California Code
DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES
PART 27 - PUPILS

CHAPTER 1 - Admission

ARTICLE 1 - Kindergartens

Section 48000. - 48000. (a) A child shall be admitted to a kindergarten...

Section 48000.1. - 48000.1. (a) For the purposes of subparagraphs (A) and (B)...

Section 48002. - 48002. The parent or guardian of a child shall, prior...

Section 48003. - 48003. Commencing with the 2015–16 school year, a local educational...

ARTICLE 2 - Elementary Schools

Section 48010. - 48010. (a) A child shall be admitted to the first...

Section 48011. - 48011. A child who, consistent with Section 48000, has been...

ARTICLE 4 - High Schools

Section 48031. - 48031. Any person who is eligible to attend high school...

ARTICLE 6 - Nonresidents

Section 48050. - 48050. (a) The governing board of any school district may,...

Section 48051. - 48051. Any person, otherwise eligible for admission to any class...

Section 48052. - 48052. (a) The governing board of the school district shall,...

Section 48053. - 48053. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, and except...

Section 48054. - 48054. (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop and...

ARTICLE 7 - Promotion and Retention

Section 48070. - 48070. The governing board of each school district and each...

Section 48070.5. - 48070.5. (a) In addition to the policy adopted pursuant to...

Section 48070.6. - 48070.6. (a) On or before August 1, 2011, and annually...

Section 48071. - 48071. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

CHAPTER 2 - Compulsory Education Law

ARTICLE 1 - Persons Included

Section 48200. - 48200. Each person between the ages of 6 and 18...

Section 48200.5. - 48200.5. Notwithstanding Section 48200, any resident of the City of...

Section 48201. - 48201. (a) Except for pupils exempt from compulsory school attendance...

Section 48202. - 48202. The county board of education of each county may...

Section 48203. - 48203. (a) The superintendent of a school district and the...

Section 48204. - 48204. (a) Notwithstanding Section 48200, a pupil complies with the...

Section 48204.1. - 48204.1. (a) A school district shall accept from the parent...

Section 48204.2. - 48204.2. (a) If a school district elects to undertake an...

Section 48204.3. - 48204.3. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 48204.4. - 48204.4. (a) A pupil complies with the residency requirements for...

Section 48204.5. - 48204.5. (a) The Legislature finds that school districts that are...

Section 48204.6. - 48204.6. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 48204.7. - 48204.7. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 48205. - 48205. (a) Notwithstanding Section 48200, a pupil shall be excused...

Section 48206.3. - 48206.3. (a) A pupil with a temporary disability that makes...

Section 48207. - 48207. (a) Notwithstanding Section 48200, a pupil with a temporary...

Section 48207.3. - 48207.3. (a) A pupil receiving individual instruction who is well...

Section 48207.5. - 48207.5. Individual instruction in a pupil’s home pursuant to Section...

Section 48208. - 48208. (a) It shall be the primary responsibility of the...

ARTICLE 2 - Persons Excluded

Section 48210. - 48210. Children under six years of age are excluded from...

Section 48213. - 48213. If a pupil is excluded from attendance pursuant to...

Section 48216. - 48216. (a) The county office of education or the governing...

ARTICLE 3 - Pupils Exempt

Section 48220. - 48220. The classes of children described in this article, shall...

Section 48222. - 48222. Children who are being instructed in a private full-time...

Section 48223. - 48223. Children who are mentally gifted and who are being...

Section 48224. - 48224. Children not attending a private, full-time, day school and...

Section 48225. - 48225. The governing board of any school district which has...

Section 48225.5. - 48225.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 48200, a pupil who holds...

Section 48230. - 48230. Children who hold permits to work shall be exempted,...

Section 48231. - 48231. Notwithstanding Section 48201, pupils between 12 and 18 years...

Section 48232. - 48232. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a child who...

ARTICLE 4 - Supervisors of Attendance

Section 48240. - 48240. (a) The governing board of each school district and...

Section 48241. - 48241. In any city or city and county no supervisor...

Section 48242. - 48242. The governing board of a school district may appoint...

Section 48243. - 48243. Two or more districts may unite in appointing a...

Section 48244. - 48244. A school district may contract with the county superintendent...

Section 48245. - 48245. In any district or districts with an average daily...

Section 48246. - 48246. The attendance supervisor, who is a full-time attendance supervisor...

ARTICLE 5 - Truants

Section 48260. - 48260. (a) A pupil subject to compulsory full-time education or...

Section 48260.5. - 48260.5. Upon a pupil’s initial classification as a truant, the...

Section 48260.6. - 48260.6. (a) In any county which has not established a...

Section 48261. - 48261. Any pupil who has once been reported as a...

Section 48262. - 48262. Any pupil is deemed an habitual truant who has...

Section 48263. - 48263. (a) If a minor pupil in a school district...

Section 48263.5. - 48263.5. (a) In any county which has established a county...

Section 48263.6. - 48263.6. Any pupil subject to compulsory full-time education or to...

Section 48264. - 48264. The attendance supervisor or his or her designee, a...

Section 48264.5. - 48264.5. A minor who is classified as a truant pursuant...

Section 48265. - 48265. Any person arresting or assuming temporary custody of a...

Section 48266. - 48266. Any person taking action pursuant to Sections 48264 and...

Section 48267. - 48267. Any pupil who has been found to be a...

Section 48268. - 48268. The court may render judgment that the parent, guardian,...

Section 48269. - 48269. If the parent, guardian, or other person having control...

Section 48273. - 48273. The governing board of each school district shall adopt...

ARTICLE 6 - Violations

Section 48290. - 48290. The governing board of any school district, shall, on...

Section 48291. - 48291. If it appears upon investigation that any parent, guardian,...

Section 48292. - 48292. In counties, cities, and cities and counties, and in...

Section 48293. - 48293. (a) Any parent, guardian, or other person having control...

Section 48294. - 48294. All fines paid as penalties for the violation of...

Section 48295. - 48295. Any judge of the superior court, in the county...

Section 48296. - 48296. No fees shall be charged or received by any...

Section 48297. - 48297. (a) (1) A state or local agency conducting a...

ARTICLE 7 - Pupil Attendance Alternatives

Section 48300. - 48300. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:...

Section 48301. - 48301. (a) (1) The governing board of a school district...

Section 48302. - 48302. School districts are encouraged to hold informational meetings and...

Section 48303. - 48303. (a) The school district of choice may not prohibit...

Section 48304. - 48304. An application of any pupil for transfer may not...

Section 48305. - 48305. School districts of choice may employ existing entrance criteria...

Section 48306. - 48306. (a) A school district of choice shall give first...

Section 48307. - 48307. (a) A school district of residence with an average...

Section 48308. - 48308. (a) (1) An application requesting a transfer pursuant to...

Section 48309. - 48309. (a) Any school district of choice that admits any...

Section 48310. - 48310. (a) The average daily attendance for pupils admitted by...

Section 48311. - 48311. Upon request of the pupil’s parent, each school district...

Section 48312. - 48312. (a) Each school district may make information regarding its...

Section 48313. - 48313. (a) (1) Pursuant to this article, each school district...

Section 48314. - 48314. It is the intent of the Legislature that every...

Section 48315. - 48315. This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2028,...

Section 48316. - 48316. The Legislative Analyst shall conduct, after consulting with appropriate...

Section 48317. - 48317. Commencing with the 2018–19 school year, and each year...

ARTICLE 8 - School Attendance Review Boards

Section 48320. - 48320. (a) In enacting this article it is the intent...

Section 48321. - 48321. (a) (1) A county school attendance review board may...

Section 48321.5. - 48321.5. (a) In every case in which a minor pupil...

Section 48322. - 48322. The county school attendance review board may encourage local...

Section 48323. - 48323. Each of the departments or agencies authorized to participate...

Section 48324. - 48324. The county school attendance review board may adopt such...

Section 48325. - 48325. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that statewide policy...

ARTICLE 9 - Improvement of Pupil Attendance

Section 48340. - 48340. In enacting this article it is the intent of...

Section 48341. - 48341. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prepare and disseminate...

ARTICLE 9.5 - Local Educational Agency Instruction Collaboration Agreements

Section 48345. - 48345. (a) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency”...

Section 48349. - 48349. This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2029,...

ARTICLE 10 - Open Enrollment Act

Section 48350. - 48350. This article shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 48351. - 48351. The purpose of this article is to improve pupil...

Section 48352. - 48352. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:...

Section 48353. - 48353. The state board shall adopt emergency regulations to implement...

Section 48354. - 48354. (a) The parent of a pupil enrolled in a...

Section 48355. - 48355. (a) The school district of residence of a pupil...

Section 48356. - 48356. (a) A school district of enrollment may adopt specific,...

Section 48357. - 48357. Within 60 days of receiving an application pursuant to...

Section 48358. - 48358. A school district of enrollment that enrolls a pupil...

Section 48359. - 48359. (a) Each school district is encouraged to keep an...

Section 48359.5. - 48359.5. (a) For a school district of enrollment that is...

Section 48360. - 48360. (a) From federal funds appropriated for this purpose, the...

Section 48361. - 48361. No exercise of discretion by a district of enrollment...

CHAPTER 3 - Compulsory Continuation Education

ARTICLE 1 - Pupils Subject To

Section 48400. - 48400. All persons 16 years of age or older and...

Section 48401. - 48401. The complaint of any citizen of a school district...

Section 48402. - 48402. Whenever a minor subject to the provisions of this...

Section 48403. - 48403. If any person subject to the provisions of this...

ARTICLE 2 - Pupils Exempt

Section 48410. - 48410. There are exempted from compulsory attendance in continuing education...

Section 48412. - 48412. (a) (1) A person 16 years of age or...

Section 48413. - 48413. Persons 16 years of age or older and under...

Section 48414. - 48414. Any person 16 or 17 years of age exempt...

Section 48415. - 48415. In the case of attendance upon private school, exemption...

Section 48416. - 48416. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a child who,...

ARTICLE 3 - Continuation Classes

Section 48430. - 48430. It is the intent of the Legislature that continuation...

Section 48431. - 48431. The governing board of each high school district shall...

Section 48432. - 48432. The governing board of each high school district and...

Section 48432.3. - 48432.3. (a) If the governing board of a school district...

Section 48432.5. - 48432.5. (a) The governing board of each high school or...

Section 48433. - 48433. Special continuation education classes or classes conducted by a...

Section 48434. - 48434. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), such...

Section 48435. - 48435. Such classes shall provide suitable instruction for the various...

Section 48436. - 48436. The State Board of Education shall prescribe and enforce...

Section 48437. - 48437. The governing board of a school district or school...

Section 48438. - 48438. It is the intent of the Legislature that special...

ARTICLE 4 - Violations

Section 48450. - 48450. Each parent, guardian, or other person having control or...

Section 48451. - 48451. The governing board of any high school district in...

Section 48452. - 48452. If it appears upon the investigation that any parent,...

Section 48453. - 48453. In cities, and in cities and counties, and in...

Section 48454. - 48454. Any parent, guardian, or other person having control or...

CHAPTER 4 - Attendance at Adjustment Schools

ARTICLE 1 - Twenty-four Hour Elementary Schools

Section 48600. - 48600. (a) The purpose of this article is to provide...

Section 48601. - 48601. This article shall be construed in conformity with the...

Section 48602. - 48602. The county superintendent of schools or the governing board...

Section 48603. - 48603. The cost of securing sites or constructing and equipping...

Section 48604. - 48604. The superintendent appointed pursuant to Section 942 of the...

Section 48605. - 48605. Admission and discharge of minors with behavioral disorders to...

Section 48606. - 48606. The board of admission, or some person or persons...

Section 48607. - 48607. The county superintendent or governing board, as the case...

Section 48608. - 48608. If the parent or guardian of the pupil refuses...

Section 48609. - 48609. The principal of any school in the county or...

Section 48610. - 48610. Any minor who has been placed in the care...

Section 48611. - 48611. If the minor has been placed in the 24-hour...

Section 48612. - 48612. If, in the opinion of the principal of any...

Section 48613. - 48613. Any pupil who absents himself from any 24-hour elementary...

Section 48614. - 48614. The course of study for the pupils and the...

Section 48615. - 48615. Each 24-hour school may conduct clinics for the diagnosis...

Section 48616. - 48616. The funding of the educational vocational program conducted in...

Section 48617. - 48617. The county probation officer having management and control of...

Section 48618. - 48618. The enrollment in each 24-hour school shall be limited...

ARTICLE 2 - Opportunity Schools

Section 48640. - 48640. Opportunity schools established pursuant to this article by the...

Section 48641. - 48641. An opportunity school established by a county board of...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Juvenile Court Schools

Section 48645. - 48645. The purpose of this article is to provide for...

Section 48645.1. - 48645.1. Public schools or classes in any juvenile hall, juvenile...

Section 48645.2. - 48645.2. The county board of education shall provide for the...

Section 48645.3. - 48645.3. (a) Juvenile court schools shall be conducted in a...

Section 48645.5. - 48645.5. (a) Each public school district and county office of...

Section 48645.6. - 48645.6. Plans for any juvenile court school classrooms, offices, or...

Section 48645.7. - 48645.7. (a) (1) When a juvenile court school pupil becomes...

Section 48646. - 48646. (a) The Legislature encourages each county superintendent of schools...

Section 48647. - 48647. (a) Local educational agencies are strongly encouraged to enter...

ARTICLE 3 - Community Day Schools

Section 48660. - 48660. (a) The governing board of a school district may...

Section 48660.1. - 48660.1. It is the intent of the Legislature that school...

Section 48661. - 48661. (a) A community day school shall not be situated...

Section 48662. - 48662. (a) The governing board of a school district that...

Section 48663. - 48663. (a) The minimum schoolday in a community day school...

Section 48666. - 48666. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing board...

CHAPTER 5 - Attendance at Community College

ARTICLE 1 - Advanced Education

Section 48800. - 48800. (a) The governing board of a school district may...

Section 48800.5. - 48800.5. (a) A parent or guardian of a pupil, regardless...

Section 48801. - 48801. Any student authorized to attend a community college as...

Section 48802. - 48802. (a) For purposes of allowances and apportionments from Section...

ARTICLE 1.5 - College Promise Partnership Act

Section 48810. - 48810. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 48810.5. - 48810.5. The Long Beach Community College District and the Long...

Section 48811. - 48811. (a) The purpose of the partnership authorized by Section...

Section 48812. - 48812. (a) The Long Beach Community College District and the...

Section 48813. - 48813. (a) For purposes of allowances and apportionments from Section...

CHAPTER 5.5 - Education of Pupils in Foster Care and Pupils Who Are Homeless

Section 48850. - 48850. (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature...

Section 48851. - 48851. (a) As required pursuant to Section 11432(g)(6)(A)(i) of Title...

Section 48851.3. - 48851.3. (a) As used in this section, “liaison” means a...

Section 48851.5. - 48851.5. Pursuant to Section 11432(g)(6) of Title 42 of the...

Section 48852. - 48852. Every agency that places a child in a licensed...

Section 48852.3. - 48852.3. The department, to the extent possible within existing resources,...

Section 48852.5. - 48852.5. (a) Pursuant to the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act...

Section 48852.6. - 48852.6. (a) For purposes of this section, “liaison” means a...

Section 48852.7. - 48852.7. (a) At the point of any change or any...

Section 48853. - 48853. (a) A pupil described in subdivision (a) of Section...

Section 48853.5. - 48853.5. (a) This section applies to a foster child. “Foster...

Section 48854. - 48854. A licensed children’s institution or nonpublic, nonsectarian school, or...

Section 48856. - 48856. A local educational agency shall invite at least one...

Section 48857. - 48857. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature of federal funds...

Section 48859. - 48859. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have...

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...

CHAPTER 6.5 - Pupil Records

ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Intent

Section 49060. - 49060. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 49061. - 49061. As used in this chapter: (a) “Parent” means a...

ARTICLE 3 - General Provisions

Section 49062. - 49062. School districts shall establish, maintain, and destroy pupil records...

Section 49062.5. - 49062.5. (a) If a school district, charter school, or county...

Section 49063. - 49063. School districts shall notify parents in writing of their...

Section 49064. - 49064. A log or record shall be maintained for each...

Section 49065. - 49065. Any school district may make a reasonable charge in...

Section 49066. - 49066. (a) When grades are given for any course of...

Section 49066.5. - 49066.5. (a) (1) This section applies only to pupils enrolled...

Section 49067. - 49067. (a) The governing board of each school district shall...

Section 49068. - 49068. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the academic...

Section 49068.5. - 49068.5. Upon the initial enrollment of a pupil in a...

Section 49068.6. - 49068.6. (a) Any law enforcement agency responsible for the investigation...

Section 49069.3. - 49069.3. (a) A foster family agency with jurisdiction over a...

Section 49069.5. - 49069.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 49069.7. - 49069.7. (a) Parents of currently enrolled or former pupils have...

ARTICLE 4 - Rights of Parents

Section 49070. - 49070. Following an inspection and review of a pupil’s records,...

Section 49071. - 49071. (a) To assist in making determinations pursuant to Section...

Section 49072. - 49072. Whenever there is included in any pupil record information...

ARTICLE 5 - Privacy of Pupil Records

Section 49073. - 49073. (a) School districts shall adopt a policy identifying those...

Section 49073.1. - 49073.1. (a) A local educational agency may, pursuant to a...

Section 49073.2. - 49073.2. (a) Notwithstanding Section 49073, a local educational agency shall...

Section 49073.5. - 49073.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 49073.6. - 49073.6. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...

Section 49074. - 49074. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude a school district...

Section 49075. - 49075. (a) A school district may permit access to pupil...

Section 49076. - 49076. (a) A school district shall not permit access to...

Section 49076.5. - 49076.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 49076, each school district shall release...

Section 49076.7. - 49076.7. (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the...

Section 49077. - 49077. (a) Information concerning a pupil shall be furnished in...

Section 49078. - 49078. The service of a lawfully issued subpoena or a...

Section 49079. - 49079. (a) A school district shall inform the teacher of...

Section 49079.5. - 49079.5. The Legislature recognizes that a longitudinal pupil data system...

Section 49079.7. - 49079.7. (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section...

ARTICLE 6 - California School Information Services

Section 49080. - 49080. The Legislature finds and declares that the mission of...

Section 49080.5. - 49080.5. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions...

Section 49081. - 49081. The California School Information Services is hereby established. The...

Section 49082.5. - 49082.5. The California School Information Services shall consult with technical...

Section 49083. - 49083. (a) The California School Information Services program administrator shall...

Section 49084. - 49084. (a) A participating local education agency with an enrollment...

Section 49085. - 49085. (a) On or before February 1, 2014, the department...

CHAPTER 6.6 - The Education Empowerment Act of 1998

ARTICLE 1 - Parental Review

Section 49091.10. - 49091.10. (a) All primary supplemental instructional materials and assessments, including...

Section 49091.12. - 49091.12. (a) A pupil may not be compelled to affirm...

Section 49091.14. - 49091.14. The curriculum, including titles, descriptions, and instructional aims of...

Section 49091.16. - 49091.16. It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage...

Section 49091.18. - 49091.18. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a...

Section 49091.19. - 49091.19. No provision of this chapter shall be construed as...

ARTICLE 2 - Teacher Rights

Section 49091.24. - 49091.24. A teacher shall have the right to refuse to...

CHAPTER 7 - Employment of Minors

ARTICLE 1 - Employment and Attendance

Section 49100. - 49100. No minor having a permit to work and no...

Section 49101. - 49101. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to...

ARTICLE 2 - Permits to Work

Section 49110. - 49110. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 49110.1. - 49110.1. The superintendent of any school district may designate the...

Section 49111. - 49111. A permit to work may be issued to any...

Section 49112. - 49112. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),...

Section 49113. - 49113. A permit to work may be issued to a...

Section 49114. - 49114. The person authorized to issue permits to work or...

Section 49115. - 49115. The permit to employ shall contain: (a) The name,...

Section 49116. - 49116. (a) While school is in session, an employer shall...

Section 49117. - 49117. All permits to work or to employ, all certificates...

Section 49118. - 49118. Permits to work issued during the school year shall...

Section 49119. - 49119. Nothing in this article shall require a minor to...

Section 49120. - 49120. A work permit shall not be denied on the...

ARTICLE 3 - Permits to Work Full Time

Section 49130. - 49130. A permit to work full time may be issued...

Section 49131. - 49131. Notwithstanding Section 49130, 49132, or 49134 or subdivision (d)...

Section 49132. - 49132. (a) A permit shall not be issued until the...

Section 49133. - 49133. No permit shall be issued until the issuing authority...

Section 49134. - 49134. The parent, guardian, or custodian accompanying the minor shall...

Section 49135. - 49135. The authority issuing any permit to work full time...

ARTICLE 4 - Exceptions

Section 49140. - 49140. Every owner, tenant, or operator of a farm employing...

Section 49141. - 49141. In order that children may be disciplined and trained...

ARTICLE 5 - Compliance

Section 49151. - 49151. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to repeal...

ARTICLE 6 - Duties of Employer

Section 49160. - 49160. No person, firm or corporation shall employ, suffer, or...

Section 49161. - 49161. Every person, firm, corporation, or agent or officer of...

Section 49162. - 49162. The employer of any minor subject to this chapter...

Section 49163. - 49163. The notification of intent to employ a minor shall...

Section 49164. - 49164. Permits to work and to employ and certificates of...

Section 49165. - 49165. Nothing in this article shall require a person to...

ARTICLE 7 - Violations

Section 49180. - 49180. If upon inspection or investigation a supervisor of attendance,...

Section 49181. - 49181. Failure to produce a permit to work is prima...

Section 49182. - 49182. Any person, firm, corporation, or agent or officer of...

Section 49183. - 49183. Every person authorized to sign any certificate of age...

ARTICLE 8 - Permit to Work during Extended Emergency School Closure

Section 49200. - 49200. (a) Documentation required pursuant to this chapter, including signatures,...

CHAPTER 8 - Pupil Safety

ARTICLE 1 - School Safety Patrols

Section 49300. - 49300. The governing board of any school district may, subject...

Section 49301. - 49301. A school safety patrol established in any school as...

Section 49302. - 49302. The pupils who serve as members of a school...

Section 49303. - 49303. The State Board of Education is hereby authorized to...

Section 49304. - 49304. The members of a school safety patrol established hereunder...

Section 49305. - 49305. The chief of police in each city, and the...

Section 49306. - 49306. The governing board of a school district which authorizes...

Section 49307. - 49307. Any person who shall disregard any traffic signal or...

ARTICLE 2 - Basic Work Station

Section 49320. - 49320. A basic work station in industrial education is defined...

ARTICLE 3 - Injurious Objects

Section 49330. - 49330. (a) (1) As used in this article “injurious object”...

Section 49331. - 49331. Any certificated employee of any school district and any...

Section 49332. - 49332. The parent or guardian of a pupil from whom...

Section 49333. - 49333. Notwithstanding Section 49332, a pupil who brings an injurious...

Section 49334. - 49334. If a school employee initially notifies a law enforcement...

Section 49335. - 49335. On or before April 1, 2001, the Superintendent of...

ARTICLE 4 - Hazardous Materials Education

Section 49340. - 49340. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 49341. - 49341. The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a)...

ARTICLE 6 - Reporting of Missing Children

Section 49370. - 49370. The Legislature hereby declares its intent in enacting this...

ARTICLE 7 - Sexual Abuse and Sex Trafficking Prevention

Section 49380. - 49380. (a) A school district is encouraged to collaborate with...

Section 49381. - 49381. (a) The governing board of a school district and...

ARTICLE 8 - Threats of Homicide at School

Section 49390. - 49390. For purposes of this article, unless the context requires...

Section 49391. - 49391. (a) (1) On or before July 1, 2023, the...

Section 49392. - 49392. (a) Commencing with the 2023–24 school year, and each...

Section 49393. - 49393. (a) A school official who is alerted to or...

Section 49394. - 49394. (a) Upon the notification described in Section 49393, the...

Section 49395. - 49395. A local educational agency serving pupils in kindergarten or...

CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health

ARTICLE 1 - General Powers School Boards

Section 49400. - 49400. The governing board of any school district shall give...

Section 49401.5. - 49401.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in...

Section 49402. - 49402. Contracts between any city, county, or local health district...

Section 49403. - 49403. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board of...

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