2007 California Education Code Article 1. General Provisions

CA Codes (edc:52500-52525)

52500.  Adult schools and evening high schools shall consist of
classes for adults.  Minors may be admitted to those classes pursuant
to board policy and Section 52500.1.



52500.1.  Eligibility of high school pupils for enrollment in adult
education programs, courses, and classes shall be limited to pupils
who meet all of the following conditions:
   (a) High school pupils who enroll in adult education programs,
courses, and classes pursuant to Section 41976, except that high
school pupils shall not be counted for adult education apportionment
purposes if those pupils are enrolled in programs, courses, or
classes pursuant to paragraph (5), (7), (8), (9), or (10) of
subdivision (a) of Section 41976.
   (b) High school pupils who have completed a counseling session
that involved the pupil, a certificated representative of the high
school, and the pupil's parent or guardian, and who have a school
record that contains written documentation of the session and a
statement that the pupil is voluntarily enrolling in the adult
education course or class, and that enrollment in an adult education
program, course, or class will enhance the pupil's progress toward
meeting the educational requirements for graduation from high school.
  Commencing July 1, 1994, no school district shall enroll high
school pupils pursuant to this subdivision unless the school district
complies with the conditions set forth in this subdivision.



52501.  The governing board of any school district maintaining
secondary schools shall have power with the approval of the
Department of Education to establish and maintain classes for adults,
except program and classes in outdoor science education and
conservation education as the term is employed in Section 8760, for
the purpose of providing instruction in civic, vocational, literacy,
health, homemaking, technical and general education.



52501.3.  Each governing board maintaining classes for adults shall
meet the requirements set forth in Sections 35145, 41010, 41011,
41015, 41020, 42103, 42600, 51040, 51041, 51050, and 51056.



52501.5.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no revenue
derived from the average daily attendance of adult education programs
shall be expended for other than adult education purposes, nor shall
revenue derived from other average daily attendance be expended for
adult education purposes.
   (b) When a district's adult revenue limit as allowed by Section
52616 is composed of average daily attendance from both a regional
occupational center or program and an adult education program, the
adult revenue limit income may be allocated to each program in a
proportion other than the amount of adult revenue limit per average
daily attendance otherwise allocable thereto.



52502.  The governing board of a high school district or unified
school district may establish classes for adults.  If such classes
result in average daily attendance in any school year of 100 or more,
such districts shall establish an adult school for the
administration of the program.



52503.  The governing board of a high school district or unified
school district may establish and maintain one or more adult schools
by resolution of the governing board.



52504.  Classes for adults shall conform to any course of study and
graduation requirements otherwise imposed by law or under the
authority of law.


52505.  Such classes may be convened at such hours and for such
length of time during the day or evening and at such period and for
such length of time during the school year as may be determined by
the governing authority.


52506.  The department shall establish standards including standards
of attendance, curriculum, administration, and guidance and
counseling service for these classes as a basis for the several
apportionments of state funds provided herein for the support of
these classes.  The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall
prepare, distribute, and maintain a detailed handbook for use by the
local educational agencies.  The handbook shall contain course
approval criteria, implementation plans for administrative
regulations, and procedures for securing course and program
approvals.



52507.  Governing boards shall have the authority to provide for
granting appropriate credits, certificates, diplomas or other
recognition of skill or accomplishment in such classes which such
districts are otherwise authorized to grant.


52508.  The governing board of a high school district or a unified
school district shall have the authority to award diplomas or
certificates to adults and eligible minors enrolled in adult schools
upon satisfactory completion of a prescribed course of study in an
elementary school program.



52509.  The governing board of any school district maintaining an
adult school shall prescribe the requirements for the granting of
diplomas.


52510.  The governing board of each district maintaining an adult
school and offering an elementary program shall prescribe
requirements for eighth grade graduation from the adult school.



52511.  (a) Whenever the governing board of a school district
maintaining an adult school or classes for adults is unable to
maintain the school or classes in the district because of its
inability to secure a teacher or teachers, or because of lack of
facilities, the board may, with the approval of the county
superintendent of schools and the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, maintain the school or classes of the district elsewhere
than within the district or contract for instruction of the students
in such school or classes with the governing board of another
district.
   (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a) of this
section, whenever the governing board of a school district offering
automobile driver training in an adult school or classes for adults
determines that such training cannot be conducted effectively wholly
within the district's boundaries, it may cause the training to be
conducted outside the boundaries of the district.




52512.  Classes for adults may be maintained in conjunction with day
or evening high schools, day or evening adult schools, or day or
evening regional occupational centers.



52513.  The governing board of any high school district or unified
school district may provide for the maintenance on Saturday and
Sunday of classes for adults.



52514.  High schools maintained in any state institution for adults
or in any city, county, or city and county jail, road camp or farm
shall consist only of classes for adults.



52515.  State funds shall not be apportioned to a school district
based on the attendance of students enrolled in adult schools, unless
the courses have been approved by the department pursuant to Section
41976.


52516.  The governing board of any school district maintaining an
adult school shall have authority with the approval of the Department
of Education to establish a prescribed course in elementary subjects
appropriate to needs of adults.


52517.  No high school or unified school district shall report for
state apportionments average daily attendance in classes:  (1) if the
district receives full compensation for such class from any public
or private agency, individual or group of individuals, except fees
authorized by Section 52612; or (2) if such classes are not located
in facilities clearly identified in such a manner, and established by
appropriate procedures, to insure that attendance in such classes is
open to the general public, except those authorized pursuant to
Section 52570 and those in state hospitals.  The State Board of
Education may adopt such regulations as may be necessary to enforce
this section.


52518.  No class for adults in dancing or recreational physical
education shall be maintained by any district for which the district
receives money from the State School Fund.



52519.  (a) The governing board of any high school district or
unified school district shall, prior to establishing a vocational or
occupational training program, conduct a job market study of the
labor market area in which it proposes to establish the program.  The
study shall use the State-Local Cooperative Labor Market Information
Program established in Section 10533 of the Unemployment Insurance
Code, or if this program is not available in the labor market area,
other available sources of labor market information.  The study shall
include a California Occupational Information System supply analysis
of existing vocational and occupational education or training
programs for adults maintained by high schools, community colleges,
and private postsecondary schools in the area to ensure that the
anticipated employment demand for the adults enrolled in the proposed
program justifies the establishment of the proposed courses of
instruction.
   (b) Subsequent to completing the study required by this section
and prior to establishing the program, the governing board of the
high school or unified school district shall determine whether or not
the study justifies the proposed vocational education program.
   (c) If the governing board of the high school district or unified
school district determines that the job market study justifies the
initiation of the proposed program, it shall, by resolution,
determine whether the program shall be offered through the district's
own facilities or through a contract with an approved private
postsecondary school pursuant to Section 8092.



52520.  (a) Every vocational or occupational training program for
adults offered by any high school district or unified school district
shall be reviewed every two years by the governing board to assure
that each program does all of the following:
   (1) Meets a documented labor market demand.
   (2) Does not represent unnecessary duplication of other manpower
training programs in the area.
   (3) Is of demonstrated effectiveness as measured by the employment
and completion success of its students.
   (b) Any program that does not meet the requirements of subdivision
(a) and the standards promulgated by the governing board shall be
terminated within one year.
   (c) The review process required by this section shall include the
review and comments by the local workforce Investment board
established pursuant to the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29
U.S.C. Sec. 2801 et seq.), and pursuant to (Division 8 (commencing
with Section 15000) of the Unemployment Insurance Code), which review
and comments shall occur prior to any decision by the appropriate
governing body.


52522.  (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction may approve
school district plans for adult education innovation and alternative
instructional delivery.  School districts making an application under
this section shall demonstrate how the needs of adults will be
addressed by programs, including, but not limited to:
   (1) Worksite adult basic education skills instruction.
   (2) Distance learning using video and other communication
technologies.
   (3) Home-based and community-based independent study approaches
using instructional technologies.
   (4) Tests of alternative reimbursement approaches other than
average daily attendance to determine whether they are reasonable and
feasible, to the extent that there is no decrease in the number of
students served nor an increase in cost to the state.
   (b) School districts approved to implement demonstration programs
under this section may expend up to 5 percent of their adult block
entitlement for implementation of approved programs.
   (c) School districts implementing programs under this provision
shall report expenditures to the superintendent in an annual fiscal
report, as specified in regulations adopted by the superintendent.
Funds reported under this section and approved by the superintendent
shall continue to be allocated as part of the district's adult block
entitlement in subsequent fiscal years.
   (d) The superintendent shall adopt rules and regulations for the
administration of this section to include:
   (1) Allowable expenditures.
   (2) The range of expenditures per pupil enrolled in the program.
   (3) Reporting requirements.
   (4) Program evaluation.
   The superintendent shall report not later than March 30, 1995, to
the Legislature on the impact of these demonstrations on the adult
education instructional delivery system.



52522.2.  It is the intent of the Legislature that the State
Department of Education vigorously monitor the compliance of school
districts regarding the programs and funding requirements for adult
education.  Therefore, not later than January 1, 1996, the State
Department of Education shall report to the Governor and the fiscal
committees and the education policy committees of both houses of the
Legislature on the implementation of the adult education program and
the fiscal aspects of the adult education program for the period of
July 1, 1993, to June 30, 1995.  The report shall identify, by school
district, any abuses of the letter or intent of the statutes
pertaining to adult education, and the report shall contain
recommendations for the modification, if necessary, of the funding
formulas used to calculate the adult block entitlement or for program
improvements to adult education.



52523.  Adult education programs, courses, and classes shall not be
used to supplant the regular high school curriculum for high school
pupils enrolled in adult education.  Adult education shall supplement
and enrich the high school pupil's educational experiences.
Therefore, adult education, at a minimum, shall meet the following
criteria:
   (a) All programs, courses, and classes conducted as adult
education shall be open to adults and listed in the district's
catalog of adult education classes provided to the public and shall
be under the supervision and jurisdiction of the adult education
administrator as determined by the school district governing board.
Adults shall have priority over other students for admission to any
adult education class if those adults enroll not later than the
regular enrollment period for those classes.  The enrollment period
shall be published in the course catalog.  No course required by the
school district for high school graduation or necessary for pupils to
maintain satisfactory academic progress shall be offered exclusively
through the adult education program.  An adult for purposes of this
section is a person 18 years of age or older or other person who is
not concurrently enrolled in a regular high school program.
   (b) Each adult education teacher, whether part time or full time,
under contract status or in an hourly position, shall be part of the
adult school faculty and shall be under the direct supervision of the
authorized adult education administrator.
   (c) Enrollment of high school pupils shall be voluntary on the
part of the pupil taking the class.  Prior to enrollment by a high
school pupil in an adult education program, class, or course, the
pupil shall have documentation of the counseling session held
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 52500.1.
   (d) Enrollment of a high school pupil in an adult education
program, course, or class shall be for sound educational purposes,
including, but not limited to, the following:
   (1) The adult education program, course, or class is not offered
in the regular high school curriculum.
   (2) The adult education program, course, or class is needed by the
pupil to make up deficient credits for graduation from high school.

   (3) The adult education program, course, or class allows the pupil
to gain vocational and technical skills beyond that provided by the
regular high school's vocational and technical education program.
   (4) The adult education program, course, or class, supplements and
enriches the high school pupil's educational experience.
   (e) A high school pupil shall not be enrolled for apportionment
purposes in an adult education program, course, or class that would
be considered any of the following:
   (1) Physical education.
   (2) Driver's training and education.
   (3) Visual and performing arts.
   (4) Band.
   (5) Preparation of a school yearbook or school newspaper.
   (6) Training for, or participation in, athletic camps,
cheerleading or spirit organizations, student government, or
extracurricular student clubs.
   The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall issue a program
advisory that further defines the purposes set forth in subdivision
(d) and the courses set forth in subdivision (e).  The superintendent
is authorized to issue, at any time, rules and regulations instead
of the program advisory.



52525.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
   (a) A healthy state economy is dependent on an educated and
well-prepared workforce.  Career technical education plays a critical
role in developing the workforce necessary for the economic
viability of the state, keeping pupils engaged in the educational
process, and providing meaningful skills that translate to productive
careers.
   (b) Data and projections from the Employment Development
Department reveal that between the years of 2000 and 2006,
approximately 711,290 jobs that do not require a college degree will
need to be filled.
   (c) The United States Department of Labor indicates that only
about 20 percent of the jobs in the workforce require a baccalaureate
degree.
   (d) The State Department of Education reports that over 75 percent
of the "industrial technology education," which includes, but is not
limited to, automotive, construction, and manufacturing programs in
California's schools have closed since the mid-1970s.
   (e) The Employment Development Department and other sources reveal
that current course offerings and enrollments are insufficient to
fill the projected need of the state's future labor market.  Existing
courses provide only 65 percent of the projected course
requirements.