California Code
DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES

CHAPTER 1 - School Districts

ARTICLE 1 - Naming

Section 35000. - 35000. (a) The first governing board of any new school...

Section 35001. - 35001. (a) Whenever a petition is presented to the governing...

Section 35001.1. - 35001.1. Notwithstanding Section 35001, the Richmond Unified School District is...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 35010. - 35010. (a) Every school district shall be under the control...

Section 35012. - 35012. (a) Except as otherwise provided, the governing board of...

ARTICLE 3 - Officers and Agents

Section 35020. - 35020. The governing board of each school district shall fix...

Section 35021. - 35021. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any person, except a...

Section 35021.1. - 35021.1. A school district or county office of education may...

Section 35021.2. - 35021.2. (a) When a school district or county office of...

Section 35021.3. - 35021.3. (a) A school district or a county office of...

Section 35021.5. - 35021.5. (a) The governing board of a school district may...

Section 35022. - 35022. Every school district governing board consisting of five or...

Section 35023. - 35023. The governing board of each school district of every...

Section 35024. - 35024. The governing board of any school district may appoint...

Section 35025. - 35025. The governing board of any school district may employ...

Section 35026. - 35026. The governing board of any school district employing eight...

Section 35028. - 35028. A person shall not be eligible to hold a...

Section 35029. - 35029. A local governing board may waive any credential requirement...

Section 35029.1. - 35029.1. Notwithstanding Section 35029, a local governing board shall not...

Section 35030. - 35030. No governing board or county superintendent of schools shall...

Section 35031. - 35031. Any district superintendent of schools, or deputy, associate, or...

Section 35032. - 35032. Notwithstanding Section 35031, the governing board of a school...

Section 35033. - 35033. If a unified school district is formed pursuant to...

Section 35034. - 35034. (a) Where the entire area of a county is...

Section 35035. - 35035. The superintendent of each school district shall, in addition...

Section 35036. - 35036. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 35035, the superintendent...

Section 35038. - 35038. In any district the governing board of which is...

Section 35039. - 35039. If the clerk of the district refuses to perform...

Section 35041. - 35041. Anything in a city, county, or city and county...

Section 35041.3. - 35041.3. (a) A governing board of a school district should,...

Section 35041.5. - 35041.5. Anything in a city, county, or city and county...

Section 35044. - 35044. The governing board of each school district shall provide...

Section 35045. - 35045. The governing board of any school district having an...

Section 35046. - 35046. (a) The governing board of a school district may...

CHAPTER 2 - Governing Boards

ARTICLE 1 - Membership

Section 35100. - 35100. Within 15 days after the action necessary for the...

Section 35101. - 35101. In newly formed unified school districts there shall be...

Section 35102. - 35102. Within 20 days after the appointment or election of...

Section 35103. - 35103. In newly formed districts for which an interim governing...

Section 35105. - 35105. Subject to the procedures prescribed by Section 1302.2 of...

Section 35106. - 35106. When a member of the governing board of a...

Section 35107. - 35107. (a) Any person, regardless of sex, who is 18...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Common Governing Boards

Section 35110. - 35110. When the membership of the governing boards of an...

Section 35111. - 35111. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),...

Section 35112. - 35112. When a governing board has adopted a resolution pursuant...

Section 35113. - 35113. When a governing board has adopted a resolution pursuant...

ARTICLE 2 - Officers and Agents

Section 35120. - 35120. (a) (1) In a school district in which the...

Section 35121. - 35121. In any school district organized under the provisions of...

Section 35124. - 35124. The superintendent of schools of a unified school district...

ARTICLE 3 - Meetings

Section 35140. - 35140. Subject to the provisions of this article the governing...

Section 35141. - 35141. The governing board of any union or joint union...

Section 35142. - 35142. Subject to the provisions of Section 35141, the times...

Section 35143. - 35143. (a) The governing board of each school district shall...

Section 35144. - 35144. A special meeting of the governing board of a...

Section 35145. - 35145. All meetings of the governing board of any school...

Section 35145.5. - 35145.5. It is the intent of the Legislature that members...

Section 35146. - 35146. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 35145 of this code...

Section 35147. - 35147. (a) Except as specified in this section, any meeting...

Section 35149. - 35149. The first meeting of any newly elected or appointed...

ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties

Section 35160. - 35160. On and after January 1, 1976, the governing board...

Section 35160.1. - 35160.1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that school districts,...

Section 35160.2. - 35160.2. For the purposes of Section 35160, “school district” shall...

Section 35160.5. - 35160.5. (a) The governing board of a school district that...

Section 35161. - 35161. The governing board of any school district may execute...

Section 35162. - 35162. In the name by which the district is designated...

Section 35163. - 35163. Every official action taken by the governing board of...

Section 35164. - 35164. The governing board shall act by majority vote of...

Section 35165. - 35165. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a school...

Section 35166. - 35166. The governing board of each unified school district shall...

Section 35167. - 35167. Except where otherwise provided, all of the provisions of...

Section 35168. - 35168. The governing board of each school district, shall establish...

Section 35170. - 35170. The governing board of any school district may secure...

Section 35171. - 35171. The governing board of any school district shall adopt...

Section 35172. - 35172. The governing board of any school district may: (a)...

Section 35175. - 35175. The powers and duties of boards of education in...

Section 35177. - 35177. The governing board of a district may by resolution...

Section 35178. - 35178. A member of the governing board of a school...

Section 35178.4. - 35178.4. (a) A school district governing board shall give official...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Interscholastic Athletics

Section 35179. - 35179. (a) Each school district governing board shall have general...

Section 35179.1. - 35179.1. (a) This section shall be known, and may be...

Section 35179.2. - 35179.2. (a) Subject to funds being appropriated for this purpose...

Section 35179.3. - 35179.3. If the California Interscholastic Federation establishes a statewide panel...

Section 35179.4. - 35179.4. If a school district or charter school elects to...

Section 35179.5. - 35179.5. (a) (1) If a school district, charter school, or...

Section 35179.6. - 35179.6. (a) For purposes of this section, “AED” means an...

Section 35179.7. - 35179.7. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and...

ARTICLE 4.7 - Miscellaneous Administrative Authority

Section 35181. - 35181. The governing board of each school district may convene...

Section 35182. - 35182. The governing board of any school district may market...

Section 35182.5. - 35182.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 35183. - 35183. (a) The Legislature finds and declares each of the...

Section 35183.1. - 35183.1. (a) A pupil may wear traditional tribal regalia or...

Section 35183.2. - 35183.2. (a) For purposes of this section, “task force” means...

Section 35183.3. - 35183.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person shall...

Section 35183.5. - 35183.5. (a) (1) Each schoolsite shall allow for outdoor use...

Section 35184. - 35184. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing...

Section 35185. - 35185. A school district may require proof of registration pursuant...

Section 35186. - 35186. (a) A school district shall use the uniform complaint...

ARTICLE 5 - Instructions From Electors

Section 35190. - 35190. The governing board of a school district, except a...

Section 35191. - 35191. The meeting provided for in Section 35190 shall be...

Section 35192. - 35192. Any district meeting called pursuant to Sections 35190 and...

ARTICLE 6 - Liabilities

Section 35200. - 35200. The governing board of any school district is liable...

Section 35202. - 35202. All claims for money or damages against a school...

Section 35204. - 35204. The governing board of any school district, may contract...

Section 35205. - 35205. The governing board of any school district may contract...

Section 35207. - 35207. The governing board of any school district, may contract...

Section 35208. - 35208. (a) The governing board of any school district shall...

Section 35211. - 35211. The governing board of any school district maintaining a...

Section 35213. - 35213. The governing body of a school district may provide...

Section 35214. - 35214. The board of governors of a school district may...

ARTICLE 7 - Corrupt Practices

Section 35230. - 35230. The offering of any valuable thing to any member...

Section 35231. - 35231. Any contract or appointment obtained from the governing board...

Section 35232. - 35232. Any person may be compelled to testify in any...

Section 35233. - 35233. The prohibitions contained in Article 4 (commencing with Section...

Section 35239. - 35239. (a) In a school district which during the preceding...

Section 35240. - 35240. Any contract made in violation of Section 35239 is...

ARTICLE 8 - Records and Reports

Section 35250. - 35250. The governing board of every school district shall: (a)...

Section 35251. - 35251. Whenever in any school year the school register of...

Section 35252. - 35252. Whenever the average daily attendance of any school district...

Section 35253. - 35253. Whenever the destruction of records of a school district...

Section 35254. - 35254. The governing board of any school district may make...

Section 35255. - 35255. In any joint school district, all returns, reports, certificates,...

Section 35256. - 35256. School Accountability Report Card The governing board of each...

Section 35256.1. - 35256.1. In addition to the information required under Section 35256,...

Section 35258. - 35258. (a) Each school district that is connected to the...

ARTICLE 8.5 - Cybersecurity

Section 35265. - 35265. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:...

Section 35266. - 35266. (a) A local educational agency shall report any cyberattack...

Section 35267. - 35267. This article shall remain in effect only until January...

ARTICLE 9 - Property

Section 35270.5. - 35270.5. The governing board of any school district may acquire...

Section 35271. - 35271. (a) The governing board of any school district may...

Section 35272. - 35272. The governing board of any school district may acquire...

Section 35275. - 35275. The governing board of any school district shall meet...

ARTICLE 9.5 - Schoolsite Replacement Housing

Section 35277. - 35277. For purposes of this article the following terms have...

Section 35277.5. - 35277.5. For purposes of this article, an extreme shortage of...

Section 35278. - 35278. (a) If a school district or community college district...

Section 35278.5. - 35278.5. This article does not require a local governing agency...

ARTICLE 10 - School Maintenance

Section 35290. - 35290. The governing board of any school district shall maintain...

Section 35291. - 35291. The governing board of any school district shall prescribe...

Section 35291.5. - 35291.5. (a) On or before December 1, 1987, and at...

Section 35291.7. - 35291.7. Additional employees may not be hired and substitute teachers...

Section 35292. - 35292. The governing board of any school district shall visit...

Section 35292.5. - 35292.5. (a) Every public and private school maintaining any combination...

Section 35292.6. - 35292.6. (a) On or before the start of the 2022–23...

Section 35293. - 35293. The governing board of any school district shall maintain...

ARTICLE 10.5 - Earthquake Emergency Procedures

Section 35295. - 35295. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Because...

Section 35296. - 35296. The governing board of each private school shall establish...

Section 35297. - 35297. The earthquake emergency procedure system shall include, but not...

ARTICLE 12 - Scholarship and Loan Funds

Section 35310. - 35310. The governing board of any school district may establish...

Section 35311. - 35311. The superintendent of school district shall be the chairman...

Section 35312. - 35312. The committee shall meet at least once each fiscal...

Section 35313. - 35313. The committee may accept on behalf of, and in...

Section 35314. - 35314. Money in the fund shall be deposited in a...

Section 35315. - 35315. All money in the fund shall be available for...

Section 35316. - 35316. An applicant for a loan from the fund shall...

Section 35317. - 35317. All expenses in the administration of the fund including,...

Section 35318. - 35318. The governing board of the school district shall arrange...

Section 35319. - 35319. The chief executive officer of the fund shall make...

ARTICLE 13 - Excursions and Field Trips

Section 35330. - 35330. (a) The governing board of a school district or...

Section 35331. - 35331. (a) The governing board of any school district conducting...

Section 35332. - 35332. No transportation by air may be provided under this...

ARTICLE 13.5 - School Camps

Section 35335. - 35335. The governing board of any elementary, high, or unified...

ARTICLE 15 - Authority to Transport Pupils

Section 35350. - 35350. No governing board of a school district shall require...

Section 35351. - 35351. No public school pupil shall be assigned to or...

ARTICLE 16 - Los Angeles Unified School District

Section 35400. - 35400. (a) The Los Angeles Unified School District’s Inspector General...

Section 35401. - 35401. (a) If the inspector general determines that there is...

CHAPTER 3 - Reorganization of School Districts General Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Intent and Purpose

Section 35500. - 35500. It is the intent of the Legislature to utilize...

Section 35501. - 35501. On and after January 1, 1981, this chapter and...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 35510. - 35510. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth...

Section 35511. - 35511. An “action to reorganize districts” means either of the...

Section 35512. - 35512. “County committee” means the county committee on school district...

Section 35513. - 35513. For the purposes of any reference in this chapter...

Section 35514. - 35514. As used in this chapter and in Chapter 4...

Section 35515. - 35515. “Component district” means an elementary school district that is...

Section 35517. - 35517. “Uninhabited territory” means territory in which fewer than 12...

ARTICLE 3 - Reorganization of Districts Under the Jurisdiction of Different Counties

Section 35520. - 35520. In any action to reorganize school districts, which are...

Section 35521. - 35521. Any petition to a county officer or agency in...

Section 35522. - 35522. Any election in an action referred to in Section...

Section 35523. - 35523. Any public hearing required, or allowed to be held,...

Section 35524. - 35524. Any decision in an action referred to in Section...

ARTICLE 4 - Completion and Effective Dates for Action

Section 35530. - 35530. An action to reorganize districts is complete when the...

Section 35531. - 35531. An action to form a unified school district pursuant...

Section 35532. - 35532. Except as otherwise provided in this article, in any...

Section 35533. - 35533. Any district which is reorganized so as to be...

Section 35534. - 35534. Except as provided in Sections 35536 and 35786 and...

Section 35536. - 35536. At any time after the appointment or election of...

Section 35537. - 35537. Notwithstanding Section 35534, where a petition for reorganization and...

ARTICLE 5 - Territory of School Districts

Section 35540. - 35540. The boundaries of each high school district and unified...

Section 35541. - 35541. When the boundaries of a district which is a...

Section 35542. - 35542. (a) Whenever the boundaries of an elementary school district...

Section 35543. - 35543. On or after January 1, 1981, a school district...

Section 35544. - 35544. Whenever territory is transferred or added by means of...

Section 35545. - 35545. (a) Before the date upon which a reorganized district...

ARTICLE 6 - Personnel in Reorganized Districts

Section 35555. - 35555. (a) The reorganization of any school district or school...

Section 35556. - 35556. (a) The reorganization of any school district, or school...

Section 35557. - 35557. (a) Notwithstanding Section 5000, whenever, in a district that...

Section 35558. - 35558. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 35105 and 5000, in the case...

Section 35559. - 35559. Notwithstanding Sections 5000 and 35105, when the first elected...

ARTICLE 7 - Disposition of Records, Funds, Property, and Obligations When Reorganized

Section 35560. - 35560. When a school district is reorganized, both of the...

Section 35561. - 35561. Any funds derived from the sale of the school...

Section 35562. - 35562. If all the territory of a school district becomes...

Section 35563. - 35563. (a) If all of the territory of a school...

Section 35564. - 35564. If the reorganization of a school district under this...

Section 35565. - 35565. If a dispute arises between the governing boards of...

Section 35566. - 35566. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, exchanges of...

ARTICLE 8 - Bonded Indebtedness of School Districts

Section 35570. - 35570. This article applies only to the reallocation of bonded...

Section 35571. - 35571. When a school district is created, annexed, or abolished,...

Section 35572. - 35572. No territory shall be taken from any school district...

Section 35573. - 35573. When any school district is in any manner merged...

Section 35574. - 35574. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, for the...

Section 35575. - 35575. When territory is taken from one school district and...

Section 35576. - 35576. (a) If territory is taken from one school district...

Section 35577. - 35577. Whenever a school district having authorized but unsold bonds...

Section 35578. - 35578. Any unsold bonds of an elementary, high, or unified...

Section 35579. - 35579. Any unsold bonds of an elementary, high, or unified...

ARTICLE 9 - Formation of the Wiseburn Unified School District, Bonded Indebtedness, and Revenue Limit

Section 35580. - 35580. Notwithstanding Article 8 (commencing with Section 35570), this article...

Section 35581. - 35581. (a) Any tax for repayment of bonds of the...

Section 35582. - 35582. (a) The bonding limit applicable to the Wiseburn Unified...

Section 35584. - 35584. A pupil residing in the Wiseburn Unified School District...

Section 35585. - 35585. Notwithstanding any other law, the election to approve the...

Section 35586. - 35586. The governing board of the Local Public Schools Funding...

CHAPTER 4 - Reorganization of School Districts

ARTICLE 1 - Reorganization of School Districts by the Electorate

Section 35700. - 35700. An action to reorganize one or more districts is...

Section 35700.1. - 35700.1. (a) A county superintendent of schools may do any...

Section 35700.3. - 35700.3. A petition filed under Section 35700 shall be required...

Section 35700.5. - 35700.5. Before initiating proceedings to consider any reorganization plan, the...

Section 35701. - 35701. In any petition to reorganize school districts there shall...

Section 35702. - 35702. The persons securing the signatures to a petition of...

Section 35703. - 35703. Any petition filed under this article may include any...

Section 35704. - 35704. The county superintendent of schools, within 30 days after...

Section 35705. - 35705. Within 60 days after receipt of the petition, the...

Section 35705.5. - 35705.5. (a) The county committee may add to the petition...

Section 35706. - 35706. (a) Within 120 days of the commencement of the...

Section 35706.5. - 35706.5. (a) No action to reorganize a school district shall...

Section 35707. - 35707. (a) Except for petitions for the transfer of territory,...

Section 35708. - 35708. Except for a petition to form one or more...

Section 35709. - 35709. If the following conditions are met, the county committee...

Section 35710. - 35710. (a) For all other petitions to transfer territory, if...

Section 35710.1. - 35710.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an election may...

Section 35710.3. - 35710.3. A county committee shall be the lead agency, as...

Section 35710.5. - 35710.5. (a) (1) An action by the county committee approving...

Section 35710.51. - 35710.51. (a) The county superintendent of schools, within 35 days...

Section 35711. - 35711. (a) A person questioning the finding of the county...

Section 35712. - 35712. The State Board of Education may adopt rules and...

ARTICLE 2 - County Committee on School District Organization Plans and Recommendations for District Reorganization

Section 35720. - 35720. Each county committee on school district organization shall, under...

Section 35720.5. - 35720.5. (a) The county committee shall adopt a tentative recommendation...

Section 35721. - 35721. (a) On receipt of a petition signed by at...

Section 35721.5. - 35721.5. Before initiating proceedings to consider any reorganization plan, the...

Section 35722. - 35722. (a) Following the public hearing, or the last public...

Section 35723. - 35723. When a county committee selects an area for study...

Section 35724. - 35724. If plans and recommendations adopted by a county committee...

ARTICLE 3 - Contents of Plans and Recommendations

Section 35730. - 35730. The plans and recommendations, in connection with the proposed...

Section 35730.1. - 35730.1. Any reorganization of a school district with more than...

Section 35731. - 35731. In any proposal for unification, plans and recommendations may...

Section 35732. - 35732. Plans and recommendations may include a provision specifying the...

Section 35733. - 35733. Whenever the recommendation is to divide the entire territory...

Section 35734. - 35734. The plans and recommendations may include a provision for...

Section 35735. - 35735. (a) Each proposal for the reorganization of school districts...

Section 35735.1. - 35735.1. For purposes of paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of...

Section 35735.2. - 35735.2. For purposes of subdivisions (g) and (h) of Section...

Section 35735.3. - 35735.3. (a) A new or acquiring district shall receive an...

Section 35735.4. - 35735.4. For purposes of subdivision (d) of Section 42238.03, a...

Section 35735.5. - 35735.5. (a) For a new or acquiring district that has...

Section 35735.6. - 35735.6. (a) For a new or acquiring district that has...

Section 35735.7. - 35735.7. For a new or acquiring district that has reorganized...

Section 35735.8. - 35735.8. (a) For a new or acquiring district that has...

Section 35735.9. - 35735.9. (a) For a new district or acquiring district that...

Section 35735.10. - 35735.10. For the purpose of determining funding pursuant to subparagraph...

Section 35736. - 35736. Plans and recommendations may include a proposal for dividing...

Section 35736.5. - 35736.5. Sections 35735 to 35736, inclusive, shall only apply to...

Section 35737. - 35737. Plans and recommendations may include a provision specifying that...

Section 35738. - 35738. Plans and recommendations may include a method of dividing...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Fiscal Actions of Newly Organized or Reorganized School Districts

Section 35740. - 35740. In addition to satisfying the requirements of subdivision (j)...

ARTICLE 4 - Approval and Adoption of Plans and Recommendations

Section 35750. - 35750. The State Board of Education shall establish minimum standards...

Section 35751. - 35751. When it is necessary for the State Board of...

Section 35752. - 35752. (a) When a petition for the reorganization of a...

Section 35753. - 35753. (a) The state board may approve proposals for the...

Section 35754. - 35754. After affording interested persons an opportunity to present their...

Section 35755. - 35755. After the state board has approved the plans and...

Section 35756. - 35756. The county superintendent of schools, within 35 days after...

Section 35756.5. - 35756.5. In the case of the transfer of territory from...

Section 35757. - 35757. The county superintendent of schools shall prepare a statement...

Section 35758. - 35758. The county superintendent of schools calling the election shall...

Section 35759. - 35759. The cost of preparation and distribution of the statement...

Section 35760. - 35760. (a) Any circular, pamphlet, letter, poster, or other campaign...

Section 35761. - 35761. Every qualified elector residing within the territory in which...

Section 35762. - 35762. The words to appear upon the ballots used for...

Section 35763. - 35763. Upon the completion of the canvass of the election...

Section 35764. - 35764. When a majority of all the votes cast are...

Section 35765. - 35765. After the board of supervisors receives a proper certificate...

Section 35766. - 35766. After the expiration of one year from the date...

Section 35767. - 35767. Except as otherwise provided in Article 1 (commencing with...

Section 35768. - 35768. The State Board of Education may adopt rules and...

ARTICLE 5 - Lapsation

Section 35780. - 35780. (a) A school district that has been organized for...

Section 35780.1. - 35780.1. For purposes of this article, the following terms have...

Section 35781. - 35781. The attendance of pupils residing in a unified district...

Section 35782. - 35782. Within 45 days before the close of each school...

Section 35783. - 35783. After the hearing, and at least 30 days before...

Section 35784. - 35784. If the county committee orders the territory of a...

Section 35785. - 35785. Following the order of the county committee, the county...

Section 35786. - 35786. An order of a county committee attaching the territory...

Section 35787. - 35787. Except as otherwise provided in this article, an action...