PART 27. PUPILS [48000. - 49703.]
Part 27 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.
§§ 48000–49703 · 608 sections
CHAPTER 1. Admission §§ 48000–48071 · 18 sections
ARTICLE 1. Kindergartens §§ 48000–48004 · 6 sections
- § 48000 (a) A child shall be admitted to a kindergarten maintained by the school district at the beginning of a school year, or at a later time in the same year, if…
- § 48000.1 (a) For the purposes of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (g) of Section 48000, “units” means semester units, or their quarterly…
- § 48000.15 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that each transitional kindergarten classroom that includes an early enrollment child maintains at least one adult for… see note
- § 48002 The parent or guardian of a child shall, prior to the admission of the child to the kindergarten or first grade of a school district, present proof to the…
- § 48003 Commencing with the 2015–16 school year, a local educational agency shall provide an annual report to the department that contains information on the type of…
- § 48004 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) With the expansion of transitional kindergarten, there is an increased need to support our…
ARTICLE 2. Elementary Schools §§ 48010–48011 · 2 sections
- § 48010 (a) A child shall be admitted to the first grade of an elementary school during the first month of a school year if the child will have his or her sixth…
- § 48011 A child who, consistent with Section 48000, has been admitted to the kindergarten maintained by a private or a public school in California or any other state,…
ARTICLE 4. High Schools § 48031 · 1 section
- § 48031 Any person who is eligible to attend high school and who does not reside in a high school district or in a unified school district may attend high school in…
ARTICLE 6. Nonresidents §§ 48050–48054 · 5 sections
- § 48050 (a) The governing board of any school district may, with the approval of the county superintendent of schools, admit to the elementary and high schools of the…
- § 48051 Any person, otherwise eligible for admission to any class or school of a school district of this state, whose parents are or are not citizens of the United…
- § 48052 (a) The governing board of the school district shall, as a condition precedent to the admission of any person, under Section 48051, require the parent or…
- § 48053 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, and except as provided in Section 3074.7 of the Labor Code, no charges or fees of any kind shall be required…
- § 48054 (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop and implement a specific plan to help achieve the objectives contained in the April 17, 1996, Joint…
ARTICLE 7. Promotion and Retention §§ 48070–48071 · 4 sections
- § 48070 The governing board of each school district and each county superintendent of schools shall adopt policies regarding pupil promotion and retention. A pupil…
- § 48070.5 (a) In addition to the policy adopted pursuant to Section 48070, the governing board of each school district and each county board of education shall, in those…
- § 48070.6 (a) On or before August 1, 2011, and annually thereafter, utilizing data produced by the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System pursuant to…
- § 48071 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), “eligible pupil” means either of the…
CHAPTER 2. Compulsory Education Law §§ 48200–48361 · 103 sections
ARTICLE 1. Persons Included §§ 48200–48208 · 19 sections
- § 48200 Each person between the ages of 6 and 18 years not exempted under the provisions of this chapter or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 48400) is subject to…
- § 48200.5 Notwithstanding Section 48200, any resident of the City of Carson who is the parent or legal guardian of a person subject to compulsory education may enroll…
- § 48201 (a) Except for pupils exempt from compulsory school attendance under Section 48231, any parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of any minor…
- § 48202 The county board of education of each county may establish, by resolution, the following regulation requiring the reporting of various types of severance of…
- § 48203 (a) The superintendent of a school district and the principal of a private school in each county shall, upon the severance of attendance or the denial of…
- § 48204 (a) Notwithstanding Section 48200, a pupil complies with the residency requirements for school attendance in a school district if he or she is any of the…
- § 48204.1 (a) A school district shall accept from the parent or legal guardian of a pupil reasonable evidence that the pupil meets the residency requirements for school…
- § 48204.2 (a) If a school district elects to undertake an investigation pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 48204.1, the governing board of the school district shall…
- § 48204.3 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Active military duty” means full-time military duty status in the active uniformed…
- § 48204.4 (a) A pupil complies with the residency requirements for school attendance in a school district if he or she is a pupil whose parent or parents were residents…
- § 48204.5 (a) The Legislature finds that school districts that are adjacent to the international border, because of their geographic position, face unique circumstances…
- § 48204.6 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Local educational agency” means a county office of education, a school district, or a…
- § 48204.7 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Local educational agency” means a county office of education, school district, or…
- § 48205 (a) Notwithstanding Section 48200, a pupil shall be excused from school when the absence is: (1) Due to the pupil’s illness, including an absence for the…
- § 48206.3 (a) A pupil with a temporary disability that makes attendance in the regular day classes or alternative education program in which the pupil is enrolled…
- § 48207 (a) Notwithstanding Section 48200, a pupil with a temporary disability, who is in a hospital or other residential health facility, excluding a state hospital,…
- § 48207.3 (a) A pupil receiving individual instruction who is well enough to return to a school shall be allowed to return to the school, including a charter school,…
- § 48207.5 Individual instruction in a pupil’s home pursuant to Section 48206.3 shall commence no later than five working days after a school district has determined that…
- § 48208 (a) It shall be the primary responsibility of the parent or guardian of a pupil with a temporary disability to notify the school district in which the pupil is…
ARTICLE 2. Persons Excluded §§ 48210–48216 · 3 sections
- § 48210 Children under six years of age are excluded from the public schools, except as provided in this code.
- § 48213 If a pupil is excluded from attendance pursuant to Section 120230 of the Health and Safety Code or Section 49451 of this code, or if a principal or his or her…
- § 48216 (a) The county office of education or the governing board of the school district of attendance shall exclude any pupil who has not been immunized properly…
ARTICLE 3. Pupils Exempt §§ 48220–48232 · 9 sections
- § 48220 The classes of children described in this article, shall be exempted by the proper school authorities from the requirements of attendance upon a public…
- § 48222 Children who are being instructed in a private full-time day school by persons capable of teaching shall be exempted. Such school shall, except under the…
- § 48223 Children who are mentally gifted and who are being instructed in a private full-time day school by persons capable of teaching, where all or part of the…
- § 48224 Children not attending a private, full-time, day school and who are being instructed in study and recitation for at least three hours a day for 175 days each…
- § 48225 The governing board of any school district which has children holding work permits to work temporarily in the entertainment or allied industries who are…
- § 48225.5 (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 48200, a pupil who holds a work permit to work for a period of not more than five consecutive days in the entertainment or…
- § 48230 Children who hold permits to work shall be exempted, but such children shall be subject to compulsory attendance upon part-time classes.
- § 48231 Notwithstanding Section 48201, pupils between 12 and 18 years of age who enter an attendance area from another state within 10 schooldays before the end of the…
- § 48232 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a child who will be 15 years old at the time a leave of absence is to begin may take a leave of absence from school…
ARTICLE 4. Supervisors of Attendance §§ 48240–48246 · 7 sections
- § 48240 (a) The governing board of each school district and each county superintendent of schools shall appoint a supervisor of attendance and any assistant…
- § 48241 In any city or city and county no supervisor of attendance or assistant supervisors of attendance shall be appointed, unless he has been lawfully certificated…
- § 48242 The governing board of a school district may appoint a school district supervisor of attendance to act under the direction of the county supervisor of…
- § 48243 Two or more districts may unite in appointing a district supervisor of attendance and in paying his compensation.
- § 48244 A school district may contract with the county superintendent of schools for the supervision of attendance of pupils in the school district. The county…
- § 48245 In any district or districts with an average daily attendance of 1,000 or more school children, according to the annual school report of the last preceding…
- § 48246 The attendance supervisor, who is a full-time attendance supervisor performing no other duties, of any county, city and county, or school district in which any…
ARTICLE 5. Truants §§ 48260–48273 · 16 sections
- § 48260 (a) A pupil subject to compulsory full-time education or to compulsory continuation education who is absent from school without a valid excuse three full days…
- § 48260.5 Upon a pupil’s initial classification as a truant, the school district shall notify the pupil’s parent or guardian using the most cost-effective method…
- § 48260.6 (a) In any county which has not established a county school attendance review board pursuant to Section 48321, the school district may notify the district…
- § 48261 Any pupil who has once been reported as a truant and who is again absent from school without valid excuse one or more days, or tardy on one or more days, shall…
- § 48262 Any pupil is deemed an habitual truant who has been reported as a truant three or more times per school year, provided that no pupil shall be deemed an…
- § 48263 (a) If a minor pupil in a school district of a county is a habitual truant, or is a chronic absentee, as defined in Section 60901, or is habitually…
- § 48263.5 (a) In any county which has established a county school attendance review board pursuant to Section 48321, the school attendance review board may notify the…
- § 48263.6 Any pupil subject to compulsory full-time education or to compulsory continuation education who is absent from school without a valid excuse for 10 percent or…
- § 48264 The attendance supervisor or his or her designee, a peace officer, a school administrator or his or her designee, or a probation officer may arrest or assume…
- § 48264.5 A minor who is classified as a truant pursuant to Section 48260 or 48261 may be required to attend makeup classes conducted on one day of a weekend pursuant to…
- § 48265 Any person arresting or assuming temporary custody of a minor pursuant to Section 48264 shall forthwith deliver the minor either to the parent, guardian, or…
- § 48266 Any person taking action pursuant to Sections 48264 and 48265 shall report the matter, and the disposition made by him of the minor to the school authorities…
- § 48267 Any pupil who has been found to be a person described in Section 602 and as a condition of probation is required to attend a school program approved by a…
- § 48268 The court may render judgment that the parent, guardian, or person having the control or charge of the pupil shall deliver the pupil at the beginning of each…
- § 48269 If the parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of the pupil, within three days after the rendition of the judgment executes a bond to the…
- § 48273 The governing board of each school district shall adopt rules and regulations to require the appropriate officers and employees of the district to gather and…
ARTICLE 6. Violations §§ 48290–48297 · 8 sections
- § 48290 The governing board of any school district, shall, on the complaint of any person, make full and impartial investigation of all charges against any parent,…
- § 48291 If it appears upon investigation that any parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of any child has violated any of the provisions of this…
- § 48292 In counties, cities, and cities and counties, and in school districts having an attendance supervisor, the attendance supervisor shall make and file the…
- § 48293 (a) Any parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of any pupil who fails to comply with this chapter, unless excused or exempted therefrom, is…
- § 48294 All fines paid as penalties for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall, when collected or received, be paid over by the court or officer…
- § 48295 Any judge of the superior court, in the county in which the school district is located, or in which the offense is committed, has jurisdiction of offenses…
- § 48296 No fees shall be charged or received by any court or officer in any proceeding under this chapter.
- § 48297 (a) (1) A state or local agency conducting a truancy-related mediation or prosecuting a pupil or a pupil’s parent or legal guardian pursuant to Article 5…
ARTICLE 7. Pupil Attendance Alternatives §§ 48300–48317 · 16 sections
- § 48300 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Active military duty” means full-time military duty status in the active uniformed service…
- § 48301 (a) (1) The governing board of a school district may elect to operate the school district as a school district of choice and may accept transfers from school…
- § 48302 School districts are encouraged to hold informational meetings and make public announcements on the current educational programs the school district is…
- § 48303 (a) The school district of choice shall not prohibit a transfer of a pupil pursuant to this article based upon a determination by the governing board of that…
- § 48304 An application of any pupil for transfer may not be approved under this article if the transfer would require the displacement, from a school or program…
- § 48305 School districts of choice may employ existing entrance criteria for specialized schools or programs if the criteria are uniformly applied to all applicants.
- § 48306 (a) A school district of choice shall give first priority for attendance to siblings of children already in attendance in that school district. (b) A school…
- § 48307 (a) A school district of residence with an average daily attendance greater than 50,000 may limit the number of pupils transferring to a school district of…
- § 48308 (a) (1) An application requesting a transfer pursuant to this article shall be submitted by the parent of a pupil to the school district of choice before…
- § 48309 (a) Any school district of choice that admits any pupil under this section may accept any completed coursework, attendance, and other academic progress…
- § 48310 (a) The average daily attendance for pupils admitted by a school district of choice pursuant to this article shall be credited to that school district pursuant…
- § 48311 Upon request of the pupil’s parent, each school district of choice that admits a pupil under this article to any school or program of the school district may…
- § 48312 (a) Each school district may make information regarding its schools, programs, policies, and procedures available to any interested person upon request. (b) A…
- § 48313 (a) (1) Pursuant to this article, each school district of choice shall keep an accounting of all requests made for transfers pursuant to this article and…
- § 48314 It is the intent of the Legislature that every parent in this state be informed of his or her opportunity for currently existing school district of choice…
- § 48317 Commencing with the 2018–19 school year, and each year thereafter, the department shall investigate complaints regarding a school district operating as a…
ARTICLE 8. School Attendance Review Boards §§ 48320–48326 · 8 sections
- § 48320 (a) In enacting this article it is the intent of the Legislature that intensive guidance and coordinated community services may be provided to meet the special…
- § 48321 (a) (1) A county school attendance review board may be established in each county. The county school attendance review board may accept referrals or requests…
- § 48321.5 (a) In every case in which a minor pupil has been referred to it under Section 48263, each county or local school attendance review board may, for the purpose…
- § 48322 The county school attendance review board may encourage local school attendance review boards to maintain a continuing inventory of community resources,…
- § 48323 Each of the departments or agencies authorized to participate in school attendance review boards may assign personnel to represent the department or agency on…
- § 48324 The county school attendance review board may adopt such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law, as are necessary for its own government and to enable…
- § 48325 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that statewide policy coordination and personnel training with respect to county attendance review boards will greatly…
- § 48326 The department shall, by the beginning of the 2026–27 school year, post information on its internet website about the methods of reducing chronic absenteeism…
ARTICLE 9. Improvement of Pupil Attendance §§ 48340–48341 · 2 sections
- § 48340 In enacting this article it is the intent of the Legislature to encourage school districts and county offices of education maintaining any classes in…
- § 48341 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prepare and disseminate to school districts and county superintendents of schools information regarding…
ARTICLE 9.5. Local Educational Agency Instruction Collaboration Agreements §§ 48345–48349 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 10. Open Enrollment Act §§ 48350–48361 · 13 sections
- § 48350 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Open Enrollment Act.
- § 48351 The purpose of this article is to improve pupil achievement, in accordance with the regulations and guidelines for the federal Race to the Top Fund, authorized…
- § 48352 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Low-achieving school” means any school identified by the Superintendent pursuant to the…
- § 48353 The state board shall adopt emergency regulations to implement this article.
- § 48354 (a) The parent of a pupil enrolled in a low-achieving school may submit an application for the pupil to attend a school in a school district of enrollment…
- § 48355 (a) The school district of residence of a pupil or a school district of enrollment to which a pupil has applied to attend may prohibit the transfer of the…
- § 48356 (a) A school district of enrollment may adopt specific, written standards for acceptance and rejection of applications pursuant to this article. The standards…
- § 48357 Within 60 days of receiving an application pursuant to Section 48354, a school district of enrollment shall notify the applicant parent and the school district…
- § 48358 A school district of enrollment that enrolls a pupil pursuant to this article shall accept credits toward graduation that were awarded to the pupil by another…
- § 48359 (a) Each school district is encouraged to keep an accounting of all requests made for alternative attendance pursuant to this article and records of all…
- § 48359.5 (a) For a school district of enrollment that is a basic aid school district, the apportionment of state funds for average daily attendance credited pursuant to…
- § 48360 (a) From federal funds appropriated for this purpose, the Superintendent shall contract for an independent evaluation of the open enrollment program operated…
- § 48361 No exercise of discretion by a district of enrollment in its administration of this article shall be overturned absent a finding as designated by a court of…
CHAPTER 3. Compulsory Continuation Education §§ 48400–48454 · 26 sections
ARTICLE 1. Pupils Subject To §§ 48400–48403 · 4 sections
- § 48400 All persons 16 years of age or older and under 18 years of age, not otherwise exempted by this chapter, shall attend upon special continuation education…
- § 48401 The complaint of any citizen of a school district that such school district has failed to meet the requirements of providing continuation education classes…
- § 48402 Whenever a minor subject to the provisions of this chapter, who is not otherwise exempted by this chapter, cannot give satisfactory proof of regular employment…
- § 48403 If any person subject to the provisions of this chapter is an habitual truant or is irregular in attendance as required by this chapter or is habitually…
ARTICLE 2. Pupils Exempt §§ 48410–48416 · 6 sections
- § 48410 There are exempted from compulsory attendance in continuing education classes as otherwise required by Sections 48400 and 48402, persons who: (a) Have been…
- § 48412 (a) (1) A person 16 years of age or older, or who has been enrolled in grade 10 for one school year or longer, or who will complete one school year of…
- § 48413 Persons 16 years of age or older and under 18 years of age who have not been graduated from high school shall be permitted by the governing board to enroll in…
- § 48414 Any person 16 or 17 years of age exempt from compulsory continuation attendance laws by subdivision (e) of Section 48410 who has terminated his enrollment on…
- § 48415 In the case of attendance upon private school, exemption from the requirements of attendance upon compulsory continuation education shall be valid only after…
- § 48416 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a child who, at the time a leave of absence is to begin, will be between the ages of 16 and 18, inclusive, may take…
ARTICLE 3. Continuation Classes §§ 48430–48438 · 11 sections
- § 48430 It is the intent of the Legislature that continuation education schools and classes shall be established and maintained to provide all of the following: (1) An…
- § 48431 The governing board of each high school district shall establish and maintain a program of guidance, placement, and followup for all minors within the district…
- § 48432 The governing board of each high school district and each unified school district shall establish and maintain within its boundaries special continuation…
- § 48432.3 (a) If the governing board of a school district chooses to voluntarily enroll high school pupils in a continuation school, the governing board of the school…
- § 48432.5 (a) The governing board of each high school or unified school district that assigns pupils to continuation schools shall adopt rules and regulations governing…
- § 48433 Special continuation education classes or classes conducted by a regional occupational center or any combination thereof shall provide at least four 60-minute…
- § 48434 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), such classes shall be maintained during the district’s regular school hours, or during special school…
- § 48435 Such classes shall provide suitable instruction for the various individuals for whose benefit they are established.
- § 48436 The State Board of Education shall prescribe and enforce standards and regulations for the organization and administration of programs of guidance, placement…
- § 48437 The governing board of a school district or school districts, as the case may be, maintaining special continuation education classes may accept and expend…
- § 48438 It is the intent of the Legislature that special funds for eligible pupils be expended by the continuation schools in which those pupils are enrolled. State…
ARTICLE 4. Violations §§ 48450–48454 · 5 sections
- § 48450 Each parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of any minor required to attend special continuation education classes, shall compel the…
- § 48451 The governing board of any high school district in which a minor resides who violates the provisions of this chapter shall, on the complaint of any person,…
- § 48452 If it appears upon the investigation that any parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of the minor has violated the provisions of Section…
- § 48453 In cities, and in cities and counties, and in school districts having an attendance supervisor, the attendance supervisor shall make and file the complaint…
- § 48454 Any parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of any minor subject to this chapter who fails to perform any of the duties imposed upon him by…
CHAPTER 4. Attendance at Adjustment Schools §§ 48600–48666 · 39 sections
ARTICLE 1. Twenty-four Hour Elementary Schools §§ 48600–48618 · 19 sections
- § 48600 (a) The purpose of this article is to provide for the operation of 24-hour elementary schools, established pursuant to Article 27 (commencing with Section 940)…
- § 48601 This article shall be construed in conformity with the intent as well as the express provisions thereof and shall confer upon the county probation officer, and…
- § 48602 The county superintendent of schools or the governing board of the district, as the case may be, which shall have, in reference to 24-hour schools, the same…
- § 48603 The cost of securing sites or constructing and equipping buildings and in general the cost of housing and equipping any 24-hour school, including the necessary…
- § 48604 The superintendent appointed pursuant to Section 942 of the Welfare and Institutions Code may reside in the 24-hour school and may be furnished suitable…
- § 48605 Admission and discharge of minors with behavioral disorders to programs provided under the provisions of this article shall be made only on the basis of an…
- § 48606 The board of admission, or some person or persons designated by it, shall investigate the case of any child whose name is submitted in writing accompanied by a…
- § 48607 The county superintendent or governing board, as the case may be, maintaining a 24-hour school may accept in the school any minor between the ages of 8 and 16…
- § 48608 If the parent or guardian of the pupil refuses to enter into a contract providing for the payment to the county or school district, as the case may be, of a…
- § 48609 The principal of any school in the county or district, as the case may be, in which there has been established a 24-hour school shall report to the county…
- § 48610 Any minor who has been placed in the care and control of the 24-hour school without the consent of the parent or guardian, shall remain therein, if placed by…
- § 48611 If the minor has been placed in the 24-hour school by order of the county superintendent or superintendent of schools of the district, as the case may be, the…
- § 48612 If, in the opinion of the principal of any 24-hour school, the further detention of any minor is detrimental to the minor, the minor may upon order of the…
- § 48613 Any pupil who absents himself from any 24-hour elementary school without permission being first obtained from the principal shall be deemed an habitual truant…
- § 48614 The course of study for the pupils and the methods used in enforcing the course of study shall be approved by the county superintendent or the governing board…
- § 48615 Each 24-hour school may conduct clinics for the diagnosis and observation of children and may advise parents and school authorities regarding courses of study…
- § 48616 The funding of the educational vocational program conducted in a 24-hour school shall be in the manner described by Section 41703 when maintained by the county…
- § 48617 The county probation officer having management and control of a 24-hour school may enter into a contract with any other county or state agency to provide for…
- § 48618 The enrollment in each 24-hour school shall be limited to the standards established under Section 56615.
ARTICLE 2. Opportunity Schools §§ 48640–48641 · 2 sections
- § 48640 Opportunity schools established pursuant to this article by the county board of education shall be limited to counties which have an average daily attendance…
- § 48641 An opportunity school established by a county board of education in a county which has an average daily attendance of less than 8,000 shall be deemed to be in…
ARTICLE 2.5. Juvenile Court Schools §§ 48645–48650 · 12 sections
- § 48645 The purpose of this article is to provide for the administration and operation of public schools in juvenile halls, juvenile homes, day centers, juvenile…
- § 48645.1 Public schools or classes in any juvenile hall, juvenile home, day center, juvenile ranch, juvenile camp, regional youth educational facility, or Orange County…
- § 48645.2 The county board of education shall provide for the administration and operation of juvenile court schools established pursuant to Section 48645.1: (a) By the…
- § 48645.3 (a) Juvenile court schools shall be conducted in a manner as shall be prescribed by the county board of education to best accomplish the provisions of Section…
- § 48645.5 (a) Each public school district and county office of education shall accept for credit full or partial coursework satisfactorily completed by a pupil while…
- § 48645.6 Plans for any juvenile court school classrooms, offices, or any other school structures in any juvenile hall, juvenile home, day center, juvenile ranch, or…
- § 48645.7 (a) When a juvenile court school pupil qualifies for an exemption from local graduation requirements pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 48645.5, the county…
- § 48646 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all pupils, including the state’s justice-involved youth, have access to their constitutional right of a free and…
- § 48647 (a) Local educational agencies are strongly encouraged to enter into memoranda of understanding and create joint policies, systems, including data sharing…
- § 48648 (a) Commencing with the 2024–25 fiscal year, the department shall annually report all of the following on its internet website: (1) The number and percentage…
- § 48649 (a) The department shall, within existing resources, enter into a contract for an independent evaluation of county juvenile court and county community schools.…
- § 48650 (a) (1) The Superintendent shall convene a workgroup on meeting the needs of pupils with disabilities who enroll in juvenile court schools operated by county…
ARTICLE 3. Community Day Schools §§ 48660–48666 · 6 sections
- § 48660 (a) The governing board of a school district may establish one or more community day schools for pupils who meet one or more of the conditions described in…
- § 48660.1 It is the intent of the Legislature that school districts operating community day schools to the extent possible include the following program components: (a)…
- § 48661 (a) A community day school shall not be situated on the same site as an elementary, middle, junior high, comprehensive senior high, opportunity, or…
- § 48662 (a) The governing board of a school district that establishes a community day school shall adopt policies that provide procedures for the involuntary transfer…
- § 48663 (a) The minimum schoolday in a community day school is 360 minutes of classroom instruction provided by a certificated employee of the district reporting the…
- § 48666 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing board of a school district maintaining a community day school may establish attendance policies for…
CHAPTER 5. Attendance at Community College §§ 48800–48813 · 9 sections
ARTICLE 1. Advanced Education §§ 48800–48802 · 4 sections
- § 48800 (a) The governing board of a school district may determine which pupils would benefit from advanced scholastic or vocational work. The intent of this section…
- § 48800.5 (a) A parent or guardian of a pupil, regardless of the pupil’s age or class level, may petition the governing board of the school district in which the pupil…
- § 48801 Any student authorized to attend a community college as a special part-time student pursuant to Sections 48800 and 76001 shall, nevertheless, be required to…
- § 48802 (a) For purposes of allowances and apportionments from Section B of the State School Fund, a community college shall be credited with additional units of…
ARTICLE 1.5. College Promise Partnership Act §§ 48810–48813 · 5 sections
- § 48810 This article shall be known and may be cited as the College Promise Partnership Act.
- § 48810.5 The Long Beach Community College District and the Long Beach Unified School District may enter into a partnership to provide participating pupils with an…
- § 48811 (a) The purpose of the partnership authorized by Section 48810.5 shall be to provide a seamless bridge to college for pupils not already college bound and to…
- § 48812 (a) The Long Beach Community College District and the Long Beach Unified School District shall design the partnership to include focused curricular pathways…
- § 48813 (a) For purposes of allowances and apportionments from Section B of the State School Fund, the Long Beach Community College District shall be credited with…
CHAPTER 5.5. Education of Pupils in Foster Care and Pupils Who Are Homeless §§ 48850–48859 · 15 sections
- § 48850 (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that all pupils in foster care and those who are homeless, as defined by the federal McKinney-Vento…
- § 48851 (a) As required pursuant to Section 11432(g)(6)(A)(i) of Title 42 of the United States Code, a local educational agency shall ensure that each school within…
- § 48851.3 (a) As used in this section, “liaison” means a local educational agency liaison for homeless children and youths and unaccompanied youths designated pursuant…
- § 48851.5 Pursuant to Section 11432(g)(6) of Title 42 of the United States Code, a local educational agency liaison for homeless children and youths shall ensure that…
- § 48852 Every agency that places a child in a licensed children’s institution shall notify the local educational agency at the time a pupil is placed in a licensed…
- § 48852.3 The department, to the extent possible within existing resources, shall develop and implement a plan for monitoring the compliance of local educational…
- § 48852.5 (a) Pursuant to the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11301 et seq.), a local educational agency liaison for homeless children and…
- § 48852.6 (a) For purposes of this section, “liaison” means a local educational agency liaison for homeless children and youths and unaccompanied youths designated…
- § 48852.7 (a) At the point of any change or any subsequent change in residence once a child becomes a homeless child, the local educational agency serving the homeless…
- § 48853 (a) A pupil described in subdivision (a) of Section 48853.5 who is placed in a licensed children’s institution or foster family home as defined in Section…
- § 48853.5 (a) This section applies to a foster child. “Foster child” means any of the following: (1) A child who has been removed from their home pursuant to Section 309…
- § 48854 A licensed children’s institution or nonpublic, nonsectarian school, or agency may not require as a condition of placement that educational authority for a…
- § 48856 A local educational agency shall invite at least one noneducational agency representative that has placement responsibility for a pupil residing in a licensed…
- § 48857 (a) Pursuant to funding appropriated in Item 6100-135-0890 of the Budget Act of 2024 (Chs. 22, 35, and 994, Stats. 2024), the department shall allocate up to…
- § 48859 For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “County placing agency” means the county social services department or…
CHAPTER 6. Pupil Rights and Responsibilities §§ 48900–49056 · 112 sections
ARTICLE 1. Suspension or Expulsion §§ 48900–48927 · 57 sections
- § 48900 A pupil shall not be suspended from school or recommended for expulsion, unless the superintendent of the school district or the principal of the school in…
- § 48900.1 (a) The governing board of each school district may adopt a policy authorizing teachers to require the parent or guardian of a pupil who has been suspended by…
- § 48900.2 In addition to the reasons specified in Section 48900, a pupil may be suspended from school or recommended for expulsion if the superintendent or the principal…
- § 48900.3 In addition to the reasons set forth in Sections 48900 and 48900.2, a pupil in any of grades 4 to 12, inclusive, may be suspended from school or recommended…
- § 48900.4 In addition to the grounds specified in Sections 48900 and 48900.2, a pupil enrolled in any of grades 4 to 12, inclusive, may be suspended from school or…
- § 48900.5 (a) Suspension, including supervised suspension as described in Section 48911.1, shall be imposed only when other means of correction fail to bring about…
- § 48900.6 As part of or instead of disciplinary action prescribed by this article, the principal of a school, the principal’s designee, the superintendent of schools, or…
- § 48900.7 (a) In addition to the reasons specified in Sections 48900, 48900.2, 48900.3, and 48900.4, a pupil may be suspended from school or recommended for expulsion if…
- § 48900.8 For purposes of notification to parents, and for the reporting of expulsion or suspension offenses to the department, each school district shall specifically…
- § 48900.9 (a) The superintendent of a school district, the principal of a school, or the principal’s designee may refer a victim of, witness to, or other pupil affected…
- § 48901 (a) No school shall permit the smoking or use of a tobacco product by pupils of the school while the pupils are on campus, or while attending school-sponsored…
- § 48901.1 Notwithstanding Section 47610 or any other law, the following provisions apply to charter schools: (a) (1) A pupil enrolled in a charter school in kindergarten…
- § 48901.5 (a) The governing board of each school district, or its designee, may regulate the possession or use of any electronic signaling device that operates through…
- § 48901.7 (a) The governing board of a school district, a county board of education, and the governing body of a charter school shall, no later than July 1, 2026,…
- § 48901.8 (a) (1) The governing board of a school district, a county board of education, or the governing body of a charter school may adopt a policy to limit or…
- § 48902 (a) The principal of a school or the principal’s designee shall, before the suspension or expulsion of any pupil, notify the appropriate law enforcement…
- § 48903 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (g) of Section 48911 and in Section 48912, the total number of days for which a pupil may be suspended from school shall…
- § 48904 (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 1714.1 of the Civil Code, the parent or guardian of any minor whose willful misconduct results in injury or death to any pupil…
- § 48904.3 (a) Upon receiving notice that a school district has withheld the grades, diploma, or transcripts of any pupil pursuant to Section 48904, any school district…
- § 48905 An employee of a school district whose person or property is injured or damaged by the willful misconduct of a pupil who attends school in such district, when…
- § 48906 When a principal or other school official releases a minor pupil to a peace officer for the purpose of removing the minor from the school premises, the school…
- § 48907 (a) Pupils of the public schools, including charter schools, shall have the right to exercise freedom of speech and of the press including, but not limited to,…
- § 48908 All pupils shall comply with the regulations, pursue the required course of study, and submit to the authority of the teachers of the schools.
- § 48909 When a petition is requested in juvenile court or a complaint is filed in any court alleging that a minor of compulsory school attendance age or any pupil…
- § 48910 (a) A teacher may suspend any pupil from class, for any of the acts enumerated in Section 48900, for the day of the suspension and the day following. The…
- § 48911 (a) The principal of the school, the principal’s designee, or the district superintendent of schools may suspend a pupil from the school for any of the reasons…
- § 48911.1 (a) A pupil suspended from a school for any of the reasons enumerated in Sections 48900 and 48900.2 may be assigned, by the principal or the principal’s…
- § 48911.2 (a) If the number of pupils suspended from school during the prior school year exceeded 30 percent of the school’s enrollment, the school should consider doing…
- § 48911.5 The site principal of a contracting nonpublic, nonsectarian school providing services to individuals with exceptional needs under Sections 56365 and 56366,…
- § 48912 (a) The governing board may suspend a pupil from school for any of the acts enumerated in Section 48900 for any number of schooldays within the limits…
- § 48912.5 The governing board of a school district may suspend a pupil enrolled in a continuation school or class for a period not longer than the remainder of the…
- § 48913 The teacher of any class from which a pupil is suspended may require the suspended pupil to complete any assignments and tests missed during the suspension.
- § 48913.5 (a) Upon the request of a parent, a legal guardian or other person holding the right to make educational decisions for the pupil, or the affected pupil, a…
- § 48914 Each school district is authorized to establish a policy that permits school officials to conduct a meeting with the parent or guardian of a suspended pupil to…
- § 48915 (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (e), the principal or the superintendent of schools shall recommend the expulsion of a pupil for any of the…
- § 48915.01 If the governing board of a school district has established a community day school pursuant to Section 48661 on the same site as a comprehensive middle,…
- § 48915.1 (a) If the governing board of a school district receives a request from an individual who has been expelled from another school district for an act other than…
- § 48915.2 (a) A pupil expelled from school for any of the offenses listed in subdivision (a) or (c) of Section 48915, shall not be permitted to enroll in any other…
- § 48915.5 (a) An individual with exceptional needs, as defined in Section 56026, may be suspended or expelled from school in accordance with Section 1415(k) of Title 20…
- § 48916 (a) An expulsion order shall remain in effect until the governing board, in the manner prescribed in this article, orders the readmission of a pupil. At the…
- § 48916.1 (a) At the time an expulsion of a pupil is ordered, the governing board of the school district shall ensure that an educational program is provided to the…
- § 48916.5 The governing board may require a pupil who is expelled from school for reasons relating to controlled substances, as defined in Sections 11054 to 11058,…
- § 48917 (a) The governing board, upon voting to expel a pupil, may suspend the enforcement of the expulsion order for a period of not more than one calendar year and…
- § 48918 The governing board of each school district shall establish rules and regulations governing procedures for the expulsion of pupils. These procedures shall…
- § 48918.1 (a) If the decision is expulsion and the pupil is a foster child, as defined in Section 48853.5, the governing board of the school district shall provide…
- § 48918.5 In expulsion hearings involving allegations brought pursuant to subdivision (n) of Section 48900, the governing board of each school district shall establish…
- § 48918.6 In addition to any other immunity that may exist, any testimony provided by a pupil witness in an expulsion hearing conducted pursuant to this article is…
- § 48919 If a pupil is expelled from school, the pupil or the pupil’s parent or guardian may, within 30 days following the decision of the governing board to expel,…
- § 48919.5 (a) A county board of education in a class 1 or class 2 county may have a hearing officer pursuant to Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 27720) of Part 3 of…
- § 48920 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 54950 of the Government Code and Section 35145 of this code, the county board of education shall hear an appeal of an…
- § 48921 The county board of education shall determine the appeal from a pupil expulsion upon the record of the hearing before the district governing board, together…
- § 48922 (a) The review by the county board of education of the decision of the governing board shall be limited to the following questions: (1) Whether the governing…
- § 48923 The decision of the county board shall be limited as follows: (a) If the county board finds that relevant and material evidence exists which, in the exercise…
- § 48924 The decision of the county board of education shall be final and binding upon the pupil and upon the governing board of the school district. The pupil and the…
- § 48925 As used in this article: (a) “Day” means a calendar day unless otherwise specifically provided. (b) “Expulsion” means removal of a pupil from (1) the immediate…
- § 48926 (a) (1) Each county superintendent of schools in counties that operate community schools pursuant to Section 1980, in conjunction with superintendents of the…
- § 48927 (a) This chapter shall also apply to pupils attending the California School for the Blind and the two California Schools for the Deaf, which shall be referred…
ARTICLE 1.5. Transfer of Pupil Convicted of Violent Felony or Misdemeanor § 48929 · 1 section
- § 48929 Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board of a school district may transfer to another school in that school district a pupil enrolled in that school…
ARTICLE 2. Student Organizations §§ 48930–48938 · 8 sections
- § 48930 Any group of students may organize a student body association within the public schools with the approval and subject to the control and regulation of the…
- § 48931 The governing board of any school district or any county office of education may authorize any pupil or adult entity or organization to sell food on school…
- § 48932 The governing board of any school district may authorize any organization composed entirely of pupils attending the schools of the district to maintain such…
- § 48933 (a) The funds of any student body organization established in the public schools of any school district shall, subject to approval of the governing board of…
- § 48934 The funds of a student body organization established in the public schools for kindergarten and grades 1 to 6, inclusive, of any school district maintaining…
- § 48936 In addition to deposit or investment pursuant to Section 48933, the funds of a student body organization may be loaned or invested in any of the following…
- § 48937 The governing board of any school district shall provide for the supervision of all funds raised by any student body or student organization using the name of…
- § 48938 In schools or classes for adults, regional occupational centers or programs, or in elementary, continuation, or special education schools in which the student…
ARTICLE 3. Speech and Other Communication § 48950 · 1 section
- § 48950 (a) A school district operating one or more high schools, a charter school, or a private secondary school shall not make or enforce a rule subjecting a high…
ARTICLE 4. Notification of Parent or Guardian §§ 48980–48986 · 12 sections
- § 48980 (a) At the beginning of the first semester or quarter of the regular school term, the governing board of each school district shall notify the parent or…
- § 48980.3 The notification required pursuant to Section 48980 shall include information regarding pesticide products as specified in subdivision (a) of Section 17612.
- § 48980.4 (a) (1) Until June 30, 2026, the notification required pursuant to Section 48980 for pupils admitted to, or advancing to, grade 6 shall include a notification…
- § 48980.5 (a) The notification required pursuant to Section 48980 for the parents or guardians of pupils admitted to, or advancing to, grades 11 and 12 shall include…
- § 48980.6 (a) (1) At the beginning of the first semester or quarter of the regular school term, a local educational agency shall notify the parents or guardians of…
- § 48981 The notice shall be provided at the time of registration for the first semester or quarter of the regular school term. The notice may be provided using any of…
- § 48982 (a) The notice shall be signed by the parent or guardian and returned to the school. Signature of the notice is an acknowledgment by the parent or guardian…
- § 48983 If any activity covered by the sections set forth in Section 48980 will be undertaken by the school during the forthcoming school term, the notice shall state…
- § 48984 No school district shall undertake any activity covered by the sections set forth in Section 48980 with respect to any particular pupil unless the parent or…
- § 48985 (a) If 15 percent or more of the pupils enrolled in a public school that provides instruction in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, speak a…
- § 48985.5 (a) A local educational agency shall inform the parents or guardians of each enrolled pupil about all of the following: (1) The dangers associated with using…
- § 48986 (a) (1) A local educational agency shall inform, through a notice in the manner prescribed in this section, the parents or guardians of each enrolled pupil of…
ARTICLE 4.5. Guidelines for Filing Complaint of Child Abuse § 48987 · 1 section
- § 48987 The governing board of a school district or county office of education shall upon request disseminate the guidelines adopted by the State Department of…
ARTICLE 5. Prohibition of Corporal Punishment §§ 49000–49001 · 2 sections
- § 49000 The Legislature finds and declares that the protection against corporal punishment, which extends to other citizens in other walks of life, should include…
- § 49001 (a) For the purposes of this section, “corporal punishment” means the willful infliction of, or willfully causing the infliction of, physical pain on a pupil.…
ARTICLE 5.2. Restraint and Seclusion §§ 49005–49006.4 · 9 sections
- § 49005 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) While it is appropriate to intervene in an emergency to prevent a pupil from imminent risk of…
- § 49005.1 The following definitions apply to this article: (a) “Behavioral restraint” means “mechanical restraint” or “physical restraint,” as defined in this section,…
- § 49005.2 A pupil has the right to be free from the use of seclusion and behavioral restraints of any form imposed as a means of coercion, discipline, convenience, or…
- § 49005.4 An educational provider may use seclusion or a behavioral restraint only to control behavior that poses a clear and present danger of serious physical harm to…
- § 49005.6 An educational provider shall avoid, whenever possible, the use of seclusion or behavioral restraint techniques.
- § 49005.8 (a) An educational provider shall not do any of the following: (1) Use seclusion or a behavioral restraint for the purpose of coercion, discipline,…
- § 49006 (a) A local educational agency that meets the definition of a “local educational agency” specified in Section 300.28 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal…
- § 49006.2 Notwithstanding Section 49006, the data collection and reporting requirements contained in this article shall be conducted in compliance with the requirements…
- § 49006.4 (a) This article applies with regard to all pupils, including individuals with exceptional needs. For an individual with exceptional needs, if a behavioral…
ARTICLE 5.5. Pupil Fees §§ 49010–49014 · 5 sections
- § 49010 For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Educational activity” means an activity offered by a school, school…
- § 49011 (a) A pupil enrolled in a public school shall not be required to pay a pupil fee for participation in an educational activity. (b) All of the following…
- § 49012 (a) Commencing with the 2014–15 fiscal year, and every three years thereafter, the department shall develop and distribute guidance for county superintendents…
- § 49013 (a) A complaint of noncompliance with the requirements of this article may be filed with the principal of a school under the Uniform Complaint Procedures set…
- § 49014 (a) A pupil or former pupil, unless emancipated at the time the debt is incurred, shall not owe or be billed for a debt owed to a public school or school…
ARTICLE 6. Athletic Programs §§ 49020–49024 · 5 sections
- § 49020 It is the intent of the Legislature that opportunities for participation in interschool athletic programs in public high schools of the state be provided on as…
- § 49021 It is the intent of the Legislature that opportunities for participation in athletics be provided on an equitable basis to all students. It is the further…
- § 49022 Insofar as practicable, in apportioning public funds school district governing boards shall apportion amounts available for athletics to ensure that equitable…
- § 49023 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no public funds shall be used in connection with athletic programs conducted under the auspices of a school…
- § 49024 (a) Prior to assuming a paid or volunteer position to work with pupils in a pupil activity program sponsored by a school district, all noncertificated…
ARTICLE 6.5. Performance-Enhancing Substances §§ 49030–49034 · 5 sections
- § 49030 (a) Sixty days after the posting of the United States Anti-Doping Agency Guide to Prohibited Substances and Prohibited Methods of Doping on the Internet Web…
- § 49031 (a) A school may not accept a sponsorship from a manufacturer of a dietary supplement described in subdivision (a) of Section 49030, or from the distributor of…
- § 49032 (a) (1) Effective December 31, 2008, each high school sports coach shall have completed a coaching education program developed by his or her school district or…
- § 49033 The California Interscholastic Federation shall amend its constitution and bylaws to require, as a condition of participation in interscholastic sports, that…
- § 49034 (a) The State Treasurer may accept voluntary contributions for the purpose of offsetting costs of training coaches pursuant to Sections 35179.2 and 35179.3.…
ARTICLE 7. Registering to Vote §§ 49040–49041 · 2 sections
- § 49040 (a) The last two full weeks in April and the last two full weeks in September shall be known as “high school voter education weeks,” during which time persons…
- § 49041 (a) The administrator of a high school, or his or her designee, may appoint one or more pupils who are enrolled at that high school to be voter outreach…
ARTICLE 8. Searches by School Employees §§ 49050–49051 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 9. Restorative Justice Practices §§ 49055–49056 · 2 sections
- § 49055 (a) On or before June 1, 2024, the department shall develop evidence-based best practices for restorative justice practice implementation on a school campus…
- § 49056 (a) Commencing with the 2024–25 school year, all of the following shall apply to recess provided by a public elementary school: (1) (A) Recess shall be at…
CHAPTER 6.5. Pupil Records §§ 49060–49085 · 42 sections
ARTICLE 1. Legislative Intent § 49060 · 1 section
- § 49060 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to resolve potential conflicts between California law and the provisions of Public Law 93-380 regarding parental access…
ARTICLE 2. Definitions § 49061 · 1 section
- § 49061 As used in this chapter: (a) “Parent” means a natural parent, an adopted parent, or legal guardian. If the parents are divorced or legally separated, only a…
ARTICLE 3. General Provisions §§ 49062–49069.7 · 14 sections
- § 49062 School districts shall establish, maintain, and destroy pupil records according to regulations adopted by the State Board of Education. Pupil records shall…
- § 49062.5 (a) If a school district, charter school, or county office of education receives government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b),…
- § 49063 School districts shall notify parents in writing of their rights under this chapter upon the date of the pupil’s initial enrollment, and thereafter at the same…
- § 49064 A log or record shall be maintained for each pupil’s record which lists all persons, agencies, or organizations requesting or receiving information from the…
- § 49065 Any school district may make a reasonable charge in an amount not to exceed the actual cost of furnishing copies of any pupil record; provided, however, that…
- § 49066 (a) When grades are given for any course of instruction taught in a school district, the grade given to each pupil shall be the grade determined by the teacher…
- § 49066.5 (a) (1) This section applies only to pupils enrolled in high school in the 2020–21 academic year. (2) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency”…
- § 49067 (a) The governing board of each school district shall prescribe regulations requiring the evaluation of each pupil’s achievement for each marking period and…
- § 49068 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the academic record of a transferring pupil is essential to the pupil’s placement, academic success, and timely…
- § 49068.5 Upon the initial enrollment of a pupil in a public or private elementary school, or whenever an elementary school pupil transfers from one school district to…
- § 49068.6 (a) Any law enforcement agency responsible for the investigation of a missing child shall inform the school district, other local educational agency, or…
- § 49069.3 (a) A foster family agency with jurisdiction over a currently enrolled or former pupil, a short-term residential treatment program staff responsible for the…
- § 49069.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The mobility of pupils in foster care often disrupts their educational experience. (2)…
- § 49069.7 (a) Parents of currently enrolled or former pupils have an absolute right to access to any and all pupil records related to their children that are maintained…
ARTICLE 4. Rights of Parents §§ 49070–49072 · 3 sections
- § 49070 Following an inspection and review of a pupil’s records, the parent or guardian of a pupil or former pupil of a school district may challenge the content of…
- § 49071 (a) To assist in making determinations pursuant to Section 49070, a district superintendent or governing board may convene a hearing panel composed of the…
- § 49072 Whenever there is included in any pupil record information concerning any disciplinary action taken by school district personnel in connection with the pupil,…
ARTICLE 5. Privacy of Pupil Records §§ 49073–49079.7 · 15 sections
- § 49073 (a) School districts shall adopt a policy identifying those categories of directory information as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 49061 that may be…
- § 49073.1 (a) A local educational agency may, pursuant to a policy adopted by its governing board or, in the case of a charter school, its governing body, enter into a…
- § 49073.2 (a) Notwithstanding Section 49073, a local educational agency shall not include the directory information or the personal information of a pupil or of a parent…
- § 49073.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that a school district, in adopting a policy pursuant to Section 49073 governing the release of pupil directory…
- § 49073.6 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Educational purposes” means for purposes that aid in instruction in the…
- § 49074 Nothing in this chapter shall preclude a school district from providing, in its discretion, statistical data from which no pupil may be identified to any…
- § 49075 (a) A school district may permit access to pupil records to any person for whom a parent of the pupil has executed written consent specifying the records to be…
- § 49076 (a) A school district shall not permit access to pupil records to a person without written parental consent or under judicial order except as set forth in this…
- § 49076.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 49076, each school district shall release the information it has specific to a particular pupil’s identity and location that…
- § 49076.7 (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (1) Pupil data privacy is a priority because pupils are at risk for identity theft when providing…
- § 49077 (a) Information concerning a pupil shall be furnished in compliance with a court order or a lawfully issued subpoena. The school district shall make a…
- § 49078 The service of a lawfully issued subpoena or a court order upon a public school employee solely for the purpose of causing him or her to produce a school…
- § 49079 (a) A school district shall inform the teacher of each pupil who has engaged in, or is reasonably suspected to have engaged in, any of the acts described in…
- § 49079.5 The Legislature recognizes that a longitudinal pupil data system provides direct and tangible benefits to pupils, educators, policymakers, and the public. The…
- § 49079.7 (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 49079.6, the department shall impose reasonable fees or charges upon researchers applying for…
ARTICLE 6. California School Information Services §§ 49080–49085 · 8 sections
- § 49080 The Legislature finds and declares that the mission of the California School Information Services is to do all of the following: (a) Build the capacity of…
- § 49080.5 For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “CSIS” means the California School Information Services established pursuant to this…
- § 49081 The California School Information Services is hereby established. The CSIS shall be administered by the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance…
- § 49082.5 The California School Information Services shall consult with technical and support staff from local education agencies, special education local plan areas,…
- § 49083 (a) The California School Information Services program administrator shall submit to the State Board of Education a plan to administer, coordinate, and manage…
- § 49083.5 (a) CSIS, in consultation with the department, shall create and maintain a list of SIS vendors. This list shall include the product capabilities of SIS…
- § 49084 (a) A participating local education agency with an enrollment of 3,500 or more pupils, as determined by the most current California Basic Educational Data…
- § 49085 (a) On or before February 1, 2014, the department and the State Department of Social Services shall develop and enter into a memorandum of understanding that…
CHAPTER 6.6. The Education Empowerment Act of 1998 §§ 49091.10–49091.24 · 7 sections
ARTICLE 1. Parental Review §§ 49091.10–49091.19 · 6 sections
- § 49091.10 (a) All primary supplemental instructional materials and assessments, including textbooks, teacher’s manuals, films, audio and video recordings, and software…
- § 49091.12 (a) A pupil may not be compelled to affirm or disavow any particular personally or privately held world view, religious doctrine, or political opinion. This…
- § 49091.14 The curriculum, including titles, descriptions, and instructional aims of every course offered by a public school, shall be compiled at least once annually in…
- § 49091.16 It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage pupil-school-parent compacts that are voluntary.
- § 49091.18 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a school may not require a pupil or a pupil’s family to submit to or participate in any of the following:…
- § 49091.19 No provision of this chapter shall be construed as restricting teachers in the assignment of homework.
ARTICLE 2. Teacher Rights § 49091.24 · 1 section
- § 49091.24 A teacher shall have the right to refuse to submit to any evaluation or survey conducted by the school district concerning the following: (a) Personal values,…
CHAPTER 7. Employment of Minors §§ 49100–49200 · 35 sections
ARTICLE 1. Employment and Attendance §§ 49100–49101 · 2 sections
- § 49100 No minor having a permit to work and no minor under 18 years of age, who is otherwise required by law to attend school, shall be out of school and unemployed…
- § 49101 The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any minor who has been graduated from a high school maintaining a four-year course above the eighth grade of…
ARTICLE 2. Permits to Work §§ 49110–49120 · 13 sections
- § 49110 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that school district, charter school, and private school personnel responsible for issuing work permits to pupils have…
- § 49110.1 The superintendent of any school district may designate the principal or other person having charge of a private school within the district, in which pupils…
- § 49110.5 (a) The week of each year that includes April 28 shall be known as “Workplace Readiness Week.” All public high schools, including charter schools, shall…
- § 49111 A permit to work may be issued to any minor over the age of 12 years and under the age of 18 years to be employed on a regular school holiday, during the…
- § 49112 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), a permit to work may be issued to a minor who has completed the equivalent of the 7th grade in a public…
- § 49113 A permit to work may be issued to a minor who is under the age of 18 years and over the age of 14 years who is regularly enrolled in a high school or community…
- § 49114 The person authorized to issue permits to work or to employ may issue to any minor a certificate of age when the minor accompanied by his parent, guardian, or…
- § 49115 The permit to employ shall contain: (a) The name, age, birth date, address and phone number of the minor. (b) The place and hours of compulsory part-time…
- § 49116 (a) While school is in session, an employer shall not employ a minor 14 or 15 years of age for more than three hours in any day, nor more than 18 hours in any…
- § 49117 All permits to work or to employ, all certificates of age, and certificates of health pursuant to this chapter, shall be issued on forms prepared and provided…
- § 49118 Permits to work issued during the school year shall expire five days after the opening of the next succeeding school year.
- § 49119 Nothing in this article shall require a minor to obtain a permit to work in order for such minor to participate in horseback riding exhibitions, contests or…
- § 49120 A work permit shall not be denied on the basis of a pupil’s grades, grade point average, or school attendance if the pupil is applying for the work permit in…
ARTICLE 3. Permits to Work Full Time §§ 49130–49135 · 6 sections
- § 49130 A permit to work full time may be issued to a minor under the age of 16 years and over the age of 14 years who holds a diploma of graduation from the…
- § 49131 Notwithstanding Section 49130, 49132, or 49134 or subdivision (d) of Section 49133, a permit to work full time may be issued to a minor over the age of 16 and…
- § 49132 (a) A permit shall not be issued until the minor accompanied by the minor’s parent or guardian appears before the person authorized to issue the permit and…
- § 49133 No permit shall be issued until the issuing authority has received, examined, approved, and filed, the following papers duly executed: (a) The school record of…
- § 49134 The parent, guardian, or custodian accompanying the minor shall make oath that his statement of the name, address, birthplace, and age of the minor as entered…
- § 49135 The authority issuing any permit to work full time shall immediately notify, in writing, the person in charge of the organization and maintenance of part-time…
ARTICLE 4. Exceptions §§ 49140–49141 · 2 sections
- § 49140 Every owner, tenant, or operator of a farm employing thereon as agricultural labor any parent or guardian having minor children in his immediate care and…
- § 49141 In order that children may be disciplined and trained in habits of work and industry by their parents, guardians, or other persons standing in the place of…
ARTICLE 5. Compliance § 49151 · 1 section
- § 49151 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to repeal or in any way modify the provisions of Sections 1298, 1390, 1394, 1396, and 1397 of the Labor Code.
ARTICLE 6. Duties of Employer §§ 49160–49165 · 6 sections
- § 49160 No person, firm or corporation shall employ, suffer, or permit any minor under the age of 18 years to work in or in connection with any establishment or…
- § 49161 Every person, firm, corporation, or agent or officer of a firm or corporation, employing minors under the age of 18 years shall keep on file all permits to…
- § 49162 The employer of any minor subject to this chapter shall send to the officer authorized to issue the permit to work a written notification of intent to employ a…
- § 49163 The notification of intent to employ a minor shall contain: (a) The name, address, phone number, and social security number of the minor. (b) The name,…
- § 49164 Permits to work and to employ and certificates of age shall always be open to inspection by supervisors of attendance, probation officers, designees of the…
- § 49165 Nothing in this article shall require a person to obtain a permit to employ in order for a minor to participate in horseback riding exhibitions, contests or…
ARTICLE 7. Violations §§ 49180–49183 · 4 sections
- § 49180 If upon inspection or investigation a supervisor of attendance, probation officer, or officer of the Superintendent determines that a person is in violation of…
- § 49181 Failure to produce a permit to work is prima facie evidence of the illegal employment of any minor whose permit to work is not produced.
- § 49182 Any person, firm, corporation, or agent or officer of a firm or corporation, that violates or omits to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter, or…
- § 49183 Every person authorized to sign any certificate of age or any permit to work or to employ which allows employment of any minor during or outside school hours,…
ARTICLE 8. Permit to Work during Extended Emergency School Closure § 49200 · 1 section
- § 49200 (a) Documentation required pursuant to this chapter, including signatures, may be collected electronically during an extended school closure due to a natural…
CHAPTER 8. Pupil Safety §§ 49300–49395 · 26 sections
ARTICLE 1. School Safety Patrols §§ 49300–49307 · 8 sections
- § 49300 The governing board of any school district may, subject to such rules and regulations as shall be adopted by the State Board of Education, establish and…
- § 49301 A school safety patrol established in any school as herein provided shall be composed of pupils attending in such school. The members of the patrol shall be…
- § 49302 The pupils who serve as members of a school safety patrol shall be designated by the principal of the school in which the patrol is established, but no pupil…
- § 49303 The State Board of Education is hereby authorized to adopt all rules and regulations necessary to effect the purposes of this act, and the governing board of…
- § 49304 The members of a school safety patrol established hereunder shall be authorized and required only to give traffic signals and directions in order to assist…
- § 49305 The chief of police in each city, and the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol in unincorporated territory, may upon the request of the governing…
- § 49306 The governing board of a school district which authorizes the establishment of a school safety patrol may provide for adequate hospital and medical attention…
- § 49307 Any person who shall disregard any traffic signal or direction given by a member of a school safety patrol, shall be guilty of an infraction and subject to the…
ARTICLE 2. Basic Work Station § 49320 · 1 section
- § 49320 A basic work station in industrial education is defined as an assigned location where a student normally spends the majority of his class time performing the…
ARTICLE 3. Injurious Objects §§ 49330–49335 · 6 sections
- § 49330 (a) (1) As used in this article “injurious object” shall mean those objects specified in the following sections: (A) Section 16250 of the Penal Code. (B)…
- § 49331 Any certificated employee of any school district and any classified employee of a school district who is designated by the governing board for such purposes…
- § 49332 The parent or guardian of a pupil from whom an injurious object has been taken pursuant to this section may be notified by school personnel of the taking.…
- § 49333 Notwithstanding Section 49332, a pupil who brings an injurious object to school, and who presents the object to a certificated or classified employee, may have…
- § 49334 If a school employee initially notifies a law enforcement agency regarding a student or adult who possesses an injurious object while upon school premises or…
- § 49335 On or before April 1, 2001, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall adopt a system that will shield the identity and provide protection to pupils who…
ARTICLE 4. Hazardous Materials Education §§ 49340–49341 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 6. Reporting of Missing Children § 49370 · 1 section
- § 49370 The Legislature hereby declares its intent in enacting this article to require that specified persons, including school teachers, school administrators, school…
ARTICLE 7. Sexual Abuse and Sex Trafficking Prevention §§ 49380–49381 · 2 sections
- § 49380 (a) A school district is encouraged to collaborate with outside consultants, including law enforcement, with expertise in sexual abuse and sex trafficking…
- § 49381 (a) The governing board of a school district and the governing body of a charter school shall work with their schools that maintain any of grades 6 to 12,…
ARTICLE 8. Threats of Homicide at School §§ 49390–49395 · 6 sections
- § 49390 For purposes of this article, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply: (a) “Law enforcement” means any of the following: (1) A…
- § 49391 (a) (1) On or before July 1, 2023, the department shall develop model content, in consultation with relevant local educational agencies, civil rights groups,…
- § 49392 (a) Commencing with the 2023–24 school year, and each school year thereafter, a local educational agency serving pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to…
- § 49393 (a) A school official who is alerted to or observes any threat or perceived threat, as described in subdivision (e) of Section 49390, shall immediately report…
- § 49394 (a) Upon the notification described in Section 49393, the local law enforcement agency or the schoolsite police, as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of…
- § 49395 A local educational agency serving pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and a school of a local educational agency, is immune from civil…
CHAPTER 9. Pupil and Personnel Health §§ 49400–49590 · 166 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Powers—School Boards §§ 49400–49417 · 28 sections
- § 49400 The governing board of any school district shall give diligent care to the health and physical development of pupils, and may employ properly certified persons…
- § 49401.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to express its concern for the health and safety of school pupils and school personnel at…
- § 49402 Contracts between any city, county, or local health district and the governing board of any school district located wholly or partially within such city,…
- § 49403 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board of a school district shall cooperate with the local health officer in measures necessary for the…
- § 49405 The control of smallpox is under the direction of the State Department of Health Services, and no rule or regulation on the subject of vaccination shall be…
- § 49406 (a) (1) (A) Except as provided in subdivision (j), a person shall not be initially employed by a school district, or employed under contract, in a certificated…
- § 49407 Notwithstanding any provision of any law, no school district, officer of any school district, school principal, physician, or hospital treating any child…
- § 49408 For the protection of a pupil’s health and welfare, the governing board of a school district may require the parent or legal guardian of a pupil to keep…
- § 49409 Notwithstanding any provision of any law, no physician and surgeon who in good faith and without compensation renders voluntary emergency medical assistance to…
- § 49410 (a) The Legislature finds that: (1) There is substantial scientific and medical evidence that human exposure to asbestos fibers significantly increases the…
- § 49410.2 School districts and county offices of education may apply to the State Allocation Board pursuant to Section 39619.6 for funds for the purposes of containment…
- § 49410.5 (a) The State Allocation Board shall retain all information provided by school districts making application for funds pursuant to Sections 39619.6, 39619.7,…
- § 49410.7 (a) For purposes of funding pursuant to Section 39619.9, the factors determining the need for abatement of friable asbestos or potentially friable asbestos…
- § 49411 (a) The State Department of Education, in cooperation with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health within the Department of Industrial Relations, shall…
- § 49412 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), counties and school districts, in the utilization of funds allocated pursuant to any appropriation from any account…
- § 49413 (a) The Legislature recognizes the importance of first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training. In enacting this section, it is the intent of the…
- § 49414 (a) Local educational agencies shall provide emergency epinephrine delivery systems, to be stored at each schoolsite, including at the location of any…
- § 49414.1 (a) For purposes of this section, the following apply: (1) “Cannabis” has the same meaning as in Section 11018 of the Health and Safety Code. “Cannabis”…
- § 49414.2 (a) The department shall create the California Food Allergy Resource internet web page to provide voluntary guidance to local educational agencies to help…
- § 49414.3 (a) School districts, county offices of education, and charter schools may provide emergency naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist to school…
- § 49414.35 (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, a local educational agency shall not prohibit a pupil 12 years of age or older, while on a schoolsite or…
- § 49414.4 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, as part of a restorative justice framework, a school use alternatives to a referral of a pupil to a law…
- § 49414.5 (a) In the absence of a credentialed school nurse or other licensed nurse onsite at the school, each school district may provide school personnel with…
- § 49414.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, local educational agencies shall not prohibit pupils in middle schools, junior high schools, high schools, or…
- § 49414.7 (a) School districts, county offices of education, and charter schools may provide emergency stock albuterol inhalers, including, if necessary, single-use…
- § 49414.8 (a) (1) Commencing with the 2023–24 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the sum of three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) shall…
- § 49415 On or before July 1, 2004, the State Board of Education shall adopt maximum weight standards for textbooks used by pupils in elementary and secondary schools.…
- § 49417 (a) A public school may solicit and receive nonstate funds to acquire and maintain an automated external defibrillator (AED). These funds shall only be used to…
ARTICLE 1.5. Office of School-Based Health Programs §§ 49418–49421.5 · 5 sections
- § 49418 For purposes of this article, “office” means the Office of School-Based Health Programs established within the department that is dedicated to expanding access…
- § 49419 (a) The department shall, no later than January 1, 2022, establish an Office of School-Based Health Programs for the purpose of assisting local educational…
- § 49420 (a) The department shall by January 1, 2022, appoint a state school nurse consultant to be housed within the office, as established pursuant to Section 49419.…
- § 49421 (a) The sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Superintendent on a one-time basis for the School Health…
- § 49421.5 (a) (1) On or before June 30, 2022, the State Department of Education shall establish a process to select, with approval from the executive director of the…
ARTICLE 2. Employment of Medical Personnel §§ 49422–49429.5 · 19 sections
- § 49422 (a) No physician, psychiatrist, oculist, dentist, dental hygienist, optometrist, otologist, podiatrist, audiologist, or nurse not employed in that capacity by…
- § 49423 (a) Notwithstanding Section 49422, any pupil who is required to take, during the regular schoolday, medication prescribed for the pupil by a physician and…
- § 49423.1 (a) Notwithstanding Section 49422, a pupil who is required to take, during the regular schoolday, medication prescribed for the pupil by a physician or…
- § 49423.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 49422, an individual with exceptional needs who requires specialized physical health care services, during the regular schoolday,…
- § 49423.5.1 On or before June 15, 2001, the State Department of Education shall review and make recommendations to the State Board of Education regarding any needed…
- § 49423.6 (a) On or before June 15, 2001, the State Department of Education shall develop and recommend to the State Board of Education, and the board shall adopt…
- § 49424 A school psychologist is a credentialed professional whose primary objective is the application of scientific principles of learning and behavior to ameliorate…
- § 49425 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 49422, a licensed physician need not hold a credential if his sole service for a school district or county…
- § 49426 A school nurse is a registered nurse currently licensed under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 2700) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, and…
- § 49426.5 (a) A licensed vocational nurse hired pursuant to this section shall be supervised by a credentialed school nurse who is employed as a school nurse at the same…
- § 49427 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the governing board of each school district and each county superintendent of schools maintain fundamental school…
- § 49428 (a) A school of a school district or county office of education and a charter school shall notify pupils and parents or guardians of pupils no less than twice…
- § 49428.1 (a) On or before June 1, 2025, the department shall develop model referral protocols for addressing pupil behavioral health concerns. In developing these…
- § 49428.15 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Evidence-based” means peer-reviewed, scientific research evidence, including studies…
- § 49428.16 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to assist local educational agencies in developing strategies for preventing pupil opioid overdoses, including…
- § 49428.2 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Local educational agency” means a county office of education, school district, state…
- § 49428.5 (a) On or before the start of the 2023–24 school year, each schoolsite in a school district, county office of education, or charter school, serving pupils in…
- § 49429 (a) The department, in consultation with the State Department of Health Care Services and appropriate stakeholders, including stakeholders with experience in…
- § 49429.5 (a) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school. (b) On or before November…
ARTICLE 2.5. The Pupil Nutrition, Health, and Achievement Act of 2001 §§ 49430–49434 · 10 sections
- § 49430 As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Added sweetener” means an additive other than 100 percent fruit juice that…
- § 49430.3 Notwithstanding any provisions of law, including, but not limited to, Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 38080) of Part 23 or Section 48931, this article shall…
- § 49430.7 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Child development program” means a program operated pursuant to Chapter…
- § 49431 (a) From the midnight before to 30 minutes after the end of the official schoolday, at each elementary school, the only competitive foods that may be sold to a…
- § 49431.2 (a) From the midnight before to 30 minutes after the end of the official schoolday, at each middle school or high school, the only competitive snack foods that…
- § 49431.5 (a) (1) (A) From the midnight before to 30 minutes after the end of the official schoolday, at each elementary or middle school, the only competitive beverages…
- § 49431.7 (a) From the midnight before to 30 minutes after the end of the official schoolday, a school or school district shall not sell to pupils enrolled in…
- § 49431.9 (a) For purposes of this section, and unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Advertising” means an oral,…
- § 49432 Every public school may post a summary of nutrition and physical activity laws and regulations, and shall inform the public about the content of the school’s…
- § 49434 Compliance with this article shall be monitored by the department in conformity with the United States Department of Agriculture’s administrative review…
ARTICLE 4. Physical Examinations §§ 49450–49458 · 13 sections
- § 49450 The governing board of any school district shall make such rules for the examination of the pupils in the public schools under its jurisdiction as will insure…
- § 49451 A parent or guardian having control or charge of any child enrolled in the public schools may file annually with the principal of the school in which he is…
- § 49452 (a) The governing board of a school district shall, subject to Section 49451, provide for the testing of the sight and hearing of each pupil enrolled in the…
- § 49452.5 The governing board of any school district shall, subject to Section 49451 and in addition to the physical examinations required pursuant to Sections 100275,…
- § 49452.6 (a) The department, in coordination with any other entity the department deems appropriate, shall develop type 1 diabetes informational materials for the…
- § 49452.7 (a) On and after July 1, 2010, the school district shall provide an information sheet regarding type 2 diabetes to the parent or guardian of incoming 7th grade…
- § 49452.8 (a) (1) A pupil, while enrolled in kindergarten in a public school, or while enrolled in first grade in a public school if the pupil was not previously…
- § 49454 A person employed by a school district in a position requiring certification qualifications who holds a valid special credential authorizing the teaching of…
- § 49455 (a) (1) During the kindergarten year or upon first enrollment or entry in a California school district of a pupil at an elementary school, and in grades 2, 5,…
- § 49455.5 (a) A local educational agency maintaining kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, may enter into a memorandum of understanding with a nonprofit eye…
- § 49456 (a) When a defect other than a visual defect has been noted by the supervisor of health or his assistant, a report shall be made to the parent or guardian of…
- § 49457 The supervisor of health shall make such reports from time to time as he deems best to the governing board of the school district, or as the board may call…
- § 49458 When a school district or a county superintendent of schools requires a physical examination as a condition of participation in an interscholastic athletic…
ARTICLE 4.5. Pupil Health Assessment §§ 49460–49466 · 7 sections
- § 49460 (a) The State Department of Education, the State Department of Health Services, and the State Department of Social Services shall jointly enter into a…
- § 49461 The coordinating center at the California State University shall select a sample of schools that is demographically and ethnically representative of the…
- § 49462 The health assessment shall be conducted over a four-year period and shall be completed on or before December 31, 2002.
- § 49463 The California State University shall notify the parent or guardian of each pupil for whom the assessment has detected health problems and shall recommend…
- § 49464 The State Department of Health Services and the State Department of Social Services shall be provided with scientifically valid results of the health…
- § 49465 (a) The agencies enumerated in Section 49460 shall only be required to implement this article upon the availability of funds received from the private sector…
- § 49466 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…
ARTICLE 4.6. The Seizure Safe Schools Act §§ 49468–49468.5 · 6 sections
- § 49468 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Seizure Safe Schools Act.
- § 49468.1 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Authorizing physician and surgeon” may include, but is not limited to, a physician and…
- § 49468.2 (a) (1) If a pupil diagnosed with seizures, a seizure disorder, or epilepsy has been prescribed an emergency anti-seizure medication by the pupil’s health care…
- § 49468.3 (a) Before administering emergency anti-seizure medication or therapy prescribed to treat seizures in a pupil diagnosed with seizures, a seizure disorder, or…
- § 49468.4 Emergency anti-seizure medication or medication prescribed to a pupil to treat the pupil’s seizures, a seizure disorder, or epilepsy symptoms shall be provided…
- § 49468.5 (a) Any local educational agency that designates volunteers pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 49468.2 shall ensure that each employee who volunteers under…
ARTICLE 5. District Medical Services and Insurance §§ 49470–49476 · 8 sections
- § 49470 The governing board of any school district or districts may provide, or make available, medical or hospital service, or both, through nonprofit membership…
- § 49471 If the governing board of any school district maintaining junior high schools or high schools does not provide or make available medical and hospital services…
- § 49471.5 (a) If funding is made available for this purpose, the Legislature requests the University of California to design a study and conduct a representative…
- § 49472 The governing board of any school district or districts which does not employ at least five physicians as full-time supervisors of health, or the equivalent…
- § 49473 To facilitate the authority referred to in Sections 49470 and 49472 the governing board of the school district or school districts may authorize the…
- § 49474 The governing board of any school district or districts may provide, or make available, ambulance service, paid for out of school district funds, for pupils,…
- § 49475 (a) If a school district, charter school, or private school elects to offer an athletic program, the school district, charter school, or private school shall…
- § 49476 (a) If a school district, charter school, or private school elects to offer an athletic program, the school district, charter school, or private school shall…
ARTICLE 6. Notice to School of Nonepisodic Condition § 49480 · 1 section
- § 49480 The parent or legal guardian of any public school pupil on a continuing medication regimen for a nonepisodic condition, shall inform the school nurse or other…
ARTICLE 7. School Breakfast and Lunch Program §§ 49490–49494 · 5 sections
- § 49490 The Legislature finds and declares that hunger and malnutrition among children from low-income families constitute one of the most critical child health…
- § 49491 No amount received by a school district or other public or private nonprofit school pursuant to this article or the National School Lunch Program shall be used…
- § 49492 A school district or other public or private nonprofit school or agency receiving reimbursement pursuant to this article shall meet standards adopted by the…
- § 49493 No allocation or reimbursement of funds shall be made pursuant to this article to any public or private nonprofit school or agency in behalf of any child who…
- § 49494 Notwithstanding Section 49493, an allocation shall be made pursuant to this article for a ward or dependent of the court who resides in a probation camp,…
ARTICLE 7.5. Breakfast and Morning Snacks for Nonschoolaged Children §§ 49495–49496 · 2 sections
- § 49495 (a) The department shall, in consultation with the State Department of Social Services, develop guidance for local educational agencies participating in the…
- § 49496 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Eligible nonschoolaged child” means a child who is not enrolled in school and who is a…
ARTICLE 8. Meals §§ 49501.5–49507 · 7 sections
- § 49501.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, commencing with the 2022–23 school year all of the following shall apply: (1) (A) (i) A school…
- § 49503 School district funds may also be used for the purchase of school meals for pupils, as provided in Sections 49500 and 49501.5.
- § 49504 Each official and department of the state having charge of the administering of funds for the relief of indigents may contribute and pay any of the funds…
- § 49505 (a) Any school district or county office of education participating in the National School Lunch Program that provides a meal to a pupil rendered homeless by a…
- § 49506 (a) (1) The department shall work with the State Department of Social Services to maximize participation in the federal Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer for…
- § 49506.5 A school that participates in the National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program shall determine a pupil’s Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT)…
- § 49507 (a) In addition to the funds allocated pursuant to Item 6100-488 of Section 2.0 of the Budget Act of 2026, the sum of four hundred million dollars…
ARTICLE 9. Nutrition §§ 49510–49520 · 8 sections
- § 49510 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Duffy-Moscone Family Nutrition Education and Services Act of 1970.
- § 49511 It is the intent of this article to establish an ongoing program to assure that the nutritional requirements of pupils in receipt of public assistance are…
- § 49512 (a) The State Department of Education shall establish a statewide program to provide nutritious meals at school for pupils and shall enter into an agreement…
- § 49513 To the extent that school districts have an operational program of school meals for pupils, the program authorized by this article shall be integrated with…
- § 49515 Programs established under this article shall, to the extent feasible and practicable, include provisions for the use of parents of needy pupils in the…
- § 49518 To the extent that available funds are insufficient to provide services under the program established by this article to all pupils defined as eligible, the…
- § 49519 Each meal provided under this article shall include an appropriate serving of milk; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not be mandatory in the…
- § 49520 Notice of the availability of the program prescribed by this article shall be given pursuant to Section 48980.
ARTICLE 10. Child Nutrition Act of 1974 §§ 49530–49536 · 7 sections
- § 49530 (a) The Legislature finds that (1) the proper nutrition of children is a matter of highest state priority, and (2) there is a demonstrated relationship between…
- § 49530.5 As used in this article, “child nutrition entity” means any school district, county superintendent of schools, child development program operated pursuant to…
- § 49531 (a) A school district, county superintendent of schools, or charter school may apply to the department for all available federal and state funds that they are…
- § 49531.1 (a) The department shall develop and maintain nutrition guidelines for school lunches and breakfasts that are provided pursuant to Section 49501.5 and for all…
- § 49533 (a) A Child Nutrition Advisory Council composed of 13 members shall be appointed by January 1, 1975, to recommend plans and guidelines for school and child…
- § 49534 (a) The department may formulate the basic elements of nutrition education programs for child nutrition entities participating in programs established under…
- § 49536 (a) The department shall, before July 1 of each year, prescribe an adjustment in the state meal contribution rates established pursuant to this section for the…
ARTICLE 10.5. Child Care Food Program §§ 49540–49546 · 8 sections
- § 49540 The Department of Education shall, on behalf of the state, participate in the federal child care food program prescribed by Public Law 95-627, as codified in…
- § 49541 The Department of Education is hereby designated as the single state agency to administer the child care food program.
- § 49542 (a) The Department of Education shall administer the child care food program for all eligible, participating entities that provide child development services…
- § 49543 The Department of Education shall administer the child care food program for all eligible, participating entities that provide child development services…
- § 49544 The Department of Education shall maximize the use of available federal funds for the federal child care food program by all eligible entities that provide…
- § 49545 The Department of Education shall secure, in a timely manner, federal reimbursement for all eligible, participating entities in the child care food program.
- § 49545.5 To the extent permitted by federal law, the State Department of Education shall adopt regulations to establish eligibility requirements for participation in…
- § 49546 It is the intent of the Legislature that funding for costs for the implementation of this article shall come from either federal funds or transfer of funds…
ARTICLE 10.7. Comprehensive Nutrition Services §§ 49547–49548.3 · 5 sections
- § 49547 (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) Proper nutrition for children is a matter of the highest state priority. (2) There is a demonstrated…
- § 49547.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Needy children rely upon school meals for supplemental nutrition that benefits their health, growth,…
- § 49548 (a) The state board, in order to effect compliance with legislative findings expressed in Section 49547, shall restrict the criteria for the issuance of…
- § 49548.2 (a) The State Department of Education shall seek federal statutory amendments as follows: (1) To cause the Summer Food Service Program for Children to become…
- § 49548.3 The State Department of Education shall invite the United States Department of Agriculture to join the Child Nutrition and Food Distribution Division in its…
ARTICLE 11. Meals for Needy Pupils in Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12 §§ 49550.3–49564.5 · 22 sections
- § 49550.3 (a) Because a hungry child cannot learn, the Legislature intends, as a state nutrition and health policy, that the federal School Breakfast Program be made…
- § 49550.5 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Cafeteria fund” means the nonprofit school food service account, as defined in Section…
- § 49551 The State Board of Education shall adopt regulations prescribing standards and guidelines for carrying out the purposes of this article.
- § 49552 For the purposes of this article, needy children shall be defined as those children who meet federal eligibility criteria for free and reduced price meals as…
- § 49553 (a) A nutritionally adequate meal, for the purposes of this article, is a breakfast or lunch as defined in Section 49531 that qualifies for reimbursement under…
- § 49554 Any school district or county superintendent of schools which has had no food service employees since July 1, 1977, or has inadequate or no food preparation…
- § 49556 The Superintendent shall supervise the implementation of this article and shall investigate acts of alleged noncompliance. If the Superintendent finds that a…
- § 49557 (a) (1) The governing board of a school district and the county superintendent of schools shall make paper applications for free or reduced-price meals…
- § 49557.1 In making available to pupils the application for participation in the free or reduced-price meal program provided for under subdivision (a) of Section 49557,…
- § 49557.2 (a) (1) At the option of the school district or county superintendent, and to the extent necessary to implement Section 14005.41 of the Welfare and…
- § 49557.3 (a) Each school district or county office of education, at its option, may enter into a memorandum of understanding with the local agency that determines…
- § 49557.4 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 49076, 49557.3, and 49558, and accompanying regulations, the State Department of Education and the State Department of Social…
- § 49557.5 (a) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school, school district, county office of education, or charter school. (b) (1) A local…
- § 49557.6 Notwithstanding Sections 49076, 49557.3, and 49558, and accompanying regulations, the State Department of Education and the State Department of Social Services…
- § 49558 (a) All applications and records concerning any individual made or kept by any public officer or agency in connection with the administration of any provision…
- § 49559 (a) Any school food authority that participates in a federal child nutrition program and is reimbursed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 49501.5 for meals…
- § 49560 The child nutrition programs operated pursuant to Section 49559 shall maintain a data base as specified by the Superintendent of Public Instruction for…
- § 49561 (a) The department shall create a computerized data matching system using existing databases from the department and the State Department of Health Care…
- § 49562 (a) The department, in consultation with the State Department of Health Care Services, shall develop and implement a process to use the participation data from…
- § 49563 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Buy American provision” means the provision requiring a school food…
- § 49564.3 (a) For purposes of this section, a “high-poverty school” is a school that enrolls pupils in kindergarten or in any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and is…
- § 49564.5 In order to ensure optimal access to nutrition, facilitate the use of the federal Community Eligibility Provision (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1759a), and further reduce…
ARTICLE 12. National School Lunch Act §§ 49570–49571 · 2 sections
- § 49570 Each school district, county superintendent of schools, and other public or private entity that participates in programs under the National School Lunch Act,…
- § 49571 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the state strives to serve National School Lunch Program meals of the highest quality and greatest nutritional…
ARTICLE 13. Food Recovery Program §§ 49580–49581 · 2 sections
- § 49580 For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Food” has the same meaning as in Section 113781 of the Health and Safety…
- § 49581 The department shall update its guidance on the donation of leftover food to allow a public school cafeteria to donate food to a food bank or to any other…
ARTICLE 14. School Nutrition Report § 49590 · 1 section
- § 49590 The Legislature finds and declares that the State of California strives to serve food of the highest quality and greatest nutritional value possible. The…
CHAPTER 10. Educational Counseling §§ 49600–49604 · 5 sections
- § 49600 (a) The governing board of a school district may, and is urged to, provide access to a comprehensive educational counseling program for all pupils enrolled in…
- § 49601 (a) The State Department of Education shall, no later than December 31, 1986, develop a career guidance model for science and technology for use in school…
- § 49602 Any information of a personal nature disclosed by a pupil 12 years of age or older in the process of receiving counseling from a school counselor as specified…
- § 49603 (a) Each school district, county office of education, and charter school offering instruction in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, that provides on-campus…
- § 49604 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall send a notice to each middle school, junior high school, and high school that encourages each school to provide…
CHAPTER 11. Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children §§ 49700–49703 · 5 sections
- § 49700 The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children is to remove barriers to…
- § 49700.5 The Legislature of the State of California hereby ratifies the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children as set forth in Section…
- § 49701 The provisions of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children are as follows: Article I.Purpose It is the purpose of this compact…
- § 49702 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Superintendent may accept nonstate funding to offset the cost of the annual assessment required by Section (B)…
- § 49703 The Superintendent may develop procedures for the training of employees of local educational agencies in the implementation of the Interstate Compact on…