PART 28. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS [51000. - 53303.]
Part 28 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.
§§ 51000–53303 · 584 sections
CHAPTER 1. Education Program §§ 51000–51057 · 29 sections
ARTICLE 1. Legislative Intent §§ 51000–51009 · 9 sections
- § 51000 This chapter may be known as the George Miller, Jr., Education Act of 1968.
- § 51002 The Legislature hereby recognizes that, because of the common needs and interests of the citizens of this state and the nation, there is a need to establish a…
- § 51003 It is the intent of the Legislature that explicit, rigorous statewide academic standards be adopted for all pupils enrolled in public schools.
- § 51004 The Legislature hereby recognizes that it is the policy of the people of the State of California to provide an educational opportunity to the end that every…
- § 51005 In order to carry out the intent of Section 51004, the Department of Education shall annually encourage school districts to plan programs and activities which…
- § 51006 The Legislature finds that the increasing integration of computers and computer technology into our economy has profound implications for our society, and…
- § 51007 (a) It is the policy of the State of California that all students enrolled in the state’s public elementary and secondary schools, regardless of race, creed,…
- § 51008 The State Board of Education shall ensure that the state curriculum and framework, where appropriate, include instruction on Cesar Chavez and the history of…
- § 51009 The month of May is hereby deemed to be Labor History Month throughout the public schools, and school districts are encouraged to commemorate this month with…
ARTICLE 2. Definitions §§ 51010–51021 · 12 sections
- § 51010 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article govern the construction of this part.
- § 51011 “Educational program” means the entire school-sponsored offering for pupils of a district, including in-class and out-of-class activities.
- § 51012 “Common state curriculum” means the basic curriculum which is prescribed by the proper authority for all elementary schools, or all secondary schools, or all…
- § 51013 “Curriculum” means the courses of study, courses, subjects, classes and organized group activities provided by a school.
- § 51014 “Course of study” means the planned content of a series of classes, courses, subjects, studies, or related activities.
- § 51015 “Course” means an instructional unit of an area or field of organized knowledge, usually provided on a semester, year, or prescribed length-of-time basis.
- § 51016 “Class” means an organized group of pupils within a school who are pursuing a particular course, subject or activity.
- § 51017 “Governing board” means that board of education or governing board of any county, city and county, city, or district which has the duty to prescribe the course…
- § 51018 “State board” means the State Board of Education.
- § 51019 “Philosophy” means a composite statement of the relationship between the individual and society based upon beliefs, concepts, and attitudes from which the…
- § 51020 “Goal” means a statement of broad direction or intent which is general and timeless and is not concerned with a particular achievement within a specified time…
- § 51021 “Objective” means a devised accomplishment that can be verified within a given time and under specifiable conditions which, if attained, advances the system…
ARTICLE 3. Role of Local Agency §§ 51040–51041 · 2 sections
- § 51040 The governing board of every school district shall prepare and shall keep on file for public inspection the courses of study prescribed for the schools under…
- § 51041 The governing board of every school district shall evaluate its educational program, and shall make such revisions as it deems necessary. Any revised…
ARTICLE 4. Enforcement of Courses of Study §§ 51050–51057 · 6 sections
- § 51050 The governing board of every school district shall enforce in its schools the courses of study and the use of textbooks and other instructional materials…
- § 51053 The course of study for preschool, kindergarten, grades 1 through 6, and grades 7 and 8 of those elementary districts maintaining grades 7 and 8, shall be…
- § 51054 Except as provided in Section 51053, the course of study for grades 7 through 12 shall be prepared under the direction of the governing board having control…
- § 51055 Courses for continuation high schools shall be prepared under the direction of the governing board having control thereof. Insofar as possible courses shall…
- § 51056 A course of study for each adult school shall be prepared under the direction of the governing board of the district maintaining the adult school and shall be…
- § 51057 Upon request of the governing board of any school district, the State Board of Education may, for a number of years to be specified by the board, grant the…
CHAPTER 1.5. Parental Involvement §§ 51100–51141 · 10 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 51100–51102 · 4 sections
- § 51100 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) It is essential to our democratic form of government that parents and guardians of schoolage…
- § 51101 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), the parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in public schools have the right and should have the opportunity, as…
- § 51101.1 (a) A parent or guardian’s lack of English fluency does not preclude a parent or guardian from exercising the rights guaranteed under this chapter. A school…
- § 51102 Upon approval of the materials by the State Board of Education, the State Department of Education shall make materials available that describe a comprehensive…
ARTICLE 3. Teresa P. Hughes Family-School Partnership Award and Grant Program §§ 51130–51133 · 3 sections
- § 51130 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Teresa P. Hughes Family-School Partnership Award and Grant Program and shall be administered by the State…
- § 51131 As used in this article, “parent” means the natural, adoptive, or foster parent of a pupil, a surrogate parent, a family member acting on behalf of the parent,…
- § 51133 (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall award nonmonetary Teresa P. Hughes Family-School Partnership Awards pursuant to this article to school…
ARTICLE 4. Drowning Prevention §§ 51139–51141 · 3 sections
- § 51139 For purposes of this article, all of the following definitions apply: (a) “Public school” means a school operated by a school district, county office of…
- § 51140 (a) (1) A drowning or injury prevention organization may provide informational materials, in electronic or hardcopy form, to a public school that serves pupils…
- § 51141 (a) A drowning or injury prevention organization that provides informational materials to a public school pursuant to this article shall adhere to both of the…
CHAPTER 2. Required Courses of Study §§ 51200–51284.5 · 95 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 51200–51206.4 · 8 sections
- § 51200 Except as otherwise provided, the provisions contained in this chapter are the requirements for courses of study in grades 1 through 12.
- § 51202 The adopted course of study shall provide instruction at the appropriate elementary and secondary grade levels and subject areas in personal and public safety…
- § 51203 (a) Instruction upon the nature of alcohol, narcotics, restricted dangerous drugs as defined in Section 11032 of the Health and Safety Code, and other…
- § 51204 Any course of study adopted pursuant to this division shall be designed to fit the needs of the pupils for which the course of study is prescribed.
- § 51204.5 Instruction in social sciences shall include the early history of California and a study of the role and contributions of people of all genders, Native…
- § 51205 Pupils enrolled in a year-round school pursuant to Part 22 (commencing with Section 37000) shall have access, as necessary, to an equal educational opportunity…
- § 51206 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the physical fitness and motor development of children in the public elementary schools is of equal importance…
- § 51206.4 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Digital citizenship” means a diverse set of skills related to current…
ARTICLE 2. Course of Study, Grades 1 to 6 §§ 51210–51212 · 8 sections
- § 51210 (a) The adopted course of study for grades 1 to 6, inclusive, shall include instruction, beginning in grade 1 and continuing through grade 6, in the following…
- § 51210.1 (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (A) The Education Code currently mandates 200 minutes of physical education every 10…
- § 51210.2 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the physical fitness and motor development of children in the public elementary schools is of equal…
- § 51210.3 (a) The governing board of a school district may designate a credentialed teacher at each elementary school as a science coach, or provide staff development to…
- § 51210.4 The State Department of Education shall incorporate nutrition education curriculum content into the health curriculum framework at its next revision. This…
- § 51210.5 The instruction in all areas of study specified in subdivisions (a) to (g), inclusive, of Section 51210 as deemed appropriate by the governing board and…
- § 51210.8 (a) On or before March 1, 2008, based on recommendations of the Superintendent, the State Board of Education shall adopt content standards in the curriculum…
- § 51212 It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature to encourage the establishment of programs of instruction in world language, with instruction beginning as…
ARTICLE 3. Courses of Study, Grades 7 to 12 §§ 51220–51230 · 54 sections
- § 51220 The adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, shall offer courses in the following areas of study: (a) English, including knowledge of and…
- § 51220.1 In addition to the requirements specified in subdivision (j) of Section 51220, automobile driver education shall be designed to develop a knowledge of the…
- § 51220.2 (a) For purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 51220, “instruction in our American legal system, the operation of the juvenile and adult criminal justice…
- § 51220.3 The instruction in all areas of study specified in subdivisions (a) to (j), inclusive, of Section 51220 as deemed appropriate by the governing board and…
- § 51220.4 For purposes of subdivision (j) of Section 51220, a course in automobile driver education shall include, but is not limited to, both of the following: (a)…
- § 51220.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) The family is our most fundamental social institution and the means by which we care for, prepare,…
- § 51220.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a private school is not required to offer courses in driver education or driver training. (b) This section…
- § 51221 Instruction required by subdivision (b) of Section 51220 in the area of study of social sciences shall also provide a foundation for understanding the wise use…
- § 51221.1 (a) As used in this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Collaborative” means the California Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide…
- § 51221.2 (a) (1) The department shall issue a notice to all local educational agencies serving pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, clarifying that social…
- § 51221.3 (a) Instruction in the area of social sciences, as required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51220, may include instruction on World War II and the…
- § 51221.4 (a) The Legislature encourages instruction in the area of social sciences, as required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51220, which may include…
- § 51221.5 For the purposes of this code, the phrase “vocational-technical education” shall have the same meaning as “career technical education” as described in…
- § 51222 (a) All pupils, except pupils excused or exempted pursuant to Section 51241, shall be required to attend upon the courses of physical education for a total…
- § 51223 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 51210 and 51222, instruction in physical education in an elementary school maintaining any of grades 1 to 8, inclusive, shall be…
- § 51223.3 (a) During the first revision of the physical education framework that occurs on or after January 1, 2011, the state board and the Curriculum Development and…
- § 51224 The governing board of any school district maintaining a high school shall prescribe courses of study designed to provide the skills and knowledge required for…
- § 51224.5 (a) The adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, shall include algebra as part of the mathematics area of study pursuant to subdivision (f) of…
- § 51224.7 (a) This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Mathematics Placement Act of 2015. (b) Governing boards or bodies of local educational…
- § 51225 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Governing body” means the governing board of a school district, the governing body of a…
- § 51225.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a local educational agency, as defined in subdivision (t), shall exempt a pupil in foster care, as defined in subdivision…
- § 51225.2 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Former juvenile court school pupil” means a pupil who, upon completion of the pupil’s…
- § 51225.25 (a) A “pupil participating in a newcomer program,” as defined in Section 51225.2, as that section read on January 1, 2023, who was enrolled before January 1,…
- § 51225.3 (a) A pupil shall complete all of the following while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of graduation from high school: (1) At least…
- § 51225.31 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a local educational agency shall exempt an individual with exceptional needs who satisfies the eligibility criteria…
- § 51225.32 (a) (1) A local educational agency may exempt an individual with exceptional needs who was enrolled in grade 10 or higher in the 2022–23 school year, and who,…
- § 51225.33 (a) (1) For the 2026–27 fiscal year, the Sacramento County Office of Education shall utilize the finding appropriated in Item 6100-488 of Section 2.0 of the…
- § 51225.35 (a) (1) If the governing board of a school district requires more than two courses in mathematics for graduation from high school, the governing board of the…
- § 51225.36 (a) If the governing board of a school district requires a course in health education for graduation from high school, the governing board of the school…
- § 51225.37 The department shall encourage the governing board of each school district, and the governing body of each charter school, whose schools offer world language…
- § 51225.38 (a) If the governing board of a school district or the governing body of a charter school requires a course in health education for graduation from high…
- § 51225.4 The governing board of each elementary school district shall certify to the Superintendent of Public Instruction that it has adopted a policy to implement a…
- § 51225.5 (a) (1) The governing board of a school district maintaining a high school may confer honorary high school diplomas upon foreign exchange students from other…
- § 51225.6 (a) If the governing board of a school district or the governing body of a charter school requires a course in health education for graduation from high…
- § 51225.7 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or…
- § 51225.8 (a) Commencing with the 2020–21 school year, the governing board of a school district and the governing body of a charter school, as appropriate, shall ensure…
- § 51225.9 Notwithstanding any other law, if a pupil completed a career technical education course, between July 1, 2022, and the effective date of this section, that met…
- § 51226 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall coordinate the development, on a cyclical basis, of model curriculum standards for the course of study required…
- § 51226.1 (a) Upon adoption of the model curriculum standards developed pursuant to Section 51226, the Superintendent shall develop a curriculum framework consistent…
- § 51226.2 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall inform county offices of education and each school district that maintains any of grades 6 to 12, inclusive, of…
- § 51226.3 (a) (1) The department shall incorporate into publications that provide examples of curriculum resources for teacher use those materials developed by…
- § 51226.4 Pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 51226.3, the Legislature encourages all of the following: (a) Instruction in the origins of genocide as a phenomenon…
- § 51226.5 (a) No later than January 1, 1991, the State Board of Education, with the assistance of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall establish a list of…
- § 51226.6 (a) The State Department of Education shall develop and adopt a model curriculum framework for driver education and training that incorporates the rules and…
- § 51226.7 (a) The Instructional Quality Commission shall develop, and the state board shall adopt, modify, or revise, a model curriculum in ethnic studies to ensure…
- § 51226.8 (a) The Instructional Quality Commission shall develop and recommend to the state board, for consideration and adoption by the state board, a curriculum guide…
- § 51226.9 (a) (1) The department shall, no later than June 1, 2022, in collaboration with, and subject to the approval of, the executive director of the state board, use…
- § 51227.3 (a) The Instructional Quality Commission shall ensure that the environmental principles and concepts developed pursuant to Section 71301 of the Public…
- § 51228 (a) Each school district maintaining any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, shall offer to all otherwise qualified pupils in those grades a course of study…
- § 51228.1 (a) Commencing with the 2016–17 school year, except as provided in subdivision (e), a school district maintaining any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, shall not…
- § 51228.2 (a) Commencing with the 2016–17 school year, except as provided in subdivision (d), a school district maintaining any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, shall not…
- § 51228.3 (a) A complaint of noncompliance with the requirements of Section 51228.1 or 51228.2 may be filed with the local educational agency under the Uniform Complaint…
- § 51229 (a) Each school year, as part of the annual notification required pursuant to Section 48980, a school district offering any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, shall…
- § 51230 (a) If the governing board of a school district requires the completion of community service hours as a requirement for graduation from high school, the school…
ARTICLE 4. Exemptions from Requirements §§ 51240–51246 · 8 sections
- § 51240 (a) If any part of a school’s instruction in health conflicts with the religious training and beliefs of a parent or guardian of a pupil, the pupil, upon…
- § 51240.5 (a) A pupil in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, shall be granted an accommodation in connection with any physical activity components of a…
- § 51241 (a) The governing board of a school district or the office of the county superintendent of schools of a county may grant a temporary exemption to a pupil from…
- § 51242 The governing board of a school district may exempt any four-year or senior high school pupil from attending courses of physical education, if the pupil is…
- § 51243 Credit shall be given for purposes of the course of study requirements prescribed by school district governing boards or other authorities having jurisdiction…
- § 51244 The provisions of Section 51243 giving credit for world language courses given in private schools shall apply to courses in the following languages: Chinese,…
- § 51245 For purposes of the credit that may be given pursuant to Sections 51243 and 51244 for world language courses undertaken in private schools, it shall not be…
- § 51246 The governing board of a school district may exempt any pupil enrolled in his last semester or quarter, as the case may be, of the 12th grade who, pursuant to…
ARTICLE 4.5. Schoolage Military Dependents §§ 51250–51251 · 2 sections
- § 51250 The department shall establish a formal liaison with the United States Department of Defense and school districts and county offices of education that enroll…
- § 51251 (a) A governing board of a school district and a county office of education may undertake any or all of the following in order to properly address the needs of…
ARTICLE 4.6. California Purple Star School Designation Program § 51255 · 1 section
- § 51255 (a) The department shall establish a nonmonetary California Purple Star School Designation Program pursuant to this article in order to achieve both of the…
ARTICLE 5. Drug Education §§ 51260–51269 · 10 sections
- § 51260 (a) Instruction shall be given in the elementary and secondary schools by appropriately trained instructors on drug education and the effects of the use of…
- § 51261 Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 44227 and 44228, the State Board of Education shall not accredit any teacher education institution for teacher…
- § 51262 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the use of anabolic steroids to expedite the physical development and to enhance the performance level of…
- § 51263 The State Department of Education shall make available information on model drug and alcohol abuse prevention education programs developed and funded pursuant…
- § 51264 (a) The State Department of Education shall prepare and distribute to school districts and county offices of education guidelines for incorporating in-service…
- § 51265 It is the intent of the Legislature that school districts and county offices of education give high priority to gang violence and drug and alcohol abuse…
- § 51266 (a) The Office of Emergency Services, in collaboration with the State Department of Education, shall develop a model gang violence suppression and substance…
- § 51266.5 The Rural Gang Task Force Subcommittee provided for by subdivision (g) of Section 13826.1 of the Penal Code, in collaboration with the Gang Violence…
- § 51268 The State Department of Education shall encourage school districts and county offices of education to avoid duplication of efforts with regard to education…
- § 51269 (a) The State Department of Education shall collaborate, to the extent possible, with other state agencies that administer drug, alcohol, and tobacco abuse…
ARTICLE 6. Primary Education Model Curriculum for Lifelong Health, Aging, and Financial Literacy §§ 51280–51284.5 · 4 sections
- § 51280 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) There are profound personal and financial implications for Californians associated with the…
- § 51282 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish educational requirements in order to instill in California’s youth a sense of…
- § 51284 Concurrently with, but not prior to, the next revision of textbooks or curriculum frameworks in the social sciences, health, and mathematics curricula, the…
- § 51284.5 Notwithstanding Section 51284, when the history-social science curriculum framework is revised after January 1, 2017, the Instructional Quality Commission…
CHAPTER 3. Diplomas and Certificates §§ 51400–51475 · 37 sections
ARTICLE 1. Elementary School Diploma §§ 51400–51403 · 4 sections
- § 51400 The governing board of any school district maintaining an elementary school may provide for the conferring of diplomas of graduation, by examination, and may…
- § 51401 Nothing in this article shall be construed as prohibiting the governing board of any school district from issuing diplomas of graduation without examination to…
- § 51402 The diplomas of graduation from elementary schools shall be conferred only upon the pupils who have completed the course of study prescribed.
- § 51403 Elementary school diplomas granted by the governing board of a school district may be on blanks furnished by the Superintendent of Public Instruction or on…
ARTICLE 2. Diplomas §§ 51410–51413 · 4 sections
- § 51410 No diploma, certificate or other document which is conferred upon a pupil as evidence of his completion of a prescribed course of study or training shall bear…
- § 51411 No governing board of any school district maintaining a high school shall require as a condition for graduation from the high schools within the district that…
- § 51412 No diploma, certificate or other document, except transcripts and letters of recommendation, shall be conferred on a pupil as evidence of completion of a…
- § 51413 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board or body of a local educational agency, and the department on behalf of state special schools, shall…
ARTICLE 3. High School Equivalency Certificates §§ 51420–51427 · 9 sections
- § 51420 The Superintendent shall issue a California high school equivalency certificate and an official score report, or an official score report only, to any person…
- § 51421 (a) The Superintendent may charge a one-time only fee, established by the state board, to be submitted by an examinee when registering for the test sufficient…
- § 51421.5 (a) If, for purposes of this article, a contractor or testing center charges an examinee its own separate fee, the contractor or testing center shall not…
- § 51422 Each scoring contractor shall provide the Superintendent with a set of results for each examinee who has taken all or a portion of a high school equivalency…
- § 51423 (a) (1) The Superintendent may provide for the administration of a high school equivalency test that has been approved by the state board to persons confined…
- § 51424 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall keep a permanent record of California high school equivalency certificates issued pursuant to this article.
- § 51425 A California high school equivalency certificate shall be deemed to be a high school diploma for the purpose of meeting the requirements of employment by all…
- § 51426 The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement this article.
- § 51427 Pursuant to Section 16370 of the Government Code, there is hereby authorized in the State Treasury a Special Deposit Fund Account, which shall consist of fees…
ARTICLE 3.5. Retroactive High School Diplomas §§ 51430–51442 · 3 sections
- § 51430 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a high school district, unified school district, county office of education, or the governing body of a charter school may…
- § 51440 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject to regulations that the state board shall prescribe, a high school district, unified school…
- § 51442 For purposes of this article, “veteran” means a person who has served 90 days or more in the military service of the United States during a war with a foreign…
ARTICLE 5. Golden State Seal Merit Diploma §§ 51450–51455 · 6 sections
- § 51450 The Golden State Seal Merit Diploma is hereby established as an honors diploma to recognize high school graduates who have mastered the high school curriculum.…
- § 51451 A student who meets the following requirements shall qualify for a Golden State Seal Merit Diploma: (a) The completion of all requirements for a high school…
- § 51452 The state board shall determine and adopt, based upon the recommendations of the Superintendent, the following: (a) The means by which pupils may demonstrate…
- § 51453 Under the policy direction of the State Board of Education and the administrative leadership of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Department…
- § 51454 Each school district that confers high school diplomas shall maintain appropriate records in order to identify students who have earned a Golden State Seal…
- § 51455 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that no fee or other cost be charged to any pupil pursuant to this article. However, notwithstanding any other…
ARTICLE 6. State Seal of Biliteracy §§ 51460–51464 · 5 sections
- § 51460 (a) The State Seal of Biliteracy is established to recognize high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in speaking, reading, and…
- § 51461 (a) The State Seal of Biliteracy certifies attainment of a high level of proficiency by a graduating high school pupil in one or more languages, in addition to…
- § 51462 The Superintendent shall do both of the following: (a) Prepare and deliver to participating school districts an appropriate insignia to be affixed to the…
- § 51463 A school district that participates in the program under this article shall do both of the following: (a) Maintain appropriate records in order to identify…
- § 51464 It is the intent of the Legislature that no fee be charged to a pupil pursuant to this article.
ARTICLE 7. State Seal of Civic Engagement §§ 51470–51475 · 6 sections
- § 51470 It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a State Seal of Civic Engagement to encourage, and create pathways for, pupils in elementary and secondary…
- § 51471 (a) On or before January 1, 2020, the Superintendent shall recommend to the state board criteria for awarding a State Seal of Civic Engagement to pupils who…
- § 51472 The Superintendent shall do both of the following: (a) Prepare and deliver to participating school districts an appropriate insignia to be affixed to the…
- § 51473 A school district that participates in the program under this article shall do both of the following: (a) Maintain appropriate records in order to identify…
- § 51474 No fee shall be charged to a pupil to receive a State Seal of Civic Engagement.
- § 51475 (a) The California Serves Program is hereby established under the administration of the department, in collaboration with CaliforniaVolunteers, for purposes of…
CHAPTER 4. Prohibited Instruction §§ 51500–51540 · 11 sections
ARTICLE 1. Prejudices §§ 51500–51501 · 2 sections
- § 51500 (a) (1) A teacher shall not give instruction and a school district shall not sponsor any activity that promotes a discriminatory bias on the basis of race or…
- § 51501 (a) The state board and any governing board shall not adopt any textbooks or other instructional materials for use in the public schools that contain any…
ARTICLE 2. Prohibited Materials §§ 51510–51514 · 5 sections
- § 51510 Except as to textbooks approved by the state board or a county board of education, no bulletin, circular, or publication may be used as the basis of study or…
- § 51511 Nothing in this code shall be construed to prevent, or exclude from the public schools, references to religion or references to or the use of religious…
- § 51512 The Legislature finds that the use by any person, including a pupil, of any electronic listening or recording device in any classroom of the elementary and…
- § 51513 No test, questionnaire, survey, or examination containing any questions about the pupil’s personal beliefs or practices in sex, family life, morality, and…
- § 51514 If a local educational agency administers a voluntary survey that already includes questions pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity, the local…
ARTICLE 3. Solicitations §§ 51520–51521 · 2 sections
- § 51520 (a) During school hours, and within one hour before the time of opening and within one hour after the time of closing of school, pupils of the public school…
- § 51521 No person shall solicit any other person to contribute to any fund or to purchase any item of personal property, upon the representation that the money…
ARTICLE 4. Advocacy or Teaching of Communism § 51530 · 1 section
- § 51530 No teacher giving instruction in any school, or on any property belonging to any agencies included in the public school system, shall advocate or teach…
ARTICLE 5. Humane Treatment of Animals § 51540 · 1 section
- § 51540 In the public elementary and high schools or in public elementary and high school school-sponsored activities and classes held elsewhere than on school…
CHAPTER 5. Authorized Classes and Courses of Instruction §§ 51705–51879.9 · 81 sections
ARTICLE 1.5. The Online Classroom Pilot Program § 51705 · 1 section
- § 51705 For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Asynchronous interactive instructional program” means a program in which a…
ARTICLE 2. Mathematics Readiness Challenge § 51710 · 1 section
- § 51710 (a) The Mathematics Readiness Challenge program is hereby established. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the program support the implementation and…
ARTICLE 3. Evening High School for Minors §§ 51720–51724 · 5 sections
- § 51720 The governing board of a school district which maintains high schools and a continuation education program may establish and maintain evening high school…
- § 51721 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a governing board to which this article applies may establish the number of, and the specific days of the week on…
- § 51722 An evening high school program shall consist of courses similar to the curriculum of the regular high schools of the district. Credit for coursework…
- § 51723 The attendance of a minor at an evening high school program shall be voluntary, but the written permission of the minor’s parent or guardian is required.
- § 51724 The attendance of a pupil in an evening high school program shall not result in the crediting of more than one unit of average daily attendance during the…
ARTICLE 4. Elementary School Special Day and Evening Classes §§ 51730–51732 · 3 sections
- § 51730 The governing body of any elementary school district may establish and maintain, in connection with any school under its jurisdiction, special day and evening…
- § 51731 These classes may be convened at the hours and for the length of time during the school day or evening, and at the period and for the length of time during the…
- § 51732 The evening elementary schools and the special day and evening classes of the elementary schools of any school district shall be open for the admission of such…
ARTICLE 5. Instruction by Correspondence §§ 51740–51741 · 2 sections
- § 51740 The governing board of a district maintaining one or more secondary schools may, subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the State Board…
- § 51741 Notwithstanding anything in Section 51740 to the contrary, the governing board of any school district may, subject to such rules and regulations as may be…
ARTICLE 5.5. Independent Study §§ 51744–51749.6 · 13 sections
- § 51744 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that by offering a range of quality educational options, including classroom-based, hybrid, and nonclassroom-based…
- § 51745 (a) Commencing with the 1990–91 school year, a local educational agency may offer independent study to meet the educational needs of pupils in accordance with…
- § 51745.5 For purposes of this article the following definitions apply: (a) “Live interaction” means interaction between the pupil and local educational agency…
- § 51745.6 (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the ratio of average daily attendance for independent study pupils 18 years of age or less for a school district…
- § 51746 It is the intent of the Legislature that school districts and county offices of education offering independent study shall provide appropriate existing…
- § 51747 A local educational agency shall not be eligible to receive apportionments for independent study by pupils, regardless of age, unless it has adopted written…
- § 51747.3 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a local educational agency, including, but not limited to, a charter school, may not claim state funding for the independent…
- § 51747.5 (a) The independent study by each pupil shall be coordinated, evaluated, and, notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 46300, shall be under the general…
- § 51748 School districts and county offices of education shall not be eligible to receive apportionment for independent study attendance by any pupil who is not…
- § 51749 (a) The Superintendent, upon the next revision of the California Basic Educational Data System, or its equivalent, following July 1, 1990, shall include all…
- § 51749.3 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish rules and regulations for the purposes of implementing this article.
- § 51749.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and commencing with the 2015–16 school year, a local educational agency may, for pupils enrolled in kindergarten and grades…
- § 51749.6 (a) Before enrolling a pupil in a course authorized by Section 51749.5, each local educational agency shall provide the pupil and, if the pupil is less than 18…
ARTICLE 6. Military Science and Tactics § 51750 · 1 section
- § 51750 The governing board of any school district maintaining a secondary school may establish in the school courses in military science and tactics complying with…
ARTICLE 7. Work Experience Education §§ 51760–51769.5 · 15 sections
- § 51760 The governing board of a district maintaining a high school may do all of the following: (a) Provide for the instruction of pupils in the skills, attitudes,…
- § 51760.1 (a) Consistent with the most recent state plan on career technical education, work-based learning opportunities for pupils may be delivered by partnership…
- § 51760.2 Regional and local business organizations, in conjunction with school districts and community colleges, and any other representatives deemed appropriate,…
- § 51760.3 The governing board of any school district offering work experience education pursuant to the authority of Section 51760 shall grant credit to pupils…
- § 51760.5 Notwithstanding Section 51760, attendance in work experience classes or programs maintained by a regional occupational center or regional occupational program…
- § 51762 The Department of Education shall adopt any rules and regulations necessary to implement the standards set by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in…
- § 51762.5 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall adopt standards for district plans required by subdivision (b) of Section 46300. The adopted standards shall…
- § 51763 All laws or rules applicable to minors in employment relationships are applicable to students enrolled in work experience education courses.
- § 51764 Work experience education as authorized by this article includes the employment of pupils in part-time jobs selected or approved as having educational value…
- § 51765 (a) The governing board of a school district that establishes and supervises a work experience education program in which pupils with intellectual disabilities…
- § 51766 Work experience education involving apprenticeable occupations shall be consistent with the purposes of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 3070) of Division 3…
- § 51767 The governing board of any school district which maintains one or more high schools may provide for the establishment and supervision of work experience…
- § 51768 The governing board of any school district providing work experience and work study education may provide for employment under the program of pupils in…
- § 51769 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code or the Labor Code to the contrary, the school district, county superintendent of schools, or any school…
- § 51769.5 Sections 1292, 1293, and 1294 of the Labor Code shall not apply to work experience education programs established pursuant to this article if all of the…
ARTICLE 7.3. Energy Education §§ 51770–51772 · 3 sections
- § 51770 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that despite various energy conservation measures, energy costs have continued to increase and will likely increase…
- § 51771 (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall provide for the development of a model energy education program appropriate for use by school districts…
- § 51772 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall make the model program developed under this article available to each school district. School districts shall…
ARTICLE 7.4. Work Experience Education Program Reviews §§ 51775–51778 · 4 sections
- § 51775 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that work experience education is an integral part of the total educational process of pupils, and that work…
- § 51776 The governing board of each school district offering work experience education programs may elect to provide for independent onsite program review of work…
- § 51777 (a) For purposes of facilitating the program reviews required by Section 51776, the governing boards of two or more school districts may agree to establish a…
- § 51778 (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish a Work Experience Education Consortia Steering Committee comprised of certificated representatives…
ARTICLE 7.5. Genetic Diseases and Disorders Instruction §§ 51780–51782 · 3 sections
- § 51780 It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to generate and encourage the development of educational programs for the prevention of genetic…
- § 51781 (a) The department shall prepare, and distribute to school districts, guidelines and plans for the preparation of comprehensive educational programs for the…
- § 51782 The instructional program in genetic diseases and disorders shall provide pupils with practical information concerning, but not limited to, the following…
ARTICLE 8. Aviation Education §§ 51790–51792 · 3 sections
- § 51790 The Department of Education shall aid and assist local school districts in the development and conduct of a program of aviation education. The Department of…
- § 51791 The governing board of each district is encouraged to develop aims and purposes of aviation education designed to include: (a) integration of appropriate…
- § 51792 The Department of Aeronautics is authorized to make available to public schools offering actual flight experience as part of the regular curriculum a basic…
ARTICLE 8.5. School Instructional Gardens §§ 51795–51798 · 6 sections
- § 51795 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) School gardens provide an interactive, hands-on learning environment in which pupils learn…
- § 51796 (a) The Instructional School Gardens Program is hereby established for the promotion, creation, and support of instructional school gardens through the…
- § 51796.2 (a) A school district, charter school, or county office of education may apply to the Superintendent for funding for a three-year grant under this article in a…
- § 51796.5 As a condition of the receipt of funds pursuant to this article, a school district, charter school, or county office of education, within six months of the…
- § 51797 During its annual discretionary grant funding process, the California Integrated Waste Management Board may give preferential consideration to providing an…
- § 51798 A school district, charter school, or county office of education that is operating a school garden may sell produce grown in the school garden, regardless of…
ARTICLE 9. Home Teaching §§ 51800–51802 · 3 sections
- § 51800 The governing board of any school district, may employ teachers known as “home teachers” not exceeding one teacher for every 500 units of average daily…
- § 51801 The home teacher shall work in the homes of the pupils, instructing children and adults in matters relating to school attendance and preparation therefor, in…
- § 51802 (a) The governing board of a school district maintaining a home teaching program, or providing home instruction as authorized by law for pupils with…
ARTICLE 10. Community Service Classes §§ 51810–51815 · 6 sections
- § 51810 The governing board of any school district maintaining secondary schools is authorized without the approval of the department to establish and maintain…
- § 51811 Community service classes shall be open for the admission of adults and of such minors as in the judgment of the governing board may profit therefrom.
- § 51812 Community service classes may be convened at such hours and for such length of time during the day or evening and at such period and for such length of time…
- § 51813 Governing boards shall have the authority to provide for granting appropriate certificates or other recognition of skill or accomplishment in such classes.
- § 51814 Attendance or average daily attendance in community service classes pursuant to this article shall not be reported to the State Department of Education for…
- § 51815 Governing boards may expend from the general fund of the district any money which is budgeted for community services to establish and maintain community…
ARTICLE 11.5. Local Educational Agency Contracting § 51827 · 1 section
- § 51827 (a) On or before July 1, 2027, the governing board of a school district or educational joint powers authority, the governing body of a charter school, or the…
ARTICLE 12. Consumer Economics Programs § 51833 · 1 section
- § 51833 (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, with the approval of the State Board of Education, plan and develop a one-semester instructional program…
ARTICLE 13. Driver Training §§ 51850–51854 · 5 sections
- § 51850 The governing board of a school district maintaining a high school or high schools, a county superintendent of schools, and the California Youth Authority and…
- § 51851 A course of instruction in automobile driver education shall meet all of the following: (a) Be of at least 21/2 semester periods and shall be taught by a…
- § 51852 A course of instruction in the laboratory phase of driver education shall include, for each student enrolled in the class, instruction under one of the…
- § 51853 Any reference in this code to automobile driver training shall be deemed to refer to the laboratory phase of driver education described by Section 51852.
- § 51854 (a) The State Department of Education shall adopt rules and regulations requiring all automobile driver training vehicles to be fitted with instrumentation…
ARTICLE 14. Bicycle Safety Instruction § 51860 · 1 section
- § 51860 (a) The governing board of any school district having jurisdiction over any elementary, intermediate, junior high, or high school may provide time and…
ARTICLE 14.5. California Distance Learning Policy § 51865 · 1 section
- § 51865 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that legislation be enacted to implement the policy objectives set forth in this section with regard to distance…
ARTICLE 16. Aquatic Safety §§ 51879.7–51879.9 · 3 sections
- § 51879.7 The Legislature finds that, given the great diversity of water recreation activities available statewide and the significant loss of life associated with those…
- § 51879.8 The Department of Boating and Waterways, in cooperation with the State Department of Education and other appropriate agencies, industry, and nonprofit…
- § 51879.9 Once developed, the Department of Boating and Waterways shall notify the schools and school districts of the availability of the aquatic safety program.
CHAPTER 5.5. Comprehensive Health Education §§ 51880–51929 · 21 sections
ARTICLE 1. General §§ 51880–51881.5 · 3 sections
- § 51880 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Comprehensive Health Education Act of 1977.
- § 51881 The Legislature finds and declares that although many of the communicable diseases and environmental hazards which plagued earlier generations have been…
- § 51881.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that hazardous substances, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 78075 of the Health and Safety Code, are an integral…
ARTICLE 2. Definitions §§ 51890–51891 · 2 sections
- § 51890 (a) For the purposes of this chapter, “comprehensive health education programs” are defined as all educational programs offered in kindergarten and grades 1 to…
- § 51891 As used in this chapter, “community participation” means the active participation in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive health…
ARTICLE 3. Department of Education §§ 51900–51901 · 5 sections
- § 51900 The department shall prepare and distribute to school districts guidelines for the preparation of comprehensive health education plans, and, in cooperation…
- § 51900.1 The department, in consultation with the State Department of Developmental Services and the State Department of Public Health, shall gather and make available…
- § 51900.5 (a) During the next revision of the publication “Health Framework for California Public Schools” (health framework), the Instructional Quality Commission shall…
- § 51900.6 (a) (1) The state board shall, based upon recommendations by the Superintendent, consider including age-appropriate content for kindergarten and grades 1 to…
- § 51901 The Department of Education shall be responsible for the preparation and distribution of health education materials and for providing assistance for in-service…
ARTICLE 4. Comprehensive Health Education Plans §§ 51911–51915 · 4 sections
- § 51911 Approval of district plans shall be made in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Education.
- § 51913 The plan for a comprehensive health education program shall include a statement setting forth the district’s educational program for health education on a…
- § 51914 No plan shall be approved by the State Board of Education unless it determines that the plan was developed with the active cooperation of parents, community,…
- § 51915 In the development of a plan for a comprehensive health education program, the governing board of a school district may include in such plan the employment of…
ARTICLE 5. In-Service Training §§ 51920–51921 · 2 sections
- § 51920 The Department of Education shall reimburse all school certificated personnel from those school districts in which the governing board has adopted a…
- § 51921 School district governing boards may, at their discretion, assign units of credit for participation in in-service training programs undertaken pursuant to this…
ARTICLE 6. Mandatory Mental Health Education §§ 51925–51929 · 5 sections
- § 51925 Each school district, county office of education, state special school, and charter school that offers one or more courses in health education to pupils in…
- § 51926 Instruction and materials required pursuant to this article shall satisfy all of the following: (a) Be appropriate for use with pupils of all races, genders,…
- § 51927 (a) This article does not limit a pupil’s health and mental health privacy or confidentiality rights. (b) A pupil receiving instruction pursuant to this…
- § 51928 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Age appropriate” has the same meaning as defined in Section 51931. (b) “English learner”…
- § 51929 On or before January 1, 2024, the department shall develop a plan to expand mental health instruction in California public schools.
CHAPTER 5.6. California Healthy Youth Act §§ 51930–51939 · 10 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 51930–51932 · 3 sections
- § 51930 (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Healthy Youth Act. (b) The purposes of this chapter are as follows: (1) To provide pupils…
- § 51931 For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Age appropriate” refers to topics, messages, and teaching methods suitable to…
- § 51932 (a) This chapter does not apply to description or illustration of human reproductive organs that may appear in a textbook, adopted pursuant to law, if the…
ARTICLE 2. Required Comprehensive Sexual Health Education and HIV Prevention Education §§ 51933–51934 · 2 sections
- § 51933 All comprehensive sexual health education and HIV prevention education pursuant to Section 51934, whether taught or supplemented by school district personnel…
- § 51934 (a) Each school district shall ensure that all pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, receive comprehensive sexual health education and HIV prevention education…
ARTICLE 3. In-Service Training §§ 51935–51936 · 2 sections
- § 51935 (a) A school district shall cooperatively plan and conduct in-service training for all school district personnel that provide HIV prevention education, through…
- § 51936 School districts may contract with outside consultants or guest speakers, including those who have developed multilingual curricula or curricula accessible to…
ARTICLE 4. Notice and Parental Excuse §§ 51937–51939 · 3 sections
- § 51937 It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage pupils to communicate with their parents or guardians about human sexuality and HIV and to respect the rights…
- § 51938 (a) A parent or guardian of a pupil has the right to excuse their child from all or part of comprehensive sexual health education, HIV prevention education,…
- § 51939 (a) A pupil may not attend any class in comprehensive sexual health education or HIV prevention education, or participate in any anonymous, voluntary, and…
CHAPTER 5.7. Prevention of Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries § 51940 · 1 section
- § 51940 (a) The California Healthy Kids Resource Center, in consultation with the State Department of Education, shall review, acquire, and circulate curricula focused…
CHAPTER 5.8. Sexual Abuse and Sex Trafficking Prevention Education § 51950 · 1 section
- § 51950 (a) Except as required by subdivision (d), a school district may provide abuse, including sexual abuse and assault, and human trafficking prevention education.…
CHAPTER 6. Homework Policies § 52000 · 1 section
- § 52000 (a) Each local educational agency is encouraged to do all of the following: (1) (A) By the start of the 2027–28 school year, develop a homework policy for all…
CHAPTER 6.1. Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999 §§ 52050–52077 · 49 sections
ARTICLE 1. Legislative Findings and Intent §§ 52050–52050.5 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 2. Public School Performance Accountability Program § 52052 · 1 section
- § 52052 (a) (1) The single multiple measures public school accountability system authorized by Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 52059.5) shall measure the overall…
ARTICLE 3.7. Quality Education Investment Act of 2006 §§ 52055.700–52055.780 · 11 sections
- § 52055.700 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Quality Education Investment Act of 2006.
- § 52055.710 It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to accomplish all of the following: (a) Implement the terms of the proposed settlement agreement…
- § 52055.720 (a) For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (1) “Academic Performance Index” or “API” means the Academic Performance Index established…
- § 52055.730 (a) The Superintendent shall identify and invite school districts and chartering authorities that have eligible schools to participate in the program…
- § 52055.740 (a) For each funded school, the county superintendent of schools for the county in which the school is located shall annually review the school and its data to…
- § 52055.750 (a) A school district or chartering authority that receives funding pursuant to this article shall agree to do all of the following for each funded school…
- § 52055.755 With assistance from the school district or the chartering authority, or, where appropriate, with regional assistance provided under subdivision (j) of Section…
- § 52055.760 (a) A school district or chartering authority may apply for authority from the Superintendent to use alternative program requirements if the district or…
- § 52055.765 (a) The department shall perform, or contract with an independent evaluator to perform, all of the following: (1) Compose a progress report on or before…
- § 52055.770 (a) School districts and chartering authorities shall receive funding at the following rate, on behalf of funded schools: (1) For kindergarten and grades 1 to…
- § 52055.780 (a) School districts and chartering authorities shall receive funding at the following rate, on behalf of funded schools: (1) For kindergarten and grades 1 to…
ARTICLE 4.5. Local Control and Accountability Plans and the Statewide System of Support §§ 52059.5–52077 · 35 sections
- § 52059.5 (a) A single system for providing support to local educational agencies and schools pursuant to this article and for federal programs pursuant to the federal…
- § 52060 (a) On or before July 1, 2014, the governing board of each school district shall adopt a local control and accountability plan using a template adopted by the…
- § 52061 On or before July 1, 2015, and each year thereafter, a school district shall update the local control and accountability plan. The annual update shall be…
- § 52062 (a) Before the governing board of a school district considers the adoption of a local control and accountability plan or an annual update to the local control…
- § 52063 (a) (1) The governing board of a school district shall establish a parent advisory committee to provide advice to the governing board of the school district…
- § 52064 (a) On or before March 31, 2014, the state board shall adopt a template for a local control and accountability plan and an annual update to the local control…
- § 52064.1 (a) (1) On or before July 1, 2019, and each year thereafter, each school district, county office of education, and charter school shall develop a summary…
- § 52064.4 (a) On or before January 31, 2025, the instructions developed by the state board pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 52064 shall specify…
- § 52064.5 (a) On or before October 1, 2016, the state board shall adopt evaluation rubrics for all of the following purposes: (1) To assist a school district, county…
- § 52065 (a) The superintendent of a school district shall do both of the following: (1) Prominently post on the homepage of the internet website of the school district…
- § 52065.1 (a) (1) If a local educational agency is identified pursuant to the audit described in Section 41020 as not having adopted a local control and accountability…
- § 52066 (a) On or before July 1, 2014, each county superintendent of schools shall develop, and present to the county board of education for adoption, a local control…
- § 52067 On or before July 1, 2015, and each year thereafter, a county board of education shall update the local control and accountability plan. The annual update…
- § 52068 (a) Before the county board of education considers the adoption of a local control and accountability plan or an annual update to the local control and…
- § 52069 (a) (1) A county superintendent of schools shall establish a parent advisory committee to provide advice to the county board of education and the county…
- § 52070 (a) Not later than five days after adoption of a local control and accountability plan or annual update to a local control and accountability plan, the…
- § 52070.5 (a) Not later than five days after adoption of a local control and accountability plan or annual update to a local control and accountability plan, the county…
- § 52071 (a) If the governing board of a school district requests technical assistance, the county superintendent of schools shall provide technical assistance…
- § 52071.1 (a) If the governing board of a school district requests technical assistance regarding the school district’s data management processes, the county…
- § 52071.5 (a) If the Superintendent does not approve a local control and accountability plan or annual update to the local control and accountability plan approved by a…
- § 52071.51 (a) For any county office of education that fails to meet the requirements of Section 60900, the department shall provide technical assistance for a minimum of…
- § 52072 (a) Beginning with the release of the 2026 California School Dashboard pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 52064.5, and upon determination by the department…
- § 52072.1 (a) The Superintendent may, with the approval of the state board, identify school districts in need of intervention. (b) The Superintendent shall only…
- § 52072.5 (a) Beginning with the release of the 2026 California School Dashboard pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 52064.5, and upon determination by the department…
- § 52072.6 (a) The Superintendent may, with the approval of the state board, identify county offices of education in need of intervention. (b) The Superintendent shall…
- § 52073 (a) (1) By September 1, 2018, the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence and the department shall establish a process, administered by the…
- § 52073.1 (a) Subject to an appropriation included in the annual Budget Act for this purpose, the department and the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence…
- § 52073.2 (a) The California Collaborative for Educational Excellence and the department shall establish a process, administered by the department, to select, subject to…
- § 52073.3 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Without capacity in California’s public school system to conduct meaningful interestholder…
- § 52073.4 (a) (1) Contingent upon federal English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement Act (20 U.S.C. 6811 et seq.) funds appropriated in…
- § 52073.5 (a) (1) By March 1, 2024, the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence and the department shall select, subject to approval by the executive…
- § 52074 (a) The California Collaborative for Educational Excellence is hereby established. (b) The purpose of the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence…
- § 52075 (a) A complaint that a school district, county superintendent of schools, or charter school has not complied with the requirements of this article or Sections…
- § 52076 Notwithstanding any other law, this article shall not be subject to waiver by the state board pursuant to Section 33050 or by the Superintendent.
- § 52077 If any activities authorized pursuant to this article and implementing regulations are found to be a state reimbursable mandate pursuant to Section 6 of…
CHAPTER 7. Bilingual Education §§ 52160–52202 · 36 sections
ARTICLE 3. Bilingual-Bicultural Education Act of 1976 §§ 52160–52178 · 27 sections
- § 52160 This article shall be known and may be referred to as the Chacon-Moscone Bilingual-Bicultural Education Act of 1976.
- § 52161 The Legislature finds that there are more than 288,000 school age children who are limited English proficient and who do not have the English language skills…
- § 52162 The State Board of Education shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary for the effective administration of this article.
- § 52163 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section shall govern the construction of this article. (a) “Basic bilingual education”…
- § 52163.5 Each of the program options defined in subdivision (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) of Section 52163 shall include structured activities which promote the…
- § 52163.6 The Legislature recognizes that for many languages there is a shortage of primary language textbooks, curriculum, teacher training programs, and bilingual…
- § 52164 Each school district shall ascertain not later than the first day of March of each year, under regulations prescribed by the State Board of Education, the…
- § 52164.1 The superintendent, with the approval of the State Board of Education, shall prescribe census-taking methods, applicable to all school districts in the state,…
- § 52164.2 The Department of Education shall review the results of the census each year. Where the information provided by a school district appears to be inaccurate or…
- § 52164.3 (a) Each school district shall reassess pupils whose primary language is other than English, whether they are designated as limited English proficient, or…
- § 52164.4 If a previously untested pupil enrolling in a school for the first time speaks a language other than English in the home, such pupil shall be enrolled as a…
- § 52164.5 Pertinent information from the assessment of language skills for each pupil whose primary language is other than English shall be retained by the school…
- § 52164.6 Reclassification criteria shall be established by each school district in which pupils of limited English proficiency are enrolled. The criteria shall…
- § 52165 Each pupil of limited English proficiency enrolled in the California public school system in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, shall receive…
- § 52166 All teachers and aides providing instruction in programs established pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or, unless waived by the board, (c) of Section 52163,…
- § 52167 (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in classes established pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (c) of Section 52165, not more than two-thirds nor…
- § 52168 (a) The superintendent shall ensure that funds appropriated for purposes of this article supplement and do not supplant categorical funds allocated from other…
- § 52169 (a) The requirements for establishing programs mandated pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 52165 shall be in effect beginning with the 1977–78 school year.…
- § 52170 (a) Each school which has enrolled one or more pupils of limited English proficiency shall prepare a plan to meet the needs of pupils of limited English…
- § 52171 Each district shall submit annually to the department an evaluation of pupil progress for every program that has been approved pursuant to this article in a…
- § 52172 Teachers and teacher aides who are not bilingual-crosscultural teachers and aides, as defined by subdivisions (h) and (i) of Section 52163, shall not be…
- § 52173 (a) Prior to the enrollment of any pupils in any program authorized pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (d) of Section 52163, parents or guardians of…
- § 52174 Nothing in this article shall preclude the participation by an individual school district in a consortium or a cooperative in order to provide support and…
- § 52175 A school district governing board may allow a nonresident pupil of limited English proficiency to enroll in or attend its program authorized pursuant to…
- § 52176 (a) Each school district with more than 50 pupils of limited English proficiency shall establish a districtwide advisory committee on bilingual education.…
- § 52177 Out of funds appropriated for these purposes, the superintendent shall administer this article. The responsibilities of the superintendent in administering…
- § 52178 All principal teachers providing instruction in programs defined by subdivision (a), (b), or, unless waived by the board, (c), and insofar as teachers are…
ARTICLE 4. Bilingual Teacher Training Assistance Program §§ 52180–52186 · 6 sections
- § 52180 It is the intent of the Legislature that school districts, county offices of education and institutions of higher education, with the assistance of the State…
- § 52181 The State Bilingual Teacher Training Assistance Program is hereby established for teachers who are granted waivers under Section 52178 and who are enrolled and…
- § 52182 (a) The State Department of Education shall establish minimum standards and criteria for the State Bilingual Teacher Training Assistance Program, and shall…
- § 52183 The department shall establish minimum requirements for teachers who may wish to participate in the program, including, but not limited to, the following…
- § 52185 Agencies funded under Section 52182 to provide training services shall report annually to the Superintendent of Public Instruction the information required…
- § 52186 The department shall provide ongoing technical assistance and support for districts establishing or continuing bilingual teacher training assistance programs…
ARTICLE 5. Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program §§ 52200–52202 · 3 sections
- § 52200 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program.
- § 52201 (a) (1) The purpose of the grant program established under this article is to ensure that California can meet the demand for bilingual teachers necessary for…
- § 52202 (a) The Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program shall be administered by the department in consultation with the Commission on Teacher…
CHAPTER 8.3. Advanced Placement Program §§ 52240–52243 · 3 sections
- § 52240 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) Advanced placement courses, for which school credit is awarded, provide rigorous…
- § 52242 A school district may help pay for all or part of the costs of one or more advanced placement examinations that are charged to economically disadvantaged…
- § 52243 On or before February 1, 2025, the department shall request the College Board to provide an alternative testing date at the end of the fall semester for pupils…
CHAPTER 9. Career Technical Education §§ 52300–52462 · 78 sections
ARTICLE 1. Regional Occupational Centers §§ 52300–52334.7 · 44 sections
- § 52300 In enacting this article, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide qualified students with the opportunity to attend a technical school or enroll in a…
- § 52301 (a) (1) The county superintendent of schools of each county, with the consent of the state board, may establish and maintain, or with one or more counties may…
- § 52301.3 Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 52301, the State Board of Education may grant permanent status to the Kern Union High School District to operate a…
- § 52301.5 For the purposes of this chapter: (a) “California Occupational Information System” means the statewide comprehensive labor market and occupational supply and…
- § 52302 (a) On or before July 1, 2010, the governing board of each regional occupational center or program shall ensure that at least 90 percent of all state-funded…
- § 52302.2 (a) The governing board of each regional occupational center or program shall establish and maintain an employer advisory board or boards pursuant to…
- § 52302.3 (a) Every career technical course or program offered by a school district or districts or county superintendent or superintendents sponsoring a regional…
- § 52302.5 A regional occupational center or regional occupational program shall do all of the following: (a) Provide individual counseling and guidance in career…
- § 52302.8 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that vocational training resources that are provided through regional occupational centers and programs are an…
- § 52302.9 Regional occupational centers and programs may jointly establish, operate, and share the enrollments and costs of career technical education instruction with…
- § 52303 “Regional occupational program,” as used in this chapter, means a sequence of career technical or technical training programs that meet the criteria and…
- § 52304 Subsequent to completing the survey required by Section 52302 and prior to establishing a regional occupational center or program authorized by Section 52301,…
- § 52304.1 The governing board of each school district maintaining a high school shall annually review and assess the participation of pupils in grades 11 and 12 in…
- § 52305 A regional occupational center or regional occupational program may: (a) Be established pursuant to Section 52301 to provide day, including Saturday and…
- § 52306 (a) Any business, commercial, trade, manufacturing, or construction activity referred to in subdivision (c) of Section 52305 may be undertaken as part of a…
- § 52307 To the extent feasible, in establishing programs pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 52305, efforts shall be made to work cooperatively with sheltered…
- § 52308 A regional occupational center or program may lease buildings of not more than one story or equipment for a term not to exceed 10 years, subject to an…
- § 52309 (a) The curriculum initially provided by a regional occupational center or regional occupational program upon commencing operation shall be subject to the…
- § 52310 Credits earned from courses completed in a regional occupational center or regional occupational program may be applied toward fulfillment of requirements for…
- § 52310.5 (a) Each regional occupational program or center shall be maintained by, and subject to the authority and control of, its governing board. (b) The governing…
- § 52311 Each regional occupational center shall be established at a readily accessible place selected to serve the pupils who will attend the center. The county…
- § 52312 For the purposes of this chapter the county superintendent of schools, the governing board of the school district, or the governing boards of school districts…
- § 52313 The county superintendent of schools or governing board of a school district or districts, as the case may be, maintaining a regional occupational center, or…
- § 52314 (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any pupil eligible to attend a high school or adult school in a school district subject to the jurisdiction of a…
- § 52314.5 A regional occupational center or program established and maintained by a county superintendent of schools, school districts, or joint powers agencies pursuant…
- § 52315 (a) A visually impaired, orthopedically impaired, or deaf person who is not enrolled in a regular high school or community college program may attend a…
- § 52316 Any pupil enrolled in grade 10, 11, or 12, and who is also attending a regional occupational center or regional occupational program may be excused from…
- § 52317 The governing board of any regional occupational center or program operated by a joint powers agency, a single district, or a county superintendent of schools…
- § 52319 (a) Whenever the establishment and maintenance of a regional occupational center by two or more school districts has been undertaken pursuant to an agreement…
- § 52320 For the purposes of receiving advances of funds from the county treasury only, a regional occupational center shall be deemed to be a school district.
- § 52321 (a) (1) Commencing in the 2009–10 fiscal year, a regional occupational center or program established and maintained by school districts or joint powers…
- § 52322 The State Board of Education shall make provision in allocating any funds received from the federal government pursuant to Public Law 576 of the 90th Congress…
- § 52323 No instruction shall be given in a regional occupational center except by a qualified teacher holding a certificate issued pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing…
- § 52324.6 (a) Any regional occupational program shall be eligible to apply for apportionments as a necessary small regional occupational program under this section if it…
- § 52325 A day of attendance for pupils enrolled in a regional occupational center or program is 180 minutes of attendance.
- § 52327 (a) The governing board of a school district maintaining a regional occupational center may establish a bookstore on school district property for the purpose…
- § 52327.5 Each governing board establishing or maintaining a regional occupational center or program pursuant to Section 52310.5 shall meet the requirements set forth in…
- § 52328 (a) Any school district, located in whole or in part in a county contiguous with the Republic of Mexico, or any county superintendent of schools of a county…
- § 52329 (a) The governing board of a school district located in a county, or the county superintendent of schools maintaining a regional occupational program in a…
- § 52330 The governing board of any school district or the county superintendent of schools that is operating or jointly operating a regional occupational center or…
- § 52331 A regional occupational program or center, established pursuant to Section 52301, may contract with a community college district to provide career technical…
- § 52334 (a) Indirect costs charged to regional occupational centers and programs may not exceed the school district or county office of education, as appropriate,…
- § 52334.5 (a) Within existing resources, the department shall conduct monitoring reviews of each regional occupational center or program at least once every four years…
- § 52334.7 (a) The Superintendent may certify, by name, any regional occupational center or program, county office of education, or adult education program established…
ARTICLE 1.5. Apportionment of Funds for Regional Occupational Centers §§ 52335–52335.12 · 2 sections
- § 52335 For purposes of this article, “ROC/P” means regional occupational center or program.
- § 52335.12 (a) As a condition of receiving state or federal funds, the regional occupational center or program shall report annually to the department the academic and…
ARTICLE 1.7. Career Preparatory Program §§ 52336–52336.5 · 4 sections
- § 52336 (a) Any business, trade or professional association, union, or state or local governmental agency operating within this state may establish and operate, under…
- § 52336.1 Any pupil who has successfully completed his or her education through grade 10, with the written consent of his or her parent or guardian, may choose to follow…
- § 52336.3 (a) The State Department of Education shall adopt rules and regulations by January 1, 1996, in relation to the following: (1) An application process for…
- § 52336.5 (a) A private entity establishing a career preparatory program pursuant to this article shall not be eligible for any moneys from the state or any school…
ARTICLE 4. High School Career Technical Courses §§ 52370–52377 · 10 sections
- § 52370 The governing board of any high school district may provide for the maintenance on Saturday of special day and evening classes in career technical training…
- § 52371 Pilot programs may be established by school districts to provide for the maintenance on Saturday of classes in career technical training, upon the approval of…
- § 52372 The governing board of any high school district, subject to the provisions of this code relating to courses of study for high schools, the governing board of…
- § 52372.1 (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall adopt rules and regulations for cooperative career technical education programs and community classrooms.…
- § 52372.5 (a) For purposes of this section, a “linked learning program” is a program that is all of the following: (1) A multiyear, comprehensive high school program of…
- § 52373 (a) The governing board of any high school district maintaining an agriculture course may transport pupils, instructors, or supervisors of classes to and from…
- § 52374 The duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the governing board of any high school district with respect to any high school established…
- § 52375 No pupil shall be required to pay any fee or charge for enrollment or participation in activities of career technical student organizations which are a part of…
- § 52376 (a) The governing board of any school district that maintains a high school may expend supplemental funding apportioned pursuant to Section 54761 for the…
- § 52377 Any reference to “vocational” education, skill training, instruction, or training in this code shall be deemed to be a reference to “career technical”…
ARTICLE 5. Summer Vocational Education §§ 52381–52386 · 4 sections
- § 52381 The Legislature finds that it is urgently necessary to reduce the continuing high level of unemployment among the youth and young adults by broadening and…
- § 52382 A program of summer career technical and technical education may be established pursuant to this article by the governing board of any school district…
- § 52383 Wages earned by pupils participating in a program of summer career technical and technical education, shall be paid weekly, or, if not reasonably possible,…
- § 52386 The governing board of a school district may contract with and receive and expend funds from any other public or private agency, foundation, or corporation for…
ARTICLE 6. Summer Environmental Internship Program §§ 52410–52414 · 5 sections
- § 52410 Upon the approval of appropriate school district personnel, or the approval of the county superintendent of schools as to students under his jurisdiction, and…
- § 52411 Duties of environmental interns employed pursuant to this article shall be established by the employing agency in conjunction with the local school district or…
- § 52412 Approval of environmental internships shall be required by the district superintendent or the county superintendent of schools.
- § 52413 Successful completion of a summer program and submission by the environmental intern of a suitable project report to the school district may result in academic…
- § 52414 The school district or county superintendent of schools and the employing agency shall jointly apply to the Conservation Education Service for funds. The…
ARTICLE 7. Agricultural Career Technical Education §§ 52450–52454 · 5 sections
- § 52450 The Legislature of the State of California recognizes that agriculture is the most basic and singularly important industry in the state, that agriculture is of…
- § 52451 The State Department of Education shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this article. The rules and…
- § 52452 (a) There is hereby created within the department an agricultural career technical education unit to assist school districts in the establishment and…
- § 52453 (a) The State Director of Career Technical Education shall establish and convene an Agricultural Advisory Committee representative of the various and diverse…
- § 52454 (a) The curriculum of school districts that choose to participate in the state program of agricultural career technical education shall include all of the…
ARTICLE 7.5. Agricultural Career Technical Education Incentive Program §§ 52460–52462 · 4 sections
- § 52460 The governing board of a school district which operates an agricultural career technical education program may apply to the Superintendent of Public…
- § 52461 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall award grants to applicant school districts which meet the following requirements: (a) The school district shall…
- § 52461.5 (a) For purposes of this article, “agricultural career technical education equipment” shall mean any nonsalary item of expenditure, including, but not limited…
- § 52462 The State Board of Education may, with the advice of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, adopt rules and regulations governing the distribution of funds…
CHAPTER 10. Adult Schools §§ 52500–52621 · 36 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 52500–52524 · 19 sections
- § 52500 Adult schools and evening high schools shall consist of classes for adults. Minors may be admitted to those classes pursuant to board policy and Section…
- § 52500.1 (a) Adult schools shall consist of programs, courses, and classes for adults. Minors may be admitted to those programs, courses, and classes pursuant to…
- § 52501 The governing board of a school district maintaining secondary schools shall have power with the approval of the department to establish and maintain classes…
- § 52501.3 Each governing board maintaining classes for adults shall meet the requirements set forth in Sections 35145, 41010, 41011, 41015, 41020, 42103, 42600, 51040,…
- § 52501.5 Revenue derived from the Adult Education Program, established pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 84900) of Chapter 5 of Part 50 of Division 7 of…
- § 52502 The governing board of a high school district or unified school district may establish classes for adults. If these classes result in enrollment in any school…
- § 52503 The governing board of a high school district or unified school district may establish and maintain one or more adult schools by resolution of the governing…
- § 52504 Classes for adults shall conform to any course of study and graduation requirements otherwise imposed by law or under the authority of law.
- § 52505 Such classes may be convened at such hours and for such length of time during the day or evening and at such period and for such length of time during the…
- § 52506 The department shall establish standards including standards of attendance, curriculum, administration, and guidance and counseling service for these classes…
- § 52507 Governing boards shall have the authority to provide for granting appropriate credits, certificates, diplomas or other recognition of skill or accomplishment…
- § 52508 The governing board of a high school district or a unified school district shall have the authority to award diplomas or certificates to adults and eligible…
- § 52509 The governing board of any school district maintaining an adult school shall prescribe the requirements for the granting of diplomas.
- § 52511 Whenever the governing board of a school district maintaining an adult school or classes for adults is unable to maintain the school or classes in the school…
- § 52514 High schools maintained in any state institution for adults or in any city, county, or city and county jail, road camp or farm shall consist only of classes…
- § 52515 State funds shall not be apportioned to a school district unless the courses have been approved by the department pursuant to Section 41976.
- § 52517 (a) A high school or unified school district shall report for attendance in a class if either of the following occurs: (1) The school district receives full…
- § 52523 Adult education programs, courses, and classes shall not be used to supplant the regular high school curriculum for high school pupils enrolled in adult…
- § 52524 (a) The department, in conjunction with the chancellor’s office, as part of the report and recommendations required pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision…
ARTICLE 3. Adult English Classes § 52540 · 1 section
- § 52540 Upon application of 20 or more persons above 18 years of age residing in a high school district who cannot speak, read, or write the English language to a…
ARTICLE 4. Classes in Citizenship §§ 52550–52555 · 4 sections
- § 52550 In counties in which the U.S. district courts are located, the superintendent of schools of the county or city and county shall obtain monthly from the clerk…
- § 52551 The superintendent of schools of the county or city and county, after obtaining the names and addresses of the applicants, shall send a written or printed…
- § 52552 Upon application of 25 or more persons desiring training for citizenship and residing in a high school district, the governing board of the high school…
- § 52555 The course of study in training for citizenship shall consist of the teaching of U.S. history, state and community civics, and the Constitution of the United…
ARTICLE 5. Handicapped Adults §§ 52570–52572 · 2 sections
- § 52570 The governing board of a school district maintaining secondary schools or a county superintendent of schools, shall have the power, with the approval of the…
- § 52572 The governing board of a school district or the county superintendent of schools authorized by this article to establish special classes for adults designed to…
ARTICLE 6. Finances §§ 52610–52616.18 · 8 sections
- § 52610 “Adult,” for purposes of this section, means a person 18 years of age or older or a person who is not concurrently enrolled in a regular high school program.…
- § 52610.5 Notwithstanding Section 52610, any minor, regardless of age, who is pregnant or is a parent actively engaged in raising one or more of the minor’s children, is…
- § 52612 (a) Except as specified in this section, the governing board of the school district maintaining the class may require an adult enrolled in a class for adults…
- § 52613 (a) Notwithstanding any section to the contrary, each governing board of a school district maintaining classes for adults that issues a Certificate of… see note
- § 52616 Money derived under the Adult Education Program, established pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 84900) of Chapter 5 of Part 50 of Division 7 of…
- § 52616.4 (a) Money in the Adult Education Fund of a school district may be expended only for the following charges: (1) Direct instructional costs relating directly to…
- § 52616.6 A school district or county superintendent of schools may expend funds allocated to it for the purposes of classes for adults in correctional facilities only…
- § 52616.18 (a) Commencing July 1, of each fiscal year, notwithstanding that a school district was not authorized to operate an adult education program pursuant to Section…
ARTICLE 7. Advanced Scholastic and Vocational Training Program §§ 52620–52621 · 2 sections
- § 52620 The governing board of a school district overseeing an adult education program or the governing board of a community college district overseeing a noncredit…
- § 52621 (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…
CHAPTER 10.5. Immigrant Workforce Preparation Act §§ 52651–52656 · 6 sections
- § 52651 For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Board of Governors” means… see note
- § 52652 It is the intent of the Legislature that the students enrolled in classes and courses for immigrants pursuant to this chapter be provided with information…
- § 52653 School districts that receive funding pursuant to Section 52656 shall provide the following: (a) Classes and courses offered pursuant to subdivision (b) of…
- § 52654 Community college districts that receive funding for the purposes of this chapter shall provide the following: (a) Services that were reimbursable under the…
- § 52655 It is the intent of the Legislature that the superintendent develop a course of instruction for each level of English as a second language and basic skills…
- § 52656 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, school districts that received apportionment for extraordinary needs in English as a second language and basic skills from…
CHAPTER 11. Miscellaneous §§ 52700–52770 · 14 sections
ARTICLE 1. School Farms §§ 52700–52706 · 7 sections
- § 52700 The governing board of any school district may, for the purpose of providing practical instruction in agriculture, establish one or more school farms for any…
- § 52701 The cost of purchasing and equipping a school farm and all other costs not met from the receipts of the operation of the farm shall be a charge against the…
- § 52702 The governing board of the district may provide for the general supervision of the farm and the cost of the supervision may be a charge against the funds of…
- § 52703 All moneys received from the sale of produce, livestock and other products of a farm shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the general fund…
- § 52704 The governing board of the school district may, as an alternative to the procedure provided for in Section 52703, establish an account for each such farm…
- § 52705 The governing board may designate an employee or employees of the district to have custody of the account or accounts established under Section 52704, who…
- § 52706 The governing board may buy feed, livestock, and materials and supplies for a farm and may sell produce, livestock and other products of a farm in accordance…
ARTICLE 2. Patriotic Exercises and Instruction §§ 52720–52730 · 2 sections
- § 52720 In every public elementary school each day during the school year at the beginning of the first regularly scheduled class or activity period at which the…
- § 52730 (a) Providing instruction that promotes understanding the concepts of “pledge,” “allegiance,” “republic,” and “indivisible,” and understanding the importance…
ARTICLE 3. Educational Films or Video Tapes §§ 52740–52743 · 3 sections
- § 52740 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide accurate instructional materials to schools on all of the following topics: (1) The internment in the United…
- § 52742 The films or video recordings produced pursuant to this article shall be submitted to the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission for its…
- § 52743 The State Department of Education shall make available the films or video recordings produced pursuant to this article to schools.
ARTICLE 5. Pupil Survey of Instruction § 52760 · 1 section
- § 52760 (a) The student government of a school maintaining any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, may establish a committee of pupils and teachers to develop a survey by…
ARTICLE 6. College and Career Fairs § 52770 · 1 section
- § 52770 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Career fair” means an event where multiple private businesses, governmental agencies,…
CHAPTER 12.5. International Baccalaureate Diploma Program §§ 52920–52922 · 2 sections
- § 52920 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program is a comprehensive and rigorous two-year curriculum, leading…
- § 52922 A school district that offers an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program may help pay the test fees for pupils in need of financial assistance.
CHAPTER 13. Science and Technology Education Improvement Programs §§ 52950–52965 · 11 sections
ARTICLE 1. Legislative Findings and Declarations, and Statewide Goals §§ 52950–52951 · 2 sections
- § 52950 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that improved science education in elementary and secondary schools contributes to improvements in student performance.…
- § 52951 The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) California is a national and international leader in scientific and technological development. California…
ARTICLE 2. California Science Project §§ 52955–52965 · 9 sections
- § 52955 With funds appropriated therefor, the University of California, upon approval by the regents, shall establish a cooperative endeavor entitled the California…
- § 52956 The project shall establish an advisory committee to recommend proposals to be funded and criteria for project evaluation. The advisory committee shall…
- § 52957 The advisory committee shall include: (a) One representative selected by the California Postsecondary Education Commission. (b) Two representatives selected by…
- § 52958 The project shall establish criteria for approval of science projects. These criteria shall include, but not be limited to, the extent to which: (a) The…
- § 52959 Proposals for science projects which meet the criteria specified in Section 52958 shall be submitted to the advisory committee for review and recommendation.…
- § 52961 The Educational Technology Committee and the State Board of Education shall give careful consideration to funding proposals for classroom application utilizing…
- § 52962 The advisory committee shall develop criteria for evaluating each project. The criteria shall include at least the following elements: (a) The change in…
- § 52964 (a) The executive director of the project and the advisory committee shall secure the maximum amount of funding available from the federal government,…
- § 52965 This article does not apply to the University of California unless the regents, by resolution, make these provisions applicable.
CHAPTER 15. Comprehensive Reading Leadership Program §§ 53000–53006 · 7 sections
- § 53000 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Comprehensive Reading Leadership Program Act of 1996.
- § 53001 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that strong leadership is needed at the local level to improve reading instruction in kindergarten and grades 1 to 3,…
- § 53002 (a) County offices of education may apply to the State Board of Education to design a reading leadership program and develop materials that focus on…
- § 53003 From the applications received pursuant to this chapter, the State Board of Education shall select county offices of education and school districts on a…
- § 53004 From the amount appropriated for the purposes of this chapter, the State Board of Education shall determine the amount of funds to allocate to each school…
- § 53005 The State Board of Education shall designate the school districts and county offices of education that will be served by each of the reading leadership…
- § 53006 The county offices of education and school districts selected pursuant to Section 53003 shall conduct reading leadership training programs in accordance with…
CHAPTER 15.5. Screening for Risk of Reading Difficulties §§ 53008–53009.5 · 6 sections
- § 53008 (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that screening pupils for risk of reading difficulties, including dyslexia, is one of many tools that educators can…
- § 53008.5 (a) The sum of two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the department for the Literacy Coaches and…
- § 53008.7 (a) The sum of two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the department to augment the Literacy Coaches…
- § 53009 (a) The sum of two hundred fifteen million dollars ($215,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the department to augment the Literacy…
- § 53009.1 (a) (1) The sum of three hundred fifty million dollars ($350,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the department to augment the Literacy…
- § 53009.5 (a) For the 2026–27 fiscal year, the sum of forty million dollars ($40,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Superintendent for…
CHAPTER 16. California Career Pathways Trust §§ 53010–53016 · 7 sections
- § 53010 The California Career Pathways Trust is hereby established as a state education and economic and workforce development initiative with the goal of preparing…
- § 53011 Contingent upon funding provided for this purpose in the annual Budget Act, the department shall administer the California Career Pathways Trust as a…
- § 53012 A grant recipient under this chapter may be a school district, county office of education, direct-funded charter school, regional occupational center or…
- § 53013 The following are conditions of receipt of California Career Pathways Trust funds: (a) A grant recipient shall not use the funds to supplant other funding from…
- § 53014 The Superintendent shall consult with the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, state workforce investment organizations, and organizations…
- § 53015 For purposes of administering the California Career Pathways Trust, the Superintendent may do any of the following: (a) Establish a structure for awarding…
- § 53016 For purposes of considering competitive priorities for the California Career Pathways Trust, the Superintendent shall do all of the following: (a) Consider how…
CHAPTER 16.1. Golden State Pathways Program §§ 53020–53025 · 7 sections
- § 53020 This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Golden State Pathways Program Act.
- § 53021 The Golden State Pathways Program is hereby established to do all of the following: (a) Promote pathways in high-wage, high-skill, high-growth areas,…
- § 53022 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “High-priority local educational agency” means a local educational agency that meets any of…
- § 53023 Contingent upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, the department shall administer the Golden State Pathways Program…
- § 53023.5 Community college districts may partner with local educational agencies to submit applications to receive funding under this program to support the offering of…
- § 53024 (a) As a condition of receiving a Golden State Pathways Program grant, a recipient shall: (1) Not use Golden State Pathways Program grant funds to supplant…
- § 53025 (a) The Superintendent, in consultation with the executive director of the state board, shall award grants on a competitive basis to grant recipients for the…
CHAPTER 16.5. California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program §§ 53070–53076.4 · 12 sections
- § 53070 (a) The California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program is hereby established as a state education, economic, and workforce development…
- § 53070.1 (a) Commencing July 1, 2018, before awarding any grants under the program, the department shall report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the…
- § 53071 The department shall administer this program as a competitive grant program. An applicant shall demonstrate all of the following to be considered for a grant…
- § 53071.1 (a) Commencing July 1, 2019, as part of the application process, the department shall ask applicants to indicate whether they have received a grant under the…
- § 53072 (a) A grant recipient under this chapter may, consistent with subdivision (b), consist of one or more, or any combination, of the following: (1) School…
- § 53073 (a) An applicant receiving a grant from this program in a prior fiscal year shall be eligible to apply to receive a renewal grant if the applicant’s career…
- § 53074 The department shall consult with the executive director of the state board and entities having career technical education expertise, including, but not…
- § 53075 (a) When determining proposed grant recipients, the department, in consultation with the executive director of the state board, shall do both of the following:…
- § 53076 For purposes of administering the program established by this chapter, the Superintendent shall do all of the following: (a) Determine, in collaboration with…
- § 53076.1 The Controller shall include instructions in the audit guide required by Section 14502.1 that include procedures for determining that a grant recipient has met…
- § 53076.2 On or before January 31, 2024, and on or before January 31 every five years thereafter, the department shall submit to the Department of Finance, the Governor,…
- § 53076.4 For purposes of the program established by this chapter, the K–12 Workforce Pathway Coordinators and the K–14 Technical Assistance Providers established…
CHAPTER 17.5. California Career Resource Network § 53086 · 1 section
- § 53086 (a) There is in the department the California Career Resource Network Program, formerly called the California Occupational Information Coordinating Committee.…
CHAPTER 18. Race to the Top §§ 53100–53303 · 12 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 53100–53103 · 4 sections
- § 53100 For the purposes of implementing the federal Race to the Top program established by the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law…
- § 53101 (a) The Governor, the Superintendent, and the state board shall jointly develop a single high-quality plan or multiple plans, in collaboration with…
- § 53102 (a) On or before January 1, 2011, the Superintendent shall contract for an independent evaluation of the implementation and impact of the state plan submitted…
- § 53103 The Legislature finds and declares that this act is declaratory of the requirements and definitions specified in the federal guidelines for the federal Race to…
ARTICLE 2. Intervening in the Persistently Lowest-Achieving Schools §§ 53200–53202 · 4 sections
- § 53200 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Low-achieving school” means a school described in subdivision (a) of Section 53201. (b)…
- § 53201 The Superintendent and the state board shall establish a list of schools according to the following: (a) Identify any Title 1 school in improvement, corrective…
- § 53201.5 The Superintendent shall notify the governing board of a school district, county superintendent of schools, or the governing body of a charter school or its…
- § 53202 (a) For purposes of implementing the federal Race to the Top program established by Sections 14005 and 14006 of Title XIV of the federal American Recovery and…
ARTICLE 3. Parent Empowerment §§ 53300–53303 · 4 sections
- § 53300 For any school not identified as a persistently lowest-achieving school under Section 53201 which, after one full school year, is subject to corrective action…
- § 53301 (a) The local educational agency shall notify the Superintendent and the state board upon receipt of a petition under Section 53300 and upon its final…
- § 53302 (a) No more than 75 schools shall be subject to a petition authorized by this article. (b) A petition shall be counted toward this limit upon the…
- § 53303 A local educational agency shall not be required to implement the option requested by the parent petition if the request is for reasons other than improving…