2018 California Code
Education Code - EDC
TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES
PART 38 - SCHOOLSITE COUNCILS
Section 65001.

(a) Schools with a common site administration may operate a shared schoolsite council if the schoolsite has a pupil population of less than 300.

(b) Up to three schools with a combined pupil population of less than 1,000 may operate a shared schoolsite council if the schools have at least one of the following characteristics:

(1) A shared campus.

(2) Geographic proximity to one another with similar pupil populations.

(c) In the case of a shared schoolsite council, each elementary school shall have representation as indicated in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 65000, and each secondary school shall have representation as indicated in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 65000.

(d) A school with a population of fewer than 300 pupils may operate a schoolsite council that has the representation of at least one member of each group identified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 65000 as long as it maintains parity with the representation of the groups referenced in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 65000, and the local governing board or body of the local educational agency has obtained approval from its local bargaining unit, if applicable.

(e) The state board may grant a waiver of any provision of this part to a school district or county office of education. A school district governing board or county board of education, on behalf of a schoolsite council, may request that the state board grant a waiver of any provision of this part.

(f) The state board may adopt rules and regulations as necessary to implement the provisions of this part.

(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 471, Sec. 7. (AB 716) Effective January 1, 2019.)