California Code
PART 27 - PUPILS
CHAPTER 6 - Pupil Rights and Responsibilities

ARTICLE 1 - Suspension or Expulsion

Section 48900. - 48900. A pupil shall not be suspended from school or...

Section 48900.1. - 48900.1. (a) The governing board of each school district may...

Section 48900.2. - 48900.2. In addition to the reasons specified in Section 48900,...

Section 48900.3. - 48900.3. In addition to the reasons set forth in Sections...

Section 48900.4. - 48900.4. In addition to the grounds specified in Sections 48900...

Section 48900.5. - 48900.5. (a) Suspension, including supervised suspension as described in Section...

Section 48900.6. - 48900.6. As part of or instead of disciplinary action prescribed...

Section 48900.7. - 48900.7. (a) In addition to the reasons specified in Sections...

Section 48900.8. - 48900.8. For purposes of notification to parents, and for the...

Section 48900.9. - 48900.9. (a) The superintendent of a school district, the principal...

Section 48901. - 48901. (a) No school shall permit the smoking or use...

Section 48901.1. - 48901.1. Notwithstanding Section 47610 or any other law, commencing July...

Section 48901.5. - 48901.5. (a) The governing board of each school district, or...

Section 48901.7. - 48901.7. (a) The governing body of a school district, a...

Section 48902. - 48902. (a) The principal of a school or the principal’s...

Section 48903. - 48903. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (g) of Section...

Section 48904. - 48904. (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 1714.1 of the Civil Code,...

Section 48904.3. - 48904.3. (a) Upon receiving notice that a school district has...

Section 48905. - 48905. An employee of a school district whose person or...

Section 48906. - 48906. When a principal or other school official releases a...

Section 48907. - 48907. (a) Pupils of the public schools, including charter schools,...

Section 48908. - 48908. All pupils shall comply with the regulations, pursue the...

Section 48909. - 48909. When a petition is requested in juvenile court or...

Section 48910. - 48910. (a) A teacher may suspend any pupil from class,...

Section 48911. - 48911. (a) The principal of the school, the principal’s designee,...

Section 48911.1. - 48911.1. (a) A pupil suspended from a school for any...

Section 48911.2. - 48911.2. (a) If the number of pupils suspended from school...

Section 48911.5. - 48911.5. The site principal of a contracting nonpublic, nonsectarian school...

Section 48912. - 48912. (a) The governing board may suspend a pupil from...

Section 48912.5. - 48912.5. The governing board of a school district may suspend...

Section 48913. - 48913. The teacher of any class from which a pupil...

Section 48913.5. - 48913.5. (a) Upon the request of a parent, a legal...

Section 48914. - 48914. Each school district is authorized to establish a policy...

Section 48915. - 48915. (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and...

Section 48915.01. - 48915.01. If the governing board of a school district has...

Section 48915.1. - 48915.1. (a) If the governing board of a school district...

Section 48915.2. - 48915.2. (a) A pupil expelled from school for any of...

Section 48915.5. - 48915.5. (a) An individual with exceptional needs, as defined in...

Section 48916. - 48916. (a) An expulsion order shall remain in effect until...

Section 48916.1. - 48916.1. (a) At the time an expulsion of a pupil...

Section 48916.5. - 48916.5. The governing board may require a pupil who is...

Section 48917. - 48917. (a) The governing board, upon voting to expel a...

Section 48918. - 48918. The governing board of each school district shall establish...

Section 48918.1. - 48918.1. (a) If the decision is expulsion and the pupil...

Section 48918.5. - 48918.5. In expulsion hearings involving allegations brought pursuant to subdivision...

Section 48918.6. - 48918.6. In addition to any other immunity that may exist,...

Section 48919. - 48919. If a pupil is expelled from school, the pupil...

Section 48919.5. - 48919.5. (a) A county board of education in a class...

Section 48920. - 48920. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 54950 of the Government...

Section 48921. - 48921. The county board of education shall determine the appeal...

Section 48922. - 48922. (a) The review by the county board of education...

Section 48923. - 48923. The decision of the county board shall be limited...

Section 48924. - 48924. The decision of the county board of education shall...

Section 48925. - 48925. As used in this article: (a) “Day” means a...

Section 48926. - 48926. Each county superintendent of schools in counties that operate...

Section 48927. - 48927. (a) This chapter shall also apply to pupils attending...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Transfer of Pupil Convicted of Violent Felony or Misdemeanor

Section 48929. - 48929. Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board of a...

ARTICLE 2 - Student Organizations

Section 48930. - 48930. Any group of students may organize a student body...

Section 48931. - 48931. The governing board of any school district or any...

Section 48932. - 48932. The governing board of any school district may authorize...

Section 48933. - 48933. (a) The funds of any student body organization established...

Section 48934. - 48934. The funds of a student body organization established in...

Section 48936. - 48936. In addition to deposit or investment pursuant to Section...

Section 48937. - 48937. The governing board of any school district shall provide...

Section 48938. - 48938. In schools or classes for adults, regional occupational centers...

ARTICLE 3 - Speech and Other Communication

Section 48950. - 48950. (a) A school district operating one or more high...

ARTICLE 4 - Notification of Parent or Guardian

Section 48980. - 48980. (a) At the beginning of the first semester or...

Section 48980.3. - 48980.3. The notification required pursuant to Section 48980 shall include...

Section 48981. - 48981. The notice shall be provided at the time of...

Section 48982. - 48982. (a) The notice shall be signed by the parent...

Section 48983. - 48983. If any activity covered by the sections set forth...

Section 48984. - 48984. No school district shall undertake any activity covered by...

Section 48985. - 48985. (a) If 15 percent or more of the pupils...

Section 48986. - 48986. (a) (1) A local educational agency shall inform, through...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Guidelines for Filing Complaint of Child Abuse

Section 48987. - 48987. The governing board of a school district or county...

ARTICLE 5 - Prohibition of Corporal Punishment

Section 49000. - 49000. The Legislature finds and declares that the protection against...

Section 49001. - 49001. (a) For the purposes of this section “corporal punishment”...

ARTICLE 5.2 - Restraint and Seclusion

Section 49005. - 49005. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 49005.1. - 49005.1. The following definitions apply to this article: (a) “Behavioral...

Section 49005.2. - 49005.2. A pupil has the right to be free from...

Section 49005.4. - 49005.4. An educational provider may use seclusion or a behavioral...

Section 49005.6. - 49005.6. An educational provider shall avoid, whenever possible, the use...

Section 49005.8. - 49005.8. (a) An educational provider shall not do any of...

Section 49006. - 49006. (a) A local educational agency that meets the definition...

Section 49006.2. - 49006.2. Notwithstanding Section 49006, the data collection and reporting requirements...

Section 49006.4. - 49006.4. (a) This article applies with regard to all pupils,...

ARTICLE 5.5 - Pupil Fees

Section 49010. - 49010. For purposes of this article, the following terms have...

Section 49011. - 49011. (a) A pupil enrolled in a public school shall...

Section 49012. - 49012. (a) Commencing with the 2014–15 fiscal year, and every...

Section 49013. - 49013. (a) A complaint of noncompliance with the requirements of...

Section 49014. - 49014. (a) A pupil or former pupil, unless emancipated at...

ARTICLE 6 - Athletic Programs

Section 49020. - 49020. It is the intent of the Legislature that opportunities...

Section 49021. - 49021. It is the intent of the Legislature that opportunities...

Section 49022. - 49022. Insofar as practicable, in apportioning public funds school district...

Section 49023. - 49023. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no public funds...

Section 49024. - 49024. (a) Prior to assuming a paid or volunteer position...

ARTICLE 6.5 - Performance-Enhancing Substances

Section 49030. - 49030. (a) Sixty days after the posting of the United...

Section 49031. - 49031. (a) A school may not accept a sponsorship from...

Section 49032. - 49032. (a) (1) Effective December 31, 2008, each high school...

Section 49033. - 49033. The California Interscholastic Federation shall amend its constitution and...

Section 49034. - 49034. (a) The State Treasurer may accept voluntary contributions for...

ARTICLE 7 - Registering to Vote

Section 49040. - 49040. (a) The last two full weeks in April and...

Section 49041. - 49041. (a) The administrator of a high school, or his...

ARTICLE 8 - Searches by School Employees

Section 49050. - 49050. No school employee shall conduct a search that involves:...

Section 49051. - 49051. Nothing in this article shall be construed to affect...

ARTICLE 9 - Restorative Justice Practices

Section 49055. - 49055. (a) On or before June 1, 2024, the department...