ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

Article 1 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 33300–33319.6 · 30 sections

§ 33300 There is in the state government a State Department of Education. Any reference to the Department of Education shall be deemed to be a reference to the State…
§ 33301 The Department of Education shall be administered through: (a) The State Board of Education which shall be the governing and policy determining body of the…
§ 33302 The Department of Education shall be conducted under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of Education.
§ 33303 The Superintendent of Public Instruction is ex officio Director of Education.
§ 33304 The provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180), Chapter 2, Part 1, Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, shall govern and apply to the…
§ 33305 Wherever in Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180), Chapter 2, Part 1, Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the term “head of the department,” or…
§ 33306 The Department of Education is the successor to, and is vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the State Board of…
§ 33307 The Department of Education shall be in possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations,…
§ 33308 The Department of Education shall administer and enforce all laws now or hereafter imposing any duty, power, or function upon any of the bodies, offices,…
§ 33308.1 The State Department of Education shall adopt guidelines to be disseminated to parents or guardians of pupils that describe the procedures that a parent or…
§ 33308.5 (a) Program guidelines issued by the State Department of Education shall be designed to serve as a model or example, and shall not be prescriptive. Program…
§ 33309 In addition to the Division of Libraries of the Department of Education, established by law, the State Board of Education may, upon recommendation of the…
§ 33310 The State Department of Education may sell any educational materials and directories related to its scope and duties.
§ 33311 When the Department of Education fixes the price of any publication, it shall specify the class of persons or institutions that may receive copies of the…
§ 33312 Any county, or any school district, in this state may purchase the publications described in Sections 33309 to 33313, inclusive, from the Department of…
§ 33313 All moneys received from the sale of materials pursuant to Section 33310 of the Education Code shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the…
§ 33314 The State Board of Education may, upon recommendation of the Director of Education, establish in the Department of Education a school library consultant…
§ 33315 (a) The Superintendent shall establish and implement a system of complaint processing, known as the Uniform Complaint Procedures, for educational programs…
§ 33315.5 (a) (1) Beginning July 1, 2026, upon receipt of a complaint that alleges unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying received by the…
§ 33316 The State Department of Education shall do all of the following: (a) Revise and update budget manuals, forms and guidelines. (b) Cooperate with federal and…
§ 33317 The Department of Education shall cooperate with the Educational Management and Evaluation Commission and shall as requested by the commission: (a) Prepare and…
§ 33317.3 (a) Commencing with the 2026–27 school year, the department shall collect and publish on its internet website, and local educational agencies shall provide to…
§ 33317.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall provide a report of public school pupil enrollment information, to be known as the “California raw…
§ 33318 (a) The Department of Education shall report the test results of all state-mandated testing programs to the individual school districts by not later than…
§ 33318.2 (a) The department shall, on or before March 1, 2025, and in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, provide a report to the Superintendent, the…
§ 33318.5 (a) In addition to the dropout rate the department compiles pursuant to the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (Public Law 114–95), the department shall…
§ 33319 The State Department of Education shall encourage and assist school districts to improve and monitor the health of their pupils. The department shall provide…
§ 33319.3 The State Department of Education shall prepare materials on driver attitude and motivation that focus on the reduction of driving violations with particular…
§ 33319.5 The State Department of Education may encourage among school districts, county boards of education, and county superintendents of schools the implementation of…
§ 33319.6 (a) No later than September 30, 2026, the state board shall approve and the department shall post on its internet website criteria and guidance for the…