PART 6. EDUCATION PROGRAMS—STATE MASTER PLANS [8006. - 9004.]
Part 6 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.
§§ 8006–9004 · 302 sections
CHAPTER 1. Career Technical Education §§ 8006–8155 · 17 sections
ARTICLE 1. Career Technical Education Staff and Reports §§ 8006–8008 · 2 sections
- § 8006 (a) There is, in the State Department of Education a career technical education staff responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of a basic…
- § 8008 The system provided for in Section 8006, within the State Department of Education, shall be designed, implemented, and maintained in accordance with Chapter 7…
ARTICLE 3. Local Advisory Committees § 8070 · 1 section
- § 8070 The governing board of each school district participating in a career technical education program shall appoint a career technical education advisory committee…
ARTICLE 5. Career Technical Education Contracts §§ 8090–8093 · 5 sections
- § 8090 Any state agency, including but not limited to school districts, and any community organization organized pursuant to the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964…
- § 8091 Any state agency, including but not limited to local school districts, community college districts and any community organization organized pursuant to the…
- § 8092 (a) A school district or districts, a county superintendent or superintendents, or the governing body of any agency maintaining a regional occupational center…
- § 8092.5 (a) A community college district may contract with a public or private postsecondary educational institution in a neighboring state that borders on the…
- § 8093 The provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 39140) of Chapter 2 of Part 23 of Division 3 of Title 2, or Article 7 (commencing with Section 81130) of…
ARTICLE 6. Approval of Courses § 8100 · 1 section
- § 8100 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall approve courses of career technical training for the purposes of loans authorized by Section 7185 of the…
ARTICLE 8. Apprenticeship Education §§ 8150–8155 · 8 sections
- § 8150 (a) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall be responsible for allocating funds for apprenticeship programs in good standing and approved…
- § 8150.5 Attendance of apprentices enrolled in any class maintained by a local educational agency, pursuant to Section 3074 of the Labor Code, shall be reimbursed…
- § 8151 An apprentice or preapprentice attending a local educational agency in classes of instruction pursuant to approved standards, as provided under Section 3074 of…
- § 8152 (a) The reimbursement rate for related and supplemental instruction reimbursed pursuant to this article shall be established in the annual Budget Act and the…
- § 8152.5 The Controller shall include instructions necessary to enforce this article in the audit guide required by Section 14502.1. The instructions shall include, but…
- § 8153.5 For purposes of the California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Program, classes of related and supplemental instruction that qualify for funding pursuant to…
- § 8154 (a) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, in consultation with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards of the Department of Industrial…
- § 8155 (a) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the Division of Apprenticeship Standards of the Department of Industrial Relations, in consultation…
CHAPTER 2. Early Education Act §§ 8200–8490 · 186 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 8200–8206 · 11 sections
- § 8200 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Early Education Act.
- § 8201 The purpose of this chapter is as follows: (a) To provide an inclusive and cost-effective preschool program that provides high-quality learning experiences,…
- § 8202 It is the intent of the Legislature that: (a) All families have equitable access to a high-quality preschool program, regardless of race or ethnic status,…
- § 8202.6 (a) (1) The Superintendent, in consultation with the Director of Social Services and the executive director of the State Board of Education, shall convene a…
- § 8203 The Superintendent shall develop standards for the implementation of high-quality preschool programs. Indicators of quality shall include, but not be limited…
- § 8203.1 (a) The Superintendent shall administer a QRIS block grant, pursuant to an appropriation made for that purpose in the annual Budget Act, to be allocated to…
- § 8203.3 (a) The department, in consultation with the State Department of Social Services, shall maintain and update the prekindergarten learning development…
- § 8203.5 (a) The Superintendent shall ensure that each contract entered into under this chapter to provide preschool services, or to facilitate the provision of those…
- § 8204 In recognition of the demonstrated relationship between food and good nutrition and the capacity of children to develop and learn, it is the policy of this…
- § 8205 As used in this chapter: (a) “Applicant or contracting agency” means a school district, community college district, college or university, county…
- § 8206 (a) If a state of emergency is declared by the Governor, the Superintendent may waive any requirements of this code or regulations adopted pursuant to this…
ARTICLE 2. Program Administration §§ 8207–8225 · 20 sections
- § 8207 (a) The Superintendent shall administer all California state preschool programs. Those programs shall include, but not be limited to, part-day and full-day age…
- § 8207.1 (a) A California state preschool contractor operating a part-day, full-day, or both part- and full-day California state preschool program may, but is not…
- § 8208 (a) (1) A child is eligible for the part-day California state preschool program if both of the following requirements are met: (A) The child is one of the…
- § 8209 (a) A physical examination and evaluation, including age-appropriate immunizations, shall be required before, or within six weeks of, enrollment in a preschool…
- § 8210 (a) Each applicant or contracting agency shall give priority for part-day programs according to the following: (1) The first priority for services shall be…
- § 8211 (a) Each applicant or contracting agency shall give priority for full-day programs according to the following: (1) (A) The first priority for services shall be…
- § 8212 (a) (1) A local educational agency exempt from licensing pursuant to subdivision (o) of Section 1596.792 of the Health and Safety Code shall use the uniform…
- § 8213 (a) For purposes of establishing initial income eligibility for services under this chapter, “income eligible” means that a family’s adjusted monthly income is…
- § 8213.5 (a) For purposes of establishing eligibility for services under this chapter, “a member of the household who is certified to receive benefits from Medi-Cal,…
- § 8214 If families have to be disenrolled from subsidized preschool services, families shall be disenrolled in reverse priority order for services, as specified in…
- § 8215 (a) The department shall annually monitor funding used in, and hours of service provided in, the California state preschool program, and shall annually report…
- § 8216 (a) The department and the State Department of Social Services shall promote full utilization of childcare and development funds and match available unused…
- § 8217 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a provider operating a state preschool program within the attendance boundary of a school district or public school, except…
- § 8220 As a condition of receipt of funds pursuant to Section 8221, a participating part-day preschool program shall coordinate the provision of all of the following:…
- § 8221 (a) A family literacy supplemental grant shall be made available and distributed to qualifying California state preschool classrooms, as determined by the…
- § 8222 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the department shall do all of the following: (1) Provide prospective California state…
- § 8223 (a) Contractors operating through a family childcare home education network shall do all of the following: (1) Recruit, enroll, and certify eligible families.…
- § 8223.5 (a) On or before March 1, 2024, a contractor operating a California state preschool program through a family childcare home education network shall develop,…
- § 8224 (a) The Superintendent shall ensure that eligible children with exceptional needs are given equal access to all California state preschool programs. Available…
- § 8225 A contractor providing California state preschool services is subject to the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101, et…
ARTICLE 3. Administration §§ 8226–8241.5 · 18 sections
- § 8226 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the effectiveness of preschool programs can be increased through improved state administration, technical…
- § 8227 The department shall develop procedures for annually evaluating the monitoring processes and the training and technical assistance that is to be provided to…
- § 8228 The department shall do all of the following in administering the provisions of this chapter: (a) Apply sanctions against contracting agencies that have…
- § 8229 (a) No person employed by the department in a policymaking position in the area of preschool programs shall serve as a member of the board of directors,…
- § 8230 The department shall develop and coordinate resources, provide technical assistance, monitor program implementation, generate maximum federal reimbursement…
- § 8231 (a) The Superintendent shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to this chapter. The rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, provisions…
- § 8231.5 (a) The Superintendent may require a contracting agency that employs a person who holds an assistant teacher permit pursuant to Section 8301.1 to provide the…
- § 8232 The Superintendent of Public Instruction is authorized to require the collection and submission of information from public and private agencies contracting…
- § 8233 Notwithstanding any other law, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may enter into and execute local contractual agreements with any public or private…
- § 8234 Contractors operating or providing services pursuant to this chapter may do both of the following: (a) (1) Maintain records electronically, in compliance with…
- § 8235 Contractors operating or providing services pursuant to this chapter may use digital forms to allow families to apply for services, if those forms comply with…
- § 8236 On and after the date on which the Superintendent determines that the Financial Information System for California (Fi$Cal Project) has been implemented within…
- § 8237 (a) In contract transfer situations in programs funded pursuant to this chapter, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may grant a certificate of operation…
- § 8238 The Superintendent may waive or modify California state preschool requirements in order to enable preschool programs to serve combinations of eligible children…
- § 8239 The Superintendent of Public Instruction may provide outreach services and technical assistance to new contracting agencies and to those providing preschool…
- § 8240 (a) The Superintendent shall establish rules and regulations for the staffing of all preschool programs under contract with the department. (b) Priority shall…
- § 8241 Until the Superintendent of Public Instruction promulgates regulations for center-based programs establishing staffing ratios, the following staffing ratios…
- § 8241.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature for the state preschool contractors, teachers, and staff to better understand the language and developmental needs of…
ARTICLE 4. Reimbursement Rates §§ 8242–8251 · 11 sections
- § 8242 (a) The department, in collaboration with the State Department of Social Services, shall implement a reimbursement system plan that establishes reasonable…
- § 8243 (a) (1) For purposes of this section, “early childhood mental health consultation service” means a service benefiting a child who is served in a California…
- § 8244 (a) In order to reflect the additional expense of serving full-day preschool children who meet any of the criteria outlined in subdivision (b), the…
- § 8245 (a) For each fiscal year, for the purposes of this chapter, reimbursement rates for full-day California state preschool shall be adjusted by the following…
- § 8245.5 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, for the 2022–23 fiscal year only, contracting agencies operating a California state preschool program shall be…
- § 8246 The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Controller shall establish the necessary plans to advance preschool funds to contracting agencies.
- § 8247 (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall adopt rules, regulations, and guidelines to facilitate the funding and reimbursement procedures required by…
- § 8248 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall support the coordination of resources available to state and local agencies serving preschool through grade 12…
- § 8249 In the event that operating agencies are unable to operate due to incomplete repairs and renovations authorized by administrating state agencies, or due to…
- § 8250 (a) The rules, regulations, and guidelines adopted by the Superintendent of Public Instruction pursuant to Sections 8231 and 8247 shall permit reimbursement…
- § 8251 An agency contracting with the department to provide California state preschool program services may schedule up to five days of staff training, per contract…
ARTICLE 5. Family Fees §§ 8252–8254 · 3 sections
- § 8252 (a) The Superintendent shall use the fee schedule developed in conjunction with the State Department of Social Services for families using full-day preschool…
- § 8253 (a) A family that receives services pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 8211 may be exempt from family fees for up to one certification…
- § 8254 (a) The family fee schedule shall provide, among other things, that a contractor or provider may require parents to provide diapers. A contractor or provider…
ARTICLE 6. Allocations and Expenditures §§ 8255–8263 · 8 sections
- § 8255 (a) The Superintendent may approve and reimburse startup costs for contracts under this chapter or facilities in an amount not to exceed 15 percent of the…
- § 8256 (a) The department shall promote full utilization of California state preschool program funds and match available unused funds with identified service needs.…
- § 8257 (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop a plan and procedures for the allocation of expansion funding balances resulting from the prorata…
- § 8258 Unless specifically exempted by the Legislature, the administrative cost for all state-funded preschool programs and all federal programs administered by the…
- § 8260 Each county shall, as a minimum, maintain the level of expenditure for child development services provided by the county during the 1970–71 fiscal year. These…
- § 8261 (a) The Legislature recognizes that preschool programs have made valuable contributions towards ensuring that public assistance recipients will be able to…
- § 8262 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall publish the methodology and data used, including county-specific data if such data is used, for the allocation…
- § 8263 (a) The department shall disburse augmentations to the base allocation for the expansion of preschool programs to promote equal access to preschool services…
ARTICLE 7. Transfer of Information § 8264 · 1 section
- § 8264 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the state makes a substantial, annual investment in preschool programs for eligible families. It is in the best…
ARTICLE 8. Local Programs §§ 8265–8272.5 · 9 sections
- § 8265 The governing board of any school district or a county superintendent of schools with the approval of the county board of education is authorized to establish…
- § 8266 (a) The county superintendent of schools in each county, with the approval of the county board of education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall…
- § 8267 The governing board of any school district or the county superintendent of schools may do the following: (a) Accommodate in a preschool facility maintained by…
- § 8268 The employees of school districts or community college districts, or county superintendents of schools in preschool services under this division shall have the…
- § 8269 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a public or private agency, a school district, a community college district or a county superintendent of…
- § 8270 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the governing board of a school district or community college district, county superintendent of schools,…
- § 8271 (a) The governing board of any school district or the county superintendent of schools shall establish in the county treasury a fund to be known as the “child…
- § 8272 The governing board of any school district maintaining a preschool program may include in its budget the amount necessary to initiate, operate, and maintain a…
- § 8272.5 Community college districts that levied child development permissive override taxes pursuant to Section 8272 and former Section 8330 in the 1977–78 fiscal year…
ARTICLE 10. Childcare Subsidy Plan for the City and County of San Francisco §§ 8283–8288.5 · 7 sections
- § 8283 The City and County of San Francisco may develop and implement an individualized county childcare subsidy plan. The plan shall ensure that childcare subsidies…
- § 8284 Before implementing the local subsidy plan, the City and County of San Francisco, in consultation with the department, shall develop an individualized county…
- § 8285 (a) The plan shall be submitted to the local planning council, as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 10480 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, for…
- § 8286 (a) The City and County of San Francisco shall, at least once every three years, using the template developed by the department, prepare and submit to the…
- § 8287 Any modifications to the plan shall be submitted in conformance with the procedures established in Article 9 (commencing with Section 8273).
- § 8288 A participating contractor shall receive any increase or decrease in funding that the contractor would have received if the contractor had not participated in…
- § 8288.5 Commencing on the effective date of the act that added this section, the components of the plan relating to preschool shall be overseen by the department and…
ARTICLE 11. Individualized County of San Mateo Childcare Subsidy Plan §§ 8289–8294.5 · 7 sections
- § 8289 On and after July 1, 2014, the individualized county childcare subsidy plan for the County of San Mateo that was developed as a pilot project pursuant to…
- § 8290 For purposes of this article, “county” means the County of San Mateo.
- § 8291 For purposes of this article, “plan” means an individualized county childcare subsidy plan developed and approved as described in Section 8289, which includes…
- § 8292 (a) Except as provided in this section, any modifications to the plan shall be submitted in accordance with the modification procedures described in Article 9…
- § 8293 (a) The county shall at least once every three years, using the template developed by the department, prepare and submit to the Legislature, the State…
- § 8294 A participating contractor shall receive any increase or decrease in funding that the contractor would have received if the contractor had not participated in…
- § 8294.5 Commencing on the effective date of the act that added this section, the components of the plan relating to preschool shall be overseen by the department and…
ARTICLE 12. Child Development Program Personnel Qualifications §§ 8295–8305 · 12 sections
- § 8295 (a) (1) Preschool programs shall include a career ladder program for classroom staff. Persons who are 18 years of age and older may be employed as aides and…
- § 8297 Not later than 95 days after the governing board of a public agency sets the date a person employed by that board shall begin service in a position requiring a…
- § 8298 (a) An entity operating preschool programs providing services to children at two or more sites, including through more than one contract or subcontract funded…
- § 8299 Notwithstanding any other law, a high school student or any other adult shall be selected by the governing board of a public or private agency to serve as…
- § 8300 The same fee as that prescribed for a credential provided in Section 44235 shall be charged for either the issuance or renewal of each child development permit…
- § 8301 The Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall by rule or regulation establish the requirements for the following: (a) The issuance and the renewal of permits…
- § 8301.1 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 8295 and 8301, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing may issue an assistant teacher permit that authorizes the permitholder to…
- § 8301.5 Notwithstanding Section 8301 of this code or Section 80111 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations, on or before April 30, 2025, the Commission on…
- § 8302 Each county board of education, city and county board of education, or community college governing board may issue temporary certificates for the purpose of…
- § 8303 (a) Each person employed by a public or private agency in a position requiring a child development permit for the supervision and instruction of children, or…
- § 8304 Every employee of a child development program who before their employment in such program was employed by the agency maintaining such program in a position…
- § 8305 The Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall establish standards for the issuance of the permits herein provided for. The standards may be changed from time…
ARTICLE 13. Administrative Review §§ 8306–8319 · 13 sections
- § 8306 It is the intent of the Legislature to authorize an appeal process for the resolution of disputes between the department and local agencies which contract with…
- § 8307 (a) The department shall provide an internal appeal procedure to resolve a dispute between the department and a contracting agency providing preschool services…
- § 8309 (a) The department shall provide an independent appeal procedure to each contracting agency providing preschool services pursuant to Section 8233 that shall be…
- § 8310 All hearings required by Section 8309 shall be conducted according to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section…
- § 8311 The Office of Administrative Hearings shall, by June 30, 1982, adopt regulations governing the hearings, which shall include all of the following: (a)…
- § 8312 The determination of the hearing examiner shall be the final administrative determination to be afforded the local contracting agency.
- § 8313 All actions by the department, as defined in subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, of Section 8309 shall be preceded by a written notice of action to the local…
- § 8314 (a) The Superintendent shall establish a contract classification system for purposes of identifying, monitoring, and providing technical assistance to…
- § 8315 (a) A contracting agency that evidences any of the following acts or omissions may have its contract or contracts immediately terminated if there is documented…
- § 8316 (a) An agency that has in place or places a person in a position of fiscal responsibility or control who has been convicted of a crime involving misuse or…
- § 8317 Except for causes listed in Sections 8315 and 8316, termination of a California state preschool program contract shall not occur without good cause and without…
- § 8318 Actions as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 8309 shall remain in effect during the appeal process. However, local contracting agencies may continue to…
- § 8319 All contracts entered into by the department pursuant to Section 8233 shall contain a complete description of the appeal procedures provided in this article.
ARTICLE 13.1. California Universal Preschool Planning Grant Program § 8320 · 1 section
- § 8320 (a) The California Universal Preschool Planning Grant Program is hereby established with the goal of expanding access universally to preschool programs for…
ARTICLE 13.2. California Prekindergarten Planning and Implementation Grant Program § 8281.5 · 1 section
- § 8281.5 (a) The California Prekindergarten Planning and Implementation Grant Program is hereby established as a state early learning initiative with the goal of…
ARTICLE 14. Contract Procedures §§ 8325–8334 · 9 sections
- § 8325 The department shall develop an annual calendar identifying target dates for contract application deadlines, contract award announcements, contract approvals,…
- § 8326 The department shall develop and maintain a central distribution list for application announcements.
- § 8327 Application announcements shall contain, but not be limited to, the following information: the goals and objectives of the program, identification of the…
- § 8329 (a) The department shall include all of the following in the application announcement: (1) The time estimated for each step. (2) The specific staff names,…
- § 8330 The department shall identify and transmit to all agencies awarded contracts forms required for contract payments, management information or reports required…
- § 8331 The department shall develop a grievance procedure for resolving disputes arising from the awarding or administering of contracts, in addition to the remedies…
- § 8332 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that greater efficiencies may be achieved in the execution of state subsidized preschool program contracts with…
- § 8333 The department may execute a multiyear application process. Multiyear applications may only be submitted by public and private agencies that have been fully…
- § 8334 (a) (1) The State Department of Education shall develop and implement a streamlined request for application process for existing California state preschool…
ARTICLE 15. Contract Audit Requirements §§ 8335–8336 · 2 sections
- § 8335 As used in this article: (a) “Financial and compliance audit” means a systematic review or appraisal to determine each of the following: (1) Whether the…
- § 8336 (a) All contractors are encouraged to develop and maintain a reserve within the child development fund, derived from earned but unexpended funds. Contractors…
ARTICLE 16. Inclusive Early Education Expansion § 8337 · 1 section
- § 8337 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Early childhood inclusion embodies the values, policies, and practices that support the right…
ARTICLE 17. Head Start § 8340 · 1 section
- § 8340 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Congress has recognized the importance of the transfer from preschool to primary school.…
ARTICLE 19. 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens Program §§ 8420–8428 · 10 sections
- § 8420 This article shall be known and may be cited as the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens (High School ASSETs) program.
- § 8421 There is hereby established the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens program. The purpose of the program is to create…
- § 8421.5 (a) (1) The department shall provide notice to all schools eligible for grants under this article of the availability of those grants as well as the…
- § 8422 (a) Priority for funding pursuant to this article shall be given to programs that previously received funding pursuant to Section 8421, for expansion of…
- § 8423 (a) (1) The department shall select grantees to participate in the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens program from among…
- § 8425 (a) The department shall implement this program only to the extent that federal funds are appropriated by the Legislature for purposes of the program. It is…
- § 8426 (a) (1) A grantee that establishes a program pursuant to this chapter is eligible to receive a five-year grant of up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars…
- § 8426.5 (a) (1) If there is a significant barrier to pupil participation in a program established pursuant to this article at the school of attendance, a grantee may…
- § 8427 (a) A high school after school program established pursuant to this article shall submit to the department annual outcome-based data for evaluation. (1) To…
- § 8428 The department shall develop, and submit in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, a biennial report to the Legislature related to the pupils…
ARTICLE 22.5. After School Learning and Safe Neighborhoods Partnerships Program § 8483.9 · 1 section
- § 8483.9 (a) A program participant receiving funding pursuant to this article may expend on indirect costs no more than the lesser of the following: (1) The school… see note
ARTICLE 22.5. After School Education and Safety Program §§ 8482–8484.65 · 29 sections
- § 8482 There is hereby established the After School Education and Safety Program. All references to it by its prior name, the Before and After School Learning and…
- § 8482.1 For purposes of this article, Article 19 (commencing with Section 8420), and Article 22.6 (commencing with Section 8484.7), the following definitions shall…
- § 8482.3 (a) The After School Education and Safety Program shall be established to serve pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 9, inclusive, at participating public…
- § 8482.4 (a) The department shall review applications submitted under this article and local educational agency audits to determine whether the applicable requirements…
- § 8482.5 (a) Priority for funding programs established pursuant to this article shall be given to schools where a minimum of 50 percent of the pupils in elementary…
- § 8482.55 (a) To accomplish the purposes of the After School Education and Safety Program, commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004, and for each fiscal…
- § 8482.6 (a) Every pupil attending a school operating a program pursuant to this article is eligible to participate in the program, subject to program capacity. A…
- § 8482.8 (a) (1) If there is a significant barrier to pupil participation in a program established pursuant to this article at the school of attendance, a grantee may…
- § 8483 (a) (1) (A) (i) Every after school component of a program established pursuant to this article shall commence immediately upon the conclusion of the regular…
- § 8483.1 (a) (1) Every before school program component established pursuant to this article shall in no instance operate for less than one and one-half hours per…
- § 8483.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, any program electing to operate both a before and after school component for the same pupils during…
- § 8483.25 The State Department of Education shall provide notice to all schools eligible for grants under this article of the availability of such grants as well as the…
- § 8483.3 (a) The department shall select applicants to participate in the program established pursuant to this article from among applicants that apply on forms and in… see note
- § 8483.4 (a) The administrator of every program established pursuant to this article shall establish minimum qualifications for each staff position that, at a minimum,…
- § 8483.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that a minimum of eighty-five million dollars ($85,000,000) be appropriated for the program established pursuant to…
- § 8483.51 For purposes of Section 8483.5, the term “continuously appropriated” shall not be construed to mean “without regard to fiscal year.” The funds appropriated…
- § 8483.55 (a) From the funds appropriated pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8483.5, the department may spend 1.5 percent to cover evaluation costs and to provide…
- § 8483.6 Notwithstanding subdivision (f) of Section 41202, in any fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004, that portion of any continuous…
- § 8483.7 (a) (1) (A) Each school that establishes a program pursuant to this article is eligible to receive a three-year after school grant, that shall be awarded in…
- § 8483.75 (a) (1) (A) Each school that establishes a before school program component pursuant to Section 8483.1 is eligible to receive a three-year renewable after…
- § 8483.76 (a) A school that establishes a program pursuant to Section 8483.7 or 8483.75 is eligible to receive a summer/supplemental grant to operate the program in…
- § 8483.8 In any fiscal year, if a program participant receives state funds to operate a program pursuant to this article that are in an amount in excess of the amount…
- § 8483.95 It is the intent of the Legislature that a program established pursuant to this article shall not use its core operating funds for mandatory snacks or meals,…
- § 8484 (a) As required by the department, programs established pursuant to this article shall submit annual outcome-based data for evaluation. The department may…
- § 8484.1 To the extent consistent with federal and state privacy laws, local educational agency grantees funded pursuant to this article and Article 22.6 (commencing…
- § 8484.3 (a) Programs established pursuant to this article shall not be required to comply with the requirements of other provisions of this chapter or requirements set…
- § 8484.5 (a) All school-based before and after school programs established pursuant to Section 8481 that are in operation on the date of the enactment of the act adding… see note
- § 8484.6 (a) Programs established pursuant to this article may be conducted upon the grounds of a community park, recreational facility, or other site as approved by…
- § 8484.65 If a program is operated at a schoolsite located in an area that has a population density of less than 11 persons per square mile, additional funding may be…
ARTICLE 22.6. 21st Century Community Learning Centers §§ 8484.7–8484.9 · 4 sections
- § 8484.7 It is the intent of the Legislature that the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program contained within the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001…
- § 8484.75 The requirements of the After School Education and Safety Program described in Article 22.5 (commencing with Section 8482) apply to the program established by…
- § 8484.8 In accordance with Part B of Title IV of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110), funds appropriated in Item 6110-197-0890 of Section…
- § 8484.9 (a) There is hereby established in the department an Advisory Committee on Before and After School Programs for the purpose of providing information and advice…
ARTICLE 23. Child Supervision Programs §§ 8485–8488 · 4 sections
- § 8485 The governing board of any school district conducting instruction for pupils in any grade level up to, and including, the completion of junior high school, may…
- § 8486 Child supervision programs conducted pursuant to this article shall be licensed or exempt programs administered and monitored by the school district. Programs…
- § 8487 Child supervision programs conducted pursuant to this article shall consist of supervised activities including, but not limited to, arts and crafts, sports,…
- § 8488 Each school that elects to establish a child supervision program shall apply to the State Department of Education for a grant for each program of up to four…
ARTICLE 24. Expulsion and Suspension Procedures in Childcare and Development Services Programs §§ 8489–8489.1 · 2 sections
- § 8489 For purposes of this article, the following terms shall apply: (a) “Expulsion” means the permanent dismissal of a child from a program in response to a child’s…
- § 8489.1 (a) (1) Except as authorized by paragraph (3), a program shall not do either of the following: (A) Expel or unenroll a child because of a child’s behavior. (B)…
ARTICLE 24. Identification of Developmental Delays and Learning Disabilities § 8490 · 1 section
- § 8490 (a) Of the funds appropriated in Item 6100-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2022, two million dollars ($2,000,000) shall be allocated to the…
CHAPTER 3. Adult Education §§ 8500–8538 · 11 sections
ARTICLE 1. Legislative Intent § 8500 · 1 section
- § 8500 The Legislature finds and declares that adult continuing education is essential to the needs of society in an era of rapid technological, economic, and social…
ARTICLE 2. Definitions § 8510 · 1 section
- § 8510 Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this chapter. (a) “Adult basic education”…
ARTICLE 3. Functions of Continuing Education Programs §§ 8530–8538 · 9 sections
- § 8530 Adult basic education is the responsibility of high school and unified school districts except in those instances where by mutual agreement the responsibility…
- § 8531 The high school diploma program is the responsibility of the high school and unified school districts, but courses leading to a high school diploma may be…
- § 8532 Vocational and occupational training and retraining programs for adults may be made available in high school, unified, and community college districts by…
- § 8533 Adult continuing education, including but not limited to, parent education, consumer education, civic education, education in special fields, and education in…
- § 8534 Programs for adults involving postsecondary programs that meet the standards prescribed by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for…
- § 8535 (a) When governing boards agree to transfer an existing program all legal and contractual obligations of either or both districts under the program shall be…
- § 8536 The governing board of every district affected by this chapter shall make all reasonable efforts to reach a mutual agreement when such an agreement is required…
- § 8537 If a mutual agreement cannot be reached by the district governing boards, the points of disagreement shall be resolved by the State Board of Education and the…
- § 8538 Effective July 1, 1977, (a) for noncredit classes or programs offered in community colleges pursuant to this chapter, average daily attendance for state…
CHAPTER 3.6. California Summer Science and Technology Academy §§ 8630–8633 · 3 sections
- § 8630 It is the intent of the Legislature, pursuant to this chapter, to do all of the following: (a) Support the educational experiences of all pupils, and to assist…
- § 8631 The California Summer Science and Technology Academy is hereby established. The academy shall be a statewide program that shall be developed and operated to…
- § 8633 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…
CHAPTER 3.8. California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science §§ 8660–8669.1 · 9 sections
- § 8660 (a) The California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science is hereby created to establish a multidisciplinary academic development program in…
- § 8661 The Regents of the University of California are hereby requested to operate the California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science.
- § 8662 (a) Pupils who have demonstrated academic excellence in mathematics and science and who meet one of the following criteria shall be eligible for admission to…
- § 8664 The Regents of the University of California are requested to perform all of the following duties: (a) Provide for the operation and governance of the…
- § 8666 It is the intent of the Legislature that the period of instruction for the California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science commence no earlier than…
- § 8667 (a) The University of California shall be responsible for selection of the faculty of the California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science. (b) The…
- § 8668 The site for the California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science shall be chosen by the Regents of the University of California. The Regents of the…
- § 8669 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that at least 50 percent, but not more than 75 percent, of the actual costs of the California State Summer School for…
- § 8669.1 It is the intent of the Legislature that the University of California conduct an evaluation on the effectiveness of the California State Summer School for…
CHAPTER 4. Environmental Education §§ 8700–8774 · 32 sections
ARTICLE 1. Policy §§ 8700–8707 · 8 sections
- § 8700 The Legislature finds and declares that, throughout the state and nation, there is a growing public awareness of the benefits derived from a healthy…
- § 8701 The Legislature further finds and declares that an informed public working for the common environmental good through its democratic institutions at all…
- § 8702 The Legislature further finds and declares that an educational program is needed that is designed to build necessary attitudes of stewardship toward the…
- § 8703 The Legislature further finds and declares that without appropriate long-term funding, and without effective programs to encourage efforts and innovations at…
- § 8704 The Legislature further finds and declares that man has a moral obligation to understand the world in which he lives and to protect, enhance, and make the…
- § 8705 The Legislature further finds and declares that conservation education should be a means of achieving an educational philosophy that will help each student…
- § 8706 The Legislature further finds and declares that in all grade levels, environmental facts should be taught as they relate to each other, rather than as isolated…
- § 8707 It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to encourage development of educational programs for teachers and students commensurate with the…
ARTICLE 2. Conservation Education Service §§ 8720–8723 · 4 sections
- § 8720 There is in the Department of Education the Conservation Education Service.
- § 8721 The Conservation Education Service shall encourage the development of educational opportunities specifically related to the conservation, the interpretation,…
- § 8722 The Conservation Education Service shall have the following additional powers and duties: (1) To assist school districts, community college districts, and…
- § 8723 The Conservation Education Service shall have such other powers and duties as shall be vested in it by law.
ARTICLE 3. Conservation Education Library §§ 8730–8734 · 5 sections
- § 8730 There is in the Department of Education a Central Library and Repository for conservation education materials. Such materials may be developed by private…
- § 8731 The purpose of the library shall be to serve as a master source of materials for the Conservation Education Service, public school districts, county…
- § 8732 The department shall, in establishing the library, explore new methods in data processing, new library procedures, and new means for distributing materials to…
- § 8733 The library shall thoroughly evaluate new materials for validity, pertinence, objectivity, and usefulness, and shall advise the state board in the adoption of…
- § 8734 The Superintendent of Public Instruction, upon the recommendation of the Conservation Education Service, is authorized to make planning and implementation…
ARTICLE 5. Outdoor Science, Conservation, and Forestry §§ 8760–8774 · 15 sections
- § 8760 (a) The governing board of any school district may do the following: (1) Conduct programs and classes in outdoor science education and conservation education…
- § 8761 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, whenever an outdoor science program involves studies in marine science, the governing board of any school…
- § 8762 The governing board of any school district may: (a) Conduct courses in forestry, and for that purpose employ instructors and supervisors of classes, and…
- § 8763 The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, enter into agreements with the governing board of one or more…
- § 8764 The school district or districts entering into agreements pursuant to this article with the county superintendent of schools may agree to make capital outlay…
- § 8765 Except as otherwise provided, all of the powers and duties authorized for governing boards of school districts by Section 8760 are powers and duties of the…
- § 8766 The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, acquire by gift and maintain real or personal property needed for…
- § 8767 The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, provide the coordination services authorized by Section 1703 in…
- § 8768 Any such agreement between the county superintendent of schools and school districts or community college districts or private schools may provide for the…
- § 8769 The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, lease real or personal property for the purpose of care,…
- § 8770 The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, convey any real property, title to which is vested in the office…
- § 8771 The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of real or personal…
- § 8772 All proceeds from the sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of real or personal property received by the county superintendent of schools pursuant to the…
- § 8773 If during a period of five consecutive school years, no programs and classes in outdoor science education and conservation education are conducted by the…
- § 8774 (a) A residential outdoor science program shall be eligible for funding pursuant to this section if it meets both of the following conditions: (1) It is…
CHAPTER 5. Healthy Start Support Services for Children Act §§ 8800–8807 · 9 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions and Definitions §§ 8800–8802 · 3 sections
- § 8800 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Healthy Start Support Services for Children Act.
- § 8801 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) A large and growing number of California’s children are not learning enough in school to prepare…
- § 8802 For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Consortium” means two or more local educational agencies. (b) “Cooperating agency”…
ARTICLE 2. Healthy Start Support Services for Children Program Council and Grant Program §§ 8803–8804.5 · 3 sections
- § 8803 In order to encourage the integration of children’s services, it is the intent of the Legislature to promote interagency coordination and collaboration among…
- § 8804 The superintendent shall award grants to a local educational agency or consortium to pay the costs of planning and operating, on behalf of one or more…
- § 8804.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that, as the number of planning and operational grants awarded pursuant to this chapter increases, additional local…
ARTICLE 3. Healthy Start Support Services for Children Grant Program Evaluations and Reports § 8805 · 1 section
- § 8805 The Legislature finds that an evaluation of plan effectiveness is both desirable and necessary, and accordingly requires the following: (a) No later than…
ARTICLE 4. Local Agency Collaboration § 8806 · 1 section
- § 8806 (a) Each local educational agency or consortium applying for a grant under this chapter shall establish procedures to ensure on-going consultation and…
ARTICLE 5. Fiscal Provisions § 8807 · 1 section
- § 8807 (a) The department is required to implement this chapter only to the extent that funds are apportioned for that purpose under the annual Budget Act, or are…
CHAPTER 5.1. The Arts and Music in Schools—Funding Guarantee and Accountability Act §§ 8820–8822 · 3 sections
- § 8820 (a) The Arts and Music in Schools—Funding Guarantee and Accountability Act is hereby established for the purpose of providing a minimum source of annual…
- § 8821 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Arts education program” includes, but is not limited to, instruction and training,…
- § 8822 (a) If any provision of this act or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or…
CHAPTER 5.5. Family Relationships and Parenting Education § 8850.5 · 1 section
- § 8850.5 “Family relationships and parenting education,” as used in this chapter, means an instructional program designed to provide pupils at all grade levels with…
CHAPTER 6. California Community Schools Partnership Act §§ 8900–8903 · 5 sections
- § 8900 This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Community Schools Partnership Act.
- § 8901 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Adjacent location” means an alternative location for services for pupils pursuant to this…
- § 8901.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that fidelity to the California Community Schools Framework supports pupil well-being and academic achievement, and…
- § 8902 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to exacerbate conditions associated with poverty,…
- § 8903 (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (A) The California Community Schools Partnership Act, established as part of the Budget Act of…
CHAPTER 7. California State Summer School for the Arts §§ 8950–8957 · 11 sections
- § 8950 The Legislature finds and declares that the arts and entertainment industries constitute the third largest business sector in the state, and that it is within…
- § 8951 As used in this chapter, “arts” includes, but is not limited to, all of the following: dance; theatre; music; folk art; creative writing; visual arts,…
- § 8952.5 (a) The California State Summer School for the Arts shall be governed by a 15-member board of trustees, to be known as the Trustees of the California State…
- § 8953 The board of trustees shall adopt rules and regulations governing fees, applications, auditions, and admission procedures for the California State Summer…
- § 8953.3 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the admission of out-of-state pupils to the California State Summer School for the Arts will enhance the national…
- § 8953.5 The board of trustees shall do all of the following: (a) Provide for the operation and governance of the California State Summer School for the Arts. (b)…
- § 8953.7 The State Department of Education shall assist the California State Summer School for the Arts by providing the following services: (a) The development and…
- § 8954 The period of instruction for the California State Summer School for the Arts shall be not less than four weeks and no more than six weeks in length. This…
- § 8955 (a) The faculty of the California State Summer School for the Arts shall be annually selected, subject to the final approval of the director of the school, by…
- § 8956 (a) The site for the California State Summer School for the Arts shall be chosen for one year or on a multiyear basis to be determined by the board of trustees…
- § 8957 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that at least 50 percent, but not more than 75 percent, of the actual costs of the California State Summer School for…
CHAPTER 8. Early Primary Programs §§ 8970–8974 · 5 sections
- § 8970 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction convened a Task Force on School Readiness that…
- § 8971 As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Child development program” means a full-day or part-day comprehensive…
- § 8972 (a) The governing board of any school district may establish an early primary program consisting of same-age pupils or any combination of state preschool or…
- § 8973 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the kindergarten schoolday in an early primary program conducted pursuant to Section 8972 may exceed four hours,…
- § 8974 School districts with early primary programs shall provide educational continuity from preschool through kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, by…
CHAPTER 10. School Nutrition §§ 8990–9004 · 10 sections
ARTICLE 1. Nutrition Education §§ 8990–8997 · 5 sections
- § 8990 The Legislature encourages nutritional education instructional activities that comply with all of the following: (a) They emphasize the appealing aspects of…
- § 8993 The Legislature encourages school instructional staff to do the following: (a) Be informed about the negative consequences of using food as a reward and of…
- § 8995 The Legislature encourages school administrations to do the following: (a) Offer wellness programs that include personalized instruction about healthy eating…
- § 8996 As used in this article the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Dietary Guidelines for Americans” means the current set of recommendations of the…
- § 8997 This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 2004.
ARTICLE 2. Garden Programs §§ 9000–9004 · 5 sections
- § 9000 The Legislature intends to expand the number of educational gardens and garden salad bars in California public schools by offering startup or expansion grants,…
- § 9001 The State Department of Education shall establish, develop, and implement the instructional school garden program to make competitive grants available for…
- § 9002 The State Department of Education shall distribute the grants pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b), in consultation with education, nutrition, and agricultural…
- § 9003 The State Department of Education shall develop, research, and coordinate the best available practices regarding appropriate curriculum for school garden…
- § 9004 The department shall select grant recipients from the northern, southern, and central regions of the state and from urban, rural, and suburban areas, so that…