2007 California Education Code Article 5. Humane Treatment Of Animals

CA Codes (edc:51540)

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 premises, live vertebrate animals shall
not, as part of a scientific experiment or any purpose whatever:
   (a) Be experimentally medicated or drugged in a manner to cause
painful reactions or induce painful or lethal pathological
conditions.
   (b) Be injured through any other treatments, including, but not
limited to, anesthetization or electric shock.
   Live animals on the premises of a public elementary or high school
shall be housed and cared for in a humane and safe manner.
   The provisions of this section are not intended to prohibit or
constrain vocational instruction in the normal practices of animal
husbandry.