolled in the sixth grade at the contracting elementary school district.

(b) For the purpose of computing allowances and apportionments pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 41600) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 42230) of Chapter 7 of Part 24, the contracting elementary school shall continue to report average daily attendance for those sixth grade pupils. Upon receipt of any funds allocated to the elementary school district based upon the average daily attendance reported for those sixth grade pupils, the contracting elementary school district shall transfer those moneys to the contracting high school district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1296, Sec. 3. Effective October 11, 1993.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: A school district may require proof of registration pursuant to Article 8.2 (commencing with Section 12620) of Chapter 6 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, as a condition to agreement to enroll that student.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 825, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text:
(a) A school district shall use the uniform complaint process it has adopted as required by Chapter 5.1 (commencing with Section 4600) of Division 1 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations, with modifications, as necessary, to help identify and resolve any deficiencies related to instructional materials, emergency or urgent facilities conditions that pose a threat to the health and safety of pupils or staff, and teacher vacancy or misassignment.

(1) A complaint may be filed anonymously. A complainant who identifies themselves is entitled to a response if the complainant indicates that a response is requested. A complaint form shall include a space to mark to indicate whether a response is requested. If Section 48985 is otherwise applicable, the response, if requested, and report shall be written in English and the primary language in which the complaint was filed. All complaints and responses are public records.

(2) The complaint form shall specify the location for filing a complaint. A complainant may add as much text to explain the complaint as the complainant wishes.

(3) A complaint shall be filed with the principal of the school or the principal’s designee. A complaint about problems beyond the authority of the school principal shall be forwarded in a timely manner but not to exceed 10 working days to the appropriate school district official for resolution.

(b) The principal or the designee of the district superintendent, as applicable, shall make all reasonable efforts to investigate any problem within their authority. The principal or designee of the district superintendent shall remedy a valid complaint within a reasonable time period but not to exceed 30 working days from the date the complaint was received. The principal or designee of the district superintendent shall report to the complainant the resolution of the complaint within 45 working days of the initial filing. If the principal makes this report, the principal shall also report the same information in the same timeframe to the designee of the district superintendent.

(c) A complainant not satisfied with the resolution of the principal or the designee of the district superintendent has the right to describe the complaint to the governing board of the school district at a regularly scheduled hearing of the governing board of the school district. As to complaints involving a condition of a facility that poses an emergency or urgent threat, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 17592.72, a complainant who is not satisfied with the resolution proffered by the principal or the designee of the district superintendent has the right to file an appeal to the Superintendent, who shall provide a written report to the state board describing the basis for the complaint and, as appropriate, a proposed remedy for the issue described in the complaint.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or any other law, a complaint pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) that more than one pupil does not have sufficient textbooks or instructional materials, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 60119, as the result of an act by the governing board of a school district, or the governing board’s failure to act to remedy the deficiency, may be filed with the Superintendent directly. In responding to such a complaint, the Superintendent may directly intervene without waiting for an investigation under subdivisions (a), (b), and (c). A complaint filed pursuant to this subdivision shall identify the basis for filing the complaint directly with the Superintendent. The complainant shall present the Superintendent with evidence that supports the basis for the direct filing.

(e) A school district shall report summarized data on the nature and resolution of all complaints on a quarterly basis to the county superintendent of schools and the governing board of the school district. The summaries shall be publicly reported on a quarterly basis at a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing board of the school district. The report shall include the number of complaints by general subject area with the number of resolved and unresolved complaints. The complaints and written responses shall be available as public records.

(f) The procedure required pursuant to this section is intended to address all of the following:

(1) A complaint related to instructional materials as follows:

(A) A pupil, including an English learner, does not have standards-aligned textbooks or instructional materials or state-adopted or district-adopted textbooks or other required instructional material to use in class.

(B) A pupil does not have access to instructional materials to use at home or after school.

(C) Textbooks or instructional materials are in poor or unusable condition, have missing pages, or are unreadable due to damage.

(2) A complaint related to teacher vacancy or misassignment as follows:

(A) A semester begins and a teacher vacancy exists.

(B) A teacher who lacks credentials or training to teach English learners is assigned to teach a class with one or more English learner pupils in the class. This subparagraph does not relieve a school district from complying with state or federal law regarding teachers of English learners.

(C) A teacher is assigned to teach a class for which the teacher lacks subject matter competency.

(3) A complaint related to the condition of facilities that pose an emergency or urgent threat to the health or safety of pupils or staff as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 17592.72 and any other emergency conditions the school district determines appropriate and the requirements established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 35292.5.

(g) In order to identify appropriate subjects of complaint, a notice shall be posted in each classroom in each school in the school district notifying parents, guardians, pupils, and teachers of the following:

(1) There should be sufficient textbooks and instructional materials. For there to be sufficient textbooks and instructional materials each pupil, including English learners, must have a textbook or instructional materials, or both, to use in class and to take home.

(2) School facilities must be clean, safe, and maintained in good repair.

(3) There should be no teacher vacancies or misassignments as defined in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (i).

(4) The location at which to obtain a form to file a complaint in case of a shortage. Posting a notice downloadable from the internet website of the department shall satisfy this requirement.

(h) A local educational agency shall establish local policies and procedures, post notices, and implement this section.

(i) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Good repair” has the same meaning as specified in subdivision (d) of Section 17002.

(2) “Misassignment” means the placement of a certificated employee in a teaching or services position for which the employee does not hold a legally recognized certificate or credential or the placement of a certificated employee in a teaching or services position that the employee is not otherwise authorized by statute to hold.

(3) “Teacher vacancy” means a position to which a single designated certificated employee has not been assigned at the beginning of the year for an entire year or, if the position is for a one-semester course, a position to which a single designated certificated employee has not been assigned at the beginning of a semester for an entire semester.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 229, Sec. 6. (AB 1078) Effective September 25, 2023.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text:
The governing board of a school district, except a district having a city board of education, may, and upon a petition signed by a majority of the electors resident in the district shall, call meetings of the qualified electors of the district for consultation in regard to any affairs in the district. A meeting so called shall be competent to instruct the governing board, and the board shall, in all cases, be bound by such instructions upon the following subjects:

(a) The location or change of location of the schoolhouse, if the proposal to instruct the board in regard to changing the location of the schoolhouse is passed by a vote of two-thirds of all the electors voting at the meeting upon the proposition.

(b) The use of the schoolhouse for other than school purposes, but in no case shall the schoolhouse be used for purposes which necessitate the removal of any school desks or other school furniture.

(c) The sale and purchase of school sites.

(d) The prosecution, settlement, or compromise of any litigation in which the district is engaged, or is likely to become engaged.

The meeting may vote money not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) in any one year, for any of these purposes in addition to any amount which may be raised by the sale of district school property, and the insurance of property destroyed by fire, except that the proceeds of the insurance of the library and apparatus shall be paid into the library fund. All funds raised by the sale of school property may be disposed of by direction of a district meeting.

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

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 5. Instructions From Electors

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION > 21. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES > 2. Governing Boards > 5. Instructions From Electors


text: The meeting provided for in Section 35190 shall be called by posting three notices in public places, one of which shall be in a conspicuous place on the schoolhouse, for not less than 10 days prior to the time for which the meeting is called. The notices shall specify the purposes for which the meeting is called, and no other business shall be transacted at the meeting.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 5. Instructions From Electors


text: Any district meeting called pursuant to Sections 35190 and 35191 shall be organized by choosing a chairman from the electors present. The district clerk or secretary shall be clerk of the meeting, and shall enter the minutes on the records of the district. Any district meeting may be adjourned from time to time as found necessary. All votes instructing the board of trustees shall be taken by ballot, or by “ayes” and “noes” vote as the meeting may determine.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 5. Instructions From Electors


text:
The governing board of any school district is liable as such in the name of the district for all debts and contracts, including the salary due any teacher, not made in excess of the school moneys accruing to the district and usable for the purposes of the debts and contracts during the school year for which the debts and contracts are made. The district shall not be liable for debts and contracts made in violation of this section.

For the purposes of this section, moneys transferred to the funds of a newly organized school district pursuant to Section 42623 are deemed school moneys accruing to the district and usable for the purposes of contracts made for the school year preceding the date the district became effective for all purposes.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. Liabilities

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION > 21. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES > 2. Governing Boards > 6. Liabilities


text: All claims for money or damages against a school district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. Liabilities


text: The governing board of any school district, may contract for the services of an attorney in private practice, as an employee or independent contractor, or utilize an administrative adviser for whatever purpose the governing board deems appropriate, and compensation of this attorney pursuant to contract shall be a proper use of school district funds. For purposes of this section, “an attorney in private practice” includes a sole practitioner, partnership, or professional corporation.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 696, Sec. 7. Effective September 15, 1992.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. Liabilities


text: The governing board of any school district may contract with a qualified attorney in private practice to provide legal services and compensation of this attorney in private practice pursuant to contract under this section shall be a proper use of school district funds.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 696, Sec. 8. Effective September 15, 1992.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. Liabilities


text: The governing board of any school district, may contract for the services of a hearing officer pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 27720), Part 3, Division 2, Title 3 of the Government Code and, for purposes of that chapter, the governing board is deemed to be a local body and the school district a local public entity.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. Liabilities


text:
(a) The governing board of any school district shall insure against:

(1) The liability, other than a liability which may be insured against under the provisions of Division 4 (commencing with Section 3200) of the Labor Code, of the district for damages for death, injury to person, or damage or loss of property; and

(2) The personal liability of the members of the board and of the officers and employees of the district for damages for death, injury to a person, or damage or loss of property caused by the negligent act or omission of the member, officer or employee when acting within the scope of his office or employment.

(b) The insurance may be written in any insurance company authorized to transact the business of insurance in the state, or in a nonadmitted insurer to the extent and subject to the conditions prescribed by Section 1763 of the Insurance Code.

(c) Nothing in this section is intended to limit or restrict the authority of the district to insure under Part 6 (commencing with Section 989) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. Liabilities


text:
The governing board of any school district maintaining a course of automobile driver training shall advise the parents or guardians or persons having custody of pupils of the district participating in automobile driver training courses under the jurisdiction of, or sponsored or controlled by, the district, who have signed the statement required by Section 12650 of the Vehicle Code or an application for a driver’s license under Section 17701 of the Vehicle Code, of each of the following:

(a) Any civil liability of the minor which will be imposed on the parent, guardian, or other person by reason of such minor operating a motor vehicle.

(b) The insurance coverage carried by the school district, with respect to the use of motor vehicles in connection with such courses, specifically including any limitations of such coverage which limit such coverage to an amount less than the liability imposed on the parent, guardian, or other person, or which limit the nature of such coverage to exclude any activity or situation included within the liability so imposed.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. Liabilities


text: The governing body of a school district may provide by rule or regulation for the reimbursement of any person or persons for the loss, destruction, or damage by arson, burglary or vandalism of personal property used in the schools of the district. Reimbursement shall be made only when approval for the use of the personal property in the schools was given before the property was brought to school and when the value of the property was agreed upon by the person or persons bringing the property and the school administrator or person appointed by him for this purpose at the time the approval for its use was given. The governing body may establish a maximum value of reimbursement which will be paid.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. Liabilities


text: The board of governors of a school district may provide protection from its own funds for the purpose of covering the liability of the district, its officers, agents, and employees, in lieu of carrying insurance in insurance companies as provided in Section 35208. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as prohibiting the board of education of the district from providing protection against such liability partly by means of its own funds and partly by means of insurance written by insurance companies as provided in Section 35208.

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

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. Liabilities


text:
For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Entity managing a charter school” means a nonprofit public benefit corporation operating a charter school consistent with Section 47604.

(b) “K–12 public education school finance laws” includes both of the following:

(1) Laws related to the creation and approval of a local educational agency budget to support pupil learning and achievement, including, but not limited to, Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 42100) of Part 24.

(2) Laws related to fiscal penalties for noncompliance, including, but not limited to, those in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 42238) of Part 24, Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 46100) of Part 26 of Division 4, including Sections 46207 and 46208, Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 47600) of Part 26.8 of Division 4, Sections 45037, 47612.5, 51745.6, 51749.5, and 60150, and Section 11960 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations.

(c) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.

(d) (1) “Local educational agency official” means either of the following:

(A) Any regular member of the governing board of a school district or of a county board of education.

(B) Any regular member of the governing body of a charter school or of an entity managing a charter school.

(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), “regular member” has the same meaning as in Section 1000, 35012, or 47604.2 that is applicable to a school district, county office of education, or charter school.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 618, Sec. 1. (AB 640) Effective January 1, 2026.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6.5. Training

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION > 21. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES > 2. Governing Boards > 6.5. Training


text:
(a) (1) The County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team established pursuant to Section 42127.8 shall, in consultation with the department, develop, on or before October 1, 2026, a curriculum for the topics described in subdivision (b) of Section 35220 that shall be used to satisfy the requirement of subdivision (a) of Section 35221. The curriculum shall be posted on the internet websites of the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team and the department.

(2) In developing the curriculum pursuant to paragraph (1), the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team shall solicit input from experts in the topics described in subdivision (b) of Section 35220 and the public.

(b) The curriculum developed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be updated periodically to reflect statutory changes to the laws described in subdivision (b) of Section 35220.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6.5. Training


text:
(a) Each local educational agency official shall receive training in K–12 public education school finance laws pursuant to this article.

(b) An entity offering training courses to meet the requirements of this article shall use the curriculum developed pursuant to Section 35220.5.

(c) (1) In order to meet the requirement of subdivision (a), a local educational agency or a consortium of local educational agencies shall only use the following methods:

(A) Offer training courses using local educational agency employees or contracted legal counsel with demonstrable experience in the applicable topic described in subdivision (b) of Section 35220 for which it will provide training.

(B) (i) Arrange for its local educational agency officials to receive training courses through an entity that meets all of the following requirements:

(I) One of the entity’s primary functions is supporting local educational agencies with technical assistance and expertise in the applicable topic described in subdivision (b) of Section 35220 for which it will provide training.

(II) The entity has demonstrable experience supporting local educational agencies with technical assistance and expertise.

(III) The entity has trainers that each possess demonstrable experience in the applicable topic described in subdivision (b) of Section 35220 for which it will provide training.

(ii) (I) Local educational agency officials of school districts and county offices of education shall only receive training from an entity described in clause (i) with demonstrable experience supporting school districts and county offices of education with technical assistance and expertise, or as provided by subparagraph (A) (C), or (D).

(II) Local educational agency officials of charter schools or an entity managing charter schools shall only receive training from an entity with demonstrable experience supporting charter schools with technical assistance and expertise, or as provided by subparagraph (A) (C), or (D).

(C) Arrange for its local educational agency officials to receive training courses through the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team established pursuant to Section 42127.8. The County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team may charge a fee to local educational agencies for providing the training.

(D) Arrange for its local educational agency officials to receive training courses through a nonprofit statewide education association led by officials who govern school districts and county offices of education.

(E) Offer their own, or arrange through a different entity that meets the requirements of subparagraph (B) (C), or (D), sets of self-study materials with tests.

(2) Courses offered or arranged pursuant to subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (1), as applicable, may be taken at home, in person, or online.

(d) A local educational agency official that has successfully completed the California School Boards Association’s Masters in Governance program and provides their local educational agency with proof of their participation and completion of the program, to comply with Section 35222, shall be exempt from the requirement of subdivision (a).

(e) A training course covering the topics described in subdivision (b) of Section 35220 shall be no longer than four hours.

(f) A provider of a training course that meets the requirements of this article shall provide participants with proof of participation to comply with Section 35222.

(g) A local educational agency shall provide information to its officials at least annually on training available to meet the requirements of this article.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6.5. Training


text:
(a) A local educational agency shall maintain records showing both of the following:

(1) The dates on which each local educational agency official satisfied the requirements of this article.

(2) The entity that provided the training to the local educational agency official.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a local educational agency shall maintain the records required by this section for at least five years after a local educational agency official receives the training. These records are public records subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6.5. Training


text:
(a) Each local educational agency official in local educational agency service as of April 1, 2027, except for officials whose term of office ends before April 1, 2028, shall receive the training required by subdivision (a) of Section 35221 before April 1, 2028.

(b) Each local educational agency official who commences their initial service, or who commences a subsequent nonconsecutive term, with a local educational agency on or after April 1, 2027, shall receive the training required by subdivision (a) of Section 35221 no later than one year from the first day of their initial service, or of their subsequent nonconsecutive term, as applicable, with the local educational agency. Each local educational agency official described in this subdivision is encouraged to begin the training required by subdivision (a) of Section 35221 before the first meeting of the governing board or body that occurs after the election or appointment of the official.

(c) For purposes of this article, a local educational agency official who received training pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) during their initial term, and who then serves one or more consecutive terms, shall be deemed to have complied with the requirements of this article.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6.5. Training


text: The offering of any valuable thing to any member of the governing board of any school district, with the intent to influence his action in regard to the granting of any teacher’s certificate, the appointment of any teacher, superintendent, or other officer or employee, the adoption of any textbook, or the making of any contract to which the board of which he is a member is a party, or the acceptance by any member of the governing board of any valuable thing, with corrupt intent, is a misdemeanor.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Corrupt Practices

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION > 21. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES > 2. Governing Boards > 7. Corrupt Practices


text: Any contract or appointment obtained from the governing board of any school district by corrupt means is void.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Corrupt Practices


text: Any person may be compelled to testify in any lawful investigation or judicial proceeding against any person who is charged with any offense described in Sections 35230 or 35231.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Corrupt Practices


text: The prohibitions contained in Article 4 (commencing with Section 1090) and Article 4.7 (commencing with Section 1125) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code are applicable to members of governing boards of school districts and to members of citizens’ oversight committees appointed by those governing boards pursuant to Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 15264) of Part 10.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 44, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Corrupt Practices


text:
(a) In a school district which during the preceding fiscal year had an average daily attendance of 70 or less, a member of the governing board may receive a reasonable compensation from the district for necessary work and labor performed by him or her for the district in repairing the schoolhouse, fences, and other property belonging to the district, or in furnishing wood or other necessary supplies.

(b) In a school district which during the preceding fiscal year had an average daily attendance of 70 or less, a member of the governing board may receive a reasonable compensation from the district for providing services in a classified position if the collective bargaining agent for classified employees in that district and the governing board concur that no other qualified person is available.

(c) The requisition drawn pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) for payment for services or supplies shall be signed by the other members of the governing board and shall be subject to approval by the county superintendent of schools.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 56, Sec. 39.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Corrupt Practices


text: Any contract made in violation of Section 35239 is void.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 816, Sec. 8.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Corrupt Practices


text:
The governing board of every school district shall:

(a) Certify or attest to actions taken by the governing board whenever such certification or attestation is required for any purpose.

(b) Keep an accurate account of the receipts and expenditures of school moneys.

(c) Make an annual report, on or before the first day of July, to the county superintendent of schools in the manner and form and on the blanks prescribed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

(d) Make or maintain such other records or reports as are required by law.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8. Records and Reports

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION > 21. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES > 2. Governing Boards > 8. Records and Reports


text: Whenever in any school year the school register of any teacher, or other records of any school district are destroyed by conflagration or public calamity, preventing the teacher and school officers from making their annual reports in the usual manner and with accuracy, affidavits of the teacher, the school principals, or other officers of the school district, certifying as to the contents of the destroyed register or other records, shall be accepted by all school authorities for all school purposes appertaining to the school district, except that of average daily attendance.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8. Records and Reports


text: Whenever the average daily attendance of any school district has been materially affected in any school year by conflagration, public calamity, or epidemic of unusual duration and prevalence, the regular annual reports of the teacher, the school principal, or officers of the school district, shall be accepted by all school officers for all school matters appertaining to the school district, except that of average daily attendance.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8. Records and Reports


text: Whenever the destruction of records of a school district is not otherwise authorized or provided for by law, the governing board of the district may destroy those records of the school district in accordance with regulations of the Superintendent that the Superintendent may by this provision adopt.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 25. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8. Records and Reports


text: The governing board of any school district may make photographic, microfilm, or electronic copies of any records of the district. The original of any records of which a photographic, microfilm, or electronic copy has been made may be destroyed when provision is made for permanently maintaining the photographic, microfilm or electronic copies in the files of the district, except that no original record that is basic to any required audit shall be destroyed prior to the second July 1st succeeding the completion of the audit.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 646, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2000.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8. Records and Reports


text: In any joint school district, all returns, reports, certificates, estimates, petitions, and other papers of any kind relating to schools and school districts, required by law to be filed with or presented to the board of supervisors or county superintendent of schools, shall be filed with or presented to the supervisors or superintendent of schools of each county in which any portion of the district is situated.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8. Records and Reports


text:
School Accountability Report Card

The governing board of each school district maintaining an elementary or secondary school shall develop and cause to be implemented for each school in the school district a School Accountability Report Card.

(a) The School Accountability Report Card shall include, but is not limited to, the conditions listed in Section 33126.

(b) Not less than triennially, the governing board of each school district shall compare the content of the School Accountability Report Card of the school district to the model School Accountability Report Card adopted by the state board. Variances among school districts shall be permitted where necessary to account for local needs.

(c) The governing board of each school district annually shall issue a School Accountability Report Card for each school in the school district, publicize those reports, and notify parents or guardians of pupils that a hard copy will be provided upon request. Commencing with the 2008–09 school year, each school district shall make hard copies of its annually updated report card available, upon request, on or before February 1 of each year.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 530, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2008. Note: This section was added on Nov. 8, 1988, by initiative Prop. 98.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8. Records and Reports


text: In addition to the information required under Section 35256, each School Accountability Report Card shall include the information required under Section 41409.3.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1463, Sec. 1.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8. Records and Reports


text:
(a) Each school district that is connected to the Internet shall make the information contained in the School Accountability Report Card developed pursuant to Section 35256 accessible on the Internet. The School Accountability Report Card information shall be updated annually. Commencing with the 2008–09 school year, each school district connected to the Internet shall make its annually updated report card available on the Internet on or before February 1 of each year.

(b) Commencing with the 2008–09 school year, each school district not connected to the Internet shall make hard copies of its annually updated School Accountability Report Card available, pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 35256, on or before February 1 of each year.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 530, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2008.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8. Records and Reports


text:
For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “California Cybersecurity Integration Center” or “Center” means the California Cybersecurity Integration Center established by the Office of Emergency Services pursuant to Section 8586.5 of the Government Code.

(b) “Cyberattack” means either of the following:

(1) Any alteration, deletion, damage, or destruction of a computer system, computer network, computer program, or data caused by unauthorized access.

(2) The unauthorized denial of access to legitimate users of a computer system, computer network, computer program, or data.

(c) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 498, Sec. 1. (AB 2355) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 35267.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8.5. Cybersecurity

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text:
(a) A local educational agency shall report any cyberattack impacting more than 500 pupils or personnel to the California Cybersecurity Integration Center.

(b) (1) The California Cybersecurity Integration Center shall establish a database that tracks reports of cyberattacks submitted by local educational agencies pursuant to this section. The Center shall annually, by January 1, provide a report to the Governor and the relevant policy committees of the Legislature summarizing the types and number of cyberattacks on local educational agencies, the types and number of data breaches affecting local educational agencies that have been reported to the Attorney General pursuant to Sections 1798.29 and 1798.82 of the Civil Code, any activities provided by the Center to prevent cyberattacks or data breaches of a local educational agency, and support provided by the Center following a cyberattack or data breach of a local educational agency.

(2) The Attorney General shall share sample copies of data breach notifications received from local educational agencies pursuant to Sections 1798.29 and 1798.82 of the Civil Code, excluding any personally identifiable information, with the Center for the purpose of compiling this report.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any disclosure or notification requirements pursuant to Sections 1798.29 and 1798.82 of the Civil Code.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8.5. Cybersecurity


text: This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 498, Sec. 1. (AB 2355) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Article 8.5, commencing with Section 35265.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8.5. Cybersecurity


text: The governing board of any school district may acquire by eminent domain any property necessary to carry out any of the powers or functions of the district.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 9. Property

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION > 21. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES > 2. Governing Boards > 9. Property


text:
(a) The governing board of any school district may acquire property, construct buildings, and maintain classes outside its boundaries on sites immediately adjacent to school sites of the district within its boundaries.

(b) This section shall become operative June 30, 1993.

history: (History: Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 135, Sec. 2. Effective July 13, 1989. Section operative June 30, 1993, by its own provisions.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 9. Property


text: The governing board of any school district may acquire and pay for educational and athletic equipment, supplies and materials, and other personal property necessary to its operation of the schools, as provided by law.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 9. Property


text: The governing board of any school district shall meet with appropriate local government recreation and park authorities to review all possible methods of coordinating planning, design, and construction of new school facilities and schoolsites or major additions to existing school facilities and recreation and park facilities in the community.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 840, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1995.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 9. Property


text:
For purposes of this article the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Affordable housing cost” has the same meaning as set forth in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 50050) of Part 1 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code as applied to persons and families of low or moderate income.

(b) “Affordable rent” has the same meaning as set forth in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 50050) of Part 1 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code as applied to persons and families of low or moderate income.

(c) “Extremely low income households” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 50106 of the Health and Safety Code.

(d) “Local governing agency” means a city in which a new schoolsite is located, or if a new schoolsite is located in an unincorporated area, the county in which the new schoolsite is located.

(e) “Eligible nonprofit corporation” means a nonprofit public benefit corporation, nonprofit mutual benefit corporation, or a limited liability company in which the managing member is a nonprofit public benefit corporation or a nonprofit mutual benefit corporation.

(f) “New schoolsite” means real property acquired by a school district on and after January 1, 2003, for construction of a new schoolsite or for expansion of an existing schoolsite.

(g) “New schoolsite replacement housing” means housing to replace the residential dwelling units demolished or to be demolished in connection with a new schoolsite.

(h) “Persons and families of low income” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.

(i) “Persons and families of low or moderate income” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.

(j) “Very low income households” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 50105 of the Health and Safety Code.

(k) “Vicinity of a new schoolsite” means the area within the census tract in which a new schoolsite is located and the areas within the immediately adjacent census tracts.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 495, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 9.5. Schoolsite Replacement Housing

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text:
For purposes of this article, an extreme shortage of affordable housing exists if any of the following conditions exist:

(a) The vacancy rate for rental housing in the jurisdiction in which the new schoolsite is located is 5 percent or lower.

(b) The median rent in the Zip Code where the new replacement housing is located is more than 30 percent of the median income of the households displaced by the school construction.

(c) The occupancy rate for 10 percent or more of the dwelling units within the vicinity of the new schoolsite equals or exceeds 1.5 persons per room, excluding bathrooms, hallways, and porches.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 574, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 9.5. Schoolsite Replacement Housing


text:
(a) If a school district or community college district has acquired a new schoolsite containing residential dwelling units, the local governing agency, community college district, or eligible nonprofit corporation may, consistent with this article, acquire real property for the purpose of new schoolsite replacement housing and utilize or convey the property according to this article, if all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The local governing agency has determined that an extreme shortage of affordable housing exists in the vicinity of the new schoolsite.

(2) The real property to be used for replacement housing is acquired by the local governing agency, community college district, or an eligible nonprofit corporation in the vicinity of a new schoolsite, or in an area designated in the local governing agency’s replacement housing plan adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (e), within two years of the school district’s acquisition of a possessory right to the new schoolsite.

(3) The combined area of the real property to be used for replacement housing acquired by the local governing agency, community college district, or an eligible nonprofit corporation pursuant to this article does not include any portion of the new schoolsite and does not, in acreage, exceed 150 percent of the area acquired by the school district for the new schoolsite.

(b) (1) A local governing agency or eligible nonprofit corporation may rehabilitate, develop, or construct residential facilities on the property for the purpose of providing new schoolsite replacement housing as set forth in this article.

(2) A community college district or eligible nonprofit corporation may acquire real property for the purpose of new schoolsite replacement housing only from a willing seller.

(c) Notwithstanding Article 8 (commencing with Section 54220) of Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code or any other provision of law, a local governing agency, community college district, or eligible nonprofit corporation that has acquired real property for new schoolsite replacement housing pursuant to this article may convey the property to an affiliated public agency for the purpose of providing new schoolsite replacement housing. An affiliated public agency that has acquired real property pursuant to this section may rehabilitate, develop, or construct residential facilities on the property for the purpose of providing new schoolsite replacement housing in compliance with this article.

(d) Notwithstanding Article 8 (commencing with Section 54220) of Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code or any other provision of law, a local governing agency, community college district, eligible nonprofit corporation, or an affiliated public agency, that has acquired real property for new schoolsite replacement housing pursuant to this article, may sell, lease for no more than 99 years, jointly develop, exchange, subdivide, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber by mortgage, deed of trust, or otherwise, or otherwise dispose of the real property or any interest in that property, or any portion thereof, for the purpose of providing new schoolsite replacement housing through the rehabilitation, development, or construction of residential facilities or combined residential and commercial facilities on that property.

(e) (1) Any disposition of real property, pursuant to subdivision (d), acquired for new schoolsite replacement housing pursuant to this article shall be in furtherance of a replacement housing plan. The local governing agency, or community college district shall adopt a replacement housing plan for disposition of real property pursuant to this article, which shall meet all of the following requirements:

(A) The replacement housing plan shall include all of the following:

(i) A statement of the general location of housing to be developed pursuant to this section.

(ii) A description of the means of financing the development.

(iii) A finding that the actions to be taken pursuant to the plan do not require approval of the voters pursuant to Article XXXIV of the California Constitution, or that the approval has been or will be obtained.

(iv) A specification of the number of dwelling units housing persons and families of low income and persons and families of moderate income, respectively, that are planned for construction or rehabilitation.

(v) Provisions to ensure that persons displaced by the acquisition of a new schoolsite, and the acquisition of the new schoolsite replacement housing property pursuant to this article, shall have a right of first refusal for the purchase or rental of dwelling units developed in the replacement housing.

(vi) A description of any facilities for commercial use to be constructed in combination with the replacement housing.

(B) The number of dwelling units to be developed on the combined area of real property acquired pursuant to this article will be equal to a prescribed percentage, as determined by the local governing agency, or community college district, but in no event less than the sum of both of the following:

(i) Seventy-five percent of the total number of dwelling units demolished or to be demolished in connection with construction or expansion of school facilities on the new schoolsite.

(ii) The total number of dwelling units on the new schoolsite replacement housing property to be acquired pursuant to this article.

(C) Unless the local governing agency or community college district prescribes a greater number pursuant to subparagraph (D), the number of dwelling units developed on the property acquired for new schoolsite replacement housing pursuant to this article that are available at affordable housing costs or affordable rents shall be greater than, or equal to, the lesser of either of the following:

(i) A number equal to 50 percent of the dwelling units developed on the property acquired for new schoolsite replacement housing pursuant to this article.

(ii) The number of households of persons and families of low, or moderate, income displaced by the acquisition of the new schoolsite property and by the acquisition of the property for new schoolsite replacement housing pursuant to this article.

(D) A local governing agency, community college district, or eligible nonprofit corporation may require that all or any portion of the dwelling units, in addition to those required under subparagraph (C), be available at affordable housing cost or affordable rent to persons and families in lower income categories, including, persons and families of low income, very low income, or extremely low income. This section does not prohibit a local governing agency, community college district, or eligible nonprofit corporation from participating financially or otherwise to enable any housing developed pursuant to this article to serve households of lower income if the need for that housing is identified in, and consistent with, the replacement housing plan.

(2) For a reasonable period of time prior to adopting the replacement housing plan, the agency or community college district shall make available a draft of the proposed plan for review and comment by public agencies and the general public.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 495, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 9.5. Schoolsite Replacement Housing


text: This article does not require a local governing agency to acquire real property, develop replacement housing, or perform any other act pursuant to this article. A local governing agency may, at its option, take action pursuant to this article.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 9.5. Schoolsite Replacement Housing


text: The governing board of any school district shall maintain schools and classes as provided by law.

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

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10. School Maintenance

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text: The governing board of any school district shall prescribe rules not inconsistent with law or with the rules prescribed by the State Board of Education, for the government and discipline of the schools under its jurisdiction. The governing board of each school district which maintains any of grades 1 through 12, inclusive, may, at the time and in the manner prescribed by Sections 48980 and 48981, notify the parent or guardian of all pupils registered in schools of the district of the availability of rules of the district pertaining to student discipline.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1032, Sec. 2. Effective September 28, 2002.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10. School Maintenance


text:
(a) On or before December 1, 1987, and at least every four years thereafter, each public school may, at its discretion, adopt rules and procedures on school discipline applicable to the school. For schools that choose to adopt rules pursuant to this article, the school discipline rules and procedures shall be consistent with any applicable policies adopted by the governing board and state statutes governing school discipline. In developing these rules and procedures, each school shall solicit the participation, views, and advice of one representative selected by each of the following groups:

(1) Parents.

(2) Teachers.

(3) School administrators.

(4) School security personnel, if any.

(5) For junior high schools and high schools, pupils enrolled in the school.

Meetings for the development of the rules and procedures should be developed and held within the school’s existing resources, during nonclassroom hours, and on normal schooldays.

The final version of the rules and procedures on school discipline with attendant regulations may be adopted by a panel comprised of the principal of the school, or his or her designee, and a representative selected by classroom teachers employed at the school.

It shall be the duty of each employee of the school to enforce the rules and procedures on school discipline adopted under this section.

(b) The governing board of each school district may prescribe procedures to provide written notice to continuing pupils at the beginning of each school year and to transfer pupils at the time of their enrollment in the school and to their parents or guardians regarding the school discipline rules and procedures adopted pursuant to subdivision (a).

(c) Each school may file a copy of its school discipline rules and procedures with the district superintendent of schools and governing board on or before January 1, 1988.

(d) The governing board may review, at an open meeting, the approved school discipline rules and procedures for consistency with governing board policy and state statutes.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1032, Sec. 3. Effective September 28, 2002.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10. School Maintenance


text: Additional employees may not be hired and substitute teachers may not be utilized in order to comply with the requirements of Sections 35291 and 35291.5.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 87, Sec. 2.5.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10. School Maintenance


text: The governing board of any school district shall visit each school in its district at least once each term, and examine carefully into the management, needs, and conditions of the schools. In any school district which employs district or city superintendents of schools, it shall either visit the schools or provide that they shall be visited by the district or city superintendent of schools or his assistants.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10. School Maintenance


text:
(a) Every public and private school maintaining any combination of classes from kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, shall comply with all of the following:

(1) Every restroom shall at all times be maintained and cleaned regularly, fully operational, and stocked at all times with toilet paper, soap, and paper towels or functional hand dryers.

(2) The school shall keep all restrooms open during school hours when pupils are not in classes, and shall keep a sufficient number of restrooms open during school hours when pupils are in classes.

(b) (1) On or before July 1, 2026, each school district, county office of education, and charter school, including charter schools operating in a school district facility pursuant to Section 47614, maintaining any combination of classes from grades 1 to 12, inclusive, shall comply with the following for each of its schoolsites that, before July 1, 2026, has more than one female restroom and more than one male restroom designated exclusively for pupil use, excluding restrooms designated for pupils in transitional kindergarten or kindergarten:

(A) Provide and maintain at least one all-gender restroom for pupil use that meets the following requirements:

(i) Has signage identifying the bathroom facility as being open to all genders and in conformity with Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations.

(ii) Is available for pupil use, consistent with the requirements of subdivision (a), as unlocked, unobstructed, easily accessible by any pupil, and consistent with existing pupil access to sex-segregated restrooms.

(iii) Is consistent with the requirements pursuant to Section 35292.6.

(iv) Is available during school hours and school functions when pupils are present.

(B) Designate a staff member to serve as a point of contact for implementation of this section.

(C) Post a notice regarding the requirements of this paragraph in a prominent and conspicuous location outside at least one all-gender restroom, including contact information for the person designated as a point of contact pursuant to subparagraph (B).

(2) A school district, county office of education, or charter school may use an existing restroom to satisfy the requirements of this subdivision if it ensures that all pupils have restrooms that are in easily accessible locations and the existing restroom otherwise complies with the requirements in paragraph (1).

(3) This subdivision shall be subject to compliance review pursuant to Section 253.

(4) The department shall post on its internet website guidance for implementation of this subdivision, including, but not limited to, examples of signage and best practices.

(5) This subdivision shall not supplant subdivision (f) of Section 221.5. Use of an all-gender restroom by a pupil shall be voluntary and pupils shall not be required to use an all-gender restroom.

(6) This subdivision shall not preclude a schoolsite that does not have more than one female restroom and more than one male restroom designated exclusively for pupil use, excluding restrooms designated for pupils in transitional kindergarten or kindergarten, from identifying and making easily accessible, a restroom for pupil use that satisfies the requirements of this subdivision.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), a school may temporarily close a restroom as necessary (1) for a documented pupil safety concern, (2) for an immediate threat to pupil safety, or (3) to repair the facility.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 227, Sec. 3. (SB 760) Effective January 1, 2024.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10. School Maintenance


text:
(a) On or before the start of the 2024–25 school year, a public school, including a school operated by a school district, county office of education, or charter school, maintaining any combination of classes from grades 3 to 12, inclusive, shall stock the school’s restrooms at all times with an adequate supply of menstrual products, available and accessible, free of cost, in all women’s restrooms and all-gender restrooms, and in at least one men’s restroom.

(b) A public school described in subdivision (a) shall not charge for any menstrual products provided to pupils.

(c) A public school described in subdivision (a) shall post a notice regarding the requirements of this section in a prominent and conspicuous location in every restroom required to stock menstrual products, available and accessible, free of cost, pursuant to this section. This notice shall include the text of this section and contact information, including an email address and telephone number, for a designated individual responsible for maintaining the requisite supply of menstrual products.

(d) For purposes of this section, “menstrual products” means menstrual pads and tampons for use in connection with the menstrual cycle.

(e) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2024.

history: (History: Repealed (in Sec. 2) and added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 421, Sec. 3. (AB 230) Effective January 1, 2024. Operative July 1, 2024, by its own provisions.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10. School Maintenance


text: The governing board of any school district shall maintain all of the elementary day schools established by it, and all of the day high schools established by it with equal rights and privileges as far as possible.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10. School Maintenance


text:
The Legislature finds and declares the following:

(a) Because of the generally acknowledged fact that California will experience moderate to severe earthquakes in the foreseeable future, increased efforts to reduce earthquake hazards should be encouraged and supported.

(b) In order to minimize loss of life and disruption, it is necessary for all private elementary schools and high schools to develop school disaster plans and specifically an earthquake emergency procedure system so that pupils and staff will act instinctively and correctly when an earthquake disaster strikes.

(c) It is therefore the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to authorize the establishment of earthquake emergency procedure systems in kindergarten and grades 1 through 12 in all private schools in California.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 895, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2005.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10.5. Earthquake Emergency Procedures

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text: The governing board of each private school shall establish an earthquake emergency procedure system in every private school building under its jurisdiction having an occupant capacity of 50 or more pupils or more than one classroom. A governing board may work with the Office of Emergency Services and the Seismic Safety Commission to develop and establish the earthquake emergency procedure systems.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 71. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10.5. Earthquake Emergency Procedures


text:
The earthquake emergency procedure system shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(a) A school building disaster plan, ready for implementation at any time, for maintaining the safety and care of students and staffs.

(b) A drop procedure. As used in this article, “drop procedure” means an activity whereby each student and staff member takes cover under a table or desk, dropping to his or her knees, with the head protected by the arms, and the back to the windows. A drop procedure practice shall be held at least once each school quarter in elementary schools and at least once a semester in secondary schools.

(c) Protective measures to be taken before, during, and following an earthquake.

(d) A program to ensure that the students and that both the certificated and classified staff are aware of, and properly trained in, the earthquake emergency procedure system.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 448, Sec. 1.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10.5. Earthquake Emergency Procedures


text:
The governing board of any school district may establish and maintain a scholarship and loan fund, to be administered by a committee composed of the members of the governing board of the school district, the school district superintendent, and such other community, faculty, administrative, and student representatives as the governing board shall determine.

The governing board shall, by rules and regulations, determine the terms of office and the method of selection of such community, faculty, administrative, and student representatives.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 12. Scholarship and Loan Funds

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text: The superintendent of school district shall be the chairman of the committee and shall be the chief executive officer of the fund.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 12. Scholarship and Loan Funds


text: The committee shall meet at least once each fiscal year and at such other times as it may be called into session by the chairman.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 12. Scholarship and Loan Funds


text:
The committee may accept on behalf of, and in the name of, the fund, such gifts, donations, bequests, and devises as are made for the purposes of the fund. Such gifts, donations, bequests, and devises may be made subject to such conditions or restrictions as the committee may prescribe.

Any donor to the fund may impose conditions to his gift, donation, bequest, or devise. The committee shall review all such conditions and make a recommendation to the governing board as to the compatibility of such conditions with the intent and purpose of the fund. The governing board shall have the authority to prohibit the committee from accepting any proposed donation to the fund if conditions with respect to the gift, donation, bequest, or devise are incompatible with the intent and purpose of the fund, as determined by the governing board.

Except as provided in this section, in no event shall the approval of any state agency be a prerequisite to acceptance by the committee of any gift, donation, bequest, or devise.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 12. Scholarship and Loan Funds


text:
Money in the fund shall be deposited in a bank or other institution whose accounts are federally insured, and any money so deposited shall be in an account or accounts fully covered by that insurance.

The committee shall establish and maintain procedures to identify clearly all money in the fund and its separate and distinct impressed trusts, if any, and from whom and to whom the money was received and disbursed.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 115, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 12. Scholarship and Loan Funds


text:
All money in the fund shall be available for making interest-free loans for educational advancement, for scholarship, or for grants-in-aid to eligible persons. An eligible person for such loans shall be any of the following:

(a) A bona fide organization of a school under the jurisdiction of the governing board of the school district.

(b) An enrollee at a school under the jurisdiction of the governing board of the school district.

(c) A graduate of a school under the jurisdiction of the governing board of the school district.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 12. Scholarship and Loan Funds


text: An applicant for a loan from the fund shall make application therefor in accordance with reasonable rules and regulations established by the governing board of the school district, provided that the rules and regulations shall not include any conditions limiting eligibility on account of the characteristics listed in Section 220.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 569, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 2008.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 12. Scholarship and Loan Funds


text: All expenses in the administration of the fund including, but not limited to, operating costs, audits, promotion of the fund, and physical housing for the committee, shall be a proper charge against the funds of the school district and the annual budget of the school districts shall include funds for such expenses.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 12. Scholarship and Loan Funds


text: The governing board of the school district shall arrange for an annual audit of the fund in the same manner as prescribed in Section 41020.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 12. Scholarship and Loan Funds


text: The chief executive officer of the fund shall make periodic reports, but not less frequently than annually, to the governing board of the school district with respect to the status and activity of the fund.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 12. Scholarship and Loan Funds


text:
(a) The governing board of a school district or the county superintendent of schools of a county may:

(1) Conduct field trips or excursions in connection with courses of instruction or school-related social, educational, cultural, athletic, or school band activities to and from places in the state, any other state, the District of Columbia, or a foreign country for pupils enrolled in elementary or secondary schools. A field trip or excursion to and from a foreign country may be permitted to familiarize pupils with the language, history, geography, natural sciences, and other studies relative to the district’s course of study for pupils.

(2) Engage instructors, supervisors, and other personnel to contribute their services over and above the normal period for which they are employed by the district, if necessary, and provide equipment and supplies for the field trip or excursion.

(3) Transport by use of district equipment, contract to provide transportation, or arrange transportation by the use of other equipment, of pupils, instructors, supervisors, or other personnel to and from places in the state, another state, the District of Columbia, or a foreign country where those excursions and field trips are being conducted, provided that, when district equipment is used, the governing board shall secure liability insurance, and if travel is to and from a foreign country, liability insurance shall be secured from a carrier licensed to transact insurance business in the foreign country.

(4) Provide supervision of pupils involved in field trips or excursions by certificated employees of the district.

(b) (1) A pupil shall not be prevented from making the field trip or excursion because of lack of sufficient funds. To this end, the governing board shall coordinate efforts of community service groups to supply funds for pupils in need.

(2) A group shall not be authorized to take a field trip or excursion authorized by this section if a pupil who is a member of an identifiable group will be excluded from participation in the field trip or excursion because of lack of sufficient funds.

(c) (1) The attendance or participation of a pupil in a field trip or excursion authorized by this section shall be considered attendance for the purpose of crediting attendance for apportionments from the State School Fund in the fiscal year. Credited attendance resulting from a field trip or excursion shall be limited to the amount of attendance that would have accrued had the pupils not been engaged in the field trip or excursion.

(2) Credited attendance shall not exceed 10 schooldays except in the case of pupils participating in a field trip or excursion in connection with courses of instruction, or school-related educational activities, and that are not social, cultural, athletic, or school band activities.

(d) All persons making the field trip or excursion shall be deemed to have waived all claims against the district, a charter school, or the State of California for injury, accident, illness, or death occurring during or by reason of the field trip or excursion. All adults taking out-of-state field trips or excursions and all parents or guardians of pupils taking out-of-state field trips or excursions shall sign a statement waiving all claims.

(e) Transportation allowances shall not be made by the Superintendent for expenses incurred with respect to field trips or excursions that have an out-of-state destination. A school district that transports pupils, teachers, or other employees of the school district in schoolbuses within the state and to destinations within the state, pursuant to the provisions of this section, shall report to the Superintendent on forms prescribed by him or her the total mileage of schoolbuses used in connection with educational excursions. In computing the allowance to a school district for regular transportation there shall be deducted from that allowance an amount equal to the depreciation of schoolbuses used for the transportation in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the Superintendent.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 92, Sec. 49. (SB 1289) Effective January 1, 2019.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 13. Excursions and Field Trips

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION > 21. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES > 2. Governing Boards > 13. Excursions and Field Trips


text:
(a) The governing board of any school district conducting excursions and field trips pursuant to this article shall provide, or make available, medical or hospital service, or both, for pupils of the district injured while participating in any excursion or field trip under the jurisdiction of, or sponsored or controlled by, the district or the authorities of any school of the district.

(b) (1) The medical or hospital service, or both, described in subdivision (a) shall be provided, or made available, through any of the following:

(A) One or more nonprofit membership corporations defraying the cost of medical or hospital service, or both.

(B) One or more group, blanket, or individual policies of accident insurance from an authorized insurer.

(C) A self-insurance program of the school district.

(2) The cost incurred by the school district pursuant to this subdivision may be paid from the funds of the district, or by the insured pupil or his or her parent or guardian.

(3) The membership may be taken in, or the insurance may be purchased from, only those corporations or insurers that are authorized to do business in this state. If the coverage described in this subdivision is to be provided through a self-insurance program of the school district, claims may be paid from a fund established for that purpose.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 89, Sec. 6. (AB 2081) Effective January 1, 2011.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 13. Excursions and Field Trips


text: No transportation by air may be provided under this article unless the transportation by air is provided by any of the following: (a) aircraft owned and operated by the state or federal government; (b) chartered or regularly scheduled aircraft operated exclusively by an air carrier or foreign air carrier as defined in subdivisions (3) and (19) of Section 101 of Title 1 of the “Federal Aviation Act of 1958” (Public Law 85-726; 72 Stat. 731) engaged in air transportation as defined in subdivision (10) of the same section while there is in force a certificate or permit issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board of the United States, or its successor, authorizing such air carrier to engage in such transportation; or (c) chartered or regularly scheduled aircraft of a passenger air carrier as defined pursuant to Section 2741 of the Public Utilities Code that is authorized to engage in transportation by air in the State of California by the Public Utilities Commission pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 2739) of Part 2 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 41.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 13. Excursions and Field Trips


text:
The governing board of any elementary, high, or unified school district may charge a fee for school camp programs, provided that payment of such fee is not mandatory. No pupil shall be denied the opportunity to participate in a school camp program because of nonpayment of the fee.

The amount of the fee may not exceed the difference between any state, local, or federal funds generated by such a program and the cost of the services actually provided.

For purposes of this section a school camp program is one which is operated pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 8760) of Chapter 4 of Part 6.

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

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 13.5. School Camps

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION > 21. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES > 2. Governing Boards > 13.5. School Camps


text:
No governing board of a school district shall require any student or pupil to be transported for any purpose or for any reason without the written permission of the parent or guardian.

This section shall not apply to the transportation of a student or pupil in an emergency arising from illness or injury to the student or pupil.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 15. Authority to Transport Pupils

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION > 21. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES > 2. Governing Boards > 15. Authority to Transport Pupils


text: No public school pupil shall be assigned to or be required to attend a particular school because of the characteristics listed in Section 220.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 569, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 2008.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 15. Authority to Transport Pupils


text:
(a) The Los Angeles Unified School District’s Inspector General of the Office of the Inspector General may conduct audits and investigations. The inspector general may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths or affirmations, take testimony, and compel the production of all information, documents, reports, answers, records, accounts, papers, and other data and documentary evidence deemed material and relevant and that reasonably relate to the inquiry or investigation undertaken by the inspector general when the inspector general has a reasonable suspicion that a law, regulation, rule, or school district policy has been violated or is being violated. For purposes of this section, “reasonable suspicion” means that the circumstances known or apparent to the inspector general include specific and articulable facts causing the inspector general to suspect that a material violation of law, regulation, rule, or school district policy has occurred or is occurring, and that the facts would cause a reasonable officer in a like position to suspect that a material violation of a law, regulation, rule, or school district policy has occurred or is occurring.

(b) Subpoenas shall be served in the manner provided by law for service of summons. A subpoena issued pursuant to this section may be subject to challenge pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1985) of Title 3 of Part 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(c) For purposes of this section, Sections 11184, 11185, 11186, 11187, 11188, 11189, 11190, and 11191 of the Government Code shall apply to the subpoenaing of witnesses and documents, reports, answers, records, accounts, papers, and other data and documentary evidence as if the investigation was being conducted by a state department head, except that the applicable court for resolving motions to compel or motions to quash shall be the Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles.

(d) Notwithstanding any other law, a person who, after the administration of an oath or affirmation pursuant to this section, states or affirms as true any material matter that the person knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed six months or by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment for the first offense. Any subsequent violation shall be punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year or by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.

(e) (1) The inspector general shall submit to the Legislature, on or before July 1 of each year, an annual report on all of the following:

(A) The use and effectiveness of the subpoena power authorized by this section in the successful completion of the inspector general’s duties.

(B) Any use of the subpoena power in which the issued subpoena was quashed, including the basis for the court’s order.

(C) Any referral to the local district attorney or the Attorney General where the district attorney or Attorney General declined to investigate the matter further or declined to prosecute.

(2) A report to be submitted to the Legislature pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 871, Sec. 1. (SB 991) Effective January 1, 2025.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 16. Los Angeles Unified School District

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION > 21. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES > 2. Governing Boards > 16. Los Angeles Unified School District


text:
(a) The inspector general shall be appointed by the Board of Education of the Los Angeles Unified School District for a term of three years, subject to the terms of the inspector general’s employment contract.

(b) (1) The inspector general shall conform to the Principles and Standards for Offices of Inspector General, published by the Association of Inspectors General.

(2) Audits performed by the inspector general shall be conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, including either the Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, or the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing issued by The Institute of Internal Auditors.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 871, Sec. 2. (SB 991) Effective January 1, 2025.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 16. Los Angeles Unified School District


text:
(a) If the inspector general determines that there is reasonable cause to believe that an employee or outside agency has engaged in any illegal activity, he or she shall report the nature and details of the activity on a timely basis to the local district attorney or the Attorney General.

(b) The inspector general does not have any enforcement power.

(c) Every investigation, including, but not limited to, all investigative files and work-product, shall be kept confidential, except that the inspector general may issue any report of an investigation that has been substantiated, keeping confidential the identity of the individual or individuals involved, or release any findings resulting from an investigation conducted pursuant to this article that is deemed necessary to serve the interests of the district.

(d) This section does not limit any authority conferred upon the Attorney General or any other department or agency of government to investigate any matter.

(e) Except as authorized in this section, or if called upon to testify in any court or proceeding at law, any disclosure of information by the inspector general or that office that was acquired pursuant to a subpoena of the private books, documents, or papers of the person subpoenaed, is punishable as a misdemeanor.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2004.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 16. Los Angeles Unified School District


text: It is the intent of the Legislature to utilize the organization of districts as they existed on January 1, 1981, and local educational needs and concerns shall serve as the basis for future reorganization of districts in each county.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1058, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2001.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. Legislative Intent and Purpose

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text: On and after January 1, 1981, this chapter and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 35700) shall apply to an action to reorganize school districts.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1186, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1995.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

chapter: 3. Reorganization of School Districts—General Provisions

article: 1. Legislative Intent and Purpose


text: Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 35700).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 448, Sec. 1. (SB 148) Effective January 1, 2016.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Definitions

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text:
An “action to reorganize districts” means either of the following:

(a) An action to form a new school district, which is accomplished through any of, or any combination of, the following:

(1) Dissolving two or more existing school districts of the same kind and forming one or more new school districts of that same kind from the entire territory of the original districts.

(2) Forming one or more new school districts of the same kind from all or parts of one or more existing school districts of that same kind.

(3) Unifying school districts, including the consolidation of all or part of one or more high school districts with all or part of one or more component school districts into one or more new unified school districts.

(4) Deunifying a school district, including the conversion of all or part of a unified school district into one or more new high school districts, each with two or more new component districts.

(b) An action to transfer territory, including the transfer of all or part of an existing school district to another existing school district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 314, Sec. 1. (AB 174) Effective January 1, 2010.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Definitions


text: “County committee” means the county committee on school district organization, organized and acting as provided for in Article 1 (commencing with Section 4000) of Chapter 1 of Part 3, or the county board of education, organized and acting as provided for in Article 2 (commencing with Section 4020) of Chapter 1 of Part 3.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1452, Sec. 213.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Definitions


text: For the purposes of any reference in this chapter to “districts of the same kind,” all elementary school districts are districts of the same kind, all high school districts are districts of the same kind, and all unified school districts are districts of the same kind.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1192, Sec. 2.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Definitions


text:
As used in this chapter and in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 35700):

(a) “Affected district” means a school district that has been, or is proposed to be, affected by an action to reorganize pursuant to Section 35511 or by an action to lapse a school district pursuant to Section 35780.1. Affected districts include all of the following school district types:

(1) “Original district” means a school district as it existed before an action to reorganize pursuant to Section 35511 or before an action to lapse a school district pursuant to Section 35780.1. The boundaries of an “original district” are those of the school district as it existed immediately before the action to reorganize or lapse.

(2) “Former district” means a school district that has been wholly included in another school district, or has had all of its territory made part of two or more other school districts, through any action taken pursuant to Section 35511 or through a lapsation pursuant to Section 35780.1. The boundaries of a former district are those of the school district as it existed immediately before an action to reorganize or lapse.

(3) “New district” means a school district that is formed from all or portions of one or more other school districts by an action to reorganize taken pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 35511. A new district does not exist before such an action.

(4) “Acquiring district” means a school district that has all or portions of one or more other school districts transferred into, or lapsed into, its boundaries pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 35511 or Section 35780.1.

(5) “Divided district” means a school district that has had a portion of its territory become part of a new school district or transferred into one or more other school districts by an action to reorganize taken pursuant to Section 35511.

(A) The “reorganized portion of a divided district” means the portion of the divided school district’s territory that becomes part of a new school district or is transferred into one or more other school districts.

(B) The “remaining portion of a divided district” means the portion of the divided school district’s territory that does not become part of a new school district or that is not transferred into one or more other school districts.

(6) “Reorganized district” means a school district that is a “new district,” an “acquiring district,” or a “divided district.”

(b) “Districts” means school districts of every kind or class.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 186, Sec. 4. (AB 2659) Effective January 1, 2017.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Definitions


text: “Component district” means an elementary school district that is included within a high school district or an elementary school district that is excluded from an action to unify a high school district but that continues to feed into the high schools of the new unified school district pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 35542.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 448, Sec. 3. (SB 148) Effective January 1, 2016.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Definitions


text: “Uninhabited territory” means territory in which fewer than 12 persons are registered to vote at least 54 days before the time of filing of a petition or adoption of a resolution for a school district boundary change.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 344, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2006.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Definitions


text: In any action to reorganize school districts, which are located in more than one county and are under the jurisdiction of different county superintendents of schools, the proceedings to be conducted or the actions to be taken by county officers or agencies shall be conducted or taken in each of the counties involved, except as provided in this article or as otherwise provided by law.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION > 21. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES > 3. Reorganization of School Districts—General Provisions > 3. Reorganization of Districts Under the Jurisdiction of Different Counties


text: Any petition to a county officer or agency in an action referred to in Section 35520 shall be presented in each county. The sufficiency of the petition shall be determined jointly by the county superintendents who have jurisdiction over the districts in which any petitioners reside.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1192, Sec. 2.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Reorganization of Districts Under the Jurisdiction of Different Counties


text: Any election in an action referred to in Section 35520 shall be called and conducted by each county superintendent in the districts which are under his or her jurisdiction and in which the election is to be held. The designation of the date and hours of the election, the form and content of the ballot, and the declaration of the result of the election shall be by joint action of the county superintendents having jurisdiction over the districts who call and conduct the election.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: Any public hearing required, or allowed to be held, in an action referred to in Section 35520 may be conducted in each county, or jointly in either county, as it appears most convenient and practical to the county officers or agencies conducting the hearing.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: Any decision in an action referred to in Section 35520 to recommend reorganization or to recommend approval or disapproval of a petition for reorganization may be taken at, or following, a joint public hearing. If separate hearings are conducted in each county, a decision to grant or deny the proposed reorganization shall be made only after findings and tentative conclusions of the hearings in each county have been transmitted to the officer or agency which conducted the hearings in each of the other counties.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: An action to reorganize districts is complete when the board of supervisors makes the order required pursuant to Section 35765.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

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text: An action to form a unified school district pursuant to Section 35542 is complete upon the date of completion of the action by which the boundaries of the school districts comprising the unified school district become coterminous.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 186, Sec. 5. (AB 2659) Effective January 1, 2017.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 4. Completion and Effective Dates for Action