California

Education Code

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

• § 33043 — (a) The Governor may appoint a total of six deputies to the executive director of the state board.
• § 33050 — (a) The governing board of a school district or a county board of education, on a districtwide or countywide basis or on behalf of one or more of its schools or programs, after a public hearing on the
• § 33051 — (a) The state board shall approve any and all requests for waivers except in those cases where the board specifically finds any of the following: (1) The educational needs of the pupils are not adequa
• § 33051.5 — Not less than 30 days prior to any public hearing it conducts pursuant to Section 33050 concerning a request to waive any provision of Article 5 (commencing with Section 39390) of Chapter 3 of Part 23
• § 33052 — (a) If formal action by the State Board of Education on a waiver request is not taken by the second regular meeting of the board following receipt of a complete and documented waiver request by the St
• § 33052.3 — For the purposes of improving the financial management and reporting practices of school districts and county offices of education, and developing and testing those practices prior to implementation,
• § 33052.5 — For purposes of this article, “school district” shall include county offices of education.
• § 33053 — The State Department of Education shall annually submit a report to the Governor, Legislature, State Board of Education, and make the report available to the superintendent and board president of each
• § 33080 — Each child is a unique person, with unique needs, and the purpose of the educational system of this state is to enable each child to develop all of his or her own potential.
• § 33100 — A vacancy in the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be filled by appointment by the Governor.
• § 33102 — The actual and necessary traveling expenses of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, his deputy and assistants, shall be ordered and paid out of the appropriation made for the Department of Educat
• § 33110 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction may employ one Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction and necessary clerical and expert assistants, and may fix the compensation of all statutory and othe
• § 33111 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall execute, under direction of the State Board of Education, the policies which have been decided upon by the board and shall direct, under general rules an
• § 33112 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall: (a) Superintend the schools of this state.
• § 33113 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prescribe regulations under which contracts, agreements, or arrangements may be made with agencies of the federal government for funds, services, commodi
• § 33113.5 — (a) The department may require employees, prospective employees, volunteers, contractors, and subcontractors to undergo a fingerprint-based state and national criminal history background check.
• § 33114 — All such contracts, agreements or arrangements shall be entered into in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and in no other manner.
• § 33115 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction may enter into an agreement with the government of the United States or any agency thereof relative to the establishment of courses of study in aeronautics in
• § 33116 — The Director of Education may enter into agreements with any agency of the federal government for the education of persons in the service of the federal government in schools under the jurisdiction of
• § 33117 — The Director of Education may enter into agreements with agencies of the federal government, county superintendents of schools, county boards of education, any school district, and state college found
• § 33117.5 — (a) Adult education programs and regional occupational programs operated by school districts and county offices of education that have contracted with the Superintendent of Public Instruction pursuant
• § 33117.7 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall use 30 percent of the funds available under Section 202(c)(1)(C) and Section 262(c)(1)(C) of the federal Job Training Partnership Act to support the work
• § 33118 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, not later than the 25th day of July in each year, prepare an estimate of the amount of state school money that will be apportioned to each county or cit
• § 33119 — Other than for persons in the state civil service, the length of, and the time for, vacations of teachers, officers, and employees of the schools for the deaf, the school for the blind, and orientatio
• § 33120 — The Director of Education may conduct experimental work in education through various media, including radio and television.
• § 33121 — The Director of Education may develop audial and visual curriculum materials, evolve means and methods, and prescribe standards, for the use of such materials in the public elementary and secondary sc
• § 33122 — The Director of Education shall employ such persons as are necessary for the coordination and the supervision of services for hard-of-hearing children.
• § 33123 — The Director of Education may enter into an agreement with any political entity mentioned in Section 44853 for the exchange and employment of persons serving as teachers in schools under the jurisdict
• § 33125 — The Director of Education, subject to such conditions as the State Board of Education may establish, may purchase annuity contracts for the employees of the California School for the Deaf provided for
• § 33126 — (a) The school accountability report card shall provide data by which a parent can make meaningful comparisons between public schools that will enable him or her to make informed decisions on the scho
• § 33126.1 — (a) The department shall develop and recommend for adoption by the state board a standardized template intended to simplify the process for completing the school accountability report card and make th
• § 33126.15 — (a) By July 1, 2006, the department shall develop, and shall recommend for adoption by the State Board of Education, a revision to the standardized template required pursuant to Section 33126.
• § 33126.2 — (a) The Superintendent may recommend additional data elements for inclusion in the Academic Performance Index.
• § 33126.5 — The State Allocation Board, in cooperation with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall develop and maintain an automated school facilities inventory that is capable of indicating the statewid
• § 33127 — (a) The Superintendent, the Controller, and the Director of Finance shall develop, on or before March 1, 1989, standards and criteria to be reviewed and adopted by the state board, and to be used by l
• § 33128 — (a) The standards and criteria to be adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to Section 33127 shall include, but not be limited to, comparisons and reviews, including appropriate methods of p
• § 33128.1 — Notwithstanding any other law, a local educational agency may recognize for budgetary and financial reporting purposes any amount of state appropriations deferred from the current fiscal year and appr
• § 33128.2 — Notwithstanding any other law, a local educational agency may recognize for budgetary and financial reporting purposes any amount of state allocations described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of,
• § 33128.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county unified school district with fewer than 3,000 units of average daily attendance may use up to 30 percent of its budget reserve to pay for utility c
• § 33129 — Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, beginning with the first fiscal year following the adoption by the State Board of Education of standards and criteria developed pursuant to Sectio
• § 33131 — The standards and criteria for fiscal accountability referred to in Section 33127 shall not be subject to Sections 11340 to 11356, inclusive, of the Government Code.
• § 33132 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 51877, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall award educational technology competitive grants under this code with respect to each of the following categories based
• § 33133 — (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop information, and submit this information to the State Board of Education for its approval.
• § 33133.5 — (a) The Superintendent shall create a poster that notifies children of the appropriate telephone number to call to report child abuse or neglect.
• § 33140 — The duties of the Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction and of the associate superintendents of public instruction appointed by the State Board of Education under Section 2.
• § 33141 — The annual salaries of the Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction and of the associate superintendents of public instruction appointed by the State Board of Education under Section 2.
• § 33143 — (a) In addition to the positions authorized by Section 2.
• § 33190 — Every person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation offering or conducting private school instruction on the elementary or high school level shall between the first and 15th day of October of
• § 33191 — (a) Commencing October 1, 1985, the affidavit or statement filed with the Superintendent of Public Instruction pursuant to Section 33190 shall, under penalty of perjury, include a statement manifestin
• § 33192 — (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), if the employees of any entity that has a contract with a private school to provide any of the following services may have any contact with pupils,
• § 33193 — (a) A private school contracting with an entity for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or repair of a school facility where the employees of the entity will have contact, other than lim
• § 33195 — (a) Every person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation operating a heritage school as defined in Section 33195.
• § 33195.1 — (a) Commencing January 1, 2011, the electronic registration form filed with the Superintendent pursuant to Section 33195 shall, under penalty of perjury, include a statement manifesting compliance wit
• § 33195.2 — (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), if the employees of any entity that has a contract with a heritage school to provide any of the following services may have any contact with pupils,
• § 33195.3 — (a) A heritage school contracting with an entity for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or repair of a school facility where the employees of the entity will have contact, other than li
• § 33195.4 — For purposes of this article, “heritage school” means a school that serves children who are at least 4 years and 9 months of age and no older than 18 years of age, who attend a public or private full-
• § 33195.5 — (a) The Heritage Enrichment Resource Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury.
• § 33195.6 — (a) A director of a heritage school shall undergo at least 15 hours of health and safety training.
• § 33300 — There is in the state government a State Department of Education.
• § 33301 — The Department of Education shall be administered through: (a) The State Board of Education which shall be the governing and policy determining body of the department.
• § 33302 — The Department of Education shall be conducted under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of Education.
• § 33303 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction is ex officio Director of Education.
• § 33304 — The provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180), Chapter 2, Part 1, Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, shall govern and apply to the conduct of the Department of Education in ev
• § 33305 — Wherever in Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180), Chapter 2, Part 1, Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the term “head of the department,” or similar designation occurs, it shall, for
• § 33306 — The Department of Education is the successor to, and is vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the State Board of Education as they existed on July 30, 192
• § 33307 — The Department of Education shall be in possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land, and other property, real or personal, n
• § 33308 — The Department of Education shall administer and enforce all laws now or hereafter imposing any duty, power, or function upon any of the bodies, offices, officers, deputies, or employees transferred t
• § 33308.1 — The State Department of Education shall adopt guidelines to be disseminated to parents or guardians of pupils that describe the procedures that a parent or guardian can follow in filing a complaint of
• § 33308.5 — (a) Program guidelines issued by the State Department of Education shall be designed to serve as a model or example, and shall not be prescriptive.
• § 33309 — In addition to the Division of Libraries of the Department of Education, established by law, the State Board of Education may, upon recommendation of the Director of Education, establish such division
• § 33310 — The State Department of Education may sell any educational materials and directories related to its scope and duties.
• § 33311 — When the Department of Education fixes the price of any publication, it shall specify the class of persons or institutions that may receive copies of the publication free of charge.
• § 33312 — Any county, or any school district, in this state may purchase the publications described in Sections 33309 to 33313, inclusive, from the Department of Education.
• § 33313 — All moneys received from the sale of materials pursuant to Section 33310 of the Education Code shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the fund against which the cost of printing the
• § 33314 — The State Board of Education may, upon recommendation of the Director of Education, establish in the Department of Education a school library consultant service to assist and advise local school distr
• § 33315 — (a) The Superintendent shall establish and implement a system of complaint processing, known as the Uniform Complaint Procedures, for educational programs specified in paragraph (1).
• § 33315.5 — (a) (1) Beginning July 1, 2026, upon receipt of a complaint that alleges unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying received by the department pursuant to subparagraph (F) of parag
• § 33316 — The State Department of Education shall do all of the following: (a) Revise and update budget manuals, forms and guidelines.
• § 33317 — The Department of Education shall cooperate with the Educational Management and Evaluation Commission and shall as requested by the commission: (a) Prepare and compile agenda items and research materi
• § 33317.3 — (a) Commencing with the 2026–27 school year, the department shall collect and publish on its internet website, and local educational agencies shall provide to the department, data on pupil transfers d
• § 33317.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall provide a report of public school pupil enrollment information, to be known as the “California raw class size data report,” in order for the pub
• § 33318 — (a) The Department of Education shall report the test results of all state-mandated testing programs to the individual school districts by not later than September 15th following the testing.
• § 33318.2 — (a) The department shall, on or before March 1, 2025, and in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, provide a report to the Superintendent, the Governor, and the Legislature on the numbe
• § 33318.5 — (a) In addition to the dropout rate the department compiles pursuant to the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (Public Law 114–95), the department shall compile an attrition rate for high school pupil
• § 33319 — The State Department of Education shall encourage and assist school districts to improve and monitor the health of their pupils.
• § 33319.3 — The State Department of Education shall prepare materials on driver attitude and motivation that focus on the reduction of driving violations with particular emphasis on aggressive driving behavior an
• § 33319.5 — The State Department of Education may encourage among school districts, county boards of education, and county superintendents of schools the implementation of the authority granted to those agencies
• § 33319.6 — (a) No later than September 30, 2026, the state board shall approve and the department shall post on its internet website criteria and guidance for the selection or development of inservice profession
• § 33320 — (a) The purpose of this article is to identify, develop, validate, and disseminate effective educational programs and practices operated by state and local educational entities, in order to improve th
• § 33321 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish procedures within the State Department of Education to accomplish all of the following: (a) Annually identify the critical needs for which effe
• § 33321.5 — In performing the responsibilities set forth in Section 33321, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall consult with high school and elementary school teachers, high school and junior high schoo
• § 33322 — The State Board of Education may authorize the funding of any proposal of a school district, county office of education, public postsecondary educational institution, or other public educational agenc
• § 33323 — The State Board of Education, upon review of the recommendation of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall validate, as an exemplary educational project, each project developed by the State De
• § 33324 — (a) The State Department of Education shall annually disseminate to each school district, county office of education, resource agency or consortium as described in Article 2 (commencing with Section 4
• § 33325 — All proposals submitted to the State Board of Education for funding pursuant to Section 33322 or 33324, or for validation pursuant to Section 33323, shall be evaluated by the State Department of Educa
• § 33326 — The State Board of Education, upon review of the recommendation of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, may authorize funding for any proposal of a county office of education, postsecondary educa
• § 33327 — (a) The State Department of Education, in performing the identification, development, evaluation, dissemination, or adoption of projects and practices under any state or federal categorical education
• § 33328 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to evaluate the effectiveness of programs developed for English learners subsequent to Proposition 227 in order to ensure that only programs successful in teach
• § 33328.5 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Artificial intelligence” means an engineered or machine-based system that varies in its level of autonomy and that can, for expl
• § 33330 — The department may expend the money in any appropriation, or in any special fund in the State Treasury now remaining or made available by law for the administration of the provisions of any of the sta
• § 33331 — The Department of Education may expend the moneys in any appropriation heretofore or hereafter made for the support of the State Board of Education.
• § 33332 — The Director of Finance may give the Director of Education authority to accept on behalf of, and in the name of, the state such gifts, donations, bequests, and devises as may be made to the Department
• § 33333 — Money received under Section 33332 may, with the approval of the Director of Finance, be deposited by the Director of Education to the credit of the department or of the school or institution designat
• § 33334 — All moneys received by or for any school under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education from any agency of the federal government, directly or indirectly, for the education of veterans, is here
• § 33335 — For the purposes of Government Code Section 11032, the following constitute, among other proper purposes of like or different character, state business for officers and employees of the Department of
• § 33337 — It is the intent of the Legislature that, for the 1989–90 fiscal year and each year thereafter, funds shall be provided to the State Department of Education through the annual Budget Act for the purpo
• § 33338 — (a) The department or any other state agency that administers a grant or allocation of state funds to a school district shall allow an indirect cost rate that is not less than the indirect cost rate e
• § 33350 — The State Department of Education shall do all of the following: (a) Adopt rules and regulations that it deems necessary and proper to secure the establishment of courses in physical education in the
• § 33351 — The Department of Education may employ the necessary expert and clerical assistants in order to carry out the provisions of this article.
• § 33352 — (a) The department shall exercise general supervision over the courses of physical education in the elementary and secondary schools of the state; advise school officials, school boards, and teachers
• § 33353 — (a) The California Interscholastic Federation is a voluntary organization that consists of school and school-related personnel with responsibility for administering interscholastic athletic activities
• § 33353.5 — The California Interscholastic Federation shall not transact insurance as defined in Section 35 of the Insurance Code, nor shall the federation endorse any insurance programs.
• § 33353.7 — (a) No later than July 1, 2017, the California Interscholastic Federation, in consultation with the department, shall develop guidelines, procedures, and safety standards for the purpose of classifyin
• § 33354 — (a) The department shall have the following authority over interscholastic athletics: (1) The department may state that the policies of school districts, of associations or consortia of school distric
• § 33355 — (a) (1) On or before January 1, 2026, the department, in consultation with relevant stakeholders and experts, shall compile, and post on the department’s internet website, standardized guidelines spec
• § 33360 — The Department of Education and a statewide association composed exclusively of school district governing boards or county boards of education, or both, acting jointly, may conduct annual workshops wi
• § 33362 — Any member or member-elect of a school district governing board who attends and successfully completes a workshop as authorized by this article may be reimbursed for expenses as provided for in Sectio
• § 33363 — Any member or member-elect of a county board of education who attends and successfully completes a workshop as authorized by this article may be reimbursed for expenses as provided for in Section 1096
• § 33370 — (a) There is hereby created within the department an American Indian Education Unit, which shall provide technical support to, and proper administrative oversight of, American Indian education program
• § 33380 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that American Indian children have not performed well in California public schools as evidenced by low academic achievement at all grade levels, high dropout
• § 33381 — The California American Indian education centers established pursuant to this article shall serve as community-based educational resource centers to American Indian pupils, parents, guardians, and the
• § 33382 — The state board, upon the advice and recommendations of the Superintendent, shall approve revised guidelines for the selection and administration of California American Indian education centers.
• § 33383 — (a) An application for the establishment of a California American Indian education center may be made to the department by any tribal group or incorporated American Indian association, separately or j
• § 33384 — (a) (1) Each center shall annually submit a report to the department that includes appropriate data, presented in a format developed jointly with the department, that reflects each center’s progress t
• § 33390 — This article shall be known, and may be cited as, the California Indian Education Act.
• § 33391 — (a) The Legislature encourages local educational agencies to form California Indian Education Task Forces with California Indian tribe’s local to their region or tribes historically located in the reg
• § 33400 — It is the intention of the Legislature in enacting this article that: (a) Evaluations shall be performed in such a manner as to minimize the resources required of school districts in the collection, a
• § 33403 — The State Department of Education shall perform evaluations of those educational programs as determined to be necessary by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to carry out the purposes of this ar
• § 33404 — It is the understanding of the Legislature that the evaluation needs of the educational programs change over a period of time and during the progress of the programs and, therefore, the Legislature ma
• § 33406 — The State Department of Education shall conduct special studies as determined to be necessary by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to carry out the purposes of this article or as required by th
• § 33407 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall annually, not later than February 15, submit to the State Board of Education and the Legislature a proposal for the initiation or continuance for the suc
• § 33420 — (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction, in cooperation with the Department of Finance and the State Auditor, shall, on or before July 1, 1980, provide for a plan for independent audits of state
• § 33421 — Every private agency which receives state funds which may be audited pursuant to Section 33420 shall, at the request of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, make all records pertaining to its sta
• § 33425 — (a) The California Youth Leadership Project is hereby established under the department for the purpose of promoting youth civic engagement through meaningful opportunities to improve the quality of li
• § 33426 — (a) The California Youth Leadership Project shall be overseen by the California Youth Leadership Project Committee.
• § 33427 — Duties of the California Youth Leadership Project Committee shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) Develop and provide applications for the California Youth Leadership Project
• § 33428 — (a) The funds for the California Youth Leadership Project shall be allocated from the California Youth Leadership Fund pursuant to Article 4.
• § 33430 — The Learning Communities for School Success Program is hereby established for the purpose of implementing, pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 7599.
• § 33431 — (a) A local educational agency that chooses to apply for funding pursuant to this article shall submit an application to the department to receive a grant, in a format and by a date determined by the
• § 33432 — (a) A local educational agency that receives a grant shall use the grant funds for planning, implementation, and evaluation of activities in support of evidence-based, nonpunitive programs and practic
• § 33433 — (a) The department shall use the funding the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act authorizes for administrative costs pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 7599.
• § 33435 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Community school” means a public school that participates in a community-based effort to coordinate and integrate educational, devel
• § 33436 — This article shall not become operative unless funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act or another statute to the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund in accordance with the Safe Neighborhoods a
• § 33440 — For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “English learner” has the same meaning as defined in Section 306.
• § 33441 — (a) The Pathways to Success Grant Program is hereby established with the goal of providing pupils in preschool, transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, with dual langua
• § 33442 — (a) (1) The department shall administer the Pathways to Success Grant Program, which shall be a three-year grant program.
• § 33443 — The department shall perform all of the following functions in the administration of the Pathways to Success Grant Program: (a) Review applications and award grants.
• § 33444 — The department shall consult with the following persons and entities in the development of the criteria for awarding the grants and in developing the professional development modules: (a) Professional
• § 33445 — (a) A grant recipient shall use the grant for any of the following purposes: (1) School administrator, teacher, and staff training specific to the implementation and maintenance of a dual language imm
• § 33446 — On or before June 30, 2025, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of the Legislature detailing the successes, best practices, barriers or constraints, and outcomes of scho
• § 33447 — This article shall be implemented only upon an appropriation for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or other statute.
• § 33470 — The State Department of Education shall administer intergenerational education programs in accordance with this article.
• § 33471 — The State Department of Education shall establish criteria for the allocation of funds to intergenerational education programs.
• § 33471.5 — The State Department of Education may allocate funds pursuant to this article to intergenerational education programs which operate without regard to school district boundaries.
• § 33472 — The department shall require continuation of contract requirements, such as matching of funds or provision of in-kind services, and any other provisions determined necessary by the department for inte
• § 33473 — The State Department of Education may consult with the Department of Aging and the Commission on Aging regarding the criteria for selection of programs.
• § 33475 — This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Stem Cell and Biotechnology Education and Workforce Development Act of 2009.
• § 33475.1 — The purpose of this article is to establish stem cell and biotechnology education and workforce development as a state priority and to promote stronger links among these industry sectors, the Californ
• § 33475.2 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “CIRM” means the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
• § 33475.3 — The department, in consultation with the CIRM and representatives of the biotechnology industry, shall promote stem cell and biotechnology education and workforce development in the department’s exist
• § 33475.4 — The department shall post on its Internet Web site, and as appropriate, on the Internet Web site created pursuant to Section 52499.
• § 33475.5 — The department shall post on its Internet Web site links to the CIRM model curriculum on stem cell science and communicate to science teachers and school districts the availability of this curriculum.
• § 33479 — This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Eric Paredes Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act.
• § 33479.1 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Athletic activity” includes all of the following: (1) Interscholastic athletics.
• § 33479.2 — (a) The department shall post on its Internet Web site guidelines, videos, and an information sheet on sudden cardiac arrest symptoms and warning signs, and other relevant materials to inform and educ
• § 33479.3 — Each school year, before a pupil participates in an athletic activity governed by the California Interscholastic Federation, the school shall collect and retain a copy of the sudden cardiac arrest inf
• § 33479.4 — A school may hold an informational meeting before the start of each athletic season for all ages of competitors regarding the symptoms and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest.
• § 33479.5 — (a) A pupil who passes out or faints while participating in or immediately following an athletic activity, or who is known to have passed out or fainted while participating in or immediately following
• § 33479.6 — (a) A coach of an athletic activity shall complete the sudden cardiac arrest training course specified in Section 33479.
• § 33479.7 — On and after July 1, 2019, a coach who violates Section 33479.
• § 33479.8 — The sponsors of youth athletic activities are encouraged to follow the guidelines specified in this article.
• § 33479.9 — This article is operative on July 1, 2017.
• § 335 — The provisions of this act may be amended by a statute that becomes effective upon approval by the electorate or by a statute passed by a majority vote of each house of the Legislature and signed by t
• § 33500 — The Legislature hereby declares that there is further need to encourage the adoption of new or improved educational ideas, practices, and techniques in solving critical educational problems in prescho
• § 33501 — The following definitions apply to educational advisory bodies created by this chapter: (a) An “educational policy advisory commission” is an advisory body to the state board composed of professional
• § 33502 — There is in the state government the Educational Innovation and Planning Commission consisting of a Member of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, a Member of the Senate appointed by
• § 33503 — The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission pursuant to Section 33502 shall have the powers and duties of a joint legislative committee on the subject of educational innovation and plan
• § 33504 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction or his representative shall serve as executive secretary to the commission.
• § 33505 — The commission, in carrying out its powers and duties, shall utilize the staff of the Department of Education.
• § 33506 — The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, except that they shall receive their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and responsibilities, inc
• § 33507 — The commission shall select one of its members to be chairman of the commission.
• § 33508 — Commission members shall serve for four-year terms and shall be eligible to serve more than one full term, except in the case of student representatives who shall serve a one-year term.
• § 33509 — As used in this article: (a) “Commission” means the Educational Innovation and Planning Commission.
• § 33510 — For purposes of this article, the commission shall have the powers, duties, and responsibilities of a state advisory council prescribed in Title IV.
• § 33511 — The commission may do all of the following: (a) Advise the state educational agency on the preparation of, and policy matters arising in the administration of, the state plan, including the developmen
• § 33512 — All projects recommended by the commission shall be submitted to the State Board of Education for its approval.
• § 33513 — The State Board of Education shall allocate funds under Title IV, Part C, to provide to the extent feasible a geographical spread of experimental projects in the state.
• § 33514 — The State Board of Education shall annually allocate, insofar as practicable, 15 percent of the total amount of federal funds received by the State of California pursuant to Title IV, Part C for speci
• § 33516 — In order to be deemed an approved project and be eligible to receive an allocation from the State Board of Education, an experimental, demonstration, or operational project shall meet the following cr
• § 33518 — The State Board of Education may reserve a sum of money, to be recommended by the commission and approved by the State Board of Education, to support demonstration and experimental projects designed t
• § 33522 — The State Board of Education shall reserve not more than 15 percent of the state’s federal allocation under Title IV, Part C, for grants to the local educational agencies which have operated exemplary
• § 33530 — (a) There is in the state government the Instructional Quality Commission consisting of a Member of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, a Member of the Senate appointed by the Senat
• § 33531 — The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission pursuant to Section 33530 shall have the powers and duties of a joint legislative committee on the subject of curriculum development and supp
• § 33532 — (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), each commission member shall serve for a four-year term and shall not be eligible to serve more than one full term.