California

Education Code

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

• § 37670 — (a) Except as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 37680), a school district may operate a program of multitrack year-round scheduling at one or more schools within the district.
• § 37671 — Schools in programs conducted pursuant to Section 37670 shall be exempted from the requirements of Section 37202.
• § 37672 — (a) No pupil participating in programs as described in Section 37670 shall be credited with more than one day of attendance in any calendar day, except as permitted in Section 46140.
• § 37680 — For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Capacity-related busing” means transporting a pupil to a school other than the school of residence in order to reduc
• § 37681 — (a) Commencing with the 2004–05 school year, a school district may not operate a Concept 6 program, unless the school district operated a Concept 6 program continuously since the 2003–04 school year.
• § 37682 — (a) As a condition of operating a Concept 6 program at a school in the 2004–05 school year or thereafter, a district shall, by January 1, 2005, present to the department a comprehensive action plan de
• § 37683 — (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall evaluate a comprehensive action plan submitted by a district and shall make recommendations to the state board for approval or disapproval of the pla
• § 37684 — (a) A district operating a Concept 6 program shall report each January to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, who shall report to the state board, on progress made in reaching the annual numeric
• § 37685 — (a) A district that plans to operate a Concept 6 program after June 30, 2006, shall, by July 1, 2006, and by July 1 of any succeeding year in which it plans to operate a Concept 6 program, as a condit
• § 37686 — (a) If a district fails to meet its annual numerical goals for any two consecutive years between 2005 and 2012, the district shall be prohibited from all the following until the district achieves subs
• § 37687 — (a) A district that plans to operate a Concept 6 program after June 30, 2009, shall by July 1 of 2009, and by July 1 of any succeeding year in which it plans to operate a Concept 6 program, submit evi
• § 37688 — (a) If on or after July 31, 2008, and any succeeding year in which a district operates a Concept 6 program, the state board finds that a district has failed to make substantial progress in eliminating
• § 37689 — (a) In addition to Section 37688, on or after July 31, 2009, if the state board determines that the failure of a district to achieve substantial progress or develop a specific school building plan is
• § 37690 — All reports required by a district to be submitted to a state agency pursuant to this article shall be made available to the public.
• § 37691 — A Concept 6 program conducted pursuant to this article is eligible for apportionment from the State School Fund.
• § 37692 — On or before July 1, 2008, the department, in consultation with the Office of Public School Construction, shall conduct a survey to determine whether the school districts operating Concept 6 programs
• § 37693 — (a) A Concept 6 program may not be operated after July 1, 2012, or such earlier date as may be prescribed by the Legislature pursuant to Section 37692.
• § 37694 — A school district operating a Concept 6 program is exempt from the requirements of Section 37202.
• § 37695 — (a) A pupil participating in a Concept 6 program shall not be credited with more than one day of attendance in any calendar day, except as permitted in Section 46140.
• § 37700 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Big Sur Unified School District, the Leggett Valley Unified School District, and the Reeds Creek Elementary School District may operate one or more schools in th
• § 37701 — The school district shall provide on an annual basis, while operating a school on a four-day school week, not less than 560 hours of instructional time for kindergarten, not less than 700 hours of ins
• § 37702 — Prior to operating a school on a four-day school week, the school district shall secure the approval of the governing board of the district and of any collective bargaining agents representing employe
• § 37703 — A school site council in the school district shall be involved in the planning and evaluation of a four-day school week.
• § 37704 — The school district shall consider the impact of the longer schoolday on primary grade pupils, and the impact of the four-day school week on working parents who may be required to find child care serv
• § 37706 — If a school district elects to operate a school on a four-day school week as authorized by this chapter, the school district shall be entitled to receive the same support, but not more support, from t
• § 37707 — If the school district elects to operate a school on a four-day school week pursuant to this chapter, the reduced number of schooldays in the school district shall not affect the rights of certificate
• § 37710 — If a school operating on a four-day school week pursuant to Section 37710.
• § 37711 — Beginning in the 2004–05 fiscal year, the following school districts in San Diego County may operate one or more schools in their respective districts on a four-day school week if the districts comply
• § 37712 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, commencing with the 2025–26 school year, the Stony Creek Joint Unified School District may operate one or more schools on a four-day school week if it complies with
• § 38000 — (a) The governing board of a school district may establish a security department under the supervision of a chief of security as designated by, and under the direction of, the superintendent of the sc
• § 38001 — Persons employed and compensated as members of a police department of a school district, when appointed and duly sworn, are peace officers, for the purposes of carrying out their duties of employment
• § 38001.5 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure the safety of pupils, staff, and the public on or near California’s public schools, by providing school security officers with training that will enab
• § 38001.6 — (a) Every school peace officer first employed by a K–12 public school district before July 1, 1999, shall, in order to retain his or her employment, fulfill both of the following conditions: (1) The e
• § 38002 — Moneys transferred into the general fund of any school district pursuant to Section 1463.
• § 38003 — Persons employed and compensated as members of a security or police department of a school district shall be supplied with and authorized to wear a badge bearing the name of the school district.
• § 38004 — The governing board of a school district which establishes a security or police department may provide and maintain motor vehicles for the use of the department.
• § 38004.5 — The governing board of a school district that establishes a school police department shall not permit the school police department to receive surplus military equipment pursuant to Section 2576a of Ti
• § 38005 — The governing board of any school district may contract with a private licensed security agency to insure the safety of school district personnel and pupils and the security of the real and personal p
• § 38040 — For purposes of this chapter, “water bottle filling station” means a water dispenser accessible to all people in compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.
• § 38041 — (a) (1) A new construction or modernization project submitted to the Division of the State Architect pursuant to Chapter 12.
• § 38042 — (a) A school district or the governing body of a charter school shall allow pupils, teachers, and staff to bring and carry water bottles.
• § 38043 — (a) Administrators of a school district or the governing body of a charter school shall inform teachers, staff, parents, and pupils about their rights under this chapter, including providing informati
• § 38080 — The term “cafeteria” as used in this code is considered synonymous with the term “food service.
• § 38081 — The governing board of any school district may establish cafeterias in the schools under its jurisdiction whenever in its judgment it is advisable to do so.
• § 38082 — Food shall not be sold at any cafeteria operated by a school district to anyone except pupils and employees of any school district, members of the governing board thereof, and members or employees of
• § 38083 — Perishable foodstuffs and seasonal commodities needed in the operation of cafeterias may be purchased by the school district in accordance with rules and regulations for such purchase adopted by the g
• § 38084 — The food served shall be sold to the patrons of the cafeterias at such a price as will pay the cost of maintaining the cafeterias, exclusive of the costs made a charge against the funds of the school
• § 38086 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), by July 1, 2011, a school district shall provide access to free, fresh drinking water during meal times in the food service areas of the schools under its ju
• § 38086.1 — (a) The department may receive funds transferred from any available state and federal source, to be allocated by the department to school districts for the purpose of complying with the requirements o
• § 38090 — Money received for the sale of food or for any services performed by the cafeterias may be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the “cafeteria fund” of the particular school district.
• § 38091 — (a) The cafeteria fund shall be used only for those expenditures authorized by the governing board of a school district as necessary for the operation of school cafeterias, including, but not limited
• § 38093 — The governing board of any school district may establish an account for each cafeteria established in a school of the district, or for all cafeterias established in the schools of the district, in one
• § 38094 — The governing board of the district shall designate an employee or employees of the district to have custody of the account or accounts, who shall be responsible for the payment into the account or ac
• § 38095 — Upon the order of the governing board of any district having a cafeteria fund in the county treasury and establishing an account, or accounts, the county treasurer shall deposit the money in the fund
• § 38100 — (a) The cost of providing adequate housing for cafeterias, including, but not limited to, permanent kitchen facilities, is a charge against the funds of the school district.
• § 38101 — (a) (1) The governing board of a school district may authorize expenditures from the cafeteria fund or cafeteria account for those charges from that fund or account that are defined in the California
• § 38103 — The governing board of a school district shall employ persons for food service positions as part of the classified service, except that school districts may utilize the services of volunteers for prog
• § 38110 — The county board of education shall on or before the first day of February of each year establish rules and regulations under which any school district in the county shall, except as provided in Secti
• § 38111 — The governing board of each school district shall, except as otherwise provided in this code, purchase school furniture, including musical instruments, and apparatus, and such other articles as are ne
• § 38112 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the governing board of any school district may purchase any necessary school supplies and equipment, including standard school supplies and equipment listed
• § 38113 — The clerk of each district shall, under the direction of the board of trustees, provide all school supplies authorized by this chapter.
• § 38114 — The cost of maintaining schoolbuses may be paid out of any funds of the district except funds derived from the sale of bonds and funds required by law to be set aside for teachers’ salaries.
• § 38115 — The superintendent of schools of each county may transfer at the beginning of any school year from the funds of the school districts of the county which elect to purchase equipment and supplies in acc
• § 38116 — If in any county a school supply revolving fund is not established, payment for school supplies and equipment purchased through the county superintendent of schools or through the county purchasing ag
• § 38117 — The governing board of each school district throughout the state shall provide for each schoolhouse under its control, a suitable Flag of the United States, which shall be hoisted above each schoolhou
• § 38118 — Writing and drawing paper, pens, inks, blackboards, blackboard erasers, crayons, lead pencils, and other necessary supplies for the use of the schools, shall be furnished under direction of the govern
• § 38119 — The governing board of a school district may rent or lease personal property needed for district purposes, including the renting or leasing of caps and gowns for seniors who participate in high school
• § 38120 — The governing board of any school district may lend school band instruments, music, uniforms, and other regalia to persons who are or have been, during the prior school year, members of the school ban
• § 38130 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Civic Center Act.
• § 38131 — (a) There is a civic center at each and every public school facility and grounds within the state where the citizens, parent teacher associations, Camp Fire girls, Boy Scout troops, veterans’ organiza
• § 38133 — The management, direction, and control of school facilities under this article are vested in the governing board of the school district which shall promulgate all rules and regulations necessary to pr
• § 38134 — (a) (1) The governing board of a school district shall authorize the use of school facilities or grounds under its control by a nonprofit organization, or by a club or an association organized to prom
• § 38135 — Any use, by any individual, society, group, or organization for the commission of any act intended to further any program or movement the purpose of which is to accomplish the overthrow of the governm
• § 38136 — No governing board of a school district shall grant the use of any school property to any person or organization for any use in violation of Section 38135.
• § 38137 — Written statements of information as required by Section 38136 need not be under oath, but shall contain a written declaration that they are made under the penalty of perjury, and any person so signin
• § 38138 — Notwithstanding the provisions of this article or any other provisions of law, when a nonpartisan charitable organization organized under the laws of this state has constructed or will construct, subj
• § 38139 — (a) Public primary schools shall post at an appropriate area restricted to adults information regarding missing children provided by the Department of Justice pursuant to Section 14210 of the Penal Co
• § 39800 — (a) The governing board of any school district may provide for the transportation of pupils to and from school whenever in the judgment of the board the transportation is advisable and good reasons ex
• § 39800.1 — (a) As a condition of receiving apportionments under Section 41850.
• § 39800.5 — (a) Any school district and any owner or operator of a private school that provides transportation for pupils that owns, leases, or otherwise has possession or control of a 15-passenger van, may not,
• § 39801 — The governing board of any school district may contract with the county superintendent of schools to provide necessary transportation services.
• § 39801.5 — (a) The governing board of any school district may contract for the transportation of matriculated or enrolled adults, or provide transportation to adults in district-owned equipment for educational p
• § 39802 — In order to procure the service at the lowest possible figure consistent with proper and satisfactory service, the governing board shall, whenever an expenditure of more than ten thousand dollars ($10
• § 39803 — (a) If a continuing contract for the furnishing of transportation of pupils in school districts to and from school is made it shall be made for a term not to exceed five years.
• § 39803.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 39803 or any other law, this section shall apply to the furnishing of transportation of pupils in local educational agencies to and from school using schoolbuses that are z
• § 39805 — In bidding on contracts to be made pursuant to Section 39803, bidders may include in their bids abstractions of their quotations indicating the pricing structure used to compute the annual lease or re
• § 39806 — In lieu of providing in whole or in part for the transportation of a pupil attending the schools of a district, the governing board may pay to the parents or guardian of the pupil a sum not to exceed
• § 39807 — In lieu of furnishing transportation to pupils attending the schools of a school district, the governing board may pay to the parents or guardian of each pupil the cost of food and lodging of the pupi
• § 39807.5 — (a) When a local educational agency provides for the transportation of pupils to and from schools, including the governing board of a school district pursuant to Section 39800, or between the regular
• § 39808 — (a) The governing board of any school district may allow a pupil entitled to attend the school of the district, but who, under Section 48222, attends a school other than a public school to be transpor
• § 39809.5 — (a) The sum of the state aid received and the parent fees collected in a fiscal year may not exceed actual operating cost of home-to-school transportation in that fiscal year.
• § 39820 — Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board of a school district may provide for the transportation to and from public school of pupils who have attained the age of three years and nine months
• § 39830 — A schoolbus is any motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained for the transportation of a school pupil at or below the grade 12 level to or from a public or private school or to or from public or pri
• § 39830.1 — A “school pupil activity bus” means any motor vehicle, other than a schoolbus, operated by a common carrier, or by and under the exclusive jurisdiction of a publicly owned or operated transit system,
• § 39831 — (a) The State Board of Education shall adopt reasonable regulations relating to the use of schoolbuses by school districts and others.
• § 39831.1 — The state board shall adopt regulations to require a passenger in a schoolbus equipped with passenger restraint systems in accordance with Section 27316 of the Vehicle Code to use a passenger restrain
• § 39831.2 — The state board shall adopt regulations to require a passenger in a school pupil activity bus equipped with passenger restraint systems in accordance with Section 27316.
• § 39831.3 — (a) The county superintendent of schools, the superintendent of a school district, a charter school, or the owner or operator of a private school that provides transportation to or from a school or sc
• § 39831.5 — (a) All pupils in prekindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, in public or private school who are transported in a schoolbus or school pupil activity bus shall receive instruction in
• § 39832 — The name or names of the particular school or schools to which a schoolbus conveys pupils may be painted on the side of the bus, in the manner prescribed by the Department of the California Highway Pa
• § 39833 — Any officer, agent, or employee of a school district, or any other person knowingly operating, or permitting or directing the operation of a schoolbus in violation of any regulation or order of the De
• § 39834 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any officer, agent, or employee of a school district, office of the county superintendent of schools, or joint powers agency, or any other person, knowingly
• § 39835 — (a) The governing board of any school district may use schoolbuses to transport persons for purposes of community recreation as provided in Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 10900) of Part 7.
• § 39836 — During any national emergency declared by the President of the United States of America or during any war in which the United States of America is engaged, the governing board of a school district may
• § 39837 — The governing board of any school district may use and operate any bus owned or under lease to the district for the transportation of pupils to and from their places of employment during the summer in
• § 39837.5 — The governing board of a school district may provide for the transportation on schoolbuses of employees of the school district, parents of pupils of the school district, and adult volunteers to and fr
• § 39838 — (a) Each schoolbus shall be equipped with one or more fire extinguishers bearing the approval of the laboratories of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, Underwriters’ Laboratories Incorporated, o
• § 39839 — Guide dogs, signal dogs, and service dogs trained to provide assistance to individuals with a disability may be transported in a schoolbus when accompanied by disabled pupils enrolled in a public or p
• § 39840 — The governing board of any school district may enter into a contract under the terms of which the school district grants the use of any schoolbus that is owned or leased by the school district to any
• § 39841 — The following requirements shall be included in any agreement entered into between a school district and a publicly owned transit system under which the school district grants the use of any schoolbus
• § 39842 — (a) Any person who enters a schoolbus or school pupil activity bus without prior authorization of the driver or other school official with intent to commit any crime and who refuses to disembark after
• § 39843 — (a) The county superintendent of schools, the superintendent of a school district, a charter school, or the owner or operator of a private school that provides transportation to or from a school or sc
• § 39860 — (a) The governing board of a school district may contract for the transportation of pupils attending schools within the district to and from any exposition or fair, school activities, or other activit
• § 39875 — (a) Except as provided pursuant to subdivisions (b) to (g), inclusive, this article shall apply to all drivers employed by a local educational agency, contracted by a local educational agency, or cont
• § 39877 — (a) A driver who provides transportation services for pupils in a vehicle with a maximum capacity of 10 or fewer persons, including the driver, shall: (1) Hold a valid California driver’s license for
• § 39878 — A driver who provides transportation services for pupils in a vehicle with a capacity of more than 10 persons, including the driver, shall: (a) Hold a valid California commercial driver’s license for
• § 39879 — (a) Any local educational agency contracting with a private entity to provide pupil transportation shall obtain from the private entity a written attestation to all of the following: (1) That it not h
• § 39880 — (a) To the extent that the requirements of this article conflict with a contract entered into between a local educational agency and a private entity before January 1, 2024, this article shall not app
• § 39881 — As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Applicable law” means applicable California laws within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency’s jurisdiction related to the misclass
• § 39882 — (a) Except as provided pursuant to subdivision (b), this article shall become operative on July 1, 2025.
• § 4 — Whenever reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law of this state, such reference applies to all amendments and additions now or hereafter made.
• § 4000 — There is in each county, except a county which is also a city and county, a county committee on school district organization.
• § 4001 — If all of the territory of a county under the jurisdiction of the county superintendent of schools of the county is included in one unified school district, the governing board of the unified school d
• § 4002 — Except as provided in Section 4001, if there are fewer than six school districts or community college districts in the territory under the jurisdiction of the county superintendent of schools of the c
• § 4003 — In every county with six or more school districts or community college districts in the territory under the jurisdiction of the county superintendent of schools of the county, the county committee on
• § 4004 — (a) If the number of school districts or community college districts in a county with six or more districts decreases to fewer than six, Section 4001 or 4002 shall apply, as appropriate.
• § 4005 — (a) The county superintendent of schools shall call an annual meeting of the representatives of the governing board of each school district, elected pursuant to Section 35023, and the representatives
• § 4006 — (a) Any vacancy created by the expiration of the term of office of a member of the county committee on school district organization shall be filled by the majority vote of the representatives of the g
• § 4007 — No county superintendent of schools, employee of the office of a county superintendent of schools, employee of a school district, or employee of a community college district shall be a member of the c
• § 40070 — (a) The State Department of Education shall develop or approve a course for the training of schoolbus, school pupil activity bus, and farm labor vehicle drivers that will provide them with the skills
• § 4008 — (a) At least two members of every county committee shall be elected from among the registered voters residing within each county supervisorial district in the county.
• § 40080 — (a) This article governs the minimum training required for drivers to obtain or renew a certificate described in Section 12517, 12519, or 12804.
• § 40081 — (a) The department shall develop or approve courses for training school pupil activity bus (SPAB), transit bus, schoolbus, and farm labor vehicle drivers that will provide them with the skills and kno
• § 40082 — (a) An original applicant for a certificate to drive a schoolbus, as defined by Section 545 of the Vehicle Code, shall have successfully completed a minimum 40-hour course of instruction.
• § 40083 — An original applicant for a certificate to drive any bus defined by Section 546 or 642 of the Vehicle Code shall have successfully completed a minimum 35-hour course of instruction.
• § 40084 — An original applicant for a certificate to drive a farm labor vehicle shall have successfully completed a minimum 20-hour course of instruction.
• § 40084.5 — (a) All behind-the-wheel training required to obtain certificates pursuant to Sections 12517 and 12519 of the Vehicle Code shall be performed by a state-certified instructor or by a delegated behind-t
• § 40085 — Applicants seeking to renew a certificate to drive a schoolbus as defined in Section 545 of the Vehicle Code or a school pupil activity bus as defined in Section 546 of the Vehicle Code shall have suc
• § 40085.5 — Applicants seeking to renew a certificate to drive a transit bus as defined in Section 642 of the Vehicle Code shall have successfully completed at least eight hours of original or renewal classroom i
• § 40086 — Applicants seeking to renew a certificate to drive a farm labor vehicle shall have successfully completed two hours of classroom instruction for each 12 months of certificate validity covering, but no
• § 40087 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), driver training required by this chapter shall be properly documented on the State Department of Education Training Certificate T-01, and signed by a state-c
• § 40088 — (a) An applicant for a school pupil activity bus (SPAB), transit bus, schoolbus, or farm labor vehicle driver instructor certificate shall successfully complete the appropriate instructor course given
• § 40089 — (a) A school pupil activity bus (SPAB), transit bus, schoolbus, or farm labor vehicle driver instructor with no instructional limitations shall conduct at least 20 hours of instruction each 12 months
• § 4009 — The term of each member of the county committee shall begin upon election pursuant to Section 4006 or upon appointment pursuant to Section 4002, as appropriate, and shall be for four years.
• § 40090 — The department may assess fees to any instructor applicant who will be training drivers of any vehicle as defined in Section 322, 545, 546, or 642 of the Vehicle Code.
• § 40090.5 — Employers shall take all action necessary to make available to every transit busdriver required to be trained pursuant to Section 40083 or 40085.
• § 4010 — The members of the county committee shall serve without compensation.
• § 4011 — (a) The county counsel, or if there is no county counsel, the district attorney, may provide legal services to the county committee.
• § 4012 — Within 30 days after the election or appointment of the county committee, the county superintendent of schools shall call the first meeting of the county committee, for purposes of electing a committe
• § 4013 — Meetings of the county committee may be called by the chairperson, or by a quorum of the committee.
• § 4014 — For purposes of this article, a majority of the members of county committee shall constitute a quorum.
• § 4020 — (a) Upon the petition of the county committee on school district organization of a county, or of the county board of education of that county, the State Board of Education may order the county board o
• § 4021 — Upon the order of the State Board of Education issued pursuant to Section 4020, the county board of education of a county succeeds to and is vested with all duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities,
• § 4022 — (a) The State Board of Education may, upon its own motion or upon petition of the county board of education or a majority of districts in the county, reestablish a county committee on school district
• § 4023 — Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 4005, the first annual meeting following the reestablishment of a county committee on school district organization shall occur within 30 days of the State Bo
• § 4024 — A county committee on school district organization reestablished pursuant to Section 4022 succeeds to and is vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction previously
• § 41000 — No assessor, tax collector, city, city and county, or county treasurer shall charge or receive any fees or compensation for assessing, collecting, receiving, keeping, or disbursing any school moneys,
• § 41001 — The governing board of every school district shall pay all moneys received or collected by it from any source and all moneys apportioned to it from taxes levied and collected under the authority of ci
• § 41002 — All moneys received by any school district or paid into the county or city and county treasury to the credit of the district from state apportionments, county, district or municipal taxes, other than
• § 41002.5 — Notwithstanding Sections 41001 and 41002, money received from the sources, or for the purposes listed in subdivisions (a) to (h), inclusive, may be deposited in a bank or other financial institution w
• § 41003 — The governing board of a school district may, by resolution, specify the particular fund or funds maintained for the district into which shall be deposited moneys received for the rental or lease of r
• § 41010 — The accounting system used to record the financial affairs of any school district shall be in accordance with the definitions, instructions, and procedures published in the California School Accountin
• § 41011 — The accounting system used to record the financial affairs of any school district shall be designed to provide separate recording and clear distinction between expenditures for salaries of classroom t
• § 41011.1 — (a) The accounting system used to record the financial affairs of any local educational agency shall be designed to provide a separate accounting of expenditures related to actual payments of legal se
• § 41012 — For purposes of determining allowances pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 52200) of Part 28, and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 56500) and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 56600) of
• § 41013 — For the purpose of achieving clarity and uniformity in the budgeting and reporting of school district expenditures by funds, whenever certain expenditures for the children’s center program, the develo
• § 41014 — Excepting only as provided in Article 1 (commencing with Section 41000) and this article, all constitutional and statutory limitations on the purposes for which moneys derived from particular specifie
• § 41015 — The governing board of any school district or any county office of education which has funds in a special reserve fund of the district or county office of education or any surplus moneys not required
• § 41016 — The governing board of a school district which has made an investment pursuant to the authority of Section 41015 may deposit such security for safekeeping with a state or national bank or trust compan
• § 41017 — The governing board of any school district or any county office of education may authorize any school district governed by it, or any school under its jurisdiction to deposit in one or more bank accou
• § 41018 — The governing board of any school district or any county office of education having an average daily attendance of 100,000 or more may deposit in one or more bank accounts moneys received from the tem
• § 41019 — The governing board of any school district which maintains clearing accounts, cafeteria accounts, and other accounts in a bank or banks, pursuant to Section 41017 or 39892, or pursuant to any other pr
• § 41020 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage sound fiscal management practices among local educational agencies for the most efficient and effective use of public funds for the education of ch
• § 41020.1 — Reports of audits previously filed with the county clerk pursuant to Section 41020 shall be disposed of by the county clerk or returned to the respective superintendent of schools.
• § 41020.2 — (a) If a school district governing board has entered into a contract for an independent audit of its financial statements in accordance with Section 41020 and the audited financial statements have not
• § 41020.3 — (a) By January 31 of each year, the governing body of each local educational agency shall review, at a public meeting, the annual audit of the local educational agency for the prior year, any audit ex
• § 41020.5 — (a) If the Controller determines by two consecutive quality control reviews pursuant to Section 14504.
• § 41020.8 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the auditor conducting the annual audit pursuant to Section 41020 shall, upon request, provide the county superintendent or the Superintendent of Public Ins
• § 41020.9 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 41020, for the 2019–20 fiscal year, a local educational agency shall provide for an audit by July 15, 2020, and if a local educational agency fails to provide for an audit
• § 41021 — The governing board of every school district shall require each employee of the district, whose duty it is to handle funds of the district, and may, in its discretion, require employees of the distric
• § 41022 — Except as provided in this section, any election held for the purpose permitting a school district to exceed the expenditure of school district funds fixed by the Constitution or by the statutes of th
• § 41023 — (a) Any agency organized pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, the parties of which consist solely of school districts and
• § 41024 — (a) (1) Commencing April 1, 2017, a local educational agency that receives any funds pursuant to the Leroy F.
• § 41030 — Any school district which receives bequests or gifts of money which is surplus money not required for the immediate necessities of the district may invest it pursuant to the provisions of this article
• § 41031 — Any gift or bequest of money which is to be invested pursuant to this article shall be placed in a district special fund in the county treasury, to be designated as a Foundation Fund.
• § 41032 — (a) The governing board of any school district may accept on behalf of, and in the name of, the district, gifts, donations, bequests, and devises that are made to the district or to or for the benefit
• § 41033 — The governing board of a school district which has placed funds in the Foundation Fund is hereby authorized to invest all or any part of those funds as it deems wise and expedient as follows: (a) In t
• § 41034 — The governing board of a school district may deposit such securities, warrants, or instruments purchased under Section 41033 for safekeeping pursuant to Section 41016.
• § 41035 — The governing board of a school district that invests money of the Foundation Fund pursuant to this article shall appoint an advisory committee equal in number to the number of members of the governin
• § 41036 — The advisory committee shall advise the governing board as to the investments to be made pursuant to this article.
• § 41037 — The governing board shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this article, not inconsistent with law.
• § 41038 — Except as may be otherwise provided in this article, other provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to the money placed in the Foundation Fund pursuant to this article.
• § 41050 — “County” or “counties” includes a city and county as specified in Section 92.
• § 41052 — Whenever the assessed valuation of a school district is reduced as a result of the operation of Section 992 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the school district shall receive replacement revenue from
• § 41053 — Where a reference is made to “adults” in this division in the context of apportionments to school districts or county superintendents of schools, the reference shall be deemed to refer to persons 21 y
• § 41060 — (a) The enactment of Article XIII A of the California Constitution by the voters of California at the June 6, 1978, primary election severely reduced the property taxing authority of local school dist
• § 41200 — (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the John B.
• § 41202 — The words and phrases set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 8 of Article XVI of the Constitution of the State of California shall have the following meanings: (a) “Moneys to be applied by the State,
• § 41202.5 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (1) The Legislature acted to implement Proposition 98 soon after its passage by defining “total allocations to school districts and commun
• § 41203 — Any calculation of the monies to be applied by the state for the support of school districts and community college districts, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8 of Article XVI of the California