DIVISION 2. STATE ADMINISTRATION [33000. - 33804.]
Division 2 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.
§§ 33000–33804 · 265 sections
PART 20. STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES §§ 33000–33804 · 265 sections
CHAPTER 1. State Board of Education §§ 33000–33053 · 35 sections
ARTICLE 1. Composition §§ 33000–33011 · 15 sections
- § 33000 There is in the state government a State Board of Education, consisting of 10 members, who are appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of…
- § 33000.5 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 33000 and 33001, the Governor shall also appoint a student member to the state board with the advice and consent of two-thirds of…
- § 33001 The term of office of the members of the board is four years, and they shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of their successors. The terms…
- § 33002 Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Governor, subject to confirmation by two-thirds of the Senate. The appointee to fill a vacancy shall hold…
- § 33003 The board, through its own bylaws, shall provide for its operation and organization, including, but not limited to, the election of its officers and the…
- § 33004 The Superintendent shall be secretary and shall act as executive officer of the state board. The Superintendent shall have charge of all its correspondence and…
- § 33005 The board shall appoint an acting secretary, who shall also act as executive officer of the board in the absence of the Superintendent of Public Instruction…
- § 33006 (a) Members of the board shall receive their actual and necessary traveling expenses while on official business. Each member shall also receive the allowance…
- § 33007 The board shall meet at least six times a year at such times as it may by resolution determine; provided, that it shall meet at least once every three months.
- § 33008 Special meetings may be called by the president. Upon the request of any four members in writing, the secretary shall call a special meeting.
- § 33009 Notice of each meeting shall be given by the secretary by registered mail to each member of the board at least 10 days prior to the time of the meeting. Notice…
- § 33009.5 Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 11125 of the Government Code, when the board provides information on its Internet site, that is available to…
- § 33009.7 (a) The state board shall provide for live video and audio transmission of all board meetings and hearings that are open to the public through a technology…
- § 33010 The concurrence of six members of the board shall be necessary to the validity of any of its acts.
- § 33011 Whenever by any law the board is authorized to appoint members to a board, commission, or other statutorily created body, the board may also appoint a…
ARTICLE 2. Powers and Duties §§ 33030–33043 · 13 sections
- § 33030 The board shall determine all questions of policy within its powers.
- § 33031 The board shall adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of this state (a) for its own government, (b) for the government of its appointees…
- § 33032 The board shall study the educational conditions and needs of the state. It shall make plans for the improvement of the administration and efficiency of the…
- § 33033 The State Board of Education may: (a) Establish at the request of the governing authorities of any state institution, courses of instruction for the inmates of…
- § 33034 The board shall issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses before the board, or any member thereof, in the same manner as any court in this state.…
- § 33035 The board shall adopt and use an official seal in authentication of its acts.
- § 33036 The board shall cause the Department of General Services to do any printing required by it. All orders for printing shall first be approved by the Department…
- § 33037 The board shall submit to the Governor biennially on or before the fifteenth day of September next preceding the regular session of the Legislature, a report…
- § 33039 The State Board of Education shall develop guidelines which school districts may use in the development of teacher evaluation procedures pursuant to Article 11…
- § 33040 The State Board of Education and the governing bodies of any county, city, and fire protection district are authorized to enter into agreements providing for…
- § 33041 The State Board of Education shall revise the health instruction framework adopted by the board in 1977 to include instructional guidelines on the following:…
- § 33042 The Legislature encourages school districts to comply with the State Board of Education’s English Language and Arts Writing Arts Strategies on cursive…
- § 33043 (a) The Governor may appoint a total of six deputies to the executive director of the state board. A deputy to the executive director appointed pursuant to…
ARTICLE 3. Waiver Authority §§ 33050–33053 · 7 sections
- § 33050 (a) The governing board of a school district or a county board of education, on a districtwide or countywide basis or on behalf of one or more of its schools…
- § 33051 (a) The state board shall approve any and all requests for waivers except in those cases where the board specifically finds any of the following: (1) The…
- § 33051.5 Not less than 30 days prior to any public hearing it conducts pursuant to Section 33050 concerning a request to waive any provision of Article 5 (commencing…
- § 33052 (a) If formal action by the State Board of Education on a waiver request is not taken by the second regular meeting of the board following receipt of a…
- § 33052.3 For the purposes of improving the financial management and reporting practices of school districts and county offices of education, and developing and testing…
- § 33052.5 For purposes of this article, “school district” shall include county offices of education.
- § 33053 The State Department of Education shall annually submit a report to the Governor, Legislature, State Board of Education, and make the report available to the…
CHAPTER 1.5. Purpose § 33080 · 1 section
- § 33080 Each child is a unique person, with unique needs, and the purpose of the educational system of this state is to enable each child to develop all of his or her…
CHAPTER 2. Superintendent of Public Instruction §§ 33100–33195.6 · 49 sections
ARTICLE 1. Appointment and Salaries §§ 33100–33102 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 2. Powers and Duties §§ 33110–33133.5 · 33 sections
- § 33110 The Superintendent of Public Instruction may employ one Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction and necessary clerical and expert assistants, and may fix…
- § 33111 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall execute, under direction of the State Board of Education, the policies which have been decided upon by the board…
- § 33112 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall: (a) Superintend the schools of this state. (b) Prepare, have printed, and furnish to teachers and to all…
- § 33113 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prescribe regulations under which contracts, agreements, or arrangements may be made with agencies of the…
- § 33113.5 (a) The department may require employees, prospective employees, volunteers, contractors, and subcontractors to undergo a fingerprint-based state and national…
- § 33114 All such contracts, agreements or arrangements shall be entered into in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and…
- § 33115 The Superintendent of Public Instruction may enter into an agreement with the government of the United States or any agency thereof relative to the…
- § 33116 The Director of Education may enter into agreements with any agency of the federal government for the education of persons in the service of the federal…
- § 33117 The Director of Education may enter into agreements with agencies of the federal government, county superintendents of schools, county boards of education, any…
- § 33117.5 (a) Adult education programs and regional occupational programs operated by school districts and county offices of education that have contracted with the…
- § 33117.7 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall use 30 percent of the funds available under Section 202(c)(1)(C) and Section 262(c)(1)(C) of the federal Job…
- § 33118 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, not later than the 25th day of July in each year, prepare an estimate of the amount of state school money that…
- § 33119 Other than for persons in the state civil service, the length of, and the time for, vacations of teachers, officers, and employees of the schools for the deaf,…
- § 33120 The Director of Education may conduct experimental work in education through various media, including radio and television.
- § 33121 The Director of Education may develop audial and visual curriculum materials, evolve means and methods, and prescribe standards, for the use of such materials…
- § 33122 The Director of Education shall employ such persons as are necessary for the coordination and the supervision of services for hard-of-hearing children.
- § 33123 The Director of Education may enter into an agreement with any political entity mentioned in Section 44853 for the exchange and employment of persons serving…
- § 33125 The Director of Education, subject to such conditions as the State Board of Education may establish, may purchase annuity contracts for the employees of the…
- § 33126 (a) The school accountability report card shall provide data by which a parent can make meaningful comparisons between public schools that will enable him or…
- § 33126.1 (a) The department shall develop and recommend for adoption by the state board a standardized template intended to simplify the process for completing the…
- § 33126.15 (a) By July 1, 2006, the department shall develop, and shall recommend for adoption by the State Board of Education, a revision to the standardized template…
- § 33126.2 (a) The Superintendent may recommend additional data elements for inclusion in the Academic Performance Index. Data elements may be incorporated in the…
- § 33126.5 The State Allocation Board, in cooperation with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall develop and maintain an automated school facilities inventory…
- § 33127 (a) The Superintendent, the Controller, and the Director of Finance shall develop, on or before March 1, 1989, standards and criteria to be reviewed and…
- § 33128 (a) The standards and criteria to be adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to Section 33127 shall include, but not be limited to, comparisons and…
- § 33128.1 Notwithstanding any other law, a local educational agency may recognize for budgetary and financial reporting purposes any amount of state appropriations…
- § 33128.2 Notwithstanding any other law, a local educational agency may recognize for budgetary and financial reporting purposes any amount of state allocations…
- § 33128.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county unified school district with fewer than 3,000 units of average daily attendance may use up to 30 percent…
- § 33129 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, beginning with the first fiscal year following the adoption by the State Board of Education of standards…
- § 33131 The standards and criteria for fiscal accountability referred to in Section 33127 shall not be subject to Sections 11340 to 11356, inclusive, of the Government…
- § 33132 (a) Notwithstanding Section 51877, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall award educational technology competitive grants under this code with respect…
- § 33133 (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop information, and submit this information to the State Board of Education for its approval. This…
- § 33133.5 (a) The Superintendent shall create a poster that notifies children of the appropriate telephone number to call to report child abuse or neglect. (b) The…
ARTICLE 3. Deputies and Associate Superintendents §§ 33140–33143 · 3 sections
- § 33140 The duties of the Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction and of the associate superintendents of public instruction appointed by the State Board of…
- § 33141 The annual salaries of the Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction and of the associate superintendents of public instruction appointed by the State Board…
- § 33143 (a) In addition to the positions authorized by Section 2.1 of Article IX of the California Constitution, the Governor, with the recommendation of the…
ARTICLE 5. Verification of Private School Instruction §§ 33190–33193 · 4 sections
- § 33190 Every person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation offering or conducting private school instruction on the elementary or high school level shall…
- § 33191 (a) Commencing October 1, 1985, the affidavit or statement filed with the Superintendent of Public Instruction pursuant to Section 33190 shall, under penalty…
- § 33192 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), if the employees of any entity that has a contract with a private school to provide any of the following…
- § 33193 (a) A private school contracting with an entity for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or repair of a school facility where the employees of the…
ARTICLE 6. Verification of Heritage School Operation §§ 33195–33195.6 · 7 sections
- § 33195 (a) Every person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation operating a heritage school as defined in Section 33195.4 shall, between the 1st and 31st day…
- § 33195.1 (a) Commencing January 1, 2011, the electronic registration form filed with the Superintendent pursuant to Section 33195 shall, under penalty of perjury,…
- § 33195.2 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), if the employees of any entity that has a contract with a heritage school to provide any of the following…
- § 33195.3 (a) A heritage school contracting with an entity for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or repair of a school facility where the employees of…
- § 33195.4 For purposes of this article, “heritage school” means a school that serves children who are at least 4 years and 9 months of age and no older than 18 years of…
- § 33195.5 (a) The Heritage Enrichment Resource Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Moneys deposited in the fund may be expended by the Superintendent upon…
- § 33195.6 (a) A director of a heritage school shall undergo at least 15 hours of health and safety training. The training shall include all of the following components:…
CHAPTER 3. State Department of Education §§ 33300–33479.9 · 114 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 33300–33319.6 · 30 sections
- § 33300 There is in the state government a State Department of Education. Any reference to the Department of Education shall be deemed to be a reference to the State…
- § 33301 The Department of Education shall be administered through: (a) The State Board of Education which shall be the governing and policy determining body of the…
- § 33302 The Department of Education shall be conducted under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of Education.
- § 33303 The Superintendent of Public Instruction is ex officio Director of Education.
- § 33304 The provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180), Chapter 2, Part 1, Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, shall govern and apply to the…
- § 33305 Wherever in Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180), Chapter 2, Part 1, Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the term “head of the department,” or…
- § 33306 The Department of Education is the successor to, and is vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the State Board of…
- § 33307 The Department of Education shall be in possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations,…
- § 33308 The Department of Education shall administer and enforce all laws now or hereafter imposing any duty, power, or function upon any of the bodies, offices,…
- § 33308.1 The State Department of Education shall adopt guidelines to be disseminated to parents or guardians of pupils that describe the procedures that a parent or…
- § 33308.5 (a) Program guidelines issued by the State Department of Education shall be designed to serve as a model or example, and shall not be prescriptive. Program…
- § 33309 In addition to the Division of Libraries of the Department of Education, established by law, the State Board of Education may, upon recommendation of the…
- § 33310 The State Department of Education may sell any educational materials and directories related to its scope and duties.
- § 33311 When the Department of Education fixes the price of any publication, it shall specify the class of persons or institutions that may receive copies of the…
- § 33312 Any county, or any school district, in this state may purchase the publications described in Sections 33309 to 33313, inclusive, from the Department of…
- § 33313 All moneys received from the sale of materials pursuant to Section 33310 of the Education Code shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the…
- § 33314 The State Board of Education may, upon recommendation of the Director of Education, establish in the Department of Education a school library consultant…
- § 33315 (a) The Superintendent shall establish and implement a system of complaint processing, known as the Uniform Complaint Procedures, for educational programs…
- § 33315.5 (a) (1) Beginning July 1, 2026, upon receipt of a complaint that alleges unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying received by the…
- § 33316 The State Department of Education shall do all of the following: (a) Revise and update budget manuals, forms and guidelines. (b) Cooperate with federal and…
- § 33317 The Department of Education shall cooperate with the Educational Management and Evaluation Commission and shall as requested by the commission: (a) Prepare and…
- § 33317.3 (a) Commencing with the 2026–27 school year, the department shall collect and publish on its internet website, and local educational agencies shall provide to…
- § 33317.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall provide a report of public school pupil enrollment information, to be known as the “California raw…
- § 33318 (a) The Department of Education shall report the test results of all state-mandated testing programs to the individual school districts by not later than…
- § 33318.2 (a) The department shall, on or before March 1, 2025, and in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, provide a report to the Superintendent, the…
- § 33318.5 (a) In addition to the dropout rate the department compiles pursuant to the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (Public Law 114–95), the department shall…
- § 33319 The State Department of Education shall encourage and assist school districts to improve and monitor the health of their pupils. The department shall provide…
- § 33319.3 The State Department of Education shall prepare materials on driver attitude and motivation that focus on the reduction of driving violations with particular…
- § 33319.5 The State Department of Education may encourage among school districts, county boards of education, and county superintendents of schools the implementation of…
- § 33319.6 (a) No later than September 30, 2026, the state board shall approve and the department shall post on its internet website criteria and guidance for the…
ARTICLE 1.5. Effective Educational Programs and Practices §§ 33320–33328.5 · 11 sections
- § 33320 (a) The purpose of this article is to identify, develop, validate, and disseminate effective educational programs and practices operated by state and local…
- § 33321 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish procedures within the State Department of Education to accomplish all of the following: (a) Annually…
- § 33321.5 In performing the responsibilities set forth in Section 33321, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall consult with high school and elementary school…
- § 33322 The State Board of Education may authorize the funding of any proposal of a school district, county office of education, public postsecondary educational…
- § 33323 The State Board of Education, upon review of the recommendation of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall validate, as an exemplary educational…
- § 33324 (a) The State Department of Education shall annually disseminate to each school district, county office of education, resource agency or consortium as…
- § 33325 All proposals submitted to the State Board of Education for funding pursuant to Section 33322 or 33324, or for validation pursuant to Section 33323, shall be…
- § 33326 The State Board of Education, upon review of the recommendation of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, may authorize funding for any proposal of a county…
- § 33327 (a) The State Department of Education, in performing the identification, development, evaluation, dissemination, or adoption of projects and practices under…
- § 33328 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to evaluate the effectiveness of programs developed for English learners subsequent to Proposition 227 in order to…
- § 33328.5 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Artificial intelligence” means an engineered or machine-based system that varies in its…
ARTICLE 2. Finances §§ 33330–33338 · 8 sections
- § 33330 The department may expend the money in any appropriation, or in any special fund in the State Treasury now remaining or made available by law for the…
- § 33331 The Department of Education may expend the moneys in any appropriation heretofore or hereafter made for the support of the State Board of Education.
- § 33332 The Director of Finance may give the Director of Education authority to accept on behalf of, and in the name of, the state such gifts, donations, bequests, and…
- § 33333 Money received under Section 33332 may, with the approval of the Director of Finance, be deposited by the Director of Education to the credit of the department…
- § 33334 All moneys received by or for any school under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education from any agency of the federal government, directly or…
- § 33335 For the purposes of Government Code Section 11032, the following constitute, among other proper purposes of like or different character, state business for…
- § 33337 It is the intent of the Legislature that, for the 1989–90 fiscal year and each year thereafter, funds shall be provided to the State Department of Education…
- § 33338 (a) The department or any other state agency that administers a grant or allocation of state funds to a school district shall allow an indirect cost rate that…
ARTICLE 3. Educational Programs §§ 33350–33355 · 8 sections
- § 33350 The State Department of Education shall do all of the following: (a) Adopt rules and regulations that it deems necessary and proper to secure the establishment…
- § 33351 The Department of Education may employ the necessary expert and clerical assistants in order to carry out the provisions of this article.
- § 33352 (a) The department shall exercise general supervision over the courses of physical education in the elementary and secondary schools of the state; advise…
- § 33353 (a) The California Interscholastic Federation is a voluntary organization that consists of school and school-related personnel with responsibility for…
- § 33353.5 The California Interscholastic Federation shall not transact insurance as defined in Section 35 of the Insurance Code, nor shall the federation endorse any…
- § 33353.7 (a) No later than July 1, 2017, the California Interscholastic Federation, in consultation with the department, shall develop guidelines, procedures, and…
- § 33354 (a) The department shall have the following authority over interscholastic athletics: (1) The department may state that the policies of school districts, of…
- § 33355 (a) (1) On or before January 1, 2026, the department, in consultation with relevant stakeholders and experts, shall compile, and post on the department’s…
ARTICLE 4. Workshops §§ 33360–33363 · 3 sections
- § 33360 The Department of Education and a statewide association composed exclusively of school district governing boards or county boards of education, or both, acting…
- § 33362 Any member or member-elect of a school district governing board who attends and successfully completes a workshop as authorized by this article may be…
- § 33363 Any member or member-elect of a county board of education who attends and successfully completes a workshop as authorized by this article may be reimbursed for…
ARTICLE 5. Bureau of Indian Education § 33370 · 1 section
- § 33370 (a) There is hereby created within the department an American Indian Education Unit, which shall provide technical support to, and proper administrative…
ARTICLE 6. California Indian Education Centers §§ 33380–33384 · 5 sections
- § 33380 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that American Indian children have not performed well in California public schools as evidenced by low academic…
- § 33381 The California American Indian education centers established pursuant to this article shall serve as community-based educational resource centers to American…
- § 33382 The state board, upon the advice and recommendations of the Superintendent, shall approve revised guidelines for the selection and administration of California…
- § 33383 (a) An application for the establishment of a California American Indian education center may be made to the department by any tribal group or incorporated…
- § 33384 (a) (1) Each center shall annually submit a report to the department that includes appropriate data, presented in a format developed jointly with the…
ARTICLE 7. California Indian Education Act §§ 33390–33391 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 8. Educational Evaluations §§ 33400–33407 · 5 sections
- § 33400 It is the intention of the Legislature in enacting this article that: (a) Evaluations shall be performed in such a manner as to minimize the resources required…
- § 33403 The State Department of Education shall perform evaluations of those educational programs as determined to be necessary by the Superintendent of Public…
- § 33404 It is the understanding of the Legislature that the evaluation needs of the educational programs change over a period of time and during the progress of the…
- § 33406 The State Department of Education shall conduct special studies as determined to be necessary by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to carry out the…
- § 33407 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall annually, not later than February 15, submit to the State Board of Education and the Legislature a proposal for…
ARTICLE 9. Audits of Contracting Agencies §§ 33420–33421 · 2 sections
- § 33420 (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction, in cooperation with the Department of Finance and the State Auditor, shall, on or before July 1, 1980, provide…
- § 33421 Every private agency which receives state funds which may be audited pursuant to Section 33420 shall, at the request of the Superintendent of Public…
ARTICLE 9.5. California Youth Leadership Project §§ 33425–33428 · 4 sections
- § 33425 (a) The California Youth Leadership Project is hereby established under the department for the purpose of promoting youth civic engagement through meaningful…
- § 33426 (a) The California Youth Leadership Project shall be overseen by the California Youth Leadership Project Committee. (b) The California Youth Leadership Project…
- § 33427 Duties of the California Youth Leadership Project Committee shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) Develop and provide applications…
- § 33428 (a) The funds for the California Youth Leadership Project shall be allocated from the California Youth Leadership Fund pursuant to Article 4.5 (commencing with…
ARTICLE 10. The Learning Communities for School Success Program §§ 33430–33436 · 6 sections
- § 33430 The Learning Communities for School Success Program is hereby established for the purpose of implementing, pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of…
- § 33431 (a) A local educational agency that chooses to apply for funding pursuant to this article shall submit an application to the department to receive a grant, in…
- § 33432 (a) A local educational agency that receives a grant shall use the grant funds for planning, implementation, and evaluation of activities in support of…
- § 33433 (a) The department shall use the funding the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act authorizes for administrative costs pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section…
- § 33435 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Community school” means a public school that participates in a community-based effort to…
- § 33436 This article shall not become operative unless funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act or another statute to the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund in…
ARTICLE 11. Pathways to Success Grant Program §§ 33440–33447 · 8 sections
- § 33440 For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “English learner” has the same meaning as defined in Section 306. (b)…
- § 33441 (a) The Pathways to Success Grant Program is hereby established with the goal of providing pupils in preschool, transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and…
- § 33442 (a) (1) The department shall administer the Pathways to Success Grant Program, which shall be a three-year grant program. Commencing September 1, 2019, the…
- § 33443 The department shall perform all of the following functions in the administration of the Pathways to Success Grant Program: (a) Review applications and award…
- § 33444 The department shall consult with the following persons and entities in the development of the criteria for awarding the grants and in developing the…
- § 33445 (a) A grant recipient shall use the grant for any of the following purposes: (1) School administrator, teacher, and staff training specific to the…
- § 33446 On or before June 30, 2025, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of the Legislature detailing the successes, best practices,…
- § 33447 This article shall be implemented only upon an appropriation for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or other statute.
ARTICLE 12. Intergenerational Education Programs §§ 33470–33473 · 5 sections
- § 33470 The State Department of Education shall administer intergenerational education programs in accordance with this article.
- § 33471 The State Department of Education shall establish criteria for the allocation of funds to intergenerational education programs. These criteria shall include…
- § 33471.5 The State Department of Education may allocate funds pursuant to this article to intergenerational education programs which operate without regard to school…
- § 33472 The department shall require continuation of contract requirements, such as matching of funds or provision of in-kind services, and any other provisions…
- § 33473 The State Department of Education may consult with the Department of Aging and the Commission on Aging regarding the criteria for selection of programs.
ARTICLE 13. The California Stem Cell and Biotechnology Education and Workforce Development Act of 2009 §§ 33475–33475.5 · 6 sections
- § 33475 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Stem Cell and Biotechnology Education and Workforce Development Act of 2009.
- § 33475.1 The purpose of this article is to establish stem cell and biotechnology education and workforce development as a state priority and to promote stronger links…
- § 33475.2 For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “CIRM” means the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. (b) “Department”…
- § 33475.3 The department, in consultation with the CIRM and representatives of the biotechnology industry, shall promote stem cell and biotechnology education and…
- § 33475.4 The department shall post on its Internet Web site, and as appropriate, on the Internet Web site created pursuant to Section 52499.66, information and links to…
- § 33475.5 The department shall post on its Internet Web site links to the CIRM model curriculum on stem cell science and communicate to science teachers and school…
ARTICLE 13.5. The Eric Paredes Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act §§ 33479–33479.9 · 10 sections
- § 33479 This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Eric Paredes Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act.
- § 33479.1 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Athletic activity” includes all of the following: (1) Interscholastic athletics. (2) An…
- § 33479.2 (a) The department shall post on its Internet Web site guidelines, videos, and an information sheet on sudden cardiac arrest symptoms and warning signs, and…
- § 33479.3 Each school year, before a pupil participates in an athletic activity governed by the California Interscholastic Federation, the school shall collect and…
- § 33479.4 A school may hold an informational meeting before the start of each athletic season for all ages of competitors regarding the symptoms and warning signs of…
- § 33479.5 (a) A pupil who passes out or faints while participating in or immediately following an athletic activity, or who is known to have passed out or fainted while…
- § 33479.6 (a) A coach of an athletic activity shall complete the sudden cardiac arrest training course specified in Section 33479.2 and shall retake the training course…
- § 33479.7 On and after July 1, 2019, a coach who violates Section 33479.6 shall be subject to suspension from coaching any athletic activity until completion of the…
- § 33479.8 The sponsors of youth athletic activities are encouraged to follow the guidelines specified in this article.
- § 33479.9 This article is operative on July 1, 2017.
CHAPTER 4. State Educational Commissions and Committees §§ 33500–33596 · 56 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 33500–33501 · 2 sections
- § 33500 The Legislature hereby declares that there is further need to encourage the adoption of new or improved educational ideas, practices, and techniques in solving…
- § 33501 The following definitions apply to educational advisory bodies created by this chapter: (a) An “educational policy advisory commission” is an advisory body to…
ARTICLE 2. Educational Innovation and Planning Commission §§ 33502–33522 · 16 sections
- § 33502 There is in the state government the Educational Innovation and Planning Commission consisting of a Member of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the…
- § 33503 The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission pursuant to Section 33502 shall have the powers and duties of a joint legislative committee on the…
- § 33504 The Superintendent of Public Instruction or his representative shall serve as executive secretary to the commission.
- § 33505 The commission, in carrying out its powers and duties, shall utilize the staff of the Department of Education.
- § 33506 The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, except that they shall receive their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance…
- § 33507 The commission shall select one of its members to be chairman of the commission.
- § 33508 Commission members shall serve for four-year terms and shall be eligible to serve more than one full term, except in the case of student representatives who…
- § 33509 As used in this article: (a) “Commission” means the Educational Innovation and Planning Commission. (b) “Title IV” means Title IV, Parts A, B, C, and D of the…
- § 33510 For purposes of this article, the commission shall have the powers, duties, and responsibilities of a state advisory council prescribed in Title IV.
- § 33511 The commission may do all of the following: (a) Advise the state educational agency on the preparation of, and policy matters arising in the administration of,…
- § 33512 All projects recommended by the commission shall be submitted to the State Board of Education for its approval.
- § 33513 The State Board of Education shall allocate funds under Title IV, Part C, to provide to the extent feasible a geographical spread of experimental projects in…
- § 33514 The State Board of Education shall annually allocate, insofar as practicable, 15 percent of the total amount of federal funds received by the State of…
- § 33516 In order to be deemed an approved project and be eligible to receive an allocation from the State Board of Education, an experimental, demonstration, or…
- § 33518 The State Board of Education may reserve a sum of money, to be recommended by the commission and approved by the State Board of Education, to support…
- § 33522 The State Board of Education shall reserve not more than 15 percent of the state’s federal allocation under Title IV, Part C, for grants to the local…
ARTICLE 3. Instructional Quality Commission §§ 33530–33548 · 25 sections
- § 33530 (a) There is in the state government the Instructional Quality Commission consisting of a Member of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, a…
- § 33531 The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission pursuant to Section 33530 shall have the powers and duties of a joint legislative committee on the…
- § 33532 (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), each commission member shall serve for a four-year term and shall not be eligible to serve more than one full…
- § 33533 The Superintendent and the state board shall consider for membership on the commission persons representing subjects commonly taught in public schools,…
- § 33534 The Superintendent of Public Instruction or his representative shall serve as executive secretary to the commission.
- § 33535 The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, except that they shall receive their actual and necessary travel expenses in attending meetings…
- § 33536 The commission shall select one of its members to be chairman of the commission.
- § 33537 Whenever an employee of any public school district, state college, or other public agency is appointed to membership on the commission, his employer shall…
- § 33538 The commission shall study problems of courses of study in the schools of the state and shall, upon request of the State Board of Education, recommend to the…
- § 33539 As used in this article, “commission” means the Instructional Quality Commission.
- § 33540 (a) The state board and the department shall request that the commission review and revise, as necessary, the course requirements in the history-social science…
- § 33540.2 (a) The department shall, no later than March 1, 2022, in collaboration with, and subject to the approval of, the executive director of the state board, use…
- § 33540.4 (a) The department shall, no later than April 1, 2022, in collaboration with, and subject to the approval of, the executive director of the state board, use…
- § 33540.6 (a) The department shall, no later than May 1, 2022, in collaboration with, and subject to the approval of, the executive director of the state board, use the…
- § 33541 (a) The State Board of Education and the department shall revise, as necessary, the framework in science to include the necessary elements to teach…
- § 33542 The commission and the state board shall ensure that the health and science curriculum frameworks adopted in the course of the next submission cycle following…
- § 33543 (a) During the next revision of the history-social science curriculum framework, the commission shall consider including, and recommending for adoption by the…
- § 33544 (a) When the “Health Framework for California Public Schools” (health framework) is next revised after January 1, 2016, the commission shall consider including…
- § 33545 When the “Health Framework for California Public Schools” (health framework) is next revised after January 1, 2015, the commission shall consider including a…
- § 33546 (a) When the “Health Framework for California Public Schools” (health framework) is next revised after January 1, 2017, the commission shall consider including…
- § 33546.2 (a) When the health curriculum framework is next revised, on or after January 1, 2025, the Instructional Quality Commission shall consider providing for…
- § 33546.4 When the “Health Education Framework for California Public Schools” (health framework) is next revised, on or after January 1, 2025, the commission shall…
- § 33547 At the next adoption or followup adoption of instructional materials for use in kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, in English Language Arts and English…
- § 33547.5 The commission shall, when the mathematics curriculum framework is next revised after January 1, 2025, consider including that pupils in grade 8 be offered the…
- § 33548 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Artificial Intelligence (AI) literacy” means the knowledge, skills, and attitudes…
ARTICLE 4. Educational Management and Evaluation Commission §§ 33550–33556 · 7 sections
- § 33550 There is in the state government the Educational Management and Evaluation Commission consisting of a Member of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the…
- § 33551 The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission pursuant to Section 33550 shall have the powers and duties of a joint legislative committee on the…
- § 33552 The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, except that they shall receive their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance…
- § 33553 The Superintendent of Public Instruction or his representative shall serve as executive secretary to the commission.
- § 33554 The commission shall select one of its members to be chairman of the commission.
- § 33555 The commission shall assist and advise the State Board of Education in the evaluation of the program achievement of educational programs, in the determination…
- § 33556 As used in this article, “commission” means the Educational Management and Evaluation Commission.
ARTICLE 6. Advisory Commission on Special Education §§ 33590–33596 · 6 sections
- § 33590 (a) There is in state government the Advisory Commission on Special Education consisting of the following 19 members: (1) A Member of the Assembly appointed by…
- § 33591 The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission pursuant to Section 33590 shall have the powers and duties of a joint legislative committee on the…
- § 33592 The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, except they shall receive their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of…
- § 33593 The Superintendent of Public Instruction or the superintendent’s designee shall serve as executive secretary to the commission.
- § 33595 (a) The commission shall study and provide assistance and advice to the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Legislature,…
- § 33596 As used in this article, “commission” means the Advisory Commission on Special Education. The commission shall also serve as the State Advisory Panel required…
CHAPTER 5. Office of Civil Rights §§ 33800–33804 · 10 sections
- § 33800 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter…
- § 33801 (a) The Office of Civil Rights is hereby established under the administration of the Government Operations Agency. (b) The Director of the Office of Civil…
- § 33802 The Office of Civil Rights, in consultation with the department, and under the supervision of the Government Operations Agency, shall do all of the following:…
- § 33803 It is the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation to do both of the following: (a) Establish coordinators to be employed within the office to…
- § 33803.1 (a) The Office of Civil Rights shall employ the Antisemitism Prevention Coordinator who shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. (b) The…
- § 33803.2 The Office of Civil Rights shall employ the Religious Discrimination Prevention Coordinator, who shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate.
- § 33803.3 The Office of Civil Rights shall employ the Race and Ethnicity Discrimination Prevention Coordinator, who shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by…
- § 33803.4 The Office of Civil Rights shall employ the Gender Discrimination Prevention Coordinator, who shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate.
- § 33803.5 The Office of Civil Rights shall employ the LGBTQ Discrimination Prevention Coordinator, who shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate.
- § 33804 The reports or summaries required pursuant to this chapter shall not contain any personally identifying information about any individual, and the information…