California

Education Code

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

• § 49421.5 — (a) (1) On or before June 30, 2022, the State Department of Education shall establish a process to select, with approval from the executive director of the state board, a local educational agency to p
• § 49422 — (a) No physician, psychiatrist, oculist, dentist, dental hygienist, optometrist, otologist, podiatrist, audiologist, or nurse not employed in that capacity by the State Department of Health Services,
• § 49423 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 49422, any pupil who is required to take, during the regular schoolday, medication prescribed for the pupil by a physician and surgeon or ordered for the pupil by a physici
• § 49423.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 49422, a pupil who is required to take, during the regular schoolday, medication prescribed for the pupil by a physician or surgeon, may be assisted by the school nurse or
• § 49423.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 49422, an individual with exceptional needs who requires specialized physical health care services, during the regular schoolday, may be assisted by any of the following in
• § 49423.5.1 — On or before June 15, 2001, the State Department of Education shall review and make recommendations to the State Board of Education regarding any needed updates to the regulations adopted pursuant to
• § 49423.6 — (a) On or before June 15, 2001, the State Department of Education shall develop and recommend to the State Board of Education, and the board shall adopt regulations, regarding the administration of me
• § 49424 — A school psychologist is a credentialed professional whose primary objective is the application of scientific principles of learning and behavior to ameliorate school-related problems and to facilitat
• § 49425 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 49422, a licensed physician need not hold a credential if his sole service for a school district or county superintendent of schools is service as a member of
• § 49426 — A school nurse is a registered nurse currently licensed under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 2700) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, and who has completed the additional educatio
• § 49426.5 — (a) A licensed vocational nurse hired pursuant to this section shall be supervised by a credentialed school nurse who is employed as a school nurse at the same local educational agency or at another l
• § 49427 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the governing board of each school district and each county superintendent of schools maintain fundamental school health services at a level that is adequa
• § 49428 — (a) A school of a school district or county office of education and a charter school shall notify pupils and parents or guardians of pupils no less than twice during the school year on how to initiate
• § 49428.1 — (a) On or before June 1, 2025, the department shall develop model referral protocols for addressing pupil behavioral health concerns.
• § 49428.15 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Evidence-based” means peer-reviewed, scientific research evidence, including studies based on research methodologies that contro
• § 49428.16 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to assist local educational agencies in developing strategies for preventing pupil opioid overdoses, including synthetic opioids.
• § 49428.2 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Local educational agency” means a county office of education, school district, state special school, or charter school that serv
• § 49428.5 — (a) On or before the start of the 2023–24 school year, each schoolsite in a school district, county office of education, or charter school, serving pupils in any of grades 6 to 12, inclusive, shall cr
• § 49429 — (a) The department, in consultation with the State Department of Health Care Services and appropriate stakeholders, including stakeholders with experience in telehealth, as defined in subdivision (d),
• § 49429.5 — (a) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.
• § 49430 — As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Added sweetener” means an additive other than 100 percent fruit juice that enhances the sweetness of a beverage.
• § 49430.3 — Notwithstanding any provisions of law, including, but not limited to, Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 38080) of Part 23 or Section 48931, this article shall control over contrary provisions relatin
• § 49430.7 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Child development program” means a program operated pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 8200) of Part
• § 49431 — (a) From the midnight before to 30 minutes after the end of the official schoolday, at each elementary school, the only competitive foods that may be sold to a pupil are fruit, vegetable, dairy, prote
• § 49431.2 — (a) From the midnight before to 30 minutes after the end of the official schoolday, at each middle school or high school, the only competitive snack foods that may be sold to a pupil are fruit, vegeta
• § 49431.5 — (a) (1) (A) From the midnight before to 30 minutes after the end of the official schoolday, at each elementary or middle school, the only competitive beverages that may be sold to a pupil are the foll
• § 49431.7 — (a) From the midnight before to 30 minutes after the end of the official schoolday, a school or school district shall not sell to pupils enrolled in kindergarten, or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive,
• § 49431.9 — (a) For purposes of this section, and unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Advertising” means an oral, written, or graphic statement or represen
• § 49432 — Every public school may post a summary of nutrition and physical activity laws and regulations, and shall inform the public about the content of the school’s local school wellness policy, established
• § 49434 — Compliance with this article shall be monitored by the department in conformity with the United States Department of Agriculture’s administrative review process, as published in the Federal Register,
• § 49450 — The governing board of any school district shall make such rules for the examination of the pupils in the public schools under its jurisdiction as will insure proper care of the pupils and proper secr
• § 49451 — A parent or guardian having control or charge of any child enrolled in the public schools may file annually with the principal of the school in which he is enrolled a statement in writing, signed by t
• § 49452 — (a) The governing board of a school district shall, subject to Section 49451, provide for the testing of the sight and hearing of each pupil enrolled in the schools of the school district.
• § 49452.5 — The governing board of any school district shall, subject to Section 49451 and in addition to the physical examinations required pursuant to Sections 100275, 124035, and 124090 of the Health and Safet
• § 49452.6 — (a) The department, in coordination with any other entity the department deems appropriate, shall develop type 1 diabetes informational materials for the parents and guardians of pupils.
• § 49452.7 — (a) On and after July 1, 2010, the school district shall provide an information sheet regarding type 2 diabetes to the parent or guardian of incoming 7th grade pupils.
• § 49452.8 — (a) (1) A pupil, while enrolled in kindergarten in a public school, or while enrolled in first grade in a public school if the pupil was not previously enrolled in kindergarten in a public school, no
• § 49454 — A person employed by a school district in a position requiring certification qualifications who holds a valid special credential authorizing the teaching of lipreading or the teaching of the deaf and
• § 49455 — (a) (1) During the kindergarten year or upon first enrollment or entry in a California school district of a pupil at an elementary school, and in grades 2, 5, and 8, the pupil’s vision shall be apprai
• § 49455.5 — (a) A local educational agency maintaining kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, may enter into a memorandum of understanding with a nonprofit eye examination provider to provide eye exami
• § 49456 — (a) When a defect other than a visual defect has been noted by the supervisor of health or his assistant, a report shall be made to the parent or guardian of the child, asking the parent or guardian t
• § 49457 — The supervisor of health shall make such reports from time to time as he deems best to the governing board of the school district, or as the board may call for, showing the number of defective childre
• § 49458 — When a school district or a county superintendent of schools requires a physical examination as a condition of participation in an interscholastic athletic program, the physical examination may be per
• § 49460 — (a) The State Department of Education, the State Department of Health Services, and the State Department of Social Services shall jointly enter into a collaborative agreement with the California State
• § 49461 — The coordinating center at the California State University shall select a sample of schools that is demographically and ethnically representative of the state’s population to participate in the health
• § 49462 — The health assessment shall be conducted over a four-year period and shall be completed on or before December 31, 2002.
• § 49463 — The California State University shall notify the parent or guardian of each pupil for whom the assessment has detected health problems and shall recommend further consultation with a physician.
• § 49464 — The State Department of Health Services and the State Department of Social Services shall be provided with scientifically valid results of the health assessment that may be used to base revisions of s
• § 49465 — (a) The agencies enumerated in Section 49460 shall only be required to implement this article upon the availability of funds received from the private sector and state funds appropriated for the purpo
• § 49466 — No provision of this chapter shall apply to the University of California unless the Regents of the University of California, by resolution, make that provision applicable.
• § 49468 — This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Seizure Safe Schools Act.
• § 49468.1 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Authorizing physician and surgeon” may include, but is not limited to, a physician and surgeon employed by, or contracted with, a lo
• § 49468.2 — (a) (1) If a pupil diagnosed with seizures, a seizure disorder, or epilepsy has been prescribed an emergency anti-seizure medication by the pupil’s health care provider, the pupil’s local educational
• § 49468.3 — (a) Before administering emergency anti-seizure medication or therapy prescribed to treat seizures in a pupil diagnosed with seizures, a seizure disorder, or epilepsy, a local educational agency shall
• § 49468.4 — Emergency anti-seizure medication or medication prescribed to a pupil to treat the pupil’s seizures, a seizure disorder, or epilepsy symptoms shall be provided to the school with the label affixed by
• § 49468.5 — (a) Any local educational agency that designates volunteers pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 49468.
• § 49470 — The governing board of any school district or districts may provide, or make available, medical or hospital service, or both, through nonprofit membership corporations defraying the cost of medical se
• § 49471 — If the governing board of any school district maintaining junior high schools or high schools does not provide or make available medical and hospital services for pupils of the district injured while
• § 49471.5 — (a) If funding is made available for this purpose, the Legislature requests the University of California to design a study and conduct a representative sampling of pupil injuries from participation in
• § 49472 — The governing board of any school district or districts which does not employ at least five physicians as full-time supervisors of health, or the equivalent thereof, may provide, or make available, me
• § 49473 — To facilitate the authority referred to in Sections 49470 and 49472 the governing board of the school district or school districts may authorize the distribution by district personnel of such printed
• § 49474 — The governing board of any school district or districts may provide, or make available, ambulance service, paid for out of school district funds, for pupils, instructors, spectators, and other individ
• § 49475 — (a) If a school district, charter school, or private school elects to offer an athletic program, the school district, charter school, or private school shall comply with both of the following: (1) An
• § 49476 — (a) If a school district, charter school, or private school elects to offer an athletic program, the school district, charter school, or private school shall annually give the Opioid Factsheet for Pat
• § 49480 — The parent or legal guardian of any public school pupil on a continuing medication regimen for a nonepisodic condition, shall inform the school nurse or other designated certificated school employee o
• § 49490 — The Legislature finds and declares that hunger and malnutrition among children from low-income families constitute one of the most critical child health problems in the state; that federal programs to
• § 49491 — No amount received by a school district or other public or private nonprofit school pursuant to this article or the National School Lunch Program shall be used to reduce the level of district or schoo
• § 49492 — A school district or other public or private nonprofit school or agency receiving reimbursement pursuant to this article shall meet standards adopted by the Superintendent for all of the following: (a
• § 49493 — No allocation or reimbursement of funds shall be made pursuant to this article to any public or private nonprofit school or agency in behalf of any child who resides on the premises of such school or
• § 49494 — Notwithstanding Section 49493, an allocation shall be made pursuant to this article for a ward or dependent of the court who resides in a probation camp, ranch, juvenile hall, or county operated child
• § 49495 — (a) The department shall, in consultation with the State Department of Social Services, develop guidance for local educational agencies participating in the federal School Breakfast Program that maint
• § 49496 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Eligible nonschoolaged child” means a child who is not enrolled in school and who is a sibling, half sibling, or stepsibling of, or
• § 49501.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, commencing with the 2022–23 school year all of the following shall apply: (1) (A) (i) A school district, county superintendent of schools, or c
• § 49503 — School district funds may also be used for the purchase of school meals for pupils, as provided in Sections 49500 and 49501.
• § 49504 — Each official and department of the state having charge of the administering of funds for the relief of indigents may contribute and pay any of the funds subject to his disposal to any school district
• § 49505 — (a) Any school district or county office of education participating in the National School Lunch Program that provides a meal to a pupil rendered homeless by a state or federally declared disaster may
• § 49506 — (a) (1) The department shall work with the State Department of Social Services to maximize participation in the federal Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer for Children (Summer EBT) program established
• § 49506.5 — A school that participates in the National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program shall determine a pupil’s Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) eligibility as follows: (a) For a school
• § 49510 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Duffy-Moscone Family Nutrition Education and Services Act of 1970.
• § 49511 — It is the intent of this article to establish an ongoing program to assure that the nutritional requirements of pupils in receipt of public assistance are enhanced by a pervasive program of food suppl
• § 49512 — (a) The State Department of Education shall establish a statewide program to provide nutritious meals at school for pupils and shall enter into an agreement with the United States Department of Health
• § 49513 — To the extent that school districts have an operational program of school meals for pupils, the program authorized by this article shall be integrated with such existing service.
• § 49515 — Programs established under this article shall, to the extent feasible and practicable, include provisions for the use of parents of needy pupils in the planning, preparation and serving of meals at sc
• § 49518 — To the extent that available funds are insufficient to provide services under the program established by this article to all pupils defined as eligible, the following priorities for the provision of s
• § 49519 — Each meal provided under this article shall include an appropriate serving of milk; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not be mandatory in the case of demonstration projects conducted
• § 49520 — Notice of the availability of the program prescribed by this article shall be given pursuant to Section 48980.
• § 49530 — (a) The Legislature finds that (1) the proper nutrition of children is a matter of highest state priority, and (2) there is a demonstrated relationship between the intake of food and good nutrition an
• § 49530.5 — As used in this article, “child nutrition entity” means any school district, county superintendent of schools, child development program operated pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 8200) o
• § 49531 — (a) A school district, county superintendent of schools, or charter school may apply to the department for all available federal and state funds that they are eligible for so that a nutritionally adeq
• § 49531.1 — (a) The department shall develop and maintain nutrition guidelines for school lunches and breakfasts that are provided pursuant to Section 49501.
• § 49533 — (a) A Child Nutrition Advisory Council composed of 13 members shall be appointed by January 1, 1975, to recommend plans and guidelines for school and child care meal service and nutrition education pr
• § 49534 — (a) The department may formulate the basic elements of nutrition education programs for child nutrition entities participating in programs established under this article.
• § 49536 — (a) The department shall, before July 1 of each year, prescribe an adjustment in the state meal contribution rates established pursuant to this section for the forthcoming fiscal year.
• § 49540 — The Department of Education shall, on behalf of the state, participate in the federal child care food program prescribed by Public Law 95-627, as codified in Section 1766 of Title 42 of the United Sta
• § 49541 — The Department of Education is hereby designated as the single state agency to administer the child care food program.
• § 49542 — (a) The Department of Education shall administer the child care food program for all eligible, participating entities that provide child development services pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Sec
• § 49543 — The Department of Education shall administer the child care food program for all eligible, participating entities that provide child development services outside of the provisions of Chapter 2 (commen
• § 49544 — The Department of Education shall maximize the use of available federal funds for the federal child care food program by all eligible entities that provide child development services or child care pro
• § 49545 — The Department of Education shall secure, in a timely manner, federal reimbursement for all eligible, participating entities in the child care food program.
• § 49545.5 — To the extent permitted by federal law, the State Department of Education shall adopt regulations to establish eligibility requirements for participation in the child care food program and to impose p
• § 49546 — It is the intent of the Legislature that funding for costs for the implementation of this article shall come from either federal funds or transfer of funds appropriated for the support of the Departme
• § 49547 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) Proper nutrition for children is a matter of the highest state priority.
• § 49547.5 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Needy children rely upon school meals for supplemental nutrition that benefits their health, growth, and academic and social development.
• § 49548 — (a) The state board, in order to effect compliance with legislative findings expressed in Section 49547, shall restrict the criteria for the issuance of waivers from the requirements of Section 49550
• § 49548.2 — (a) The State Department of Education shall seek federal statutory amendments as follows: (1) To cause the Summer Food Service Program for Children to become more compatible with the National School L
• § 49548.3 — The State Department of Education shall invite the United States Department of Agriculture to join the Child Nutrition and Food Distribution Division in its annual workshops and conferences to present
• § 49550.3 — (a) Because a hungry child cannot learn, the Legislature intends, as a state nutrition and health policy, that the federal School Breakfast Program be made available in all schools where it is needed
• § 49550.5 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Cafeteria fund” means the nonprofit school food service account, as defined in Section 210.
• § 49551 — The State Board of Education shall adopt regulations prescribing standards and guidelines for carrying out the purposes of this article.
• § 49552 — For the purposes of this article, needy children shall be defined as those children who meet federal eligibility criteria for free and reduced price meals as defined in Section 49531, except for famil
• § 49553 — (a) A nutritionally adequate meal, for the purposes of this article, is a breakfast or lunch as defined in Section 49531 that qualifies for reimbursement under the federal child nutrition program regu
• § 49554 — Any school district or county superintendent of schools which has had no food service employees since July 1, 1977, or has inadequate or no food preparation facilities as determined by the State Depar
• § 49556 — The Superintendent shall supervise the implementation of this article and shall investigate acts of alleged noncompliance.
• § 49557 — (a) (1) The governing board of a school district and the county superintendent of schools shall make paper applications for free or reduced-price meals available to pupils at all times during each reg
• § 49557.1 — In making available to pupils the application for participation in the free or reduced-price meal program provided for under subdivision (a) of Section 49557, each school district and county superinte
• § 49557.2 — (a) (1) At the option of the school district or county superintendent, and to the extent necessary to implement Section 14005.
• § 49557.3 — (a) Each school district or county office of education, at its option, may enter into a memorandum of understanding with the local agency that determines CalFresh program eligibility, or its designee,
• § 49557.4 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 49076, 49557.
• § 49557.5 — (a) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school, school district, county office of education, or charter school.
• § 49557.6 — Notwithstanding Sections 49076, 49557.
• § 49558 — (a) All applications and records concerning any individual made or kept by any public officer or agency in connection with the administration of any provision of this code relating to free or reduced-
• § 49559 — (a) Any school food authority that participates in a federal child nutrition program and is reimbursed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 49501.
• § 49560 — The child nutrition programs operated pursuant to Section 49559 shall maintain a data base as specified by the Superintendent of Public Instruction for purposes of program evaluation.
• § 49561 — (a) The department shall create a computerized data matching system using existing databases from the department and the State Department of Health Care Services to directly certify recipients of CalF
• § 49562 — (a) The department, in consultation with the State Department of Health Care Services, shall develop and implement a process to use the participation data from the Medi-Cal program administered pursua
• § 49563 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Buy American provision” means the provision requiring a school food authority to purchase, to the maximum extent
• § 49564.3 — (a) For purposes of this section, a “high-poverty school” is a school that enrolls pupils in kindergarten or in any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and is eligible to operate under the Community Eligibi
• § 49564.5 — In order to ensure optimal access to nutrition, facilitate the use of the federal Community Eligibility Provision (42 U.
• § 49570 — Each school district, county superintendent of schools, and other public or private entity that participates in programs under the National School Lunch Act, as amended, and as prescribed by Chapter 1
• § 49571 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the state strives to serve National School Lunch Program meals of the highest quality and greatest nutritional value possible.
• § 49580 — For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Food” has the same meaning as in Section 113781 of the Health and Safety Code.
• § 49581 — The department shall update its guidance on the donation of leftover food to allow a public school cafeteria to donate food to a food bank or to any other nonprofit charitable organization for distrib
• § 49590 — The Legislature finds and declares that the State of California strives to serve food of the highest quality and greatest nutritional value possible.
• § 49600 — (a) The governing board of a school district may, and is urged to, provide access to a comprehensive educational counseling program for all pupils enrolled in the school district.
• § 49601 — (a) The State Department of Education shall, no later than December 31, 1986, develop a career guidance model for science and technology for use in school district counseling programs, and shall make
• § 49602 — Any information of a personal nature disclosed by a pupil 12 years of age or older in the process of receiving counseling from a school counselor as specified in Section 49600 is confidential.
• § 49603 — (a) Each school district, county office of education, and charter school offering instruction in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, that provides on-campus access to employers, shall not prohibit acces
• § 49604 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall send a notice to each middle school, junior high school, and high school that encourages each school to provide suicide prevention training to each schoo
• § 49700 — The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children is to remove barriers to educational success imposed on children of milit
• § 49700.5 — The Legislature of the State of California hereby ratifies the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children as set forth in Section 49701.
• § 49701 — The provisions of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children are as follows: Article I.
• § 49702 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Superintendent may accept nonstate funding to offset the cost of the annual assessment required by Section (B) of Article XIV of the Interstate Compact
• § 49703 — The Superintendent may develop procedures for the training of employees of local educational agencies in the implementation of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children a
• § 5 — Title, division, part, chapter, article, and section headings do not in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of the provisions of this code.
• § 50 — The public schools other than those supported exclusively by the state, are day and evening elementary, and day and evening secondary schools.
• § 5000 — After the initial election of governing board members in any school district or community college district, a governing board member election shall be held biennially on the first Tuesday after the fi
• § 5009 — The governing board of any school district or community college district having trustee areas and which elects more than one member from any of such trustee areas may, by resolution, provide for the s
• § 5013 — The form of ballot for governing board member elections shall be governed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13 of the Elections Code.
• § 5014 — Any election held for the purpose of electing governing board members of any school district, or community college district, including additional governing board members as provided by Section 5018 sh
• § 5015.7 — If the governing board of Santa Clarita Community College adopts election procedures with number assignments to each board seat pursuant to Section 5015.
• § 5016 — (a) If a tie vote makes it impossible to determine either which of two or more candidates has been elected to the governing board or the term of office of a governing board member, the county superint
• § 5017 — Each person elected at a regular biennial governing board member election shall hold office for a term of four years commencing on the second Friday in December next succeeding his or her election.
• § 5018 — Any elementary school district having a governing board of three members may, and any elementary school district having a governing board of three members whose average daily attendance during the pre
• § 5019 — (a) (1) In any school district or community college district, the county committee on school district organization may establish trustee areas, rearrange the boundaries of trustee areas, abolish trust
• § 5019.5 — (a) Following each decennial federal census, the governing board of each school district or community college district in which trustee areas have been established shall adopt trustee area boundaries
• § 5020 — (a) (1) The resolution of the county committee approving a proposal to establish or abolish trustee areas, to adopt one of the alternative methods of electing governing board members specified in Sect
• § 5021 — (a) If a proposal for the establishment of trustee areas formulated under Sections 5019 and 5020 is approved by a majority of the voters voting at the election, or by the county committee on school di
• § 5022 — If the number of members of the governing board is increased from five to seven, the two additional members of the board of trustees shall be appointed by the governing board of the district, with the
• § 5023 — (a) Whenever an elementary, high school, or unified school district, or a portion of any such district, is annexed to another school district in which trustee areas have been established, the county c
• § 5024 — The county committee may provide that an election to elect trustees, pursuant to its recommendations under Section 5023, shall be held at the same time as is held the election to effect a change in tr
• § 5025 — If an election is called or a resolution of the county committee approving a proposal to establish trustee areas is adopted, as applicable, pursuant to Section 5020, the county superintendent of schoo
• § 5026 — Members elected to fill vacancies created pursuant to Section 5025 shall serve out the unexpired term of the office that was terminated.
• § 5027 — Notwithstanding Section 5019, Section 5019.
• § 5028 — In every community college district that was divided into five trustee areas on or before September 7, 1955, one member of the board shall be elected from each trustee area by the registered voters of
• § 5029 — Notwithstanding Section 5028, when a community college trustee ward boundary line falls upon an election precinct boundary line, and the election precinct boundary line is changed pursuant to Chapter
• § 5030 — Except as provided in Sections 5027 and 5028, in any school district or community college district having trustee areas, the county committee on school district organization and the registered voters
• § 5030.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the members of the governing board in the Sweetwater Union High School District may be elected under a method, as approved pursuant to Section 5019, that wo
• § 5030.6 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the members of the governing board of the Chula Vista Elementary School District may be elected under a method, as approved pursuant to Section 5019, that w
• § 5030.7 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the members of the governing board of the Santee Elementary School District may be elected under a method, as approved pursuant to Section 5019, that would
• § 5031 — Whenever a school district or community college district is divided for governing board membership purposes into wards, supervisorial districts, or trustee areas, the county superintendent of schools
• § 5033 — A member of the governing board of a district wholly or partially included in a unified school district formed under the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 35700) of Part 21 of Division
• § 5090 — Vacancies on school district governing boards or community college district boards are caused by any of the events specified in Section 1770 of the Government Code, or by a failure to elect.
• § 5091 — (a) (1) If a vacancy occurs, or if a resignation has been filed with the county superintendent of schools containing a deferred effective date, the school district or community college district govern
• § 5092 — (a) If a provisional appointment is made to the governing board of a school district to fill a vacancy that occurs or will occur pursuant to Section 5091, the board shall, within 10 days of the provis
• § 5093 — (a) There shall be no special election or appointment to fill a vacancy on a governing board if the vacancy occurs within four months of the end of the term of that position.
• § 5094 — If for any reason vacancies should occur in a majority of the offices on any school district or community college district governing board, the president of the county board of education having jurisd
• § 5095 — Whenever any of the offices on any school district governing board or community college district governing board is vacant, the remaining governing board member or members, if any, and any governing b
• § 51000 — This chapter may be known as the George Miller, Jr.
• § 51002 — The Legislature hereby recognizes that, because of the common needs and interests of the citizens of this state and the nation, there is a need to establish a common state curriculum for the public sc
• § 51003 — It is the intent of the Legislature that explicit, rigorous statewide academic standards be adopted for all pupils enrolled in public schools.
• § 51004 — The Legislature hereby recognizes that it is the policy of the people of the State of California to provide an educational opportunity to the end that every pupil leaving school shall have the opportu
• § 51005 — In order to carry out the intent of Section 51004, the Department of Education shall annually encourage school districts to plan programs and activities which utilize the resources of fairs and youth
• § 51006 — The Legislature finds that the increasing integration of computers and computer technology into our economy has profound implications for our society, and equally important implications for state educ
• § 51007 — (a) It is the policy of the State of California that all students enrolled in the state’s public elementary and secondary schools, regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, gender, gender ide
• § 51008 — The State Board of Education shall ensure that the state curriculum and framework, where appropriate, include instruction on Cesar Chavez and the history of the farm labor movement in the United State
• § 51009 — The month of May is hereby deemed to be Labor History Month throughout the public schools, and school districts are encouraged to commemorate this month with appropriate educational exercises that mak
• § 51010 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article govern the construction of this part.
• § 51011 — “Educational program” means the entire school-sponsored offering for pupils of a district, including in-class and out-of-class activities.
• § 51012 — “Common state curriculum” means the basic curriculum which is prescribed by the proper authority for all elementary schools, or all secondary schools, or all elementary and secondary schools.
• § 51013 — “Curriculum” means the courses of study, courses, subjects, classes and organized group activities provided by a school.
• § 51014 — “Course of study” means the planned content of a series of classes, courses, subjects, studies, or related activities.
• § 51015 — “Course” means an instructional unit of an area or field of organized knowledge, usually provided on a semester, year, or prescribed length-of-time basis.
• § 51016 — “Class” means an organized group of pupils within a school who are pursuing a particular course, subject or activity.
• § 51017 — “Governing board” means that board of education or governing board of any county, city and county, city, or district which has the duty to prescribe the course of study for the schools of the county,
• § 51018 — “State board” means the State Board of Education.
• § 51019 — “Philosophy” means a composite statement of the relationship between the individual and society based upon beliefs, concepts, and attitudes from which the goals and objectives of the district are deri
• § 51020 — “Goal” means a statement of broad direction or intent which is general and timeless and is not concerned with a particular achievement within a specified time period.
• § 51021 — “Objective” means a devised accomplishment that can be verified within a given time and under specifiable conditions which, if attained, advances the system toward a corresponding goal.
• § 51040 — The governing board of every school district shall prepare and shall keep on file for public inspection the courses of study prescribed for the schools under its jurisdiction.
• § 51041 — The governing board of every school district shall evaluate its educational program, and shall make such revisions as it deems necessary.