citation: EDC § 1628

text: On or before October 15 of each year, the county superintendent of schools shall prepare and file with the Superintendent, along with the statements received pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 42100, a statement of all receipts and expenditures of the county office of education for the preceding fiscal year. The statement shall be in a format or on forms prescribed by the Superintendent, in accordance with regulations adopted by the State Board of Education. These forms may be amended periodically by the Superintendent to accommodate changes in statute or government reporting standards.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 677, Sec. 2. Effective October 7, 2005.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


kind: section

code: EDC

citation: EDC § 1629

text: On or before October 15 of each year, the county board of education shall adopt a resolution to identify, pursuant to Division 9 (commencing with Section 7900) of Title 1 of the Government Code, the estimated appropriations limit for the county office of education for the current fiscal year and the actual appropriations limit for the county office of education for the preceding fiscal year. That resolution shall be adopted at a regular or special meeting of the board. Notwithstanding Section 7910 of the Government Code, documentation used in the identification of the appropriations limits shall be made available to the public on the date of the meeting at which the resolution is adopted.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 677, Sec. 3. Effective October 7, 2005.)

division: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

part: 2. COUNTY EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

chapter: 5. County School Service Fund

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citation: EDC § 1630

text:
(a) The Superintendent shall review and consider studies, reports, evaluations, or audits of the county office of education that contain evidence that the county office of education is demonstrating fiscal distress according to the standards and criteria adopted by the state board pursuant to Section 33127 or that contain a finding by an external reviewer that the county office of education is at moderate or high risk of intervention based on the most common indicators of school agencies needing intervention, as determined by the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team. If those findings are made, the Superintendent shall investigate the financial condition of the county office of education and determine if the county office of education may be unable to meet its financial obligations for the current or two subsequent fiscal years, or should receive a qualified or negative interim financial certification pursuant to Section 1240.

(b) If at any time during the fiscal year the Superintendent determines that the county office of education may be unable to meet its financial obligations for the current or two subsequent fiscal years, or if the county office has a qualified or negative certification pursuant to Section 1240, the Superintendent shall provide a written notice of going concern determination to the county board of education and the county superintendent of schools and the basis for the determination. The notification shall include the assumptions used in making the determination and shall be available to the public. The Superintendent shall take all actions that are necessary, including at least one of the following, to ensure that the county office of education meets its financial obligations:

(1) Assign a fiscal expert, paid for by the Superintendent, to advise the county office of education on its financial problems.

(2) Conduct a study of the financial and budgetary conditions of the county office of education that includes, but is not limited to, a review of the county office of education’s internal controls. If in the course of this review, the Superintendent determines that their office requires analytical assistance or expertise that is not available through the county office, the Superintendent may employ, at the county office of education’s expense, on a short-term basis, staff, including certified public accountants, to provide the assistance and expertise.

(3) Direct the county office of education to submit a financial projection of all fund and cash balances of the county office of education as of June 30 of the current year and subsequent fiscal years as the Superintendent requires.

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

(5) Direct the county office of education to submit a proposal for addressing the fiscal conditions that resulted in the determination that the county office of education may not be able to meet its financial obligations.

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

(c) If, after taking the actions identified in subdivision (a), the Superintendent determines that a county office of education will be unable to meet its financial obligations for the current or subsequent fiscal year or if a county office of education experiences a significant fiscal event that is determined by the Superintendent to have an immediate severe fiscal impact that will cause a county office of education to be unable to meet its financial obligations for the current or subsequent fiscal year, the Superintendent shall notify the county board of education, the county superintendent of schools, and the president of the state board, or the president’s designee, in writing of that determination and the basis for that determination. The notification shall include the assumptions used in making the determination and shall be available to the public.

(d) If the Superintendent makes a determination specified in subdivision (c) or if the county office of education has a negative certification pursuant to Section 1240, the Superintendent shall make a report to the president of the state board, or the president’s designee, about the financial condition of the county office of education and remedial actions proposed by the Superintendent and shall take all actions that are necessary to ensure that the county office of education meets its financial obligations, including at least one of the following actions:

(1) Develop and impose, in consultation with the county board of education and the county superintendent, a budget revision that will enable the county office of education to meet its financial obligations in the current fiscal year.

(2) Stay or rescind all actions determined to be inconsistent with the ability of the county office of education to meet its obligations for the current or subsequent fiscal year, including all actions up to the point that the subsequent year’s budget is approved by the Superintendent. The Superintendent shall inform the county board of education and the county superintendent of schools in writing of the Superintendent’s justification for all exercises of authority under this paragraph.

(3) Assist in developing, in consultation with the county board of education and the county superintendent of schools, a multiyear financial recovery plan that will enable the county office of education to meet its future obligations.

(4) Assist in developing, in consultation with the county board of education and the county superintendent, a budget for the subsequent fiscal year. If necessary, the Superintendent shall continue to work with the county board of education and the county superintendent until the budget for the subsequent year is adopted by the county board of education and approved by the Superintendent.

(5) As necessary, appoint a fiscal adviser to perform one or more of the duties prescribed by this subdivision on behalf of the Superintendent.

(e) All actions taken by the Superintendent pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (d) shall be accompanied by a notification that includes the actions to be taken, the reasons for the actions, and the assumptions used to support the necessity for the actions. That notification shall be available to the public.

(f) This section does not authorize the Superintendent to abrogate a provision of a collective bargaining agreement that was entered into by a county office of education before the date that the Superintendent assumed authority pursuant to subdivision (d).

(g) The county office of education shall pay 75 percent of, and the Superintendent shall pay 25 percent of, the administrative expenses incurred pursuant to subdivision (d) or costs associated with improving the county office of education’s financial management practices.

(h) Notwithstanding any other law, a county treasurer shall not honor a warrant when the Superintendent, as appropriate, has disapproved that warrant, or has disapproved the order on county office of education funds for which a warrant was prepared.

(i) For all purposes of errors and liability insurance policies, a fiscal expert appointed pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be an employee of the county office of education. The Superintendent may require that the fiscal adviser be placed on the county office of education payroll for purposes of remuneration, benefits, and payroll deductions.

(j) If staff persons are hired pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the Superintendent may certify to the Controller an amount to be transferred to the department, from the funds that otherwise would be apportioned to the county office of education pursuant to Section 2574 or 2575, for the purpose of paying all costs incurred by that staff in performing their respective services. The Controller, upon receipt of that certification, shall transfer that amount.

(k) To facilitate the appointment of a county office of education fiscal officer and the employment of additional staff pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, of subdivision (b), for purposes of those paragraphs, the Superintendent is exempt from the requirements of Article 6 (commencing with Section 999) of Chapter 6 of Division 4 of the Military and Veterans Code and Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 8, Sec. 3. (AB 121) Effective June 27, 2025.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 2. County Office of Education Budget Approval


citation: EDC § 1631

text:
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the Superintendent shall not make an apportionment of state or federal funds for the current fiscal year for a county office of education if the county board of education or county superintendent of schools of the county office of education neglects or refuses to meet any of the following requirements:

(1) Adopt a local control and accountability plan pursuant to Section 52066.

(2) Adopt an annual update to a local control and accountability plan pursuant to Section 52067.

(3) Adopt an annual budget pursuant to this article.

(4) Submit reports pursuant to subdivision (l) of Section 1240.

(b) The Superintendent shall withhold apportionments pursuant to subdivision (a), including previously withheld apportionments for the current fiscal year, until the requirements listed in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a) are met, and shall notify the appropriate county official that the Superintendent shall not approve any warrants issued by the county office of education.

(c) If a county board of education or county superintendent of schools is unable to fulfill one or more requirements described in subdivision (a) due to any of the events described in subdivision (a) of Section 46392, the county board of education or county superintendent of schools shall, at the earliest opportunity after the event no longer exists, fulfill those requirements and shall submit to the Superintendent the following information:

(1) A description of the emergency event.

(2) The date that the requirements described in subdivision (a) were met.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 8, Sec. 4. (AB 121) Effective June 27, 2025.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1632

text:
(a) In order for the Superintendent to perform their fiscal oversight responsibilities pursuant to Sections 1240, 1622, and 1630, the Superintendent may request from the county superintendent of the Counties of Alpine, Amador, Del Norte, Mariposa, Plumas, and Sierra and of the City and County of San Francisco and any applicable school district view-only access to the local financial system operated by the county office of education and the school district. Upon receiving a request from the Superintendent, the county superintendent and the school district shall provide access to the Superintendent within 30 calendar days.

(b) The Superintendent may direct the county auditor to withhold payment of any stipend, expenses, benefits, or salaries and wages of the county superintendent, the superintendent of the school district, or members of the governing board of the county office of education or school district, as appropriate, for failure to provide access within 30 calendar days. The payments shall be withheld until access to the local financial system is provided to the Superintendent. If the county superintendent performs the functions of the county auditor, the Superintendent may direct the county superintendent to withhold the payments specified in this subdivision.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2026, Ch. 65, Sec. 2. (AB 126) Effective July 9, 2026.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1700

text:
The Legislature hereby declares that it is in the interest of the state and of the people for the office of the county superintendent of schools, through the county school service fund, to provide coordination of the educational program among school districts and community college districts in the territory under his or her jurisdiction and to provide professional and financial assistance to school districts and community college districts which otherwise, because of size or location, would not be able to furnish a satisfactory program of education for their children. That assistance is a matter of general concern inasmuch as the education of the children of the state is an obligation and function of the state.

In adopting this chapter, the Legislature considers that the coordination of the educational program constitutes the greatest continuing need to be met through the county school service fund. To meet this need the necessity is recognized to provide professional services to coordinate courses of study, guidance services, health services, school library services, special education, and attendance activities.

As an additional need, the Legislature recognizes the necessity to provide professional services in districts too small to supply services for themselves economically and effectively, such as, (a) to prepare courses of study; (b) to supervise instructional practices; (c) to provide direct guidance services, health services, and attendance services normally provided in an educational program; (d) to provide for the purchase, distribution, and use of supplementary instructional materials and equipment; and (e) to provide educational opportunity to normal and special pupils who would otherwise be denied it. It is recognized further that providing for professional service is a transitory function of the county school service fund to be assumed by school districts and community college districts when, through growth or reorganization, they will be able to perform the services for themselves.

It is the further intent of the Legislature that:

(a) Services involving the coordination of the educational program which have among others the purposes of (1) enforcing minimum standards, (2) improving the educational program, and (3) promoting order and reasonable uniformity in the educational program shall be provided, except as may be specifically authorized, at the district level, reserving to the district the opportunity and responsibility for internal improvement, and that those services will be provided in a manner that recognition will be given to the responsibilities placed upon school districts and community college districts, by the Legislature to determine and administer their own educational program.

(b) Services to school districts and community college districts, which do not constitute coordination among districts shall be provided in a manner that impetus will be given to strengthening school districts and community college districts, and to improving district organization to the end that more effective programs of education may be offered, and that the provision of services through the county school service fund shall not act to deter or delay any school districts and community college districts, from furnishing the services for themselves.

(c) Services to school districts and community college districts, shall be cooperatively provided by two or more county superintendents of schools without regard for county boundaries whenever a particular service may be so provided with economy and effectiveness.

(d) The direct operation of an educational program by the county superintendent of schools shall, except as specifically authorized by the Legislature, be limited to those emergency cases where children would otherwise be denied an opportunity for education.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 32.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 1. General Provisions

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citation: EDC § 1701

text: Any services of the county superintendent of schools authorized by this chapter which relate to the coordination of the educational program or coordination of the course of study among districts under his jurisdiction, the preparation of courses of study, the development of courses of study or curricula materials, or research or development studies in connection with the curricular and special services of the county superintendent of schools are subject to the budget and other restrictions of Section 14052 and any other applicable sections.

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

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

chapter: 6. County School Service Fund Programs and Services

article: 1. General Provisions


citation: EDC § 1702

text: The county school service fund shall be used to pay for those services provided by the county superintendent of schools that are authorized by this chapter, and for such other purposes as are specifically authorized in Section 1500.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 1. General Provisions


citation: EDC § 1703

text: The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education and in accordance with regulations of the Superintendent that the Superintendent is authorized to adopt, employ qualified personnel to provide for the coordination of courses of study, guidance services, health services, school library services, special education, and attendance activities among the school districts under the county superintendent’s jurisdiction. The regulations of the Superintendent adopted pursuant to this section shall be adopted with the advice of an advisory committee to include county superintendents of schools, which the Superintendent may by this provision appoint.

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

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 1. General Provisions


citation: EDC § 1704

text:
The services described in Section 1703 shall, except in advisory services in school business administration activities, clerical, accounting, and stenographic services, be performed by persons who hold a valid credential, or a life diploma based thereon, authorizing administrative services.

Any person who is, and continuously since September 7, 1955, has been, employed in the office of a county superintendent of schools and is performing any of the services described in Sections 1703 and 1704 may continue to perform such services without possessing the credential otherwise required as long as he remains continuously employed in his position.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 1. General Provisions


citation: EDC § 1720

text: The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, and in cooperation with school districts and community college districts provide for the preparation of courses of study and the development of curriculum and instructional materials to be used in the elementary and secondary schools.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Preparation of Courses of Studies

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citation: EDC § 1721

text: The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, enter into an agreement with the governing board of any school district and community college districts in the territory under his or her jurisdiction, other than specified in Section 1720, to provide for the preparation of courses of study by the county superintendent of schools for use in the districts. The agreement shall provide for the payment of the cost of services rendered.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 33.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Preparation of Courses of Studies


citation: EDC § 1722

text: The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education, and in cooperation with school districts and community college districts and the State Department of Education, or the board of governors, according to jurisdiction may participate in projects for developmental program planning.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Preparation of Courses of Studies


citation: EDC § 1723

text:
The services described in Sections 1720, 1721 and 1722, except clerical, accounting, and stenographic services, shall be performed by persons who hold a valid credential, or a life diploma based thereon, authorizing administrative services.

Any person who is, and continuously since September 7, 1955, has been, employed in the office of a county superintendent of schools and is performing the services described in this article may continue to perform such services without possessing the credential otherwise required as long as he remains continuously employed in his position.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Preparation of Courses of Studies


citation: EDC § 1730

text: The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, employ supervisors to supervise instruction in the elementary school districts under his jurisdiction which had less than 901 units of average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year and in the elementary schools of unified school districts under his jurisdiction which had less than 1,501 units of average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year. The services of supervisors shall be made available in such elementary and unified districts in which adequate supervision of instruction is not being provided by the district.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Supervision of Instruction

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citation: EDC § 1731

text: The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, enter into an agreement with the governing board of any elementary school district under his jurisdiction for the supervision of instruction in the district by the county superintendent of schools. The agreement shall provide for the payment of the cost of providing the supervision of instruction. The county superintendent of schools shall transfer from the funds of the district to the county school service fund the amounts set forth in the agreement.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Supervision of Instruction


citation: EDC § 1732

text: The services described in Sections 1730 and 1731 shall be performed by persons who hold a valid credential issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing authorizing that service.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 471, Sec. 1. (SB 1329) Effective January 1, 2025.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Supervision of Instruction


citation: EDC § 1740

text: The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, employ personnel to supervise the attendance of pupils in elementary school districts under his jurisdiction which had less than 901 units of average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year, in high school districts under his jurisdiction which had less than 301 units of average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year, and in unified school districts under his jurisdiction which had less than 1,501 units of average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year, if the districts are not served by any district supervisor of attendance.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 5. Supervision of Attendance

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citation: EDC § 1741

text: The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, provide for the supervision of the attendance of pupils in school districts under his jurisdiction other than specified in Section 1740. The county superintendent of schools shall transfer from the funds of the district to the county school service fund an amount equal to the actual cost of providing for the supervision of attendance.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 5. Supervision of Attendance


citation: EDC § 1742

text: The services described in Sections 1740 and 1741 shall be performed by persons who hold a valid credential issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing authorizing performance of the service.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 471, Sec. 2. (SB 1329) Effective January 1, 2025.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 5. Supervision of Attendance


citation: EDC § 1750

text: The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, employ one or more supervisors of health, as supervisors of health are defined in Section 49420, to provide health services to pupils in elementary school districts under his jurisdiction which had less than 901 units of average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year, to pupils in high school districts under his jurisdiction which had less than 301 units of average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year, and to pupils in unified school districts under his jurisdiction which had less than 1,501 units of average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 6. Supervision of Health

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citation: EDC § 1751

text: In lieu of employing supervisors of health, the county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, contract with the board of supervisors of the county in which he holds office, or with any local health district located wholly or partially within such county, for the provision of health services by employees of the county health department or local health district to pupils in the school districts specified in Section 1750.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 6. Supervision of Health


citation: EDC § 1752

text: The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, enter into an agreement with the governing board of any school district under his jurisdiction for the provision of any or all health services to the district by the county superintendent of schools. The agreement shall provide for the payment of the cost of providing the services. The county superintendent of schools shall transfer from the funds of the district to the county school service fund the amounts set forth in the agreement.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 6. Supervision of Health


citation: EDC § 1753

text: The services described in Sections 1750, 1751, and 1752 shall be performed by persons who hold a valid health and development credential, or life diploma based thereon, or a services credential with a specialization in health issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 471, Sec. 3. (SB 1329) Effective January 1, 2025.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 6. Supervision of Health


citation: EDC § 1754

text: A supervisor of health employed by the county superintendent of schools shall perform such duties in connection with the supervision of health of pupils as are prescribed by the county superintendent of schools. All rules governing health services provided pursuant to Sections 1750, 1751, or 1752 shall be made by the county superintendent of schools.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 6. Supervision of Health


citation: EDC § 1760

text: The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, employ personnel to provide necessary guidance services to pupils in elementary school districts under his jurisdiction which had less than 901 units of average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year, in high school districts under his jurisdiction which had less than 301 units of average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year, and in unified school districts under his jurisdiction which had less than 1,501 units of average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year; provided, adequate guidance services are not being furnished by the district.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 7. Provision of Guidance Services

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citation: EDC § 1761

text: The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, enter into an agreement with the governing board of any district for the provision of guidance services in the district by the county superintendent of schools. The agreement shall provide for the payment by the district of the cost of providing the guidance services. The county superintendent of schools shall transfer from the funds of the district to the county school service fund the amounts set forth in the agreement.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 7. Provision of Guidance Services


citation: EDC § 1762

text: The services described in Sections 1760 and 1761 shall be performed by persons who hold a valid credential issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing authorizing performance of the services.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 471, Sec. 4. (SB 1329) Effective January 1, 2025.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 7. Provision of Guidance Services


citation: EDC § 1770

text:
(a) The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of supervisors and the county board of education, agree with the county librarian to take over all existing contracts for supplementary books and other material adopted for the course of study between the school districts or community college districts and the county librarian entered into pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 18130) of Chapter 2 of Part 11. Thereafter, the county superintendent of schools shall generally perform the library services for the school districts or community college districts that were previously performed by the county library.

(b) After the above agreement has been entered into, the governing board of any district that had not yet joined the county library may enter into an agreement with the county superintendent of schools for the performance of school library services upon the terms and conditions fixed in the contracts or agreements.

(c) Whenever the county superintendent of schools performs school library services for any district, the provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 18130) of Chapter 2 of Part 11, so far as applicable, shall control. The county superintendent of schools shall employ a librarian holding a valid credential authorizing services as a librarian issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. The county superintendent of schools shall also employ the assistants that may be necessary to carry on this service. The cost of the salaries of the librarian and assistants, and the other necessary expenses of maintenance of the library, including necessary supplies, equipment, and books, may be paid from the county school service fund.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 471, Sec. 5. (SB 1329) Effective January 1, 2025.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 8. Provision of Library Services

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citation: EDC § 1771

text:
(a) The county superintendent of schools of any county in which no county library is maintained may, with the approval of the county board of education, establish and maintain a county school library service for elementary school districts of the county that elect to participate in that service.

(b) Upon the governing board of any elementary school district electing to participate in that service, the governing board of the elementary school district shall enter into an agreement with the county superintendent of schools, and the provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 18130) of Chapter 2 of Part 11 shall control and be applicable in the same manner as they apply to a school district that enters into an agreement for school library services from the county library.

(c) The county superintendent of schools shall have the same powers, duties, responsibilities, and jurisdiction with respect to the furnishing and performance of library services to elementary school districts that have elected to participate in the county school library service as may be exercised by a county library with respect to school library services.

(d) Whenever the county superintendent of schools establishes and maintains a county school library service pursuant to subdivision (a), the county superintendent of schools shall employ a librarian holding a valid credential authorizing service as a school librarian issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

(e) The county superintendents of schools of two or more contiguous counties that have established county school library services pursuant to this section may cooperate with each other and to that end may enter into agreements with each other, and may do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate in carrying out this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 471, Sec. 6. (SB 1329) Effective January 1, 2025.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 8. Provision of Library Services


citation: EDC § 1772

text: The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, agree with the proper authorities of the county to transfer funds from the county school service fund to the county library for the purchase of such books and other materials as are adopted by the body authorized to adopt courses of study for the school districts of this county.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 8. Provision of Library Services


citation: EDC § 1773

text: The county superintendent of schools of any county maintaining one or more emergency elementary schools may, if the county maintains a county library, enter into an agreement with the proper authorities of the county to provide school library services in each of the schools under such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon. The agreement may, among other matters, provide for the payment by the county superintendent of schools to the proper authorities for the use of the county library from the county school service fund of such money at such times as may be agreed upon. All money transferred shall be used solely by the authorities of the county library for the purchase of books and other materials as may be adopted by the county board of education and for the care and distribution of such books and other materials to the schools.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 8. Provision of Library Services


citation: EDC § 1774

text:
(a) The county superintendent of schools may establish a county teachers’ library and expend from the county school service fund such amounts as are necessary for the purchase of books therefor and for the payment of the necessary expenses of maintenance thereof.

(b) If there is a county library in any county, the county superintendent of schools may enter into an agreement with the county library for the transfer to it of all books and other property belonging to the county teachers’ library and may order such sums to be transferred from the county school service fund as are necessary for expenditure for the purchase and maintenance of books of professional interest to teachers. Thereupon the teachers’ library shall be administered as a part of the county library.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 8. Provision of Library Services


citation: EDC § 1775

text: Whenever the county superintendent of schools assumes responsibility for the establishment of a library or the performance of library services pursuant to this article, the county superintendent shall, on or before August 31st, in each year, report to the State Department of Education on the condition of the libraries under his supervision, for the year ending June 30th preceding. The reports of the superintendent shall, in addition to other matters deemed expedient by the librarian and the superintendent, contain such 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 county superintendents or 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: 8. Provision of Library Services


citation: EDC § 1900

text: The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education and the board of supervisors, shall have power to establish and maintain classes or schools for prisoners in any county jail, county honor farm, or any county industrial farm or county or joint county road camp, for the purpose of providing instruction in civic, vocational, literacy, health, family and consumer sciences, technical, and general education.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 543, Sec. 1. (AB 1595) Effective January 1, 2020.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 14.5. Education of Prisoners

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citation: EDC § 1901

text: The county board of education shall have the authority to award diplomas or certificates to prisoners enrolled in classes or schools in any county jail, county honor farm, or any county industrial farm or county or joint county road camp upon successful completion of a prescribed course of study.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1267.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 14.5. Education of Prisoners


citation: EDC § 1902

text: The county board of education may provide for the maintenance on Saturday of classes for prisoners in any county jail, county honor farm, or any county industrial farm or county or joint county road camp.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 14.5. Education of Prisoners


citation: EDC § 1903

text:
(a) For purposes of attendance, “adult” means any prisoner confined in any county jail, county honor farm, county industrial farm, county or joint county road camp, or community-based correction program, and who has enrolled in classes or schools authorized by Section 1900.

(b) This chapter is applicable to a community-based correction program.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1158, Sec. 1. Effective September 30, 1996.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 14.5. Education of Prisoners


citation: EDC § 1904

text: For all schools or classes maintained by the county superintendent of schools as authorized by Section 1906 in any county jail, county honor farm, or any county industrial farm or county or joint county road camp, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allow the amount computed under Section 1909. For purposes of this section, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, by rules and regulations, establish minimum standards for the conduct of the schools or classes, including, but not necessarily limited to, class size, attendance requirements, and requirements concerning records to be kept and reports to be submitted.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 14.5. Education of Prisoners


citation: EDC § 1905

text: The sheriff or other official in charge of county correctional facilities may, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, provide for the rehabilitation of prisoners confined in the county jail, county honor farm or any county industrial farm or county or joint county road camp. Such rehabilitation shall emphasize education and vocational training.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 14.5. Education of Prisoners


citation: EDC § 1906

text: The board of supervisors may, by ordinance, direct the county superintendent of schools to establish and maintain classes or schools for prisoners in any county jail, county honor farm, or any county industrial farm or county or joint county road camp established by the county. The county board of education shall have the same powers and duties with respect to such schools, including the establishment of the budget deemed necessary for the operation of the school programs, as the governing board of a school district would have were such schools maintained by a school district.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 14.5. Education of Prisoners


citation: EDC § 1907

text: The board of supervisors, in lieu of proceeding under Section 1906, may provide for the establishment and maintenance of classes or schools in connection with the jail facilities for the education and vocational training of the prisoners. The board, by ordinance, may provide for the establishment and maintenance of school facilities in the county jail, county honor farm, or any county industrial farm or county or joint county road camp, and such schools may be maintained by the governing board of any school district maintaining secondary schools.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 14.5. Education of Prisoners


citation: EDC § 1908

text:
(a) The board of supervisors of the county shall transfer from the general fund of the county to the county school service fund of the county superintendent of schools such sums, in excess of the amount of money received from the state by the county superintendent of schools, as the county board of education has deemed necessary to maintain the school programs in the county jail, county honor farm, county industrial farm or county or joint county road camps as described in Section 1906.

(b) The board of supervisors, in lieu of proceeding under subdivision (a), shall agree with the governing board of the school district providing classes or schools for prisoners, to transfer from the general fund of the county to the general fund of the district such sums, in excess of the amount of money received on the basis of average daily attendance in such programs, as is necessary to maintain its school programs in the county jail, county honor farm, county industrial farm or county or joint county road camps as described in Section 1907.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 14.5. Education of Prisoners


citation: EDC § 1909

text:
(a) From funds appropriated for allocation pursuant to Sections 2558 and 41841.5, for each county superintendent of schools who maintained schools or classes for adults in correctional facilities in the 1981–82 fiscal year pursuant to Section 1906, and who continues to maintain those schools or classes in each fiscal year thereafter, the Superintendent shall allow in the 1982–83 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, an amount equal to the actual current expenses of the program, but not to exceed an amount determined as follows:

(1) Compute the prior year statewide average local control funding formula per unit of average daily attendance for adults, increased by a relevant cost-of-living allowance prescribed in the annual Budget Act.

(2) Multiply the amount computed in paragraph (1) by the average daily attendance of the schools or classes in the current fiscal year.

(3) Multiply the product determined in paragraph (2) for each fiscal year by 0.8.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), for the 1993–94 and 1994–95 fiscal years, in no event shall the amount allowed to a county superintendent of schools for each unit of average daily attendance pursuant to that subdivision exceed the statewide average revenue limit at which adults in correctional facilities were funded in the 1992–93 fiscal year, as adjusted by any cost-of-living adjustment pursuant to Section 42238.1.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 2. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 14.5. Education of Prisoners


text: The calculation made pursuant to Section 1909 is subject to Article 9 (commencing with Section 41840) of Chapter 5 of Part 24.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 670, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 14.5. Education of Prisoners


citation: EDC § 1915

text: In addition to any educational opportunity available under Article 14.5 (commencing with Section 1900), any youth or adult offender in custody in Sacramento County shall be permitted, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to enroll in any appropriate educational program operated by a school district, community college district, or private school in that county, subject to the objectives, standards, and conditions set forth in Section 1203m of the Penal Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1358, Sec. 3. Effective October 2, 1989.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

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citation: EDC § 1920

text:
In order to provide elementary education for children residing in the county, or in order to provide elementary education for children of migratory laborers engaged in seasonal industries within the county, the county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, when funds are not available from other sources and in his judgment it is necessary, do any one or more of the following acts:

(a) Establish and maintain one or more emergency elementary schools for children.

(b) Provide one or more emergency teachers for the regular elementary schools of the districts in the county for the pupils.

(c) Provide transportation for the children to an elementary school.

In lieu of providing transportation of any pupil, the county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, pay to the parents or guardian of the pupil the cost of food and lodging for the pupil at a place convenient to an elementary school. The amount so paid shall not exceed the cost of providing for the transportation of the pupil to and from his home and the school.

The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, pay the expenses incurred in providing all the facilities and services authorized in this section, including necessary capital outlays, from the county school service fund.

All emergency schools shall be maintained in accordance with standards prescribed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 15. Emergency Schools

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citation: EDC § 1921

text: The county superintendent of schools shall draw requisitions upon the unobligated funds of any suspended school district under his jurisdiction to pay in whole or in part the expenses incurred for the maintenance of emergency schools in the district.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 15. Emergency Schools


citation: EDC § 1922

text: The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, insure all real and personal property constructed, purchased, or otherwise provided by him for emergency schools established by him.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 15. Emergency Schools


citation: EDC § 1923

text: The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, transfer or sell the real and personal property of any emergency school maintained by him to any elementary school district under his jurisdiction, or to any other political subdivision of the state within which the school is located, upon such terms and conditions as are agreed upon by the county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education, and the governing board or authority of the district or other political subdivision. Districts and other political subdivisions may enter into such agreements and acquire such property. Any funds received by the county superintendent of schools under this section shall be paid by him into the county school service fund.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 15. Emergency Schools


citation: EDC § 1924

text: The units of average daily attendance for a fiscal year in an emergency school maintained by the county superintendent of schools shall be computed by dividing the total number of days of pupils’ attendance in the emergency school during the fiscal year by 175.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 15. Emergency Schools


citation: EDC § 1940

text: The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, expend county school service funds for the purpose of administering and accounting for the county school service fund, or he may, with the approval of the county board of education, contract with and pay the board of supervisors for services rendered in administering and accounting for the county school service fund.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 17. Miscellaneous

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citation: EDC § 1941

text: The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, provide services to school districts or community college districts in screening and directing teachers to the schools under his jurisdiction.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 17. Miscellaneous


citation: EDC § 1942

text: The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, pay actual and necessary travel expenses incurred in connection with curricular and special services by the county superintendent of schools or by his designated staff members in accordance with regulations established by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 17. Miscellaneous


citation: EDC § 1943

text: The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, employ personnel to conduct research in connection with the activities of the county superintendent of schools, and to develop systems, procedures and methods for applying such research findings to improve the effectiveness of those activities.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 17. Miscellaneous


citation: EDC § 1944

text: The county superintendent of schools may with the approval of the county board of education provide for the publication of materials that are necessary in connection with the curricular and special services that the superintendent of schools is authorized to perform in the county. The county superintendent of schools may, in accordance with regulations adopted by the county board of education and for educational use, sell or give away the published materials or may exchange them for similar published materials. Unless restricted by the regulations of the county board of education, the sale or gift may be made to, and the exchange may be made with, any person, political subdivision, public officer or agency, or educational institution. The distribution of the published materials in accordance with this section is declared to be a public purpose and in furtherance of Article IX, Section 1, of the California Constitution.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 17. Miscellaneous


citation: EDC § 1945

text: The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, provide advisory services in school business administration activities, in maintenance of school building and grounds, and in the processing of special problems concerning credentials as designated by the State Department of Education.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 17. Miscellaneous


citation: EDC § 1946

text:
The county board of education may enter into agreements with the governing boards of any of the school districts or community college districts in the territory under the jurisdiction of the office of the county superintendent of schools for the conduct, under the direction of that office, of centralized in-service training programs for both certificated and classified employees of the school districts and community college districts and of that office.

Centralized in-service training program operations of the office of the county superintendent of schools shall be financed through the county school service fund, and shall be included in the budget prepared pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 14050) of Chapter 1 of Part 9.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 35.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 17. Miscellaneous


citation: EDC § 1980

text: A county board of education may establish and maintain one or more community schools.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 992.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

chapter: 6.5. County Community Schools

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citation: EDC § 1981

text:
The county board of education may enroll pupils in a county community school who are any of the following:

(a) Expelled from a school district for any reason other than those specified in subdivision (a) or (c) of Section 48915.

(b) (1) Referred to a county community school by a school district as a result of the recommendation by a school attendance review board. A pupil shall not be referred to a county community school by a school district pursuant to this subdivision unless the school district and the county office of education determine all of the following:

(A) The county community school has space available to enroll the pupil.

(B) The county community school meets the educational needs of the pupil.

(C) (i) The parent, guardian, or responsible adult of the pupil has not expressly objected to the referral based on one or more of the following reasons:

(I) Reasonable concerns related to the pupil’s safety.

(II) Geographic accessibility.

(III) Inability to transport.

(IV) The school does not meet the pupil’s educational needs.

(ii) The school district may require the objection to be in writing if it has advised the parent, guardian, or responsible adult that they may object, in writing, for one of these reasons.

(2) If the county community school recommended pursuant to paragraph (1) is not geographically accessible to the pupil, the school attendance review board shall also include in its recommendation a school option for the pupil that is geographically accessible to the pupil and meets the criteria specified in paragraph (1).

(3) If the parent, guardian, or responsible adult of the pupil objects for any of the reasons described in subclauses (I) to (IV), inclusive, of clause (i) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1), the school district may either address the express objection or find an alternative placement in another comprehensive or continuation school within the school district. If the school district has offered the pupil all other options, the school district may refer the pupil to the county community school.

(4) The pupil has the right to return to his or her prior school or another appropriate school within his or her school district at the end of the semester following the semester when the acts leading to referral occurred. The right to return shall continue until the end of the pupil’s 18th year of age, except that a pupil with exceptional needs, consistent with Section 56041 of this code and Section 1412(a)(1)(A) of Title 20 of the United States Code, shall have the right to return until he or she turns 22 years of age.

(c) (1) (A) On probation, with or without the supervision of a probation officer and consistent with an order of a juvenile court, who are considered to be wards of the court under Sections 601 and 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and ordered placed pursuant to Sections 725, 729.2, and 791 of, and paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 727 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(B) Under the supervision of a probation officer, with the consent of the minor and the minor’s parent or guardian, pursuant to Section 654 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(C) Under the supervision of a probation officer pursuant to Section 726 and paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 727 of the Welfare and Institutions Code with the consent of the pupil’s parent, guardian, or responsible adult appointed by the juvenile court to make educational decisions for the pupil. The enrollment of a minor covered by this paragraph in a county community school shall be consistent with paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 726 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, which provides that all educational and school placement decisions shall seek to ensure that the youth is in the least restrictive educational program, has access to the academic resources, services, and extracurricular and enrichment activities that are available to all pupils, and are based on the best interests of the child.

(D) Unless specifically ordered by a juvenile court, nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to conflict with the existing rights of a parent, guardian, or responsible adult appointed by the juvenile court pursuant to Section 726 of the Welfare and Institutions Code to make educational placement decisions for the minor.

(E) With respect to a pupil’s enrollment in a county community school pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (C), and consistent with paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 726 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and California Rule of Court 5.651, all of the following shall apply:

(i) The attorney for, or the person holding the educational rights of, a pupil who is under the jurisdiction of the delinquency court may use the procedures set forth in California Rule of Court 5.651 to address any change of placement that results in the enrollment of the pupil in a county community school that is not his or her school of origin.

(ii) The attorney or the person holding the educational rights appointed by the court for a pupil who is under the jurisdiction of the delinquency court may, during a regularly scheduled hearing, raise any concerns with respect to whether the enrollment of the pupil in a county community school is meeting the educational needs of the pupil.

(iii) Nothing in this subparagraph is intended to limit in any way the rights or responsibilities of any person as set forth in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 726 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and California Rule of Court 5.651.

(2) On probation or parole and not in attendance at any school, where enrollment is with the consent of the parent, guardian, or responsible adult, or the pupil, if he or she is 18 years of age or older. Nothing in this subdivision shall impact the provision of services or funding for youth up to 25 years of age pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1982, as that section read on September 25, 2013.

(3) Expelled for any of the reasons specified in subdivision (a) or (c) of Section 48915.

(4) Enrollment in a county community school pursuant to this subdivision shall be consistent with subdivision (b) of Section 48645.5.

(d) Pupils whose school districts of attendance, or, for pupils who do not have school districts of attendance, school districts of residence, have, at the request of the pupil’s parent, guardian, or responsible adult, approved the pupil’s enrollment in a county community school, subject to the following:

(1) A pupil shall not be enrolled in a county community school pursuant to this subdivision unless the school district determines that the placement will promote the educational interests of the pupil and the county community school has space available to enroll the pupil.

(2) A parent, guardian, or responsible adult of a pupil enrolled in a county community school pursuant to this subdivision may rescind the request for the placement, and the pupil shall be immediately reenrolled in the school that the pupil attended at the time of the referral, or, with the consent of the parent, guardian, or responsible adult, another appropriate school.

(e) The procedures outlined in subdivisions (b) to (e), inclusive, of Section 51225.2 govern the transfer of credits, records, including special education records, and grades required pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 48645.5 and Section 49068 when the pupil transfers to and from the county community school.

(f) For purposes of this section, “geographically accessible” means that the pupil can reasonably travel to and from the school and is able to pay for any transportation costs that are above and beyond the costs to attend his or her school of residence or prior school, whichever is farther away.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 837, Sec. 1. (SB 1111) Effective January 1, 2015.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


text:
(a) A pupil who is involuntarily enrolled in a county community school pursuant to subdivision (a) of, or subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) or paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of, Section 1981 shall have the right to reenroll in his or her former school or another comprehensive school immediately after being readmitted from the expulsion order pursuant to Section 48916 or court-ordered placement. Nothing in this section is intended to limit the school placement options that a school district may recommend for a pupil being readmitted.

(b) Consistent with the process and procedures set forth in Section 48916, only the governing board of the school district that issued the initial order or subsequent order to expel may extend the duration of an expelled pupil’s placement in a county community school.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 837, Sec. 3. (SB 1111) Effective January 1, 2015.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1983

text:
(a) Pupils enrolled in county community schools shall be assigned to classes or programs deemed most appropriate for reinforcing or reestablishing educational development.

(b) These classes or programs may include, but need not be limited to, basic educational skill development, on-the-job training, school credit recovery assistance, tutorial assistance, and individual guidance activities.

(c) To the extent that independent study is determined to satisfy the individually planned educational program described in subdivision (d) for a pupil attending a county community school, it shall meet all the requirements of Article 5.5 (commencing with Section 51745) of Chapter 5 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2, including the requirement that entry into that program is voluntary.

(d) An individually planned educational program based upon an educational assessment shall be prescribed for each pupil.

(e) The course of study of a county community school shall be adopted by the county board of education and shall enable each pupil to continue academic work leading to the completion of a regular high school program.

(f) Pursuant to Part 30 (commencing with Section 56000) of Division 4 of Title 2, Chapter 33 (commencing with Section 1400) of Title 20 of the United States Code, and accompanying state and federal regulatory provisions, county boards of education operating county community schools shall ensure that assessments are administered in all areas of suspected disability and appropriate services and programs, as specified in a pupil’s individualized education program, are provided.

(g) County boards of education operating county community schools shall ensure that appropriate services and programs designed to address the language needs of pupils identified as English learners are provided in compliance with all applicable state and federal laws and regulatory provisions.

(h) For purposes of this section, “school credit recovery assistance” refers to a pupil passing, and receiving credit for, a course that the pupil previously attempted, but for which the pupil was unsuccessful in earning academic credit towards graduation. The pupil can recover the credit by satisfying requirements for the course in which they were unsuccessful and can focus on earning credit based on competency in the content standards for that particular course. Credit recovery programs aim to help schools graduate more pupils by giving pupils who have fallen behind the chance to recover credits through a multitude of different strategies. Different programs allow pupils to work on their credit recovery classes over the summer, on school breaks, after school, on weekends, at home on their own, at night in school computer labs, online, or even during the schoolday.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 451, Sec. 1. (AB 1097) Effective January 1, 2020.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1984

text: For the purposes of establishing and maintaining a county community school, a county board of education shall be deemed to be a school district.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 1986

text:
(a) The Legislature hereby recognizes that community schools are a permissive educational program.

(b) If a county superintendent of schools elects to operate a community school pursuant to this chapter, he or she shall do one or more of the following:

(1) Utilize available school facilities that conform to the requirements of Part 2 (commencing with Section 2-101), Part 3 (commencing with Section 3-089-1), Part 4 (commencing with Section 4-403), and Part 5 (commencing with Section 5-102), of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations.

(2) Apply for emergency portable classrooms pursuant to Section 17717.2 or Chapter 25 (commencing with Section 17785) of Part 10.

(3) Enter into lease agreements provided that the facilities are limited to one of the following:

(A) Single story, wood-framed structure.

(B) Single story, light steel frame structure.

(C) A structure where a structural engineer has submitted a report that determines substantial structural hazards do not exist. The county board of education shall review the report prior to approval of the lease and may reject the report if there is any evidence of fraud regarding the facts in the report.

(c) Before entering into any lease pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), the county superintendent of schools shall certify that all reasonable efforts have been made to locate community schools in facilities that conform to the structural safety standards listed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b).

(d) This section shall become operative on July 1, 1990.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 728, Sec. 21. (SB 71) Effective January 1, 2013.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 2000

text: The county superintendent of schools of any county contiguous to an adjoining state may grant permission to pupils residing in the county to attend elementary school or high school in a school district of the adjoining state and may provide for the transportation of the pupils to the school.

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

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

chapter: 7. Attendance in Adjoining States

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citation: EDC § 2005

text: The superintendent of schools of a school district, or the principal of a school, in an adjoining state attended by pupils residing in an adjoining county in this state shall certify to the county superintendent of schools of the county not later than July 2nd of each year the average daily attendance of pupils from the county attending the school.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 33, Sec. 6. (SB 859) Effective June 20, 2014.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 2010

text: All requisitions drawn by the county superintendent of schools under this article shall be approved by the county auditor and paid by the county treasurer.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 2011

text: The county superintendent of schools may with the approval of the county auditor transfer any unnecessary surplus in the county school tuition fund to the county school service fund whenever in his judgment the surplus will not be needed for the payment of tuition.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 2300

text:
The county auditor of any county, receiving money from the government of the United States pursuant to any act of Congress providing for the distribution and payment to states and territories of a fixed and definite percentage of the money received by the government of the United States from the forest reserves established therein, shall apportion the money pursuant to Section 29484 of the Government Code. The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education, may allocate 15 percent of the funds from such money for use for the improvement of educational programs for students in the county. The balance of the money credited to the forest reserve account in the county school service fund from the United States Forest Reserve Fund in the State Treasury shall be apportioned by the county superintendent of schools to school districts and community college districts of the county lying within or adjacent to the United States forest reserve with approval of the county board of education in a manner which shall be prescribed prior to the 30th day of June of the fiscal year next following the year in which received.

When a portion of the area of a county is subject to the jurisdiction of the county superintendent of schools of another county or counties and such portion lies in or adjacent to the United States forest reserve, no apportionment of such money shall be made from the county school service fund without the approval of the county boards of education of both or all counties. In the event that both or all county boards of education do not concur in the apportionments of such money from the county school service fund prior to the first day of April of any year the county superintendent of schools of both or all counties shall on that date notify the Superintendent of Public Instruction or board of governors who shall, not later than 60 days following notification, make the apportionments. Apportionments made by the Superintendent of Public Instruction or board of governors are final.

Money apportioned pursuant to this section shall be deposited by the county auditor to the credit of the several funds as directed by the county superintendent of schools with the approval of the county board of education.

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citation: EDC § 2400

text: The county superintendent of schools, or, when so directed by him or her, the county purchasing agent, shall, whenever a school supply revolving fund is established, purchase school supplies and equipment for the school districts of the county which are required or authorized to purchase supplies or equipment through him or her, and upon requisition therefor by the proper authorities of the district shall deliver or cause the supplies to be delivered to the district together with a memorandum of the amount of the cost of the supplies delivered.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 470, Sec. 8.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

chapter: 11. County School Supply Revolving Fund

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citation: EDC § 2401

text: Upon proper evidence of the receipt by any school district of the school supplies and equipment, and upon approval by the county superintendent of schools for payment of the invoice therefor, he shall draw his requisition upon the county auditor against the proper funds of the district in favor of the school supply revolving fund for the cost of the supplies and equipment plus a charge, not to exceed 10 percent of the cost, to cover expenses of handling and possible losses. He shall thereupon draw his requisition upon the county auditor against the school supply revolving fund in favor of the vendor of the supplies and equipment in the amount of the approved invoice. The requisitions, when allowed and signed by the county auditor, constitute warrants on the county treasurer against the funds of the district and against the school supply revolving fund, respectively.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 2402

text: The county superintendent of schools, or, if so directed by him, the county purchasing agent, may employ such help as is necessary to care for the receiving, handling, and forwarding of school supplies and equipment, and the necessary wages and expenses for the help shall be paid from the school supply revolving fund on requisition by the superintendent.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


citation: EDC § 2403

text: The superintendent of schools may determine to abolish the school supply revolving fund in his county by serving notice in writing upon the auditor and treasurer of the county. Upon filing the notice discontinuing the fund, the superintendent of schools shall immediately arrange for the sale of supplies in his possession at their market price at the time of the sale plus any handling charges that may be charged against them. The sums secured from the sale shall be deposited by the superintendent of schools in the revolving fund which shall then be returned by the auditor to the respective districts from which it was created. A determination upon the part of the superintendent of schools to dispose of the school supply revolving fund shall not prejudice his right at a future time to recreate the fund.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


text:
Each county superintendent of schools, as a condition of apportionment, shall report separately to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, not later than May 1, 1998, and September 1, 1998, respectively, what portions of attendance in the schools and classes maintained by the county superintendent that was reported for each of the 1996–97 and 1997–98 school years pursuant to Section 41601 consisted of absences excused pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 46010 and to Section 46015, as those sections read on July 1, 1996.

Each report shall be prepared in accordance with instructions and on forms prescribed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 846, Sec. 1. Effective September 25, 1998.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Computation of Revenue Limits

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citation: EDC § 2553

text: For major capital outlay projects or major repair or replacement projects, which cannot be funded by other revenue sources, county superintendents of schools shall be eligible for such funds in the same manner as specified by law for school districts. Any funds apportioned to the county superintendent pursuant to this section shall be restricted to the purposes of this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1354, Sec. 2.5. Effective September 30, 1980.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

chapter: 12. County Tax Rates, County Superintendents

article: 3. Computation of Revenue Limits


citation: EDC § 2555

text: Beginning July 1, 1979, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall apportion an amount to each county superintendent sufficient for payments required pursuant to any school building aid law previously funded by a tax levied pursuant to Section 2503.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 282.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Computation of Revenue Limits


citation: EDC § 2556

text: For the purposes of the allocation of property tax revenues for the 1979–80 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter pursuant to Part 0.5 (commencing with Section 95) of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, property tax revenues received for the 1977–78 fiscal year pursuant to Sections 41203 and 84203 of the Education Code, or for the 1978–79 fiscal year pursuant to Section 2 of Chapter 51, Statutes of 1979, shall be deemed to be property tax revenues received by the county superintendent of schools.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Computation of Revenue Limits


citation: EDC § 2558

text:
Notwithstanding any other law, for the 1979–80 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the Superintendent shall apportion state aid to county superintendents of schools pursuant to this section.

(a) The Superintendent shall total the amounts computed for the fiscal year pursuant to Sections 2550, 2551.3, 2554, 2555, and 2557 and Section 2551, as that section read on January 1, 1999. For the 1979–80 fiscal year and for purposes of calculating the 1979–80 fiscal year base amounts in succeeding fiscal years, the amounts in Sections 2550, 2551, 2552, 2554, 2555, and 2557, as they read in the 1979–80 fiscal year, shall be multiplied by a factor of 0.994. For the 1981–82 fiscal year and for purposes of calculating the 1981–82 fiscal year base amounts in succeeding fiscal years, the amount in this subdivision shall be multiplied by a factor of 0.97.

(b) For the 1995–96 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the county superintendent of schools shall adjust the total revenue limit computed pursuant to this section by the amount of increased or decreased employer contributions to the Public Employees’ Retirement System resulting from the enactment of Chapter 330 of the Statutes of 1982, adjusted for any changes in those contributions resulting from subsequent changes in employer contribution rates, excluding rate changes due to the direct transfer of the state-mandated portion of the employer contributions to the Public Employees’ Retirement System through the current fiscal year. The adjustment shall be calculated for each county superintendent of schools as follows:

(1) Determine the amount of employer contributions that would have been made in the current fiscal year if the applicable Public Employees’ Retirement System employee contribution rate in effect immediately before the enactment of Chapter 330 of the Statutes of 1982 were in effect during the current fiscal year.

(2) Determine the actual amount of employer contributions made to the Public Employees’ Retirement System in the current fiscal year.

(3) If the amount determined in paragraph (1) is greater than the amount determined in paragraph (2), the total revenue limit computed pursuant to this part for that county superintendent of schools shall be decreased by the amount of the difference between those paragraphs; or if the amount determined in paragraph (1) is less than the amount determined in paragraph (2), the total revenue limit for that county superintendent of schools shall be increased by the amount of the difference between those paragraphs.

(4) For purposes of this subdivision, employer contributions to the Public Employees’ Retirement System for either of the following positions shall be excluded from the calculation specified above:

(A) Positions or portions of positions supported by federal funds that are subject to supplanting restrictions.

(B) Positions supported, to the extent of employers’ contributions not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) by any single educational agency, from a non-General Fund revenue source determined to be properly excludable from this subdivision by the Superintendent with the approval of the Director of Finance. Commencing in the 2002–03 fiscal year, only positions supported from a non-General Fund revenue source determined to be properly excludable as identified for a particular local educational agency or pursuant to a blanket waiver by the Superintendent and the Director of Finance, before the 2002–03 fiscal year, may be excluded pursuant to this paragraph.

(5) For accounting purposes, any reduction to county office of education revenue limits made by this subdivision may be reflected as an expenditure from appropriate sources of revenue as directed by the Superintendent.

(6) The amount of the increase or decrease to the revenue limits of county superintendents of schools made by this subdivision for the 1995–96 to 2001–02 fiscal years, inclusive, may not be adjusted by the deficit factor applied to the revenue limit of each county superintendent of schools pursuant to Section 2558.45.

(7) For the 2003–04 fiscal year and any fiscal year thereafter, the revenue limit reduction specified in Section 2558.46 may not be applied to the amount of the increase or decrease to the revenue limits of each county superintendent of schools computed pursuant to paragraph (3).

(c) The Superintendent shall also subtract from the amount determined in subdivision (a) the sum of all of the following:

(1) Local property tax revenues received pursuant to Section 2573 in the then current fiscal year, and tax revenues received pursuant to Section 2556 in the then current fiscal year.

(2) State and federal categorical aid for the fiscal year.

(3) District contributions pursuant to Section 52321 for the fiscal year, and other applicable local contributions and revenues.

(4) Any amounts that the county superintendent of schools was required to maintain as restricted and not available for expenditure in the 1978–79 fiscal year as specified in the second paragraph of subdivision (c) of Section 6 of Chapter 292 of the Statutes of 1978, as amended by Chapter 51 of the Statutes of 1979.

(5) The amount received pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 33607.5 of the Health and Safety Code that is considered property taxes pursuant to that section.

(6) The amount, if any, received pursuant to Sections 34177, 34179.5, 34179.6, and 34188 of the Health and Safety Code.

(7) The amount, if any, received pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 36 of Article XIII of the California Constitution.

(d) The remainder computed in subdivision (c) shall be distributed in the same manner as state aid to school districts from funds appropriated to Section A of the State School Fund.

(e) If the remainder determined pursuant to subdivision (c) is a negative amount, no state aid shall be distributed to that county superintendent of schools pursuant to subdivision (d), and an amount of funds of that county superintendent of schools equal to that negative amount shall be deemed restricted and not available for expenditure during the current fiscal year. In the next fiscal year, that amount shall be considered local property tax revenue for purposes of the operation of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c).

(f) The calculations set forth in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (b) exclude employer contributions for employees of charter schools funded pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 47633) of Chapter 6 of Part 26.8 of Division 4 of Title 2.

(g) Commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year, this section shall be used only for purposes of allocating revenues received pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 36 of Article XIII of the California Constitution.

(h) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2033, and, as of January 1, 2034, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2034, deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 32, Sec. 4. (AB 1808) Effective June 27, 2018. Inoperative July 1, 2033. Repealed as of January 1, 2034, by its own provisions.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 3. Computation of Revenue Limits


citation: EDC § 2570

text: For the 1980–81 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter the county superintendent of schools shall allocate property tax revenues pursuant to this article.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 797, Sec. 4. Effective July 28, 1980.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Allocation of Property Tax Revenues

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citation: EDC § 2571

text:
The Superintendent shall make the following computations for each county superintendent of schools:

(a) Add the property tax revenues received for the 1977–78 fiscal year pursuant to subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 2500, Section 2501 for purposes of Section 1705, Section 2502 for purposes of Section 56811, Section 2505 for special education tuition charges, Section 42909 for purposes of Section 56604, and Section 56364 or Section 56364.2, as applicable. For purposes of this subdivision, section references are to sections effective during the 1977–78 fiscal year.

(b) Divide the sum computed pursuant to subdivision (a) by the total amount of property tax revenues received by the county superintendent of schools for the 1977–78 fiscal year.

(c) Multiply the quotient computed pursuant to subdivision (b) by the total amount of property tax revenues received by the county superintendent of schools for the then current fiscal year.

(d) Subtract the product computed pursuant to subdivision (c) from the total amount of property tax revenues received by the county superintendent of schools for the then current fiscal year.

(e) For purposes of subdivisions (c) and (d), “total property tax revenues” include taxes on the secured roll, taxes on the unsecured roll, prior year taxes, subventions of property taxes, and, beginning in the 2012–13 fiscal year, revenues received pursuant to Sections 34177, 34179.5, 34179.6, and 34188 of the Health and Safety Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 38, Sec. 5. (SB 1016) Effective June 27, 2012.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Allocation of Property Tax Revenues


citation: EDC § 2572

text: The product computed pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 2571 is the amount of property tax revenues to be allocated to special education programs. This amount shall be subtracted pursuant to Section 56836.15.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 24, Sec. 2. (SB 98) Effective June 29, 2020.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Allocation of Property Tax Revenues


citation: EDC § 2573

text: The remainder computed pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 2571 is the amount of property tax revenues to be allocated for programs funded pursuant to Section 2558.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 4. Allocation of Property Tax Revenues