text:
The Legislature finds that it is urgently necessary to reduce the continuing high level of unemployment among the youth and young adults by broadening and strengthening the existing career technical education programs to provide them with the necessary work skills in order that they will be equipped to participate in a meaningful manner in our ever increasingly technical society.

It is the intent of the Legislature by the provisions of this article to afford a means whereby school districts may broaden and strengthen the existing career technical education programs and to provide the districts with necessary financial support to enable them to implement career technical training and work programs during the summer months for the unemployed youth and young adults so that they may be trained in marketable work skills and earn funds as may be necessary to enable them to continue their education.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1058, Sec. 76. Effective January 1, 2001.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 5. Summer Vocational Education

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES > 28. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS > 9. Career Technical Education > 5. Summer Vocational Education


kind: section

code: EDC

text:
A program of summer career technical and technical education may be established pursuant to this article by the governing board of any school district maintaining one or more high schools. Pupils who have completed grades 9 to 12, inclusive, may be permitted to participate in a program.

Summer career technical and technical education programs shall consist of training and instruction in any skills and crafts in which ample opportunities for gainful employment are to be found. The program may include work experience involving the gainful employment of pupils.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 296, Sec. 17. (AB 1096) Effective January 1, 2022.)

division: 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES

part: 28. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

chapter: 9. Career Technical Education

article: 5. Summer Vocational Education


text: Wages earned by pupils participating in a program of summer career technical and technical education, shall be paid weekly, or, if not reasonably possible, biweekly.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1058, Sec. 78. Effective January 1, 2001.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 5. Summer Vocational Education


text: The governing board of a school district may contract with and receive and expend funds from any other public or private agency, foundation, or corporation for the purposes of this article. The governing board of a school district may cooperate with public and private institutions of higher education in conducting programs pursuant to this article.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 538, Sec. 34. (SB 416) Effective January 1, 2016.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 5. Summer Vocational Education


text: Upon the approval of appropriate school district personnel, or the approval of the county superintendent of schools as to students under his jurisdiction, and with the written approval of the parent or guardian of the student, a student in grade 11 or 12, who will be at least 17 years of age at the commencement of his junior year, may be employed as an environmental intern by a federal, state, or local agency in California concerned with the regulation of natural resources or with the protection of the environment during the summer vacation period. These agencies shall include, but not be limited to, the Resources Agency, the Agriculture and Services Agency, the Business and Transportation Agency, the Department of Fish and Game, the Department of Conservation, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Department of Water Resources, the State Water Resources Control Board, the State Air Resources Board, the State Lands Division, California regional water quality control boards, air pollution control districts, mosquito abatement districts, soil conservation districts, local planning agencies, and county and city park and recreation departments.

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

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES > 28. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS > 9. Career Technical Education > 6. Summer Environmental Internship Program


text: Duties of environmental interns employed pursuant to this article shall be established by the employing agency in conjunction with the local school district or the county superintendent of schools and shall be oriented toward providing maximum exposure to problems of environmental control and resource use.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. Summer Environmental Internship Program


text: Approval of environmental internships shall be required by the district superintendent or the county superintendent of schools.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: Successful completion of a summer program and submission by the environmental intern of a suitable project report to the school district may result in academic credit toward graduation from high school. Such students may be deemed to be temporarily employees of the agency involved for purposes of social security, unemployment insurance, and workers’ compensation or may be deemed for these purposes to be employees of the school district or the county superintendent of schools.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: The school district or county superintendent of schools and the employing agency shall jointly apply to the Conservation Education Service for funds. The Superintendent of Public Instruction, upon the recommendation of the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission, and with the approval of the State Board of Education, is authorized to make grants for the purposes of this article, and for remuneration of interns and for travel and other job-related expenses, in an amount per person not to exceed three hundred twenty dollars ($320) per month.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: The Legislature of the State of California recognizes that agriculture is the most basic and singularly important industry in the state, that agriculture is of central importance to the welfare and economic stability of the state, and that the maintenance of this vital industry requires a continued source of trained and qualified individuals for employment in agriculture and agribusiness. The Legislature hereby declares that it is within the best interests of the people of the State of California that a comprehensive career technical education program in agriculture be created and maintained by the state’s school system in order to ensure an adequate supply of trained and skilled individuals and to ensure appropriate representation of racial and ethnic groups in all phases of the industry. For this purpose, the Legislature affirms that a state program for agricultural career technical education shall be established. It is the intent of the Legislature that a state program for agricultural education shall be a part of the curriculum of the state school system and made readily available to all school districts who may, at their option, include programs in career technical education in agriculture as a part of the curriculum of that district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1058, Sec. 82. Effective January 1, 2001.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES > 28. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS > 9. Career Technical Education > 7. Agricultural Career Technical Education


text:
The State Department of Education shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this article. The rules and regulations shall not create any new state mandates on school districts or county offices of education as a condition of receiving federal, state, and local funds by those entities.

It is the intent of the Legislature that, although this article does not create any new mandates, school districts and county offices of education are strongly advised to follow the guidelines set forth in this article.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 571, Sec. 1.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Agricultural Career Technical Education


text:
(a) There is hereby created within the department an agricultural career technical education unit to assist school districts in the establishment and maintenance of educational programs established pursuant to this article.

(b) The staffing of the unit shall at all times be composed of an appropriate number of full-time employees, including the State Supervisor of Agricultural Career Technical Education and the Assistant State Supervisor of Agricultural Career Technical Education. The State Supervisor of Agricultural Career Technical Education shall, under the direction of the Superintendent, assume responsibility for the administration of the state program adopted under this article throughout the public school system as well as the articulation of the state program to the requirements and mandates of federally assisted career technical education. The Assistant State Supervisor of Agricultural Career Technical Education shall, under the direction of the State Supervisor of Agricultural Career Technical Education, assume responsibility for the coordination of the state program of agricultural career technical education adopted under this article and the coordination of the activities of student agricultural organizations and associations.

(c) (1) An appropriate number of employees of the department shall serve as regional program consultants in agricultural career technical education in a manner that ensures statewide coverage. Duties of a regional program consultant in agricultural career technical education include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(A) Providing technical assistance to school districts, including teachers, counselors, principals, superintendents, and others as needed to develop, maintain, and strengthen local agricultural programs.

(B) Assisting with the administration of local agricultural programs, including collecting information relating to program participation, interacting with and serving as a point of contact for local educational agencies, participating in regional or state meetings, and serving on committees and task forces, as assigned.

(C) Identifying, conducting, or overseeing professional development opportunities for teachers to improve teacher performance and better integrate agriculture into the curriculum.

(D) Organizing career technical student organization activities that promote leadership development for all pupils, including serving as a regional advisor for pupil officers.

(E) Acting as a liaison between the department, local educational agencies, postsecondary educational institutions, business and industry groups in agriculture-related fields, and other agencies providing agricultural education.

(2) Each regional program consultant shall be geographically located within the region for which the regional program consultant is assigned, and to the extent possible, geographically located in those areas most readily accessible to the school districts they assist.

(d) The department shall accomplish the staffing of the agricultural career technical education unit in compliance with this article by prioritizing the use of funding provided pursuant to the federal Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) (Public Law 115-224) for this purpose and by reassigning priorities in staff assignments within the department in a manner that will not result in new costs to the state as a consequence.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 51, Sec. 40. (SB 75) Effective July 1, 2019.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text:
(a) The State Director of Career Technical Education shall establish and convene an Agricultural Advisory Committee representative of the various and diverse areas of the agricultural industry in California.

(b) The committee shall be composed of the following:

(1) A representative from a university conducting teacher training in career technical agriculture.

(2) A representative from a community college conducting career technical education in agriculture.

(3) A representative from a high school conducting a program of career technical education in agriculture.

(4) A representative from a school conducting general education in agriculture.

(5) A parent of a pupil enrolled in career technical education in agriculture.

(6) Nine other individuals representing diverse agricultural interests from various geographic locations in the state.

The State Supervisor of Agricultural Education shall serve as the committee consultant.

(c) It shall be the purpose of this committee to advise, in an ongoing manner, the State Supervisor of Agricultural Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the State Board of Education on policy matters pertaining to the state program of agricultural career technical education. The advice of the committee shall include, but not be limited to, the development of a curriculum and a strategy for the purpose of establishing a source of trained and qualified individuals in agriculture, a strategy for articulating the state program in agricultural career technical education throughout the state school system, and a consumer education outreach strategy regarding the importance of agriculture in California.

(d) The committee shall serve without compensation, including travel and per diem and shall operate in accordance with the established policies of the State Department of Education.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1058, Sec. 84. Effective January 1, 2001.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text:
(a) The curriculum of school districts that choose to participate in the state program of agricultural career technical education shall include all of the following components:

(1) Organized classes in the study of agricultural science and technology.

(2) A student-supervised occupational experience program in agriculture.

(3) A program of leadership, organization, and personal development.

(b) Student learning activity developed to supplement these components shall be considered curricular and shall contribute to the grade of the participating student when those activities are integral to assisting the student to achieve the career objective of the class or course.

It is the intent of the Legislature that opportunities are provided for teachers to be employed on a 12-month basis in order to maintain supervised occupational experience on a year-round basis for students enrolled in agricultural career technical programs.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1058, Sec. 85. Effective January 1, 2001.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: The governing board of a school district which operates an agricultural career technical education program may apply to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for an incentive grant, pursuant to this article, for the purpose of purchasing or leasing agricultural career technical education equipment.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1058, Sec. 87. Effective January 1, 2001.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES > 28. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS > 9. Career Technical Education > 7.5. Agricultural Career Technical Education Incentive Program


text:
The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall award grants to applicant school districts which meet the following requirements:

(a) The school district shall contribute an amount of funds equal to the amount of the grant to the purchase or lease of equipment for use in agricultural career technical education programs.

(b) The school district shall certify to the Superintendent of Public Instruction that the grant funds received and the matching funds contributed by the district shall be used solely for the purpose of purchasing or leasing equipment for use in agricultural career technical education programs.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1058, Sec. 88. Effective January 1, 2001.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7.5. Agricultural Career Technical Education Incentive Program


text:
(a) For purposes of this article, “agricultural career technical education equipment” shall mean any nonsalary item of expenditure, including, but not limited to, capital outlay, for approved agricultural career technical education programs.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any requirement of this article or any other provision chaptered during the 1983–84 fiscal year that school districts contribute local matching funds to be eligible for state funds for nonsalary costs of career technical agriculture programs may be waived by the Superintendent of Public Instruction if he or she finds that a matching requirement would create a financial hardship for any school district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1058, Sec. 89. Effective January 1, 2001.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: The State Board of Education may, with the advice of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, adopt rules and regulations governing the distribution of funds provided for purposes of this article and shall adopt criteria for assessing whether school districts have met the requirements of Section 52461.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1461, Sec. 24.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: Adult schools and evening high schools shall consist of classes for adults. Minors may be admitted to those classes pursuant to board policy and Section 52500.1.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1193, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993. Operative July 1, 1993, by Sec. 6 of Ch. 1193.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

chapter: 10. Adult Schools

article: 1. General Provisions

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES > 28. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS > 10. Adult Schools > 1. General Provisions


text:
(a) Adult schools shall consist of programs, courses, and classes for adults. Minors may be admitted to those programs, courses, and classes pursuant to governing board policy and this section.

(b) Eligibility of high school pupils for enrollment in adult education programs, courses, and classes shall be limited to pupils who meet both of the following conditions:

(1) High school pupils who enroll in adult education programs, courses, and classes pursuant to Section 41976, except that high school pupils shall not be counted for adult education apportionment purposes.

(2) High school pupils who have completed a counseling session that involved the pupil, a certificated representative of the high school, and the pupil’s parent or guardian, and who have a school record that contains written documentation of the session and a statement that the pupil is voluntarily enrolling in the adult education program, course, or class, and that enrollment in an adult education program, course, or class will enhance the pupil’s progress toward meeting the educational requirements for graduation from high school. Commencing July 1, 1994, a school district shall not enroll high school pupils pursuant to this subdivision unless the school district complies with the conditions set forth in this subdivision.

(c) Money for the Adult Education Program, established pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 84900) of Chapter 5 of Part 50 of Division 7 of Title 3, shall not be used to support the costs of adult education programs, courses, and classes described in this section. A school district shall clearly demonstrate that the costs of instruction for persons under 18 years of age enrolled in an adult education program, course, or class described in this section are from another allowable fund source or sources.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 50. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text: The governing board of a school district maintaining secondary schools shall have power with the approval of the department to establish and maintain classes for adults, except programs and classes in outdoor science education and conservation education, as the term is employed in Section 8760, for the purpose of providing instruction in classes and courses defined in Section 41976.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 51. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text: Each governing board maintaining classes for adults shall meet the requirements set forth in Sections 35145, 41010, 41011, 41015, 41020, 42103, 42600, 51040, 51041, 51050, and 51056.

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

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text: Revenue derived from the Adult Education Program, established pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 84900) of Chapter 5 of Part 50 of Division 7 of Title 3, shall not be expended for other than adult education purposes.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 52. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text: The governing board of a high school district or unified school district may establish classes for adults. If these classes result in enrollment in any school year of 500 or more students, such districts shall establish an adult school for the administration of the program, if one is not established. This section shall not prohibit the governing board of a high school district or unified school district from establishing an adult school at an enrollment threshold in classes for adults lower than 500 students for any school year.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 53. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text: The governing board of a high school district or unified school district may establish and maintain one or more adult schools by resolution of the governing board.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text: Classes for adults shall conform to any course of study and graduation requirements otherwise imposed by law or under the authority of law.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text: Such classes may be convened at such hours and for such length of time during the day or evening and at such period and for such length of time during the school year as may be determined by the governing authority. The governing board of any high school district or unified school district may provide for the maintenance of these classes.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 54. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text: The department shall establish standards including standards of attendance, curriculum, administration, and guidance and counseling service for these classes as a basis for the several apportionments of state funds provided herein for the support of these classes. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prepare, distribute, and maintain a detailed handbook for use by the local educational agencies. The handbook shall contain course approval criteria, implementation plans for administrative regulations, and procedures for securing course and program approvals.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 922, Sec. 135. Effective January 1, 1995.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text: Governing boards shall have the authority to provide for granting appropriate credits, certificates, diplomas or other recognition of skill or accomplishment in such classes which such districts are otherwise authorized to grant.

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

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text: The governing board of a high school district or a unified school district shall have the authority to award diplomas or certificates to adults and eligible minors enrolled in adult schools upon satisfactory completion of a prescribed course of study in an elementary school program.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text: The governing board of any school district maintaining an adult school shall prescribe the requirements for the granting of diplomas.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text: Whenever the governing board of a school district maintaining an adult school or classes for adults is unable to maintain the school or classes in the school district because of its inability to secure a teacher or teachers, or because of lack of facilities, the governing board of the school district may, with the approval of the county superintendent of schools and the Superintendent, maintain the school or classes of the school district elsewhere than within the school district or contract for instruction of the students in an adult school or classes with the governing board of another school district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 40. (AB 1754) Effective January 1, 2024.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text: High schools maintained in any state institution for adults or in any city, county, or city and county jail, road camp or farm shall consist only of classes for adults.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text: State funds shall not be apportioned to a school district unless the courses have been approved by the department pursuant to Section 41976.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 59. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
(a) A high school or unified school district shall report for attendance in a class if either of the following occurs:

(1) The school district receives full compensation for the class from any public or private agency, individual, or group of individuals, except fees authorized by Section 52612.

(2) The class is not located in a facility clearly identified in a manner, and established by appropriate procedures, to ensure that attendance in the class is open to the general public, unless the class is authorized pursuant to Section 52570 or located in a state hospital.

(b) The state board may adopt regulations as may be necessary to enforce this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 61. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
Adult education programs, courses, and classes shall not be used to supplant the regular high school curriculum for high school pupils enrolled in adult education. Adult education shall supplement and enrich the high school pupil’s educational experiences. Therefore, adult education, at a minimum, shall meet the following criteria:

(a) All programs, courses, and classes conducted as adult education shall be open to adults and listed in the school district’s catalog of adult education classes provided to the public and shall be under the supervision and jurisdiction of the adult education administrator as determined by the governing board of the school district. Adults shall have priority over other students for admission to any adult education class if those adults enroll not later than the regular enrollment period for those classes. The enrollment period shall be published in the course catalog. A course required by the school district for high school graduation or necessary for pupils to maintain satisfactory academic progress shall not be offered exclusively through the adult education program. An adult for purposes of this section is a person 18 years of age or older or other person who is not concurrently enrolled in a regular high school program.

(b) Each adult education teacher, whether part time or full time, under contract status or in an hourly position, shall be part of the adult school faculty and shall be under the direct supervision of the authorized adult education administrator.

(c) Enrollment of high school pupils shall be voluntary on the part of the pupil taking the class. Before enrollment by a high school pupil in an adult education program, class, or course, the pupil shall have documentation of the counseling session held pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 52500.1.

(d) Enrollment of a high school pupil in an adult education program, course, or class shall be for sound educational purposes, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) The adult education program, course, or class is not offered in the regular high school curriculum.

(2) The adult education program, course, or class is needed by the pupil to make up deficient credits for graduation from high school.

(3) The adult education program, course, or class allows the pupil to gain vocational and technical skills beyond that provided by the regular high school’s vocational and technical education program.

(4) The adult education program, course, or class supplements and enriches the high school pupil’s educational experience.

(e) A high school pupil shall not be enrolled for apportionment purposes in an adult education program, course, or class that would be considered any of the following:

(1) Physical education.

(2) Driver’s training and education.

(3) Visual and performing arts.

(4) Band.

(5) Preparation of a school yearbook or school newspaper.

(6) Training for, or participation in, athletic camps, cheerleading or spirit organizations, student government, or extracurricular student clubs.

(f) The Superintendent shall issue a program advisory that further defines the purposes set forth in subdivision (d) and the courses set forth in subdivision (e). The Superintendent is authorized to issue, at any time, rules and regulations instead of the program advisory.

(g) Money under the Adult Education Program, established pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 84900) of Chapter 5 of Part 50 of Division 7 of Title 3, shall not be used to support the costs of an adult education program, course, and class described in subdivision (e). A school district shall clearly demonstrate that the costs of instruction for pupils under 18 years of age enrolled in an adult education program, course, or class described in subdivision (e) are from another allowable fund source or sources.

(h) Students enrolled in adult education programs, courses, and classes shall be assigned a statewide student identifier consistent with the identifiers assigned to pupils in K–12 education programs, if the student is not already identified by a social security number in the data system of the adult school or other local educational agency providing the adult education programs, courses, or classes. Adult schools shall share the assigned identifiers with the California Community Colleges for inclusion in the student data system.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 67. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
(a) The department, in conjunction with the chancellor’s office, as part of the report and recommendations required pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 84830, shall jointly develop and issue assessment policy recommendations regarding assessments to be used by school districts and community college districts for purposes of placement in adult education courses offered pursuant to Section 84830.

(b) The department and the chancellor’s office, as a part of the report and recommendations required pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 84830, shall jointly develop and issue policy recommendations to the Legislature regarding a comprehensive accountability system for adult education courses offered pursuant to Sections 41976 and 84757. The department and the chancellor’s office shall develop recommendations for all adult education-funded providers for assessment, evaluation, and data collection to document participant outcomes and placement, and other measures they deem appropriate. Accountability measures may include receipt of a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent, placement in a postsecondary educational institution, training, and employment. All funded programs shall be required to annually submit demographic and other student-level outcome information to the department or the chancellor’s office, as appropriate.

(c) The department, in conjunction with the chancellor’s office, and as a part of the report and recommendations required pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 84830, shall coordinate and issue both of the following:

(1) Recommendations, including recommendations as to whether or not fees should be assessed, and fee policy guidelines to be used by school districts and community college districts regarding the authority to charge fees for courses offered pursuant to Section 84830. With respect to these recommendations and guidelines, it is the intent of the Legislature that:

(A) Registration and course fees should be equivalent across all programs.

(B) Fees should not generate income beyond the cost of providing the courses.

(C) Fees should not create a barrier to student access to adult education programs.

(2) Recommendations and policy guidelines regarding the use of a single student identifier to be used by school districts and community college districts for purposes of developing a comprehensive accountability system pursuant to the requirements of Section 84830.

(d) As used in this section, “chancellor’s office” means the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 545, Sec. 1. (SB 173) Effective January 1, 2015.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text: Upon application of 20 or more persons above 18 years of age residing in a high school district who cannot speak, read, or write the English language to a degree of proficiency equal to that required for the completion of grade 8 of the elementary schools, the governing board of the high school district shall establish classes in English. These classes may be offered directly by the high school district or in partnership with another public adult education provider.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 70. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Adult English Classes

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES > 28. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS > 10. Adult Schools > 3. Adult English Classes


text: In counties in which the U.S. district courts are located, the superintendent of schools of the county or city and county shall obtain monthly from the clerk of the U.S. district court the names and addresses of all persons filing their declarations of intention to become citizens of the United States or their petitions for naturalization.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 4. Classes in Citizenship

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES > 28. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS > 10. Adult Schools > 4. Classes in Citizenship


text: The superintendent of schools of the county or city and county, after obtaining the names and addresses of the applicants, shall send a written or printed notice to the applicants, stating that this article authorizes the governing board of any school district to establish upon application classes in training for citizenship. The form of this notice shall be furnished by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 4. Classes in Citizenship


text: Upon application of 25 or more persons desiring training for citizenship and residing in a high school district, the governing board of the high school district shall establish special classes in training for citizenship. Upon demand, the governing board of the high school district may establish the classes with a lesser number of applicants. These classes may be offered directly by the high school district or in partnership with another public adult education provider.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 75. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 4. Classes in Citizenship


text: The course of study in training for citizenship shall consist of the teaching of U.S. history, state and community civics, and the Constitution of the United States, with special reference to those sections in the Constitution which relate directly to the duties, privileges, and rights of the individual, and such allied subjects, including English for foreigners, or activities as will properly prepare the applicants to understand and assume the responsibilities of citizenship.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 4. Classes in Citizenship


text: The governing board of a school district maintaining secondary schools or a county superintendent of schools, shall have the power, with the approval of the department, to establish special classes for adults designed to serve the educational needs of adults with disabilities. These classes shall be directed to providing instruction in civic education, career technical education, work readiness, independent living skills, community access and integration, communication and social skills, literacy, and academics. These classes shall conform to standards of attendance, curriculum, and administration established by the department.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 79. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 5. Handicapped Adults

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text: The governing board of a school district or the county superintendent of schools authorized by this article to establish special classes for adults designed to serve the educational needs of adults with disabilities may contract to provide those classes by any adjacent high school district or unified school district, subject to the approval of the Superintendent. Any contract entered into pursuant to this section shall be for a term of not to exceed one year but may be renewed or revised and renewed annually.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 81. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 5. Handicapped Adults


text: “Adult,” for purposes of this section, means a person 18 years of age or older or a person who is not concurrently enrolled in a regular high school program. However, persons 18 years of age or older who are concurrently enrolled in a regular high school program are not adults for purposes of this section. Adults enrolled in any classes maintained by high school or unified school districts or county superintendents of schools pursuant to Sections 52300 through 52330, 8530, 8531, 8532, and 8533 shall be reported separately, and the adult foundation program shall be used in computing district apportionments.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 36.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. Finances

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text: Notwithstanding Section 52610, any minor, regardless of age, who is pregnant or is a parent actively engaged in raising one or more of the minor’s children, is eligible to enroll in any adult education course or class described in Section 41976. Money under the Adult Education Program, established pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 84900) of Chapter 5 of Part 50 of Division 7 of Title 3, shall not be used to support the costs of adult education courses or classes described in Section 41976. A school district shall clearly demonstrate that the costs of instruction for persons under 18 years of age enrolled in an adult education course or class described in Section 41976 are from another allowable fund source or sources.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 82. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. Finances


text:
(a) Except as specified in this section, the governing board of the school district maintaining the class may require an adult enrolled in a class for adults to pay a fee for the class. Except as specified in Section 52613, the governing board of a school district shall not impose a charge of any kind for a class in English and citizenship or a class in an elementary subject. A fee charge shall not be made for a class designated by the governing board as a class for which high school credit is granted when the class is taken by a person who does not hold a high school diploma. The total of the fees required and revenues derived from average daily attendance shall not exceed the estimated cost of all such classes maintained, including the reserves authorized by Section 52501.5.

(b) All textbooks and classroom materials furnished without charge under this section may also be offered for sale at the school bookstore.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the governing board of a school district may charge a fee for a class in English and citizenship until July 1, 2015.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 606, Sec. 2. (AB 189) Effective January 1, 2012.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. Finances


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any section to the contrary, each governing board of a school district maintaining classes for adults that issues a Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant (F-1) Student Status - For Academic and Language Students, Form I-20AB, or completes Form I-20AB for a person described in subparagraph (F)(i) of paragraph (15) of subsection (a) of Section 1101 of Title 8 of the United States Code, for the purposes of enrolling that person in a class in English and citizenship for foreigners or a class in an elementary subject, shall charge that person a fee to cover the full costs of instruction, but in no case shall the fee exceed the actual cost of the instruction. The fee shall be adopted at a regular meeting of the governing board of each of these school districts maintaining classes for adults at least 90 days prior to the commencement of the classes for which the fee is charged.

(b) No district maintaining classes for adults shall include the attendance of F-1 visa students enrolled in a class in English and citizenship for foreigners or in a class in elementary subjects for apportionment purposes.

history: (History: Amended (as added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 318, Sec. 3) by Stats. 2021, Ch. 296, Sec. 18. (AB 1096) Effective January 1, 2022. Superseded by amendment by Stats. 2017, Ch. 69, only if it becomes operative on or before January 20, 2017.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. Finances


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any section to the contrary, each governing board of a school district maintaining classes for adults that issues a Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant (F-1) Student Status - For Academic and Language Students, Form I-20AB, or completes Form I-20AB for a nonimmigrant foreign national, as defined in subparagraph (F)(i) of paragraph (15) of subsection (a) of Section 1101 of Title 8 of the United States Code, for the purposes of enrolling the nonimmigrant foreign national in a class in English and citizenship for foreigners or a class in an elementary subject, shall charge the nonimmigrant foreign national a fee to cover the full costs of instruction, but in no case shall the fee exceed the actual cost of the instruction. The fee shall be adopted at a regular meeting of the governing board of each of these school districts maintaining classes for adults at least 90 days before the commencement of the classes for which the fee is charged.

(b) No school district maintaining classes for adults shall include the attendance of F-1 visa students enrolled in a class in English and citizenship for foreigners or in a class in elementary subjects for apportionment purposes.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 69, Sec. 5. (AB 1850) Effective January 1, 2017. Operative only if the condition in Sec. 10 of Ch. 69 is satisfied on or before January 20, 2017.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. Finances


text: Money derived under the Adult Education Program, established pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 84900) of Chapter 5 of Part 50 of Division 7 of Title 3, shall be deposited in a separate fund of the school district to be known as the “adult education fund.” Money in the school district’s adult education fund shall be expended only for adult education purposes. Except for moneys received pursuant to the local control funding formula, moneys received for programs for specifically designated pupils shall not be expended for adult education.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 85. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. Finances


text:
(a) Money in the Adult Education Fund of a school district may be expended only for the following charges:

(1) Direct instructional costs relating directly to the adult education program, including, but not limited to, the salaries and benefits of adult education teachers and aides, textbooks, instructional supplies, travel and conference expenses for employees who work in the adult education program, and repair, maintenance, acquisition, and replacement of instructional equipment used in the adult education program.

(2) (A) Direct support costs for the adult education program. For purposes of this section, “direct support costs” means:

(i) Instructional administration and instructional media costs that are supported by auditable documentation. For purposes of this subparagraph, instructional administration costs include the documented costs of individuals who, regardless of specific job title, administer the district’s adult education program.

(ii) School administration and pupil services costs that are supported by auditable documentation and that represent the activities of individuals whose employment by the school district is exclusively in support of the adult education program, or school administration and pupil services costs that are supported by auditable documentation and that meet all of the following conditions:

(I) Those costs are able to be identified in a separate contract with the adult education program.

(II) The administration and services are provided exclusively to adult students and only for the period identified in the contract made pursuant to subclause (I).

(III) The services are provided during a time that is different than when services to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, are provided, and the administration is provided after 4:00 p.m.

(IV) The persons who provide the services and administration to adult students report to the adult education director during the period of the contract made pursuant to subclause (I).

(V) The person providing the administration immediately supervises the adult school personnel.

(iii) Plant maintenance and operations costs, including costs for facilities that are used to provide childcare services to the children of the students attending the adult education program at a particular site as follows:

(I) For facilities that exclusively house adult education programs, the costs that are supported by auditable documentation. For purposes of this clause, a facility that houses an adult education program and a regional occupational center or program or a childcare program, or both, is a facility that exclusively houses an adult education program.

(II) For facilities that are used by more than one program, including the adult education program, a district may charge the Adult Education Fund for an amount attributable to the adult education program, but this charge shall not exceed the amount derived from the following calculation:

(ia) Calculate, according to the general description in the California School Accounting Manual, the prorated number of classroom units that the adult education program uses for instructional and childcare purposes.

(ib) Calculate the total number of classroom units in the district.

(ic) Divide the amount calculated in sub-subclause (ia) by the amount calculated in sub-subclause (ib).

(id) Multiply the quotient calculated in sub-subclause (ic) by the district’s total plant maintenance and operations costs.

(iv) Facilities costs for nondistrict-owned facilities that exclusively house adult education programs, including, but not limited to, costs of facilities that are used to provide childcare services to the children of the students attending the adult education program at the same site. For purposes of this subparagraph, a facility that houses an adult education program and a regional occupational center or program or a child care program, or both, is a facility that exclusively houses an adult education program.

(v) Facilities costs for the acquisition of facilities originally acquired by adult education programs, or for the restoration of those facilities, including costs for debt service for the acquisition or restoration of a facility, including the costs of facilities that are used to provide childcare services to the children of the students attending the adult education program at the same site.

(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), “auditable documentation” means time reports and other contemporaneous records that establish the time that individual employees spend working for the adult education program, and the documentation that supports nonpersonnel costs substantiating that the adult education program received the service, supply, or equipment. That documentation shall comply with the documentation requirements set forth in the California School Accounting Manual published pursuant to Section 41010.

(b) If the department and the Department of Finance concur that a school district has violated this section, the Superintendent shall direct that school district to transfer double the amount improperly transferred to the school district’s general fund from that fund to the school district’s Adult Education Fund for the subsequent fiscal year, which amount shall be used for the improvement of the school district’s adult education program. If the school district fails to make that transfer as directed, the Superintendent shall reduce the school district’s regular apportionment determined pursuant to Section 42238.02, as implemented by Section 42238.03, by that amount, and that shall be used for improvement of the school district’s adult education program.

(c) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section that responsible school district officials be held fully accountable for the accounting and reporting of adult education programs and that minor and inadvertent instances of noncompliance be resolved in a fair and equitable manner to the satisfaction of the Superintendent and the Department of Finance.

(d) The Superintendent, with the approval of the Department of Finance, may waive up to the full transfer amount in subdivision (b) if the Superintendent determines that the noncompliance involved is minor or inadvertent, or both.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 87. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. Finances


text: A school district or county superintendent of schools may expend funds allocated to it for the purposes of classes for adults in correctional facilities only for the direct instructional charges of those classes and for related direct and indirect support costs.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 670, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1994.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. Finances


text:
(a) Commencing July 1, of each fiscal year, notwithstanding that a school district was not authorized to operate an adult education program pursuant to Section 41976, a school district may apply to the department for initial program approval and funding to begin any adult education programs specified in Section 41976 provided the school district meets both of the following criteria:

(1) The school district did not operate nor claim state apportionment for an adult education program in the prior fiscal year.

(2) The school district has participated in the appropriate local adult education consortium, approved pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 84900) of Chapter 5 of Part 50 of Division 7 of Title 3, and the applicable adult education plan approved pursuant to that article for adult education activities and services.

(b) The Superintendent may approve the program funding on the basis of the school district’s documented need for adult education programs. The Superintendent shall issue a program advisory that sets forth the criteria of need that a school district is required to document.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 91. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. Finances


text: The governing board of a school district overseeing an adult education program or the governing board of a community college district overseeing a noncredit program may authorize a student pursuing a high school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate, upon recommendation of the administrator of the student’s adult school or noncredit program of attendance, to attend a community college during any session or term as a special part-time student, and the community college district shall be credited or reimbursed pursuant to Section 48802 or 76002, provided that no school district has received reimbursement for the same instructional activity. The intent of this section is to better facilitate streamlined enrollment in colocated credit college courses on adult education and noncredit program sites and to help ensure a smoother transition from secondary education to college for adult high school equivalency students by providing them with greater exposure to the collegiate atmosphere.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 528, Sec. 1. (SB 554) Effective January 1, 2020.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

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text:
(a) For purposes of allowances and apportionments from Section B of the State School Fund, a community college shall be credited with additional units of average daily attendance attributable to the attendance of students at the community college as special part-time students.

(b) The attendance of a high school student at a community college as a special part-time or full-time student pursuant to this section is authorized attendance for which the community college shall be credited or reimbursed pursuant to Section 48802 or 76002, provided that no school district has received reimbursement for the same instructional activity.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 7. Advanced Scholastic and Vocational Training Program


text:
For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “Board of Governors” means the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.

(b) “Chancellor” means the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.

(c) “Community-based organizations” means public nonprofit benefit corporations of demonstrated effectiveness approved by the superintendent to provide educational services to eligible legalized persons.

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

(e) “Educational outreach activities” means:

(1) Information transmitted to temporary resident persons who are not citizens or nationals of the United States regarding the requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1986 (8 U.S.C. Secs. 1160, 1161, and 1255a), as those requirements existed on the effective date of this chapter, relating to adjustment of resident status, sources of assistance to those persons who are not citizens or nationals of the United States obtaining adjustment of resident status, including educational, informational, and referral services, and the rights and responsibilities of those persons and persons lawfully admitted for permanent residence, the identification of health, employment, and social services, and the importance of identifying oneself as a temporary resident who is not a citizen or national of the United States to service providers. It does not include client counseling or any other service that would assume responsibility of the person’s application for the adjustment of resident status.

(2) Information provided to newly legalized persons and other immigrants regarding educational opportunities available to them.

(f) “Immigrant” means a person who is a citizen of a country other than the United States and is eligible for education services in California or a naturalized United States citizen who is now residing in California.

(g) “Newly legalized person” means a person who is not a citizen or national of the United States who has been granted lawful temporary resident status under Sections 1160, 1161, and 1255a of Title 8 of the United States Code, as those sections exist on the effective date of this chapter. In addition, it means a person who has, after being granted lawful temporary resident status, obtained permanent resident or citizenship status.

(h) “Services provider” means any community-based organization, school district maintaining adult education programs, or community college that has been approved by the superintendent in the 1991–92 fiscal year as eligible to provide educational services to newly legalized persons pursuant to subdivision (k) of Section 23.50 of the Budget Act of 1991.

(i) “SLIAG” means the State Legalization Impact-Assistance Grants as set forth in Section 204 of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, (Sec. 204, P.L. 99-603), as it exists on the effective date of this chapter.

(j) “Superintendent” means the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

history: (History: Amended (as added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1068, Sec. 3) by Stats. 2021, Ch. 296, Sec. 19. (AB 1096) Effective January 1, 2022. Superseded by amendment by Stats. 2017, Ch. 69, only if it becomes operative on or before January 20, 2017.)

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text:
For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “Board of Governors” means the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.

(b) “Chancellor” means the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.

(c) “Community-based organizations” means public nonprofit benefit corporations of demonstrated effectiveness approved by the Superintendent to provide educational services to eligible legalized persons.

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

(e) “Educational outreach activities” means:

(1) Information transmitted to temporary resident foreign nationals regarding the requirements of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act of 1986 (8 U.S.C. Secs. 1160, 1161, and 1255a), as those requirements existed on the effective date of this chapter, relating to adjustment of resident status, sources of assistance to those foreign nationals obtaining adjustment of resident status, including educational, informational, and referral services, and the rights and responsibilities of those foreign nationals and foreign nationals lawfully admitted for permanent residence, the identification of health, employment, and social services, and the importance of identifying oneself as a temporary resident foreign national to service providers. It does not include client counseling or any other service that would assume responsibility of the foreign national’s application for the adjustment of resident status.

(2) Information provided to newly legalized persons and other immigrants regarding educational opportunities available to them.

(f) “Immigrant” means a person who is a citizen of a country other than the United States and is eligible for education services in California or a naturalized United States citizen who is now residing in California.

(g) “Newly legalized person” means a foreign national who has been granted lawful temporary resident status under Sections 1160, 1161, and 1255a of Title 8 of the United States Code, as those sections existed on the effective date of this chapter. In addition, it means a person who has, after being granted lawful temporary resident status, obtained permanent resident or citizenship status.

(h) “Services provider” means any community-based organization, school district maintaining adult education programs, or community college that has been approved by the Superintendent in the 1991–92 fiscal year as eligible to provide educational services to newly legalized persons pursuant to subdivision (k) of Section 23.50 of the Budget Act of 1991.

(i) “SLIAG” means the State Legalization Impact-Assistance Grants as set forth in Section 204 of the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, (Sec. 204, P.L. 99-603), as it exists on the effective date of this chapter.

(j) “Superintendent” means the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 69, Sec. 6. (AB 1850) Effective January 1, 2017. Operative only if the condition in Sec. 10 of Ch. 69 is satisfied on or before January 20, 2017.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

chapter: 10.5. Immigrant Workforce Preparation Act


text: It is the intent of the Legislature that the students enrolled in classes and courses for immigrants pursuant to this chapter be provided with information written in a language understood by the student on available programs to enable that student to continue education and training through existing courses.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1068, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1993.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text:
School districts that receive funding pursuant to Section 52656 shall provide the following:

(a) Classes and courses offered pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 41976.

(b) Services that were reimbursable under the provisions of SLIAG in the 1991–92 fiscal year, including, but not limited to, instruction in English as a second language, citizenship, basic skills, and ancillary services such as outreach and counseling.

(c) Services to develop the work and educational skills needed by the immigrant in the workplace, including, but not limited to, the communication, computational, problem solving, and interpersonal skills needed to succeed in the workplace.

(d) Services that enable immigrants to access educational services and economic development services available to all Californians.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 97. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text:
Community college districts that receive funding for the purposes of this chapter shall provide the following:

(a) Services that were reimbursable under the provision of SLIAG in the 1991–92 fiscal year, including, but not limited to, instruction in English as a second language, citizenship, basic skills, and ancillary services such as outreach counseling, whether provided for credit or noncredit.

(b) Services to develop the work and education skills needed by the immigrant in the workplace, including, but not limited to, the communication, computational, problem solving, and interpersonal skills needed to succeed in the workplace, whether provided for credit or noncredit.

(c) Services that enable immigrants to access educational services and economic development services available to all Californians, whether provided for credit or noncredit.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: It is the intent of the Legislature that the superintendent develop a course of instruction for each level of English as a second language and basic skills instruction leading, respectively, to a Certificate of Proficiency in English as a Second Language, and a Certificate of Proficiency in Basic Skills. It is further the intent of the Legislature that the superintendent establish the level of performance and the measures for granting the certificates for adult schools and community-based organizations and that the Board of Governors establish the level of performance and the measures for granting the certificates for community colleges.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, school districts that received apportionment for extraordinary needs in English as a second language and basic skills from Provision (4) of Schedule (a) of Item 6110-156-001 of the Budget Act of 1991 for the 1991–92 fiscal year shall continue to receive those funds in the school district’s adult block entitlement in the 1992–93 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter.

(b) Commencing in the 1993–94 fiscal year, school districts that receive an apportionment from subdivision (a) shall give priority to eligible immigrants in need of courses pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 41976 and Section 52653.

(c) School districts are not restricted by this chapter from providing classes for immigrants pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 41976 with other funds for adult education that are available to the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 98. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text: The governing board of any school district may, for the purpose of providing practical instruction in agriculture, establish one or more school farms for any one or more of the schools of the district whenever in its judgment it is advisable to do so.

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

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

chapter: 11. Miscellaneous

article: 1. School Farms

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text: The cost of purchasing and equipping a school farm and all other costs not met from the receipts of the operation of the farm shall be a charge against the funds of the school district.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. School Farms


text: The governing board of the district may provide for the general supervision of the farm and the cost of the supervision may be a charge against the funds of the district.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. School Farms


text: All moneys received from the sale of produce, livestock and other products of a farm shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the general fund of the district.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. School Farms


text: The governing board of the school district may, as an alternative to the procedure provided for in Section 52703, establish an account for each such farm established in the district, or for all such farms established by the district, in one or more banks to be known as “The School Farm Account” of (insert name of district) District. If the account is established for one of several farms, it shall be known as “The School Farm Account of (insert name of school) School of (insert name of district) District.” All receipts of the school farm, or farms, derived from the sale of produce, livestock, and other products, may be withdrawn from the general fund in the same manner as other moneys may be withdrawn from funds of the district and deposited in the account for expenditure for the operation and maintenance of the farm, or farms, in accordance with the direction of the governing board.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. School Farms


text: The governing board may designate an employee or employees of the district to have custody of the account or accounts established under Section 52704, who shall be responsible for the payment into the account or accounts of all moneys received for or to be paid into the account or accounts, and for all expenditures therefrom, subject to such regulations as the governing board may prescribe.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. School Farms


text: The governing board may buy feed, livestock, and materials and supplies for a farm and may sell produce, livestock and other products of a farm in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the board notwithstanding any provision of this code in conflict with such rules and regulations.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. School Farms


text:
In every public elementary school each day during the school year at the beginning of the first regularly scheduled class or activity period at which the majority of the pupils of the school normally begin the schoolday, there shall be conducted appropriate patriotic exercises. The giving of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America shall satisfy the requirements of this section.

In every public secondary school there shall be conducted daily appropriate patriotic exercises. The giving of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America shall satisfy such requirement. Such patriotic exercises for secondary schools shall be conducted in accordance with the regulations which shall be adopted by the governing board of the district maintaining the secondary school.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Patriotic Exercises and Instruction

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text:
(a) Providing instruction that promotes understanding the concepts of “pledge,” “allegiance,” “republic,” and “indivisible,” and understanding the importance of the pledge as an expression of patriotism, love of country, and pride in the United States of America shall satisfy the requirement of Section 52720.

(b) When pupils in a public school are instructed with regard to the words of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America as part of the patriotic exercises conducted pursuant to this article, that public school shall provide a combination of the giving of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and the instruction specified in subdivision (a). School districts shall provide this instruction during the time allotted for the patriotic exercise.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 523, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Patriotic Exercises and Instruction


text:
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide accurate instructional materials to schools on all of the following topics:

(1) The internment in the United States of persons of Japanese origin and its impact on Japanese American citizens.

(2) The Armenian genocide.

(3) The World War II internment, relocation, and restriction in the United States of persons of Italian origin and its impact on the Italian American community.

(b) The Legislature finds and declares that there are few films or video recordings available on the subjects of the internment of persons of Japanese origin, the Armenian genocide, and the World War II internment, relocation, and restriction of persons of Italian origin for teachers to use when teaching pupils about these three devastating events. The shortage of available films or video recordings on these subjects is especially true for the Armenian genocide.

(c) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that films and video recordings giving a historically accurate depiction of the internment in the United States of persons of Japanese origin during World War II, the Armenian genocide, and the World War II internment, relocation, and restriction of persons of Italian origin should be made in order that pupils will recognize these events for the horror they represented. The Legislature hereby encourages teachers to use these films and video recordings as a resource in teaching pupils about these three important historical events that are commonly overlooked in today’s school curriculum.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 88, Sec. 25. (AB 176) Effective January 1, 2010.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Educational Films or Video Tapes

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text: The films or video recordings produced pursuant to this article shall be submitted to the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission for its review, and may be made available to schools, as provided by this article, only upon adoption by the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 88, Sec. 26. (AB 176) Effective January 1, 2010.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Educational Films or Video Tapes


text: The State Department of Education shall make available the films or video recordings produced pursuant to this article to schools.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 88, Sec. 27. (AB 176) Effective January 1, 2010.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3. Educational Films or Video Tapes


text:
(a) The student government of a school maintaining any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, may establish a committee of pupils and teachers to develop a survey by which pupils may provide feedback to teachers for the purpose of fostering improved communication between pupils and teachers and improving individual classes and teaching methods for future generations of pupils. The survey developed by the committee shall solicit pupil opinion on different aspects of a class and the effectiveness of the teacher of the class. The committee annually may revise the survey.

(b) The administration of the survey and the survey results shall conform to all of the following requirements:

(1) Teachers annually shall be provided the survey and may survey the pupils in the classes they teach.

(2) Survey responses shall be confidential and shall be made known only to the teacher whose class is surveyed.

(3) No administrator or any other school or district official shall view or have access to any survey responses without the express written consent of the teacher to whom the survey relates.

(4) Survey responses shall not become part of a teacher’s personnel record.

(5) The survey and any responses shall not be used for collective bargaining purposes.

(6) The survey responses shall not be included in, nor shall they be used to influence the existing teacher evaluation process, if any, in a school or district in which the survey is conducted.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 186, Sec. 1. (SB 1422) Effective January 1, 2011.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 5. Pupil Survey of Instruction

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES > 28. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS > 11. Miscellaneous > 5. Pupil Survey of Instruction


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

(1) “Career fair” means an event where multiple private businesses, governmental agencies, university representatives, or career technical school representatives are invited by a local educational agency to present career options or career technical education options to pupils.

(2) “College fair” means an event where multiple college or university representatives are invited by a local educational agency to present college options to pupils.

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

(b) (1) A local educational agency serving pupils in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, that is planning to hold a college or career fair shall notify each community college district that has overlapping jurisdiction with the local educational agency of the college or career fair and provide an opportunity for the community college district to participate in the college or career fair.

(2) A notice provided pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include both of the following:

(A) The planned date and time of the college or career fair.

(B) The planned location of the college or career fair.

(3) A notice provided pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be delivered to the community college district before the planned date of the college or career fair either by first-class mail or by email.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 23, Sec. 1. (AB 1173) Effective January 1, 2024.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 6. College and Career Fairs

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES > 28. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS > 11. Miscellaneous > 6. College and Career Fairs


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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program is a comprehensive and rigorous two-year curriculum, leading to examinations for high school pupils. Its objectives are to provide pupils with a balanced education, to facilitate geographic and cultural mobility, and to promote international understanding through a shared academic experience. Successful International Baccalaureate Diploma candidates pursue a specific, intensive, balanced liberal arts course of study and must pass rigorous examinations in seven curricula areas. Successful International Baccalaureate Diploma candidates are typically granted substantial advanced placement credit at the finest colleges and universities in the nation. The academic content and rigor of the instruction and examinations in International Baccalaureate Diploma Programs is governed and continuously monitored by the International Baccalaureate Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage high schools to offer the intensive, rigorous course of instruction leading to International Baccalaureate Diplomas and to encourage pupils in these schools to enroll in, attempt, and pass the rigorous International Baccalaureate Diploma course of study and the rigorous examinations leading to the International Baccalaureate Diploma.

(c) The Superintendent shall annually update information on the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program available on the department’s Internet Web site. The Superintendent also shall provide support to high schools that offer International Baccalaureate (IB) courses to facilitate communication with the Academic Senate for the California Community Colleges, the Academic Senate of the California State University, and the Academic Senate of the University of California about the rigor of those courses and to ensure that college credit is given to pupils who participate so that they benefit from successful efforts in IB programs.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 538, Sec. 40. (SB 416) Effective January 1, 2016.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES > 28. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS > 12.5. International Baccalaureate Diploma Program


text: A school district that offers an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program may help pay the test fees for pupils in need of financial assistance.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 538, Sec. 42. (SB 416) Effective January 1, 2016.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

chapter: 12.5. International Baccalaureate Diploma Program


text:
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that improved science education in elementary and secondary schools contributes to improvements in student performance. The Legislature further finds that the California Writing Project and the California Mathematics Project are exemplary training programs which were established to improve student competence in writing and mathematics through effective in-service education and training programs for teachers in these subject areas. The Legislature recognizes that the California writing and math projects provide effective models which could be utilized in providing staff development for teachers in science.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Regents of the University of California consider establishing the California Science Project, to be administered jointly by the Regents of the University of California and the Trustees of the California State University in cooperation with the State Department of Education. The purpose of this project shall be to provide in-service education to elementary and secondary teachers in public schools.

It is also the intent of the Legislature that projects be distributed throughout the state so that elementary and secondary school personnel located in rural, urban, and suburban areas may benefit from the in-service education opportunities. It is further the intent of the Legislature that participating school districts, colleges, and universities coordinate these projects with staff development programs and activities currently administered by the State Department of Education, including, but not limited to, teacher education and computer centers established in the same geographic area. It is further the intent of the Legislature that the scientists in the community be contacted in order to determine their interest in participating in the projects.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1486, Sec. 1.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES > 28. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS > 13. Science and Technology Education Improvement Programs > 1. Legislative Findings and Declarations, and Statewide Goals


text:
The Legislature finds and declares as follows:

(a) California is a national and international leader in scientific and technological development. California employs 45 percent of the nation’s computer specialists and 21 percent of its engineers. The economic growth of California and the nation will depend in a large part upon its ability to remain competitive with other states and with foreign nations. Maintaining our preeminence will be dependent upon persons who have a solid foundation in science.

(b) There is growing concern about science illiteracy within the state’s adult population. A National Science Foundation Report shows that less than half of all high school juniors and one-third of high school seniors take a science course. As a result, American high school students receive only one-half to one-third the exposure to science as their counterparts in other developed countries, such as Japan, West Germany, East Germany, and the Soviet Union.

(c) California has an insufficient number of teachers trained in science and mathematics. There were 1,400 positions filled by teachers not trained in science or mathematics in 1985, and there is a projected shortage of 2,000 to 2,500 positions being filled by teachers not trained in science and mathematics in 1986.

(d) Due to the higher entry level salaries provided by the private sector for college graduates trained in science and mathematics, the growing shortage of qualified science and mathematics teachers will continue.

(e) There are exemplary programs in California that upgrade the training of science teachers and train science teachers.

(f) Complex problems must be overcome if science education is to advance students to a level of competence appropriate for an increasingly technological society. The decline in science achievement of students in schools, colleges, and universities in California affects all students, but is particularly acute for women students, minority students, and students from lower income groups. The problems related to this situation include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(1) A lack of understanding of the fundamental principles of science and their implications for everyday life.

(2) Inadequate mastery of knowledge of science by students and many teachers, resulting in poor comprehension of college coursework and high attrition rates for those students who have these deficiencies.

(3) A tendency among girls and young women to avoid taking science courses in high school, which limits their choice of educational options, and screens them out of future careers in science, engineering, and other science-related professions.

(4) Lack of science instruction at the elementary school level to enable all students, including female, minority, and low-income students, to develop skills and attitudes which will enable and encourage them to pursue science successfully in later grades.

(5) A critical shortage of qualified teachers, with significant numbers of science teachers leaving the classroom for nonteaching jobs, and few students training to take their places.

(6) Lack of teachers’ training in the use of laboratory equipment and procedures, as well as the lack of laboratory-based facilities in schools, thereby reducing the opportunity for students to receive “hands-on” science instruction.

(7) Staffing of more than 25 percent of science classes by teachers not certified to teach science.

(g) While some colleges and universities are improving courses in the teaching of science, this will not fully address the problem, since the number of new teacher candidates is relatively small. Therefore, the Legislature recognizes the need to assist existing teachers in gaining the knowledge necessary to improve science education for all students.

(h) The science problem is shared by all segments and levels of California education, and the problem can best be addressed by cooperatively planned and funded efforts.

(i) Appropriate models for cooperative, intersegmental approaches to solving the science problem should address the findings of state and national science associations, including, but not limited to, the National Science Foundation and National Association of Science Teachers. The comprehensive approach will give special attention to providing in-service training of classroom teachers, defining more clearly those standards of science knowledge required at each school level, and developing curricula and instructional strategies to meet these standards. Whenever possible, existing resources shall be pooled to support this comprehensive program. Models for the program may include the California Writing Project; the California Mathematics Project; the EQUALS Project; the MESA Project; the University of California at Irvine’s Summer Science Institute; the Lawrence Hall of Science’s Programs for Schools; and the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory’s Science Education Center, Summer Science Institute, and Lesson In-service Science Workshop for Elementary and Middle School Teachers.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

chapter: 13. Science and Technology Education Improvement Programs

article: 1. Legislative Findings and Declarations, and Statewide Goals


text: With funds appropriated therefor, the University of California, upon approval by the regents, shall establish a cooperative endeavor entitled the California Science Project, to be administered jointly with the Trustees of the California State University in cooperation with the State Department of Education. Science projects shall be distributed throughout the state so that public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary school personnel located in rural, urban, and suburban areas may avail themselves of science education. “Project,” as used in this chapter, means the California Science Project.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1486, Sec. 1. Operative July 8, 1988, by Sec. 2 of Ch. 1486.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. California Science Project

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES > 28. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS > 13. Science and Technology Education Improvement Programs > 2. California Science Project


text: The project shall establish an advisory committee to recommend proposals to be funded and criteria for project evaluation. The advisory committee shall evaluate the progress of the project and recommend appropriate changes.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. California Science Project


text:
The advisory committee shall include:

(a) One representative selected by the California Postsecondary Education Commission.

(b) Two representatives selected by the President of the University of California, one of whom has the responsibility for teaching science.

(c) Two representatives selected by the Chancellor of the California State University, one of whom has the responsibility for teaching science.

(d) Two representatives selected by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, one of whom has the responsibility for teaching science.

(e) Four public school classroom teachers of science, and one additional representative, selected by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

(f) One teacher of science plus a representative selected by the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities.

(g) One representative of business and industry selected by the Industry Education Council of California.

(h) One representative of California labor, selected by the California branch of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).

(i) One representative of the National Science Supervisors Association.

(j) One representative of a national laboratory, selected by the Regents of the University of California.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. California Science Project


text:
The project shall establish criteria for approval of science projects. These criteria shall include, but not be limited to, the extent to which:

(a) The science project addresses the need to integrate existing standards of science competence in the curriculum at each school level.

(b) The science project establishes clear and informed approaches to the needs of women and minorities for continuing with those science courses required to enhance future career options.

(c) The science project is designed to expand the base of scientific knowledge and the repertoire of teaching techniques of participating teachers and their colleagues in science teaching, and the scientific knowledge of students attending the classes they attend.

(d) Neighboring institutions have worked collaboratively to develop a proposal which clearly indicates their intention to continue to work cooperatively through the duration of the project.

(e) Participating districts, colleges, universities, businesses, federal laboratories, and individual scientists intend to provide financial and personnel support for the science project.

(f) Selection of participating teachers will create school-based or district-based teams of leaders for improvement of science education at all grade levels.

(g) Participating districts, colleges, universities, and businesses intend to use the expertise of participating teachers for leadership among their teaching colleagues.

(h) The science project provides continuing science education to teachers in the public schools.

(i) Scientists in both the public and private sector are recruited to enhance the science project by providing facilities or personnel support.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. California Science Project


text:
Proposals for science projects which meet the criteria specified in Section 52958 shall be submitted to the advisory committee for review and recommendation. The advisory committee shall establish procedures to assure that individuals reviewing a specific proposal do not submit the proposals for a science project. The Regents of the University of California shall provide funding to projects which, as a group, provide a comprehensive approach to solving the problems identified in Section 52951.

Agencies eligible to submit a proposal for a project shall include, but are not limited to, school districts, county superintendents of schools, colleges, universities, and national laboratories.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. California Science Project


text: The Educational Technology Committee and the State Board of Education shall give careful consideration to funding proposals for classroom application utilizing computers, videos, and other educational technology which would enhance the project.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. California Science Project


text:
The advisory committee shall develop criteria for evaluating each project. The criteria shall include at least the following elements:

(a) The change in science knowledge and pedagogical techniques for teaching science of participating teachers served by the local project.

(b) Participants’ attitudes towards the effectiveness of the local project.

(c) Changes in classroom behavior and perceived in-class teaching effectiveness.

(d) Participants’ contribution to ongoing teacher retraining and in-service programs.

(e) Any change in the students’ knowledge of science due to their teacher’s participation in the science project.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. California Science Project


text:
(a) The executive director of the project and the advisory committee shall secure the maximum amount of funding available from the federal government, universities and colleges, school districts, county boards of education, the State Department of Education, and the private sector. The funding may be provided through in-kind contributions.

(b) To the extent possible, training provided to teachers shall be eligible for credit through the University of California or the California State University.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. California Science Project


text: This article does not apply to the University of California unless the regents, by resolution, make these provisions applicable.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 216, Sec. 17.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. California Science Project


text: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Comprehensive Reading Leadership Program Act of 1996.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 196, Sec. 2. Effective July 22, 1996.)

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

path: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION > 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES > 28. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS > 15. Comprehensive Reading Leadership Program


text: The Legislature hereby finds and declares that strong leadership is needed at the local level to improve reading instruction in kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, of the public schools. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to encourage members of governing boards of school districts, school administrators, and teachers identified by the governing board of the school district as having demonstrated leadership in reading instruction to implement a comprehensive reading program for kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, that emphasizes basic reading skills and continued improvement of reading skills through the reading of high quality books.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

chapter: 15. Comprehensive Reading Leadership Program


text:
(a) County offices of education may apply to the State Board of Education to design a reading leadership program and develop materials that focus on systematically explicit phonics instruction, phonemic awareness, sound-symbol relationships, decoding, word-attack skills, spelling instruction, diagnosis of reading deficiencies, research on how children learn to read, research on how proficient readers read, the structure of the English language, relationships between reading, writing, and spelling, planning and delivery of appropriate reading instruction based on assessment and evaluation, and independent pupil reading of high quality books and the relationship of that reading to improved reading performance.

(b) From the applications received pursuant to this section, the State Board of Education shall select one county office of education that has a proposed reading leadership program and a proposed materials development program that, in the judgment of the State Board of Education, will provide an effective reading leadership training program addressing the elements listed in subdivision (a) of this section and meet the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 53003. The State Board of Education is hereby authorized to allocate from moneys appropriated to it an amount sufficient to fund the reading leadership program selected pursuant to this section.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION


text:
From the applications received pursuant to this chapter, the State Board of Education shall select county offices of education and school districts on a statewide basis to conduct reading leadership training programs pursuant to the program developed pursuant to Section 53002. The State Board of Education shall select an applicant in accordance with the following criteria:

(a) The selected applicants shall have the qualifications necessary to deliver a high-quality reading leadership training program.

(b) The selected applicants shall represent all areas of the state so that each geographical area of the state has reasonable access to a reading leadership training program.

title: 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION