ARTICLE 7. Definitions
Article 7 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.
§§ 70–97 · 29 sections
- § 70 Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whenever any notice, report, statement, or record is required…
- § 71 “Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned.
- § 72 The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future, the present.
- § 73 The masculine gender includes the feminine.
- § 73.2 “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code.
- § 74 The singular number includes the plural, and the plural, the singular.
- § 75 “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.
- § 76 “Oath” includes affirmation.
- § 77 “State” means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. In the latter case, it includes the District of Columbia and…
- § 78 “Governing board” means board of school trustees, community college board of trustees, and city, and city and county board of education.
- § 79 “City superintendent of schools” includes the superintendent of schools of a district lying wholly or partly within a city and county.
- § 80 “Any school district” and “all school districts” mean school districts of every kind or class, except a community college district.
- § 81 “Union school district” means a district composed of two or more school districts situated in the same county.
- § 82 “Joint union school district” means a district composed of two or more school districts situated wholly or in part in different counties.
- § 83 A unified school district means a district maintaining grades kindergarten or 1 through 12. A unified district may comprise territory in more than one county.
- § 84 “City school district” includes a school district lying wholly or partly within a city and county.
- § 85 Whenever “high school district” is used in this code, unless a contrary intent appears, it includes union high school districts, joint union high school…
- § 86 A high school district, other than a city high school district, comprising two or more elementary school districts lying wholly in the same county is a union…
- § 87 A school district lying in more than one county is a joint school district.
- § 88 “State Board” or “state board” whenever used in this code means the State Board of Education, unless the context requires otherwise.
- § 89 The word “department” whenever used in this code, unless the context otherwise requires, means the State Department of Education.
- § 90 With respect to the personnel of school districts and other educational agencies, the terms “certificated” and “certified” have the same meaning.
- § 91 “World language” means any language other than English, including American Sign Language, and is synonymous with “foreign language.”
- § 92 “County” or “counties” as used in Sections 2300, 12300 to 12307, inclusive, 41000 to 41964, inclusive, 42100 to 42128, inclusive, 46000 to 46392, inclusive,…
- § 93 Wherever, pursuant to this code, any state department, officer, board, agency, committee, or commission is authorized to adopt rules and regulations, such…
- § 94 “Frontier school district” means a school district that meets either of the following conditions: (a) The total number of pupils in average daily attendance at…
- § 95 “Superintendent” or “superintendent” whenever used in this code means the Superintendent of Public Instruction, unless the context requires otherwise.
- § 96 “At-promise” has the same meaning as “at-risk,” as that term is generally understood, and consistent with federal law.
- § 97 The term “emotional disturbance,” as defined in Section 300.8(c)(4) of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and used throughout this code and the…