text: State funds may, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be distributed to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for distribution to districts and county offices of education for the purchase of low- or zero-emission schoolbuses that replace, or increase the number of, schoolbuses in the existing schoolbus fleet or for retrofitting existing schoolbuses to achieve reductions in emissions. State funds that are provided pursuant to this part shall not exceed the amount of funds provided from other sources.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


kind: section

code: EDC

text: A school district or county office of education may enter into contracts, including multiple year contracts, with private sector individuals, businesses, and other entities for the purpose of receiving revenues to supplement its schoolbus emissions reduction fund in exchange for the issuance to the private sector contributor of emission reduction credits resulting from the purchase by the school district or county office of education of low- or zero-emission schoolbuses or the retrofit of existing schoolbuses. If there are multiple private sector contributors, each of those contributors shall receive a share of the credits allocated in proportion to their contribution, as specified by the school district or county office of education at the time that the parties enter into the agreement.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 862, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)

division: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

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text:
The Chairperson of the State Air Resources Board and the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall jointly develop guidelines for school district or county office of education use that describe all of the following:

(a) The manner in which school districts or county offices of education may obtain funding from private and public entities for deposit into a school district or county office of education schoolbus emissions reduction fund.

(b) The methods for determining the quantity and allocation of emission reduction credits generated from a new bus that replaces an existing bus or from a new or retrofitted bus that represents an expansion of fleet capacity.

(c) The methods by which school districts or county offices of education located in the South Coast Air Quality Management District may obtain funds from cities pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 44243 of the Health and Safety Code.

part: 10.8. SCHOOLBUS EMISSIONS REDUCTION FUNDS

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


text: Prior to distributing any state funds pursuant to this part, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall consult with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to avoid duplication or overlap with appropriations from the Katz Schoolbus Fund, created pursuant to Section 17911.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


text: Any schoolbus replaced pursuant to this part that meets the federal safety standards established in 1977 shall be offered for sale to school districts to replace schoolbuses that do not meet the federal safety standards, at a purchase price not to exceed the amount of the school district or county office of education’s contribution specified in Section 17921, plus appropriate administrative costs. This section shall not apply if the school district or county office of education certifies a continued need for the schoolbus being replaced.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


text:
(a) Commencing January 1, 2035, 100 percent of all newly purchased or contracted schoolbuses of a local educational agency shall be zero-emission vehicles, where feasible.

(b) If a local educational agency determines that the purchase or contracting of a zero-emission schoolbus is not feasible due to both terrain and route constraints, the local educational agency may request a one-time extension for a term not to exceed five years, in order to meet the requirements in subdivision (a), provided that both of the following conditions are met:

(1) The local educational agency can reasonably demonstrate that a daily planned bus route for transporting pupils to and from school cannot be serviced through available zero-emission technology in 2035.

(2) The State Air Resources Board, in consultation with the department and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, receives and evaluates a local educational agency’s request, and grants a one-time extension based on the local educational agency reasonably demonstrating the condition in paragraph (1).

(c) Commencing January 1, 2040, if a frontier local educational agency determines that the purchase or contracting of a zero-emission schoolbus is not feasible due to both terrain and route constraints, the frontier local educational agency may request annual extensions, with the last extension expiring on January 1, 2045, in order to meet the requirements in subdivision (a), provided that both of the following conditions are met:

(1) The frontier local educational agency can reasonably demonstrate that a daily planned bus route for transporting pupils to and from school cannot be serviced through available zero-emission technology in the period in which the annual waiver is sought.

(2) The State Air Resources Board, in consultation with the department and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, receives and evaluates the frontier local educational agency’s request, and grants an annual extension based on the frontier local educational agency reasonably demonstrating the condition in paragraph (1).

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

(1) “Frontier local educational agency” means a local educational agency that meets either of the following conditions:

(A) The total number of pupils in average daily attendance at all of the schools served by the local educational agency is fewer than 600.

(B) Each county in which a school operated by the local educational agency is located has a total population density fewer than 10 persons per square mile.

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

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 445, Sec. 2. (AB 579) Effective January 1, 2024.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


text:
The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the interest of the people and of the state that there be a general diffusion of information and knowledge through the continued operation of free public libraries. Such diffusion is a matter of general concern inasmuch as it is the duty of the state to provide encouragement to the voluntary lifelong learning of the people of the state.

The Legislature further declares that the public library is a supplement to the formal system of free public education, and a source of information and inspiration to persons of all ages, cultural backgrounds, and economic statuses, and a resource for continuing education and reeducation beyond the years of formal education, and as such deserves adequate financial support from government at all levels.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1498, Sec. 1. Section operative July 1, 1983, pursuant to Section 18031.)

part: 11. LIBRARIES

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

chapter: 1.5. Public Library Finance

article: 1. General Provisions

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text: It is the intent of the Legislature under this chapter to initiate and examine a specific program providing equitable and adequate funds to the public libraries of the state which are established under various provisions of law, and which, historically dependent for their support on local property tax revenues, face a fiscal crisis as a result of ad valorem tax limitations imposed by Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, which fiscal crisis has not been sufficiently resolved through application of existing statutes.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
In adopting this chapter, the Legislature declares that its policy, and its objective in enacting the specific program prescribed in Section 18011, is to do all of the following:

(a) Assure the availability to every resident of the state of an adequate level of public library service regardless of the taxable wealth of the local jurisdiction providing the service.

(b) Provide permanent, stable, and predictable financing for public libraries of the state through a combination of state and local revenues.

(c) Provide state funds for public library service through application of a simple formula whose variable elements can be readily predicted and ascertained by both state and local officials, and which can be administered by the Controller and the State Librarian as ministerial functions.

(d) Reaffirm the principle of local control of the government and administration of public libraries under broad state policy determinations, and subject to the necessity for financial accounting to the state for the expenditure of state funds and required local matching funds.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 1. General Provisions


text: The Legislature finds and declares that this chapter effects a state policy that each public library provide a minimum level of service, known as the foundation program, to the extent state funds are made available for that purpose as prescribed by this chapter. The Legislature, therefore, declares that state funds made available to each public library pursuant to this chapter, to the extent those funds are appropriations subject to limitation of a public library, shall be included in the appropriations limit of the state for purposes of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution. However, this chapter does not mandate any new program or higher level of service on any local government for which state funds are not made available as prescribed by this chapter.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
As used in this chapter:

(a) “Public library” means a library, or two or more libraries, operated as a single entity by one or more public jurisdictions and which serve the general public without distinction.

(b) “Foundation program” means those elements of library service which are basic to its function as a provider of information, education, and cultural enrichment to all segments of the community, including, but not limited to, collection development and maintenance, lending services, information services, facility maintenance, and administration. The foundation program shall not include major capital improvements, which, for purposes of this chapter, shall be defined as the purchase of real property, the construction or improvement of buildings, and the purchase of equipment and the payment of fees or other costs in connection with the same.

(c) “Fiscal officer” means, for a municipal library, the chief fiscal officer of the municipality; for a county library or a library district under the jurisdiction of the county board of supervisors, the chief fiscal officer of the county; and for an independent library district, the chief librarian of the district. In the case of a public library which provides foundation program service by contract to one or more jurisdictions in addition to the jurisdiction or jurisdictions with which it is affiliated, the chief fiscal officer of the jurisdiction with which it is primarily affiliated shall be deemed the fiscal officer for the public library for the purposes of this chapter.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 895, Sec. 1.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 2. Definitions

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text:
For the fiscal year 1982–83, the cost of the foundation program is deemed to be twelve dollars ($12) per capita.

For the 1983–84 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the cost of the foundation program shall be increased by a percentage equal to the average statewide percentage increase in the total revenue limit for all unified school districts computed pursuant to Section 42238 from the prior fiscal year.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Funding

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text: The State Librarian shall determine and certify, on or before June 1, 1982, and June 1 of each fiscal year thereafter, the population served by each public library of the state based upon census data compiled by the United States Department of Commerce or estimates prepared by the California Department of Finance, whichever is more current. For such purposes, no person shall be deemed to be served by more than one public library.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Funding


text: The total cost of the foundation program for each public library for the purposes of this chapter shall be the product of the per capita cost determined pursuant to Section 18020 multiplied by the population determined pursuant to Section 18021.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Funding


text: On or before August 31, 1982, and October 31 of each fiscal year thereafter, the fiscal officer of each public library shall report to the State Librarian the total revenue appropriated for the foundation program of the public library for that fiscal year and shall specify the amount of local revenue included in such total appropriation. For the purposes of this chapter, homeowner and business inventory exemption reimbursements, timber yield tax funds, and federal revenue sharing funds shall be deemed to be local revenues.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 831, Sec. 1. Effective August 31, 1984.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Funding


text:
(a) A fund is hereby created in the State Treasury to be known as the Public Library Fund.

(b) The Controller shall transfer on January 1, 1984, from the General Fund to the Public Library Fund the amount necessary to meet the state’s obligations under this chapter for the remainder of the 1983–84 fiscal year.

(c) The Controller shall transfer on July 1, 1984, and on July 1 of each year thereafter, from the General Fund to the Public Library Fund the amount necessary to meet the state’s obligation under this chapter for that particular fiscal year.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 323, Sec. 9. Effective July 1, 1983.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Funding


text:
(a) For the 1982–83 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the State Librarian shall determine the amount to which each public library is entitled for support of the library during the fiscal year. The amount shall be equal to 10 percent of the cost of the foundation program as determined pursuant to Section 18022.

(b) If local revenues appropriated for a public library for the 1982–83 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, including tax revenues made available under Chapter 282 of the Statutes of 1979, total less than 90 percent of the cost of the foundation program as determined pursuant to Section 18022, the state allocation for that fiscal year shall be reduced proportionately. A proportional reduction in the state allocation as described in this subdivision shall not be made, however, commencing with the 1997–98 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, if the amount appropriated to the Public Library Fund for that fiscal year is equal to or greater than the amount necessary to fund each public library in the amount it received for the prior fiscal year, thus providing the state’s share of the cost of the foundation program to each library based only on its population served, as certified by the State Librarian. After the first fiscal year in which the proportional reduction is not made, no further reductions based on this subdivision shall be made in any future fiscal year. It is the intent of this subdivision to make this change without harm to any library currently receiving an unreduced share of the state’s cost of the foundation program.

(c) If local revenues appropriated for a public library for the 1982–83 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, including tax revenues made available under the provisions of Chapter 282 of the Statutes of 1979, total more than 90 percent of the cost of the foundation program as determined pursuant to Section 18022, the state allocation for that fiscal year shall remain at 10 percent of the cost of the foundation program as determined pursuant to Section 18022.

(d) In order for a public library to receive state funds under this chapter in the 1983–84 fiscal year and any fiscal year thereafter, the total amount of local revenues appropriated for the public library for that fiscal year, including tax revenues made available under Chapter 282 of the Statutes of 1979 and other revenues deemed to be local revenues according to Section 18023, shall be equal to at least the total amount of local revenues, as defined, appropriated for the public library in the previous fiscal year. State funds provided under this chapter shall supplement, but not supplant, local revenues appropriated for the public library.

(e) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (d), or any other provision of law, in the 1993–94 fiscal year, any city, county, district, or city and county, that reduces local revenues appropriated for the public library for the 1993–94 fiscal year shall continue to receive state funds appropriated under this chapter for the 1993–94 fiscal year only, provided that the amount of the reduction to the appropriation to that public library for the 1993–94 fiscal year is no more than 20 percent of the 1992–93 fiscal year appropriation made to that public library as certified by the fiscal officer of the public library and transmitted to the State Librarian pursuant to Section 18023.

(2) Commencing with the 1993–94 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, any city, county, district, or city and county may request from the State Librarian a waiver of the requirements of subdivision (d) or of paragraph (1) by demonstrating that the percentage of the reduction in local revenues appropriated for the public library is no greater than the percentage of the reduction of local revenues received by the city, county, district, or city and county operating the public library as a result of changes made to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 95) of Part 0.5 of the Revenue and Taxation Code by statutes enacted during or after the 1991–92 Regular Session having the effect of shifting property tax revenues from cities, counties, special districts, and redevelopment agencies to school districts and community colleges. Requests for the waiver and the substantiating documentation shall be submitted to the State Librarian along with the annual report of appropriation required by Section 18023 or any other report of appropriations applying to public libraries required by any other provision of law.

(3) Commencing with the 1997-98 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, any city, county, district, or city and county may request from the State Librarian a waiver of the requirements of subdivision (d) by demonstrating that the percentage of reduction in local revenues appropriated for the public library is no greater than the percentage of reduction of local revenues received by the city, county, district, or city and county operating the public library as a result of the addition of Article XIIID, otherwise known as the Right to Vote on Taxes Act, to the California Constitution as approved by the voters at the November 5, 1996, general election. Requests for the waiver and the substantiating documentation shall be submitted to the State Librarian along with the annual report of appropriation required by Section 18023 or any other report of appropriations applying to public libraries required by any other provision of law.

(4) Commencing with the 2000–01 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, any city, county, district, or city and county may request from the State Librarian a waiver of the requirements of subdivision (d) or of paragraph (1) by demonstrating that the reduction in local revenues appropriated for the public library is no greater than the reduction in local revenues received by the city, county, district, or city and county operating the public library as a result of the automatic termination of a locally approved special tax or benefit assessment for that public library. Requests for the waiver and substantiating documentation shall be submitted to the State Librarian along with the annual report of appropriation required by Section 18023 or any other report of appropriations applying to public libraries required by any other provision of law.

(f) If the state allocations computed pursuant to this section exceed the total amount of funds appropriated for purposes of this section in any fiscal year, the State Librarian shall adjust on a pro rata basis public library allocations prescribed by this section so that the total amount in each fiscal year does not exceed this amount.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2001.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Funding


text: Commencing with the 1984–85 fiscal year, the State Librarian shall certify to the Controller on or before November 15, 1984, and on or before each November 15 thereafter, the amounts determined in Section 18025. The Controller shall distribute to the fiscal officer of each public library 100 percent of the amount certified by the State Librarian on or before January 15 of the 1984–85 fiscal year, and on or before each January 15 thereafter.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 831, Sec. 3. Effective August 31, 1984.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Funding


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, books and other library materials acquired or maintained by a public library as a part of the foundation program supported in part by state funds under this chapter shall be made available upon request to other public libraries in the state without charge, subject to any restrictions which may apply to the use of the materials by residents of the area normally served by the library.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Services

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text:
(a) Every public library that receives state funds pursuant to this chapter and that provides public access to the Internet shall, by a majority vote of the governing board, adopt a policy regarding access by minors to the Internet by January 1, 2000.

(b) Every public library that is required to adopt a policy pursuant to subdivision (a) shall make the policy available to members of the public at every library branch.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 429, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1999.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Services


text: The provisions of this chapter shall become operative July 1, 1983.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1498, Sec. 1. Note: This section prescribes a delayed operative date (July 1, 1983) for Chapter 1.5, commencing with Section 18010.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Services


text:
(a) Every public library that receives state funds pursuant to this chapter and that provides public access to video recordings shall, by a majority vote of the governing board, adopt a policy regarding access by minors to video recordings by January 1, 2000.

(b) Every public library that is required to adopt a policy pursuant to subdivision (a) shall make that policy available to members of the public at every library branch.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 88, Sec. 21. (AB 176) Effective January 1, 2010.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Services


text: The governing board of each school district shall provide school library services for the pupils and teachers of the district by establishing and maintaining school libraries or by contractual arrangements with another public agency.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 153.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

chapter: 2. School Libraries

article: 1. Establishment and Maintenance

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text: The State Board of Education shall adopt standards, rules and regulations for school library services.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 154.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 1. Establishment and Maintenance


text: Libraries may be established and maintained under the control of the governing board of any school district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 155.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 1. Establishment and Maintenance


text: The libraries shall be open to the use of the teachers and the pupils of the school district during the schoolday. In addition, the libraries may be open at other hours, including evenings and Saturdays, as the governing board may determine. Libraries open to serve students during evening and Saturday hours shall be under the supervision of certificated personnel. Certificated personnel employed to perform full-time services in an elementary, junior high, or high school during the regular schoolday, may supervise, but shall not without their consent be required to supervise, a school library on evenings or Saturdays. If a person agrees to supervise the school library during Saturday or evening hours, he or she shall be compensated in the amounts determined by the governing board of the district as indicated on the salary schedule.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 156.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 1. Establishment and Maintenance


text:
(a) It is in the interest of the state to authorize the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District to enter into a joint-use arrangement with another public entity for operation of a joint-use library facility located on land, in close proximity to a schoolsite, owned by the school district or by another public agency.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District may enter into a contract with the county, the city, or other appropriate entity having responsibility for the provision of public library services, in which the district is located for the purpose of operating a joint-use library facility at a schoolsite owned by the district or at a site, within one mile of the schoolsite, owned by the school district, the county, the city, or other appropriate entity having responsibility for the provision of public library services in that area.

(c) The Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District may apply for the lease-purchase of a project that includes a library facility, funded entirely with local funds, which facility, if constructed, would be of sufficient size to accommodate the requirements of a joint-use library for which the district has entered into a contract, pursuant to subdivision (b).

(d) The contract specified in subdivision (b) shall contain at least all of the following:

(1) Agreement that the county, city, or other appropriate entity shall deposit with the school district an amount equal to the total cost of any space in the proposed library facility that is beyond the needs of the district, prior to the signing of the construction contract for the project. The deposit shall not be refundable, except to the extent that it may prove subsequently to be in excess of the actual total cost of the space that is beyond the needs of the district.

(2) Agreement between the district and the county, the city, or other appropriate entity regarding staffing, maintenance, materials acquisition, and other matters related to the administration and operating costs of the joint-use facility. The agreement shall provide that the school district shall not be responsible for any costs that are not related to the school use of the joint-use facility.

(3) Agreement between the district and the county, the city, or other appropriate entity regarding the procedure for amendment or termination of the contract, including the disposition of materials housed in the joint-use facility should termination of the contract occur.

(e) A joint-use facility constructed pursuant to this section shall comply with all requirements applicable to school facilities.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1034, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 1. Establishment and Maintenance


text: County boards of education may adopt lists of books and other library materials for districts not employing a superintendent of schools or a librarian for full time. The lists may be distributed to all school districts in a county for use in the selection of books and other library materials.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 157.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 2. Books

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text: The governing board of any school district may exclude from schools and school libraries all books, publications, or papers of a sectarian, partisan, or denominational character.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 158.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 2. Books


text: The governing board of a school district maintaining its own library or libraries may appoint a librarian or librarians to staff the libraries provided they qualify as librarians pursuant to Section 44868.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 159.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Management

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text: The governing board of a school district is accountable for the proper care and preservation of the school libraries of the district, and may make all necessary rules and regulations not provided for by the State Board of Education, or the Superintendent of Public Instruction and not inconsistent therewith.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 160.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Management


text: The governing board of a school district shall, on or before August 31st, in each year, report to the State Department of Education on the condition of school libraries, for the year ending June 30th preceding. The report shall, in addition to other matters deemed expedient by the governing board or the librarians, contain the statistical and other information as is deemed desirable by the State Department of Education. For this purpose the State Department of Education may send to the several districts under its supervision, instructions or question blanks so as to obtain the material for a comparative study of library conditions in the state.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 161.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Management


text: Whenever the county in which a district is situated maintains a county library, the governing board of any school district or community college district may agree with the proper authorities of the county to contract for the provision of school library services by the county library. Either the governing board of the school district or community college district or the governing body of the county library may initiate proceedings for the provision of library services for the schools of the district. Such agreements shall be reviewed annually by contracting parties.

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

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

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text: Notwithstanding any other section of this article to the contrary, school districts may purchase textbooks, reference books, periodicals, and other publications approved by any board authorized to adopt these materials in addition to those furnished by the county library.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 163.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Affiliation With County and City Libraries


text: All funds transferred to a county library pursuant to this article shall be used by the county library only for: (a) the acquisition of books and other materials as are adopted by the body authorized to adopt courses of study for the school districts which have entered into an agreement for the provision of school library services by the county library, and (b) the care and distribution of the books and other materials to schools which are eligible to receive school library services from the county library.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 164.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


text: The county librarian may (a) at his discretion dispose of books and other materials no longer fit for service, and (b) with the approval of the county board of education dispose of any books or other materials no longer needed by the course of study.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


text: In any city conducting a public library owned and managed by the city, the governing board of any school district may enter into an arrangement with the governing body of the public library of the city similar to the arrangement authorized by this article between the governing boards of any school district and the county library.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 165.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


text: Whenever an agreement is made that school library services will be provided by a city, or county library, the county, or city and county, or city superintendent of schools may draw a warrant for the whole amount stipulated in the agreement, payable to the proper authorities of the library, upon the filing with him of a copy of the resolution of the governing board of the district embodying the agreement made with the library. The copy shall be duly certified as correct by the clerk of the district or other proper officer.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


text: The governing board of any high school district lying wholly or partly within a county maintaining a county free library may enter into a contract or agreement with the board of supervisors of the county by which the high school district may secure the advantages of the county free library upon such terms and conditions as are fixed in the contract or agreement.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


text: Whenever the governing board of a school district enters into an agreement with a county or city library for school library services the district shall provide for the care and custody of and assume responsibility for the books and other property delivered to it subject to the rules and regulations of the county or city library and the terms of the agreement.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 166.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


text:
With the consent of the county superintendent of schools the governing board of the school district may agree with the proper authorities of the county or city to terminate the affiliation of the district with the county or city library. Either the governing board of the school district or the governing body of the county library may initiate termination proceedings. The proceedings shall be terminated prior to the first day of February of the school year in which begun and may provide for either of the following:

(a) The complete withdrawal of affiliation effective on the first day of July next succeeding.

(b) A gradual withdrawal over a period of not to exceed three years beginning on the first day of July next succeeding the termination of proceedings.

The governing board of the school district shall enter into a written agreement with the proper authorities of the city or county providing for the terms of the gradual withdrawal, including the period to be covered, not to exceed three years, the amount of payment for each year, and the amount of service to be rendered.

Unless otherwise provided in the withdrawal agreement, the books purchased by a district during the period of the withdrawal become the property of the district.

All books purchased by a district shall be approved by the body authorized to adopt courses of study for the school districts of the county.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 167.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


text:
With the consent of the county board of education, in those counties in which the county superintendent of schools performs library services for the school library of any district, the governing board of the school district may agree with the proper authorities of the county to terminate the affiliation of the district with the county superintendent of schools with respect to library services. The proceedings shall be terminated prior to the first day of February of the school year in which begun and may provide for either of the following:

(a) The complete withdrawal of affiliation effective on the first day of July next succeeding.

(b) A gradual withdrawal over a period of not to exceed five years beginning on the first day of July next succeeding the termination of proceedings.

The county board of education shall adopt rules and regulations governing a gradual withdrawal, including the period to be covered, not to exceed five years, the amount of payment for each year, and the amount of service to be rendered. The terms of the gradual withdrawal shall comply with the rules and regulations.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 168.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


text: The governing board of any school district shall expend the library fund, together with the money that is added thereto by donation, in the purchase of school apparatus and books for a school library, including books for supplementary work.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 169.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 5. Use of Library Fund

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text: No warrant shall be drawn by the superintendent of schools upon the order of any governing board of any school district against the library fund of any district unless the order is accompanied by an itemized bill, showing the books and apparatus, and the price of each in payment of which the order is drawn, and unless the books and apparatus, except in the case of library books and apparatus purchased by a district employing a district superintendent of schools or a school librarian for full time, have been adopted by the county, city, or city and county board of education.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 170.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 5. Use of Library Fund


text: All orders of the governing board of any school district for books or apparatus shall in every case be submitted to the superintendent of schools of the county, city, or city and county, respectively, for his or her approval, before the books or apparatus shall be purchased.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 171.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 5. Use of Library Fund


text:
(a) A fund is hereby established in the State Treasury to be known as the Business Organizations and Opportunities for Kids Fund. Moneys donated by private entities for the purchase of classroom reading materials pursuant to this article shall be deposited into this fund. These donations shall be tax exempt and treated as a charitable contribution to the extent allowed under both federal and state law.

(b) All moneys in the Business Organizations and Opportunities for Kids Fund are available for expenditure only upon an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or other act. The fund shall be administered by the State Librarian in consultation with the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The allocation and expenditure of money in the fund shall be consistent with Section 18203.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 78, Sec. 19. Effective July 7, 1999.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

path: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 11. LIBRARIES > 2. School Libraries > 8. California Classroom Library Materials Act of 1999


text:
(a) Funds appropriated for the purposes of this article shall be apportioned to eligible school districts in an equal amount per enrollment reported in the second principal apportionment of the prior fiscal year for kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 4, inclusive. Upon receiving an apportionment, a school district shall allocate these funds to each schoolsite that maintains a kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 4, inclusive. The schoolsite shall expend the funds for the purchase of grade-level appropriate reading materials in accordance with the districtwide kindergarten and grade 1 to grade 4, inclusive, classroom library plan required by Section 18201.

(b) For the purposes of this article, “grade-level appropriate reading materials” means nontextbook fiction and nonfiction books and periodicals.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 8. California Classroom Library Materials Act of 1999


text: “Trustees,” or “library trustees” as used in this chapter mean the regularly elected union high school trustees who reside within the library district.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 1. Definitions

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text: “Library,” “library district,” or “library districts” as used in this chapter mean “union high school library district.”

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

chapter: 3. Unified School Districts and Union High School Districts Public Libraries

article: 1. Definitions


text: For the purposes of this chapter a unified school district has all of the powers and duties of a union high school district. A library district may be formed upon the application of 50 or more taxpayers and residents of any unified district, and after an election, in the manner prescribed by this chapter for the formation of a library district upon the application of taxpayers and residents of a union high school district. If the requisite number of votes cast at the election are in favor of a unified school district library district the board of supervisors shall by resolution establish the library district and place the district in the control of the governing board of the unified school district.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 2. Unified School Districts

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text: As used in this chapter the words “union high school district” mean union high school district or unified school district and the words “union high school” mean union high school or unified school district. Whenever the provisions of this chapter are being exercised by, or are being made applicable in, a unified school district, the words “union high school district” and “union high school” shall be deemed to mean unified school district.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 2. Unified School Districts


text: If there are formed substantially within the territory of a union high school library district two or more unified school districts, the library district shall become a unified school district library district which shall be governed by the governing board of the unified school district whose territory includes the largest portion of the territory of the library district.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 2. Unified School Districts


text: Any union high school district may establish, equip, and maintain a public library for the dissemination of knowledge of the arts, sciences, and general literature, in accordance with this chapter.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Establishment

path: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 11. LIBRARIES > 3. Unified School Districts and Union High School Districts Public Libraries > 3. Establishment


text: The title to all property acquired for the purposes of the library, when not inconsistent with the terms of its acquisition, or not otherwise designated, vests in the district in which the library is, or is to be, situated.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Establishment


text: Every union high school library established under this chapter shall be forever free to the inhabitants and nonresident taxpayers of the library district, subject always to such rules, regulations, and bylaws as may be made by the board of library trustees. For violations of any rule, regulation, or bylaw a person may be fined or excluded from the privileges of the library.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Establishment


text: Upon the application by petition of 50 or more taxpayers and residents of any union high school district to the board of supervisors in the county in which the union high school district is located, for the formation of a library district, and setting forth the boundaries of the proposed district, the board of supervisors shall, within 10 days after receiving the petition, by resolution, order that an election be held in the proposed district for the determination of the question and shall conduct the election.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1452, Sec. 89.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Formation of District

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text: The election shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of this state, where applicable, without reference to form of ballot or manner of voting. The ballot shall contain the words “Shall the Union High School Library District be established?” To the right of or below those words, the words “Yes” and “No” shall be printed on separate lines, with voting targets. If a voter marks the voting target next to the printed word “Yes,” the voter’s vote shall be counted in favor of the adoption of the proposal. If the voter marks the voting target next to the printed word “No,” the voter’s vote shall be counted against its adoption.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 303, Sec. 4. (AB 1512) Effective January 1, 2026.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Formation of District


text: The election officers shall report the result of the election to the board of supervisors within five days subsequent to the holding thereof.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Formation of District


text: If two-thirds of the votes cast at the election are in favor of a union high school library district, the board of supervisors shall, by resolution, establish the library district, and place the district in the control of the governing board of the union high school district.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Formation of District


text: If more than one-third of the votes cast in the election is against a library district, the board of supervisors shall, by order, so declare and no other proceedings shall be taken in relation thereto until the expiration of one year from the date of presentation of the petition.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Formation of District


text: The fact of the presentation of the petition and the order establishing the library district shall be entered on the minutes of the board of supervisors, and shall be conclusive evidence of the due presentation of a proper petition, and that each of the petitioners was, at the time of signature and presentation of the petition a taxpayer and resident of the proposed district, and of the fact and regularity of all prior proceedings of every kind and nature provided for by this article, and of the existence and validity of the district.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Formation of District


text: Every library district shall be designated by the name and style of “____ Library District (using the name of the district) of ____ County (using the name of the county in which the district is situated).” The governing board of library trustees may select a name which sufficiently distinguishes the library district from an existing school district. A number shall not be used as a part of the designation of any library district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 27, Sec. 1. Effective June 30, 2005.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Formation of District


text: In the name of the library district, the governing board may sue and be sued, and may hold and convey property for the use and benefit of the district.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Formation of District


text: The trustees in whose control the library district has been placed shall severally hold office during the term for which they have been elected as trustees of the union high school district.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Formation of District


text:
(a) The Board of Trustees of the Santa Paula Union High School District in Ventura County may, by resolution, provide that the Santa Paula Union High School Public Library District shall be governed by a separate board of trustees. Upon adoption, the resolution shall be filed with the County Clerk of the County of Ventura. The effective date of the resolution shall not be earlier than January 1, 1996.

(b) Upon the effective date of the resolution adopted pursuant to subdivision (a), the name of the Santa Paula Union High School Public Library District shall be the Blanchard/Santa Paula Library District.

(c) The governing board shall consist of five members, each of whom shall be a registered voter residing within the library district.

(d) Except for the initial board, members appointed pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (f), and members described in subdivision (h), of the governing board shall hold office for a fixed term of four years, beginning on the last Friday in November next succeeding their appointment or election.

(e) Within 60 days after filing with the County Clerk of the County of Ventura of the resolution adopted pursuant to subdivision (a), the Board of Supervisors of the County of Ventura shall appoint the initial governing board of the library district. The appointments shall be made from the membership of the Library Commission of the Santa Paula Union High School Public Library District.

(f) The first board of trustee shall, at their first meeting, so classify themselves by lot that their terms shall expire:

(1) Two on the last Friday in November of the first even-numbered calendar year succeeding his or her appointment.

(2) Three on the last Friday of November of the second succeeding even-numbered calendar year.

(g) The district shall continue to receive revenues, including apportioned property taxes and authorized special taxes as if it were still the Santa Paula Union High School Public Library District. There shall be no change in district powers or responsibilities.

(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, those persons elected to the board of trustees in 1997 shall hold office for a fixed five-year term.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 829, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 1999.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Formation of District


text:
(a) The governing board of the Banning Unified School District may, by resolution, provide that the Banning Unified School District Library District shall be governed by a separate governing board. Upon adoption, the resolution shall be filed with the County Clerk of the County of Riverside.

(b) Upon the effective date of the resolution adopted pursuant to subdivision (a), the name of the Banning Unified School District Library District shall be the Banning Library District.

(c) The governing board shall consist of five members, each of whom shall be a registered voter residing within the library district.

(d) Except for the initial board, members appointed pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (f), and members described in subdivision (h), of the governing board shall hold office for a fixed term of four years, beginning on the last Friday in November next succeeding their appointment or election.

(e) Within 60 days after filing with the County Clerk of the County of Riverside of the resolution adopted pursuant to subdivision (a), the Board of Supervisors of the County of Riverside shall appoint the initial governing board of the library district. The appointments shall be made from the membership of the Library Commission of the Banning Unified School District Library District.

(f) The first board of trustees shall, at their first meeting, so classify themselves by lot that their terms shall expire:

(1) Two on the last Friday in November of the first even-numbered calendar year succeeding his or her appointment.

(2) Three on the last Friday of November of the second succeeding even-numbered calendar year.

(g) The library district shall continue to receive revenues, including apportioned property taxes and authorized special taxes as if it were still the Banning Unified School District Library District. There shall be no change in district powers or responsibilities.

(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, those persons elected to the governing board in 2007 shall hold office for a fixed five-year term.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 20, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Formation of District


text: The district may at any time be dissolved if two-thirds of the votes cast at an election called by the library trustees upon the question of dissolution are in favor of the dissolution.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 5. Dissolution of Districts

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text: The election shall be called and conducted in the same manner as other elections of the district.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 5. Dissolution of Districts


text: Upon dissolution, the property of the district shall vest in any union high school district in which the library is situated.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 5. Dissolution of Districts


text: If at the time of the election to dissolve the district, there is any outstanding bonded indebtedness of the district, the vote to dissolve the district shall dissolve it for all purposes excepting only the levy and collection of taxes for the payment of the indebtedness. From the time the district is dissolved until the bonded indebtedness, with the interest thereon, is fully paid, satisfied, and discharged, the board of supervisors is ex officio the library board of the district. The board shall levy such taxes and perform such other acts as are necessary in order to raise money for the payment of the indebtedness and the interest thereon.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 5. Dissolution of Districts


text: A board of library trustees shall meet at least quarterly, at the time and place that it may fix by resolution.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 579, Sec. 4. Effective October 4, 1995. Operative January 1, 1996.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 6. Meetings of Boards of Trustees

path: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 11. LIBRARIES > 3. Unified School Districts and Union High School Districts Public Libraries > 6. Meetings of Boards of Trustees


text: Special meetings may be called at any time by two trustees, by written notices served upon each member at least 12 hours before the time specified for the meeting.

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

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 6. Meetings of Boards of Trustees


text: Three members constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 6. Meetings of Boards of Trustees


text: The board shall hold an annual organizational meeting. In a year in which a regular election for board members is conducted, the meeting shall be held on a day within a 15-day period that commences with the date upon which a board member elected at that election takes office. Organizational meetings in years in which no such regular election for board members is conducted shall be held during the same 15-day period on the calendar. At each of such meetings, the board shall elect one of its number president, and another one of its number secretary. They shall serve as such for one year or until their successors are elected and qualified.

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

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 6. Meetings of Boards of Trustees


text: The board shall cause a proper record of its proceedings to be kept.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 6. Meetings of Boards of Trustees


text: At the first meeting of the board of trustees of any library district formed under this chapter it shall immediately cause to be made out and filed with the State Librarian a certificate showing that the library has been established, with the date thereof, the names of the trustees, and the officers of the board chosen for the current fiscal year.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1452, Sec. 93.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 6. Meetings of Boards of Trustees


text: The board of library trustees shall make and enforce all rules, regulations, and bylaws necessary for the administration, government, and protection of the library under its management, and all property belonging to the library.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 7. Powers of Boards of Trustees

path: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 11. LIBRARIES > 3. Unified School Districts and Union High School Districts Public Libraries > 7. Powers of Boards of Trustees


text: The board of library trustees shall administer any trust declared or created for the library and receive by gift, devise, or bequest, and hold in trust or otherwise, property situated in this state or elsewhere, and where not otherwise provided, dispose of the property for the benefit of the library.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 7. Powers of Boards of Trustees


text: The board of library trustees shall prescribe the duties and powers of the librarian, secretary, and other officers and employees of the library, determine the number of and appoint all officers and employees, and fix their compensation. The officers and employees shall hold their offices and positions at the pleasure of the boards.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 7. Powers of Boards of Trustees


text: The board of library trustees shall purchase necessary books, journals, publications, and other personal property.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 7. Powers of Boards of Trustees


text: The board of library trustees shall purchase such real property, and erect or rent and equip such buildings or rooms, as in its judgment are necessary to properly carry out the provisions of this chapter.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 7. Powers of Boards of Trustees


text: The board of library trustees may request the appropriate state officials to furnish the library with copies of any and all reports, laws, and other publications of the state not otherwise disposed of by law.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 7. Powers of Boards of Trustees


text: The board of library trustees shall borrow books from, lend books to, and exchange books with other libraries, and shall allow nonresidents to borrow books upon such conditions as it may prescribe.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 7. Powers of Boards of Trustees


text: The board of library trustees shall do and perform any and all other acts and things necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 7. Powers of Boards of Trustees


text: The board of library trustees shall file through the librarian on or before the last day in August of each year, a report with the State Librarian at Sacramento, giving the condition of its library and the number of volumes contained therein on the 30th day of June preceding. The report shall, in addition to other matters deemed expedient by the board of trustees or the district librarian, contain such statistical and other information as is deemed desirable by the State Librarian. For this purpose the State Librarian may send to the several district librarians instructions or question blanks so as to obtain the material for a comparative study of library conditions in the state.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 7. Powers of Boards of Trustees


text: The board of library trustees shall designate the hours during which the library will be open for the use of the public.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 7. Powers of Boards of Trustees


text: All public libraries established under this chapter shall be open for the use of the public at all reasonable times.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 7. Powers of Boards of Trustees


text: Boards of library trustees and the boards of trustees of neighboring library districts, or the legislative bodies of neighboring municipalities, or boards of supervisors of the counties in which public libraries are situated, may contract to lend the books of the libraries to residents of the counties, neighboring municipalities, or library districts, upon a reasonable compensation to be paid by the counties, neighboring municipalities, or library districts.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 7. Powers of Boards of Trustees


text: A board of library trustees may appoint, by resolution or other order entered in the minutes of the board of library trustees, a library commission consisting of five members to manage and operate the library or libraries of the district. Before any board of library trustees appoints a library commission as provided herein, the board of library trustees shall hold at least one public hearing on the matter of the creation of a library commission; notice of such hearing shall be given by publication pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, in a newspaper designated by the board of library trustees and circulated throughout the district, and by posting of the notice in three public places in the district at least 15 days prior to the date of the public hearing.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 8. Library Commission

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text: The members of the library commission shall hold office for three years from the first day of July next succeeding their appointment and until their successors are appointed and qualified, and shall serve without compensation.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 8. Library Commission


text: The members of the first commission appointed shall be so classified by the board of library trustees at the time of their appointment that the term of office of one of the members shall expire on the first day of July one year after the first day of July next succeeding his appointment, two at the end of one additional year thereafter, and two at the end of two additional years thereafter.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 8. Library Commission


text: Vacancies shall be filled by the board of library trustees by appointment for the unexpired term.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 8. Library Commission


text: Within 30 days after the members of the commission are first appointed, and whenever vacancies in an office occur and are filled, the commission shall meet and organize as a commission, electing a president and a secretary from their number, after which they may transact business. The commission shall meet at a time and place that the commission determines by resolution. Regular and special meetings shall be called and conducted as prescribed in Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 730, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2008.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 8. Library Commission


text: A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 8. Library Commission


text: The commission shall act only by resolution or motion. A majority vote of the members of the commission is required on each action taken, and the vote thereon shall be recorded.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 8. Library Commission


text: The commission shall cause a proper record of its proceedings to be kept and maintained.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 8. Library Commission


text: Members of the commission may be allowed actual necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred in the performance of official business of the district as approved by the commission.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 8. Library Commission


text: The commission shall do and perform any and all powers and duties authorized or required of the board of library trustees in Article 7 (commencing with Section 18400) of this chapter with the exception of Section 18411, provided that the consent of the board of library trustees shall be necessary before the commission may dispose of property pursuant to Section 18401 and before the purchase, erection, rental, and equipment of buildings or rooms pursuant to Section 18404.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 8. Library Commission


text: Upon the receipt by the county auditor of an order of the library commission of the district, he shall issue his warrant upon the county treasurer for the amount stated in the order if sufficient funds be on deposit in the account of the district with the county treasurer.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 8. Library Commission


text:
Annually, and on or before the first day of June of each and every year, the commission shall submit or cause to be submitted to the board of library trustees its proposed budget for the operating and maintaining of the library or libraries of the district for the ensuing fiscal year. The proposed budget shall include an estimate of the cost of any or all of the following:

(a) Leasing of temporary quarters;

(b) Purchasing of suitable real property;

(c) Procuring plans and specifications, and erecting a suitable building or buildings;

(d) Furnishing and equipping the library building, and fencing and ornamenting the grounds for the accommodation of the public library.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 8. Library Commission


text: The board of library trustees may dissolve the library commission created under the provisions of this article effective as of the 30th day of June next succeeding. Before taking action to dissolve a library commission, the board of library trustees shall hold at least one public hearing on the matter; notice of such hearing shall be given by publication pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, in a newspaper designated by the board of library trustees and circulated throughout the district, and by posting of the notice in three public places in the district at least 15 days prior to the date of the public hearing.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 8. Library Commission


text:
In any library district formed under this chapter which maintains a public library, or which has petitioned for and has been granted permission to establish, and intends to maintain, a public library in accordance with this chapter, the board of library trustees shall furnish to the board of supervisors of the county in which the library district is situated, each and every year, on or before the first day of September, an estimate of the cost of any or all of the following:

(a) Leasing temporary quarters.

(b) Purchasing a suitable lot.

(c) Procuring plans and specifications and erecting a suitable building.

(d) Furnishing and equipping the building, and fencing and ornamenting the grounds for the accommodation of the public library.

(e) Conducting and maintaining the library for the ensuing fiscal year.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 9. Estimates of Funds Needed

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text: The revenue derived from the tax, together with all money acquired by gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise for the purposes of the library, shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the library fund of the district in which the tax was collected, subject only to the order of the library trustees of the district.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 10. Tax Levy

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text: If the payment into the treasury is inconsistent with the terms or conditions of any gift, devise, or bequest, the board of library trustees shall provide for the safety and preservation of the fund, and the application thereof to the use of the library, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the gift, devise, or bequest.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 10. Tax Levy


text: All claims for money or damages against the 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: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 11. Claims

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text:
The board of trustees of any union high school library district may, when in its judgment it is deemed advisable, and shall upon a petition of 50 or more taxpayers and residents of the library district, call an election and submit to the electors of the district the proposition of whether the bonds of the district shall be issued and sold for the purpose of raising money for any or all of the following purposes:

(a) The purchase of suitable lots.

(b) Procuring plans and specifications and erecting a suitable building.

(c) Furnishing and equipping the building and fencing and ornamenting the grounds, for the accommodation of the union high school library.

(d) Any or all of the purposes of this chapter.

(e) Liquidating any indebtedness incurred for the purposes.

(f) Refunding any outstanding valid indebtedness evidenced by bonds or warrants of the district.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 12. Election for Issuance of Bonds

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text:
In determining the amount of bonds to be issued and sold, the board of trustees may include:

(a) Legal or other fees incidental to or connected with the authorization, issuance and sale of the bonds.

(b) The costs of printing the bonds and other costs and expenses incidental to or connected with the authorization, issuance and sale of the bonds.

If such a determination is made, the proceeds of the sale of the bonds may be used to pay such costs and fees.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 12. Election for Issuance of Bonds


text: Voting shall be by ballot, without reference to the general election law in regard to form of ballot or manner of voting. The ballots shall have printed on them the words “Shall the measure (stating the nature thereof) be adopted?” To the right or below the statement of the measure to be voted on, the words “Yes” and “No” shall be printed on separate lines, with voting targets. If a voter marks the voting target next to the printed word “Yes,” the voter’s vote shall be counted in favor of the adoption of the measure. If the voter marks the voting target next to the printed word “No,” the voter’s vote shall be counted against its adoption.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 303, Sec. 5. (AB 1512) Effective January 1, 2026.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 12. Election for Issuance of Bonds


text: If it appears that two-thirds of the votes cast at the election are in favor of issuing the bonds, the board shall cause an entry of the fact to be made upon its minutes and shall certify to the board of supervisors of the county all the proceedings had in the premises.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 12. Election for Issuance of Bonds


text: No error, irregularity, or omission which does not affect the substantial rights of the taxpayers within the district or the electors voting at any election at which bonds of any district are authorized to be issued shall invalidate the election or any bonds authorized by such election.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 12. Election for Issuance of Bonds


text: After the provisions of Sections 18510 to 18515, inclusive, have been complied with, the board of supervisors shall issue the bonds of the district, to the number and amount provided in the proceedings, payable out of the building fund of the district, naming it, and the money shall be raised by taxation upon the taxable property in the district, for the redemption of the bonds and the payment of the interest thereon.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 13. Issuance and Sale of Bonds

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text: The total amount of bonds issued, shall not exceed 5 percent of the taxable property of the district, as shown by the last equalized assessment book of the county.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 13. Issuance and Sale of Bonds


text: The bonds shall not bear a rate of interest greater than 8 percent, payable annually or semiannually.

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article: 13. Issuance and Sale of Bonds


text: The board of supervisors by an order entered upon its minutes shall prescribe the form of the bonds and of the interest coupons attached thereto.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 13. Issuance and Sale of Bonds


text: The board of supervisors by an order entered upon its minutes shall fix the time when the whole or any part of the principal of the bonds will be payable, which shall not be more than 40 years from the date thereof.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 13. Issuance and Sale of Bonds


text: The board of supervisors may divide the principal amount of any issue into two or more series and fix different dates for the bonds of each series. The bonds of one series may be made payable at different times from those of any other series.

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

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 13. Issuance and Sale of Bonds


text: The board of supervisors may provide for redemption of bonds before maturity at prices determined by it. A bond shall not be subject to call or redemption prior to maturity unless it contains a recital to that effect.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 13. Issuance and Sale of Bonds


text: The bonds shall be sold in the manner prescribed by the board of supervisors, but for not less than 95 percent of par.

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article: 13. Issuance and Sale of Bonds


text: The proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the building fund of the library district, and shall be drawn out for the purposes for which the bonds were issued as other library money is drawn out.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 13. Issuance and Sale of Bonds


text: Whenever any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter remain unsold for the period of six months after having been offered for sale in the manner prescribed by the board of supervisors, the board of trustees of the library district for or on account of which the bonds were issued, or of any library district composed wholly or partly of territory which, at the time of holding the election authorizing the issuance of the bonds, was embraced within the district for or on account of which the bonds were issued, may petition the board of supervisors to cause the unsold bonds to be withdrawn from market and canceled.

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article: 14. Cancellation of Bonds

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text: Upon receiving the petition, signed by a majority of the members of the board of trustees, the supervisors shall fix a time for hearing the petition, which shall not be more than 30 days thereafter, and shall cause a notice, stating the time and place of hearing, and the object of the petition in general terms, to be published for 10 days prior to the day of hearing in a newspaper published in the library district, if there is one, and if there is no newspaper published in the library district, then in a newspaper published at the county seat of the county in which the library district or part thereof is situated.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 14. Cancellation of Bonds


text: At the time and place designated in the notice for hearing the petition, or at any subsequent time to which the hearing may be postponed, the supervisors shall hear any reasons that may be submitted for or against the granting of the petition, and if they deem it for the best interests of the library district named in the petition that the unsold bonds be canceled, they shall make and enter an order in the minutes of their proceedings that the unsold bonds be canceled.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 14. Cancellation of Bonds


text: Thereupon the bonds and the vote by which they were authorized to be issued, shall cease to be of any validity whatever.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 14. Cancellation of Bonds


text: When the board of trustees of the library district determines that the purpose and object of the bonds has been accomplished, it may request the board of supervisors to cause any unsold bonds to be issued and sold and the proceeds thereof used for any or all of the purposes set forth in Section 18510.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 14.5. Sale of Unsold Bonds

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text: Upon receiving the request, signed by a majority of the members of the board of trustees, the supervisors shall fix a time for hearing the request, which shall not be more than 30 days thereafter, and shall cause a notice, stating the time and place of hearing, and the object of the request in general terms, to be published for 10 days prior to the day of hearing in a newspaper published in the library district, if there is one, and if there is no newspaper published in the library district, then in a newspaper published at the county seat of the county in which the library district or part thereof is situated.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 14.5. Sale of Unsold Bonds


text: At the time and place designated in the notice for hearing the request, or at any subsequent time to which the hearing may be postponed, the supervisors shall hear any reasons that may be submitted for or against the granting of the request. If, before the conclusion of the hearing, a petition signed by registered voters within the district equal to not less than 10 percent of the vote cast within the boundaries of the district for all candidates for governor at the last gubernatorial election requesting an election is not filed, the board of supervisors may, if they determine it to be for the best interests of the library district, grant the request. In such event, they shall make and enter an order in the minutes of their proceedings that the unsold bonds shall be sold and the proceeds used for the purposes specified in the request.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 14.5. Sale of Unsold Bonds


text: In the event a petition, as set forth in Section 18557, is filed, the board of supervisors shall not grant the request without first submitting the question to the voters in the same manner and with the same effect as provided for a referendum by the electors of a district pursuant to Section 9340 of the Elections Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 1995.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 14.5. Sale of Unsold Bonds


text: The board of supervisors, at the time of making a levy of taxes for county purposes, shall levy a tax for that year upon the taxable property in the district, at the equalized assessed value thereof for that year, for the interest and redemption of the bonds.

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text: The tax shall not be less than sufficient to pay the interest of the bonds for that year, and such portion of the principal as is to become due during the year. In any event the tax shall be high enough to raise, annually, for the first half of the term the bonds have to run, a sufficient sum to pay the interest thereon, and, during the balance of the term, high enough to pay the annual interest, and to pay annually, a proportion of the principal of the bonds equal to a sum produced by taking the whole amount of the bonds outstanding and dividing it by the number of years the bonds then have to run.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 15. Tax for Interest and Redemption of Bonds


text: All money levied, when collected, shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the library district, and be used for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds, and for no other purpose.

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text: The principal and interest on the bonds shall be paid by the county treasurer, upon the warrant of the county auditor, out of the fund provided therefor.

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article: 16. Payment of Interest and Bonds

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text: The county auditor shall cancel and file with the county treasurer the bonds and coupons as rapidly as they are paid.

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article: 16. Payment of Interest and Bonds


text: This chapter shall be known as the California Library Services Act.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1255.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

chapter: 4. California Library Services Act

article: 1. General Provisions

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text:
The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the interest of the people of the state to ensure that all people have free and convenient access to all library resources and services that might enrich their lives, regardless of where they live or of the tax base of their local government. This finding is based on the recognition that:

(a) The public library is a primary source of information, recreation, and education to persons of all ages, any location, or any economic circumstance.

(b) The expansion of knowledge and the increasing complexity of our society creates a need for materials and information that goes beyond the ability of any one library to provide.

(c) The public libraries of California are supported primarily by local taxes. The ability of local governments to provide adequate service is dependent on the taxable wealth of each local jurisdiction and varies widely throughout the state.

(d) Public libraries are unable to bear the greater costs of meeting the exceptional needs of many residents, including people with disabilities, non-English-speaking and limited-English-speaking persons, those who are confined to home or in an institution, and those who are economically disadvantaged.

(e) The effective sharing of resources and services among the libraries of California requires an ongoing commitment by the state to promote access to information in both print and digital format.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 24, Sec. 1. (AB 1602) Effective June 27, 2016.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
It is the intent of the Legislature to provide all residents with the opportunity to obtain from their public libraries needed materials and informational services by facilitating access to the resources of all libraries in this state.

This policy shall be accomplished by assisting public libraries to improve service to the underserved of all ages, and by enabling public libraries to provide their users with the services and resources of all libraries in this state.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
In adopting this chapter, the Legislature declares that its policy shall be as follows:

(a) To reaffirm the principle of local control of the government and administration of public libraries, and to affirm that the provisions of this chapter apply only to libraries authorized by their jurisdictions to apply to participate in the programs authorized by this act.

(b) To require no library, as a condition for receiving funds or services under this chapter, to acquire or exclude any specific book, periodical, film, recording, picture, or other material, or any specific equipment, or to acquire or exclude any classification of books or other material by author, subject matter, or type.

(c) To encourage the adequate financing of libraries from local sources, with state aid to be furnished to supplement, not supplant, local funds.

(d) To encourage service to the underserved of all ages.

(e) To encourage and enable the sharing of resources between libraries.

(f) To ensure public participation in carrying out the intent of this act.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 24, Sec. 2. (AB 1602) Effective June 27, 2016.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise indicates or unless specific exception is made:

(a) “Academic library” means a library established and maintained by a college or university to meet the needs of its students and faculty, and others by agreement.

(b) “Act” means the California Library Services Act.

(c) “Cooperative library system” means a public library system that consists of two or more jurisdictions entering into a written agreement to implement a regional program in accordance with this chapter, and that, as of the effective date of this chapter, was designated a library system under the Public Library Services Act of 1963 or was a successor to that library system.

(d) “Direct loan” means the lending of a book or other item directly to a borrower.

(e) “Equal access” means the right of the residents of jurisdictions that are members of a cooperative library system to use on an equal basis with one another the services and loan privileges of any and all other members of the same system.

(f) “Independent public library” means a public library that is not a member of a system.

(g) “Interlibrary loan” means the lending of a book or other item from one library to another as the result of a user request for the item.

(h) “Jurisdiction” means a county, city and county, city, or any district that is authorized by law to provide public library services and that operates a public library.

(i) “Libraries for institutionalized persons” means libraries maintained by institutions for the purpose of serving their resident populations.

(j) “Public library” means a library, or two or more libraries, that is operated by a single public jurisdiction and that serves its residents free of charge.

(k) “School library” means an organized collection of printed and audiovisual materials that satisfies all of the following criteria:

(1) Is administered as a unit.

(2) Is located in a designated place.

(3) Makes printed, audiovisual, and other materials as well as necessary equipment and services of a staff accessible to elementary and secondary school pupils and teachers.

(l) “Special library” means one maintained by an association, government service, research institution, learned society, professional association, museum, business firm, industrial enterprise, chamber of commerce, or other organized group and the greater part of their collections being in a specific field or subject, such as natural sciences, economics, engineering, law, and history.

(m) “Special Services Programs” means a project establishing or improving service to the underserved of all ages.

(n) “State board” means the California Library Services Board.

(o) “System” means a cooperative library system.

(p) “Underserved” means any population segment with exceptional service needs not adequately met by traditional library service patterns, including, but not limited to, those persons who are geographically isolated, economically disadvantaged, functionally illiterate, of non-English-speaking or limited-English-speaking ability, homebound, or institutionalized, or who are persons with disabilities.

(q) “Universal borrowing” means the extension by a public library of its direct loan privileges to the eligible borrowers of all other public libraries.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 24, Sec. 3. (AB 1602) Effective June 27, 2016.)

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article: 2. Definitions

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text:
(a) There is hereby established in the state government the California Library Services Board, to consist of 13 members. The Governor shall appoint nine members of the board. Three of the Governor’s appointments shall be representative of laypersons, one of whom shall represent people with disabilities, one of whom shall represent limited- and non-English-speaking persons, and one of whom shall represent economically disadvantaged persons.

(b) The Governor shall also appoint six members of the board, each of whom shall represent one of the following categories: school libraries, libraries for institutionalized persons, public library trustees or commissioners, public libraries, special libraries, and academic libraries.

(c) The Legislature shall appoint the remaining four public members from persons who are not representative of categories mentioned in this section. Two shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules and two shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.

(d) The terms of office of members of the board shall be for four years and shall begin on January 1 of the year in which the respective terms are to start.

(e) On January 1, 2013, the members of the board shall be those persons serving on the former Library of California Board, appointed pursuant to former Section 18820, as it existed on December 31, 2012, who shall serve for the duration of their terms.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 76, Sec. 30. (AB 383) Effective January 1, 2014.)

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article: 3. Administration

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text: The concurrence of seven members of the state board shall be necessary to the validity of any of its acts.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1255.)

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article: 3. Administration


text: Members of the state board shall serve without pay. They shall receive their actual and necessary traveling expenses while on official business.

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article: 3. Administration


text:
The duties of the state board shall be to adopt rules, regulations, and general policies for the implementation of this chapter. In addition, the state board, consistent with the terms and provisions of this chapter, shall have the following powers and duties:

(a) To direct the State Librarian in the administration of this chapter.

(b) To review for its approval all annual proposals submitted under this chapter.

(c) To expend the funds appropriated for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this chapter.

(d) To require participating libraries and systems to prepare and submit any reports and information that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, and to prescribe the form and manner for providing those reports and information.

(e) To require that any public library participating in programs authorized by this chapter provide access to its bibliographic records and materials location information consistent with the legislative policy of encouraging the sharing of resources between libraries.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 24, Sec. 4. (AB 1602) Effective June 27, 2016.)

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article: 3. Administration


text: The state board shall serve as the State Advisory Council on Libraries for the purpose of meeting the requirements of the federal Library Services and Technology Act.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 219, Sec. 2. (SB 1044) Effective January 1, 2013.)

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article: 3. Administration


text:
The State Librarian shall be the chief executive officer of the state board for purposes of this chapter and shall:

(a) Make such reports and recommendations as may be required by the state board.

(b) Administer the provisions of this chapter.

(c) Review all claims to insure programmatic and technical compliance with the provisions of this chapter.

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article: 3. Administration


text: Any public library or combination of public libraries may submit proposals to the state board for Special Services Programs within the service area. Applications shall identify the needs of the target service group, assess the capacity of the applicant library or libraries to respond to those needs, and shall identify the activities and timelines necessary to achieve those objectives. Funds may be expended for the development of collections to meet the needs of the underserved, together with the employment or retraining of staff necessary to properly utilize the collections, and to provide appropriate services to the underserved.

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article: 4. Local Public Library Services

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text: A California public library may participate in universal borrowing. A public library participating in universal borrowing shall not exclude the residents of any jurisdiction maintaining a public library.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 24, Sec. 5. (AB 1602) Effective June 27, 2016.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Local Public Library Services