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PART 19. MISCELLANEOUS [32001. - 32454.]

Part 19 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 32001–32454 · 104 sections

  1. CHAPTER 1. School Safety—Public and Private Institutions §§ 32001–32100 · 22 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Uniform Fire Signals § 32001 · 1 section
      • § 32001 Every public, private, or parochial school building having an occupant capacity of 50 or more pupils or students or more than one classroom shall be provided…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Gates to School Grounds § 32020 · 1 section
      • § 32020 The governing board of every school district, and the governing authority of every private school, which maintains any building used for the instruction or…
    3. ARTICLE 3. School Eye Safety §§ 32030–32034 · 5 sections
      • § 32030 It shall be the duty of the governing board of every school district, and of every county superintendent of schools, and of every person, firm, or organization…
      • § 32031 The eye protective devices shall be worn in courses including, but not limited to, vocational or industrial arts shops or laboratories, and chemistry, physics…
      • § 32032 For purposes of this article the eye protective devices utilized shall be industrial quality eye protective devices which meet the standards of the American…
      • § 32033 The eye protective devices may be sold to the pupils and teachers or instructors at a price that shall not exceed the actual cost of the eye protective devices…
      • § 32034 The term eye protective devices as used in Sections 32030 to 32033, inclusive, shall not include prescription lenses as defined in Chapter 5.4 (commencing with…
    4. ARTICLE 4. First Aid Equipment §§ 32040–32044 · 4 sections
      • § 32040 The governing board of any school district, superintendent of schools, or principal in whom is vested the administration or supervision of any public or…
      • § 32041 The teacher, instructor agent, or employee shall have the first aid kit in his possession, or immediately available, while conducting the field trip.
      • § 32043 (a) Whenever a field trip is conducted into an area which is commonly known to be infested by poisonous snakes, the first aid kit may include a snakebite kit.…
      • § 32044 Any member of the governing board of any school district, and any superintendent of schools, principal, teacher, instructor, or agent who willfully violates…
    5. ARTICLE 5. Hazing Laws § 32051 · 1 section
      • § 32051 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Hazing” means a method of initiation or preinitiation into a student organization or…
    6. ARTICLE 6. Toxic Art Supplies in Schools §§ 32060–32066 · 7 sections
      • § 32060 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that art supplies which contain toxic substances or which are potential human carcinogens pose a significant danger to…
      • § 32061 “Art or craft material” means any raw or processed material or manufactured product marketed or being represented by the manufacturer or repackager as being…
      • § 32062 (a) “Human carcinogen” means any substance listed as a human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. (b) “Potential human carcinogen”…
      • § 32063 “Toxic substance causing chronic illness” means any of the following: (a) Human carcinogens. (b) Potential human carcinogens. (c) Any substance included in the…
      • § 32064 (a) For the 1987–88 academic year and for each academic year thereafter, no art or craft material that is deemed by the State Department of Health Services to…
      • § 32065 Warning labels for substances specified in Section 32064 shall meet all of the following standards: (a) The warning label shall be affixed in a conspicuous…
      • § 32066 The State Department of Health Services shall, by June 1, 1987, develop a list of those art or craft materials which cannot be purchased or ordered for use in…
    7. ARTICLE 7. Carbon Monoxide Devices §§ 32080–32081 · 2 sections
      • § 32080 For purposes of this article, “fossil fuel” has the same meaning as defined in Section 13262 of the Health and Safety Code.
      • § 32081 (a) By July 1, 2015, the State Fire Marshal shall propose for adoption by the California Building Standards Commission, for the commission’s next triennial…
    8. ARTICLE 10. Professional Boundaries Between Adults and Pupils and the Safety of Learning Environments § 32100 · 1 section
      • § 32100 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that school districts, schools operated by county offices of education, charter schools, private schools, and state…
  2. CHAPTER 2. School Safety—Public Institutions §§ 32210–32254 · 21 sections
    1. ARTICLE 2. Willful Disturbance, Public Schools or Meetings §§ 32210–32212 · 3 sections
      • § 32210 Any person who willfully disturbs any public school or any public school meeting is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than…
      • § 32211 (a) Any person who is not a pupil of the public school, a parent or guardian of a pupil of the public school, or an officer or employee of the school district…
      • § 32212 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that interruption of class time seriously impairs the educational process. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that…
    2. ARTICLE 3. Insurance for Athletic Teams §§ 32220–32224 · 6 sections
      • § 32220 As used in this chapter: (a) “Educational institution” means a school district, a community college district, a state university, the University of California,…
      • § 32221 The governing board of any educational institution, except a school district or community college district and except the State Department of Education special…
      • § 32221.5 (a) A school district that elects to operate an interscholastic athletic team or teams shall include the following statement, printed in boldface type of…
      • § 32222 Any claim for accidental bodily injuries described in this article which is subject to, and for which benefits have been paid under, the provisions of Division…
      • § 32223 The coverage provided under this article shall not exclude additional or broader coverage by an educational institution or its student body organization.
      • § 32224 The insurance coverage provided under this article may contain the following provisions: (1) School administrative authorities shall certify whether an injured…
    3. ARTICLE 3.5. Communication Devices in Classrooms §§ 32225–32226 · 2 sections
      • § 32225 It is the intent of the Legislature that if federal funding becomes available for the purposes of the article, the governing board of each school district and…
      • § 32226 As used in this article, “two-way communication devices” include, but are not necessarily limited to, telephones, intercoms, walkie-talkies, or portable radios.
    4. ARTICLE 4. Lead-Safe Schools Protection Act §§ 32240–32245 · 6 sections
      • § 32240 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the “Lead-Safe Schools Protection Act.”
      • § 32241 (a) The State Department of Health Services shall conduct a sample survey of schools in this state for the purpose of developing risk factors to predict lead…
      • § 32242 The department shall do all of the following: (a) Design and implement a strategy for identifying the characteristics of high-risk schools and provide a basis…
      • § 32243 (a) When a school subject to this article has been determined to have significant risk factors for lead, the school shall be advised of this finding, and the…
      • § 32244 Lead-based paint, lead plumbing and solders, or other potential sources of lead contamination shall not be utilized in the construction of any new school…
      • § 32245 Funding to implement this article shall be provided from the Child Health and Safety Fund created under Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 18285) of Part 6…
    5. ARTICLE 5. School Safety and Security §§ 32250–32254 · 4 sections
      • § 32250 The Legislature recognizes that crime, including vandalism, and violence have reached an alarming level at school sites throughout California. The Legislature…
      • § 32251 There is hereby created in the Department of Education the School Safety and Security Resource Unit.
      • § 32252 The primary functions of the School Safety and Security Resource Unit are all the following: (a) Identification of exemplary programs and techniques which have…
      • § 32254 The Department of Education shall not be subject to the duties, obligations, and responsibilities prescribed by this article unless funds specifically…
  3. CHAPTER 2.3. Pupils’ Rights to Refrain From the Harmful or Destructive Use of Animals §§ 32255–32255.6 · 6 sections
    • § 32255 As used in this chapter: (a) “Animal” means any living organism of the kingdom animalia, beings that typically differ from plants in capacity for spontaneous…
    • § 32255.1 (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 32255.6, any pupil with a moral objection to dissecting or otherwise harming or destroying animals, or any parts…
    • § 32255.3 (a) A teacher’s decision in determining if a pupil may pursue an alternative educational project or be excused from the project shall not be arbitrary or…
    • § 32255.4 Each teacher teaching a course that utilizes live or dead animals or animal parts shall also inform the pupils of their rights pursuant to this chapter.
    • § 32255.5 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, this chapter applies to all levels of instruction in all public schools operating programs from…
    • § 32255.6 Classes and activities, conducted as part of a program in agricultural education that provide instruction on the care, management, and evaluation of domestic…
  4. CHAPTER 2.5. Interagency School Safety Demonstration Act of 1985 §§ 32260–32295.5 · 23 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 32260–32262 · 3 sections
      • § 32260 This chapter shall be known and may be referred to as the Interagency School Safety Demonstration Act of 1985.
      • § 32261 (a) The Legislature hereby recognizes that all pupils enrolled in the state public schools have the inalienable right to attend classes on school campuses that…
      • § 32262 (a) There is hereby established the School/Law Enforcement Partnership, comprised of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Attorney General. The…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Conferences § 32265 · 1 section
      • § 32265 (a) The partnership shall sponsor at least two regional conferences for school districts, county offices of education, agencies serving youth, allied agencies,…
    3. ARTICLE 3. School Safety Cadre § 32270 · 1 section
      • § 32270 (a) The partnership shall establish a statewide school safety cadre for the purpose of facilitating interagency coordination and collaboration among school…
    4. ARTICLE 4. Program Assessment § 32275 · 1 section
      • § 32275 The partnership shall annually assess the programs and activities under the Interagency School Safety Demonstration Act of 1985. The assessment shall include,…
    5. ARTICLE 5. School Safety Plans §§ 32280–32289.6 · 15 sections
      • § 32280 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all California public schools teaching kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, operated by a school…
      • § 32280.5 (a) On or before July 1, 2030, each public school, including charter schools, with an enrollment of 100 pupils or more is encouraged to implement a web-based…
      • § 32281 (a) Each school district and county office of education is responsible for the overall development of all comprehensive school safety plans for its schools…
      • § 32282 (a) The comprehensive school safety plan shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) Assessing the current status of crime committed on…
      • § 32282.1 (a) As comprehensive school safety plans are reviewed and updated, the Legislature encourages all plans, to the extent that resources are available, to include…
      • § 32282.5 (a) The department shall electronically distribute disaster preparedness educational materials and lesson plans that are currently available to school…
      • § 32283 The Department of Justice and the State Department of Education, in accordance with Section 32262, shall contract with one or more professional trainers to…
      • § 32283.5 (a) (1) The department shall develop and post on its internet website an online training module to assist all school staff, school administrators, parents,…
      • § 32284 The comprehensive school safety plan may also include, at local discretion of the governing board of the school district and using local funds, procedures for…
      • § 32286 (a) Each school shall adopt its comprehensive school safety plan by March 1, 2000, and shall review and update its plan by March 1, every year thereafter. A…
      • § 32287 If the Superintendent of Public Instruction determines that there has been a willful failure to make any report required by this article, the superintendent…
      • § 32288 (a) (1) In order to ensure compliance with this article, each school shall forward its comprehensive school safety plan to the school district or county office…
      • § 32289 A complaint of noncompliance with the school safety planning requirements of Title IV of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 7114…
      • § 32289.5 (a) The department shall collect, and local educational agencies shall provide, data pertaining to lockdown or multioption response drills conducted at…
      • § 32289.6 (a) On or before June 15, 2025, the department shall curate and post on its internet website best practices pertaining to school shooter or other armed…
    6. ARTICLE 5.3. Safety Devices § 32290 · 1 section
      • § 32290 The partnership shall discuss with providers of telephone equipment and services, and shall acquire information regarding, the availability of no-cost or…
    7. ARTICLE 5.5. Teen Court Program § 32295.5 · 1 section
      • § 32295.5 The School Law Enforcement Partnership, established pursuant to Section 32262, shall provide information to school districts and county offices of education…
  5. CHAPTER 3. Miscellaneous §§ 32300–32435 · 27 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Printing and Binding § 32300 · 1 section
      • § 32300 All printing or binding required by the Superintendent of Public Instruction or the State Board of Education, or by any educational institution, except the…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Printing Schools §§ 32310–32312 · 3 sections
      • § 32310 No printing concern, institution, or other agency maintaining a printing plant or department for the purpose of instruction or the teaching of the art of…
      • § 32311 This article does not apply to: (a) Any institution classified as an educational institution within the meaning and intent of Section 501 of the Internal…
      • § 32312 The violation of this article is a misdemeanor.
    3. ARTICLE 4. Use of County Funds for Agriculture § 32330 · 1 section
      • § 32330 The boards of supervisors of any county may appropriate and use county funds for the support and maintenance of extension work in agriculture and home…
    4. ARTICLE 5. Unlawful Issuance of a Credential §§ 32340–32341 · 2 sections
      • § 32340 Any state, county, or city and county superintendent, or any state, county, or city and county board of education, who issues a credential, except as provided…
      • § 32341 Except where such service is provided by a school district pursuant to Section 44332.5, each county or city and county board of education may provide for the…
    5. ARTICLE 6. District Liability on Loaned Equipment § 32350 · 1 section
      • § 32350 Any person, corporation, firm, or public entity, or employee thereof, who gratuitously loans equipment of any description or the services of an employee to a…
    6. ARTICLE 7. Copyright Laws §§ 32360–32361 · 2 sections
      • § 32360 No funds shall be expended by a school district, a community college district, a county board of education, or a county superintendent of schools to secure a…
      • § 32361 A school district, a community college district, a county board of education, or a county superintendent of schools shall not use the regular worktime of any…
    7. ARTICLE 8. Recycling Paper §§ 32370–32376 · 6 sections
      • § 32370 The Legislature finds and declares that is the policy of the state to conserve and protect its resources. The maintenance of a quality environment for the…
      • § 32371 The following definitions govern the interpretation of this article: (a) “Educational agency” means any school district, county office of education, or campus…
      • § 32372 (a) Each school district may, and is encouraged to, establish and maintain a paper recycling program in all classrooms, administrative offices, and other areas…
      • § 32373 (a) Each educational agency is encouraged to purchase recycled paper if the supplier of recycled paper offers the paper at a cost which does not exceed by more…
      • § 32375 The State Solid Waste Management Board, in conjunction with the Department of Education and other state agencies which the board and the Department of…
      • § 32376 The State Solid Waste Management Board, in conjunction with the Department of Education and other agencies which the board and the Department of Education deem…
    8. ARTICLE 9. Prohibited Activities §§ 32380–32385 · 6 sections
      • § 32380 As used in this article: (a) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, firm, or public board, agency, or…
      • § 32381 Any person who prepares, manufactures, or prints, or who offers to prepare, manufacture, or print, for a fee or other compensation, any document purporting to…
      • § 32382 No person shall: (a) Sell, barter, offer to sell or barter, or conspire to sell or barter, any diploma or degree as defined in this article. (b) Buy, obtain by…
      • § 32383 Any person willfully violating any provision of Section 32382 is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail, or by a fine of…
      • § 32384 Any court of competent jurisdiction is hereby authorized to grant such relief as is necessary to enforce the provisions of this article, including the issuance…
      • § 32385 Actions for injunction under the provisions of this article may be brought in the name of the people of the State of California upon their own complaint or…
    9. ARTICLE 10. Fingerprinting § 32390 · 1 section
      • § 32390 (a) The governing board of any school district may offer a fingerprint program for children enrolled in kindergarten or newly enrolled in that district. The…
    10. ARTICLE 11. Educational Services and the Federal Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 §§ 32400–32401 · 2 sections
      • § 32400 (a) The Legislature finds that as many as one million seven hundred thousand undocumented foreign nationals could be granted amnesty and would seek permanent… see note
      • § 32401 (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction, in consultation with the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, shall develop a test or adopt an… see note
    11. ARTICLE 12. Excludable Restitution Payments § 32425 · 1 section
      • § 32425 To the extent permitted by federal law, excludable restitution payments, as defined in Section 17131.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and excludable…
    12. ARTICLE 13. Prohibited Uses of Public Funds § 32435 · 1 section
      • § 32435 (a) No school district, county board of education, or county superintendent of schools shall expend any public funds on the purchase of alcoholic beverages.…
  6. CHAPTER 4. Adult Day Care Food Program §§ 32450–32454 · 5 sections
    • § 32450 The State Department of Education shall, on behalf of the state, participate in the federal Adult Day Care Food Program as set forth in subsection (o) of…
    • § 32451 The State Department of Education is hereby designated as the single state agency to administer the Adult Day Care Food Program established pursuant to this…
    • § 32452 For the purposes of this chapter, adult day care centers, as defined in Section 32543, are eligible for reimbursement for meals or supplements served to…
    • § 32453 The State Department of Education shall administer the Adult Day Care Food Program for all eligible, participating adult day care centers that provide adult…
    • § 32454 The State Department of Education shall promulgate any rules and regulations necessary for the administration of this chapter in a manner consistent with…