California

Education Code

11,521 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 212.1 — (a) “Race or ethnicity” includes ancestry, color, ethnic group identification, and ethnic background.
• § 212.3 — “Religion” includes all aspects of religious belief, observance, and practice and includes agnosticism and atheism.
• § 212.5 — “Sexual harassment” means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, visual, or physical conduct of a sexual nature, made by someone from or in the work or educational se
• § 212.6 — “Sexual orientation” means heterosexuality, homosexuality, or bisexuality.
• § 21200 — Upon the hearing of the special proceeding, the court shall examine into and determine all questions of law and fact within the scope of the proceeding herein provided for, whether presented by the pe
• § 21201 — The costs of the special proceeding may be allowed and apportioned between all parties, in the discretion of the court.
• § 21202 — A certified copy of the judgment of the court in the special proceeding shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of the county in which the action is brought and in the office of the recorder o
• § 21203 — The judgment of the court in the special proceeding is determinative of the terms and trusts upon which any property thereafter given for the benefit of the institution, or any department thereof, is
• § 213 — (a) “State financial assistance” means any funds or other form of financial aid appropriated or authorized pursuant to state law, or pursuant to federal law administered by any state agency, for the p
• § 214 — “State student financial aid” means any funds or other form of financial aid appropriated or authorized pursuant to state law, or pursuant to federal law administered by any state agency, for the purp
• § 215 — (a) (1) The governing board or body of a local educational agency that serves pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, shall, before the beginning of the 2017–18 school year, adopt, at a regularly schedul
• § 215.5 — (a) (1) Commencing July 1, 2025, a public school, including a charter school, or a private school that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, and that issues pupil identification cards sha
• § 216 — (a) The department shall identify one or more evidence-based online training programs that a local educational agency can use to train school staff and pupils as part of the local educational agency’s
• § 217 — (a) (1) The department shall develop resources, or, as appropriate, update existing resources, for supports and community resources for the support of parents, guardians, and families of lesbian, gay,
• § 218 — (a) No later than July 1, 2021, the department shall develop resources or, as appropriate, update existing resources for in-service training on schoolsite and community resources for the support of le
• § 218.3 — (a) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school, serving pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive.
• § 219 — (a) On or before July 1, 2024, the Superintendent shall convene an advisory task force to identify the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and plus (LGBTQ+) pupils and to
• § 22 — No rights given by any license or certificate under any act repealed by this code are affected by the enactment of this code or by such repeal, but such rights shall hereafter be exercised according t
• § 220 — No person shall be subjected to discrimination on the basis of disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other charac
• § 220.1 — An employee or a contractor of a school district, county office of education, charter school, or state special school for the blind or the deaf, or a member of the governing board of a school district
• § 220.3 — (a) An employee or a contractor of a school district, county office of education, charter school, or state special school for the blind or the deaf shall not be required to disclose any information re
• § 220.5 — (a) A school district, county office of education, charter school, state special school for the blind or the deaf, or a member of the governing board of a school district or county office of education
• § 22000 — This part may be known and cited as the E.
• § 22001 — In order to provide a financially sound plan for the retirement, with adequate retirement allowances, of teachers in the public schools of this state, teachers in schools supported by this state, and
• § 22001.5 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that on July 1, 1996, the State Teachers’ Retirement System Cash Balance Plan was created and established to provide a retirement plan for persons employed by
• § 22002 — The Legislature recognizes that the assets of the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan with respect to the Defined Benefit Program are insufficient to meet the obligations of that program already accrued o
• § 22002.5 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The current and projected assets of the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan administered by the State Teachers’ Retirement System with respect
• § 22003 — The revision of the State Teachers’ Retirement Law, enacted at the 1971 and 1972 Regular Sessions of the Legislature, shall not be construed to affect benefits of persons retired prior to July 1, 1972
• § 22004 — If the provisions of this part are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 3560) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Govern
• § 22005 — The right of a person to a pension, retirement allowance, return of contributions, any optional benefit, or any other right accrued or accruing to any person under this part is exempt from taxation, i
• § 22006 — The right of a person to an annuity or a retirement allowance, to the return of contributions, the annuity, or retirement allowance itself, any optional benefit, any other right or benefit accrued or
• § 22007 — The obligations of any member, or the member’s beneficiaries, to this system and the Defined Benefit Program continue throughout membership, and thereafter until all of the obligations of this system
• § 22007.5 — Except as excluded by subdivision (d) of Sections 22661 and 23812, subdivision (e) of Section 24300.
• § 22008 — For the purposes of payments into or out of the retirement fund for adjustments of errors or omissions with respect to the Defined Benefit Program or the Defined Benefit Supplement Program, the period
• § 22009 — If any provision of this part or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this part that can be given
• § 22010 — (a) It is unlawful for a person to do any of the following: (1) Make, or cause to be made, any knowingly false material statement or material representation, to knowingly fail to disclose a material f
• § 22011 — For an application or document requiring a signature, that signature shall be in a form prescribed by the system, including, but not limited to, on paper or made by electronic means.
• § 221 — This article shall not apply to an educational institution that is controlled by a religious organization if the application would not be consistent with the religious tenets of that organization.
• § 221.1 — The State Board of Education shall adopt regulations pursuant to Chapter 3.
• § 221.2 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The use of racially derogatory or discriminatory school or athletic team names, mascots, or nicknames in California public schools is antit
• § 221.3 — (a) For purposes of this section, “derogatory Native American term” includes, but is not necessarily limited to, Apaches, Big Reds, Braves, Chiefs, Chieftains, Chippewa, Comanches, Indians, Savages, S
• § 221.5 — (a) It is the policy of the state that elementary and secondary school classes and courses, including nonacademic and elective classes and courses, be conducted, without regard to the sex of the pupil
• § 221.51 — (a) A local educational agency shall not apply any rule concerning a pupil’s actual or potential parental, family, or marital status that treats pupils differently on the basis of sex.
• § 221.6 — On or before July 1, 2006, the department shall post on its Internet Web site, in both English and Spanish and at a reading level that may be comprehended by pupils in high school, the information set
• § 221.61 — (a) On or before July 1, 2017, public schools, private schools that receive federal funds and are subject to the requirements of Title IX, school districts, county offices of education, and charter sc
• § 221.7 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that female pupils are not accorded opportunities for participation in school-sponsored athletic programs equal to those accorded male pupils.
• § 221.8 — The following list of rights, which are based on the relevant provisions of the federal regulations implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.
• § 221.9 — (a) Commencing with the 2015–16 school year and every year thereafter, each public elementary and secondary school in the state, including each charter school, that offers competitive athletics shall
• § 22100 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this chapter govern the construction of this part.
• § 22101 — “Accumulated annuity deposit contributions” means the sum of all the annuity deposits standing to the credit of the member’s account, together with credited interest.
• § 22101.5 — “Accumulated Defined Benefit Supplement account balance” means the amount of credits equal to the sum of member contributions, the member contributions picked up by an employer, employer contributions
• § 22102 — “Accumulated retirement contributions” means the sum of the member contributions, the member contributions picked up by an employer pursuant to Sections 22903 and 22904, and credited interest on those
• § 22103 — “Accumulated tax-sheltered annuity contributions” means the tax-sheltered contributions made by a member and standing to the credit of the member’s account, together with credited interest.
• § 22104 — “Actuarial equivalent” means an allowance of equal value when computed upon the basis of such tables and interest rates that are adopted by the board.
• § 22104.5 — “Actuary” means a person professionally trained in the technical and mathematical aspects of insurance, pensions, and related fields who has been appointed by the board for the purpose of actuarial se
• § 22104.7 — “Additional earnings credit” means an amount derived from investment income for the plan year as determined by the board by plan amendment and added to members’ Defined Benefit Supplement accounts in
• § 22104.8 — (a) “Annualized pay rate” means the salary or wages, as described in Section 22119.
• § 22104.9 — “Annuitant Reserve” means a segregated account within the retirement fund established and maintained for expenditure on annuities payable under the Defined Benefit Supplement Program.
• § 22105 — (a) “Annuity,” with respect to the Defined Benefit Program, means payments for life derived from the “accumulated annuity deposit contributions” of a member.
• § 22105.5 — “Annuity beneficiary” means the person or trust designated by a member pursuant to Section 25011, 25011.
• § 22106 — “Annuity deposit contributions” means additional contributions made by a member prior to July 1, 1972, above those required for credited service for the purpose of providing additional retirement inco
• § 22106.1 — For the purposes of determining supplemental benefits pursuant to Sections 24412 and 24415, except as provided under Section 24410, “base allowance” means a monthly allowance under the Defined Benefit
• § 22106.2 — “Base days” means the number of days of creditable service the employer requires the member’s class of employees to perform in a school year during the member’s most recent year of creditable service
• § 22106.3 — “Base hours” means the number of hours of creditable service required to earn one year of service credit.
• § 22106.5 — “Basis of employment” means the standard of time over which the employer expects service to be performed by an employee in the position during the school term.
• § 22107 — (a) “Beneficiary,” with respect to the Defined Benefit Program, means any person or entity receiving or entitled to receive an allowance or lump-sum payment under the Defined Benefit Program because o
• § 22108 — (a) “Benefit” or “benefits,” with respect to the Defined Benefit Program, means any monthly payment due a retired member, disabled member, or beneficiary, and includes lump-sum payments due on account
• § 22109 — “Board” means the Teachers’ Retirement Board.
• § 22109.8 — “California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013” means the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 (Article 4 (commencing with Section 7522) of Chapter 21 of Division 7 of Tit
• § 22110 — “California service” means service performed in California for which credit may be given.
• § 22110.1 — “Cash Balance Benefit Program” means the benefit program of the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan as set forth in Part 14 (commencing with Section 26000).
• § 22110.2 — “Credential,” “credentials,” and “certificate” mean any life diploma, credential, certificate, or other document provided for, by, and issued pursuant to the laws of the state that authorize service i
• § 22110.5 — “Certificated” means the holding by a person of a credential that is required by the laws of the state to be held as a condition to valid employment in the position in which the person is employed.
• § 22111 — “Child’s portion” or “children’s portion” means the amount of a disability allowance, disability retirement allowance, family allowance, or survivor benefit allowance payable for a dependent child or
• § 22112.5 — (a) “Class of employees” means a number of employees considered as a group because they are employed to perform similar duties, are employed in the same type of program, or share other similarities re
• § 22112.6 — Notwithstanding Section 22112.
• § 22113 — “Comparable level position” means any job in which the member can earn 66 2 3 percent or more of indexed final compensation.
• § 22115 — (a) “Compensation earnable” means the sum of the following: (1) The average annualized pay rate, which shall be determined as the quotient obtained when salary, as described in Section 22119.
• § 22115.2 — “Concurrent membership” means membership in the Defined Benefit Program by an individual who is credited with service that is not used as a basis for benefits under any other public retirement system
• § 22115.5 — (a) “Concurrent retirement” entitles a member of the Defined Benefit Program to retire for service from the State Teachers’ Retirement System and from at least one of the retirement systems with which
• § 22117 — “Contribution rate for additional service credit” means the contribution rate adopted by the board as a plan amendment with respect to the Defined Benefit Program for the purchase of service credit.
• § 22118 — “County” includes “city and county.
• § 22119 — “County superintendent” means the county superintendent of schools.
• § 22119.2 — (a) “Creditable compensation” means the following remuneration that is paid in cash by an employer to all persons in the same class of employees for performing creditable service in that position: (1)
• § 22119.3 — (a) “Creditable compensation” for members who are subject to the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 means the following remuneration that is paid in cash by an employer for perfor
• § 22119.5 — (a) “Creditable service” means any of the activities described in subdivision (b) performed for any of the following employers: (1) A prekindergarten through grade 12 employer in a position with certi
• § 22119.6 — (a) Creditable service shall also include any activities that do not meet the definition of creditable service under Section 22119.
• § 22120 — “Credited interest” means interest that is credited to active members’ and inactive members’ accumulated retirement contributions and accumulated annuity deposit contributions at a rate set annually b
• § 22121 — (a) “Credited service” means service for which the required contributions have been paid and service for which required contributions would have been paid in absence of the limits described in Section
• § 22122 — “Custodian” as used in Section 22359, means any bank or trust company that serves as custodian for safekeeping, delivery, securities valuation, investment performance reporting, and other services in
• § 22122.4 — “Death payment” means the amount payable upon the death of a member pursuant to Section 23801, 23851, or 23880.
• § 22122.5 — “Defined Benefit Program” means the Defined Benefit Program provided in the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan as set forth in this part.
• § 22122.7 — “Defined Benefit Supplement contributions” means member contributions and employer contributions that are credited by the system to the member’s Defined Benefit Supplement account pursuant to Section
• § 22123 — (a) “Dependent child” or “dependent children” under the disability allowance and family allowance programs means a member’s unmarried offspring or stepchild who is under 22 years of age and who is fin
• § 22123.5 — (a) “Dependent child” or “dependent children” under the disability retirement and survivor benefit allowance programs means a member’s offspring or stepchild who is under 21 years of age and who is fi
• § 22124 — “Dependent parent” means a natural parent of a member, or a parent who adopted the member prior to the earlier of the occurrence of the member’s marriage or his or her attaining 18 years of age, and w
• § 22126 — “Disability” or “disabled” means any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that is permanent or that can be expected to last continuously for at least 12 months, measured from the onset
• § 22127 — “Disability allowance” means the amount payable to a disabled member on a monthly basis.
• § 22127.2 — “Disability benefit” means the amount payable under the Defined Benefit Supplement Program based on the balance of credits in a member’s Defined Benefit Supplement account to either a disabled member
• § 22128 — “Early retirement” and “early retirement age” mean the age of 55 years, which is the age upon attainment of which the member becomes eligible under the Defined Benefit Program for a service retirement
• § 22129 — “Educational institution” means any accredited public or private institution whose primary purpose is to provide classroom teaching and includes a high school, trade or vocational school or college, c
• § 22130 — “Effective date” means the date upon which the benefit becomes payable.
• § 22131 — (a) (1) “Employer” or “employing agency” means the state or any agency or political subdivision thereof, including, but not limited to, a joint powers authority, for which creditable service subject t
• § 22132 — “Employed” or “employment” means employment to perform creditable service subject to coverage under the Defined Benefit Program or the Defined Benefit Supplement Program, except as otherwise specifica
• § 22132.5 — “Exclusive representative” means an exclusive representative as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 3540.
• § 22133 — “Family allowance” means amounts payable to eligible survivors provided pursuant to Chapter 22 (commencing with Section 23800) after June 30, 1972.
• § 22133.5 — “Final benefit” means the amount payable to a beneficiary under the Defined Benefit Supplement Program upon the death of the member.
• § 22134 — (a) “Final compensation” means the highest average annual compensation earnable, as defined by Section 22115, by a member during any period of 36 consecutive months of service while an active member o
• § 22134.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 22134, “final compensation” means the highest average annual compensation earnable, as defined in Section 22115, by a member during any period of 12 consecutive months of s
• § 22135 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 22134, “final compensation” means the highest average annual compensation earnable, as defined by Section 22115, by an active member who is a classroom t
• § 22137 — With respect to a state employee member who dies or retires on or after July 1, 1991, and who was a managerial or supervisory employee, as defined by subdivisions (e) and (g) of Section 3513 of the Go
• § 22138 — “Final vesting” means the right of a member or a beneficiary to receive a monthly retirement allowance, disability allowance, a family benefit, or survivor benefits when the member has completed the m
• § 22138.5 — (a) (1) “Full time” means the days or hours of creditable service the employer requires to be performed by a class of employees in a school term in order to earn the annualized pay rate as defined in
• § 22138.6 — “Full-time equivalent” means the days or hours of creditable service that a person who is employed on a part-time basis would be required to perform in a school term if he or she were employed full ti
• § 22139.5 — “Gain and Loss Reserve” means a segregated account within the retirement fund that is established and maintained to do either of the following: (a) Credit interest to members’ Defined Benefit Suppleme
• § 22140 — (a) “Improvement factor,” with respect to the Defined Benefit Program, means an increase of 2 percent in monthly allowances.
• § 22141 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 22140, “improvement factor” means an increase of 2 percent in benefits provided under Sections 24408 and 24409 for each year commencing September 1, 1981, and under Section
• § 22142 — “Indexed final compensation” means final compensation upon which a disability allowance or disability retirement allowance was based, adjusted annually from the school year in which an allowance begin
• § 22143 — “Investment manager” and “investment adviser” mean any person, firm, or custodian referred to in Section 22359, either appointed by or under contract with the board to engage in investment transaction
• § 22144 — “Investment transactions” means investment services of an asset management or investment advisory nature and may include advisory services, research material, trading assistance, trading expenses, dis
• § 22144.3 — (a) “Leave of absence” means a period of leave to which a member is entitled that is expressly authorized or required by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 44800) of Part 25 of Division 3 of Title 2,
• § 22144.5 — “Liability gains and losses” means the difference between actual noninvestment related experience and the experience expected based upon a set of noninvestment related actuarial assumptions during the
• § 22145 — “Local system” means any retirement system, exclusive of this system, in which public school teachers are members, operated by a city, county, or other political subdivision of the state.
• § 22146 — “Member” means any person, unless excluded under other provisions of this part, who has performed creditable service as defined in Section 22119.
• § 22146.2 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (f) of Section 7522.
• § 22146.5 — “Membership” means membership in the Defined Benefit Program, except as otherwise specifically provided in this part.
• § 22146.7 — “Minimum interest rate” means the annual interest rate determined by the board by plan amendment at which interest shall be credited to Defined Benefit Supplement accounts for a plan year.
• § 22147 — (a) “Month” means 20 working days or four weeks of five working days each, including legal holidays, with respect to the computation and crediting of service.
• § 22147.5 — “Nonqualified service” means any time during which a member did not perform creditable service subject to coverage by the plan.
• § 22148 — “Normal retirement” and “normal retirement age” mean 60 years of age, or 62 years of age for a member subject to the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013, which is the age upon atta
• § 22149 — (a) “Option beneficiary” means the person or trust designated by a member to receive a retirement allowance under the Defined Benefit Program upon the member’s death.
• § 22150 — “Other public systems” means any of the following: (a) Old age, survivors, disability, and health insurance program, other than the lump-sum death payment, provided by the Social Security Act (42 U.
• § 22152 — “Parent” means a natural parent of a member or a parent who adopted the member prior to his or her attainment of 18 years of age or to the member’s marriage, whichever occurs earlier.
• § 22154 — “Pay period” means a payroll period of not less than four weeks or more than one calendar month.
• § 22155 — “Payroll” includes registers, warrants, and any other documents upon which the employer identifies persons to whom compensation is paid.
• § 22155.5 — “Plan” means the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan.
• § 22156 — “Plan vesting,” with respect to benefits payable under the Defined Benefit Program, means the member has met the credited service requirement for receipt of a benefit, and has a right to receive the b
• § 22156.05 — “Plan year” means the period of time beginning on July 1 of one calendar year and ending on June 30 of the following calendar year.
• § 22156.07 — (a) Except as otherwise provided under this part, “position subject to membership” means the following: (1) A position at a county office of education or school district, not including a charter schoo
• § 22156.08 — (a) “Position subject to membership” shall also include the following positions in which a member performed creditable service before the operative date of Section 22156.
• § 22156.1 — “Present value,” for purposes of Section 22718, means the amount of money needed on the effective date of retirement to reimburse the system for the actuarially determined cost of the portion of a mem
• § 22156.2 — “Present value factor,” for purposes of Section 22156.
• § 22156.5 — “Prior year’s compensation earnable” means the compensation earnable for the most recent school year in which the member earned service credit that precedes the last school year in which the member ea
• § 22157 — “Projected final compensation” means the final compensation used in computing the disability or family allowance increased by 2 percent, compounded annually to the earlier of normal retirement age or
• § 22158 — (a) “Projected service” means the sum of credited service plus the credited service that would have been earned for the school years during which a disability allowance was payable if the member had p
• § 22159 — “Proof of death” means providing to the system any evidence of death required by the system.
• § 22160 — “Provisional vesting” means the member has reached the minimum age requirement and has attained the credited service required under the Defined Benefit Program for eligibility to receive a retirement
• § 22160.5 — “Public employer” means a public employer as defined in subdivision (i) of Section 7522.
• § 22161 — “Public school” means any day or evening elementary school, any day or evening secondary school, community college, technical school, kindergarten school, and prekindergarten school established by the
• § 22161.3 — Qualified military service is military service as defined in Section 414(u) of Title 26 of the United States Code.
• § 22161.5 — “Refund” means the lump-sum return of a member’s accumulated retirement contributions under the Defined Benefit Program and does not include the balance of credits in the member’s Defined Benefit Supp
• § 22162 — “Regular interest” means interest that is equal to the actuarially assumed rate of return on investments on assets of the Defined Benefit Program.
• § 22162.5 — “Regular meeting” means a meeting of the board held in accordance with a schedule of meetings that states the dates and places of the meetings and that is adopted by the board.
• § 22163 — “Reinstatement” means the change in status with respect to the Defined Benefit Program under this part from a disabled or retired member to an active or inactive member and termination of one of the f
• § 22164 — “Replacement benefits program” means the program established pursuant to Chapter 27.
• § 22164.5 — (a) “Retired member activities” means one or more activities identified in subdivision (b), (c), or (d) of Section 22119.
• § 22165 — “Retirement” means termination of employment subject to coverage by the plan and a change in status from an inactive member, an active member, or a disabled member to a retired member.
• § 22166 — “Retirement allowance” means the amount payable to a retired member or an option beneficiary on a monthly basis.
• § 22166.5 — “Retirement benefit” means the amount payable under the Defined Benefit Supplement Program, based on the balance of credits in the member’s Defined Benefit Supplement account, to a member who has reti
• § 22167 — “Retirement fund” means the Teachers’ Retirement Fund.
• § 22168 — “Return on investments” means income received or receivable from the system’s investments.
• § 22168.5 — “School term” means a minimum period of 35 weeks beginning the first day and ending the last day creditable service is required to be performed by a member employed on a full-time basis, excluding any
• § 22169 — “School year” means the period of time beginning on July 1 of one calendar year and ending on June 30 of the following calendar year.
• § 22170 — (a) “Service” means work performed for compensation, except as otherwise specifically provided in this part.
• § 22170.5 — (a) “Sick leave days” means the number of days of accumulated and unused leave of absence for illness or injury granted by each employer.
• § 22171 — (a) “Spouse” means a person who was continuously married to the member for the period beginning at least 12 months prior to the death of the member, unless a child is born to the member and the member
• § 22172 — “Survivor allowance” means the allowance provided for in Section 23804 as it read under the law in effect on June 30, 1972.
• § 22173 — “Survivor benefit allowance” means the monthly allowance that a surviving spouse may elect to receive pursuant to Chapter 23 (commencing with Section 23850).
• § 22174 — “System” means the State Teachers’ Retirement System.
• § 22175 — “System’s headquarters office” means the office building established as the permanent headquarters facility for the system, pursuant to Section 22375.
• § 22176 — “Termination benefit” means a benefit equal in amount to the balance of credits in the member’s Defined Benefit Supplement account that is payable to the member in a lump-sum when the member has termi
• § 22177 — (a) “Unfunded actuarial obligation,” with respect to the Defined Benefit Program, means that portion of the actuarial present value of benefits that is not provided for by future, normal costs or cove
• § 222 — (a) A school operated by a school district or a county office of education, the California School for the Deaf, the California School for the Blind, and a charter school shall provide reasonable accom
• § 222.5 — (a) A local educational agency shall notify pregnant and parenting pupils of their rights and options available under the law through annual school year welcome packets and through independent study p
• § 22200 — (a) The plan and the system are administered by the Teachers’ Retirement Board.
• § 22200.5 — (a) The board shall conduct the elections of members described in Section 22200 pursuant to regulations adopted by the board.
• § 22201 — (a) The board shall set policy and shall have the sole power and authority to hear and determine all facts pertaining to application for benefits under the plan or any matters pertaining to administra
• § 22201.2 — A quorum of the board shall consist of the majority of the board members.
• § 22201.3 — The chief executive officer of the system shall act as secretary of the board and shall have charge of all board correspondence and shall keep a record of board proceedings.
• § 22202 — The board has exclusive control of the administration of the funds.
• § 22203 — The board has exclusive control of the investment of the Teachers’ Retirement Fund.
• § 22203.5 — (a) All investment transaction decisions made during a closed session, pursuant to paragraph (16) of subdivision (c) of Section 11126 of the Government Code, shall be by rollcall vote entered into the
• § 22204 — Each member of the board may administer oaths and affirmations to witnesses and others transacting the business of the system.
• § 22205 — The board has the authority to negotiate, and enter into agreements with other states of the United States on the subject of the transfer of members’ contributions and regular interest between the ret
• § 22206 — (a) As often as the board determines necessary, it may audit or cause to be audited the records of any public agency.
• § 22206.1 — (a) Before auditing, or causing to be audited, the records of a public agency pursuant to Section 22206, the board shall provide written notice of the intended audit to the affected public agency as w
• § 22206.2 — (a) The board shall provide the final audit report to the public agency audited pursuant to Section 22206 and to the exclusive representative or representatives, if any, of the members affected by the
• § 22206.3 — (a) If the public agency audited pursuant to Section 22206 disagrees with the final audit report, it may request an administrative hearing pursuant to Section 22219.
• § 22206.4 — (a) If a member affected by an audit disagrees with the final audit report, the member may request an administrative hearing pursuant to Section 22219.
• § 22206.5 — The system shall make all final employer audit reports available on its internet website.
• § 22207 — The board shall perform any other acts necessary for the administration of the system and the plan in carrying into effect the provisions of this part and Part 14 (commencing with Section 26000), whic
• § 22208 — The board may appoint a committee of two or more of its members to perform any act within the power of the board itself to perform.
• § 22209 — The office of chief executive officer shall be filled by appointment by the board and the appointee shall serve at the pleasure of the board.