{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"11165.14","citation":"Pen. Code, § 11165.14","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 4. PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS [11006. - 14315.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-4"},{"name":"TITLE 1. INVESTIGATION AND CONTROL OF CRIMES AND CRIMINALS [11006. - 11482.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-4/title-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Control of Crimes and Criminals [11150. - 11199.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-4/title-1/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2.5. Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act [11164. - 11174.3.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-4/title-1/chapter-2/article-2.5"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 916, Sec. 12.   Effective January 1, 2001.","effective":"2001-01-01","html":"<p>The appropriate local law enforcement agency shall investigate a child abuse complaint filed by a parent or guardian of a pupil with a school or an agency specified in Section <a href=\"/pen/11165.9\">11165.9</a> against a school employee or other person that commits an act of child abuse, as defined in this article, against a pupil at a schoolsite and shall transmit a substantiated report, as defined in Section <a href=\"/pen/11165.12\">11165.12</a>, of that investigation to the governing board of the appropriate school district or county office of education. A substantiated report received by a governing board of a school district or county office of education shall be subject to the provisions of Section <a href=\"/edc/44031\">44031</a> of the Education Code.</p>","text":"The appropriate local law enforcement agency shall investigate a child abuse complaint filed by a parent or guardian of a pupil with a school or an agency specified in Section 11165.9 against a school employee or other person that commits an act of child abuse, as defined in this article, against a pupil at a schoolsite and shall transmit a substantiated report, as defined in Section 11165.12, of that investigation to the governing board of the appropriate school district or county office of education. A substantiated report received by a governing board of a school district or county office of education shall be subject to the provisions of Section 44031 of the Education Code.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/child-abuse-and-neglect-reporting-act-11165-14","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}