California

Education Code

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

• § 27005 — The annuity elected under this chapter shall be determined as a value actuarially equivalent to the sum of the participant’s employee account and employer account as of the date the death benefit beco
• § 27006 — Upon the beneficiary’s election to receive the death benefit under this part in the form of an annuity, the credits in the participant’s employee account and employer account shall be transferred to t
• § 27007 — (a) If the participant died while receiving an annuity under this part, the death benefit shall be payable in accordance with the terms of the annuity elected by the participant.
• § 27008 — Upon the death of a beneficiary who was receiving an annuity under this part due to the death of a participant, payment shall be made as follows: (a) Upon the death of a beneficiary under a joint and
• § 27100 — A participant may at any time designate or change the designation of one or more primary beneficiaries and one or more contingent beneficiaries to receive any lump-sum death benefit that may be payabl
• § 27100.5 — A corporation, trust, charitable organization, parochial institution, or public entity may be designated as a beneficiary under this part, but shall not be designated as an annuity beneficiary, except
• § 27101 — In the event the participant dies without a valid beneficiary designation on file with the system, any lump-sum death benefit under this part shall be payable to the estate of the participant.
• § 27102 — Part 5 (commencing with Section 220) of Division 2 of the Probate Code, when applicable, shall govern the distribution of any lump-sum death benefit payable under this part.
• § 27200 — Upon termination of all creditable service subject to coverage by the plan under this part and Part 13 (commencing with Section 22000) for any reason other than death, disability, or retirement, a par
• § 27201 — (a) All creditable service subject to coverage by the Cash Balance Benefit Program and the Defined Benefit Program, which does not include retired member activities as defined in Section 22164.
• § 27202 — A participant shall apply for a termination benefit under this part on a form prescribed by the system.
• § 27203 — A participant may not apply for a termination benefit under this part if less than five years have elapsed following the date the most recent termination benefit was distributed to the participant.
• § 27204 — (a) The termination benefit under this part shall not be payable before 180 calendar days have elapsed following the date of termination of employment.
• § 27205 — A participant may cancel the application for a termination benefit under this part at any time prior to distribution of the benefit.
• § 27206 — No partial distribution shall be made from an employee account or employer account.
• § 27207 — Upon distribution of the lump-sum payment to the participant under this part, no further benefits shall be payable from the plan under this part.
• § 27300 — (a) The plan’s obligations under this part to a participant or beneficiary who has applied for a benefit cease upon distribution of the lump-sum benefit.
• § 27301 — (a) The plan’s obligations under this part to a participant or beneficiary who elected to receive a benefit in the form of an annuity, cease upon distribution of the final monthly payment of the annui
• § 27302 — If a benefit payable under this part cannot be distributed because, after a good faith effort, the participant or beneficiary cannot be located, the balances in the participant’s employee account and
• § 27303 — Any overpayment to a participant or beneficiary under this part shall be deducted from any subsequent benefit payment that may be payable under the plan, except as provided in Section 27303.
• § 27303.5 — If an employer reports erroneous information, the system shall calculate the actuarial present value of the expected payments from the participant or beneficiary pursuant to Sections 22008 and 24617.
• § 27400 — (a) This chapter establishes the power of a court in a dissolution of marriage or legal separation action with respect to community property rights in benefits under this part and defines the rights o
• § 27401 — (a) For purposes of this chapter, “nonparticipant spouse” means a participant’s spouse or former spouse who is being or has been awarded a community property interest in the benefits determined by ref
• § 27402 — (a) Upon the legal separation or dissolution of marriage of a participant, the court shall include in the judgment or a court order the date on which the parties separated.
• § 27403 — The nonparticipant spouse who is awarded separate nominal accounts pursuant to Section 27402 is not a participant of the Cash Balance Benefit Program.
• § 27404 — The nonparticipant spouse is entitled to no benefits or rights from the separate nominal accounts except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
• § 27405 — Upon the legal separation or dissolution of marriage of a participant, the court may include in the judgment or court order a determination of the community property rights of the parties in the parti
• § 27406 — The nonparticipant spouse who is awarded separate nominal accounts with respect to the Cash Balance Benefit Program shall have the right to a lump-sum distribution of amounts credited to the account.
• § 27407 — No judgment or court order issued pursuant to this chapter is binding on the plan with respect to the Cash Balance Benefit Program until the plan has been joined as a party to the action and has been
• § 27408 — (a) Sections 26107, 26700, 26802, 26806, 27000, 27002, paragraphs (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 26807, and paragraphs (1) and (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 26807.
• § 27409 — Upon being awarded separate nominal accounts or an interest in the annuity of a participant, a nonparticipant spouse shall provide the system with proof of his or her date of birth, social security nu
• § 27410 — (a) The nonparticipant spouse who is awarded separate nominal accounts shall have the right to designate, pursuant to Sections 27100 to 27102, inclusive, a beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive the
• § 27411 — The nonparticipant spouse who is awarded a separate nominal account under this part shall have the right to an annuity pursuant to paragraph (1) or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 26807.
• § 27412 — The system shall include the contribution and earnings credits awarded to a nonparticipant spouse in the judgment or court order to determine the eligibility of a participant for an annuity.
• § 27413 — It is the intent of the Legislature to abolish any application of the terminable interest doctrine in California relating to the division of public retirement benefits of a participant in the event of
• § 280 — (a) By October 1 of each year, the department shall issue a management bulletin to all local educational agencies describing the protections, requirements, and responsibilities prescribed in Sections
• § 28000 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares its intent to preserve and protect the rights of reemployed participants who have been absent from a position of employment covered by the Cash Balance Be
• § 28001 — (a) The participant who returns to employment with the same employer which had employed the participant immediately prior to the eligible period of service in the uniformed services, in accordance wit
• § 28002 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an employer reemploying a participant with service subject to the requirements of Chapter 43 (commencing with Section 4301) of Title 38 of the United States
• § 28003 — For purposes of calculating the employer’s liability under Section 28002 or the required employee contributions under Section 28001, the participant’s salary during that period shall be computed as fo
• § 28004 — A participant who is absent from a position of employment subject to the Cash Balance Benefit Program due to that participant’s service in the uniformed services, shall not be entitled to obtain the r
• § 28005 — A participant’s entitlement to the right to contribute toward credits under the Cash Balance Benefit Program pursuant to this chapter by reason of the service in the uniformed services terminates upon
• § 28006 — No provision of this chapter shall apply to the extent it would require any action to be taken that would cause the plan or its members to incur adverse tax consequences under the Internal Revenue Cod
• § 28100 — (a) The employer may discontinue providing the Cash Balance Benefit Program at anytime in accordance with the terms and conditions of the employer’s governing board’s formal action to provide the prog
• § 28101 — (a) Upon discontinuation of the Cash Balance Benefit Program by the employer, the system will hold the employee and employer accounts for the benefit of the participant.
• § 3 — The provisions of this code, insofar as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations, and
• § 30 — (a) English shall be the basic language of instruction in all schools.
• § 30.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, bilingual education shall be defined as a system of instruction which builds upon the language skills of a pupil whose primary language is neither Engli
• § 300 — The people of California find and declare as follows: (a) Whereas, The English language is the national public language of the United States of America and of the State of California, is spoken by the
• § 305 — (a) (1) As part of the parent and community engagement process required for the development of a local control and accountability plan pursuant to Article 4.
• § 306 — The definitions of the terms used in this article and in Article 1 (commencing with Section 300) are as follows: (a) “English learner” means a pupil who is “limited English proficient” as that term is
• § 310 — (a) Parents or legal guardians of pupils enrolled in the school may choose a language acquisition program that best suits their child pursuant to this section.
• § 313 — (a) Each school district that has one or more pupils who are English learners, and, to the extent required by federal law, each county office of education and each charter school, shall assess the Eng
• § 313.1 — For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) (1) “Long-term English learner” means an English learner to which all of the following apply: (A) Is enrolled in any
• § 313.2 — (a) The department shall annually ascertain the number of pupils in each school district and school, including a school that is within the jurisdiction of a county office of education and a charter sc
• § 313.3 — (a) On or before December 31, 2023, the department shall develop a standardized English language teacher observation protocol for use by teachers in evaluating a pupil’s English language proficiency,
• § 313.5 — (a) By January 1, 2014, the department shall review and analyze the criteria, policies, and practices that a sampling of school districts that represent the geographic, socioeconomic, and demographic
• § 315 — In furtherance of its constitutional and legal requirement to offer special language assistance to children coming from backgrounds of limited English proficiency, the state shall encourage family mem
• § 316 — Programs funded pursuant to this section shall be provided through schools or community organizations.
• § 320 — As detailed in Section 5 of Article IX of the California Constitution, and Article 2 (commencing with Section 305) and Article 3 (commencing with Section 310), respectively, all California school chil
• § 32001 — Every public, private, or parochial school building having an occupant capacity of 50 or more pupils or students or more than one classroom shall be provided with a dependable and operative fire alarm
• § 32020 — The governing board of every school district, and the governing authority of every private school, which maintains any building used for the instruction or housing of school pupils on land entirely en
• § 32030 — It shall be the duty of the governing board of every school district, and of every county superintendent of schools, and of every person, firm, or organization maintaining any private school, in this
• § 32031 — The eye protective devices shall be worn in courses including, but not limited to, vocational or industrial arts shops or laboratories, and chemistry, physics or combined chemistry-physics laboratorie
• § 32032 — For purposes of this article the eye protective devices utilized shall be industrial quality eye protective devices which meet the standards of the American National Standards Institute for “Practice
• § 32033 — The eye protective devices may be sold to the pupils and teachers or instructors at a price that shall not exceed the actual cost of the eye protective devices to the school or governing board.
• § 32034 — The term eye protective devices as used in Sections 32030 to 32033, inclusive, shall not include prescription lenses as defined in Chapter 5.
• § 32040 — The governing board of any school district, superintendent of schools, or principal in whom is vested the administration or supervision of any public or private school in the state shall equip the sch
• § 32041 — The teacher, instructor agent, or employee shall have the first aid kit in his possession, or immediately available, while conducting the field trip.
• § 32043 — (a) Whenever a field trip is conducted into an area which is commonly known to be infested by poisonous snakes, the first aid kit may include a snakebite kit.
• § 32044 — Any member of the governing board of any school district, and any superintendent of schools, principal, teacher, instructor, or agent who willfully violates the provisions of this article is guilty of
• § 32051 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Hazing” means a method of initiation or preinitiation into a student organization or student body that is likely to cause seriou
• § 32060 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that art supplies which contain toxic substances or which are potential human carcinogens pose a significant danger to the health and safety of school children.
• § 32061 — “Art or craft material” means any raw or processed material or manufactured product marketed or being represented by the manufacturer or repackager as being suitable for use in the demonstration or th
• § 32062 — (a) “Human carcinogen” means any substance listed as a human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
• § 32063 — “Toxic substance causing chronic illness” means any of the following: (a) Human carcinogens.
• § 32064 — (a) For the 1987–88 academic year and for each academic year thereafter, no art or craft material that is deemed by the State Department of Health Services to contain a toxic substance, as defined by
• § 32065 — Warning labels for substances specified in Section 32064 shall meet all of the following standards: (a) The warning label shall be affixed in a conspicuous place and shall contain the signal word “WAR
• § 32066 — The State Department of Health Services shall, by June 1, 1987, develop a list of those art or craft materials which cannot be purchased or ordered for use in kindergarten and in grades 1 to 6, inclus
• § 32080 — For purposes of this article, “fossil fuel” has the same meaning as defined in Section 13262 of the Health and Safety Code.
• § 32081 — (a) By July 1, 2015, the State Fire Marshal shall propose for adoption by the California Building Standards Commission, for the commission’s next triennial code adoption cycle, appropriate standards f
• § 32100 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that school districts, schools operated by county offices of education, charter schools, private schools, and state special schools and diagnostic centers opera
• § 32210 — Any person who willfully disturbs any public school or any public school meeting is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
• § 32211 — (a) Any person who is not a pupil of the public school, a parent or guardian of a pupil of the public school, or an officer or employee of the school district maintaining the public school, or who is
• § 32212 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that interruption of class time seriously impairs the educational process.
• § 32220 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Educational institution” means a school district, a community college district, a state university, the University of California, and the State Department of Education sp
• § 32221 — The governing board of any educational institution, except a school district or community college district and except the State Department of Education special schools as defined in Sections 59000, 59
• § 32221.5 — (a) A school district that elects to operate an interscholastic athletic team or teams shall include the following statement, printed in boldface type of prominent size, in offers of insurance coverag
• § 32222 — Any claim for accidental bodily injuries described in this article which is subject to, and for which benefits have been paid under, the provisions of Division 4 (commencing with Section 3200) of the
• § 32223 — The coverage provided under this article shall not exclude additional or broader coverage by an educational institution or its student body organization.
• § 32224 — The insurance coverage provided under this article may contain the following provisions: (1) School administrative authorities shall certify whether an injured student applying for the insurance benef
• § 32225 — It is the intent of the Legislature that if federal funding becomes available for the purposes of the article, the governing board of each school district and each county superintendent of schools equ
• § 32226 — As used in this article, “two-way communication devices” include, but are not necessarily limited to, telephones, intercoms, walkie-talkies, or portable radios.
• § 32240 — This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the “Lead-Safe Schools Protection Act.
• § 32241 — (a) The State Department of Health Services shall conduct a sample survey of schools in this state for the purpose of developing risk factors to predict lead contamination in public schools.
• § 32242 — The department shall do all of the following: (a) Design and implement a strategy for identifying the characteristics of high-risk schools and provide a basis for statewide estimates of the presence o
• § 32243 — (a) When a school subject to this article has been determined to have significant risk factors for lead, the school shall be advised of this finding, and the school shall notify parents of the provisi
• § 32244 — Lead-based paint, lead plumbing and solders, or other potential sources of lead contamination shall not be utilized in the construction of any new school facility or the modernization or renovation of
• § 32245 — Funding to implement this article shall be provided from the Child Health and Safety Fund created under Chapter 4.
• § 32250 — The Legislature recognizes that crime, including vandalism, and violence have reached an alarming level at school sites throughout California.
• § 32251 — There is hereby created in the Department of Education the School Safety and Security Resource Unit.
• § 32252 — The primary functions of the School Safety and Security Resource Unit are all the following: (a) Identification of exemplary programs and techniques which have been effectively utilized by any county
• § 32254 — The Department of Education shall not be subject to the duties, obligations, and responsibilities prescribed by this article unless funds specifically appropriated for the purposes of this article are
• § 32255 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Animal” means any living organism of the kingdom animalia, beings that typically differ from plants in capacity for spontaneous movement and rapid motor response to stimu
• § 32255.1 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 32255.
• § 32255.3 — (a) A teacher’s decision in determining if a pupil may pursue an alternative educational project or be excused from the project shall not be arbitrary or capricious.
• § 32255.4 — Each teacher teaching a course that utilizes live or dead animals or animal parts shall also inform the pupils of their rights pursuant to this chapter.
• § 32255.5 — Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, this chapter applies to all levels of instruction in all public schools operating programs from kindergarten through grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
• § 32255.6 — Classes and activities, conducted as part of a program in agricultural education that provide instruction on the care, management, and evaluation of domestic animals are exempt from the provisions of
• § 32260 — This chapter shall be known and may be referred to as the Interagency School Safety Demonstration Act of 1985.
• § 32261 — (a) The Legislature hereby recognizes that all pupils enrolled in the state public schools have the inalienable right to attend classes on school campuses that are safe, secure, and peaceful.
• § 32262 — (a) There is hereby established the School/Law Enforcement Partnership, comprised of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Attorney General.
• § 32265 — (a) The partnership shall sponsor at least two regional conferences for school districts, county offices of education, agencies serving youth, allied agencies, community-based organizations, and law e
• § 32270 — (a) The partnership shall establish a statewide school safety cadre for the purpose of facilitating interagency coordination and collaboration among school districts, county offices of education, agen
• § 32275 — The partnership shall annually assess the programs and activities under the Interagency School Safety Demonstration Act of 1985.
• § 32280 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all California public schools teaching kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, operated by a school district, in cooperation with local law enfor
• § 32280.5 — (a) On or before July 1, 2030, each public school, including charter schools, with an enrollment of 100 pupils or more is encouraged to implement a web-based or app-based school safety program that in
• § 32281 — (a) Each school district and county office of education is responsible for the overall development of all comprehensive school safety plans for its schools operating kindergarten or any of grades 1 to
• § 32282 — (a) The comprehensive school safety plan shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) Assessing the current status of crime committed on school campuses and at school-related functi
• § 32282.1 — (a) As comprehensive school safety plans are reviewed and updated, the Legislature encourages all plans, to the extent that resources are available, to include clear guidelines for the roles and respo
• § 32282.5 — (a) The department shall electronically distribute disaster preparedness educational materials and lesson plans that are currently available to school districts and county offices of education.
• § 32283 — The Department of Justice and the State Department of Education, in accordance with Section 32262, shall contract with one or more professional trainers to coordinate statewide workshops for school di
• § 32283.5 — (a) (1) The department shall develop and post on its internet website an online training module to assist all school staff, school administrators, parents, pupils, and community members in increasing
• § 32284 — The comprehensive school safety plan may also include, at local discretion of the governing board of the school district and using local funds, procedures for responding to the release of a pesticide
• § 32286 — (a) Each school shall adopt its comprehensive school safety plan by March 1, 2000, and shall review and update its plan by March 1, every year thereafter.
• § 32287 — If the Superintendent of Public Instruction determines that there has been a willful failure to make any report required by this article, the superintendent shall do both of the following: (a) Notify
• § 32288 — (a) (1) In order to ensure compliance with this article, each school shall forward its comprehensive school safety plan to the school district or county office of education for approval.
• § 32289 — A complaint of noncompliance with the school safety planning requirements of Title IV of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.
• § 32289.5 — (a) The department shall collect, and local educational agencies shall provide, data pertaining to lockdown or multioption response drills conducted at schoolsites within school districts, county offi
• § 32289.6 — (a) On or before June 15, 2025, the department shall curate and post on its internet website best practices pertaining to school shooter or other armed assailant drills, including, but not limited to,
• § 32290 — The partnership shall discuss with providers of telephone equipment and services, and shall acquire information regarding, the availability of no-cost or reduced-cost cellular telephones and services
• § 32295.5 — The School Law Enforcement Partnership, established pursuant to Section 32262, shall provide information to school districts and county offices of education about teen or peer court programs.
• § 32300 — All printing or binding required by the Superintendent of Public Instruction or the State Board of Education, or by any educational institution, except the California Community Colleges and the Univer
• § 32310 — No printing concern, institution, or other agency maintaining a printing plant or department for the purpose of instruction or the teaching of the art of printing, or allied arts, and whose purpose is
• § 32311 — This article does not apply to: (a) Any institution classified as an educational institution within the meaning and intent of Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States or of Sectio
• § 32312 — The violation of this article is a misdemeanor.
• § 32330 — The boards of supervisors of any county may appropriate and use county funds for the support and maintenance of extension work in agriculture and home economics.
• § 32340 — Any state, county, or city and county superintendent, or any state, county, or city and county board of education, who issues a credential, except as provided by law, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 32341 — Except where such service is provided by a school district pursuant to Section 44332.
• § 32350 — Any person, corporation, firm, or public entity, or employee thereof, who gratuitously loans equipment of any description or the services of an employee to a school district or community college distr
• § 32360 — No funds shall be expended by a school district, a community college district, a county board of education, or a county superintendent of schools to secure a copyright for any person or firm, but noth
• § 32361 — A school district, a community college district, a county board of education, or a county superintendent of schools shall not use the regular worktime of any employee to secure a copyright for any per
• § 32370 — The Legislature finds and declares that is the policy of the state to conserve and protect its resources.
• § 32371 — The following definitions govern the interpretation of this article: (a) “Educational agency” means any school district, county office of education, or campus of the California State University and Co
• § 32372 — (a) Each school district may, and is encouraged to, establish and maintain a paper recycling program in all classrooms, administrative offices, and other areas owned or leased by the school district w
• § 32373 — (a) Each educational agency is encouraged to purchase recycled paper if the supplier of recycled paper offers the paper at a cost which does not exceed by more than 5 percent the lowest offer of nonre
• § 32375 — The State Solid Waste Management Board, in conjunction with the Department of Education and other state agencies which the board and the Department of Education deem appropriate in order to carry out
• § 32376 — The State Solid Waste Management Board, in conjunction with the Department of Education and other agencies which the board and the Department of Education deem to be appropriate in order to carry out
• § 32380 — As used in this article: (a) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, firm, or public board, agency, or entity.
• § 32381 — Any person who prepares, manufactures, or prints, or who offers to prepare, manufacture, or print, for a fee or other compensation, any document purporting to be a degree or diploma without written au
• § 32382 — No person shall: (a) Sell, barter, offer to sell or barter, or conspire to sell or barter, any diploma or degree as defined in this article.
• § 32383 — Any person willfully violating any provision of Section 32382 is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,00
• § 32384 — Any court of competent jurisdiction is hereby authorized to grant such relief as is necessary to enforce the provisions of this article, including the issuance of an injunction.
• § 32385 — Actions for injunction under the provisions of this article may be brought in the name of the people of the State of California upon their own complaint or upon the complaint of any person, or in the
• § 32390 — (a) The governing board of any school district may offer a fingerprint program for children enrolled in kindergarten or newly enrolled in that district.
• § 32400 — (a) The Legislature finds that as many as one million seven hundred thousand undocumented foreign nationals could be granted amnesty and would seek permanent residency in California under the federal
• § 32401 — (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction, in consultation with the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, shall develop a test or adopt an existing test, subject to the approval of the U
• § 32425 — To the extent permitted by federal law, excludable restitution payments, as defined in Section 17131.
• § 32435 — (a) No school district, county board of education, or county superintendent of schools shall expend any public funds on the purchase of alcoholic beverages.
• § 32450 — The State Department of Education shall, on behalf of the state, participate in the federal Adult Day Care Food Program as set forth in subsection (o) of Section 1766 of Title 42 of the United States
• § 32451 — The State Department of Education is hereby designated as the single state agency to administer the Adult Day Care Food Program established pursuant to this chapter.
• § 32452 — For the purposes of this chapter, adult day care centers, as defined in Section 32543, are eligible for reimbursement for meals or supplements served to persons 60 years of age or older or to chronica
• § 32453 — The State Department of Education shall administer the Adult Day Care Food Program for all eligible, participating adult day care centers that provide adult day care services to the persons described
• § 32454 — The State Department of Education shall promulgate any rules and regulations necessary for the administration of this chapter in a manner consistent with Section 1766 of Title 42 of the United States
• § 325 — If any part or parts of this statute are found to be in conflict with federal law or the United States or the California State Constitution, the statute shall be implemented to the maximum extent that
• § 32500 — (a) In order to encourage greater involvement of educational institutions in planning and developing prison-based educational programs, the Director of Corrections, the Chancellor of the California St
• § 32525 — (a) The Learning Recovery Emergency Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury for the purpose of receiving appropriations for school districts, county offices of education, charter schools, and com
• § 32526 — (a) (1) For the 2022–23 fiscal year, the sum of six billion three hundred forty-five million four hundred five thousand dollars ($6,345,405,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the dep
• § 32527 — (a) (1) (A) For the 2022–23 fiscal year, the sum of six hundred fifty million dollars ($650,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the office of the Chancellor of the California Comm
• § 330 — This initiative shall become operative for all school terms which begin more than sixty days following the date on which it becomes effective.
• § 33000 — There is in the state government a State Board of Education, consisting of 10 members, who are appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate.
• § 33000.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 33000 and 33001, the Governor shall also appoint a student member to the state board with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate.
• § 33001 — The term of office of the members of the board is four years, and they shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of their successors.
• § 33002 — Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Governor, subject to confirmation by two-thirds of the Senate.
• § 33003 — The board, through its own bylaws, shall provide for its operation and organization, including, but not limited to, the election of its officers and the establishment of its committees.
• § 33004 — The Superintendent shall be secretary and shall act as executive officer of the state board.
• § 33005 — The board shall appoint an acting secretary, who shall also act as executive officer of the board in the absence of the Superintendent of Public Instruction from the state, or in case of his incapacit
• § 33006 — (a) Members of the board shall receive their actual and necessary traveling expenses while on official business.
• § 33007 — The board shall meet at least six times a year at such times as it may by resolution determine; provided, that it shall meet at least once every three months.
• § 33008 — Special meetings may be called by the president.
• § 33009 — Notice of each meeting shall be given by the secretary by registered mail to each member of the board at least 10 days prior to the time of the meeting.
• § 33009.5 — Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 11125 of the Government Code, when the board provides information on its Internet site, that is available to subscribers to the extent permitted by law, conc
• § 33009.7 — (a) The state board shall provide for live video and audio transmission of all board meetings and hearings that are open to the public through a technology that is accessible to as large a segment of
• § 33010 — The concurrence of six members of the board shall be necessary to the validity of any of its acts.
• § 33011 — Whenever by any law the board is authorized to appoint members to a board, commission, or other statutorily created body, the board may also appoint a nonvoting student member to that body.
• § 33030 — The board shall determine all questions of policy within its powers.
• § 33031 — The board shall adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of this state (a) for its own government, (b) for the government of its appointees and employees, (c) for the government of t
• § 33032 — The board shall study the educational conditions and needs of the state.
• § 33033 — The State Board of Education may: (a) Establish at the request of the governing authorities of any state institution, courses of instruction for the inmates of the institution.
• § 33034 — The board shall issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses before the board, or any member thereof, in the same manner as any court in this state.
• § 33035 — The board shall adopt and use an official seal in authentication of its acts.
• § 33036 — The board shall cause the Department of General Services to do any printing required by it.
• § 33037 — The board shall submit to the Governor biennially on or before the fifteenth day of September next preceding the regular session of the Legislature, a report of its transactions for the preceding two
• § 33039 — The State Board of Education shall develop guidelines which school districts may use in the development of teacher evaluation procedures pursuant to Article 11 (commencing with Section 44660) of Chapt
• § 33040 — The State Board of Education and the governing bodies of any county, city, and fire protection district are authorized to enter into agreements providing for the assignment of employees of the fire de
• § 33041 — The State Board of Education shall revise the health instruction framework adopted by the board in 1977 to include instructional guidelines on the following: (a) The relationship of proper health and
• § 33042 — The Legislature encourages school districts to comply with the State Board of Education’s English Language and Arts Writing Arts Strategies on cursive handwriting standards whereby pupils are expected