text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school district or county office of education shall not be required to comply with a requirement in any other section of this code that information be reported to the State Department of Education with regard to information that is reported to the department under the CBEDS report. For purposes of this section, “CBEDS report” means the report that is transmitted by public educational agencies to the State Department of Education for purposes of the California Basic Education Data System and includes the information reported under this chapter, and other information relating to school staff and pupil enrollment. However, the Legislature recognizes that there are circumstances when more timely information is necessary prior to the annual CBEDS collection. Under this condition, the State Department of Education may require the districts and county offices of education to provide the necessary information.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 507, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1993.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS


kind: section

code: EDC

text: The department may accept federal or other funds for the purpose of financing activities pursuant to this article. School districts and county offices of education may assign to the department funds or other resources which may be identified in their budgets for planning, developing, or coordinating activities related to this article.

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

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text: The State Board of Education shall make recommendations to the Legislature as the state board deems appropriate concerning appropriate or necessary legislation related to this article.

part: 7. JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

chapter: 7. California Education Information System


text:
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that will develop a coordinated adult education data system that accomplishes all of the following:

(a) Uses standardized procedures to collect data.

(b) Complies with relevant federal statutes in elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education.

(c) Makes efficient use of existing data systems in the California Community College system and the department.

(d) Is based upon individual pupil and student records that, preferably, can be linked through the use of a common student identifier.

(e) Contains a common data dictionary that can be used to provide valid, comparable data regarding enrollment, demographics, outcomes, and other educational or economic policy issues.

(f) Complies with all relevant state and federal privacy laws and regulations.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 264, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)

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chapter: 7.5. JOINT DATA SYSTEMS

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text: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Education Data and Information Act of 2008.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 561, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)

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It is the intent of the Legislature that the design and implementation of a high-quality, comprehensive, and longitudinal education data system for California will do the following:

(a) Support a system of continuous learning by delivering timely, reliable, user-friendly, and relevant information to schoolsite and district leaders, county offices of education, higher education leaders, teachers and faculty, education program providers, policymakers, researchers, parents, pupils, and the public at large.

(b) Provide educators and parents with the tools, reports, and assistance needed to inform instruction and learning.

(c) Integrate data from disparate sources.

(d) Anticipate and provide the technological capacity for the sharing of appropriate noneducation data from other state sources such as health, welfare, juvenile justice, corrections, and employment agencies, the analysis of which is necessary to fully understand critical education policy and education finance questions.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

chapter: 8. Education Data and Information Act of 2008


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(a) The department shall establish a process by which local educational agencies issue, maintain, and report information using the unique statewide pupil identifiers specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 60900 for state and federally funded center-based child care and development programs under their purview.

(b) In order to comply with the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) assurances delineated in Section 6401(e)(2) of the America COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 9871), the department shall establish the process referenced in subdivision (a) no later than January 1, 2011.

(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that on or before January 1, 2011, the department, at a minimum, ensures that the data elements pertaining to preschool described in Section 6401(e)(2)(D) of the America COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 9871) be collected for all preschool programs operated by a local educational agency.

(d) Except to the extent required by federal law, or as needed to ensure compliance with federal law, the department shall not require these center-based child care and development programs to implement or maintain unique pupil identifiers specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 60900 until an appropriation for this purpose is provided in the annual Budget Act or another statute.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2010, 5th Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 2. (SB 2 5x) Effective April 12, 2010.)

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text: It is the intent of the Legislature that, on or before January 1, 2011, and to the extent an appropriation is provided for this purpose, the department, at a minimum, ensures that the data elements pertaining to success in the 21st Century workforce described in Section 6401(a)(2)(B)(ii) and (e)(1)(A)(ii) of the federal America COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 9871) be collected for career technical education programs operated by a local educational agency.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2010, 5th Ex. Sess., Ch. 2, Sec. 3. (SB 1 5x) Effective April 12, 2010.)

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(a) The Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges, the University of California, and the California State University shall each establish a process by which colleges and universities within those systems issue, maintain, and report information using the unique statewide pupil identifiers specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 60900.

(b) Annually, on or before April 1, the Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges, the University of California, and the California State University shall provide a progress report to the Governor and the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature. The report shall include a detailed timeline for the implementation, maintenance, and use of the unique statewide pupil identifiers pursuant to subdivision (a).

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(a) The State Chief Information Officer appointed pursuant to Section 11545 of the Government Code shall convene a working group representing, at a minimum, the state board, the Superintendent, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the University of California, the California State University, and any other governmental entities that collect, report, or use individual pupil education data that would become part of the comprehensive education data system. The State Chief Information Officer shall form an advisory committee to the working group that includes school and district administrators, teachers and faculty, education program providers, policymakers, researchers, parents, and pupils.

(b) The working group convened pursuant to this section shall create a strategic plan to link education data systems from all segments and to accomplish all of the following:

(1) Provide an overall structural design for the linked education data systems.

(2) Examine current state education data systems.

(3) Examine the protocols and procedures to be used by state agencies in data processing, including, but not limited to, collecting, storing, manipulating, sharing, retrieving, and releasing data so as to enable each state agency to accurately and efficiently collect and share data with the other state agencies while complying with all applicable state and federal privacy laws.

(4) Identify specific procedures and policies that would be necessary to ensure the privacy of pupil record information so as to meet both federal requirements and the higher expectations of privacy held by the state.

(5) Identify specific procedures and policies that would facilitate the sharing and transfer of data from one segment to another and ultimately to include linkages to workforce data.

(c) The strategic plan shall be delivered by the State Chief Information Officer to the Legislature and the Governor on or before January 1, 2010.

(d) This section may be implemented using federal grant funds received pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) through that act’s provision of funds for statewide data systems under the federal Education Technical Assistance Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq.).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 159, Sec. 4. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2010.)

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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the state board, and the department shall provide to the State Chief Information Officer the individual nonpersonally identifiable or aggregate data related to teacher distribution, educator credential status, pupil assessment and accountability, or other pupil academic and achievement data, including, but not limited to, data generated from, or related to, the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress, the English language development test, the Academic Performance Index (API), and adequate yearly progress data and calculations, graduation rates, pupils who dropout of school, and demographics of pupils and teachers.

(b) The data provided pursuant to the section shall be provided as follows:

(1) In a format that is agreeable to all relevant parties.

(2) In a timely manner, according to a schedule agreed upon by all relevant parties.

(3) At no cost to the State Chief Information Officer.

(c) The State Chief Information Officer may release the information provided pursuant to subdivision (a) in any of the following manners:

(1) On paper at a single location that is accessible to the public.

(2) Electronically at a single location that is accessible to the public.

(3) Electronically via the Internet.

(d) The State Chief Information Officer shall ensure that the use of this data is in compliance with applicable state and federal privacy laws.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 641, Sec. 4. (AB 830) Effective January 1, 2018.)

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text: In meeting the requirements of this chapter, state agencies, local educational agencies, and the officers and appointees of those agencies shall consider and comply with state and federal privacy law and ensure the highest, appropriate security protections are in place in order to provide the maximum protection of privacy.

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text:
The department, the University of California, the California State University, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the Employment Development Department, and the California School Information Services established in Section 49081 may enter into interagency agreements in order to facilitate all of the following:

(a) The implementation of a comprehensive longitudinal education data system for California.

(b) The transfer of data from one educational segment to another.

(c) The transfer of workforce data to the educational segments.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2010, 5th Ex. Sess., Ch. 2, Sec. 4. (SB 1 5x) Effective April 12, 2010.)

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text: This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Cradle-to-Career Data System Act.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 736, Sec. 2. (AB 2723) Effective September 27, 2024.)

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text: The California Cradle-to-Career Data System Workgroup created pursuant to former Section 10853, as it read on January 1, 2024, is hereby dissolved.

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

chapter: 8.5. California Cradle-to-Career Data System Act

article: 1. Cradle-to-Career Data System Workgroup


text:
(a) There is hereby established in state government the California Cradle-to-Career Data System for the purpose of connecting individuals and organizations to trusted information and resources. The data system shall be considered a source for actionable data and research on education, economic, and health outcomes for individuals, families, and communities, and provide for expanded access to tools and services that support the navigation of the education-to-employment pipeline.

(b) (1) The data system shall be used to provide access to data and information necessary to provide insights into critical milestones in the education-to-employment pipeline, including insight regarding early learning and care to grade 12, inclusive, and into higher education, skills training opportunities, and employment to better enable individuals to maximize their educational and career opportunities, and to foster evidence-based decisionmaking to help the state build a more equitable future.

(2) The information contained in the data system shall be used to accomplish all of the following:

(A) Address disparities in opportunities and outcomes.

(B) Support student guidance.

(C) Foster continuous improvement.

(D) Address the needs of researchers.

(c) The data system shall do all of the following:

(1) Enable the linkage, management, and monitoring of information on student progress through education, workforce training, employment, health, and social services.

(2) Ensure that information contained, and available through, the data system is kept secure and that individual privacy is protected.

(3) Provide for access to actionable data on education, economic, and health outcomes for use by individuals, students, families, and communities to, among other things, illustrate inequities in opportunities and outcomes.

(4) Provide support for professional development opportunities to further policy making and to improve the functionality of the system by end users, including state agencies, schools, colleges and universities, social service providers, and students and families.

(5) Provide support for opportunities to enhance the state’s system of public education, educational programs, and educational services.

(6) Advance academic, nonprofit, and governmental research to enhance the development of policies focused on birth through career.

(7) Support the creation of user-facing tools and services, and access to information necessary to do all of the following:

(A) Provide tailored supports to students, educators, parents, and advisors, and better enable students to navigate the education-to-employment pipeline.

(B) Enable the streamlining and administration of college application processes and student financial aid programs.

(C) Allow researchers and policymakers to explore policy problems and solutions.

(d) At all times, the data system shall act in furtherance of the public good and shall be held accountable thereto.

(e) The planning of the data system shall be subject to the Project Approval Lifecycle of the Department of Technology, pursuant to Section 4819.35 of the State Administrative Manual and all other relevant sections. The development and implementation of the data system shall be subject to the reporting and oversight requirements of the Department of Technology, pursuant to Section 4819.36 of the State Administrative Manual and all other relevant sections. The planning, development, and implementation of any additions to, or revisions of, the data system shall also be subject to these requirements.

(f) At all times, the data system shall comply with federal and state laws to protect individual privacy, including, but not necessarily limited to, all of the following:

(1) The federal Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-280, as amended).

(2) The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191, as amended).

(3) The federal Higher Education Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-329, as amended).

(4) The federal Privacy Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-579, as amended).

(g) Any data maintained under this article that meets the definition of personal information, as defined in Section 1798.3 of the Civil Code, shall not be used or disclosed except for purposes consistent with this article. Whether or not it is protected under applicable federal or state law, personal information managed under this article shall be deidentified before being released to the public.

(h) (1) All of the following rights in the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code) do not apply to records or source data from the P20W data set that are maintained under this article:

(A) The individual right to inquire and be notified as to whether the data system maintains a record about that individual, as provided in Section 1798.32 of the Civil Code.

(B) The individual right to inspect personal information in any record maintained in the data system, as provided in Section 1798.34 of the Civil Code.

(C) The individual right to request to amend any record maintained in the data system, as provided in Section 1798.35 of the Civil Code.

(2) In the event of a “security incident,” as defined in the participation agreement, the managing entity shall comply with the requirements of Section 1798.29 of the Civil Code.

(3) This subdivision does not affect an individual’s right to request to amend a record maintained by a data provider of record. To assist individuals who wish to exercise such rights, as applicable, the managing entity shall include on its internet website, a link to the contact information of a data provider’s privacy officer and, when applicable, a link to the relevant privacy web form maintained by the data provider.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 736, Sec. 3. (AB 2723) Effective September 27, 2024.)

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For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Advisory boards” means the advisory boards established pursuant to Section 10865.

(b) “A–G coursework” means the 15-unit pattern of courses across seven subject areas that pupils must complete during high school to meet minimum eligibility requirements for admission to the California State University or the University of California.

(c) “Analytical tools” means the resources that provide for access to information for research and evaluation purposes such as dashboards, a query builder, summaries of key student and employment outcomes, and a research library, including, but not limited to, the P20W data set.

(d) “California College Guidance Initiative” (CCGI) means the public-nonprofit partnership of Student Friendly Services, established pursuant to Item 6100-172-0001 of the annual Budget Act, authorized by Section 60900.5, and administered by the Foundation for California Community Colleges established pursuant to Section 72670.5, or a successor agent.

(e) “Data providers” means entities that submit the individual, educational, academic, training, employment, social service, health, and other information used to create the data system.

(f) “Data requests in the public interest” means those requests that enable parents, educators, health and human services providers, researchers, and policymakers to provide appropriate interventions and supports to address disparities in opportunities and improve outcomes for all students.

(g) “Data system” means the Cradle-to-Career Data System established pursuant to this chapter.

(h) “eTranscript California” means an electronic transcript service administered by the California Community Colleges, or a successor agent.

(i) “Governing board” means the governing board established pursuant to Section 10864 that is subject to Sections 10865 and 10866.

(j) “Managing entity” means the office created in Section 10862 that is responsible for Section 10867.

(k) “Operational tools” means the publicly supported educator-, student-, and parent-facing tools that use student-specific data to support college planning and education transitions, including, but not limited to, the CCGI and eTranscript California. All tools under this definition shall comply with the student privacy provisions of Section 49073.1. Pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 10870, a local educational agency shall not be required to enter into a contract with a provider of publicly supported “operational tools” as defined in this subdivision.

(l) “Participation agreement” means the legal framework used by the state to establish the conditions under which data may be shared and used, and may include the use of a master data exchange agreement or other agreements between partner entities, data providers, and the managing entity.

(m) “P20W data set” means the data set adopted by the governing board and requested from the data providers, including, but not limited to, the data points described in the report to the Department of Finance and the Legislature required by subdivision (a) of former Section 10856, as it read on January 1, 2024, and as adjusted by the governing board. The governing board may add or remove requested data points based on changes in the usage of the element. As required by the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code) and the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g), data providers shall retain sole control over their source data and may reject, add, or remove data elements contributed to the P20W data set, as reflected in its participation agreement with the managing entity.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 736, Sec. 4. (AB 2723) Effective September 27, 2024.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

article: 2. California Cradle-to-Career Data System


text:
(a) The Office of Cradle-to-Career Data is hereby created within the Government Operations Agency.

(b) The office shall also be known as the “managing entity,” and shall serve as a neutral administrative body, consistent with the purpose and intent of this chapter, to do all of the following:

(1) Initiate the data system during the startup process.

(2) Ensure wide, appropriate, and legal use of the data system as a one-stop shop for cradle-to-career data to support policy researchers. In order to ensure individual privacy, and in accordance with federal law, control of the data available through the data system shall be retained by the data providers who contributed the data through their participation agreement, and disclosed to and by the managing entity only to the extent permitted by federal law.

(3) Scale operational tools to better serve educators, students, and families.

(4) Implement communications, professional development, and technical assistance that supports data system use.

(c) (1) The managing entity shall operate until July 1, 2026, or a later date, as approved by the governing board, contingent on a review of the appropriateness and efficacy of the Government Operations Agency continuing to house the managing entity after July 1, 2026.

(2) A recommendation to move the managing entity under the administration of another state department or agency shall be submitted by the governing board to the Legislature and the Governor through the governing board’s annual budget submission.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 144, Sec. 8. (AB 132) Effective July 27, 2021.)

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In fulfilling their roles, all governing board members, advisory board members, and managing entity employees shall do all of the following:

(a) Prioritize the needs of students and families.

(b) Comply with federal and state laws to protect individual privacy, including, but not necessarily limited to, all of the following:

(1) The federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-280, as amended).

(2) The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191, as amended).

(3) The federal Higher Education Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-329, as amended).

(4) The federal Privacy Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-579, as amended).

(c) Consider and respond to stakeholder input.

(d) Promote and foster an environment and culture of collaboration and cooperation.

(e) Promote a culture of data-informed decisionmaking by consulting with data experts and intended data users, including members of the public, when developing data use priorities.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 736, Sec. 5. (AB 2723) Effective September 27, 2024.)

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(a) The data system shall be governed by a governing board composed of the following 21 members:

(1) The Superintendent of Public Instruction or the Superintendent’s designee.

(2) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges or the chancellor’s designee.

(3) The Chancellor of the California State University or the chancellor’s designee.

(4) The President of the University of California or the president’s designee.

(5) The President of the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities or the president’s designee.

(6) The Chief of the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education or the chief’s designee.

(7) The Executive Director of the Student Aid Commission or the executive director’s designee.

(8) The Executive Director of the Commission on Teacher Credentialing or the executive director’s designee.

(9) The Secretary of California Health and Human Services or the secretary’s designee.

(10) The Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development or the secretary’s designee.

(11) Four public members, to be appointed by the Governor, as follows:

(A) Two elementary and secondary education practitioners to serve as a representative of elementary and secondary educators, counselors, and administrators.

(B) Two members of the public who meet the requirements of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c).

(12) Four members of the public, to be appointed by the Legislature, as follows:

(A) Two members of the public to be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.

(B) Two members of the public to be appointed by the President pro Tempore of the Senate.

(13) One Senator appointed by the President pro Tempore of the Senate, or the Senator’s designee.

(14) One Assembly Member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly or the Assembly Member’s designee.

(15) The Chief Operations Officer of California School Information Services.

(b) A designee serving at the pleasure of a governing board described in paragraphs (1) to (10), inclusive, of subdivision (a) shall be qualified and authorized to make decisions on behalf of the appointed member.

(c) All of the following shall apply to the public member appointments made pursuant to paragraphs (11) and (12) of subdivision (a):

(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that, in appointing members, the appointing authority shall make every effort to ensure the membership of the governing board is reflective of the cultural, racial, geographical, economic, and social diversity of California, taking into consideration factors including, but not limited to, diversity in data user experience, diversity in expertise with educational data, diversity in professional experience, and representation from different geographical and socioeconomic backgrounds.

(2) The public members shall represent the public beneficiaries of the data system, including, but not limited to, practitioners, families, students, adult learners and workers, community organizations, research organizations, or advocates.

(3) A public member shall serve a term of no more than three years, and shall not serve more than two consecutive terms or more than six years.

(4) The public members shall have staggered terms.

(5) For the first appointment of public members to the governing board only, to create staggered terms, the terms of those members shall be as follows:

(A) The terms of the public members appointed pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (11) of subdivision (a) shall be for three years.

(B) The terms of the public members appointed pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (11) of subdivision (a) shall be for one year.

(C) The terms of the public members appointed pursuant to paragraph (12) of subdivision (a) shall be for two years.

(d) Notwithstanding subdivisions (b) and (c), the governing board may expand membership on the governing board to include new data contributors and ex officio governing board members.

(e) (1) Institutions and persons represented on the governing board pursuant to paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, and paragraphs (6) to (10), inclusive, of subdivision (a) shall be data providers.

(2) Institutions and persons on the governing board described in paragraphs (5) and (11) to (15), inclusive, of subdivision (a) are not data providers.

(f) The governing board shall be subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 67, Sec. 44. (AB 1170) Effective January 1, 2026.)

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(a) The governing board shall provide the governance structure for the data system by developing and revising, from time to time, a self-governance process to ensure that the governing board, among other actions, does all of the following:

(1) Convenes on a regular basis, but no less than quarterly.

(2) Selects a chairperson.

(3) Develops conflict of interest policies in accordance with applicable statutes.

(4) Allows governing board members to receive per diem and reimbursement of travel expenses.

(5) Adopts a vote threshold for decision-making that requires two-thirds of the voting membership to concur in the decision.

(6) Ensures multiagency cooperation.

(7) Develops policies and practices to expand the governing board to include new data providers and ex officio members.

(b) (1) There are hereby established two advisory boards to provide input and feedback to the governing board on topics as follows:

(A) The Data and Tools Advisory Board, with responsibility for examining whether the data system is providing actionable information and identifying ways to improve access to that information.

(B) The Community Engagement Advisory Board, with responsibility for examining whether the managing entity is creating strong feedback loops with data users, supporting evidence-based decision-making and analytical capacity, and ensuring equitable access to actionable information.

(2) Members of each of the advisory boards shall be appointed by the governing board, and shall serve three-year terms, with the initial appointment term staggered such that one-third of the positions expire each year.

(c) The governing board may establish and disband additional ad hoc committees, as it sees fit and as is appropriate to further the intent of this chapter.

(d) All advisory boards established by this section shall be subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).

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(a) The governing board shall appoint an executive officer to oversee the managing entity. The executive officer shall be exempt from civil service consistent with subdivision (e) of Section 4 of Article VII of the California Constitution, including setting the terms of employment, and annual compensation shall be commensurate with other like positions in state government. The executive officer shall employ such other employees as they deem necessary for the effective conduct of the work of the managing entity.

(b) The governing board shall be responsible for, in consultation with the advisory boards, the strategic direction and implementation of the data system, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Adopting a timeline for phasing in the data system, including a timeline for the development of analytical tools, operational tools, and offering professional development and technical assistance.

(2) Ensuring that the data system is serving its intended purposes by submitting recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature to adjust the data system’s vision, mission, and strategic objectives, particularly recommendations related to improving educational outcomes and reducing opportunity gaps.

(3) Adopting and adjusting as necessary a data dictionary, data standards, and security protocols to ensure interoperability between the data system, the source data, and other state data systems using the same source data.

(4) Expanding the maintained data set, beyond the P20W data set, by doing both of the following:

(A) Approving additional data providers.

(B) Requesting additional data points from data providers, in the context of data quality, legal concerns, costs, and preserving the neutrality of the data system. The governing board shall not require a data provider to collect data that the data provider is not legally allowed, under other applicable laws, to collect.

(5) Creating new analytical and operational tools that would help the public interact with the data.

(6) Creating, and revising from time to time, in consultation with the advisory boards, a data request process for use by researchers, policymakers, education systems, schoolsites, and college campuses for information that is all of the following:

(A) In compliance with federal and state laws to protect individual privacy.

(B) Not otherwise available via the public query tools maintained by the managing entity.

(C) Allows for expedited access to summary data that has been properly deidentified.

(D) Allows for data providers to approve data requests in the public interest, as defined pursuant to Section 10861.

(c) (1) The governing board shall be responsible for adopting best practice policies related to privacy and security, including creating policies, in accordance with federal and state law, governing the collection and use of personally identifiable information from data providers, which may include the creation of an “opt out” policy for students and families.

(2) This section does not hinder the use of personally identifiable information for educator- and student-facing college guidance and planning tools, defined as operational tools in Section 10861.

(d) The governing board shall provide oversight of the data system and operational direction to the managing entity to ensure the data system is serving its intended purpose. This may include, but is not limited to, all of the following activities:

(1) Adopting an annual strategic plan and reviewing and revising that plan as needed.

(2) Approving budget requests for inclusion in the governing board’s annual budget request.

(3) Ensuring continued use of a user-centered design approach by the managing entity.

(4) Reviewing and approving all of the following:

(A) End user professional development, and technical assistance and communications plans, as developed by the managing entity.

(B) An operational tools implementation plan, as developed by the managing entity.

(C) Recommendations for topics to be included in reports to provide a neutral summary of information available in the data system.

(D) Significant content changes to the analytical tools, such as dashboard visualizations and query builder data points.

(5) Conducting data quality audits.

(6) Providing for other audits and evaluations.

(7) Adopting rules and exercising authority to promulgate regulations, including emergency regulations.

(8) Any other activities necessary to further the intent of this chapter.

(9) Providing regular reports to the Legislature and Governor related to the implementation of this chapter. The reports to the Legislature shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(e) For purposes of compliance with the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-380, as amended), the governing board shall be designated as a state educational authority for purposes of ensuring privacy and effective use of the data system consistent with the purposes of this chapter.

(f) The governing board may create any other policies and procedures necessary to further the intent of this chapter.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 736, Sec. 7. (AB 2723) Effective September 27, 2024.)

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text:
(a) The managing entity shall implement and manage the data system based on the direction set by the governing board.

(b) The managing entity shall be responsible for all of the following:

(1) Supporting the governing board, advisory boards, and data providers, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(A) Staffing the governing board, advisory boards, and associated meetings and processes.

(B) Supporting the development and updating of the governance manual.

(C) Onboarding new data providers, in partnership with the governing board chairperson.

(D) Supporting the development of regulations and policies required to implement this chapter.

(E) Providing analysis and recommendations, as necessary and appropriate, regarding all of the following:

(i) Data points.

(ii) Analytical and operational tools.

(iii) Professional development, technical assistance, and communication plans.

(F) Escalating issues regarding compliance, technical infrastructure, and data system implementation to the governing board, as appropriate and necessary for the furtherance of this chapter.

(2) Managing administrative functions of the data system, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(A) Developing annual work plans, budget requests, and operational budgets.

(B) Overseeing personnel and compensation, except for the appointment and compensation of the executive officer pursuant to Section 10866.

(C) Ensuring regular reporting and external evaluations of the efficacy of the data system in fulfilling its purpose.

(D) Entering into contracts and agreements, as needed to further this chapter.

(3) Managing the technical infrastructure for analytical tools, including, but not limited to, doing all of the following:

(A) Creating, procuring, managing, securing, and maintaining the infrastructure necessary to compile, match, store, access, and visualize information from data providers.

(B) Creating data sets tailored to processes approved by the governing board.

(C) Ensuring both of the following:

(i) The availability, reliability, and performance of the technical infrastructure.

(ii) Data privacy and security in accordance with state and federal law.

(4) Implementing public educator- and researcher-facing tools and supporting their use by, including, but not limited to, doing all of the following:

(A) Leading user-centered design and testing processes.

(B) Providing information to the public using, among other tools, dashboards, query builders, and research libraries.

(C) Providing information and resources that do both of the following:

(i) Fosters evidence-based decisionmaking, strengthens analytical capacity to use available data tools, and enables users to understand structural factors that influence outcomes.

(ii) Takes into account the needs of various users.

(D) Engaging users by providing an ongoing channel for public input about the data system.

(E) Providing neutral written summaries of information available through the data system related to the public good and fostering equitable opportunities and outcomes.

(F) Monitoring and taking into account best practices related to longitudinal data systems, including participating in intrastate, interstate, and national data collection and policy efforts.

(5) Scaling, expanding, operating, and maintaining operational tools, including, but not limited to, by doing all of the following:

(A) Conducting an annual student experience audit related to navigating the transition from secondary education to higher education.

(B) Addressing the requirements of paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 69432.9 relating to submitting pupil grade point averages for the purpose of evaluating eligibility for state and federal student financial aid.

(C) Entering into a memorandum of understanding with the CCGI to deliver college planning and transition tools, which may include integrating college admissions and student financial aid applications and other integrations that streamline processes for students.

(D) Entering into a memorandum of understanding with eTranscript California to deliver electronic transcripts and verification of eligibility for social services.

(E) Within five years of the operative date of the act that adds this section, assessing the feasibility of subsuming the operation of operational tools that are currently administered by other agencies, and reporting findings to the governing board, the Legislature, and the Governor. The report to the Legislature shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(6) Providing training and technical assistance, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(A) Developing and curating all necessary technical documentation and resources to facilitate data submission.

(B) Ensuring that all data-enabled tools are used by the intended audiences.

(C) Promoting and training related to data literacy for use of the analytical tools.

(7) Supporting data requests, among other activities, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(A) Determining if the content and the purpose of the request is sufficiently clear.

(B) Aligning the request with available data and tools and advising the requestor of other similar analyses that have been conducted using the data system.

(C) Advising the requestor on how best to access the information.

(D) Determining and advising the requestor as to whether there are any legal impediments to the request, and supporting the requestor to identify legally appropriate options.

(E) Coordinating the execution of legal agreements with data providers.

(F) Contracting with the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects for the California Health and Human Services Agency to serve as the institutional review board regarding the use of personally identifiable information.

(G) Facilitating the timely resolution of concerns and the provision of data.

(H) Ensuring that the data request process is accessible and transparent. This includes making the criteria for requests, the status for requests, and written responses to any requests that have been denied, publicly available and posted in a prominent location on the data system’s internet website.

(8) Improving data quality by, among other activities, including, but not limited to, doing all of the following:

(A) Coordinating issues related to data points and definitions to ensure the quality and reliability of source data provided by the data providers.

(B) Consulting with the Chief Data Officer and data providers to identify standards that would improve the ability to share data across systems.

(C) Regularly reviewing the efficacy and usability of tools, reports, and the user interface.

(D) Working with the advisory boards established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 10865 to identify data points with data quality questions.

(9) Ensuring routine and ongoing compliance with all applicable federal, state, and data provider specific laws and regulations.

(10) Seeking opportunities to increase government efficiency that may include identifying duplications of effort across state agencies and public education systems, and identifying opportunities for clearer or more consistent messaging to students and families related to education pathways and transitions.

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text:
In furtherance of Section 10867, the managing entity may exercise all powers reasonably necessary to carry out and comply with the duties, requirements, and responsibilities of this chapter, including, but not limited to, both of the following:

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, extending, expanding, or otherwise applying an alternative to existing state procurements for goods and services to further the intent of this chapter.

(b) Contracting with national data service providers on behalf of data providers and the entities managing operational tools in order to provide for economies of scale and streamline processes for students.

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text: Notwithstanding Section 11010 of the Government Code, and the State Administrative Manual, the governing board and the managing entity may implement a data request fee policy to compensate for excessive use of the data system, to recover costs that would otherwise typically be borne by the requesting data researcher, or both. A data request fee policy implemented pursuant to this section shall be reviewed and approved by the governing board, revised periodically, and made publicly available and posted in a prominent location on the data system’s internet website.

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text:
(a) This section is intended to reduce redundancy, improve efficiency and transparency, and provide students, parents, and counselors with an easy to use, and simple to understand, one-stop automated process to provide all of the following:

(1) Clear, concise, and consistent messaging and tools to increase and monitor student readiness for college admission and attendance.

(2) A single point of entry to submit California college and university applications and applications for student financial aid, including the Free Application for Student Financial Aid and the California Dream Act Application.

(3) Other technological efficiencies that shift the burden away from students and families and to the institutions serving them.

(b) Operational tools, as defined by Section 10861, shall be provided by the data system for use by both of the following:

(1) Public schools offering any of grades 6 to 12, inclusive, to facilitate college readiness and transition.

(2) Institutions of higher education in the state, to facilitate streamlined application, admissions, assessments, and placements.

(c) The requirements of subdivision (a) shall be phased in by July 27, 2026, based on a timeline to be developed by the governing board pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 10866.

(d) Notwithstanding Section 49073.1, a local educational agency shall not be required to issue a formal contract with a provider of operational tools, as defined in Section 10861.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 736, Sec. 8. (AB 2723) Effective September 27, 2024.)

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text:
(a) (1) Data providers, as defined in Section 10861, shall contribute to the data system, at least annually, the data points contained in the P20W data set that each data provider agrees to contribute under the terms of its participation agreement with the managing entity.

(2) Source data shall be consistent with data definitions and standards adopted by the governing board. Data providers shall make every effort to ensure source data is of the highest quality before submitting the data to the managing entity for inclusion in the data system.

(b) The managing entity shall work with data providers to ensure data quality, in furtherance of paragraph (8) of subdivision (b) of Section 10867.

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text: Notwithstanding any other law, records or source data contained in the data system shall not be subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 28, Sec. 31. (SB 1380) Effective January 1, 2023.)

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text:
(a) (1) The managing entity shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information required by the Department of Justice of all employees, prospective employees, contractors, subcontractors, and volunteers whose duties include or would include access to nonanonymized confidential information, personally identifiable information, personal health information, or financial information contained in the information systems and devices of the managing entity provided by the data providers for the purposes of creating longitudinal datasets in service of the data system. This information shall be submitted for purposes of obtaining information as to the existence and content of a record of state or federal convictions and also information as to the existence and content of a record of state or federal arrests for which the Department of Justice establishes that the person is free on bail or on their recognizance pending trial or appeal.

(2) The managing entity shall require a services contract, interagency agreement, or public entity agreement that includes or would include access to information described in paragraph (1), and entered into, renewed, or amended on or after July 1, 2021, to include a provision requiring the contractor to agree to criminal background checks on its employees, contractors, agents, or subcontractors who will have access to information described in paragraph (1) as part of their services contract, interagency agreement, or public entity agreement with the managing entity.

(b) The Department of Justice shall forward to the Federal Bureau of Investigation requests for federal summary criminal history information received pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a). The Department of Justice shall review the information returned from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and compile and disseminate a response to the managing entity.

(c) The Department of Justice shall provide a state or federal level response to the managing entity pursuant to subdivision (p) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code.

(d) The managing entity shall request from the Department of Justice subsequent notification service, as provided pursuant to Section 11105.2 of the Penal Code, for persons listed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).

(e) The Department of Justice shall charge a fee sufficient to cover the cost of processing requests pursuant to this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 571, Sec. 12. (AB 185) Effective September 27, 2022.)

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text:
Of the funds appropriated pursuant to Schedule (3) of Item 0511-001-0001 of the Budget Act of 2021, upon the order of the Director of Finance, two million four hundred fifty-two thousand dollars ($2,452,000) shall be transferred as follows:

(a) One million seven hundred two thousand dollars ($1,702,000) to the State Department of Education.

(b) One hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to the California Community Colleges.

(c) One hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to the California State University.

(d) One hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to the University of California.

(e) One hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to the Student Aid Commission.

(f) One hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to the Employment Development Department.

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text:
(a) The data providers shall, and the University of California is requested to, enter into memoranda of understanding for data sharing purposes, as necessary, for the implementation of this chapter.

(b) A signatory to the participation agreement meets the requirements of this section.

(c) This section does not impose a requirement that differs from the requirement contained in former Section 10858, as it read on January 1, 2024.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2026, Ch. 79, Sec. 1. (SB 135) Effective July 13, 2026.)

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text:
The purposes of this chapter are:

(a) To promote and preserve the health and general welfare of the people of the state and to cultivate the development of good citizenship by provision for adequate programs of community recreation.

(b) To authorize public corporations or districts having powers to provide recreation, cities, counties, cities and counties, and school districts to organize, promote, and conduct programs of community recreation as will contribute to the attainment of general educational and recreational objectives for children and adults of the state.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 89.)

title: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS

chapter: 10. Community Recreation Programs

path: 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS > 7. JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) > 10. Community Recreation Programs


text: Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, school districts which, prior to the effective date of this section, have interpreted their authority as permitting the use of school buses by nonprofit organizations for purposes consistent with community recreation may continue to permit this use under established practices, policies, and procedures.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 341, Sec. 1. Effective July 25, 1983.)

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The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this chapter have the following meanings, respectively, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

(a) “Public authority” means any city of any class, city and county, county of any class, public corporation or district having powers to provide recreation, or school district in the state.

(b) “Governing body” means, in the case of a city, the city council, municipal council, or common council; in the case of a county or city and county, the board of supervisors; in the case of a public corporation or district, the governing board of the public corporation or district; and in the case of a school district, the governing board of the school district.

(c) “Recreation” means any activity, voluntarily engaged in, which contributes to the physical, mental, or moral development of the individual or group participating therein, and includes any activity in the fields of visual and performing arts, handicraft, science, literature, nature study, nature contacting, aquatic sports, and athletics, or any of them, and any informal play incorporating any such activity.

(d) “Community recreation” and “public recreation” mean the recreation as may be engaged in under direct control of a public authority, or any camping or outdoor recreation activity which is (1) sponsored by a nonprofit organization, (2) for the benefit of disadvantaged or handicapped schoolage children, and (3) in a county with a population less than or equal to 45,000 according to the most recent federal census.

(e) “Nonprofit organization” means those nonprofit organizations which, as determined by the governing board of the school district, are unable to pay for the private transportation of disadvantaged or handicapped schoolage children to recreation activities.

(f) “Recreation center” means a place, structure, area, or other facility under the jurisdiction of a governing body of a public authority used for community recreation whether or not it may be used primarily for other purposes, playgrounds, playing fields or courts, beaches, lakes, rivers, swimming pools, gymnasiums, auditoriums, libraries, parks adjacent to school sites, recreational community gardens, rooms for arts and crafts, camps, and meeting places.

Playgrounds, outdoor playing fields or courts, swimming pools, and camps, with necessary equipment and appurtenances for their operation, under the jurisdiction of a governing board of a public authority used for community recreation shall be considered recreation centers within the meaning of this chapter whether or not they may be used primarily for other purposes.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 734, Sec. 7. Effective October 11, 2001.)

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text:
The governing body of every public authority may do all of the following:

(a) Organize, promote, and conduct programs of community recreation.

(b) Establish systems of playgrounds and recreation.

(c) Acquire, construct, improve, maintain, and operate recreation centers within or without the territorial limits of the public authority.

No events for which an admission price is charged shall be held pursuant to this chapter, except amateur athletic contests, demonstrations, or exhibits and other educational events.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1452, Sec. 76.)

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text: Any individual who willfully, and without just cause, interferes with or disrupts the recreational activities of individuals, groups, or entities granted the use of a recreation center by a governing body is guilty of an infraction, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200).

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 422, Sec. 1.)

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text: Upon the transfer of duties and functions of the county board of supervisors to the county board of education, the county board of supervisors may provide by agreement with the county board of education that the county board of education will perform all or any portion of the duties and functions of the county under this chapter.

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

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text: A public authority may permit the use of a recreation center or facility by parent cooperative nursery groups on a nonexclusive and nondiscriminatory basis when such use does not unreasonably impair or interfere with the right of the public to use the center or facility. As used in this section, a “parent cooperative nursery group” means a group of parents who (1) are licensed by a state agency; (2) on a nonprofit basis; (3) to provide recreation for their preschool age children; (4) on a nondiscriminatory basis.

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text:
The governing body of any public authority may cooperate with the federal government or any department thereof, and the governing bodies of any two or more public authorities may cooperate with each other or with the federal government or any department thereof to carry out the purposes of this chapter, and to that end may enter into agreements with each other, and may do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate in carrying out the purposes of this chapter, or to establish, improve or maintain campgrounds or other recreation facilities under the control of the federal government or any department thereof.

The governing bodies of any two or more public authorities having jurisdiction over any of the same territory or over contiguous territories may jointly establish a system or systems of recreation, and may jointly do any act which either is authorized to do under Section 10903. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any joint or cooperative action authorized by this section.

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text: The governing board of any union high school district located in a county of the third class which had an average daily attendance during the 1971–72 school year of between 17,500 and 18,500, and which, during the 1971–72 school year, had a modified assessed valuation per pupil of between twenty-one thousand dollars ($21,000) and twenty-three thousand dollars ($23,000), may cooperate with community nonprofit associations and corporations to carry out the purposes of this chapter including the acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, and operation of recreation centers within the territorial limits of and under the control of the governing board, and may enter into agreements with such nonprofit associations and corporations to share the costs of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining, and operating such recreation centers located on the property of the school district, provided that the board does not agree to contribute more than one-half the total cost of any one project.

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text: The governing body of any public authority other than a school district may designate any already existing board, officer, or employee of the public authority to exercise the powers granted by this chapter to carry out the purposes of this chapter, or may provide for the appointment of a board of recreation commissioners to exercise these powers. A school district may appoint one or more members of the board of trustees, officers or employees, to represent the district on a board of recreation commissioners.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 91.)

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text: The board of recreation commissioners shall consist of either five members or seven members, as determined by the governing body or bodies providing for its appointment, who shall serve with or without compensation at the discretion of the governing body. If compensation is authorized by the governing body it shall not exceed twenty-five dollars ($25) per meeting for not more than one meeting of the commission in any one calendar month. The governing body may provide that the members of the commission shall receive their actual and necessary traveling expenses to and from the place of meeting of the commission and while traveling in connection with the business of the commission.

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text: The board of recreation commissioners in each public authority, or the board, officer, or employee of the authority designated to exercise the powers, shall exercise such powers and perform such duties, pursuant to this chapter, as the governing body of the public authority may prescribe.

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text: The governing body of any school district may use the buildings, grounds, and equipment of the district, or any of them, to carry out the purposes of this chapter, or may grant the use of any building, grounds, or equipment of the district to any other public authority for the purposes, whenever the use of the buildings, grounds, or equipment for community recreational purposes will not interfere with use of the buildings, grounds, and equipment for any other purpose of the public school system. Nothing in this section is intended to repeal any provision of, or to restrict or otherwise affect the use of school buildings under Sections 40040 to 40058, inclusive.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 92.)

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text: Every public authority may appoint, prescribe the duties of, and provide for the compensation and necessary expenses of such recreational directors, supervisors, custodians, assistants, deputies, and other employees as it deems reasonably necessary for carrying out the provisions and purposes of this chapter. Only persons employed in positions requiring certification qualifications shall be paid out of funds set aside for the payment of teachers’ salaries.

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text:
(a) Commencing with January 1, 1993, every public recreation program employer shall require each employee having direct contact with minors to immediately submit, or in the case of a new employee, to submit on or before the first day of his or her employment, one set of fingerprints to the Department of Justice. This requirement is a condition of employment.

(b) For the purposes of this section “public recreation program employer” means a public recreation program that is exempt from licensure pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 1596.792 of the Health and Safety Code.

(c) The Department of Justice shall furnish a criminal record summary to the public recreation program employer designated by an employee submitting fingerprints pursuant to subdivision (a). The criminal record summary shall contain only arrests resulting in a conviction and arrests pending final adjudication. The criminal record summary furnished to the public recreation program employer shall be maintained by the public recreation program employer in a secured file separate from personnel files.

(d) The Department of Justice may charge each applicant for a criminal record summary a reasonable fee to cover costs associated with the processing of the criminal record summary. In no event shall the fee exceed the actual costs incurred by the department. Nothing in this section prohibits the public recreation employer from paying the applicant charge or reimbursing the charge to the employee.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1097, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)

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text: The governing body of a school district may require persons, other than students, or organizations desiring to use the recreational facilities on school grounds or belonging to a school or the facilities provided by the district at a community recreation center maintained solely by the district to pay fees for the use as the governing body may prescribe.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 93.)

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text: The governing body of a school district may require persons or organizations desiring to use schoolbuses belonging to a school to pay fees for the use as the governing body may prescribe.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 94.)

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text:
All necessary expenses incurred by the governing body of any school district in carrying out the purposes of this chapter are a charge against the funds of the district from whatever source the funds have been received. All the expenditures shall be made in the same manner as funds are expended for other school purposes.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to change in any way existing laws regarding the use of school grounds or school buildings by governing boards of school districts, except as specifically provided in this chapter.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 95.)

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text:
The governing board of any school district may establish accounts for community recreation programs established in the schools of the district, in one or more banks. There shall be no more than one account established by a district for any one school in the district. If one account is established for all of the schools in the district which have community recreation programs, the account shall be known as “The Community Recreation Program Account of (insert name of district) District.”

All funds for the community recreation programs, from whatever source such funds are received, shall be placed in the appropriate Community Recreation Program Account established pursuant to this section, and all authorized community recreation expenses shall be paid therefrom. The governing board of the district shall designate an employee or employees of the district to have custody of the account or accounts, who shall be responsible for the payment into the account or accounts of all moneys required to be paid into the account or accounts, and for all expenditures therefrom, subject to such regulations as the governing board prescribes.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 112, Sec. 1. Effective June 29, 1981.)

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text: There is hereby established the California Academic Partnership Program, to be administered by the Trustees of the California State University, in cooperation with the Regents of the University of California, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The purpose of the program shall be to develop cooperative efforts to improve the academic quality of public secondary schools with the objective of improving the preparation of all students for college. Projects funded under the provisions of this chapter may address improvements in secondary school curriculum and the ability of students to benefit from these improvements. Academic partnership projects shall be distributed throughout the state in order to provide schools located in rural, urban, and suburban areas with access to these services.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 620, Sec. 1. Effective August 15, 1984.)

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text:
The Chancellor of the California State University shall establish an advisory committee to assist in selecting proposals to be funded and developing criteria for project evaluation. The committee shall be composed of the following members:

(a) Two certificated secondary school teachers, including at least one junior high or intermediate school teacher, appointed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

(b) Two certificated secondary school employees with responsibility for curriculum administration, appointed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

(c) One director of a regional consortium participating in the California Student Opportunity Access Program established pursuant to Chapter 113 of the Statutes of 1978, appointed by the Student Aid Commission.

(d) Two representatives of the California Community Colleges, to be appointed by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, at least one of whom shall be a faculty member.

(e) Two representatives of the California State University, to be appointed by the Chancellor of the California State University, at least one of whom shall be a faculty member.

(f) Two representatives of the University of California, appointed by the President of the University of California, at least one of whom shall be a faculty member.

(g) One representative, appointed by the Director of the California Postsecondary Education Commission.

Faculty appointments to the advisory committee shall be made by the appropriate appointing authority through consultation with the faculty senate.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 96.)

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chapter: 11. California Academic Partnership Program


text:
The advisory committee shall make recommendations regarding all of the following:

(a) Development of criteria for awarding grants pursuant to Section 11003.

(b) Development of criteria for determining the priority ranking of schools selected to receive assistance under the California Academic Partnership Program.

(c) Development of criteria for identifying projects which are ineffective.

(d) Development of options identifying additional resources and efforts which promote the objectives of the program.

(e) Development of a general policy for cooperative diagnostic testing of secondary students with assessment instruments commonly used by California postsecondary educational institutions.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 620, Sec. 3. Effective August 15, 1984.)

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text:
(a) A school district together with a postsecondary educational institution or a consortium of postsecondary educational institutions may submit a joint application to the Chancellor of the California State University for a grant to fund a project intended to improve student performance in secondary schools. The advisory committee shall give consideration to the following, in addition to its own criteria for the recommendation of programs for funding:

(1) The inclusion of a comprehensive plan for curricular revision or enhancement and instructional change.

(2) The participation of postsecondary campus faculty working as equal partners with secondary school teachers in efforts to improve the academic quality of college preparatory instruction.

(3) The provision of activities and services designed to enhance the ability of students to benefit from college preparatory curricula.

(4) The provision of in-service training designed to increase college aspirations of students from groups with low participation rates in postsecondary institutions.

(5) The inclusion of procedures for the independent evaluation of the program budget.

(6) Plans for the participation of more than one secondary school.

(7) Plans for the inclusion of intermediate or junior high schools in the project.

(8) Plans for the continuation of the project after funding ceases.

(b) Upon receipt of an application submitted pursuant to subdivision (a), the Chancellor of the California State University may award a grant to the joint applicants for purposes of funding the proposed project. Each project which receives a grant pursuant to this subdivision shall provide matching funds from existing funds received from federal, state, local, or private sources or budget increases in those funds, with preference to projects which have the strongest demonstrated institutional commitment. Priority shall be given to projects which serve either of the following:

(1) Schools and school districts utilizing the provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 54700) of Chapter 9 of Part 29.

(2) Schools with low student participation in institutions of postsecondary education or with a concentration of students from groups which are underrepresented in postsecondary education, affording priority to those applicants in inverse order of their level of student participation in institutions of postsecondary education authorized to award baccalaureate degrees.

(c) The Chancellor of the California State University, with the assistance of the advisory committee established under Section 11001, and with the advice of faculty from appropriate disciplines, shall establish a voluntary cooperative program for the academic assessment of secondary school students in the state. In developing this system, the chancellor shall take steps necessary to ensure that increased uses of assessment instruments assist in all of the following:

(1) Reducing the demand for remedial programs at the postsecondary level.

(2) Analyzing student readiness for college-level work.

(3) Identifying the academic needs of students for secondary school teachers and counselors.

(4) Encourage and give priority to schools identified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 11003 for the utilization of these instruments.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 620, Sec. 4. Effective August 15, 1984.)

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text: Based upon evaluations conducted pursuant to former Section 11004, the California Postsecondary Education Commission may identify projects that are ineffective or not cost-effective for termination. Funds made available as a result of that termination shall be reallocated for the awarding of new grants pursuant to Section 11003.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 922, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 1995.)

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text: The Trustees of the California State University shall adopt rules and regulations necessary for the effective implementation of this chapter.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 498, Sec. 8. Effective July 28, 1983. Section operative July 1, 1984, pursuant to Section 11007.)

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text: The provisions of this chapter shall become operative July 1, 1984.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 498, Sec. 8. Effective July 28, 1983. Note: This section prescribes a delayed operative date (July 1, 1984) for Chapter 11, commencing with Section 11000.)

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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that middle college high schools have proven to be a highly effective collaborative effort between local school districts or regional occupational centers or programs and community colleges. The goal of the middle college high school is to select at-promise high school pupils who are performing below their academic potential and place them in an alternative high school located on a community college campus in order to reduce the likelihood that they will drop out of school before graduation.

(b) Each middle college high school shall be structured as a broad-based, comprehensive instructional program focusing on college preparatory and school-to-work curricula, career education, work experience, community service, and support and motivational activities.

(c) The specific design of a middle college high school may vary depending on the circumstances of the community college and the school district or regional occupational center or program. The basic elements of the middle college high school shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) A curriculum that focuses on college and career preparation.

(2) A reduced adult-student ratio.

(3) Flexible scheduling to allow for work internships, community service experience, and interaction with community college student role models.

(4) Opportunities for experiential internships, work apprenticeships, and community service.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 65, Sec. 20. (AB 126) Effective July 9, 2026.)

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(a) The California Community Colleges and the department shall collaborate with each other and with community colleges, school districts, and regional occupational centers or programs to ensure the continued success of existing middle college high schools and to promote the establishment of new middle college high schools.

(b) The responsibilities of the California Community Colleges and the department pursuant to subdivision (a) shall include, but are not limited to, both of the following:

(1) With respect to existing middle college high schools, monitor the ongoing viability of the programs, assist with the resolution of policy or financial issues that may arise, and track specific outcomes for students and schools, including attendance rates, graduation rates, college entrance and attendance rates, and employment rates for those students who do not attend college.

(2) With respect to the promotion of new middle college high schools, respond to inquiries from school districts, regional occupational centers or programs, and community colleges about the establishment of middle college high schools, advise local entities on startup costs and ongoing funding mechanisms for the program, consult with local entities on the organizational structure of, and curriculum development for, the middle college high schools, facilitate the completion of any necessary facilities improvements, communicate with local entities at least biannually about the existence of middle college high schools and the availability of the department’s and the California Community Colleges’ resources, if any, to assist with the establishment of middle college high schools.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 65, Sec. 21. (AB 126) Effective July 9, 2026.)

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chapter: 14. Early College High Schools and Middle College High Schools


text: The Legislature finds and declares that early college high schools are innovative partnerships between charter or noncharter public secondary schools and a local community college, the California State University, or the University of California that allow pupils to earn a high school diploma and up to two years of college credit in four years or less. Early college high schools are small, autonomous schools that blend high school and college into a coherent educational program. In early college high schools, pupils begin taking college courses as soon as they demonstrate readiness and the college credit earned may be applied toward completing an associate or bachelor’s degree, transfer to a four-year university, or obtaining a skills certificate.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 372, Sec. 2. (SB 379) Effective January 1, 2014.)

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The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:

(a) Despite a substantial increase in school funding over the last five years, a significant percentage of the school-aged population, particularly in large urban areas, is learning well below the statewide average and is making only marginal progress at best.

(b) Parental involvement and support in the education of children is an integral part of improving academic achievement. Educational research has established that properly constructed parent involvement programs can play an important and effective role in the participation of parents in their children’s schools and in raising pupil achievement levels.

(c) The federal government has recognized the critical role of parents in the educational process and requires parental and family engagement programs as a condition of eligibility for funds under the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.).

(d) The state board has also adopted a policy urging the creation of parent involvement programs in all schools.

(e) The local control funding formula legislation adopts parental involvement as one of its key components.

(f) Research and experience have demonstrated that these programs succeed only when certain components are made part of the program.

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

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text: It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to ensure that parent and family engagement programs are properly designed and implemented and to provide a focus and structure for these programs based on prior experience and research while maintaining sufficient local flexibility to design a program that best meets the needs of the local community.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 669, Sec. 2. (AB 1661) Effective January 1, 2019.)

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chapter: 16. Programs to Encourage Parental Involvement


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It is the purpose and goal of this chapter to do all of the following:

(a) To engage parents and family members positively in their children’s education by providing assistance and training on topics such as state academic standards and assessments to develop knowledge and skills to use at home to support their children’s academic efforts at school and their children’s development as responsible future members of our society.

(b) To inform parents that they can directly affect the success of their children’s learning, by providing parents with techniques and strategies that they may utilize to improve their children’s academic success and to assist their children in learning at home.

(c) To build consistent and effective two-way communication between family members and the school so that parents and family members may know when and how to assist their children in support of classroom learning activities.

(d) To train teachers, school administrators, specialized instructional support personnel, and other staff to communicate effectively with parents as equal partners.

(e) To integrate and coordinate parent and family engagement activities with the local control and accountability plan adopted pursuant to Section 47606.5, 52060, or 52066, as applicable, with other programs.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 669, Sec. 3. (AB 1661) Effective January 1, 2019.)

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The governing board of each school district and county office of education shall establish a written parent and family engagement program for each school in the district that receives funds under the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.), as amended by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (Public Law 114–95). That program shall contain at least the following elements:

(a) Procedures to ensure that parents and family members are consulted and participate in the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of the program.

(b) Procedures to involve parents and family members in developing the Local Educational Agency Plan and school support and improvement plans under Section 6312 of Title 20 of the United States Code.

(c) Procedures to provide assistance and support necessary to build schools’ capacity to plan and implement effective parent and family engagement activities.

(d) Procedures to train teachers, school administrators, and other staff on outreach and effective communication with parents and family members as equal partners.

(e) Regular and periodic programs throughout the school year that provide for training, instruction, and information on all of the following:

(1) Parental and family member ability to directly affect the success of their children’s learning through the support they give their children at home and at school.

(2) Explanation of curriculum, state academic achievement standards, and state and local assessments.

(3) Home activities, strategies, and materials that can be used to assist and enhance the learning of children both at home and at school.

(4) Skills to assist parents and family members in understanding the development needs of their children and in understanding how to provide positive discipline for, and build healthy relationships with, their children.

(5) Developing consistent and effective communications between the school and the parents and family members concerning the progress of the children in school and concerning school programs.

(f) An annual statement identifying specific objectives of the program consistent with the requirements of this section.

(g) An annual review and assessment of the program’s progress in meeting those objectives. Parents shall be made aware of the existence of this review and assessment through regular school communications mechanisms and shall be given a copy upon the parent’s request.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 669, Sec. 4. (AB 1661) Effective January 1, 2019.)

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text: The governing board of each school district shall adopt a policy on parent involvement, consistent with the purposes and goals set forth in Section 11502, for each school not governed by Section 11503.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1400, Sec. 1.)

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text: To the extent permitted by federal law, a school district may contract with nonprofit organizations and agencies experienced in administering parent involvement programs to design or implement, or design and implement, a school’s parent involvement program.

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text: Schools that receive federal funds under Chapter 1 of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 (P. L. 100-297), and receive funds for school improvement plans pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 52000) of Part 28 or economic impact aid pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 54020) of Chapter 1 of Part 29, may receive funds for school improvement plans pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 52000) of Part 28 or economic impact aid pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 54020) of Chapter 1 of Part 29 only if they comply with this chapter.

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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Center for International Education Synergy be established through a joint powers agreement, entered into pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, between the Sweetwater Union High School District, the Southwestern Community College District, and San Diego State University. It is the intent of the Legislature that a joint powers agency created pursuant to the joint powers agreement own and maintain the land and facilities for the Center for International Education Synergy at the Otay Mesa Off-Campus Center.

(b) In addition to funding appropriated by the Legislature for purposes of the Center for International Education Synergy, entities participating in the establishment and operation of the center are encouraged to seek supplemental funding, including, but not limited to, funding from foundations, corporations, and other public entities.

(c) Any postsecondary education facilities and programs developed pursuant to this section shall be subject to the requirements of Section 66903 as they apply to the governing boards of public postsecondary educational institutes.

(d) The Center for International Education Synergy shall be established only upon approval by the California Postsecondary Education Commission based on a needs study and subsequent approval from the Department of Finance.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 159, Sec. 54. Effective January 1, 2002.)

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