California Code
DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS
PART 2 - COUNTY EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES

CHAPTER 1 - County Boards of Education

ARTICLE 1 - Election, Jurisdiction, Organization and Procedure

Section 1000. - 1000. (a) Except in a city and county, there shall...

Section 1001. - 1001. (a) In those counties where the county superintendent of...

Section 1002. - 1002. (a) Upon being so requested by the county board...

Section 1003. - 1003. When a county committee on school district organization proposes...

Section 1004. - 1004. The resolution of the county committee approving a reduction...

Section 1005. - 1005. The boundaries of any trustee area shall not at...

Section 1006. - 1006. (a) Any registered voter is eligible to be a...

Section 1007. - 1007. (a) Members of the county board of education shall...

Section 1008. - 1008. When any vacancy exists on the county board of...

Section 1009. - 1009. The county board of education shall organize at a...

Section 1010. - 1010. The county superintendent of schools is ex officio secretary...

Section 1011. - 1011. Regular meetings of the board shall be held at...

Section 1012. - 1012. Special meetings may be called by the president whenever,...

Section 1013. - 1013. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum...

Section 1014. - 1014. No teacher’s certificate shall be issued or renewed, nor...

Section 1015. - 1015. On the call of any member, the ayes and...

Section 1016. - 1016. At special meetings, no business shall be transacted other...

Section 1017. - 1017. In those counties in which the election of members...

ARTICLE 2 - Duties and Responsibilities

Section 1040. - 1040. County boards of education shall: (a) Adopt rules and...

Section 1041. - 1041. County boards of education may: (a) Adopt and use...

Section 1042. - 1042. County boards of education may do all of the...

Section 1043. - 1043. Upon the adoption of a resolution by the board...

Section 1044. - 1044. Any county board of education may secure copyrights, in...

Section 1045. - 1045. Any county board of education may, in accordance with...

Section 1046. - 1046. The county board of education in any county required...

Section 1047. - 1047. A county board of education, to which all of...

Section 1048. - 1048. If a county board of education, county office of...

ARTICLE 3 - Transfer of Duties and Functions to County Board of Education

Section 1080. - 1080. The county board of supervisors, by resolution, may transfer...

Section 1081. - 1081. Upon the transfer of duties and functions to the...

Section 1082. - 1082. A county board of education to which functions and...

ARTICLE 4 - Salaries and Expenses

Section 1090. - 1090. (a) The board of supervisors may allow, as compensation,...

Section 1091. - 1091. If the members of the board of supervisors of...

Section 1092. - 1092. The secretary may be allowed the sum of ten...

Section 1093. - 1093. Compensation of the members of the board, shall be...

Section 1094. - 1094. Expenses for printing required by the county board of...

Section 1095. - 1095. The county board of education may subscribe for membership...

Section 1096. - 1096. The county board of education of each county may...

Section 1097. - 1097. Whenever a tax rate or portion thereof is levied...

CHAPTER 2 - County Superintendents of Schools

ARTICLE 1 - Appointment, Qualifications, Salary and Expenses

Section 1200. - 1200. Each county superintendent shall receive his actual and necessary...

Section 1201. - 1201. Each county superintendent shall also receive his actual and...

Section 1202. - 1202. The expenses of the office of superintendent of schools...

Section 1203. - 1203. The expense of providing housing for all the services...

Section 1204. - 1204. For the purposes of the retirement system of which...

Section 1205. - 1205. For the purposes of prescribing the qualifications required of...

Section 1206. - 1206. Except as provided in this section no person shall...

Section 1207. - 1207. The qualifications of the county superintendent of schools in...

Section 1208. - 1208. (a) All county superintendents of schools in counties within...

Section 1209. - 1209. A county superintendent of schools shall not increase his...

ARTICLE 2 - Duties, Responsibilities, and General Powers

Section 1240. - 1240. The county superintendent of schools shall do all of...

Section 1240.1. - 1240.1. If a county superintendent of schools transmits to the...

Section 1240.2. - 1240.2. A county superintendent of schools who files a qualified...

Section 1241. - 1241. (a) Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the provisions described...

Section 1241.5. - 1241.5. (a) At any time during a fiscal year, the...

Section 1243. - 1243. The county superintendent of schools shall make reports, when...

Section 1244. - 1244. Each county superintendent of schools shall annually, at such...

Section 1245. - 1245. Each county superintendent of schools shall submit the reports...

Section 1246. - 1246. Whenever the destruction of records of a county superintendent...

Section 1249. - 1249. (a) The county superintendent of schools may sell publications...

Section 1250. - 1250. The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of...

Section 1251. - 1251. The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of...

Section 1252. - 1252. The county superintendent of schools of any county may,...

Section 1253. - 1253. (a) Whenever any school district or community college district...

Section 1253.5. - 1253.5. (a) If a unified school district, described in subdivision...

Section 1254. - 1254. The county superintendent of schools of the county in...

Section 1256. - 1256. The county superintendent of schools shall, when there is...

Section 1258. - 1258. Whenever by this code the county superintendent of schools...

Section 1259. - 1259. The Director of Corrections may establish and maintain classes...

Section 1260. - 1260. The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of...

Section 1262. - 1262. Each county superintendent of schools is authorized upon request...

Section 1263. - 1263. It is the intent of the Legislature that certificated...

Section 1266. - 1266. Whenever the county superintendent of schools of any county...

Section 1267. - 1267. Out of the school maintenance and repair fund the...

Section 1268. - 1268. Upon receipt of the memorandum the governing board of...

Section 1269. - 1269. The superintendent of schools of the county may employ...

Section 1270. - 1270. The county superintendent of schools of any county may...

Section 1270.1. - 1270.1. The county superintendent of schools may allow pupils entitled...

Section 1271. - 1271. The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval...

Section 1273. - 1273. The county superintendent of schools, in accordance with rules...

Section 1274. - 1274. The county superintendent of schools may establish a fund...

Section 1275. - 1275. The county superintendent may arrange with a county purchasing...

Section 1276. - 1276. The county superintendent of schools may contract with an...

Section 1277. - 1277. The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of...

Section 1278. - 1278. The superintendent of schools of each county may conduct...

Section 1279. - 1279. (a) The county superintendent of schools shall not in...

Section 1280. - 1280. If a revision in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars...

Section 1281. - 1281. (a) No county superintendent of schools may hire as...

ARTICLE 3 - Staff

Section 1290. - 1290. Except as otherwise provided by law, every county superintendent...

Section 1292. - 1292. The compensation of each deputy school superintendent of a...

Section 1293. - 1293. A county superintendent of schools may enter into contracts...

Section 1294. - 1294. Each person employed by a county superintendent of schools...

Section 1294.1. - 1294.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a...

Section 1294.5. - 1294.5. Any county superintendent of schools may employ persons possessing...

Section 1295. - 1295. The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of...

Section 1296. - 1296. (a) If the average daily attendance of the schools...

Section 1297. - 1297. For the purpose of insurance under the workers’ compensation...

Section 1298. - 1298. By agreement between the county board of education and...

Section 1299. - 1299. A supervisor of health employed by the county superintendent...

Section 1300. - 1300. (a) A county superintendent of schools may award consultancy...

Section 1301. - 1301. The county superintendent of schools, in accordance with rules...

Section 1302. - 1302. (a) The county superintendent of schools shall not increase...

ARTICLE 4 - Classified County School Employees

Section 1310. - 1310. The provisions of this article shall become operative in...

Section 1311. - 1311. Each person employed by a county superintendent of schools...

Section 1312. - 1312. County employees assigned to the office of the county...

Section 1313. - 1313. Each county employee whose status is changed by this...

Section 1314. - 1314. County employees whose status is changed by this article...

Section 1315. - 1315. The county board of education may grant to employees...

Section 1316. - 1316. No employee transferred from the county service to a...

Section 1317. - 1317. (a) The county board of education shall adopt the...

Section 1318. - 1318. The county board of education or county superintendent of...

Section 1319. - 1319. The county superintendent of schools may employ, in accordance...

ARTICLE 5 - Unemployment Insurance

Section 1330. - 1330. (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction or the Board...

ARTICLE 6 - Tax-Sheltered Annuities

Section 1340. - 1340. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,...

ARTICLE 7 - Retiree Benefit Funds

Section 1350. - 1350. A county superintendent of schools may establish a retiree...

CHAPTER 3 - County Boards of Supervisors

Section 1400. - 1400. Except as provided in Sections 4040 to 4045, inclusive,...

CHAPTER 4 - Expenses

ARTICLE 1 - Expenses Payable From County School Service Fund

Section 1500. - 1500. All expenses shall be paid out of the County...

ARTICLE 2 - Expenses Payable From County General Fund

Section 1510. - 1510. (a) Except as provided in Section 1500, all expenses...

CHAPTER 5 - County School Service Fund

ARTICLE 1 - County School Service Fund

Section 1600. - 1600. There is hereby established in the treasury of each...

Section 1601. - 1601. Wherever any of the terms “unapportioned county elementary school...

Section 1602. - 1602. The county school service fund shall be utilized by...

Section 1604. - 1604. No moneys shall be expended from the county school...

Section 1605. - 1605. The title to all property purchased by the county...

Section 1606. - 1606. The money credited to the county school service fund...

ARTICLE 2 - County Office of Education Budget Approval

Section 1620. - 1620. On or before July 1 of each fiscal year,...

Section 1621. - 1621. (a) The single-fund budget shall be prepared in the...

Section 1622. - 1622. (a) On or before July 1 of each fiscal...

Section 1623. - 1623. (a) The budget review committee shall be composed of...

Section 1624. - 1624. (a) If the budget review committee established pursuant to...

Section 1625. - 1625. The county superintendent of schools for any county office...

Section 1626. - 1626. Until the time the county office of education receives...

Section 1627. - 1627. The county school service fund shall be audited annually...

Section 1628. - 1628. On or before October 15 of each year, the...

Section 1629. - 1629. On or before October 15 of each year, the...

Section 1630. - 1630. (a) The Superintendent shall review and consider studies, reports,...

CHAPTER 6 - County School Service Fund Programs and Services

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 1700. - 1700. The Legislature hereby declares that it is in the...

Section 1701. - 1701. Any services of the county superintendent of schools authorized...

Section 1702. - 1702. The county school service fund shall be used to...

Section 1703. - 1703. The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval...

Section 1704. - 1704. The services described in Section 1703 shall, except in...

ARTICLE 3 - Preparation of Courses of Studies

Section 1720. - 1720. The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval...

Section 1721. - 1721. The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval...

Section 1722. - 1722. The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of...

Section 1723. - 1723. The services described in Sections 1720, 1721 and 1722,...

ARTICLE 4 - Supervision of Instruction

Section 1730. - 1730. The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval...

Section 1731. - 1731. The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval...

Section 1732. - 1732. The services described in Sections 1730 and 1731 shall...

ARTICLE 5 - Supervision of Attendance

Section 1740. - 1740. The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval...

Section 1741. - 1741. The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval...

Section 1742. - 1742. The services described in Sections 1740 and 1741 shall...

ARTICLE 6 - Supervision of Health

Section 1750. - 1750. The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval...

Section 1751. - 1751. In lieu of employing supervisors of health, the county...

Section 1752. - 1752. The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval...

Section 1753. - 1753. The services described in Sections 1750, 1751, and 1752...

Section 1754. - 1754. A supervisor of health employed by the county superintendent...

ARTICLE 7 - Provision of Guidance Services

Section 1760. - 1760. The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval...

Section 1761. - 1761. The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval...

Section 1762. - 1762. The services described in Sections 1760 and 1761 shall...

ARTICLE 8 - Provision of Library Services

Section 1770. - 1770. (a) The county superintendent of schools may, with the...

Section 1771. - 1771. (a) The county superintendent of schools of any county...

Section 1772. - 1772. The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval...

Section 1773. - 1773. The county superintendent of schools of any county maintaining...

Section 1774. - 1774. (a) The county superintendent of schools may establish a...

Section 1775. - 1775. Whenever the county superintendent of schools assumes responsibility for...

ARTICLE 14.5 - Education of Prisoners

Section 1900. - 1900. The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of...

Section 1901. - 1901. The county board of education shall have the authority...

Section 1902. - 1902. The county board of education may provide for the...

Section 1903. - 1903. (a) For purposes of attendance, “adult” means any prisoner...

Section 1904. - 1904. For all schools or classes maintained by the county...

Section 1905. - 1905. The sheriff or other official in charge of county...

Section 1906. - 1906. The board of supervisors may, by ordinance, direct the...

Section 1907. - 1907. The board of supervisors, in lieu of proceeding under...

Section 1908. - 1908. (a) The board of supervisors of the county shall...

Section 1909. - 1909. (a) From funds appropriated for allocation pursuant to Sections...

Section 1909.5. - 1909.5. The calculation made pursuant to Section 1909 is subject...

ARTICLE 14.7 - Youth and Adult Offender Education

Section 1915. - 1915. In addition to any educational opportunity available under Article...

ARTICLE 15 - Emergency Schools

Section 1920. - 1920. In order to provide elementary education for children residing...

Section 1921. - 1921. The county superintendent of schools shall draw requisitions upon...

Section 1922. - 1922. The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval...

Section 1923. - 1923. The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval...

Section 1924. - 1924. The units of average daily attendance for a fiscal...

ARTICLE 17 - Miscellaneous

Section 1940. - 1940. The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval...

Section 1941. - 1941. The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval...

Section 1942. - 1942. The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval...

Section 1943. - 1943. The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval...

Section 1944. - 1944. The county superintendent of schools may with the approval...

Section 1945. - 1945. The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval...

Section 1946. - 1946. The county board of education may enter into agreements...

CHAPTER 6.5 - County Community Schools

Section 1980. - 1980. A county board of education may establish and maintain...

Section 1981. - 1981. The county board of education may enroll pupils in...

Section 1981.5. - 1981.5. (a) A pupil who is involuntarily enrolled in a...

Section 1983. - 1983. (a) Pupils enrolled in county community schools shall be...

Section 1984. - 1984. For the purposes of establishing and maintaining a county...

Section 1986. - 1986. (a) The Legislature hereby recognizes that community schools are...

CHAPTER 7 - Attendance in Adjoining States

Section 2000. - 2000. The county superintendent of schools of any county contiguous...

Section 2005. - 2005. The superintendent of schools of a school district, or...

Section 2010. - 2010. All requisitions drawn by the county superintendent of schools...

Section 2011. - 2011. The county superintendent of schools may with the approval...

CHAPTER 10 - Apportionment of County Forest Reserve School Money

Section 2300. - 2300. The county auditor of any county, receiving money from...

CHAPTER 11 - County School Supply Revolving Fund

Section 2400. - 2400. The county superintendent of schools, or, when so directed...

Section 2401. - 2401. Upon proper evidence of the receipt by any school...

Section 2402. - 2402. The county superintendent of schools, or, if so directed...

Section 2403. - 2403. The superintendent of schools may determine to abolish the...

CHAPTER 12 - County Tax Rates, County Superintendents

ARTICLE 3 - Computation of Revenue Limits

Section 2550.3. - 2550.3. Each county superintendent of schools, as a condition of...

Section 2553. - 2553. For major capital outlay projects or major repair or...

Section 2555. - 2555. Beginning July 1, 1979, the Superintendent of Public Instruction...

Section 2556. - 2556. For the purposes of the allocation of property tax...

Section 2558. - 2558. Notwithstanding any other law, for the 1979–80 fiscal year...

ARTICLE 4 - Allocation of Property Tax Revenues

Section 2570. - 2570. For the 1980–81 fiscal year and each fiscal year...

Section 2571. - 2571. The Superintendent shall make the following computations for each...

Section 2572. - 2572. The product computed pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section...

Section 2573. - 2573. The remainder computed pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section...

CHAPTER 12.5 - County Local Control Funding Formula

Section 2574. - 2574. For the 2013–14 fiscal year and for each fiscal...

Section 2575. - 2575. (a) Commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year and for...

Section 2575.1. - 2575.1. Commencing with the 2017–18 fiscal year, the Superintendent of...

Section 2575.2. - 2575.2. (a) Commencing with the 2018–19 fiscal year, the Superintendent...

Section 2575.3. - 2575.3. (a) Commencing with the 2022–23 fiscal year, the Superintendent...

Section 2575.4. - 2575.4. Commencing with the 2022–23 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall...

Section 2576. - 2576. (a) If a county superintendent of schools enrolls in...

Section 2577. - 2577. Notwithstanding any other law, revenue limit funding for county...

Section 2578. - 2578. (a) Every fiscal year the Superintendent shall determine the...

Section 2579. - 2579. Commencing on July 1, 2013, all of the following...

CHAPTER 13 - School District Boundaries

Section 2600. - 2600. Every county superintendent shall inquire and ascertain whether the...

Section 2601. - 2601. Whenever the boundary line of any school district or...

Section 2602. - 2602. Whenever any school district or community college district has...

Section 2603. - 2603. The county superintendent may, if he deems it necessary,...