California Code
DIVISION 2 - STATE ADMINISTRATION
PART 20 - STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES

CHAPTER 1 - State Board of Education

ARTICLE 1 - Composition

Section 33000. - 33000. There is in the state government a State Board...

Section 33000.5. - 33000.5. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 33000 and 33001, the Governor shall...

Section 33001. - 33001. The term of office of the members of the...

Section 33002. - 33002. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the...

Section 33003. - 33003. The board, through its own bylaws, shall provide for...

Section 33004. - 33004. The Superintendent shall be secretary and shall act as...

Section 33005. - 33005. The board shall appoint an acting secretary, who shall...

Section 33006. - 33006. (a) Members of the board shall receive their actual...

Section 33007. - 33007. The board shall meet at least six times a...

Section 33008. - 33008. Special meetings may be called by the president. Upon...

Section 33009. - 33009. Notice of each meeting shall be given by the...

Section 33009.5. - 33009.5. Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 11125 of the Government...

Section 33009.7. - 33009.7. (a) The state board shall provide for live video...

Section 33010. - 33010. The concurrence of six members of the board shall...

Section 33011. - 33011. Whenever by any law the board is authorized to...

ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties

Section 33030. - 33030. The board shall determine all questions of policy within...

Section 33031. - 33031. The board shall adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent...

Section 33032. - 33032. The board shall study the educational conditions and needs...

Section 33033. - 33033. The State Board of Education may: (a) Establish at...

Section 33034. - 33034. The board shall issue subpoenas to compel the attendance...

Section 33035. - 33035. The board shall adopt and use an official seal...

Section 33036. - 33036. The board shall cause the Department of General Services...

Section 33037. - 33037. The board shall submit to the Governor biennially on...

Section 33039. - 33039. The State Board of Education shall develop guidelines which...

Section 33040. - 33040. The State Board of Education and the governing bodies...

Section 33041. - 33041. The State Board of Education shall revise the health...

Section 33042. - 33042. The Legislature encourages school districts to comply with the...

ARTICLE 3 - Waiver Authority

Section 33050. - 33050. (a) The governing board of a school district or...

Section 33050.3. - 33050.3. Notwithstanding Section 33050, the State Board of Education is...

Section 33051. - 33051. (a) The state board shall approve any and all...

Section 33051.5. - 33051.5. Not less than 30 days prior to any public...

Section 33052. - 33052. (a) If formal action by the State Board of...

Section 33052.3. - 33052.3. For the purposes of improving the financial management and...

Section 33052.5. - 33052.5. For purposes of this article, “school district” shall include...

Section 33053. - 33053. The State Department of Education shall annually submit a...

CHAPTER 1.5 - Purpose

Section 33080. - 33080. Each child is a unique person, with unique needs,...

CHAPTER 2 - Superintendent of Public Instruction

ARTICLE 1 - Appointment and Salaries

Section 33100. - 33100. A vacancy in the office of Superintendent of Public...

Section 33102. - 33102. The actual and necessary traveling expenses of the Superintendent...

ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties

Section 33110. - 33110. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may employ one Deputy...

Section 33111. - 33111. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall execute, under direction...

Section 33112. - 33112. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall: (a) Superintend the...

Section 33113. - 33113. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prescribe regulations under...

Section 33114. - 33114. All such contracts, agreements or arrangements shall be entered...

Section 33115. - 33115. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may enter into an...

Section 33116. - 33116. The Director of Education may enter into agreements with...

Section 33117. - 33117. The Director of Education may enter into agreements with...

Section 33117.5. - 33117.5. (a) Adult education programs and regional occupational programs operated...

Section 33117.7. - 33117.7. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall use 30 percent...

Section 33118. - 33118. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, not later than...

Section 33119. - 33119. Other than for persons in the state civil service,...

Section 33120. - 33120. The Director of Education may conduct experimental work in...

Section 33121. - 33121. The Director of Education may develop audial and visual...

Section 33122. - 33122. The Director of Education shall employ such persons as...

Section 33123. - 33123. The Director of Education may enter into an agreement...

Section 33125. - 33125. The Director of Education, subject to such conditions as...

Section 33126. - 33126. (a) The school accountability report card shall provide data...

Section 33126.1. - 33126.1. (a) The department shall develop and recommend for adoption...

Section 33126.15. - 33126.15. (a) By July 1, 2006, the department shall develop,...

Section 33126.2. - 33126.2. (a) The Superintendent may recommend additional data elements for...

Section 33126.5. - 33126.5. The State Allocation Board, in cooperation with the Superintendent...

Section 33127. - 33127. (a) The Superintendent, the Controller, and the Director of...

Section 33128. - 33128. (a) The standards and criteria to be adopted by...

Section 33128.1. - 33128.1. Notwithstanding any other law, a local educational agency may...

Section 33128.5. - 33128.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county unified...

Section 33129. - 33129. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, beginning...

Section 33131. - 33131. The standards and criteria for fiscal accountability referred to...

Section 33132. - 33132. (a) Notwithstanding Section 51877, the Superintendent of Public Instruction...

Section 33133. - 33133. (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop information,...

Section 33133.5. - 33133.5. (a) The Superintendent shall create a poster that notifies...

ARTICLE 3 - Deputies and Associate Superintendents

Section 33140. - 33140. The duties of the Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction...

Section 33141. - 33141. The annual salaries of the Deputy Superintendent of Public...

Section 33143. - 33143. (a) In addition to the positions authorized by Section...

ARTICLE 5 - Verification of Private School Instruction

Section 33190. - 33190. Every person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation offering or...

Section 33191. - 33191. (a) Commencing October 1, 1985, the affidavit or statement...

Section 33192. - 33192. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),...

Section 33193. - 33193. (a) A private school contracting with an entity for...

ARTICLE 6 - Verification of Heritage School Operation

Section 33195. - 33195. (a) Every person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation operating...

Section 33195.1. - 33195.1. (a) Commencing January 1, 2011, the electronic registration form...

Section 33195.2. - 33195.2. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),...

Section 33195.3. - 33195.3. (a) A heritage school contracting with an entity for...

Section 33195.4. - 33195.4. For purposes of this article, “heritage school” means a...

Section 33195.5. - 33195.5. (a) The Heritage Enrichment Resource Fund is hereby established...

Section 33195.6. - 33195.6. (a) A director of a heritage school shall undergo...

CHAPTER 3 - State Department of Education

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 33300. - 33300. There is in the state government a State Department...

Section 33301. - 33301. The Department of Education shall be administered through: (a)...

Section 33302. - 33302. The Department of Education shall be conducted under the...

Section 33303. - 33303. The Superintendent of Public Instruction is ex officio Director...

Section 33304. - 33304. The provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180),...

Section 33305. - 33305. Wherever in Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180), Chapter...

Section 33306. - 33306. The Department of Education is the successor to, and...

Section 33307. - 33307. The Department of Education shall be in possession and...

Section 33308. - 33308. The Department of Education shall administer and enforce all...

Section 33308.1. - 33308.1. The State Department of Education shall adopt guidelines to...

Section 33308.5. - 33308.5. (a) Program guidelines issued by the State Department of...

Section 33309. - 33309. In addition to the Division of Libraries of the...

Section 33310. - 33310. The State Department of Education may sell any educational...

Section 33311. - 33311. When the Department of Education fixes the price of...

Section 33312. - 33312. Any county, or any school district, in this state...

Section 33313. - 33313. All moneys received from the sale of materials pursuant...

Section 33314. - 33314. The State Board of Education may, upon recommendation of...

Section 33315. - 33315. (a) The Superintendent shall establish and implement a system...

Section 33316. - 33316. The State Department of Education shall do all of...

Section 33317. - 33317. The Department of Education shall cooperate with the Educational...

Section 33318. - 33318. (a) The Department of Education shall report the test...

Section 33318.1. - 33318.1. (a) On or before July 1, 2021, the department...

Section 33318.5. - 33318.5. (a) In addition to the dropout rate the department...

Section 33319. - 33319. The State Department of Education shall encourage and assist...

Section 33319.3. - 33319.3. The State Department of Education shall prepare materials on...

Section 33319.5. - 33319.5. The State Department of Education may encourage among school...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Effective Educational Programs and Practices

Section 33320. - 33320. (a) The purpose of this article is to identify,...

Section 33321. - 33321. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish procedures within...

Section 33321.5. - 33321.5. In performing the responsibilities set forth in Section 33321,...

Section 33322. - 33322. The State Board of Education may authorize the funding...

Section 33323. - 33323. The State Board of Education, upon review of the...

Section 33324. - 33324. (a) The State Department of Education shall annually disseminate...

Section 33325. - 33325. All proposals submitted to the State Board of Education...

Section 33326. - 33326. The State Board of Education, upon review of the...

Section 33327. - 33327. (a) The State Department of Education, in performing the...

Section 33328. - 33328. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

ARTICLE 2 - Finances

Section 33330. - 33330. The department may expend the money in any appropriation,...

Section 33331. - 33331. The Department of Education may expend the moneys in...

Section 33332. - 33332. The Director of Finance may give the Director of...

Section 33333. - 33333. Money received under Section 33332 may, with the approval...

Section 33334. - 33334. All moneys received by or for any school under...

Section 33335. - 33335. For the purposes of Government Code Section 11032, the...

Section 33337. - 33337. It is the intent of the Legislature that, for...

Section 33338. - 33338. (a) The department or any other state agency that...

ARTICLE 3 - Educational Programs

Section 33350. - 33350. The State Department of Education shall do all of...

Section 33351. - 33351. The Department of Education may employ the necessary expert...

Section 33352. - 33352. (a) The department shall exercise general supervision over the...

Section 33353. - 33353. (a) The California Interscholastic Federation is a voluntary organization...

Section 33353.5. - 33353.5. The California Interscholastic Federation shall not transact insurance as...

Section 33353.7. - 33353.7. (a) No later than July 1, 2017, the California...

Section 33354. - 33354. (a) The department shall have the following authority over...

ARTICLE 4 - Workshops

Section 33360. - 33360. The Department of Education and a statewide association composed...

Section 33362. - 33362. Any member or member-elect of a school district governing...

Section 33363. - 33363. Any member or member-elect of a county board of...

ARTICLE 5 - Bureau of Indian Education

Section 33370. - 33370. (a) There is hereby created within the department an...

ARTICLE 6 - California Indian Education Centers

Section 33380. - 33380. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that American Indian...

Section 33381. - 33381. The California American Indian education centers established pursuant to...

Section 33382. - 33382. The state board, upon the advice and recommendations of...

Section 33383. - 33383. (a) An application for the establishment of a California...

Section 33384. - 33384. (a) (1) Each center shall annually submit a report...

ARTICLE 7 - California Indian Education Act

Section 33390. - 33390. This article shall be known, and may be cited...

Section 33391. - 33391. (a) The Legislature encourages local educational agencies to form...

ARTICLE 8 - Educational Evaluations

Section 33400. - 33400. It is the intention of the Legislature in enacting...

Section 33403. - 33403. The State Department of Education shall perform evaluations of...

Section 33404. - 33404. It is the understanding of the Legislature that the...

Section 33406. - 33406. The State Department of Education shall conduct special studies...

Section 33407. - 33407. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall annually, not later...

ARTICLE 9 - Audits of Contracting Agencies

Section 33420. - 33420. (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction, in cooperation with...

Section 33421. - 33421. Every private agency which receives state funds which may...

ARTICLE 9.5 - California Youth Leadership Project

Section 33425. - 33425. (a) The California Youth Leadership Project is hereby established...

Section 33426. - 33426. (a) The California Youth Leadership Project shall be overseen...

Section 33427. - 33427. Duties of the California Youth Leadership Project Committee shall...

Section 33428. - 33428. (a) The funds for the California Youth Leadership Project...

ARTICLE 10 - The Learning Communities for School Success Program

Section 33430. - 33430. The Learning Communities for School Success Program is hereby...

Section 33431. - 33431. (a) A local educational agency that chooses to apply...

Section 33432. - 33432. (a) A local educational agency that receives a grant...

Section 33433. - 33433. (a) The department shall use the funding the Safe...

Section 33434. - 33434. (a) A local educational agency that receives grant funding...

Section 33435. - 33435. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:...

Section 33436. - 33436. This article shall not become operative unless funds are...

ARTICLE 10 - The Learning Communities for School Success Program

Section 33430. - 33430. The Learning Communities for School Success Program is hereby...

Section 33431. - 33431. (a) A local educational agency that chooses to apply...

Section 33432. - 33432. (a) A local educational agency that receives a grant...

Section 33433. - 33433. (a) The department shall use the funding the Safe...

Section 33434. - 33434. (a) A local educational agency that receives grant funding...

Section 33435. - 33435. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:...

Section 33436. - 33436. This article shall not become operative unless funds are...

ARTICLE 11 - Pathways to Success Grant Program

Section 33440. - 33440. For purposes of this article, the following terms have...

Section 33441. - 33441. (a) The Pathways to Success Grant Program is hereby...

Section 33442. - 33442. (a) (1) The department shall administer the Pathways to...

Section 33443. - 33443. The department shall perform all of the following functions...

Section 33444. - 33444. The department shall consult with the following persons and...

Section 33445. - 33445. (a) A grant recipient shall use the grant for...

Section 33446. - 33446. On or before June 30, 2025, the department shall...

Section 33447. - 33447. This article shall be implemented only upon an appropriation...

ARTICLE 12 - Intergenerational Education Programs

Section 33470. - 33470. The State Department of Education shall administer intergenerational education...

Section 33471. - 33471. The State Department of Education shall establish criteria for...

Section 33471.5. - 33471.5. The State Department of Education may allocate funds pursuant...

Section 33472. - 33472. The department shall require continuation of contract requirements, such...

Section 33473. - 33473. The State Department of Education may consult with the...

ARTICLE 13 - The California Stem Cell and Biotechnology Education and Workforce Development Act of 2009

Section 33475. - 33475. This article shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 33475.1. - 33475.1. The purpose of this article is to establish stem...

Section 33475.2. - 33475.2. For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall...

Section 33475.3. - 33475.3. The department, in consultation with the CIRM and representatives...

Section 33475.4. - 33475.4. The department shall post on its Internet Web site,...

Section 33475.5. - 33475.5. The department shall post on its Internet Web site...

ARTICLE 13.3 - COVID-19 Youth Health Information Act

Section 33477. - 33477. This article shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 33477.1. - 33477.1. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:...

Section 33477.3. - 33477.3. (a) The department shall post on its internet website...

Section 33477.9. - 33477.9. This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2024,...

ARTICLE 13.5 - The Eric Paredes Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act

Section 33479. - 33479. This act shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 33479.1. - 33479.1. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:...

Section 33479.2. - 33479.2. (a) The department shall post on its Internet Web...

Section 33479.3. - 33479.3. Each school year, before a pupil participates in an...

Section 33479.4. - 33479.4. A school may hold an informational meeting before the...

Section 33479.5. - 33479.5. (a) A pupil who passes out or faints while...

Section 33479.6. - 33479.6. (a) A coach of an athletic activity shall complete...

Section 33479.7. - 33479.7. On and after July 1, 2019, a coach who...

Section 33479.8. - 33479.8. The sponsors of youth athletic activities are encouraged to...

Section 33479.9. - 33479.9. This article is operative on July 1, 2017. (Added...

CHAPTER 4 - State Educational Commissions and Committees

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 33500. - 33500. The Legislature hereby declares that there is further need...

Section 33501. - 33501. The following definitions apply to educational advisory bodies created...

ARTICLE 2 - Educational Innovation and Planning Commission

Section 33502. - 33502. There is in the state government the Educational Innovation...

Section 33503. - 33503. The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission...

Section 33504. - 33504. The Superintendent of Public Instruction or his representative shall...

Section 33505. - 33505. The commission, in carrying out its powers and duties,...

Section 33506. - 33506. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation,...

Section 33507. - 33507. The commission shall select one of its members to...

Section 33508. - 33508. Commission members shall serve for four-year terms and shall...

Section 33509. - 33509. As used in this article: (a) “Commission” means the...

Section 33510. - 33510. For purposes of this article, the commission shall have...

Section 33511. - 33511. The commission may do all of the following: (a)...

Section 33512. - 33512. All projects recommended by the commission shall be submitted...

Section 33513. - 33513. The State Board of Education shall allocate funds under...

Section 33514. - 33514. The State Board of Education shall annually allocate, insofar...

Section 33516. - 33516. In order to be deemed an approved project and...

Section 33518. - 33518. The State Board of Education may reserve a sum...

Section 33522. - 33522. The State Board of Education shall reserve not more...

ARTICLE 3 - Instructional Quality Commission

Section 33530. - 33530. (a) There is in the state government the Instructional...

Section 33531. - 33531. The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission...

Section 33532. - 33532. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), each...

Section 33533. - 33533. The Superintendent and the state board shall consider for...

Section 33534. - 33534. The Superintendent of Public Instruction or his representative shall...

Section 33535. - 33535. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation,...

Section 33536. - 33536. The commission shall select one of its members to...

Section 33537. - 33537. Whenever an employee of any public school district, state...

Section 33538. - 33538. The commission shall study problems of courses of study...

Section 33539. - 33539. As used in this article, “commission” means the Instructional...

Section 33540. - 33540. (a) The state board and the department shall request...

Section 33540.2. - 33540.2. (a) The department shall, no later than March 1,...

Section 33540.4. - 33540.4. (a) The department shall, no later than April 1,...

Section 33540.6. - 33540.6. (a) The department shall, no later than May 1,...

Section 33541. - 33541. (a) The State Board of Education and the department...

Section 33542. - 33542. The commission and the state board shall ensure that...

Section 33543. - 33543. (a) During the next revision of the history-social science...

Section 33544. - 33544. (a) When the “Health Framework for California Public Schools”...

Section 33545. - 33545. When the “Health Framework for California Public Schools” (health...

Section 33546. - 33546. (a) When the “Health Framework for California Public Schools”...

ARTICLE 4 - Educational Management and Evaluation Commission

Section 33550. - 33550. There is in the state government the Educational Management...

Section 33551. - 33551. The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission...

Section 33552. - 33552. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation,...

Section 33553. - 33553. The Superintendent of Public Instruction or his representative shall...

Section 33554. - 33554. The commission shall select one of its members to...

Section 33555. - 33555. The commission shall assist and advise the State Board...

Section 33556. - 33556. As used in this article, “commission” means the Educational...

ARTICLE 6 - Advisory Commission on Special Education

Section 33590. - 33590. (a) There is in state government the Advisory Commission...

Section 33591. - 33591. The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission...

Section 33592. - 33592. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation,...

Section 33593. - 33593. The Superintendent of Public Instruction or the superintendent’s designee...

Section 33595. - 33595. (a) The commission shall study and provide assistance and...

Section 33596. - 33596. As used in this article, “commission” means the Advisory...