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2011 California Code
Education Code
TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [33000 - 64100]

TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

33000-64100

DIVISION 2. STATE ADMINISTRATION

33000-33596

PART 20. STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES

33000-33596

CHAPTER 1. State Board of Education

33000-33053

ARTICLE 1. Composition

ARTICLE 2. Powers and Duties

ARTICLE 3. Waiver Authority

CHAPTER 1.5. Purpose

CHAPTER 2. Superintendent of Public Instruction

33100-33195.6

ARTICLE 1. Appointment and Salaries

ARTICLE 2. Powers and Duties

ARTICLE 3. Deputies and Associate Superintendents

ARTICLE 5. Verification of Private School Instruction

ARTICLE 6. Verification of Heritage School Operation

CHAPTER 3. State Department of Education

33300-33475.5

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 1.5. Effective Educational Programs and Practices

ARTICLE 2. Finances

ARTICLE 3. Educational Programs

ARTICLE 4. Workshops

ARTICLE 5. Bureau of Indian Education

ARTICLE 6. California Indian Education Centers

ARTICLE 7. California Maritime Academy

ARTICLE 8. Educational Evaluations

ARTICLE 9. Audits of Contracting Agencies

ARTICLE 10. Health Science and Medical Technology Project

ARTICLE 12. Intergenerational Education Programs

ARTICLE 13. The California Stem Cell and Biotechnology Education and Workforce Development Act of 2009

CHAPTER 4. State Educational Commissions and Committees

33500-33596

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Educational Innovation and Planning Commission

ARTICLE 3. Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission

ARTICLE 4. Educational Management and Evaluation Commission

ARTICLE 6. Advisory Commission on Special Education

DIVISION 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

35000-45460

PART 21. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES

35000-35787

CHAPTER 1. School Districts

35000-35046

ARTICLE 1. Naming

ARTICLE 2. General Provisions

ARTICLE 3. Officers and Agents

CHAPTER 2. Governing Boards

35100-35401

ARTICLE 1. Membership

ARTICLE 1.5. Common Governing Boards

ARTICLE 2. Officers and Agents

ARTICLE 3. Meetings

ARTICLE 4. Powers and Duties

ARTICLE 4.5. Interscholastic Athletics

ARTICLE 4.7. Miscellaneous Administrative Authority

ARTICLE 5. Instructions From Electors

ARTICLE 6. Liabilities

ARTICLE 7. Corrupt Practices

ARTICLE 8. Records and Reports

ARTICLE 9. Property

ARTICLE 9.5. Schoolsite Replacement Housing

ARTICLE 10. School Maintenance

[ARTICLE 10.3. School Safety Plans]

ARTICLE 10.4. School Safety Violence Protection Act

35294.10-35294.15

ARTICLE 10.5. Earthquake Emergency Procedures

ARTICLE 12. Scholarship and Loan Funds

ARTICLE 13. Excursions and Field Trips

ARTICLE 13.5. School Camps

ARTICLE 15. Authority to Transport Pupils

ARTICLE 16. Los Angeles Unified School District

CHAPTER 3. Reorganization of School Districts—General Provisions

35500-35579

ARTICLE 1. Legislative Intent and Purpose

ARTICLE 2. Definitions

ARTICLE 3. Reorganization of Districts Under the Jurisdiction of Different Counties

ARTICLE 4. Completion and Effective Dates for Action

ARTICLE 5. Territory of School Districts

ARTICLE 6. Personnel in Reorganized Districts

ARTICLE 7. Disposition of Records, Funds, Property, and Obligations When Reorganized

ARTICLE 8. Bonded Indebtedness of School Districts

CHAPTER 4. Reorganization of School Districts

35700-35787

ARTICLE 1. Reorganization of School Districts by the Electorate

ARTICLE 2. County Committee on School District Organization Plans and Recommendations for District Reorganization

ARTICLE 3. Contents of Plans and Recommendations

ARTICLE 3.5. Fiscal Actions of Newly Organized or Reorganized School Districts

ARTICLE 4. Approval and Adoption of Plans and Recommendations

ARTICLE 5. Lapsation

PART 22. SCHOOL OPERATIONS

37060-37711

CHAPTER 1. Maintenance of Schools

37060-37086

ARTICLE 5. Junior High Schools

CHAPTER 2. School Calendar

37200-37254.1

ARTICLE 1. Generally

ARTICLE 3. Saturdays and Holidays

ARTICLE 4. Summer School

CHAPTER 2.5. Year-Round School Demonstration Project

CHAPTER 3. Year-Round School Operation

CHAPTER 5. Continuous School Programs

37600-37644

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Establishment and Maintenance

ARTICLE 3. Elements

ARTICLE 4. Finances

CHAPTER 5.5. Year-Round Scheduling

37670-37695

ARTICLE 1. Multitrack Year-Round Scheduling

ARTICLE 2. Concept 6 Class Scheduling

CHAPTER 6. Four-Day School Week

PART 23. SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES

38000-38139

CHAPTER 1. Security Departments

CHAPTER 3. Cafeterias

38080-38103

ARTICLE 1. Establishment and Use

ARTICLE 2. Cafeterias, Funds and Accounts

ARTICLE 3. Cafeterias, Allocation of Charges

CHAPTER 4. Miscellaneous Provisions

38110-38139

ARTICLE 1. Apparatus and Supplies

ARTICLE 2. Use of School Property

[PART 23. SCHOOL FACILITIES]

PART 23.5. TRANSPORTATION

39800-40090.5

CHAPTER 1. Transportation Services

39800-39860

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. State Reimbursement

ARTICLE 3. Schoolbuses

ARTICLE 4. Special Services

CHAPTER 2. Farm Labor Driver Training Course

CHAPTER 3. Specialized Vehicle Driver Training Courses

PART 24. SCHOOL FINANCE

41000-43052

CHAPTER 1. State Financial Management and Control

41000-41060

ARTICLE 1. Moneys Received by School Districts

ARTICLE 2. Accounting Regulations, Budget Controls and Audits

ARTICLE 3. Foundation Fund

ARTICLE 4. Miscellaneous Provisions

CHAPTER 2. Determination of Minimum Level of Education Funding

CHAPTER 2. Determination of Minimum Level of Education Funding

CHAPTER 3. State School Fund

41300-41455

ARTICLE 1. Appropriations, Sources, Conditions, Amounts of Support per Average Daily Attendance

ARTICLE 2. Emergency Apportionments

ARTICLE 2.5. Conditions on Emergency Apportionments

ARTICLE 2.7. Emergency Apportionment Financing

41329.50-41329.59

ARTICLE 3. Disbursements by Superintendent of Public Instruction

ARTICLE 3.5. Child Nutrition Allowances

ARTICLE 4. Loans and Advances

ARTICLE 5. Conditions for Use of Apportionments

ARTICLE 6. Teaching and Nonteaching Certificated Employee Ratios

ARTICLE 7. Conditions Disqualifying School Districts from Apportionments

CHAPTER 3.1. Emergency Apportionment Repayment for West Contra Costa Unified School District

41470-41474

ARTICLE 1. Repayment of Loan Obligations

CHAPTER 3.2. Categorical Education Block Grant Funding

41500-41573

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Pupil Retention Block Grant

ARTICLE 3. School Safety Consolidated Competitive Grant

ARTICLE 4. Teacher Credentialing Block Grant

ARTICLE 5. Professional Development Block Grant

ARTICLE 6. Targeted Instructional Improvement Block Grant

ARTICLE 7. School and Library Improvement Block Grant

CHAPTER 4. State School Fund—Computation of Allowance

41600-41610

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

CHAPTER 5. Foundation Program

41760.2-41972

ARTICLE 4. Computation of District Aid and Areawide Aid

ARTICLE 5. Basic State Aid for Elementary School Districts

ARTICLE 6. Basic State Aid for High School Districts

ARTICLE 8. Adjustment of Allowances

ARTICLE 8.5. Continuous School Program

ARTICLE 9. Computation of Allowances for Schools and Classes for Prisoners

ARTICLE 10. Allowances for Transportation

ARTICLE 10.5. Supplemental Allowances for Transportation

ARTICLE 11. Allowances for Handicapped Pupils

ARTICLE 12. Allowances for Excess Cost of Driver Training

ARTICLE 13. Instructional Television

ARTICLE 14. Allowances for Project Connected Pupils

ARTICLE 15. Allowances to County School Tuition Funds

ARTICLE 16. Allowances for Severance Aid

ARTICLE 17. Recomputation of Allowances

CHAPTER 5.3. Conditions on Apportionments and Allowances

CHAPTER 5.4. Designation of Joint Powers Entities as Single School Districts

CHAPTER 6. Financial Statements of School Districts

42100-42142

ARTICLE 1. Statements

ARTICLE 2. Budget Requirements

ARTICLE 3. Financial Reports and Certifications

ARTICLE 4. Public Disclosure of Fiscal Obligations

CHAPTER 7. Local Taxation by School Districts

42238-42303

ARTICLE 2. Apportionments and Revenue Control

ARTICLE 3. Year-Round School Grant Program

ARTICLE 4. Funding for Small School Districts

ARTICLE 4.5. Small School District Transportation

ARTICLE 4.7. School Transportation

CHAPTER 8. Supplemental School Revenues

CHAPTER 9. School District Funds—Expenditures and Appropriations

42600-42694

ARTICLE 1. Control of Expenditures

ARTICLE 2. Appropriation of Income Budget Excess

ARTICLE 3. Temporary Transfer—County to Districts, to Finance Excess Expenditure

ARTICLE 4. General Provisions—Orders, Requisitions and Warrants

ARTICLE 5. Void Warrants

ARTICLE 6. Orders and Warrants When Moneys Are Not Available

ARTICLE 7. Optional Method—Registering Warrants

CHAPTER 10. Revolving Funds, School Districts

42800-42850

ARTICLE 1. Revolving Cash Fund

ARTICLE 2. Alternative Revolving Cash Fund

ARTICLE 3. Prepayment Funds

ARTICLE 4. Revolving Warehouse Stock Funds

ARTICLE 5. Special Reserve Fund

ARTICLE 6. Retiree Benefit Funds

CHAPTER 11.3. Educational Services

CHAPTER 11.5. Financial Support for Educating Foreign Children

CHAPTER 12. Taxation for Adult Education

43001.5-43001.8

CHAPTER 15. Voter-Approved Special Taxes for New School Facilities

CHAPTER 16. Court Actions on Special Election

PART 25. EMPLOYEES

44000-45460

CHAPTER 1. Employees

44000-44114

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Rights and Duties

ARTICLE 3. Interchange Between Certificated and Classified Positions

ARTICLE 4. Affirmative Action Employment

ARTICLE 5. Reporting by School Employees of Improper Governmental Activities

CHAPTER 2. Teacher Credentialing

44200-44401

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Commission on Teacher Credentialing

ARTICLE 3. Committee of Credentials

ARTICLE 4. Credential Types

ARTICLE 4.5. Marian Bergeson Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment System

44279.1-44279.7

ARTICLE 5. Subject Matter Examinations and Assessments

ARTICLE 5.5. Emergency Permits

ARTICLE 6. Subject Matter Preparation

ARTICLE 7. Professional Preparation

ARTICLE 7.5. District Interns

ARTICLE 8. Certificates and Credentials

ARTICLE 9. Penalties for the Submission of Fraudulent Documents

ARTICLE 10. Accreditation in Educator Preparation

ARTICLE 11. Alternative Certification

ARTICLE 12. California School Paraprofessional Teacher Training Program

ARTICLE 13. National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification Incentive Program

ARTICLE 14. Preparation Courses for Subject Matter Knowledge

CHAPTER 3. Certificated Employees

44420-44669

ARTICLE 1. Revocation and Suspension of Certification Documents

ARTICLE 3. Teacher Education Internship Act of 1967

ARTICLE 3.1. Standards for Professional Development

ARTICLE 4.5. California Peer Assistance and Review Program for Teachers

ARTICLE 4.6. Administrator Training Program

ARTICLE 5. New Careers Program

ARTICLE 6. Certificated Staff Mentoring Program

ARTICLE 7. In-Service Training—Personnel, Secondary Education

ARTICLE 8. In-Service Training—Personnel

ARTICLE 9. Exchange and Recruitment

ARTICLE 10. Professional Development and Program Improvement Act of 1968

ARTICLE 10.5. In-Service Training: Anabolic Steroids

ARTICLE 10.6. Certificated Staff Performance Awards for Improved Student Achievement In Underachieving Schools

ARTICLE 11. Evaluation and Assessment of Performance of Certificated Employees

ARTICLE 12. School-Based Management and Advanced Career Opportunities for Classroom Teachers Programs

CHAPTER 3.1. School Personnel Staff Development and Resource Centers

44681-44689.2

ARTICLE 3. Administrator Training and Evaluation

ARTICLE 4. Evaluation of Certificated Employees

44689.1-44689.2

CHAPTER 3.15. Pilot Project for Administrative Personnel

CHAPTER 3.2. Staff Development in the Detection of Child Abuse and Neglect

CHAPTER 3.25. Mathematics Staff Development

44695-44697

ARTICLE 1. Coursework in Mathematics for Teachers of Mathematics for Pupils in Grades 4 to 12, Inclusive

CHAPTER 3.3. Classroom Teacher Instructional Improvement Program

CHAPTER 3.33. Training for Teachers of Mathematics Who Teach Pupils In Grades 4 to 12, Inclusive

CHAPTER 3.34. Education Technology Staff Development Program

CHAPTER 3.36. Teaching as a Priority Block Grant

CHAPTER 3.4. Teacher Recruitment Resource Center

CHAPTER 3.45. Teacher Reading Instruction Development Program: Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 3,Inclusive

CHAPTER 3.5. Teacher Incentive Program of 1990

CHAPTER 3.6. Regional Science Resource Centers

CHAPTER 3.65. Social Tolerance Resource Centers

44776.1-44776.7

CHAPTER 3.66. Latino Heritage Resource Centers

44777.1-44777.7

CHAPTER 3.7. California International Studies Project

CHAPTER 3.8. Personnel Management Assistance Teams

CHAPTER 4. Employment—Certificated Employees

44800-45061.5

ARTICLE 1. Rights and Duties

ARTICLE 2. Employment

ARTICLE 2.7. Permanent Status

44929.20-44929.29

ARTICLE 3. Resignations, Dismissals, and Leaves of Absence

ARTICLE 4. Increased Cost of Dismissal Procedure

ARTICLE 5. Salaries

CHAPTER 5. Classified Employees

45100-45460

ARTICLE 1. Employment

ARTICLE 1.5. Management and Confidential Employees

ARTICLE 2. Salaries

ARTICLE 3. Differential Compensation

ARTICLE 4. Resignation and Leaves of Absence

ARTICLE 5. Merit System Inclusion

ARTICLE 6. Merit System

ARTICLE 6.5. Paraprofessionals

ARTICLE 7. Instructional Aides

ARTICLE 7.5. Teacher Assistants

ARTICLE 8. Teacher Aides

ARTICLE 8.5. Readers for Legally Blind Teachers

ARTICLE 9. Retraining and Study

ARTICLE 10. Bilingual Office Employees

ARTICLE 11. Assumption by County Superintendent of Schools of the Operation of a School District’s Data Processing Center

ARTICLE 12. Particular Employees

ARTICLE 13. Classified School Employee Week

DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES

46000-64100

PART 26. ATTENDANCE FOR COMPUTING APPORTIONMENTS

46000-46611

CHAPTER 1. General Provisions

46000-46014

ARTICLE 1. Records

ARTICLE 2. Absences

CHAPTER 2. Attendance—Maximum Credit—Minimum Day

46100-46206

ARTICLE 1. Generally

ARTICLE 2. Kindergarten and Elementary Schools

ARTICLE 3. Junior High School and High School

ARTICLE 3.5. State High School Attendance Awards

ARTICLE 4. Alternative Schedule—Junior High and High School

ARTICLE 5. Minimum Day—Continuation Schools

ARTICLE 6. Opportunity Schools

ARTICLE 7. Adult School

ARTICLE 8. Incentives for Longer Instructional Day and Year

CHAPTER 3. Average Daily Attendance

46300-46392

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 3. High Schools

ARTICLE 4. Opportunity Schools

ARTICLE 5. Adult Classes

ARTICLE 6. County School Service Fund

ARTICLE 7. County School Tuition Fund

ARTICLE 8. Emergency Average Daily Attendance

CHAPTER 5. Interdistrict Attendance Computation

PART 26.8. CHARTER SCHOOLS

47600-47664

CHAPTER 1. General Provisions

CHAPTER 2. Establishment of Charter Schools

CHAPTER 3. Charter School Operation

CHAPTER 4. Notice

47616.5-47616.7

CHAPTER 5. University Charter Schools

47620-47626

ARTICLE 1. University of California at Los Angeles Elementary Charter School

ARTICLE 2. Employer

CHAPTER 6. Funding

47630-47664

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Charter School Block Grant

ARTICLE 3. Other Operational Funding Available to Charter Schools

ARTICLE 4. Special Education Funding

ARTICLE 5. Apportionment of Funds

ARTICLE 6. Computations Affecting Sponsoring Local Educational Agencies

PART 27. PUPILS

48000-49704

CHAPTER 1. Admission

48000-48070.6

ARTICLE 1. Kindergartens

ARTICLE 1.5. Kindergarten Readiness Pilot Program

48005.10-48005.55

ARTICLE 2. Elementary Schools

ARTICLE 4. High Schools

ARTICLE 6. Nonresidents

ARTICLE 7. Promotion and Retention

CHAPTER 2. Compulsory Education Law

48200-48361

ARTICLE 1. Persons Included

ARTICLE 2. Persons Excluded

ARTICLE 3. Pupils Exempt

ARTICLE 4. Supervisors of Attendance

ARTICLE 5. Truants

ARTICLE 6. Violations

ARTICLE 7. Pupil Attendance Alternatives

ARTICLE 8. School Attendance Review Boards

ARTICLE 9. Improvement of Pupil Attendance

ARTICLE 10. Open Enrollment Act

CHAPTER 3. Compulsory Continuation Education

48400-48454

ARTICLE 1. Pupils Subject To

ARTICLE 2. Pupils Exempt

ARTICLE 3. Continuation Classes

ARTICLE 4. Violations

CHAPTER 4. Attendance at Adjustment Schools

48600-48667

ARTICLE 1. Twenty-four Hour Elementary Schools

ARTICLE 2. Opportunity Schools

ARTICLE 2.5. Juvenile Court Schools

ARTICLE 3. Community Day Schools

CHAPTER 5. Attendance at Community College

48800-48814

ARTICLE 1. Advanced Education

ARTICLE 1.5. College Promise Partnership Act

ARTICLE 2. Vocational Education Classes

CHAPTER 5.5. Educational Placement of Pupils Residing in Licensed Children’s Institutions

CHAPTER 6. Pupil Rights and Responsibilities

48900-49051

ARTICLE 1. Suspension or Expulsion

ARTICLE 2. Student Organizations

ARTICLE 3. Speech and Other Communication

ARTICLE 4. Notification of Parent or Guardian

ARTICLE 4.5. Guidelines for Filing Complaint of Child Abuse

ARTICLE 5. Prohibition of Corporal Punishment

ARTICLE 6. Athletic Programs

ARTICLE 6.5. Performance-Enhancing Substances

ARTICLE 7. Registering to Vote

ARTICLE 8. Searches by School Employees

CHAPTER 6.5. Pupil Records

49060-49085

ARTICLE 1. Legislative Intent

ARTICLE 2. Definitions

ARTICLE 3. General Provisions

ARTICLE 4. Rights of Parents

ARTICLE 5. Privacy of Pupil Records

ARTICLE 6. California School Information Services

CHAPTER 6.6. The Education Empowerment Act of 1998

49091.10-49091.24

ARTICLE 1. Parental Review

49091.10-49091.19

ARTICLE 2. Teacher Rights

CHAPTER 7. Employment of Minors

49100-49183

ARTICLE 1. Employment and Attendance

ARTICLE 2. Permits to Work

ARTICLE 3. Permits to Work Full Time

ARTICLE 4. Exceptions

ARTICLE 5. Compliance

ARTICLE 6. Duties of Employer

ARTICLE 7. Violations

CHAPTER 8. Pupil Safety

49300-49370

ARTICLE 1. School Safety Patrols

ARTICLE 2. Basic Work Station

ARTICLE 3. Injurious Objects

ARTICLE 4. Hazardous Materials Education

ARTICLE 5. Community Policing and Mentoring for School Safety Pilot Program

ARTICLE 6. Reporting of Missing Children

CHAPTER 9. Pupil and Personnel Health

49400-49590

ARTICLE 1. General Powers—School Boards

ARTICLE 2. Employment of Medical Personnel

ARTICLE 2.5. The Pupil Nutrition, Health, and Achievement Act of 2001

ARTICLE 4. Physical Examinations

ARTICLE 4.5. Pupil Health Assessment

ARTICLE 5. District Medical Services and Insurance

ARTICLE 6. Notice to School of Nonepisodic Condition

ARTICLE 7. School Breakfast and Lunch Program

ARTICLE 8. Meals

ARTICLE 9. Nutrition

ARTICLE 10. Child Nutrition Act of 1974

ARTICLE 10.5. Child Care Food Program

ARTICLE 10.7. Comprehensive Nutrition Services

ARTICLE 11. Meals for Needy Pupils in Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12

ARTICLE 11.5. The California Fresh Start Pilot Program

ARTICLE 12. National School Lunch Act

ARTICLE 14. School Nutrition Report

CHAPTER 10. Educational Counseling

CHAPTER 11. Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children

PART 28. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS

51000-53303

CHAPTER 1. Education Program

51000-51057

ARTICLE 1. Legislative Intent

ARTICLE 2. Definitions

ARTICLE 3. Role of Local Agency

ARTICLE 4. Enforcement of Courses of Study

CHAPTER 1.5. Parental Involvement

51100-51143

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Nell Soto Parent/Teacher Involvement Program

ARTICLE 3. Teresa P. Hughes Family-School Partnership Award and Grant Program

ARTICLE 4. Tom Hayden Community-Based Parent Involvement Grant Program

CHAPTER 2. Required Courses of Study

51200-51284

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Course of Study, Grades 1 to 6

ARTICLE 3. Courses of Study, Grades 7 to 12

ARTICLE 4. Exemptions from Requirements

ARTICLE 4.5. Schoolage Military Dependents

ARTICLE 5. Drug Education

ARTICLE 6. Primary Education Model Curriculum for Lifelong Health, Aging, and Financial Preparedness

CHAPTER 3. Diplomas and Certificates

51400-51464

ARTICLE 1. Elementary School Diploma

ARTICLE 2. Diplomas

ARTICLE 3. High School Equivalency Certificates

ARTICLE 3.5. Retroactive High School Diplomas

ARTICLE 5. Golden State Seal Merit Diploma

ARTICLE 6. State Seal of Biliteracy

CHAPTER 4. Prohibited Instruction

51500-51540

ARTICLE 1. Prejudices

ARTICLE 2. Prohibited Materials

ARTICLE 3. Solicitations

ARTICLE 4. Advocacy or Teaching of Communism

ARTICLE 5. Humane Treatment of Animals

CHAPTER 5. Authorized Classes and Courses of Instruction

51700-51879.9

ARTICLE 1. Reading First Plan

ARTICLE 1.5. The Online Classroom Pilot Program

ARTICLE 3. Evening High School for Minors

ARTICLE 4. Elementary School Special Day and Evening Classes

ARTICLE 5. Instruction by Correspondence

ARTICLE 5.5. Independent Study

ARTICLE 6. Military Science and Tactics

ARTICLE 6.5. Nuclear Age Education Curriculum

ARTICLE 7. Work Experience Education

ARTICLE 7.3. Energy Education

ARTICLE 7.4. Work Experience Education Program Reviews

ARTICLE 7.5. Genetic Diseases and Disorders Instruction

ARTICLE 8. Aviation Education

ARTICLE 8.5. School Instructional Gardens

ARTICLE 9. Home Teaching

ARTICLE 10. Community Service Classes

ARTICLE 12. Consumer Economics Programs

ARTICLE 13. Driver Training

ARTICLE 14. Bicycle Safety Instruction

ARTICLE 14.5. California Distance Learning Policy

ARTICLE 15. Education Technology

ARTICLE 16. Aquatic Safety

51879.7-51879.9

CHAPTER 5.5. Comprehensive Health Education

51880-51921

ARTICLE 1. General

ARTICLE 2. Definitions

ARTICLE 3. Department of Education

ARTICLE 4. Comprehensive Health Education Plans

ARTICLE 5. In-Service Training

CHAPTER 5.6. California Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Act

51930-51939

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Authorized Comprehensive Sexual Health Education

ARTICLE 3. Required HIV/AIDS Prevention Education

ARTICLE 4. In-Service Training

ARTICLE 5. Notice and Parental Excuse

CHAPTER 5.7. Prevention of Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries

CHAPTER 6.1. Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999

52050-52059

ARTICLE 1. Legislative Findings and Intent

ARTICLE 2. Public School Performance Accountability Program

ARTICLE 3. Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program

ARTICLE 3.1. Local Educational Agency Intervention

52055.57-52055.60

ARTICLE 3.5. High Priority Schools Grant Program

52055.600-52055.662

ARTICLE 3.7. Quality Education Investment Act of 2006

52055.700-52055.770

ARTICLE 4. High Achieving/Improving Schools Program

ARTICLE 4.1. No Child Left Behind Liaison Team

ARTICLE 4.2. Statewide System of School Support

CHAPTER 6.8. Program to Reduce Class Size in Two Courses in Grade 9

CHAPTER 6.9. Language Arts Enrichment Program in Grades 1 to 3, Inclusive

CHAPTER 6.10. Class Size Reduction Program

CHAPTER 7. Bilingual Education

52130-52186

ARTICLE 1. Impacted Languages Act of 1984

ARTICLE 3. Bilingual-Bicultural Education Act of 1976

ARTICLE 4. Bilingual Teacher Training Assistance Program

CHAPTER 8. Gifted and Talented Pupil Program

CHAPTER 8.3. Advanced Placement Program

CHAPTER 8.5. Digital High School Education Technology Grant Program

52250-52266

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Project Selection and Grant Awards

ARTICLE 3. Project Applications

ARTICLE 4. Technology Installation and Technology Support and Staff Training Grants

ARTICLE 5. Staff Training and Program Evaluation

CHAPTER 8.6. Education Technology and Professional Development Grants

CHAPTER 8.9. The Education Technology Grant Act of 2002

52295.10-52295.55

CHAPTER 9. Career Technical Education

52300-52499.66

ARTICLE 1. Regional Occupational Centers

ARTICLE 1.5. Apportionment of Funds for Regional Occupational Centers

ARTICLE 1.7. Career Preparatory Program

ARTICLE 2. California Regional Career Guidance Centers

ARTICLE 3. Precareer Technical Education

ARTICLE 4. High School Career Technical Courses

ARTICLE 4.5. Supplemental School Counseling Program

ARTICLE 5. Summer Vocational Education

ARTICLE 6. Summer Environmental Internship Program

ARTICLE 7. Agricultural Career Technical Education

ARTICLE 7.5. Agricultural Career Technical Education Incentive Program

ARTICLE 8. Institute for Computer Technology

ARTICLE 9. Home Economics Careers and Technology Career Technical Education

ARTICLE 10. Miscellaneous Provisions

52499.65-52499.66

CHAPTER 10. Adult Schools

52500-52617

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Use of Hospitals

ARTICLE 3. Adult English Classes

ARTICLE 4. Classes in Citizenship

ARTICLE 5. Handicapped Adults

ARTICLE 6. Finances

CHAPTER 10.5. Immigrant Workforce Preparation Act

CHAPTER 11. Miscellaneous

52700-52760

ARTICLE 1. School Farms

ARTICLE 2. Patriotic Exercises and Instruction

ARTICLE 3. Educational Films or Video Tapes

ARTICLE 4. Physical Education Specialist Pilot Program

ARTICLE 5. Pupil Survey of Instruction

CHAPTER 12. School-Based Program Coordination Act

52800-52890

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 3. School Plans

ARTICLE 4. Advisory Committees

ARTICLE 5. State Administration

ARTICLE 6. Outreach Consultants

CHAPTER 12.5. International Baccalaureate Diploma Program

CHAPTER 13. Career-Vocational Education and Training

CHAPTER 13. Science and Technology Education Improvement Programs

52950-52965

ARTICLE 1. Legislative Findings and Declarations, and Statewide Goals

ARTICLE 2. California Science Project

CHAPTER 14. Pilot Projects in Applied Academic Areas and Programs

CHAPTER 15. Comprehensive Reading Leadership Program

CHAPTER 17. School-to-Career Initiatives

CHAPTER 17.5. California Career Resource Network

CHAPTER 18. Race to the Top

53100-53303

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Intervening in the Persistently Lowest-Achieving Schools

ARTICLE 3. Parent Empowerment

PART 29. PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED PUPILS

54000-54760

CHAPTER 1. Educationally Disadvantaged Youth Programs

54000-54028

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Economic Impact Aid

CHAPTER 2. Special Elementary School Reading Instruction Program

54100-54145

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Employment of Specialists

ARTICLE 3. Allowances for Specialists

CHAPTER 3. Mathematics Improvement Programs

54300-54348

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Financing Programs

CHAPTER 4. Compensatory Education Programs for Disadvantaged Children

54400-54529

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Compensatory Education

ARTICLE 3. Migrant Children

ARTICLE 4. Administration

ARTICLE 5. Special Teacher Employment Programs

ARTICLE 6. Preschool Followthrough Programs

CHAPTER 9. Miscellaneous Programs

54600-54760

ARTICLE 1. Education Improvement Act of 1969

ARTICLE 2. School Improvement Act of 1970

ARTICLE 2.5. Education Improvement Incentive Program

ARTICLE 5. Partnership Academies

ARTICLE 5.5. Clean Technology and Renewable Energy Job Training, Career Technical Education, and Dropout Prevention Program

ARTICLE 6. University and College Opportunities Program

ARTICLE 6.3. Early Commitment to College Program

ARTICLE 7.1. California School Age Families Education Program

ARTICLE 7.5. Green Technology Partnership Academies

ARTICLE 7.7. Goods Movement Partnership Academies

ARTICLE 8. College Admissions Test Preparation Pilot Projects

ARTICLE 9. Supplemental Grants

PART 30. SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS

56000-56865

CHAPTER 1. General Provisions

56000-56070

ARTICLE 1. Intent

ARTICLE 2. Definitions

ARTICLE 3. General Provisions

ARTICLE 3.5. Surrogate Parents

ARTICLE 3.7. Foster Parents

ARTICLE 3.9. Qualifications for Special Education Teachers

ARTICLE 4. Substitute Teachers

ARTICLE 5. Qualifications for Designated Instruction and Services Personnel, Related Services Personnel, and Paraprofessionals

CHAPTER 2. Administration

56100-56194

ARTICLE 1. State Board of Education

ARTICLE 2. Superintendent of Public Instruction

ARTICLE 3. County Offices

ARTICLE 3.5. Charter Schools

ARTICLE 4. Juvenile Court Schools

ARTICLE 5. Licensed Children’s Institutions and Foster Family Homes

ARTICLE 5.5. Public Hospitals, Proprietary Hospitals and Other Residential Medical Facilities

ARTICLE 5.6. Children Enrolled in Private Schools

ARTICLE 7. Community Advisory Committee

CHAPTER 2.5. Governance

56195-56195.10

ARTICLE 1. Local Plans

ARTICLE 2. Local Requirements

56195.7-56195.10

CHAPTER 3. Elements of the Local Plan

56205-56245

ARTICLE 1.1. State Requirements

ARTICLE 1.5. Special Education Local Plan Areas with Small or Sparse Populations

ARTICLE 3. Staff Development

CHAPTER 4. Identification and Referral, Assessment, Instructional Planning, Implementation,and Review

56300-56385

ARTICLE 1. Identification and Referral

ARTICLE 2. Assessment

ARTICLE 2.5. Eligibility Criteria for Special Education and Related Services on the Basis of Language and Speech Disorder or Specific Learning Disabilities

ARTICLE 2.6. Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders

ARTICLE 3. Instructional Planning and Individualized Education Program

ARTICLE 3.5. Individualized Education Program for Visually Impaired Pupils

ARTICLE 4. Implementation

ARTICLE 5. Review

ARTICLE 6. Participation in Statewide and Districtwide Assessment Programs

CHAPTER 4.1. Recognition for Educational Achievement or Completion of Program

CHAPTER 4.3. Family Empowerment Centers on Disability

CHAPTER 4.4. Early Education for Individuals with Exceptional Needs

CHAPTER 4.45. Special Education Programs for Individuals With Exceptional Needs Between the Ages of Three and Five Years, Inclusive

CHAPTER 4.5. Career and Vocational Education Programs, Transition Services, and Project Workability

56452-56474

ARTICLE 1. Career and Vocational Education Programs

ARTICLE 2. Transition Services

ARTICLE 3. Project Workability

CHAPTER 4.7. Interagency Agreements

CHAPTER 5. Procedural Safeguards

CHAPTER 5.1. Confidentiality of Information About Individuals With Exceptional Needs

CHAPTER 5.5. Behavioral Interventions

CHAPTER 6. Evaluation, Audits, and Information

CHAPTER 7.2. Special Education Funding

56836-56845

ARTICLE 1. Administration

ARTICLE 2. Computation of Apportionments

56836.06-56836.15

ARTICLE 2.5. Computation of Adjustment

56836.156-56836.159

ARTICLE 3. Licensed Children’s Institutions

56836.165-56836.18

ARTICLE 4. Nonpublic, Nonsectarian School Contracts

56836.20-56836.21

ARTICLE 5. Low Incidence Funding

ARTICLE 6. Program Specialists and Administration of Regionalized Operations and Services

56836.23-56836.30

ARTICLE 7. Federal Funding Allocations

ARTICLE 8. Withholding of Payments

CHAPTER 7.5. Autism Training and Information

CHAPTER 8. Special Education Programs for Individuals With Exceptional Needs Residing in State Hospitals

CHAPTER 8.5. Special Education at the Youth Authority

PART 31. EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS

58400-58930

CHAPTER 2. Individual Instruction

CHAPTER 3. Alternative Schools

CHAPTER 3.1. Single Gender Academies Pilot Program

CHAPTER 5. Tutoring and Homework Assistance Program

CHAPTER 6. Specialized Secondary Programs

CHAPTER 9. Demonstration of Restructuring in Public Education

58900-58930

ARTICLE 1. Establishment

ARTICLE 2. Demonstration Elements

ARTICLE 3. Selection of Program Participants and Awarding Demonstration Grants

ARTICLE 4. Responsibilities of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Department of Education, and the State Board of Education

ARTICLE 5. Evaluation

ARTICLE 6. Funding

PART 32. STATE SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND CENTERS

59000-59300

CHAPTER 1. California Schools for the Deaf

59000-59054

ARTICLE 1. Administration

ARTICLE 2. Pupils

ARTICLE 3. Services

ARTICLE 4. Employment Qualifications

CHAPTER 2. California School for the Blind

59100-59144

ARTICLE 1. Administration

ARTICLE 2. Teaching Force

ARTICLE 3. Pupils

ARTICLE 4. Services and Courses

CHAPTER 2.5. Tuberculosis Testing in Special Schools

CHAPTER 3. Diagnostic Centers

59200-59220

ARTICLE 1. Administration

ARTICLE 2. Teaching Force

ARTICLE 3. Pupils

CHAPTER 4. Finance

59300

ARTICLE 1. Local Contribution

PART 33. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TESTING

60000-60900

CHAPTER 1. Instructional Materials

60000-60119

ARTICLE 1. Legislative Intent

ARTICLE 2. Definitions

ARTICLE 3. Requirements, Materials

ARTICLE 4. Requirements, Publishers and Manufacturers

ARTICLE 5. Prohibited Acts

ARTICLE 6. Reports

ARTICLE 6. Instructional Materials on Alcohol and Drug Education

ARTICLE 7. Pupil Textbook and Instructional Materials Incentive Program

CHAPTER 2. Elementary School Materials

60200-60352

ARTICLE 1. Selection and Adoption

ARTICLE 2. Duties of Publishers and Manufacturers

ARTICLE 3. State Instructional Materials Fund

ARTICLE 6. Other Uses

ARTICLE 7. Core Reading Program Instructional Materials

CHAPTER 3. High School Textbooks

60400-60411

ARTICLE 1. Adoption and Purchase

ARTICLE 2. Furnishing Textbooks to Pupils

CHAPTER 3.25. Instructional Materials Funding Realignment Program

CHAPTER 4. Obsolete Materials

60500-60530

ARTICLE 1. Determination of Obsolescence

ARTICLE 2. Donation or Sale

ARTICLE 3. Disposition of Sale Proceeds

ARTICLE 4. Destruction

CHAPTER 5. California Assessment of Academic Achievement

60600-60649

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Program Provisions

ARTICLE 3. Program Evaluation and Analysis

ARTICLE 4. Standardized Testing and Reporting Program

CHAPTER 5.5. Review of Electronic Resources Capable of Analyzing Pupil Assessment Data

CHAPTER 6. Physical Fitness Testing

CHAPTER 7. Assessment of Language Development

CHAPTER 9. High School Exit Examination

CHAPTER 10. California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System

PART 34. EVALUATION AND SUNSETTING OF PROGRAMS

62000-62005.5

CHAPTER 1. General Provisions

PART 35. USE OF CATEGORICAL FUNDS

63000-63001

CHAPTER 1. Expenditure for Direct Services to Pupils

PART 36. CONSOLIDATED APPLICATION PROCESS

PART 37. CATEGORICAL FUNDING

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