text: The Director of Finance may give the Director of Education authority to accept on behalf of, and in the name of, the state such gifts, donations, bequests, and devises as may be made to the Department of Education, or to any school or other institution administered by the Director of Education or the Department of Education, which in his judgment would be of benefit to the state and, if made to a school or other institution, would be of benefit to the school or other institution. Gifts, donations, bequests, and devises may be made subject to such conditions or restrictions as the Director of Education may deem advisable.

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

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Finances


kind: section

code: EDC

text: Money received under Section 33332 may, with the approval of the Director of Finance, be deposited by the Director of Education to the credit of the department or of the school or institution designated by him or her, in accounts in banks, or credit unions, or transmitted by him or her to the State Treasurer for deposit in trust accounts. Withdrawals may be made from the bank or credit union account or trust account by the Director of Education or any employee of the Department of Education authorized by him or her to make withdrawals therefrom.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 430, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2002.)

division: 2. STATE ADMINISTRATION

part: 20. STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

chapter: 3. State Department of Education

article: 2. Finances

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 2. STATE ADMINISTRATION > 20. STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES > 3. State Department of Education > 2. Finances


text: All moneys received by or for any school under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education from any agency of the federal government, directly or indirectly, for the education of veterans, is hereby appropriated for the support of such school in addition to such other funds as may be appropriated therefor by the Legislature.

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

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Finances


text:
For the purposes of Government Code Section 11032, the following constitute, among other proper purposes of like or different character, state business for officers and employees of the Department of Education for which the officers and employees shall be allowed actual and necessary traveling expenses:

(a) Attending meetings of any national association or organization having as its principal purpose the study of matters relating to education or to a particular field or fields of education, or any agency of such association.

(b) Conferring with officers or employees of the United States, or appearing before committees of either house of the Congress of the United States, relative to problems relating to education in California.

(c) Conferring with officers or employees of other states engaged in the performance of similar duties.

(d) Obtaining information useful to the department in the conduct of its work.

When traveling is outside the state, traveling and expense shall be approved by the Governor and Director of Finance as provided in Government Code Section 11032.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Finances


text: It is the intent of the Legislature that, for the 1989–90 fiscal year and each year thereafter, funds shall be provided to the State Department of Education through the annual Budget Act for the purposes of carrying out the duties of the department in connection with Section 33127 of, Article 2 (commencing with Section 1240) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of, Article 2 (commencing with Section 1620) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of, Article 3 (commencing with Section 14050) of Chapter 1 of Part 9 of, Article 2 (commencing with Section 35010) of Chapter 1 of Part 21 of, and Article 2 (commencing with Section 42120) of Chapter 6 of Part 24 of, the Education Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1462, Sec. 1.122.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Finances


text:
(a) The department or any other state agency that administers a grant or allocation of state funds to a school district shall allow an indirect cost rate that is not less than the indirect cost rate established by the department, unless a lower rate is required by law.

(b) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) “Direct cost” means a cost that provides measurable, direct benefits to a particular program of an agency. Direct costs of a local educational agency include, but are not necessarily limited to, salaries and benefits of teachers and instructional aides, costs for purchasing textbooks and instructional supplies, and costs for providing pupils with counseling, health services, and transportation.

(2) “Indirect cost” means the agencywide, general management cost of the activities for the direction and control of the agency as a whole. Indirect costs include, but are not necessarily limited to, administrative activities necessary for the general operation of the agency, such as accounting, budgeting, payroll preparation, personnel services, purchasing, and centralized data processing.

(3) “Indirect cost rate” means the indirect cost rate established by the department for each school district.

(4) “School district” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 12000.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 344, Sec. 3. (AB 1064) Effective January 1, 2016.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Finances


text:
The State Department of Education shall do all of the following:

(a) Adopt rules and regulations that it deems necessary and proper to secure the establishment of courses in physical education in the elementary and secondary schools.

(b) Compile or cause to be compiled and printed a manual in physical education for distribution to teachers in the public schools of the state.

(c) Encourage school districts offering instruction in kindergarten and any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to the extent that resources are available, to provide quality physical education that develops the knowledge, attitudes, skills, behavior, and motivation needed to be physically active and fit for life; to provide daily recess periods for elementary school pupils, featuring time for unstructured but supervised play; to provide extracurricular physical activity and fitness programs and physical activity and fitness clubs; and to encourage the use of school facilities for physical activity and fitness programs offered by the school, public park and recreation districts, or community-based organizations outside of school hours.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 459, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Educational Programs

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 2. STATE ADMINISTRATION > 20. STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES > 3. State Department of Education > 3. Educational Programs


text: The Department of Education may employ the necessary expert and clerical assistants in order to carry out the provisions of this article.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Educational Programs


text:
(a) The department shall exercise general supervision over the courses of physical education in the elementary and secondary schools of the state; advise school officials, school boards, and teachers in the development and improvement of their physical education and activity programs; and investigate the work in physical education in the public schools.

(b) The department shall ensure that the data collected through the categorical program monitoring indicates the extent to which each school within the jurisdiction of a school district or county office of education does all of the following that are applicable to the school:

(1) Provides instruction in physical education for a total period of time of not less than 200 minutes each 10 schooldays to pupils in grades 1 to 6, inclusive, as required pursuant to paragraph (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 51210.

(2) Provides instruction in physical education for a total period of time of not less than 400 minutes each 10 schooldays to pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, as required pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 51222.

(3) Provides instruction in physical education for a total period of time of not less than 200 minutes each 10 schooldays to pupils in an elementary school maintaining grades 1 to 8, inclusive, as required pursuant to Section 51223.

(4) Conducts physical fitness testing of pupils as required pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 60800) of Part 33 of Division 4.

(5) Includes the results of physical fitness testing of pupils in the school accountability report card as required pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 33126.

(6) Offers pupils exempted from required attendance in physical education courses pursuant to paragraph (1) of either subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 51241 a variety of elective physical education courses of not less than 400 minutes every 10 schooldays.

(7) Provides a course of study in physical education to pupils in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, that includes a developmentally appropriate sequence of instruction, including the effects of physical activity upon dynamic health, the mechanics of body movement, aquatics, gymnastics and tumbling, individual and dual sports, rhythms and dance, team sports, and combatives.

(8) Provides instruction in physical education to pupils that provides equal opportunities for participation regardless of gender.

(9) Provides instruction in physical education to pupils in any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, by physical education teachers who hold appropriate teaching credentials issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

(c) The department annually shall do both of the following:

(1) Submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature that summarizes the data collected through categorical program monitoring regarding the items described in paragraphs (1) to (9), inclusive, of subdivision (b).

(2) Post a summary of the data collected through categorical program monitoring regarding the items described in paragraphs (1) to (9), inclusive, of subdivision (b) on the internet website of the department.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 45. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Educational Programs


text:
(a) The California Interscholastic Federation is a voluntary organization that consists of school and school-related personnel with responsibility for administering interscholastic athletic activities in secondary schools. It is the intent of the Legislature that the California Interscholastic Federation, in consultation with the department, implement the following policies:

(1) Give the governing boards of school districts specific authority to select their athletic league representatives.

(2) Require that all league, section, and state meetings affiliated with the California Interscholastic Federation be subject to the notice and hearing requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code).

(3) Establish a neutral final appeals body to hear complaints related to interscholastic athletic policies.

(4) Provide information to parents and pupils regarding the state and federal complaint procedures for discrimination complaints arising out of interscholastic athletic activities.

(5) Comply with the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code), and in doing so, as a third-party recipient of pupil and school personnel information, be afforded the same public records disclosure exemptions as are afforded to school districts, in order to protect the confidentiality of pupil and school personnel records and information.

(b) (1) The California Interscholastic Federation shall report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature and the Governor on its evaluation and accountability activities undertaken pursuant to this section on or before January 1, 2023, and on or before January 1 every seven years thereafter. This report shall include, but not be limited to, the goals and objectives of the California Interscholastic Federation with regard to, and the status of, all of the following:

(A) The governing structure of the California Interscholastic Federation, and the effectiveness of that governance structure in providing leadership for interscholastic athletics in secondary schools.

(B) Methods to facilitate communication with agencies, organizations, and public entities whose functions and interests interface with the California Interscholastic Federation.

(C) The quality of coaching and officiating, including, but not limited to, professional development for coaches and athletic administrators, and parent education programs.

(D) Gender equity in interscholastic athletics, including, but not limited to, the number of male and female pupils participating in interscholastic athletics in secondary schools, and action taken by the California Interscholastic Federation in order to ensure compliance with Title IX of the federal Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1681 et seq.).

(E) Health and safety of pupils, coaches, officials, and spectators, including, but not limited to, racial discrimination, harassment, or hazing.

(F) The economic viability of interscholastic athletics in secondary schools, including, but not limited to, the promotion and marketing of interscholastic athletics.

(G) New and continuing programs available to pupil athletes.

(H) Awareness and understanding of emerging issues related to interscholastic athletics in secondary schools.

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the California Interscholastic Federation accomplish all of the following:

(A) During years in which the California Interscholastic Federation is not required to submit a report to the Legislature and the Governor pursuant to paragraph (1), it shall hold a public comment period relating to that report at three regularly scheduled federation council meetings per year.

(B) Annually allow public comment on the policies and practices of the California Interscholastic Federation at a regularly scheduled federation council meeting.

(C) Require sections of the California Interscholastic Federation to allow public comment on the policies and practices of the California Interscholastic Federation and its sections, and the report required pursuant to paragraph (1), at each regularly scheduled section meeting.

(D) Engage in a comprehensive outreach effort to promote the public hearings described in subparagraphs (A) and (C).

(3) (A) Upon receiving a report from the California Interscholastic Federation pursuant to paragraph (1), the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature shall hold a joint hearing at which the California Interscholastic Federation shall testify and members of the public shall be encouraged to testify on information in the report, including, but not limited to, the information required in paragraph (1).

(B) During years in which the California Interscholastic Federation is not required to submit a report to the Legislature and the Governor pursuant to paragraph (1), it shall, at the request of the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature, make itself available for hearings regarding the information in paragraph (1).

(c) (1) (A) (i) On or before January 1, 2025, the department shall develop, in consultation with relevant stakeholders, a standardized incident form to track racial discrimination, harassment, or hazing that occurs at high school sporting games or sporting events, and annually report the information from completed incident forms as statewide totals on the department’s internet website.

(ii) The information reported by the department pursuant to clause (i) shall be provided on an aggregated basis and in a manner that does not disclose any personally identifying information.

(B) The standardized incident form shall include a category for the basis of the complaint and shall include information on how to report a hate incident or hate crime through the Civil Rights Department’s CA vs. Hate Resource Line and Network.

(2) (A) On or before April 1, 2025, a local educational agency that participates in the California Interscholastic Federation shall post on their internet website the standardized incident form developed by the department pursuant to paragraph (1) and shall include information on how to submit a completed incident form to the local educational agency.

(B) A local educational agency that participates in the California Interscholastic Federation shall, upon request by the department, submit information related to any completed standardized incident forms received by the local educational agency.

(C) The department may share completed incident forms it has collected from a local educational agency with the California Interscholastic Federation to assist the California Interscholastic Federation with preparation of the report required pursuant to subdivision (b).

(3) A completed incident form is a public record pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) and is subject to all applicable exemptions from public disclosure under that act in order to protect the confidentiality of pupil and school personnel records and information.

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

(1) “Hazing” means a method of initiation or preinitiation into a pupil organization or body, whether or not the organization or body is officially recognized by an educational institution, that is likely to cause serious bodily injury or personal degradation or disgrace resulting in physical or mental harm to a former, current, or prospective pupil. “Hazing” does not include athletic events or school-sanctioned events.

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

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 366, Sec. 1. (AB 1327) Effective January 1, 2024.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Educational Programs


text: The California Interscholastic Federation shall not transact insurance as defined in Section 35 of the Insurance Code, nor shall the federation endorse any insurance programs.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 617, Sec. 3.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Educational Programs


text:
(a) No later than July 1, 2017, the California Interscholastic Federation, in consultation with the department, shall develop guidelines, procedures, and safety standards for the purpose of classifying competition cheer as an interscholastic sport that is consistent with the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights’ definition of a sport.

(b) For purposes of this section, “competition cheer” means a sport in which teams participate in direct, head-to-head competition with one another using an objective scoring system.

(c) The California Interscholastic Federation shall seek a United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Title IX compliance designation for competition cheer. Competition cheer shall not be counted toward a school’s Title IX compliance unless the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights deems competition cheer compliant with its definition of a sport.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 57. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Educational Programs


text:
(a) The department shall have the following authority over interscholastic athletics:

(1) The department may state that the policies of school districts, of associations or consortia of school districts, and of the California Interscholastic Federation, concerning interscholastic athletics, are in compliance with both state and federal law.

(2) (A) If the department states that a school district, an association, consortium of school districts, or the California Interscholastic Federation is not in compliance with state or federal law, the department may require the school district, association, consortium, or the federation to adjust its policy so that it is in compliance. However, the department shall not have authority to determine the specific policy that a school district must adopt in order to comply with state and federal law.

(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a complainant from a public school who wishes to file a discrimination complaint pursuant to the regulations adopted for the purpose of implementing Section 261 based on interscholastic activities conducted by an association, a consortium of school districts, or by the California Interscholastic Federation, is not required to first file a discrimination complaint with a school district, but may file an initial discrimination complaint directly with the department, and the department shall have the authority to specify, with regard to a specific discrimination complaint, the administrative remedies that an association, a consortium of school districts, or the California Interscholastic Federation must provide in order to comply with state or federal law.

(3) If the department states that a school district, association, consortium, or the federation is not in compliance with state or federal law in matters relating to interscholastic activities, and the school district, association, consortium, or the federation does not change its policy in order to comply with these laws, the department may commence with appropriate legal proceedings against the California Interscholastic Federation, the school district or against school districts that are members of the California Interscholastic Federation or the association or consortium that the department states is in noncompliance. In a legal proceeding, the court shall determine the matter de novo. The department may make recommendations for appropriate remedies in these proceedings.

(b) This section does not limit the discretion of local governing boards, or voluntary associations formed or maintained pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 35179, in any policy, program, or activity that is in compliance with state and federal law.

(c) The state law with which the policies of school districts, associations, or consortia of school districts, and of the California Interscholastic Federation, concerning interscholastic athletics, are required to comply, in accordance with this section, includes, but is not limited to, any regulations issued by the state board pursuant to Section 221.1 with regard to discrimination in interscholastic athletics.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 130, Sec. 61. Effective January 1, 2008.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Educational Programs


text:
(a) (1) On or before January 1, 2026, the department, in consultation with relevant stakeholders and experts, shall compile, and post on the department’s internet website, standardized guidelines specifying temperature thresholds or index ratings that trigger modifications to pupil physical activities during extreme weather conditions. The standardized guidelines shall consider relevant factors, including, but not limited to, pupil ages, harmful duration of exposure to extreme weather conditions, overall pupil safety, and available mitigation measures.

(2) The department, in consultation with relevant stakeholders and experts, may use existing resources or frameworks, or both, about temperature thresholds or index ratings that trigger modifications to pupil physical activities during extreme weather conditions to meet the requirements of paragraph (1), including, but not limited to, the State Department of Public Health’s Health Guidance for Schools on Sports and Strenuous Activities During Extreme Heat, the National Weather Service’s HeatRisk forecast tool, and the guidelines established by the California Interscholastic Federation pursuant to Section 35179.8.

(b) (1) On or before July 1, 2026, each local educational agency shall develop, adopt, and implement weather protocols for extreme weather conditions.

(2) The weather protocols shall incorporate the standardized guidelines compiled by the department pursuant to subdivision (a) and shall detail the specific measures to be taken during extreme weather conditions, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(A) Clear criteria for determining when weather conditions are considered extreme weather conditions and warrant modification or cessation of outdoor physical activities.

(B) Procedures for monitoring weather forecasts and alerts to anticipate extreme weather conditions.

(C) Protocols for communicating with staff, pupils, and parents or guardians regarding changes to outdoor activities due to extreme weather conditions.

(D) Designation of indoor alternative activities that can be safely conducted during extreme weather conditions.

(E) Training for staff members on recognizing signs of weather-related distress in pupils and appropriate response measures.

(F) Coordination with relevant local agencies and experts to ensure timely access to weather-related information and resources.

(3) The weather protocols shall be annually reviewed, evaluated, and, if necessary, updated to incorporate best practices and address any emerging concerns or challenges, and to reflect changes in weather patterns, advances in safety practices, and feedback from stakeholders.

(c) Commencing January 1, 2026, the department shall provide technical assistance to local educational agencies in the implementation of their weather protocols.

(d) Interscholastic athletic programs administered by the California Interscholastic Federation, including their associated practices and games, shall comply with the guidelines established pursuant to Section 35179.8.

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

(1) “Extreme weather conditions” means occurrences of unusually severe weather conditions, including, but not limited to, periods of extreme heat, excessive precipitation, and floods, that may pose significant harm to pupils.

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

(3) “Physical activity” means physical education classes, sports, and athletic practices and games sponsored by a local educational agency, except for those relating to an interscholastic athletic program administered by the California Interscholastic Federation.

(f) The implementation of this section is subject to an appropriation being made for purposes of this section in the annual Budget Act or another statute.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 67, Sec. 47. (AB 1170) Effective January 1, 2026.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Educational Programs


text: The Department of Education and a statewide association composed exclusively of school district governing boards or county boards of education, or both, acting jointly, may conduct annual workshops within this state. Such workshops shall include but are not limited to study and instruction on the subjects of school finance, the Education Code and related laws, and the ethics, duties, and responsibilities of school district governing boards and county boards of education. A reasonable fee not to exceed the estimated pro rata cost of the workshop may be charged board members and members-elect who attend.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 4. Workshops

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text: Any member or member-elect of a school district governing board who attends and successfully completes a workshop as authorized by this article may be reimbursed for expenses as provided for in Section 35173.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 4. Workshops


text: Any member or member-elect of a county board of education who attends and successfully completes a workshop as authorized by this article may be reimbursed for expenses as provided for in Section 1096.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 4. Workshops


text:
(a) There is hereby created within the department an American Indian Education Unit, which shall provide technical support to, and proper administrative oversight of, American Indian education programs established by the state in order to ensure that American Indian pupils in California public schools are able to meet the challenging academic standards of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.) and that those programs reflect the cultural and educational standards stated in Executive Order No. 13336, 69 Federal Register 25295 (May 5, 2004), relating to American Indian and Alaska Native Education.

(b) The Superintendent shall appoint an American Indian Education Unit Manager who shall oversee the American Indian Education Unit.

(c) The duties of the American Indian Education Unit shall include the development of clear, consistent, and effective operating policies and procedures that include measures to ensure that the learning needs of American Indian pupils are being adequately addressed.

(d) The department shall ensure that staff are properly trained in the application of the policies adopted pursuant to subdivision (c) and that the policies are consistent with the legislative intent relating to the California American Indian Education Program and with Section 11019.6 of, subdivisions (d) and (f) of Section 11340 of, and Section 11342.2 of, the Government Code.

(e) The department shall prescribe the following:

(1) The data that California American Indian education centers shall report on an annual basis in order to measure program performance.

(2) On or before January 1, 2011, and again on or before January 1, 2016, the department shall conduct an evaluation of the centers to determine whether to renew the application of each existing center or instead to approve an application to establish a new center.

(3) A description of the consequences for failing to submit the data.

(f) The department shall adopt policies that include:

(1) An equitable process that will be used to select centers that will receive grant awards and determine their respective funding amounts.

(2) Establish a prompt timeframe for disbursing approved payments to the centers.

(3) A monitoring process and plan to ensure that fiscal and program information reported by the centers is accurate and complete, including a process for corrective action and investigation by the department for noncompliance. The process shall be based upon consistent and equitable principles.

(4) The incorporation of culturally responsive methodologies in order to ensure that an optimal educational program for American Indian pupils is supported and maintained.

(5) Ensuring respect for the federal trust and sovereign nation status of California American Indian tribes.

(g) The Superintendent, with input from existing California American Indian education center directors, shall appoint an American Indian Education Oversight Committee by January 30, 2007, composed of at least seven educators, four of whom shall be California American Indian education center directors. If the Superintendent is unable to find a qualified individual to fill a vacancy in one of the four positions for center directors within 30 days of the vacancy arising, he or she may fill the vacancy with an educator who is not a center director. All members shall possess proven knowledge of current educational policies relating to, and issues faced by, American Indian communities in California. This committee shall provide input and advice to the Superintendent on all aspects of American Indian education programs established by the state.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 669, Sec. 8. (AB 1661) Effective January 1, 2019.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 5. Bureau of Indian Education

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text: The Legislature hereby finds and declares that American Indian children have not performed well in California public schools as evidenced by low academic achievement at all grade levels, high dropout rates, and by the low number of pupils achieving a higher education. It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature to establish community-based programs that promote the educational achievement of American Indian pupils attending public schools throughout the state. The department shall provide proper guidance and effective administrative support to California American Indian education centers that recognize the unique cultural and historical needs of American Indian pupils and support the need to preserve the languages, cultures, and social structures of tribal communities.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 880, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. California Indian Education Centers

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text:
The California American Indian education centers established pursuant to this article shall serve as community-based educational resource centers to American Indian pupils, parents, guardians, and the public schools in order to promote the academic and cultural achievement of the pupils. The centers, based upon established priority needs, may accomplish the following:

(a) Improve the academic achievement of American Indian pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.

(b) Improve the self-concept and sense of identity of American Indian pupils and adults.

(c) Serve as a center for related community activities.

(d) Provide individual and group counseling to pupils and adults related to personal adjustment, academic progress, and vocational planning.

(e) Create and offer coordinated programs with the public schools.

(f) Provide a focus for summer cultural, recreational, and academic experiences.

(g) Create and offer adult classes and activities that benefit parents or guardians of pupils in its programs.

(h) Provide training programs to develop pathways to college and the workplace for American Indian pupils.

(i) Provide American Indian educational resource materials to pupils, their parents, and the schools they attend in order to ensure appropriate tribal histories and cultures are made available.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 880, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2007.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. California Indian Education Centers


text: The state board, upon the advice and recommendations of the Superintendent, shall approve revised guidelines for the selection and administration of California American Indian education centers. The Superintendent shall request input from the American Indian Education Oversight Committee on amendments and updates to the 1975 guidelines and the committee may provide input to the Superintendent prior to the submission of the guidelines to the state board.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 179, Sec. 43. Effective January 1, 2009.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. California Indian Education Centers


text:
(a) An application for the establishment of a California American Indian education center may be made to the department by any tribal group or incorporated American Indian association, separately or jointly, upon forms provided by the department. Funding for existing centers or a new center shall not exceed funding provided for these purposes in the annual Budget Act or another statute. The department shall evaluate and rank the proposals for funding purposes.

(b) An application for funding by a California American Indian education center shall be ranked and approved on the basis of all of the following criteria:

(1) The application is designed to achieve measurable objectives for the center.

(2) The degree of commitment of the applicant to the purpose of American Indian education as demonstrated by the policies adopted, the allocation of staff, fiscal, and material resources, and the integration of existing resources and services.

(3) The extent and degree of collaborative efforts among local community resources, organizations, schools, and tribal communities.

(4) The potential impact a center will have on pupils, their families, and other organizations in the region.

(5) The number of pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, within the community of the applicant.

(6) Existing centers shall have priority based upon the demonstrated impact of each program on pupils, their parents or legal guardians, and the community served.

(7) Existing centers created by the department shall receive priority in funding.

(8) The application of an existing center shall receive priority for funding over an application for a new center.

(c) The funding level for each center shall be based upon a comprehensive community needs assessment, including the applicant’s history of educational support for American Indian pupils, their parents or legal guardians, and the amount of collaboration with local American Indians.

(d) Funding for each center shall be distributed by reference to pupil population, pupil academic performance, and the local economic base.

(e) To the extent possible, the centers shall be distributed in regions throughout the state in order to reflect the American Indian population base.

(f) The approval of an application for the establishment of a California American Indian education center shall be effective for a period of five calendar years. One calendar year before the expiration of the five-year period, the department shall commence an evaluation of the center in order to determine whether to renew the application of the existing center or approve a new application to establish a California American Indian education center.

(g) (1) If the application for a center has been approved by the department and the applicant has received written verification of that approval, the department shall distribute 75 percent of the grant award for each year of the grant no later than 45 days after enactment of the annual Budget Act or an additional authorizing statute, whichever is later.

(2) The department shall distribute the remaining 25 percent of the grant award for each year of the grant no later than April 1 of the year following the year in which the initial 75 percent is distributed pursuant to paragraph (1).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 170, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. California Indian Education Centers


text:
(a) (1) Each center shall annually submit a report to the department that includes appropriate data, presented in a format developed jointly with the department, that reflects each center’s progress toward meeting its stated objectives, including pupil academic performance, meeting the continued educational and cultural needs of the community that the center serves, and any other objectives chosen by the center.

(2) On or before January 1, 2021, and every five years thereafter, the department shall report all of the following information to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature:

(A) Consolidated results for all centers, consistent with federal law regarding the privacy of pupil information.

(B) Information required to evaluate the consolidated results.

(C) Recommendations for program improvement.

(b) The centers shall maintain sound fiscal policies. The department shall provide technical assistance and training to the centers in order to assist the centers to maintain sound fiscal policies. The department may require an annual program audit. However, if the department deems it fiscally unsound for the centers to provide an annual audit, a fiscal review shall suffice.

(c) The department shall provide technical assistance and professional development to the directors of the California American Indian education centers throughout the year that shall include timely documented responses and professional guidance meant to improve center programs.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 490, Sec. 1. (SB 911) Effective January 1, 2017.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. California Indian Education Centers


text: This article shall be known, and may be cited as, the California Indian Education Act.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 477, Sec. 1. (AB 1703) Effective January 1, 2023.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. California Indian Education Act

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text:
(a) The Legislature encourages local educational agencies to form California Indian Education Task Forces with California Indian tribe’s local to their region or tribes historically located in the region. Participants in these meetings are encouraged to discuss issues of mutual concern and to work to do all of the following:

(1) Develop a thorough, shared understanding of accurate, high-quality curricular materials about the history, culture, and government of local tribes, and develop curricular materials for use within local educational agencies that include tribal experiences and perspectives and teach about the history, culture, and government of local tribes.

(2) Develop a shared understanding of proper or improper instructional material when these materials use depictions of Native Americans.

(3) Encourage local educational agencies to adopt curriculum developed by the California Indian Education Task Forces, in order to ensure that all pupils learn about the history, culture, government, and experiences of their Indian peers and neighbors, and to ensure that Indian pupils are more engaged and learn more successfully.

(4) Identify the extent and nature of the achievement gap between Indian pupils and other pupils, and identify the strategies necessary to close it.

(b) California Indian Education Task Forces shall submit, within one year of formation and annually thereafter, a report of findings to the department, including a finding on the progress of the work described in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a).

(c) The department shall submit, within one year of receiving task force reports pursuant to subdivision (b) and annually thereafter, a report to the Senate Education Committee and the Assembly Committee on Education regarding the progress made in the narrowing of the achievement gap, and the identification and adoption of curriculum regarding tribal history, culture, and government. The report shall include information about any obstacles encountered, and any strategies under development to overcome those obstacles.

(d) California Indian Education Task Forces may submit curricular materials developed pursuant to subdivision (a) to the county office of education, or consortium of county offices of education, that has contracted to develop a model curriculum related to Native American studies pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 51226.9. The county office of education, or consortium of county offices of education, shall consider these submitted materials for inclusion in the model curriculum.

(e) For purposes of this article, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. California Indian Education Act


text:
It is the intention of the Legislature in enacting this article that:

(a) Evaluations shall be performed in such a manner as to minimize the resources required of school districts in the collection, analysis, and reporting of evaluation information. In order to achieve this goal, program evaluations shall require only that information which is essential to the State Department of Education for carrying out statutorily mandated functions, and shall be conducted only as necessary for the conduct of those functions. In addition, in evaluations of state-funded programs, the department may use sampling procedures as it determines to be appropriate based on professional standards.

(b) Evaluations shall be performed and reported in such a manner as to maximize their utility to decisionmakers in the Legislature.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 927, Sec. 2.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8. Educational Evaluations

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text: The State Department of Education shall perform evaluations of those educational programs as determined to be necessary by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to carry out the purposes of this article or as required by the Legislature. Program evaluations determined to be necessary by the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be carried out in accordance with Section 33400.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 927, Sec. 4.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8. Educational Evaluations


text:
It is the understanding of the Legislature that the evaluation needs of the educational programs change over a period of time and during the progress of the programs and, therefore, the Legislature may require through supplemental language to the Budget Act:

(a) That additional types of information or reporting formats be employed.

(b) That the evaluation be altered to reflect current needs.

(c) That an evaluation shall be conducted by contracted, independent evaluators.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 927, Sec. 5.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8. Educational Evaluations


text:
The State Department of Education shall conduct special studies as determined to be necessary by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to carry out the purposes of this article or as required by the Legislature.

The department shall utilize existing information to the maximum extent feasible in conducting the special studies. The special studies shall address topics determined by the Legislature or the Superintendent of Public Instruction to be of current policy significance.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 927, Sec. 7.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8. Educational Evaluations


text: The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall annually, not later than February 15, submit to the State Board of Education and the Legislature a proposal for the initiation or continuance for the succeeding fiscal year of special studies and evaluation activities.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 927, Sec. 8.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 8. Educational Evaluations


text:
(a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction, in cooperation with the Department of Finance and the State Auditor, shall, on or before July 1, 1980, provide for a plan for independent audits of state and federal funds allocated to private agencies that are under contract with the State Department of Education for the provision of educational services.

For the purpose of this article, “educational services” includes, but is not limited to, child nutrition and child development services.

To the maximum extent possible, the plan shall conform to audit procedures pursuant to Section 41020.5.

(b) Effective July 1, 1980, the State Department of Education, as a condition to any contract with a private agency for the provision of educational services, shall require a periodic audit of state and federal funds to be conducted by departmental staff auditors or a certified public accountant or public accountant who is licensed by the California Board of Accountancy. For child development services, the audit shall include all funds deposited in the child development fund. For all other educational services, the audit shall be limited to those state and federal funds accruing to the private agency as a result of its contract with the State Department of Education.

(c) If in the course of those audits of a private agency, an audit exception is reported by the certified public accounting firm in excess of a material amount as determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, upon final determination by the superintendent of the amount of the audit exception, collect that audit exception and redistribute the amount collected to the same class of program, or withhold the amount of the audit exception from the next payment to the agency in which the audit exception was discovered.

(d) The State Department of Education shall establish a schedule for audits that meets federal regulations.

(e) The State Department of Education may exempt from the provisions of this section those agencies for which, in the department’s estimation, the cost of an audit would be inordinate in relation to the level of funding received by the private agency for the educational services provided.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1055, Sec. 12. Effective September 30, 2000.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 9. Audits of Contracting Agencies

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text: Every private agency which receives state funds which may be audited pursuant to Section 33420 shall, at the request of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, make all records pertaining to its state-funded programs available to the Department of Education during regular business hours. The records shall be retained by each private agency for at least five years except for Child Nutrition Program records. Child Nutrition Program records shall be retained in accordance with regulations adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture relating to the retention of those records. However, in cases where an audit has been requested by a state agency or the United States Department of Agriculture which remains unresolved, the records shall be retained until the date the audit is resolved.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 194, Sec. 1.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 9. Audits of Contracting Agencies


text:
(a) The California Youth Leadership Project is hereby established under the department for the purpose of promoting youth civic engagement through meaningful opportunities to improve the quality of life for California’s disconnected and disadvantaged youth.

(b) The California Youth Leadership Project shall support and promote youth civic engagement by awarding scholarships to youth between 14 and 18 years of age. Furthermore, youths awarded scholarships by the California Youth Leadership Project shall be given the opportunity to make meaningful recommendations regarding legislation and policies that impact their own lives and the lives of the thousands of other youth in California whose voices often go unheard. An organization that operates civic engagement programs may submit applications for participation in the project on behalf of interested youth.

(c) The California Youth Leadership Project shall allocate scholarship award funds to organizations that submit applications on behalf of youth who are selected to receive scholarship awards under this article. These organizations shall do, without limitation, all of the following for the youth who receive scholarship awards under this article:

(1) Provide youth participants tools to examine and discuss policy and fiscal issues affecting the interests, needs, and conditions of the youth of California.

(2) Provide youth participants the opportunity to formally advise and make recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor on specific issues affecting youth. These issues may include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:

(A) Education.

(B) Employment.

(C) Access to state and local governmental services.

(D) The environment.

(E) Behavioral and physical health.

(F) Safety.

(G) Technology.

(H) Criminal justice.

(I) Homelessness.

(J) Foster care.

(K) Child welfare.

(L) Emancipation.

(M) Financial literacy.

(N) Substance abuse.

(O) Driver’s license requirements.

(P) Poverty.

(Q) Increased youth participation in state and local government.

(R) Issues affecting youth with disabilities.

(S) Any other policy or fiscal issues deemed appropriate by the department.

(3) Provide youth participants the opportunity to consult with any existing local level youth advisory commissions and community-based, grassroots youth-led organizations for input and potential solutions on issues related to youth.

(4) Provide youth participants the opportunity to convene and conduct meetings to fulfill the purposes of this chapter.

(5) Provide youth participants the opportunity to act as an information center on California youth policy and fiscal issues, including, but not limited to, the issues listed in paragraph (2).

(6) When available, enable individual youth to travel to the State Capitol to learn the legislative process and, on occasion, to testify at legislative hearings.

(d) An organization that receives a scholarship award on behalf of youth under this article shall use these funds only for youth-related activities described in subdivision (c).

(e) For purposes of this article, disconnected and disadvantaged youth described in subdivision (a) include, but are not limited to, youth who are homeless between 18 and 24 years of age, youth with disabilities, youth who are from minority racial or ethnic groups, youth who are in or have been emancipated from foster care, youth who have been in or are on parole from the juvenile justice system, youth who are from low-income households, youth who are high school dropouts or are at risk of dropping out of school, youth who are pregnant or are young mothers, and other youth who could benefit from participation in the California Youth Leadership Project.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. (SB 803) Effective January 1, 2013.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

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text:
(a) The California Youth Leadership Project shall be overseen by the California Youth Leadership Project Committee.

(b) The California Youth Leadership Project Committee shall be established and oversee the California Youth Leadership Project and distribute funds pursuant to Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 18736) of Chapter 3 of Part 10.2 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and this article.

(c) Members of the California Youth Leadership Project Committee, in making youth scholarship awards, shall take into consideration that awarded youth represent the racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, cultural, physical, and educational diversity of California. Priority for awarding scholarships under this article shall be given to at-promise or disadvantaged youth between 14 and 18 years of age, as their participation in the California Youth Leadership Project will provide keen insight into many of the issues that youth face in their day-to-day lives.

(d) (1) The California Youth Leadership Project Committee shall be chaired by the Superintendent, or their designee, and shall include no more than six members.

(2) The Superintendent shall appoint the following four members to the California Youth Leadership Project Committee:

(A) A representative from a statewide nonprofit youth organization.

(B) A representative from a community-based nonprofit organization that serves youth or deals with youth-related issues, including, but not limited to, the issues described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 33425.

(C) A representative of a local educational agency or school district.

(D) A youth between 14 and 18 years of age who has participated in a youth leadership program involving lobbying the Legislature on issue areas affecting youth. This person shall serve only in an advisory capacity.

(3) The California Health and Human Services Agency may also, but is not required to, appoint a member to the California Youth Leadership Project Committee.

(4) To the extent possible, a member of the California Youth Leadership Project Committee, appointed under any of subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, of paragraph (2) shall have experience and be trained to work with youth between 14 and 18 years of age on any of the issues described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 33425, and shall have special experience in civic engagement, advocacy, and at least one of the following issue areas affecting youth:

(A) Crisis prevention or intervention.

(B) Drug, alcohol, and tobacco abuse prevention or intervention.

(C) Foster care.

(D) Juvenile justice.

(E) Homelessness.

(F) Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights and social justice.

(G) Mental health.

(H) Youth with disabilities.

(e) The members of the California Youth Leadership Project Committee shall serve on a voluntary basis and shall not receive a salary.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 800, Sec. 7. (AB 413) Effective January 1, 2020.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 9.5. California Youth Leadership Project


text:
Duties of the California Youth Leadership Project Committee shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(a) Develop and provide applications for the California Youth Leadership Project scholarship and collect applications from youth who would like to apply.

(b) Determine ways to promote the program and make applications available.

(c) Establish criteria for the selection of youth, and make awards based on those criteria and the purposes of this chapter.

(d) Ensure that there is no discrimination based on race, religious creed, color, national origin, age, gender, marital status, disability, sex, or sexual orientation.

(e) Establish the time, location, and number of annual meetings of the committee. The committee shall meet no less than once each year.

(f) If necessary, enter into a mutually agreed upon interagency agreement with the department to carry out administrative duties related to the project.

(g) Submit an annual budget and report to the department.

(h) (1) Determine when there are sufficient funds to support the project. If the committee determines that there are insufficient funds to cover all costs, the activities of the California Youth Leadership Project shall cease.

(2) State funds shall not be used to support the California Youth Leadership Project except as provided in Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 18736) of Chapter 3 of Part 10.2 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text:
(a) The funds for the California Youth Leadership Project shall be allocated from the California Youth Leadership Fund pursuant to Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 18736) of Chapter 3 of Part 10.2 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, or from private funds directed to the department and allocated to the California Youth Leadership Project Committee for the purpose of funding activities of the California Youth Leadership Project.

(b) The California Youth Leadership Project may accept gifts and grants from any source, public or private, to help perform its functions, pursuant to this article.

(c) The California Youth Leadership Project Committee shall have the authority to define its program and utilize its funds in any way necessary to carry out the duties of this article, including, but not limited to, partnering with nonprofit groups or state agencies to perform various duties required by this article, as long as the program or activity is not in violation of a state law or regulation.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: The Learning Communities for School Success Program is hereby established for the purpose of implementing, pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 7599.2 of the Government Code, the K–12 education portion of the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, as approved as Proposition 47 by the voters at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election. Through this program, the department shall administer grants and coordinate assistance to local educational agencies to support the local educational agencies in identifying and implementing evidence-based, nonpunitive programs and practices that are aligned with the goals for pupils contained in each of the local educational agency’s local control and accountability plan pursuant to Section 47606.5, 52060, or 52066, as applicable.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 397, Sec. 2. (AB 1014) Effective January 1, 2017. Section conditionally operative as provided in Section 33436. See identical section in the Article 10 added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 533.)

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text:
(a) A local educational agency that chooses to apply for funding pursuant to this article shall submit an application to the department to receive a grant, in a format and by a date determined by the department. An application submitted to the department by a local educational agency shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:

(1) Information about the pupil and school needs within the local educational agency.

(2) The activities the local educational agency will undertake with the grant funding.

(3) How the activities specified in paragraph (2) support the local educational agency’s goals for pupils contained in its local control and accountability plan.

(4) How the local educational agency will measure outcomes associated with the activities specified in subdivision (e) and metrics reported in the local educational agency’s local control and accountability plan.

(b) An application shall be for three years of grant funding. Consistent with the provisions of this article, the department may establish requirements for grantees to meet at the end of the first and second years of funding in order to receive funding for the remaining grant period.

(c) The department shall determine eligibility for grants and the distribution of grant funding based on all of the following factors:

(1) Pupil and school needs the local educational agency will address with the grant funds.

(2) Number of pupils to be served with the grant funds.

(3) Number, size, and type of participating schools within the local educational agency.

(4) Any challenges the local educational agency experiences in building capacity for fulfilling the purposes of this article.

(5) The unique characteristics of small school districts, given their challenges with economies of scale and access to services in rural locations.

(d) (1) Before the initial application deadline, the department shall conduct targeted outreach to local educational agencies that are likely to be given priority pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 33432 and shall offer the local educational agencies technical assistance as they develop their grant applications.

(2) The department may provide technical assistance with application development to any local educational agency that requests assistance. This may include assistance from external entities the department may contract with as part of the training and technical assistance structure established pursuant to Section 33433.

(e) The department shall issue application guidelines that include, at a minimum, information about the department’s plans for overall evaluation of the program considering the objectives identified in Section 33434. For purposes of facilitating program evaluation, the department, in consultation with the executive director of the state board, shall identify a set of measures and associated data sources that are deemed valid and reliable for measuring pupil and school outcomes and assessing the benefits of the program.

(f) In meeting the requirements of this section, the department shall consult with stakeholders, including, but not limited to, representatives of local educational agencies, teachers and other school personnel, parents, advocacy organizations with experience working with target vulnerable populations, and parent- and youth-serving community-based organizations. It the intent of the Legislature that stakeholders provide input to the department on the design of the application and review process, including the size of the grant awards. The stakeholders shall not be involved in determining who will be awarded grants.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 10. The Learning Communities for School Success Program


text:
(a) A local educational agency that receives a grant shall use the grant funds for planning, implementation, and evaluation of activities in support of evidence-based, nonpunitive programs and practices to keep the state’s most vulnerable pupils in school. These activities shall complement or enhance the actions and services identified to meet the local educational agency’s goals as identified in its local control and accountability plan pursuant to Section 47606.5, 52060, or 52066, as applicable. These activities may include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Establishing a community school, as defined in Section 33435.

(2) Implementing activities or programs to improve attendance and reduce chronic absenteeism, including, but not limited to, early warning systems or early intervention programs.

(3) Implementing restorative practices, restorative justice models, or other programs to improve retention rates, reduce suspensions and other school removals, and reduce the referral of pupils to law enforcement agencies.

(4) Implementing activities that advance social-emotional learning, positive behavior interventions and supports, culturally responsive practices, and trauma-informed strategies.

(5) Establishing partnerships with community-based organizations or other relevant entities to support the implementation of evidence-based, nonpunitive approaches to further the goals of the program.

(6) Adding or increasing staff within a local educational agency whose primary purpose is to address ongoing chronic attendance problems, including, but not necessarily limited to, conducting outreach to families and children currently, or at risk of becoming, chronically truant.

(b) In selecting grant recipients pursuant to this article, the department shall give priority to a local educational agency that meets any of the following criteria:

(1) (A) Has a high rate of chronic absenteeism, out-of-school suspension, or school dropout for the general pupil population or for a numerically significant pupil subgroup, as identified in a local control and accountability plan pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 52052.

(B) For purposes of this paragraph, “high rate” means a rate that exceeds the state average.

(2) Is located in a community with a high crime rate.

(3) Has a significant representation of foster youth among its pupil enrollment.

(c) A local educational agency that receives a grant shall provide a local contribution of matching expenditures equal to at least 20 percent of the total grant award. This local contribution can be from cash expenditures or in-kind contributions. A local educational agency is encouraged to exceed the 20-percent match requirement to enable the local educational agency to sustain the activities or programs established under this article beyond the three-year grant period.

(d) A local educational agency that receives a grant shall use the grant funds to increase or improve services that the local educational agency currently provides for purposes specified in this article.

(e) A local educational agency shall not use grant funds to pay for law enforcement activities, including personnel or equipment.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text:
(a) The department shall use the funding the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act authorizes for administrative costs pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 7599.2 of the Government Code, which is no more than 5 percent of the annual funding the department receives from the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund, for the administrative costs of implementing this article, including, but not limited to, administering grant awards, coordinating the training and technical assistance structure described in subdivision (b), and completing the evaluation pursuant to Section 33434.

(b) The department shall establish a structure to deliver training and technical assistance to grantees using regional workshops and technical assistance providers that have expertise on pupil engagement, school climate, truancy reduction, and supporting pupils who are at risk of dropping out of school or who are victims of crime. The department may contract with those providers to assist the grantees as well as to serve as a resource for other local educational agencies that may use their own funding sources to engage in this community of practice. Technical assistance provided pursuant to this subdivision shall be consistent with the technical assistance provided to a local educational agency by the county superintendent of schools or the Superintendent, as appropriate, in the development of the local control and accountability plan.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


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

(a) “Community school” means a public school that participates in a community-based effort to coordinate and integrate educational, developmental, family, health, and other comprehensive services through community-based organizations and public and private partnerships with one or more community partners for the delivery of community services that may be provided at a schoolsite to pupils, families, and community members.

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

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: This article shall not become operative unless funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act or another statute to the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund in accordance with the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act for the purposes specified in this article.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 397, Sec. 2. (AB 1014) Effective January 1, 2017. See identical section in the Article 10 added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 533. Note: Operational condition applies to Article 10, commencing with Section 33430.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


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

(a) “English learner” has the same meaning as defined in Section 306.

(b) “Native speaker of English” has the same meaning as defined in Section 306.

(c) “Dual language immersion program” is a program that enrolls both English learners and native speakers of English and provides integrated language learning and academic instruction for native speakers of English and native speakers of another language, with the goals of high academic achievement, first and second language proficiency, and cross-cultural understanding. These programs are also known as two-way bilingual immersion programs.

(d) “Developmental bilingual program for English learners” is a program in which academic instruction and literacy development occurs in both a pupil’s home language and in English. It is a program that exists across all grade levels in schools. Academic curriculum is taught through a pupil’s home language plus English language development, with increasing academic instruction in English until pupils develop literacy in both languages, at which point academic study in both languages continues.

(e) “Early learning dual language learners programs” refer to language programs in early care and education settings that serve children from birth to five years of age before entry into kindergarten. These programs include, but are not necessarily limited to, preschool, expanded transitional kindergarten, and transitional kindergarten, where the goal is to support development of both languages and to promote bilingualism and biliteracy.

(f) “Dual language learners” (DLLs) is the term used in early education to refer to children from birth to age five who are learning two or more languages at the same time, or who are learning a second language, such as English, while continuing to develop their home language.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 763, Sec. 2. (AB 2514) Effective January 1, 2019.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 11. Pathways to Success Grant Program

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text:
(a) The Pathways to Success Grant Program is hereby established with the goal of providing pupils in preschool, transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, with dual language immersion programs, developmental bilingual programs for English learners, or early learning dual language learners programs that are consistent with the adopted state policy of the English Learner Roadmap.

(b) The purpose of the Pathways to Success Grant Program is to grow capacity for high-quality dual language learning by doing all of the following:

(1) Establishing dual language immersion programs or developmental bilingual programs for English learners for pupils in elementary and secondary schools.

(2) Establishing early learning dual language learners programs in state preschools operated by school districts and charter schools.

(3) Expanding existing dual language immersion programs or developmental bilingual programs for English learners to new schoolsites.

(4) Providing professional development modules to school districts, schools, county offices of education, or a consortium of these entities, with evidence-based, demonstrated professional development techniques on how to design and implement new, or to expand existing, dual language immersion programs or developmental bilingual programs for English learners and early learning dual language learners programs.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 11. Pathways to Success Grant Program


text:
(a) (1) The department shall administer the Pathways to Success Grant Program, which shall be a three-year grant program. Commencing September 1, 2019, the department shall award a minimum of 10 one-time grants of up to three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) per grant, to entities described in subdivision (b) considering any of the following:

(A) Establishing a dual language immersion program or developmental bilingual program for English learners.

(B) Expanding an established dual language immersion program or developmental bilingual program for English learners.

(C) Establishing early learning dual language learners programs in state preschool programs operated by school districts and charter schools.

(2) When awarding a grant to an applicant proposing to establish a dual language immersion program or developmental bilingual program for English learners in a target language other than Spanish, the department shall provide additional funding of up to twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) over the amount of the grant awarded pursuant to paragraph (1).

(3) Priority shall be given to proposals for programs with an enrollment that consists of at least 40 percent English learners at the elementary level and at least 40 percent English learners and reclassified fluent English proficient pupils at the middle and high school levels.

(b) Both of the following entities are eligible to apply for a grant pursuant to this section:

(1) A school district.

(2) A consortium composed of a school district in partnership with one or more of the following:

(A) Other school districts.

(B) County offices of education.

(C) Bilingual teacher programs in schools of education in institutions of higher education.

(D) Charter schools, other than for-profit charter schools, located within the school district.

(c) In accordance with Section 33444, the department shall identify criteria for evaluating applicants and awarding the grants.

(d) An entity described in subdivision (b) may apply to the department to receive a grant pursuant to subdivision (a). Participation in this grant program shall be on a voluntary basis.

(e) An application shall include a description of all of the following:

(1) The high-quality curriculum and instruction to be provided by the dual language immersion program or developmental bilingual program for English learners.

(2) Projected grade levels, number of school districts, number of schoolsites, and number of classrooms proposed in the expansion or establishment of dual language immersion programs or developmental bilingual programs for English learners, for each grant.

(3) The early learning dual language learners program to be provided to dual language learners in early childhood education programs, such as state preschool, the high-quality, standards-based curriculum and instruction, and the projected number of classrooms included for each grant.

(4) Pupil enrollment, disaggregated by English learners, dual language learners, and native speakers of English.

(5) How the program for which the applicant proposes to use the grant will serve the applicant’s English learner population and dual language learners, including outreach to families who speak the target language of the new or expanded program.

(6) How the applicant will secure bilingual teachers, bilingual preschool educators, bilingual paraeducators, and bilingual program staff.

(7) How the applicant will sustain its expanded or new dual language immersion program, developmental bilingual program for English learners, or early learning dual language learners program beyond the three-year grant period.

(8) Evidence of support by the applicant school district’s or districts’ county board or boards of education or the governing board or boards of the school district or districts, or the authorizing body or bodies of the charter schools.

(9) Efforts to align program goals with school district responsibilities pursuant to Section 305.

(10) A program budget identifying the amount of funding proposed to be expended for the allowable expenses identified in subdivision (a) of Section 33445, including information on how much grant funding will be spent at each schoolsite.

(11) Available funding within the current or projected budget for the three-year grant period that will be committed in addition to grant funding, including any funding received pursuant to its local control funding formula allocation, federal law, or other sources.

(12) How the applicant will collect data required by the department for purposes of the department’s report described in Section 33446. The application shall include the number of pupils to be served, including English learners, native English speakers, and dual language learners, by the applicant and the number of pupils successfully completing programs described in this article at the elementary and secondary levels and in early childhood education programs.

(13) Assurance that the applicant will sustain and maintain the program or programs described in this article and a description of the support, including funding, it commits to do so.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 11. Pathways to Success Grant Program


text:
The department shall perform all of the following functions in the administration of the Pathways to Success Grant Program:

(a) Review applications and award grants.

(b) Provide technical assistance to school districts, county offices of education, or consortia implementing a dual language immersion program, developmental bilingual program for English learners, or early learning dual language learners program.

(c) Identify data to be collected by grant recipients.

(d) Identify how it will collect data reported by grant recipients, and how it will make that data available to the public.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 11. Pathways to Success Grant Program


text:
The department shall consult with the following persons and entities in the development of the criteria for awarding the grants and in developing the professional development modules:

(a) Professional organizations with demonstrated expertise and experience in developing, implementing, and maintaining a dual language immersion program, developmental bilingual program for English learners, and early learning dual language learners program.

(b) Classroom teachers providing instruction in a dual language immersion program, development bilingual program for English learners, or early learning dual language learners program.

(c) Principals of schools with an existing dual language immersion program, development bilingual program for English learners, or early learning dual language learners program.

(d) Researchers and representatives of nonprofit professional organizations with demonstrated expertise and experience specific to dual language immersion programs, developmental bilingual programs for English learners, or early learning dual language learners programs.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 11. Pathways to Success Grant Program


text:
(a) A grant recipient shall use the grant for any of the following purposes:

(1) School administrator, teacher, and staff training specific to the implementation and maintenance of a dual language immersion program, developmental bilingual program for English learners, or early learning dual language learners program.

(2) Recruitment of bilingual preschool, elementary, and secondary school teachers and paraeducators.

(3) Professional development for teachers after the initial establishment of the program.

(4) Ongoing outreach to families of pupils, including strategies for family engagement.

(5) Establishment and support of language learning professional learning communities for teachers.

(6) Instructional coaches with demonstrated expertise and experience in implementing a dual language immersion program, developmental bilingual program for English learners, or early learning dual language learners program.

(7) Standards-based instructional materials in target languages for proposed dual language immersion programs, developmental bilingual programs for English learners, or early learning dual language learners programs.

(b) A grant recipient shall use the grant to supplement funding used for ongoing program costs received pursuant to its local control funding formula allocation and federal funding, such as Title I, II, or III funding.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 11. Pathways to Success Grant Program


text: On or before June 30, 2025, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of the Legislature detailing the successes, best practices, barriers or constraints, and outcomes of school district and consortium programs funded with grants pursuant to this article. The report shall include the number of pupils in dual language immersion programs, developmental bilingual programs for English learners, and early learning dual language learners programs, and how these programs supported the goals of each of the school district programs and consortia funded with these grants.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 11. Pathways to Success Grant Program


text: This article shall be implemented only upon an appropriation for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or other statute.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 11. Pathways to Success Grant Program


text: The State Department of Education shall administer intergenerational education programs in accordance with this article.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1592, Sec. 3. Effective September 30, 1984.)

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text:
The State Department of Education shall establish criteria for the allocation of funds to intergenerational education programs. These criteria shall include all of the following:

(a) The programs shall involve persons over 55 years of age in projects with elementary or secondary public school pupils.

(b) The programs shall, when possible, involve creative and innovative approaches to teaching and intergenerational interaction.

(c) The programs may, and are encouraged to, provide a minimum salary or stipend or transportation costs, or both, to participating senior citizens. The programs shall consider financial need of prospective participating senior citizens as one factor in selection, but not necessarily to the exclusion of other factors such as experience or special skills.

(d) The programs shall comply with in-kind services or cash matching requirements established by the State Department of Education.

(e) The programs shall provide evidence of their commitment to procure community, corporate, and other support, including funding.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 12. Intergenerational Education Programs


text: The State Department of Education may allocate funds pursuant to this article to intergenerational education programs which operate without regard to school district boundaries.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: The department shall require continuation of contract requirements, such as matching of funds or provision of in-kind services, and any other provisions determined necessary by the department for intergenerational programs.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 922, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 1995.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: The State Department of Education may consult with the Department of Aging and the Commission on Aging regarding the criteria for selection of programs.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Stem Cell and Biotechnology Education and Workforce Development Act of 2009.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 185, Sec. 2. (SB 471) Effective January 1, 2010.)

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text: The purpose of this article is to establish stem cell and biotechnology education and workforce development as a state priority and to promote stronger links among these industry sectors, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and California public schools.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 13. The California Stem Cell and Biotechnology Education and Workforce Development Act of 2009


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

(a) “CIRM” means the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

(b) “Department” means the State Department of Education.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text:
The department, in consultation with the CIRM and representatives of the biotechnology industry, shall promote stem cell and biotechnology education and workforce development in the department’s existing programs, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(a) The California Health Science Educators Institute.

(b) The Health Science Capacity Building Project.

(c) The California Partnership Academies, pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 54690) of Chapter 9 of Part 29 of Division 4.

(d) The regional science resource centers, pursuant to Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 44770) of Part 25 of Division 3.

(e) The California Career Resource Network, including the State Agency Partners Committee.

(f) Multiple pathway programs pursuant to Section 52372.5.

(g) The K-12 High Speed Network, pursuant to Section 11800, including its academic content platform.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text:
The department shall post on its Internet Web site, and as appropriate, on the Internet Web site created pursuant to Section 52499.66, information and links to information about the following:

(a) Biotechnology education programs, including, but not limited to, those identified by the biotech industry and industry-related organizations.

(b) The CIRM education initiatives and related stem cell education and workforce development programs.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: The department shall post on its Internet Web site links to the CIRM model curriculum on stem cell science and communicate to science teachers and school districts the availability of this curriculum.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Eric Paredes Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 792, Sec. 1. (AB 1639) Effective January 1, 2017. Section operative July 1, 2017, pursuant to Section 33479.9.)

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

(a) “Athletic activity” includes all of the following:

(1) Interscholastic athletics.

(2) An athletic contest or competition, other than interscholastic athletics, that is sponsored by a school, including cheerleading and club-sponsored sports activities.

(3) Noncompetitive cheerleading that is sponsored by a school.

(4) Practices, interscholastic practices, and scrimmages for all of the activities listed under paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive.

(b) “Authorized person” means an employee, volunteer, or contractor authorized to provide health or medical services to pupil athletes.

(c) “School” means a public school, including a charter school, or private school that elects to conduct athletic activities.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 13.5. The Eric Paredes Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act


text:
(a) The department shall post on its Internet Web site guidelines, videos, and an information sheet on sudden cardiac arrest symptoms and warning signs, and other relevant materials to inform and educate pupils and parents, and to train coaches about the nature and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest, including the risks associated with continuing to play or practice after experiencing fainting or seizures during exercise, unexplained shortness of breath, chest pains, dizziness, racing heart rate, or extreme fatigue.

(b) Materials posted by the department on its Internet Web site may include, but are not necessarily limited to, those developed or used for sudden cardiac arrest education and coaches training by the National Federation of High School Associations, the Eric Paredes Save A Life Foundation, or the California Interscholastic Federation.

(c) School districts and schools are encouraged to post on their Internet Web sites the information and material required to be posted by the department pursuant to subdivision (a) to give pupils, parents, and coaches ready access to the information.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: Each school year, before a pupil participates in an athletic activity governed by the California Interscholastic Federation, the school shall collect and retain a copy of the sudden cardiac arrest information sheet required by the California Interscholastic Federation for that pupil. Before a pupil participates in an athletic activity not governed by the California Interscholastic Federation, the pupil and the pupil’s parent or guardian shall sign and return to the pupil’s school an acknowledgment of receipt and review of the information sheet posted on the department’s Internet Web site pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 33479.2.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: A school may hold an informational meeting before the start of each athletic season for all ages of competitors regarding the symptoms and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest. In addition to pupils, parents, coaches, and other school officials, informational meetings may include physicians, pediatric cardiologists, athletic trainers, and authorized persons.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text:
(a) A pupil who passes out or faints while participating in or immediately following an athletic activity, or who is known to have passed out or fainted while participating in or immediately following an athletic activity, shall be removed from participation at that time by the athletic director, coach, athletic trainer, or authorized person.

(b) A pupil who exhibits any of the other symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest, as described in subdivision (a) of Section 33479.2, during an athletic activity, may be removed from participation by an athletic trainer or authorized person if the athletic trainer or authorized person reasonably believes that the symptoms are cardiac related. In the absence of an athletic trainer or authorized person, any coach who observes any of the symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest shall notify the parent or guardian of the pupil so that the parent or guardian can determine what treatment, if any, the pupil should seek.

(c) A pupil who is removed from play under this section shall not be permitted to return to participate in an athletic activity until the pupil is evaluated and cleared to return to participate in writing by a physician and surgeon, or a nurse practitioner or physician assistant practicing in accordance with standardized procedures or protocols developed by the supervising physician and surgeon and the nurse practitioner or physician assistant, as applicable.

(d) This section does not apply to a pupil engaging in an athletic activity during the regular schoolday or as part of a physical education course required pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 51220 unless it constitutes a practice, interscholastic practice, or scrimmage pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 33479.1.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text:
(a) A coach of an athletic activity shall complete the sudden cardiac arrest training course specified in Section 33479.2 and shall retake the training course every two years thereafter.

(b) A coach of an athletic activity shall not be eligible to coach an athletic activity until the coach completes the training course required under subdivision (a).

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: On and after July 1, 2019, a coach who violates Section 33479.6 shall be subject to suspension from coaching any athletic activity until completion of the required training.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: The sponsors of youth athletic activities are encouraged to follow the guidelines specified in this article.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: This article is operative on July 1, 2017.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 792, Sec. 1. (AB 1639) Effective January 1, 2017. Note: Delayed operative date applies to Article 13.5, commencing with Section 33479.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text:
The Legislature hereby declares that there is further need to encourage the adoption of new or improved educational ideas, practices, and techniques in solving critical educational problems in preschool, elementary, and secondary schools throughout the state. In recognition of the need for the planning and developing of new programs involving a wide range of new approaches designed to improve the quality of education available in this state, this chapter is expressly enacted to foster innovation and create change in education, based on research and proven need. It is the purpose of this chapter to bring purposeful change and experimentation to schools throughout the state, through the use of all available resources of the state.

The Legislature further finds that there are in existence a large number of permanent commissions, committees, and councils, some of which have overlapping duties and functions, and some of which have been perpetuated beyond the original need or purpose for which created. In order to provide a more economical, efficient, and logical structure to educational policymaking, it is the intent of the Legislature to create three levels of educational advisory bodies: educational policy advisory commissions, educational advisory committees, and educational task forces.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 466, Sec. 24.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions

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