CHAPTER 2. County Superintendents of Schools

Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 1200–1350 · 75 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Appointment, Qualifications, Salary and Expenses §§ 1200–1209 · 10 sections

   • § 1200 Each county superintendent shall receive his actual and necessary traveling expenses. The expenses shall be allowed by the board of supervisors, and be paid…
   • § 1201 Each county superintendent shall also receive his actual and necessary traveling expenses, when, with the approval of the board of supervisors, he attends any…
   • § 1202 The expenses of the office of superintendent of schools for its stationery, blank books, postage, expressage, freight, telephone, telegraphing, and other…
   • § 1203 The expense of providing housing for all the services of the county superintendent of schools shall be allowed by the board of supervisors of the county and…
   • § 1204 For the purposes of the retirement system of which a county superintendent of schools is a member, all contributions by or on account of the county…
   • § 1205 For the purposes of prescribing the qualifications required of county superintendents of schools the counties are classified on the basis of the average daily…
   • § 1206 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no person shall hereafter be elected or appointed to office as county superintendent of schools of any county who…
   • § 1207 The qualifications of the county superintendent of schools in each county shall be as set forth in Sections 1205 to 1212, inclusive, for that class into which…
   • § 1208 (a) All county superintendents of schools in counties within classes (1) to (8), inclusive, shall possess a valid administrative credential issued by the…
   • § 1209 A county superintendent of schools shall not increase his or her salary, financial remuneration, benefits, or pension in any manner or for any reason without…
2. ARTICLE 2. Duties, Responsibilities, and General Powers §§ 1240–1281 · 38 sections

   • § 1240 The county superintendent of schools shall do all of the following: (a) Superintend the schools of that county. (b) Maintain responsibility for the fiscal…
   • § 1240.1 If a county superintendent of schools transmits to the Controller and the Superintendent of Public Instruction a qualified or negative certification as…
   • § 1240.2 A county superintendent of schools who files a qualified or negative certification for the second report required pursuant to subdivision (l) of Section 1240…
   • § 1241 (a) Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the provisions described in subdivision (b) are waived or modified, in accordance with this section, during the portion of…
   • § 1241.5 (a) At any time during a fiscal year, the county superintendent may audit the expenditures and internal controls of school districts he or she determines to be…
   • § 1243 The county superintendent of schools shall make reports, when directed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, showing such matters relating to the public…
   • § 1244 Each county superintendent of schools shall annually, at such time as is required by the Superintendent of Public Instruction but not later than July 15th,…
   • § 1245 Each county superintendent of schools shall submit the reports as may from time to time be required by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. It shall be…
   • § 1246 Whenever the destruction of records of a county superintendent of schools is not otherwise authorized or provided for by law, the county superintendent of…
   • § 1249 (a) The county superintendent of schools may sell publications that he or she produces. (b) The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the…
   • § 1250 The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education, may enter into an agreement with the governing board of any school…
   • § 1251 The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education, may enter into an agreement with a nonpublic institution of higher…
   • § 1252 The county superintendent of schools of any county may, with the approval of the State Compensation Insurance Fund, insure the liability for compensation of…
   • § 1253 (a) Whenever any school district or community college district is situated partly within two or more counties, jurisdiction over it is, unless otherwise…
   • § 1253.5 (a) If a unified school district, described in subdivision (c), is subject to Section 1253, the county board of supervisors of each county wherein the district…
   • § 1254 The county superintendent of schools of the county in which the greatest part of the assessed valuation of any unified school district lies has jurisdiction…
   • § 1256 The county superintendent of schools shall, when there is sufficient money in the fund of any school district to maintain a free school in the district for 175…
   • § 1258 Whenever by this code the county superintendent of schools is authorized or required to prepare for, hold, or conduct any election in or for any public school…
   • § 1259 The Director of Corrections may establish and maintain classes for inmates of institutions or facilities under the jurisdiction of the Department of…
   • § 1260 The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education, may: (a) Conduct studies through research and investigation as are…
   • § 1262 Each county superintendent of schools is authorized upon request to provide consultative or coordinative services for school districts and community college…
   • § 1263 It is the intent of the Legislature that certificated personnel serving in the public schools have a responsible understanding of the nature and range of…
   • § 1266 Whenever the county superintendent of schools of any county provides for the maintenance and repair of the property of any school districts under his or her…
   • § 1267 Out of the school maintenance and repair fund the superintendent of schools of the county shall purchase materials, bill the district on supplies and…
   • § 1268 Upon receipt of the memorandum the governing board of the district shall draw an order on the funds of the district in favor of the county superintendent of…
   • § 1269 The superintendent of schools of the county may employ such extra help as is necessary to perform the labor for the maintenance and repair work, as well as to…
   • § 1270 The county superintendent of schools of any county may use schoolbuses to transport pupils attending schools or classes operated by the county superintendent…
   • § 1270.1 The county superintendent of schools may allow pupils entitled to attend the public schools under his jurisdiction, but in attendance at a school other than a…
   • § 1271 The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, hold one trustees’ meeting in each year as follows: (a) One…
   • § 1273 The county superintendent of schools, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the county board of education, may provide for the reimbursement of…
   • § 1274 The county superintendent of schools may establish a fund or funds for losses, and payments, including, but not limited to, property of the county…
   • § 1275 The county superintendent may arrange with a county purchasing agent for the purchase of standard school supplies and equipment in accordance with the…
   • § 1276 The county superintendent of schools may contract with an acceptable party who is one of the three lowest responsible bidders for the lease, purchase, or…
   • § 1277 The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education and in accordance with rules prescribed by the board, may market or…
   • § 1278 The superintendent of schools of each county may conduct teacher institutes on behalf of the school districts in the county.
   • § 1279 (a) The county superintendent of schools shall not in any manner dispose of any item of personal property worth over twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000)…
   • § 1280 If a revision in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) is proposed by the county superintendent of schools to the annual budget of the county…
   • § 1281 (a) No county superintendent of schools may hire as a consultant any entity in which he or she has a financial interest. (b) If the county superintendent of…
3. ARTICLE 3. Staff §§ 1290–1302 · 14 sections

   • § 1290 Except as otherwise provided by law, every county superintendent may appoint a deputy.
   • § 1292 The compensation of each deputy school superintendent of a city and county shall be not less than the minimum received by any high school principal in the city…
   • § 1293 A county superintendent of schools may enter into contracts of employment with persons employed by him in positions requiring certification qualifications for…
   • § 1294 Each person employed by a county superintendent of schools in a position requiring certification qualifications, except employees included in the civil service…
   • § 1294.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a county superintendent of schools may employ substitute or temporary employees in a position requiring…
   • § 1294.5 Any county superintendent of schools may employ persons possessing an appropriate credential as certificated employees in programs and projects to perform…
   • § 1295 The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education, may grant leaves of absence, with or without pay, to persons employed…
   • § 1296 (a) If the average daily attendance of the schools and classes maintained by a county superintendent of schools is 250 or more, each person who, after being…
   • § 1297 For the purpose of insurance under the workers’ compensation laws of this state, any person employed by a county superintendent of schools to supervise…
   • § 1298 By agreement between the county board of education and county board of supervisors, in counties in which the provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section…
   • § 1299 A supervisor of health employed by the county superintendent of schools shall perform such duties in connection with the supervision of the health of pupils as…
   • § 1300 (a) A county superintendent of schools may award consultancy contracts to retired certificated employees of the county superintendent of schools or a school…
   • § 1301 The county superintendent of schools, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the county board of education, may provide for the payment of the…
   • § 1302 (a) The county superintendent of schools shall not increase by ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more the salary or bonus of any employee of the county office…
4. ARTICLE 4. Classified County School Employees §§ 1310–1319 · 10 sections

   • § 1310 The provisions of this article shall become operative in any county upon adoption of a resolution by the county board of supervisors to make it operative.
   • § 1311 Each person employed by a county superintendent of schools in a position not requiring certification qualifications and whose salary is paid from the county…
   • § 1312 County employees assigned to the office of the county superintendent of schools shall cease to be employees of the county upon the establishment of a separate…
   • § 1313 Each county employee whose status is changed by this article, and who is in employment and a member of a county retirement system other than one provided by…
   • § 1314 County employees whose status is changed by this article shall retain all accumulated and unused sick leave, vacation, compensatory overtime and other benefits…
   • § 1315 The county board of education may grant to employees whose salaries are paid from the county school service fund any employee benefit which the board of…
   • § 1316 No employee transferred from the county service to a position, the salary for which is paid from the county school service fund, shall suffer any loss of…
   • § 1317 (a) The county board of education shall adopt the merit system as provided in Article 6 (commencing with Section 45240) of Chapter 5 of Part 25 of Division 3…
   • § 1318 The county board of education or county superintendent of schools may declare a holiday in the schools or offices operated by the county superintendent of…
   • § 1319 The county superintendent of schools may employ, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 45100) of Part 25 of Division 3 of…
5. ARTICLE 5. Unemployment Insurance § 1330 · 1 section

   • § 1330 (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction or the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as appropriate, shall represent, and exercise…
6. ARTICLE 6. Tax-Sheltered Annuities § 1340 · 1 section

   • § 1340 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the following procedure may be utilized for payroll-related payments as limited in this section.…
7. ARTICLE 7. Retiree Benefit Funds § 1350 · 1 section

   • § 1350 A county superintendent of schools may establish a retiree benefit fund to accumulate restricted moneys from salary reduction agreements, other contributions…