California

Education Code

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

• § 51771 — (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall provide for the development of a model energy education program appropriate for use by school districts maintaining kindergarten and grades 1 to 12,
• § 51772 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall make the model program developed under this article available to each school district.
• § 51775 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that work experience education is an integral part of the total educational process of pupils, and that work experience education can provide opportunities fo
• § 51776 — The governing board of each school district offering work experience education programs may elect to provide for independent onsite program review of work experience education programs at least once e
• § 51777 — (a) For purposes of facilitating the program reviews required by Section 51776, the governing boards of two or more school districts may agree to establish a consortium of participating school distric
• § 51778 — (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish a Work Experience Education Consortia Steering Committee comprised of certificated representatives of consortia of school districts establi
• § 51780 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to generate and encourage the development of educational programs for the prevention of genetic diseases, disorders, and birth defects, in
• § 51781 — (a) The department shall prepare, and distribute to school districts, guidelines and plans for the preparation of comprehensive educational programs for the prevention of genetic diseases, disorders,
• § 51782 — The instructional program in genetic diseases and disorders shall provide pupils with practical information concerning, but not limited to, the following elements: (a) Genetics.
• § 51790 — The Department of Education shall aid and assist local school districts in the development and conduct of a program of aviation education.
• § 51791 — The governing board of each district is encouraged to develop aims and purposes of aviation education designed to include: (a) integration of appropriate aviation concepts throughout the elementary sc
• § 51792 — The Department of Aeronautics is authorized to make available to public schools offering actual flight experience as part of the regular curriculum a basic insurance program and to assure that adequat
• § 51795 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) School gardens provide an interactive, hands-on learning environment in which pupils learn composting and waste management techniques, fund
• § 51796 — (a) The Instructional School Gardens Program is hereby established for the promotion, creation, and support of instructional school gardens through the allocation of grants, and through technical assi
• § 51796.2 — (a) A school district, charter school, or county office of education may apply to the Superintendent for funding for a three-year grant under this article in a manner determined by the Superintendent,
• § 51796.5 — As a condition of the receipt of funds pursuant to this article, a school district, charter school, or county office of education, within six months of the final expenditure of funds received, shall r
• § 51797 — During its annual discretionary grant funding process, the California Integrated Waste Management Board may give preferential consideration to providing an appropriate level of funding to the program
• § 51798 — A school district, charter school, or county office of education that is operating a school garden may sell produce grown in the school garden, regardless of whether the school participates in the Ins
• § 51800 — The governing board of any school district, may employ teachers known as “home teachers” not exceeding one teacher for every 500 units of average daily attendance in the elementary or high schools of
• § 51801 — The home teacher shall work in the homes of the pupils, instructing children and adults in matters relating to school attendance and preparation therefor, in sanitation, in the English language, in ho
• § 51802 — (a) The governing board of a school district maintaining a home teaching program, or providing home instruction as authorized by law for pupils with disabilities, may provide home teaching or instruct
• § 51810 — The governing board of any school district maintaining secondary schools is authorized without the approval of the department to establish and maintain community service classes in civic, vocational,
• § 51811 — Community service classes shall be open for the admission of adults and of such minors as in the judgment of the governing board may profit therefrom.
• § 51812 — Community service classes may be convened at such hours and for such length of time during the day or evening and at such period and for such length of time during the school year as may be determined
• § 51813 — Governing boards shall have the authority to provide for granting appropriate certificates or other recognition of skill or accomplishment in such classes.
• § 51814 — Attendance or average daily attendance in community service classes pursuant to this article shall not be reported to the State Department of Education for apportionment.
• § 51815 — Governing boards may expend from the general fund of the district any money which is budgeted for community services to establish and maintain community service classes and may charge student fees not
• § 51833 — (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, with the approval of the State Board of Education, plan and develop a one-semester instructional program entitled consumer economics for use in scho
• § 51850 — The governing board of a school district maintaining a high school or high schools, a county superintendent of schools, and the California Youth Authority and State Department of Education in providin
• § 51851 — A course of instruction in automobile driver education shall meet all of the following: (a) Be of at least 2 1 2 semester periods and shall be taught by a qualified instructor.
• § 51852 — A course of instruction in the laboratory phase of driver education shall include, for each student enrolled in the class, instruction under one of the following plans: (a) Plan One.
• § 51853 — Any reference in this code to automobile driver training shall be deemed to refer to the laboratory phase of driver education described by Section 51852.
• § 51854 — (a) The State Department of Education shall adopt rules and regulations requiring all automobile driver training vehicles to be fitted with instrumentation providing instructional information on fuel
• § 51860 — (a) The governing board of any school district having jurisdiction over any elementary, intermediate, junior high, or high school may provide time and facilities to any local law enforcement agency ha
• § 51865 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that legislation be enacted to implement the policy objectives set forth in this section with regard to distance learning.
• § 51879.7 — The Legislature finds that, given the great diversity of water recreation activities available statewide and the significant loss of life associated with those activities, there is a great need for an
• § 51879.8 — The Department of Boating and Waterways, in cooperation with the State Department of Education and other appropriate agencies, industry, and nonprofit organizations involved with water safety, shall d
• § 51879.9 — Once developed, the Department of Boating and Waterways shall notify the schools and school districts of the availability of the aquatic safety program.
• § 51880 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Comprehensive Health Education Act of 1977.
• § 51881 — The Legislature finds and declares that although many of the communicable diseases and environmental hazards which plagued earlier generations have been controlled, major health problems and hazards a
• § 51881.5 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that hazardous substances, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 78075 of the Health and Safety Code, are an integral part of daily life, and that some substa
• § 51890 — (a) For the purposes of this chapter, “comprehensive health education programs” are defined as all educational programs offered in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, in the public school syst
• § 51891 — As used in this chapter, “community participation” means the active participation in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive health education by parents, professional practicing
• § 51900 — The department shall prepare and distribute to school districts guidelines for the preparation of comprehensive health education plans, and, in cooperation with those county offices of education which
• § 51900.1 — The department, in consultation with the State Department of Developmental Services and the State Department of Public Health, shall gather and make available on its internet website school-based wate
• § 51900.5 — (a) During the next revision of the publication “Health Framework for California Public Schools” (health framework), the Instructional Quality Commission shall consider developing, and recommending fo
• § 51900.6 — (a) (1) The state board shall, based upon recommendations by the Superintendent, consider including age-appropriate content for kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, in sexual abuse and sexual a
• § 51901 — The Department of Education shall be responsible for the preparation and distribution of health education materials and for providing assistance for in-service teaching programs carried out with distr
• § 51911 — Approval of district plans shall be made in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Education.
• § 51913 — The plan for a comprehensive health education program shall include a statement setting forth the district’s educational program for health education on a districtwide basis.
• § 51914 — No plan shall be approved by the State Board of Education unless it determines that the plan was developed with the active cooperation of parents, community, and teachers, in all stages of planning, a
• § 51915 — In the development of a plan for a comprehensive health education program, the governing board of a school district may include in such plan the employment of the following as resource persons, with o
• § 51920 — The Department of Education shall reimburse all school certificated personnel from those school districts in which the governing board has adopted a comprehensive health education plan approved by the
• § 51921 — School district governing boards may, at their discretion, assign units of credit for participation in in-service training programs undertaken pursuant to this chapter and such units may be included a
• § 51925 — Each school district, county office of education, state special school, and charter school that offers one or more courses in health education to pupils in middle school or high school shall include i
• § 51926 — Instruction and materials required pursuant to this article shall satisfy all of the following: (a) Be appropriate for use with pupils of all races, genders, sexual orientations, and ethnic and cultur
• § 51927 — (a) This article does not limit a pupil’s health and mental health privacy or confidentiality rights.
• § 51928 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Age appropriate” has the same meaning as defined in Section 51931.
• § 51929 — On or before January 1, 2024, the department shall develop a plan to expand mental health instruction in California public schools.
• § 51930 — (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Healthy Youth Act.
• § 51931 — For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Age appropriate” refers to topics, messages, and teaching methods suitable to particular ages or age groups of children and adol
• § 51932 — (a) This chapter does not apply to description or illustration of human reproductive organs that may appear in a textbook, adopted pursuant to law, if the textbook does not include other elements of c
• § 51933 — All comprehensive sexual health education and HIV prevention education pursuant to Section 51934, whether taught or supplemented by school district personnel or by outside consultants or guest speaker
• § 51934 — (a) Each school district shall ensure that all pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, receive comprehensive sexual health education and HIV prevention education from instructors trained in the appropria
• § 51935 — (a) A school district shall cooperatively plan and conduct in-service training for all school district personnel that provide HIV prevention education, through regional planning, joint powers agreemen
• § 51936 — School districts may contract with outside consultants or guest speakers, including those who have developed multilingual curricula or curricula accessible to persons with disabilities, to deliver com
• § 51937 — It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage pupils to communicate with their parents or guardians about human sexuality and HIV and to respect the rights of parents or guardians to supervise thei
• § 51938 — (a) A parent or guardian of a pupil has the right to excuse their child from all or part of comprehensive sexual health education, HIV prevention education, and assessments related to that education t
• § 51939 — (a) A pupil may not attend any class in comprehensive sexual health education or HIV prevention education, or participate in any anonymous, voluntary, and confidential test, questionnaire, or survey o
• § 51940 — (a) The California Healthy Kids Resource Center, in consultation with the State Department of Education, shall review, acquire, and circulate curricula focused on the prevention of brain and spinal co
• § 51950 — (a) Except as required by subdivision (d), a school district may provide abuse, including sexual abuse and assault, and human trafficking prevention education.
• § 52 — The secondary schools of the state are designated as high schools, technical schools, and adult schools.
• § 5200 — Any unified school district that is coterminous with or includes within its boundaries a chartered city or city and county shall be governed by the board of education provided for in the charter of th
• § 52000 — (a) Each local educational agency is encouraged to do all of the following: (1) (A) By the start of the 2027–28 school year, develop a homework policy for all grades maintained by the local educationa
• § 5201 — A school district, or community college district a portion of which is embraced within the limits of any city governed by a charter proposed and adopted as provided by Section 5 of Article XI of the C
• § 5202 — If any school district or community college district or portion of any such district is embraced within the corporate limits of a city having a charter, and the electors of the district have participa
• § 5203 — If the charter of any city provides for or has within two years prior to January 1, 1955, provided for a board of education of five members of a unified school district, and such charter has been or i
• § 5203.6 — If the Charter of the City of San Leandro is amended so that it no longer provides for a board of education of the San Leandro Unified School District, a new board of education composed of seven membe
• § 5204 — Proceedings pursuant to Section 5203 may be conducted in conjunction with proceedings under Article 1 (commencing with Section 5000) of Chapter 1 of this part, including proceedings by the county comm
• § 5205 — The governing board of any elementary school district having an average daily attendance of 1,000 or more pupils and an assessed valuation of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) or more may, and upon
• § 52050 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999.
• § 52050.5 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The purpose of the California public school system is to provide for the academic development of each pupil and prepare each pupil, to the
• § 52052 — (a) (1) The single multiple measures public school accountability system authorized by Article 4.
• § 52055.700 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Quality Education Investment Act of 2006.
• § 52055.710 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to accomplish all of the following: (a) Implement the terms of the proposed settlement agreement in California Teachers Association, et al.
• § 52055.720 — (a) For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (1) “Academic Performance Index” or “API” means the Academic Performance Index established under Section 52052.
• § 52055.730 — (a) The Superintendent shall identify and invite school districts and chartering authorities that have eligible schools to participate in the program established under this article.
• § 52055.740 — (a) For each funded school, the county superintendent of schools for the county in which the school is located shall annually review the school and its data to determine if the school has met all of t
• § 52055.750 — (a) A school district or chartering authority that receives funding pursuant to this article shall agree to do all of the following for each funded school within its jurisdiction: (1) Comply with the
• § 52055.755 — With assistance from the school district or the chartering authority, or, where appropriate, with regional assistance provided under subdivision (j) of Section 52055.
• § 52055.760 — (a) A school district or chartering authority may apply for authority from the Superintendent to use alternative program requirements if the district or authority demonstrates that compliance with alt
• § 52055.765 — (a) The department shall perform, or contract with an independent evaluator to perform, all of the following: (1) Compose a progress report on or before January 1, 2010, and a second progress report o
• § 52055.770 — (a) School districts and chartering authorities shall receive funding at the following rate, on behalf of funded schools: (1) For kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, five hundred dollars ($500)
• § 52055.780 — (a) School districts and chartering authorities shall receive funding at the following rate, on behalf of funded schools: (1) For kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, five hundred dollars ($500)
• § 52059.5 — (a) A single system for providing support to local educational agencies and schools pursuant to this article and for federal programs pursuant to the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (20
• § 5206 — Whenever a unified school district has within its boundaries a chartered city or a city with a population of more than 8,000 or whenever the average daily attendance of a unified school district is 1,
• § 52060 — (a) On or before July 1, 2014, the governing board of each school district shall adopt a local control and accountability plan using a template adopted by the state board.
• § 52061 — On or before July 1, 2015, and each year thereafter, a school district shall update the local control and accountability plan.
• § 52062 — (a) Before the governing board of a school district considers the adoption of a local control and accountability plan or an annual update to the local control and accountability plan, all of the follo
• § 52063 — (a) (1) The governing board of a school district shall establish a parent advisory committee to provide advice to the governing board of the school district and the superintendent of the school distri
• § 52064 — (a) On or before March 31, 2014, the state board shall adopt a template for a local control and accountability plan and an annual update to the local control and accountability plan for the following
• § 52064.1 — (a) (1) On or before July 1, 2019, and each year thereafter, each school district, county office of education, and charter school shall develop a summary document that shall be known as the local cont
• § 52064.4 — (a) On or before January 31, 2025, the instructions developed by the state board pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 52064 shall specify that all funds received by the local educat
• § 52064.5 — (a) On or before October 1, 2016, the state board shall adopt evaluation rubrics for all of the following purposes: (1) To assist a school district, county office of education, or charter school in ev
• § 52065 — (a) The superintendent of a school district shall do both of the following: (1) Prominently post on the homepage of the internet website of the school district any local control and accountability pla
• § 52065.1 — (a) (1) If a local educational agency is identified pursuant to the audit described in Section 41020 as not having adopted a local control and accountability plan by July 1, as required pursuant to Se
• § 52066 — (a) On or before July 1, 2014, each county superintendent of schools shall develop, and present to the county board of education for adoption, a local control and accountability plan using a template
• § 52067 — On or before July 1, 2015, and each year thereafter, a county board of education shall update the local control and accountability plan.
• § 52068 — (a) Before the county board of education considers the adoption of a local control and accountability plan or an annual update to the local control and accountability plan, all of the following shall
• § 52069 — (a) (1) A county superintendent of schools shall establish a parent advisory committee to provide advice to the county board of education and the county superintendent of schools regarding the require
• § 5207 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5206, whenever the average daily attendance of a unified school district, which becomes effective for all purposes on or after July 1, 1966, is 2,000 or more,
• § 52070 — (a) Not later than five days after adoption of a local control and accountability plan or annual update to a local control and accountability plan, the governing board of a school district shall file
• § 52070.5 — (a) Not later than five days after adoption of a local control and accountability plan or annual update to a local control and accountability plan, the county board of education shall file the local c
• § 52071 — (a) If the governing board of a school district requests technical assistance, the county superintendent of schools shall provide technical assistance consistent with paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivisi
• § 52071.5 — (a) If the Superintendent does not approve a local control and accountability plan or annual update to the local control and accountability plan approved by a county board of education, or if the coun
• § 52072 — (a) If a school district meets the criteria established pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 52064.
• § 52072.1 — (a) The Superintendent may, with the approval of the state board, identify school districts in need of intervention.
• § 52072.5 — (a) If a county office of education meets the criteria established pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 52064.
• § 52072.6 — (a) The Superintendent may, with the approval of the state board, identify county offices of education in need of intervention.
• § 52073 — (a) (1) By September 1, 2018, the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence and the department shall establish a process, administered by the department, to select, subject to approval by th
• § 52073.1 — (a) Subject to an appropriation included in the annual Budget Act for this purpose, the department and the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence may establish a process, administered by
• § 52073.2 — (a) The California Collaborative for Educational Excellence and the department shall establish a process, administered by the department, to select, subject to approval by the executive director of th
• § 52073.3 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Without capacity in California’s public school system to conduct meaningful interestholder engagement, especially as it relates to the
• § 52073.4 — (a) (1) Contingent upon federal English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement Act (20 U.
• § 52073.5 — (a) (1) By March 1, 2024, the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence and the department shall select, subject to approval by the executive director of the state board and as a result of a
• § 52074 — (a) The California Collaborative for Educational Excellence is hereby established.
• § 52075 — (a) A complaint that a school district, county superintendent of schools, or charter school has not complied with the requirements of this article or Sections 47606.
• § 52076 — Notwithstanding any other law, this article shall not be subject to waiver by the state board pursuant to Section 33050 or by the Superintendent.
• § 52077 — If any activities authorized pursuant to this article and implementing regulations are found to be a state reimbursable mandate pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution,
• § 5208 — When outside territory has been annexed to a city for school purposes, the outside territory shall be deemed to be a part of the city for all matters connected with the school department of the city,
• § 52160 — This article shall be known and may be referred to as the Chacon-Moscone Bilingual-Bicultural Education Act of 1976.
• § 52161 — The Legislature finds that there are more than 288,000 school age children who are limited English proficient and who do not have the English language skills necessary to benefit from instruction only
• § 52162 — The State Board of Education shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary for the effective administration of this article.
• § 52163 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section shall govern the construction of this article.
• § 52163.5 — Each of the program options defined in subdivision (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) of Section 52163 shall include structured activities which promote the pupil’s positive self-image and crosscultural
• § 52163.6 — The Legislature recognizes that for many languages there is a shortage of primary language textbooks, curriculum, teacher training programs, and bilingual personnel.
• § 52164 — Each school district shall ascertain not later than the first day of March of each year, under regulations prescribed by the State Board of Education, the total number of pupils of limited English pro
• § 52164.1 — The superintendent, with the approval of the State Board of Education, shall prescribe census-taking methods, applicable to all school districts in the state, which shall include, but need not be limi
• § 52164.2 — The Department of Education shall review the results of the census each year.
• § 52164.3 — (a) Each school district shall reassess pupils whose primary language is other than English, whether they are designated as limited English proficient, or fluent English proficient, when a parent or g
• § 52164.4 — If a previously untested pupil enrolling in a school for the first time speaks a language other than English in the home, such pupil shall be enrolled as a pupil of limited English proficiency in a bi
• § 52164.5 — Pertinent information from the assessment of language skills for each pupil whose primary language is other than English shall be retained by the school district as long as the pupil is enrolled in th
• § 52164.6 — Reclassification criteria shall be established by each school district in which pupils of limited English proficiency are enrolled.
• § 52165 — Each pupil of limited English proficiency enrolled in the California public school system in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, shall receive instruction in a language understandable to the p
• § 52166 — All teachers and aides providing instruction in programs established pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or, unless waived by the board, (c) of Section 52163, shall meet the criteria of subdivision (h)
• § 52167 — (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in classes established pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (c) of Section 52165, not more than two-thirds nor less than one-third of the pupils shall be
• § 52168 — (a) The superintendent shall ensure that funds appropriated for purposes of this article supplement and do not supplant categorical funds allocated from other local or state sources in meeting the nee
• § 52169 — (a) The requirements for establishing programs mandated pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 52165 shall be in effect beginning with the 1977–78 school year.
• § 52170 — (a) Each school which has enrolled one or more pupils of limited English proficiency shall prepare a plan to meet the needs of pupils of limited English proficiency in attendance in the school.
• § 52171 — Each district shall submit annually to the department an evaluation of pupil progress for every program that has been approved pursuant to this article in a form and manner prescribed by the superinte
• § 52172 — Teachers and teacher aides who are not bilingual-crosscultural teachers and aides, as defined by subdivisions (h) and (i) of Section 52163, shall not be permitted to teach in programs authorized pursu
• § 52173 — (a) Prior to the enrollment of any pupils in any program authorized pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (d) of Section 52163, parents or guardians of pupils of all potential participants shall b
• § 52174 — Nothing in this article shall preclude the participation by an individual school district in a consortium or a cooperative in order to provide support and contract services to school districts that re
• § 52175 — A school district governing board may allow a nonresident pupil of limited English proficiency to enroll in or attend its program authorized pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (d) of Section 52
• § 52176 — (a) Each school district with more than 50 pupils of limited English proficiency shall establish a districtwide advisory committee on bilingual education.
• § 52177 — Out of funds appropriated for these purposes, the superintendent shall administer this article.
• § 52178 — All principal teachers providing instruction in programs defined by subdivision (a), (b), or, unless waived by the board, (c), and insofar as teachers are available, (d) of Section 52163 shall be bili
• § 52180 — It is the intent of the Legislature that school districts, county offices of education and institutions of higher education, with the assistance of the State Department of Education, shall continue to
• § 52181 — The State Bilingual Teacher Training Assistance Program is hereby established for teachers who are granted waivers under Section 52178 and who are enrolled and participating in a program leading to a
• § 52182 — (a) The State Department of Education shall establish minimum standards and criteria for the State Bilingual Teacher Training Assistance Program, and shall conduct appropriate training programs, or pr
• § 52183 — The department shall establish minimum requirements for teachers who may wish to participate in the program, including, but not limited to, the following requirements: (a) That the teacher is working
• § 52185 — Agencies funded under Section 52182 to provide training services shall report annually to the Superintendent of Public Instruction the information required under Section 52184.
• § 52186 — The department shall provide ongoing technical assistance and support for districts establishing or continuing bilingual teacher training assistance programs under this article.
• § 5220 — Boards of education are elected in cities under the provisions of the laws governing the respective cities, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
• § 52200 — This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program.
• § 52201 — (a) (1) The purpose of the grant program established under this article is to ensure that California can meet the demand for bilingual teachers necessary for the implementation of dual language and ot
• § 52202 — (a) The Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program shall be administered by the department in consultation with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
• § 5221 — Whenever the charter of a city comprising in whole or in part an elementary school district, fails to provide for the manner in which, the times at which, and the terms for which the members of the bo
• § 5222 — Except as provided in Section 5221, whenever the charter of any city fails to provide for the manner in which, the times at which, or the terms for which the members of the city board of education sha
• § 5223 — The members of any elective city board of education shall be elected at large from the territory within the boundaries of the school district or districts which are under the jurisdiction of the city
• § 52240 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) Advanced placement courses, for which school credit is awarded, provide rigorous academic coursework opportunities for high scho
• § 52242 — A school district may help pay for all or part of the costs of one or more advanced placement examinations that are charged to economically disadvantaged pupils.
• § 52243 — On or before February 1, 2025, the department shall request the College Board to provide an alternative testing date at the end of the fall semester for pupils whose advanced placement courses conclud
• § 5225 — Notwithstanding Section 5033, when a unified school district is formed pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 35700) of Part 21 of Division 3 of Title 2, which includes a city school district
• § 5227 — In those cases in which the boundaries of the school district, high school district, or community college district, governed by a city board of education, are not coterminous with the boundaries of th
• § 5228 — An election for members of the governing board of a community college district which has been divided into wards as provided in Section 5227 may be held, at the discretion of the governing board, on t
• § 5229 — (a) (1) If a unified school district governed by a board of education of five members includes a chartered city, the charter of which provides for a board of education, the members of which are to be
• § 5230 — In the event a newly unified district includes a chartered city, the first governing board of the district shall be selected pursuant to Section 35101 or, in the event the charter of such city express
• § 52300 — In enacting this article, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide qualified students with the opportunity to attend a technical school or enroll in a career technical or technical training prog
• § 52301 — (a) (1) The county superintendent of schools of each county, with the consent of the state board, may establish and maintain, or with one or more counties may establish and maintain, a regional occupa
• § 52301.3 — Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 52301, the State Board of Education may grant permanent status to the Kern Union High School District to operate a single district regional occupational cent
• § 52301.5 — For the purposes of this chapter: (a) “California Occupational Information System” means the statewide comprehensive labor market and occupational supply and demand information system described by Sec
• § 52302 — (a) On or before July 1, 2010, the governing board of each regional occupational center or program shall ensure that at least 90 percent of all state-funded courses offered by the center or program, i
• § 52302.2 — (a) The governing board of each regional occupational center or program shall establish and maintain an employer advisory board or boards pursuant to guidelines developed by the department.
• § 52302.3 — (a) Every career technical course or program offered by a school district or districts or county superintendent or superintendents sponsoring a regional occupational center or program shall be reviewe
• § 52302.5 — A regional occupational center or regional occupational program shall do all of the following: (a) Provide individual counseling and guidance in career technical matters.
• § 52302.8 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that vocational training resources that are provided through regional occupational centers and programs are an essential component of the state’s secondar
• § 52302.9 — Regional occupational centers and programs may jointly establish, operate, and share the enrollments and costs of career technical education instruction with adult education programs offered by school
• § 52303 — “Regional occupational program,” as used in this chapter, means a sequence of career technical or technical training programs that meet the criteria and standards of instructional programs in regional
• § 52304 — Subsequent to completing the survey required by Section 52302 and prior to establishing a regional occupational center or program authorized by Section 52301, the appropriate governing board, boards,
• § 52304.1 — The governing board of each school district maintaining a high school shall annually review and assess the participation of pupils in grades 11 and 12 in regional occupational centers and programs.
• § 52305 — A regional occupational center or regional occupational program may: (a) Be established pursuant to Section 52301 to provide day, including Saturday and Sunday, and evening full-time and part-time car
• § 52306 — (a) Any business, commercial, trade, manufacturing, or construction activity referred to in subdivision (c) of Section 52305 may be undertaken as part of a regional occupational center or program prov
• § 52307 — To the extent feasible, in establishing programs pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 52305, efforts shall be made to work cooperatively with sheltered workshops which are located in the area of suc
• § 52308 — A regional occupational center or program may lease buildings of not more than one story or equipment for a term not to exceed 10 years, subject to an extension for a period not to exceed 10 years, wi
• § 52309 — (a) The curriculum initially provided by a regional occupational center or regional occupational program upon commencing operation shall be subject to the approval of the department and shall comply w
• § 5231 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when elections for school district governing board members in existing or newly formed school districts are conducted in conjunction with the municipal elec
• § 52310 — Credits earned from courses completed in a regional occupational center or regional occupational program may be applied toward fulfillment of requirements for a high school diploma.
• § 52310.5 — (a) Each regional occupational program or center shall be maintained by, and subject to the authority and control of, its governing board.
• § 52311 — Each regional occupational center shall be established at a readily accessible place selected to serve the pupils who will attend the center.