California

Education Code

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

• § 48264 — The attendance supervisor or his or her designee, a peace officer, a school administrator or his or her designee, or a probation officer may arrest or assume temporary custody, during school hours, of
• § 48264.5 — A minor who is classified as a truant pursuant to Section 48260 or 48261 may be required to attend makeup classes conducted on one day of a weekend pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 37223 and is
• § 48265 — Any person arresting or assuming temporary custody of a minor pursuant to Section 48264 shall forthwith deliver the minor either to the parent, guardian, or other person having control, or charge of t
• § 48266 — Any person taking action pursuant to Sections 48264 and 48265 shall report the matter, and the disposition made by him of the minor to the school authorities of the city, or city and county, or school
• § 48267 — Any pupil who has been found to be a person described in Section 602 and as a condition of probation is required to attend a school program approved by a probation officer, who is reported as a truant
• § 48268 — The court may render judgment that the parent, guardian, or person having the control or charge of the pupil shall deliver the pupil at the beginning of each schoolday, for the remainder of the school
• § 48269 — If the parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of the pupil, within three days after the rendition of the judgment executes a bond to the governing board of the school district in t
• § 48273 — The governing board of each school district shall adopt rules and regulations to require the appropriate officers and employees of the district to gather and transmit to the county superintendent of s
• § 48290 — The governing board of any school district, shall, on the complaint of any person, make full and impartial investigation of all charges against any parent, guardian, or other person having control or
• § 48291 — If it appears upon investigation that any parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of any child has violated any of the provisions of this chapter, the secretary of the board of educ
• § 48292 — In counties, cities, and cities and counties, and in school districts having an attendance supervisor, the attendance supervisor shall make and file the complaint provided for by this article and shal
• § 48293 — (a) Any parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of any pupil who fails to comply with this chapter, unless excused or exempted therefrom, is guilty of an infraction and shall be pun
• § 48294 — All fines paid as penalties for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall, when collected or received, be paid over by the court or officer receiving them to the treasurer of the ci
• § 48295 — Any judge of the superior court, in the county in which the school district is located, or in which the offense is committed, has jurisdiction of offenses committed under this article.
• § 48296 — No fees shall be charged or received by any court or officer in any proceeding under this chapter.
• § 48297 — (a) (1) A state or local agency conducting a truancy-related mediation or prosecuting a pupil or a pupil’s parent or legal guardian pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 48260), this article,
• § 48300 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Active military duty” means full-time military duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members o
• § 48301 — (a) (1) The governing board of a school district may elect to operate the school district as a school district of choice and may accept transfers from school districts of residence pursuant to this ar
• § 48302 — School districts are encouraged to hold informational meetings and make public announcements on the current educational programs the school district is offering so that parents may provide input to th
• § 48303 — (a) The school district of choice shall not prohibit a transfer of a pupil pursuant to this article based upon a determination by the governing board of that school district that the additional cost o
• § 48304 — An application of any pupil for transfer may not be approved under this article if the transfer would require the displacement, from a school or program conducted within any attendance area of the sch
• § 48305 — School districts of choice may employ existing entrance criteria for specialized schools or programs if the criteria are uniformly applied to all applicants.
• § 48306 — (a) A school district of choice shall give first priority for attendance to siblings of children already in attendance in that school district.
• § 48307 — (a) A school district of residence with an average daily attendance greater than 50,000 may limit the number of pupils transferring to a school district of choice pursuant to this article each year to
• § 48308 — (a) (1) An application requesting a transfer pursuant to this article shall be submitted by the parent of a pupil to the school district of choice before January 1 of the school year preceding the sch
• § 48309 — (a) Any school district of choice that admits any pupil under this section may accept any completed coursework, attendance, and other academic progress credited to that pupil by the school district or
• § 48310 — (a) The average daily attendance for pupils admitted by a school district of choice pursuant to this article shall be credited to that school district pursuant to Section 46607.
• § 48311 — Upon request of the pupil’s parent, each school district of choice that admits a pupil under this article to any school or program of the school district may provide to the pupil transportation assist
• § 48312 — (a) Each school district may make information regarding its schools, programs, policies, and procedures available to any interested person upon request.
• § 48313 — (a) (1) Pursuant to this article, each school district of choice shall keep an accounting of all requests made for transfers pursuant to this article and records of all disposition of those requests t
• § 48314 — It is the intent of the Legislature that every parent in this state be informed of his or her opportunity for currently existing school district of choice options under this article regardless of ethn
• § 48317 — Commencing with the 2018–19 school year, and each year thereafter, the department shall investigate complaints regarding a school district operating as a school district of choice without registering
• § 48320 — (a) In enacting this article it is the intent of the Legislature that intensive guidance and coordinated community services may be provided to meet the special needs of pupils with school attendance p
• § 48321 — (a) (1) A county school attendance review board may be established in each county.
• § 48321.5 — (a) In every case in which a minor pupil has been referred to it under Section 48263, each county or local school attendance review board may, for the purpose of making a proper disposition of the ref
• § 48322 — The county school attendance review board may encourage local school attendance review boards to maintain a continuing inventory of community resources, including alternative educational programs, and
• § 48323 — Each of the departments or agencies authorized to participate in school attendance review boards may assign personnel to represent the department or agency on a continuing basis in accordance with the
• § 48324 — The county school attendance review board may adopt such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law, as are necessary for its own government and to enable it to carry out the provisions of this a
• § 48325 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that statewide policy coordination and personnel training with respect to county attendance review boards will greatly facilitate the achievement of the goals ex
• § 48326 — The department shall, by the beginning of the 2026–27 school year, post information on its internet website about the methods of reducing chronic absenteeism listed in subdivisions (a) to (g), inclusi
• § 48340 — In enacting this article it is the intent of the Legislature to encourage school districts and county offices of education maintaining any classes in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to ado
• § 48341 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prepare and disseminate to school districts and county superintendents of schools information regarding effective practices to improve pupil attendance.
• § 48345 — (a) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.
• § 48349 — This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2029, and, as of January 1, 2030, is repealed.
• § 48350 — This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Open Enrollment Act.
• § 48351 — The purpose of this article is to improve pupil achievement, in accordance with the regulations and guidelines for the federal Race to the Top Fund, authorized under the federal American Recovery and
• § 48352 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Low-achieving school” means any school identified by the Superintendent pursuant to the following: (1) Excluding the schools, and ta
• § 48353 — The state board shall adopt emergency regulations to implement this article.
• § 48354 — (a) The parent of a pupil enrolled in a low-achieving school may submit an application for the pupil to attend a school in a school district of enrollment pursuant to this article.
• § 48355 — (a) The school district of residence of a pupil or a school district of enrollment to which a pupil has applied to attend may prohibit the transfer of the pupil pursuant to this article or limit the n
• § 48356 — (a) A school district of enrollment may adopt specific, written standards for acceptance and rejection of applications pursuant to this article.
• § 48357 — Within 60 days of receiving an application pursuant to Section 48354, a school district of enrollment shall notify the applicant parent and the school district of residence in writing whether the appl
• § 48358 — A school district of enrollment that enrolls a pupil pursuant to this article shall accept credits toward graduation that were awarded to the pupil by another school district and shall graduate the pu
• § 48359 — (a) Each school district is encouraged to keep an accounting of all requests made for alternative attendance pursuant to this article and records of all disposition of those requests that may include,
• § 48359.5 — (a) For a school district of enrollment that is a basic aid school district, the apportionment of state funds for average daily attendance credited pursuant to this article shall be 70 percent of the
• § 48360 — (a) From federal funds appropriated for this purpose, the Superintendent shall contract for an independent evaluation of the open enrollment program operated pursuant to this article.
• § 48361 — No exercise of discretion by a district of enrollment in its administration of this article shall be overturned absent a finding as designated by a court of competent jurisdiction that the district go
• § 48400 — All persons 16 years of age or older and under 18 years of age, not otherwise exempted by this chapter, shall attend upon special continuation education classes maintained by the governing board of th
• § 48401 — The complaint of any citizen of a school district that such school district has failed to meet the requirements of providing continuation education classes pursuant to this chapter shall be presented
• § 48402 — Whenever a minor subject to the provisions of this chapter, who is not otherwise exempted by this chapter, cannot give satisfactory proof of regular employment he shall attend, for not less than 15 ho
• § 48403 — If any person subject to the provisions of this chapter is an habitual truant or is irregular in attendance as required by this chapter or is habitually insubordinate or disorderly during attendance a
• § 48410 — There are exempted from compulsory attendance in continuing education classes as otherwise required by Sections 48400 and 48402, persons who: (a) Have been graduated from a high school maintaining a f
• § 48412 — (a) (1) A person 16 years of age or older, or who has been enrolled in grade 10 for one school year or longer, or who will complete one school year of enrollment in grade 10 at the end of the semester
• § 48413 — Persons 16 years of age or older and under 18 years of age who have not been graduated from high school shall be permitted by the governing board to enroll in continuation classes conducted by the sch
• § 48414 — Any person 16 or 17 years of age exempt from compulsory continuation attendance laws by subdivision (e) of Section 48410 who has terminated his enrollment on the basis of such exemption shall be permi
• § 48415 — In the case of attendance upon private school, exemption from the requirements of attendance upon compulsory continuation education shall be valid only after verification by the attendance supervisor
• § 48416 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a child who, at the time a leave of absence is to begin, will be between the ages of 16 and 18, inclusive, may take a leave of absence from compulsory conti
• § 48430 — It is the intent of the Legislature that continuation education schools and classes shall be established and maintained to provide all of the following: (1) An opportunity for pupils to complete the r
• § 48431 — The governing board of each high school district shall establish and maintain a program of guidance, placement, and followup for all minors within the district subject to compulsory continuation educa
• § 48432 — The governing board of each high school district and each unified school district shall establish and maintain within its boundaries special continuation education classes and may establish and mainta
• § 48432.3 — (a) If the governing board of a school district chooses to voluntarily enroll high school pupils in a continuation school, the governing board of the school district shall establish and adopt policies
• § 48432.5 — (a) The governing board of each high school or unified school district that assigns pupils to continuation schools shall adopt rules and regulations governing procedures for the involuntary transfer o
• § 48433 — Special continuation education classes or classes conducted by a regional occupational center or any combination thereof shall provide at least four 60-minute hours of instruction per week for each mi
• § 48434 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), such classes shall be maintained during the district’s regular school hours, or during special school hours for these classes established by the go
• § 48435 — Such classes shall provide suitable instruction for the various individuals for whose benefit they are established.
• § 48436 — The State Board of Education shall prescribe and enforce standards and regulations for the organization and administration of programs of guidance, placement and followup, for programs of coordination
• § 48437 — The governing board of a school district or school districts, as the case may be, maintaining special continuation education classes may accept and expend grants from the federal government or from ot
• § 48438 — It is the intent of the Legislature that special funds for eligible pupils be expended by the continuation schools in which those pupils are enrolled.
• § 48450 — Each parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of any minor required to attend special continuation education classes, shall compel the attendance of the minor upon the classes.
• § 48451 — The governing board of any high school district in which a minor resides who violates the provisions of this chapter shall, on the complaint of any person, make full and impartial investigation of all
• § 48452 — If it appears upon the investigation that any parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of the minor has violated the provisions of Section 48450, the clerk of the board, or other per
• § 48453 — In cities, and in cities and counties, and in school districts having an attendance supervisor, the attendance supervisor shall make and file the complaint provided for in this article, and shall see
• § 48454 — Any parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of any minor subject to this chapter who fails to perform any of the duties imposed upon him by the provisions of Section 48450 is guilty
• § 48600 — (a) The purpose of this article is to provide for the operation of 24-hour elementary schools, established pursuant to Article 27 (commencing with Section 940) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of
• § 48601 — This article shall be construed in conformity with the intent as well as the express provisions thereof and shall confer upon the county probation officer, and the county superintendent or governing b
• § 48602 — The county superintendent of schools or the governing board of the district, as the case may be, which shall have, in reference to 24-hour schools, the same powers and duties which are now or may here
• § 48603 — The cost of securing sites or constructing and equipping buildings and in general the cost of housing and equipping any 24-hour school, including the necessary dormitories, dining halls, and other liv
• § 48604 — The superintendent appointed pursuant to Section 942 of the Welfare and Institutions Code may reside in the 24-hour school and may be furnished suitable quarters, furniture, food, supplies, and laundr
• § 48605 — Admission and discharge of minors with behavioral disorders to programs provided under the provisions of this article shall be made only on the basis of an individual evaluation according to standards
• § 48606 — The board of admission, or some person or persons designated by it, shall investigate the case of any child whose name is submitted in writing accompanied by a signed statement for consideration for a
• § 48607 — The county superintendent or governing board, as the case may be, maintaining a 24-hour school may accept in the school any minor between the ages of 8 and 16 years who is a resident of the county or
• § 48608 — If the parent or guardian of the pupil refuses to enter into a contract providing for the payment to the county or school district, as the case may be, of a sum sufficient to meet the average cost of
• § 48609 — The principal of any school in the county or district, as the case may be, in which there has been established a 24-hour school shall report to the county superintendent or superintendent of schools o
• § 48610 — Any minor who has been placed in the care and control of the 24-hour school without the consent of the parent or guardian, shall remain therein, if placed by order of the court, for the duration of th
• § 48611 — If the minor has been placed in the 24-hour school by order of the county superintendent or superintendent of schools of the district, as the case may be, the parent or guardian with whose consent the
• § 48612 — If, in the opinion of the principal of any 24-hour school, the further detention of any minor is detrimental to the minor, the minor may upon order of the principal be returned to the county superinte
• § 48613 — Any pupil who absents himself from any 24-hour elementary school without permission being first obtained from the principal shall be deemed an habitual truant within the meaning of Section 601 of the
• § 48614 — The course of study for the pupils and the methods used in enforcing the course of study shall be approved by the county superintendent or the governing board of the district, as the case may be.
• § 48615 — Each 24-hour school may conduct clinics for the diagnosis and observation of children and may advise parents and school authorities regarding courses of study or treatment in the interests of the norm
• § 48616 — The funding of the educational vocational program conducted in a 24-hour school shall be in the manner described by Section 41703 when maintained by the county superintendent of schools.
• § 48617 — The county probation officer having management and control of a 24-hour school may enter into a contract with any other county or state agency to provide for the supervision, care and treatment of the
• § 48618 — The enrollment in each 24-hour school shall be limited to the standards established under Section 56615.
• § 48640 — Opportunity schools established pursuant to this article by the county board of education shall be limited to counties which have an average daily attendance of less than 8,000.
• § 48641 — An opportunity school established by a county board of education in a county which has an average daily attendance of less than 8,000 shall be deemed to be in lieu of any continuation education progra
• § 48645 — The purpose of this article is to provide for the administration and operation of public schools in juvenile halls, juvenile homes, day centers, juvenile ranches, juvenile camps, regional youth educat
• § 48645.1 — Public schools or classes in any juvenile hall, juvenile home, day center, juvenile ranch, juvenile camp, regional youth educational facility, or Orange County youth correctional center in existence a
• § 48645.2 — The county board of education shall provide for the administration and operation of juvenile court schools established pursuant to Section 48645.
• § 48645.3 — (a) Juvenile court schools shall be conducted in a manner as shall be prescribed by the county board of education to best accomplish the provisions of Section 48645.
• § 48645.5 — (a) Each public school district and county office of education shall accept for credit full or partial coursework satisfactorily completed by a pupil while attending a public school, juvenile court sc
• § 48645.6 — Plans for any juvenile court school classrooms, offices, or any other school structures in any juvenile hall, juvenile home, day center, juvenile ranch, or juvenile camp shall be approved by the count
• § 48645.7 — (a) When a juvenile court school pupil qualifies for an exemption from local graduation requirements pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 48645.
• § 48646 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all pupils, including the state’s justice-involved youth, have access to their constitutional right of a free and appropriate public education, and to redu
• § 48647 — (a) Local educational agencies are strongly encouraged to enter into memoranda of understanding and create joint policies, systems, including data sharing systems, transition centers, and other joint
• § 48648 — (a) Commencing with the 2024–25 fiscal year, the department shall annually report all of the following on its internet website: (1) The number and percentage of pupils who leave juvenile court schools
• § 48649 — (a) The department shall, within existing resources, enter into a contract for an independent evaluation of county juvenile court and county community schools.
• § 48650 — (a) (1) The Superintendent shall convene a workgroup on meeting the needs of pupils with disabilities who enroll in juvenile court schools operated by county offices of education.
• § 48660 — (a) The governing board of a school district may establish one or more community day schools for pupils who meet one or more of the conditions described in subdivision (b) of Section 48662.
• § 48660.1 — It is the intent of the Legislature that school districts operating community day schools to the extent possible include the following program components: (a) School district cooperation with the coun
• § 48661 — (a) A community day school shall not be situated on the same site as an elementary, middle, junior high, comprehensive senior high, opportunity, or continuation school, except as follows: (1) When the
• § 48662 — (a) The governing board of a school district that establishes a community day school shall adopt policies that provide procedures for the involuntary transfer of pupils to a community day school.
• § 48663 — (a) The minimum schoolday in a community day school is 360 minutes of classroom instruction provided by a certificated employee of the district reporting the attendance of the pupils for apportionment
• § 48666 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing board of a school district maintaining a community day school may establish attendance policies for the community day school that permit the c
• § 48800 — (a) The governing board of a school district may determine which pupils would benefit from advanced scholastic or vocational work.
• § 48800.5 — (a) A parent or guardian of a pupil, regardless of the pupil’s age or class level, may petition the governing board of the school district in which the pupil is enrolled to authorize the attendance of
• § 48801 — Any student authorized to attend a community college as a special part-time student pursuant to Sections 48800 and 76001 shall, nevertheless, be required to undertake courses of instruction of a scope
• § 48802 — (a) For purposes of allowances and apportionments from Section B of the State School Fund, a community college shall be credited with additional units of average daily attendance attributable to the a
• § 48810 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the College Promise Partnership Act.
• § 48810.5 — The Long Beach Community College District and the Long Beach Unified School District may enter into a partnership to provide participating pupils with an aligned sequence of rigorous high school and c
• § 48811 — (a) The purpose of the partnership authorized by Section 48810.
• § 48812 — (a) The Long Beach Community College District and the Long Beach Unified School District shall design the partnership to include focused curricular pathways leading to credit in at least one of the fo
• § 48813 — (a) For purposes of allowances and apportionments from Section B of the State School Fund, the Long Beach Community College District shall be credited with additional units of full-time equivalent stu
• § 48850 — (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that all pupils in foster care and those who are homeless, as defined by the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.
• § 48851 — (a) As required pursuant to Section 11432(g)(6)(A)(i) of Title 42 of the United States Code, a local educational agency shall ensure that each school within the local educational agency identifies all
• § 48851.3 — (a) As used in this section, “liaison” means a local educational agency liaison for homeless children and youths and unaccompanied youths designated pursuant to Section 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii) of Title 42
• § 48851.5 — Pursuant to Section 11432(g)(6) of Title 42 of the United States Code, a local educational agency liaison for homeless children and youths shall ensure that homeless children and youths are identified
• § 48852 — Every agency that places a child in a licensed children’s institution shall notify the local educational agency at the time a pupil is placed in a licensed children’s institution.
• § 48852.3 — The department, to the extent possible within existing resources, shall develop and implement a plan for monitoring the compliance of local educational agencies with this chapter.
• § 48852.5 — (a) Pursuant to the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.
• § 48852.6 — (a) For purposes of this section, “liaison” means a local educational agency liaison for homeless children and youths and unaccompanied youths designated pursuant to Section 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii) of Titl
• § 48852.7 — (a) At the point of any change or any subsequent change in residence once a child becomes a homeless child, the local educational agency serving the homeless child shall allow the homeless child to co
• § 48853 — (a) A pupil described in subdivision (a) of Section 48853.
• § 48853.5 — (a) This section applies to a foster child.
• § 48854 — A licensed children’s institution or nonpublic, nonsectarian school, or agency may not require as a condition of placement that educational authority for a child, as defined in Section 48859 be design
• § 48856 — A local educational agency shall invite at least one noneducational agency representative that has placement responsibility for a pupil residing in a licensed children’s institution to collaborate wit
• § 48857 — (a) Pursuant to funding appropriated in Item 6100-135-0890 of the Budget Act of 2024 (Chs.
• § 48859 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “County placing agency” means the county social services department or county probation department.
• § 48900 — A pupil shall not be suspended from school or recommended for expulsion, unless the superintendent of the school district or the principal of the school in which the pupil is enrolled determines that
• § 48900.1 — (a) The governing board of each school district may adopt a policy authorizing teachers to require the parent or guardian of a pupil who has been suspended by a teacher pursuant to Section 48910 for r
• § 48900.2 — In addition to the reasons specified in Section 48900, a pupil may be suspended from school or recommended for expulsion if the superintendent or the principal of the school in which the pupil is enro
• § 48900.3 — In addition to the reasons set forth in Sections 48900 and 48900.
• § 48900.4 — In addition to the grounds specified in Sections 48900 and 48900.
• § 48900.5 — (a) Suspension, including supervised suspension as described in Section 48911.
• § 48900.6 — As part of or instead of disciplinary action prescribed by this article, the principal of a school, the principal’s designee, the superintendent of schools, or the governing board may require a pupil
• § 48900.7 — (a) In addition to the reasons specified in Sections 48900, 48900.
• § 48900.8 — For purposes of notification to parents, and for the reporting of expulsion or suspension offenses to the department, each school district shall specifically identify, by offense committed, in all app
• § 48900.9 — (a) The superintendent of a school district, the principal of a school, or the principal’s designee may refer a victim of, witness to, or other pupil affected by, an act of bullying, as defined in par
• § 48901 — (a) No school shall permit the smoking or use of a tobacco product by pupils of the school while the pupils are on campus, or while attending school-sponsored activities or while under the supervision
• § 48901.1 — Notwithstanding Section 47610 or any other law, the following provisions apply to charter schools: (a) (1) A pupil enrolled in a charter school in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 5, inclusive, shal
• § 48901.5 — (a) The governing board of each school district, or its designee, may regulate the possession or use of any electronic signaling device that operates through the transmission or receipt of radio waves
• § 48901.7 — (a) The governing board of a school district, a county board of education, and the governing body of a charter school shall, no later than July 1, 2026, develop and adopt, and shall update every five
• § 48901.8 — (a) (1) The governing board of a school district, a county board of education, or the governing body of a charter school may adopt a policy to limit or prohibit the use by its pupils of social media w
• § 48902 — (a) The principal of a school or the principal’s designee shall, before the suspension or expulsion of any pupil, notify the appropriate law enforcement authorities of the county or city in which the
• § 48903 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (g) of Section 48911 and in Section 48912, the total number of days for which a pupil may be suspended from school shall not exceed 20 schooldays in any school ye
• § 48904 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 1714.
• § 48904.3 — (a) Upon receiving notice that a school district has withheld the grades, diploma, or transcripts of any pupil pursuant to Section 48904, any school district to which the pupil has transferred shall l
• § 48905 — An employee of a school district whose person or property is injured or damaged by the willful misconduct of a pupil who attends school in such district, when the employee or the employee’s property i
• § 48906 — When a principal or other school official releases a minor pupil to a peace officer for the purpose of removing the minor from the school premises, the school official shall take immediate steps to no
• § 48907 — (a) Pupils of the public schools, including charter schools, shall have the right to exercise freedom of speech and of the press including, but not limited to, the use of bulletin boards, the distribu
• § 48908 — All pupils shall comply with the regulations, pursue the required course of study, and submit to the authority of the teachers of the schools.
• § 48909 — When a petition is requested in juvenile court or a complaint is filed in any court alleging that a minor of compulsory school attendance age or any pupil currently enrolled in a public school in a gr
• § 48910 — (a) A teacher may suspend any pupil from class, for any of the acts enumerated in Section 48900, for the day of the suspension and the day following.
• § 48911 — (a) The principal of the school, the principal’s designee, or the district superintendent of schools may suspend a pupil from the school for any of the reasons enumerated in Section 48900, and pursuan
• § 48911.1 — (a) A pupil suspended from a school for any of the reasons enumerated in Sections 48900 and 48900.
• § 48911.2 — (a) If the number of pupils suspended from school during the prior school year exceeded 30 percent of the school’s enrollment, the school should consider doing at least one of the following: (1) Imple
• § 48911.5 — The site principal of a contracting nonpublic, nonsectarian school providing services to individuals with exceptional needs under Sections 56365 and 56366, shall have the same duties and responsibilit
• § 48912 — (a) The governing board may suspend a pupil from school for any of the acts enumerated in Section 48900 for any number of schooldays within the limits prescribed by Section 48903.
• § 48912.5 — The governing board of a school district may suspend a pupil enrolled in a continuation school or class for a period not longer than the remainder of the semester if any of the acts enumerated in Sect
• § 48913 — The teacher of any class from which a pupil is suspended may require the suspended pupil to complete any assignments and tests missed during the suspension.
• § 48913.5 — (a) Upon the request of a parent, a legal guardian or other person holding the right to make educational decisions for the pupil, or the affected pupil, a teacher shall provide to a pupil in any of gr
• § 48914 — Each school district is authorized to establish a policy that permits school officials to conduct a meeting with the parent or guardian of a suspended pupil to discuss the causes, the duration, the sc
• § 48915 — (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (e), the principal or the superintendent of schools shall recommend the expulsion of a pupil for any of the following acts committed at school or at
• § 48915.01 — If the governing board of a school district has established a community day school pursuant to Section 48661 on the same site as a comprehensive middle, junior, or senior high school, or at any elemen
• § 48915.1 — (a) If the governing board of a school district receives a request from an individual who has been expelled from another school district for an act other than those described in subdivision (a) or (c)
• § 48915.2 — (a) A pupil expelled from school for any of the offenses listed in subdivision (a) or (c) of Section 48915, shall not be permitted to enroll in any other school or school district during the period of
• § 48915.5 — (a) An individual with exceptional needs, as defined in Section 56026, may be suspended or expelled from school in accordance with Section 1415(k) of Title 20 of the United States Code, the discipline
• § 48916 — (a) An expulsion order shall remain in effect until the governing board, in the manner prescribed in this article, orders the readmission of a pupil.
• § 48916.1 — (a) At the time an expulsion of a pupil is ordered, the governing board of the school district shall ensure that an educational program is provided to the pupil who is subject to the expulsion order f
• § 48916.5 — The governing board may require a pupil who is expelled from school for reasons relating to controlled substances, as defined in Sections 11054 to 11058, inclusive, of the Health and Safety Code, or a
• § 48917 — (a) The governing board, upon voting to expel a pupil, may suspend the enforcement of the expulsion order for a period of not more than one calendar year and may, as a condition of the suspension of e
• § 48918 — The governing board of each school district shall establish rules and regulations governing procedures for the expulsion of pupils.
• § 48918.1 — (a) If the decision is expulsion and the pupil is a foster child, as defined in Section 48853.
• § 48918.5 — In expulsion hearings involving allegations brought pursuant to subdivision (n) of Section 48900, the governing board of each school district shall establish rules and regulations governing procedures
• § 48918.6 — In addition to any other immunity that may exist, any testimony provided by a pupil witness in an expulsion hearing conducted pursuant to this article is expressly deemed to be a communication protect
• § 48919 — If a pupil is expelled from school, the pupil or the pupil’s parent or guardian may, within 30 days following the decision of the governing board to expel, file an appeal to the county board of educat
• § 48919.5 — (a) A county board of education in a class 1 or class 2 county may have a hearing officer pursuant to Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 27720) of Part 3 of Title 3 of the Government Code, or an impa
• § 48920 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 54950 of the Government Code and Section 35145 of this code, the county board of education shall hear an appeal of an expulsion order in closed session, unles
• § 48921 — The county board of education shall determine the appeal from a pupil expulsion upon the record of the hearing before the district governing board, together with such applicable documentation or regul
• § 48922 — (a) The review by the county board of education of the decision of the governing board shall be limited to the following questions: (1) Whether the governing board acted without or in excess of its ju
• § 48923 — The decision of the county board shall be limited as follows: (a) If the county board finds that relevant and material evidence exists which, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, could not have be
• § 48924 — The decision of the county board of education shall be final and binding upon the pupil and upon the governing board of the school district.