California Code
DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES
PART 28 - GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS

CHAPTER 1 - Education Program

ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Intent

Section 51000. - 51000. This chapter may be known as the George Miller,...

Section 51002. - 51002. The Legislature hereby recognizes that, because of the common...

Section 51003. - 51003. It is the intent of the Legislature that explicit,...

Section 51004. - 51004. The Legislature hereby recognizes that it is the policy...

Section 51005. - 51005. In order to carry out the intent of Section...

Section 51006. - 51006. The Legislature finds that the increasing integration of computers...

Section 51007. - 51007. (a) It is the policy of the State of...

Section 51008. - 51008. The State Board of Education shall ensure that the...

Section 51009. - 51009. The month of May is hereby deemed to be...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 51010. - 51010. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth...

Section 51011. - 51011. “Educational program” means the entire school-sponsored offering for pupils...

Section 51012. - 51012. “Common state curriculum” means the basic curriculum which is...

Section 51013. - 51013. “Curriculum” means the courses of study, courses, subjects, classes...

Section 51014. - 51014. “Course of study” means the planned content of a...

Section 51015. - 51015. “Course” means an instructional unit of an area or...

Section 51016. - 51016. “Class” means an organized group of pupils within a...

Section 51017. - 51017. “Governing board” means that board of education or governing...

Section 51018. - 51018. “State board” means the State Board of Education. (Enacted...

Section 51019. - 51019. “Philosophy” means a composite statement of the relationship between...

Section 51020. - 51020. “Goal” means a statement of broad direction or intent...

Section 51021. - 51021. “Objective” means a devised accomplishment that can be verified...

ARTICLE 3 - Role of Local Agency

Section 51040. - 51040. The governing board of every school district shall prepare...

Section 51041. - 51041. The governing board of every school district shall evaluate...

ARTICLE 4 - Enforcement of Courses of Study

Section 51050. - 51050. The governing board of every school district shall enforce...

Section 51053. - 51053. The course of study for preschool, kindergarten, grades 1...

Section 51054. - 51054. Except as provided in Section 51053, the course of...

Section 51055. - 51055. Courses for continuation high schools shall be prepared under...

Section 51056. - 51056. A course of study for each adult school shall...

Section 51057. - 51057. Upon request of the governing board of any school...

CHAPTER 1.5 - Parental Involvement

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 51100. - 51100. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 51101. - 51101. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), the parents...

Section 51101.1. - 51101.1. (a) A parent or guardian’s lack of English fluency...

Section 51102. - 51102. Upon approval of the materials by the State Board...

ARTICLE 3 - Teresa P. Hughes Family-School Partnership Award and Grant Program

Section 51130. - 51130. This article shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 51131. - 51131. As used in this article, “parent” means the natural,...

Section 51133. - 51133. (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall award nonmonetary...

CHAPTER 2 - Required Courses of Study

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 51200. - 51200. Except as otherwise provided, the provisions contained in this...

Section 51202. - 51202. The adopted course of study shall provide instruction at...

Section 51203. - 51203. Instruction upon the nature of alcohol, narcotics, restricted dangerous...

Section 51204. - 51204. Any course of study adopted pursuant to this division...

Section 51204.5. - 51204.5. Instruction in social sciences shall include the early history...

Section 51205. - 51205. Pupils enrolled in a year-round school pursuant to Part...

Section 51206. - 51206. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the physical...

Section 51206.4. - 51206.4. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...

ARTICLE 2 - Course of Study, Grades 1 to 6

Section 51210. - 51210. (a) The adopted course of study for grades 1...

Section 51210.1. - 51210.1. (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares all of...

Section 51210.2. - 51210.2. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the...

Section 51210.3. - 51210.3. (a) The governing board of a school district may...

Section 51210.4. - 51210.4. The State Department of Education shall incorporate nutrition education...

Section 51210.5. - 51210.5. The instruction in all areas of study specified in...

Section 51210.8. - 51210.8. (a) On or before March 1, 2008, based on...

Section 51212. - 51212. It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature...

ARTICLE 3 - Courses of Study, Grades 7 to 12

Section 51220. - 51220. The adopted course of study for grades 7 to...

Section 51220.1. - 51220.1. In addition to the requirements specified in subdivision (j)...

Section 51220.2. - 51220.2. (a) For purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 51220,...

Section 51220.3. - 51220.3. The instruction in all areas of study specified in...

Section 51220.4. - 51220.4. For purposes of subdivision (j) of Section 51220, a...

Section 51220.5. - 51220.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1)...

Section 51220.6. - 51220.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a private...

Section 51221. - 51221. Instruction required by subdivision (b) of Section 51220 in...

Section 51221.3. - 51221.3. (a) Instruction in the area of social sciences, as...

Section 51221.4. - 51221.4. (a) The Legislature encourages instruction in the area of...

Section 51221.5. - 51221.5. For the purposes of this code, the phrase “vocational-technical...

Section 51222. - 51222. (a) All pupils, except pupils excused or exempted pursuant...

Section 51223. - 51223. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 51210 and 51222, instruction in physical...

Section 51223.3. - 51223.3. (a) During the first revision of the physical education...

Section 51224. - 51224. The governing board of any school district maintaining a...

Section 51224.5. - 51224.5. (a) The adopted course of study for grades 7...

Section 51224.7. - 51224.7. (a) This act shall be known, and may be...

Section 51225. - 51225. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 51225.1. - 51225.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a local educational agency,...

Section 51225.2. - 51225.2. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 51225.3. - 51225.3. (a) A pupil shall complete all of the following...

Section 51225.3. - 51225.3. (a) A pupil shall complete all of the following...

Section 51225.31. - 51225.31. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a local educational...

Section 51225.35. - 51225.35. (a) (1) If the governing board of a school...

Section 51225.36. - 51225.36. (a) If the governing board of a school district...

Section 51225.37. - 51225.37. The department shall encourage the governing board of each...

Section 51225.4. - 51225.4. The governing board of each elementary school district shall...

Section 51225.5. - 51225.5. (a) (1) The governing board of a school district...

Section 51225.6. - 51225.6. (a) If the governing board of a school district...

Section 51225.7. - 51225.7. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 51225.8. - 51225.8. (a) Commencing with the 2020–21 school year, the governing...

Section 51225.9. - 51225.9. Notwithstanding any other law, if a pupil completed a...

Section 51226. - 51226. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall coordinate the development,...

Section 51226.1. - 51226.1. (a) Upon adoption of the model curriculum standards developed...

Section 51226.2. - 51226.2. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall inform county offices...

Section 51226.3. - 51226.3. (a) (1) The department shall incorporate into publications that...

Section 51226.4. - 51226.4. Pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 51226.3, the Legislature...

Section 51226.5. - 51226.5. (a) No later than January 1, 1991, the State...

Section 51226.6. - 51226.6. (a) The State Department of Education shall develop and...

Section 51226.7. - 51226.7. (a) The Instructional Quality Commission shall develop, and the...

Section 51226.9. - 51226.9. (a) (1) The department shall, no later than June...

Section 51227.3. - 51227.3. (a) The Instructional Quality Commission shall ensure that the...

Section 51228. - 51228. (a) Each school district maintaining any of grades 7...

Section 51228.1. - 51228.1. (a) Commencing with the 2016–17 school year, except as...

Section 51228.2. - 51228.2. (a) Commencing with the 2016–17 school year, except as...

Section 51228.3. - 51228.3. (a) A complaint of noncompliance with the requirements of...

Section 51229. - 51229. (a) Each school year, as part of the annual...

Section 51230. - 51230. (a) If the governing board of a school district...

ARTICLE 4 - Exemptions from Requirements

Section 51240. - 51240. (a) If any part of a school’s instruction in...

Section 51241. - 51241. (a) The governing board of a school district or...

Section 51242. - 51242. The governing board of a school district may exempt...

Section 51243. - 51243. Credit shall be given for purposes of the course...

Section 51244. - 51244. The provisions of Section 51243 giving credit for world...

Section 51245. - 51245. For purposes of the credit that may be given...

Section 51246. - 51246. The governing board of a school district may exempt...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Schoolage Military Dependents

Section 51250. - 51250. The department shall establish a formal liaison with the...

Section 51251. - 51251. (a) A governing board of a school district and...

ARTICLE 5 - Drug Education

Section 51260. - 51260. (a) Instruction shall be given in the elementary and...

Section 51261. - 51261. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 44227 and 44228, the...

Section 51262. - 51262. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the use...

Section 51263. - 51263. The State Department of Education shall make available information...

Section 51264. - 51264. (a) The State Department of Education shall prepare and...

Section 51265. - 51265. It is the intent of the Legislature that school...

Section 51266. - 51266. (a) The Office of Emergency Services, in collaboration with...

Section 51266.5. - 51266.5. The Rural Gang Task Force Subcommittee provided for by...

Section 51268. - 51268. The State Department of Education shall encourage school districts...

Section 51269. - 51269. (a) The State Department of Education shall collaborate, to...

ARTICLE 6 - Primary Education Model Curriculum for Lifelong Health, Aging, and Financial Literacy

Section 51280. - 51280. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 51282. - 51282. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

Section 51284. - 51284. Concurrently with, but not prior to, the next revision...

Section 51284.5. - 51284.5. Notwithstanding Section 51284, when the history-social science curriculum framework...

CHAPTER 3 - Diplomas and Certificates

ARTICLE 1 - Elementary School Diploma

Section 51400. - 51400. The governing board of any school district maintaining an...

Section 51401. - 51401. Nothing in this article shall be construed as prohibiting...

Section 51402. - 51402. The diplomas of graduation from elementary schools shall be...

Section 51403. - 51403. Elementary school diplomas granted by the governing board of...

ARTICLE 2 - Diplomas

Section 51410. - 51410. No diploma, certificate or other document which is conferred...

Section 51411. - 51411. No governing board of any school district maintaining a...

Section 51412. - 51412. No diploma, certificate or other document, except transcripts and...

Section 51413. - 51413. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board or...

ARTICLE 3 - High School Equivalency Certificates

Section 51420. - 51420. The Superintendent shall issue a California high school equivalency...

Section 51421. - 51421. (a) The Superintendent may charge a one-time only fee,...

Section 51421.5. - 51421.5. (a) If, for purposes of this article, a contractor...

Section 51422. - 51422. Each scoring contractor shall provide the Superintendent with a...

Section 51423. - 51423. (a) (1) The Superintendent may provide for the administration...

Section 51424. - 51424. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall keep a permanent...

Section 51425. - 51425. A California high school equivalency certificate shall be deemed...

Section 51426. - 51426. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and...

Section 51427. - 51427. Pursuant to Section 16370 of the Government Code, there...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Retroactive High School Diplomas

Section 51430. - 51430. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a high school district,...

Section 51440. - 51440. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject...

Section 51442. - 51442. For purposes of this article, “veteran” means a person...

ARTICLE 5 - Golden State Seal Merit Diploma

Section 51450. - 51450. The Golden State Seal Merit Diploma is hereby established...

Section 51451. - 51451. A student who meets the following requirements shall qualify...

Section 51452. - 51452. The state board shall determine and adopt, based upon...

Section 51453. - 51453. Under the policy direction of the State Board of...

Section 51454. - 51454. Each school district that confers high school diplomas shall...

Section 51455. - 51455. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

ARTICLE 6 - State Seal of Biliteracy

Section 51460. - 51460. (a) The State Seal of Biliteracy is established to...

Section 51461. - 51461. (a) The State Seal of Biliteracy certifies attainment of...

Section 51462. - 51462. The Superintendent shall do both of the following: (a)...

Section 51463. - 51463. A school district that participates in the program under...

Section 51464. - 51464. It is the intent of the Legislature that no...

ARTICLE 7 - State Seal of Civic Engagement

Section 51470. - 51470. It is the intent of the Legislature to establish...

Section 51471. - 51471. (a) On or before January 1, 2020, the Superintendent...

Section 51472. - 51472. The Superintendent shall do both of the following: (a)...

Section 51473. - 51473. A school district that participates in the program under...

Section 51474. - 51474. No fee shall be charged to a pupil to...

Section 51475. - 51475. (a) The California Serves Program is hereby established under...

CHAPTER 4 - Prohibited Instruction

ARTICLE 1 - Prejudices

Section 51500. - 51500. A teacher shall not give instruction and a school...

Section 51501. - 51501. The state board and any governing board shall not...

ARTICLE 2 - Prohibited Materials

Section 51510. - 51510. Except as to textbooks approved by the state board...

Section 51511. - 51511. Nothing in this code shall be construed to prevent,...

Section 51512. - 51512. The Legislature finds that the use by any person,...

Section 51513. - 51513. No test, questionnaire, survey, or examination containing any questions...

Section 51514. - 51514. If a local educational agency administers a voluntary survey...

ARTICLE 3 - Solicitations

Section 51520. - 51520. (a) During school hours, and within one hour before...

Section 51521. - 51521. No person shall solicit any other person to contribute...

ARTICLE 4 - Advocacy or Teaching of Communism

Section 51530. - 51530. No teacher giving instruction in any school, or on...

ARTICLE 5 - Humane Treatment of Animals

Section 51540. - 51540. In the public elementary and high schools or in...

CHAPTER 5 - Authorized Classes and Courses of Instruction

ARTICLE 1.5 - The Online Classroom Pilot Program

Section 51705. - 51705. For purposes of this article, the following terms have...

ARTICLE 2 - Mathematics Readiness Challenge

Section 51710. - 51710. (a) The Mathematics Readiness Challenge program is hereby established....

ARTICLE 3 - Evening High School for Minors

Section 51720. - 51720. The governing board of a school district which maintains...

Section 51721. - 51721. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a governing board...

Section 51722. - 51722. An evening high school program shall consist of courses...

Section 51723. - 51723. The attendance of a minor at an evening high...

Section 51724. - 51724. The attendance of a pupil in an evening high...

ARTICLE 4 - Elementary School Special Day and Evening Classes

Section 51730. - 51730. The governing body of any elementary school district may...

Section 51731. - 51731. These classes may be convened at the hours and...

Section 51732. - 51732. The evening elementary schools and the special day and...

ARTICLE 5 - Instruction by Correspondence

Section 51740. - 51740. The governing board of a district maintaining one or...

Section 51741. - 51741. Notwithstanding anything in Section 51740 to the contrary, the...

ARTICLE 5.5 - Independent Study

Section 51744. - 51744. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that by offering...

Section 51745. - 51745. (a) Commencing with the 1990–91 school year, a local...

Section 51745.5. - 51745.5. For purposes of this article the following definitions apply:...

Section 51745.6. - 51745.6. (a) (1) The ratio of average daily attendance for...

Section 51746. - 51746. It is the intent of the Legislature that school...

Section 51747. - 51747. A local educational agency shall not be eligible to...

Section 51747.3. - 51747.3. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a local educational agency,...

Section 51747.5. - 51747.5. (a) The independent study by each pupil shall be...

Section 51748. - 51748. School districts and county offices of education shall not...

Section 51749. - 51749. (a) The Superintendent, upon the next revision of the...

Section 51749.3. - 51749.3. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish rules and...

Section 51749.5. - 51749.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and commencing with the...

Section 51749.6. - 51749.6. (a) Before enrolling a pupil in a course authorized...

ARTICLE 6 - Military Science and Tactics

Section 51750. - 51750. The governing board of any school district maintaining a...

ARTICLE 7 - Work Experience Education

Section 51760. - 51760. The governing board of a district maintaining a high...

Section 51760.1. - 51760.1. (a) Consistent with the most recent state plan on...

Section 51760.2. - 51760.2. Regional and local business organizations, in conjunction with school...

Section 51760.3. - 51760.3. The governing board of any school district offering work...

Section 51760.5. - 51760.5. Notwithstanding Section 51760, attendance in work experience classes or...

Section 51762. - 51762. The Department of Education shall adopt any rules and...

Section 51762.5. - 51762.5. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall adopt standards for...

Section 51763. - 51763. All laws or rules applicable to minors in employment...

Section 51764. - 51764. Work experience education as authorized by this article includes...

Section 51765. - 51765. (a) The governing board of a school district that...

Section 51766. - 51766. Work experience education involving apprenticeable occupations shall be consistent...

Section 51767. - 51767. The governing board of any school district which maintains...

Section 51768. - 51768. The governing board of any school district providing work...

Section 51769. - 51769. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code or the...

Section 51769.5. - 51769.5. Sections 1292, 1293, and 1294 of the Labor Code...

ARTICLE 7.3 - Energy Education

Section 51770. - 51770. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that despite various...

Section 51771. - 51771. (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall provide for...

Section 51772. - 51772. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall make the model...

ARTICLE 7.4 - Work Experience Education Program Reviews

Section 51775. - 51775. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that work experience...

Section 51776. - 51776. The governing board of each school district offering work...

Section 51777. - 51777. (a) For purposes of facilitating the program reviews required...

Section 51778. - 51778. (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish a...

ARTICLE 7.5 - Genetic Diseases and Disorders Instruction

Section 51780. - 51780. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting...

Section 51781. - 51781. (a) The department shall prepare, and distribute to school...

Section 51782. - 51782. The instructional program in genetic diseases and disorders shall...

ARTICLE 8 - Aviation Education

Section 51790. - 51790. The Department of Education shall aid and assist local...

Section 51791. - 51791. The governing board of each district is encouraged to...

Section 51792. - 51792. The Department of Aeronautics is authorized to make available...

ARTICLE 8.5 - School Instructional Gardens

Section 51795. - 51795. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 51796. - 51796. (a) The Instructional School Gardens Program is hereby established...

Section 51796.2. - 51796.2. (a) A school district, charter school, or county office...

Section 51796.5. - 51796.5. As a condition of the receipt of funds pursuant...

Section 51797. - 51797. During its annual discretionary grant funding process, the California...

Section 51798. - 51798. A school district, charter school, or county office of...

ARTICLE 9 - Home Teaching

Section 51800. - 51800. The governing board of any school district, may employ...

Section 51801. - 51801. The home teacher shall work in the homes of...

Section 51802. - 51802. (a) The governing board of a school district maintaining...

ARTICLE 10 - Community Service Classes

Section 51810. - 51810. The governing board of any school district maintaining secondary...

Section 51811. - 51811. Community service classes shall be open for the admission...

Section 51812. - 51812. Community service classes may be convened at such hours...

Section 51813. - 51813. Governing boards shall have the authority to provide for...

Section 51814. - 51814. Attendance or average daily attendance in community service classes...

Section 51815. - 51815. Governing boards may expend from the general fund of...

ARTICLE 12 - Consumer Economics Programs

Section 51833. - 51833. (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, with the...

ARTICLE 13 - Driver Training

Section 51850. - 51850. The governing board of a school district maintaining a...

Section 51851. - 51851. A course of instruction in automobile driver education shall...

Section 51852. - 51852. A course of instruction in the laboratory phase of...

Section 51853. - 51853. Any reference in this code to automobile driver training...

Section 51854. - 51854. (a) The State Department of Education shall adopt rules...

ARTICLE 14 - Bicycle Safety Instruction

Section 51860. - 51860. (a) The governing board of any school district having...

ARTICLE 14.5 - California Distance Learning Policy

Section 51865. - 51865. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

ARTICLE 16 - Aquatic Safety

Section 51879.7. - 51879.7. The Legislature finds that, given the great diversity of...

Section 51879.8. - 51879.8. The Department of Boating and Waterways, in cooperation with...

Section 51879.9. - 51879.9. Once developed, the Department of Boating and Waterways shall...

CHAPTER 5.5 - Comprehensive Health Education

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 51880. - 51880. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 51881. - 51881. The Legislature finds and declares that although many of...

Section 51881.5. - 51881.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that hazardous substances,...

Section 51881.5. - 51881.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that hazardous substances,...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 51890. - 51890. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, “comprehensive health...

Section 51891. - 51891. As used in this chapter, “community participation” means the...

ARTICLE 3 - Department of Education

Section 51900. - 51900. The department shall prepare and distribute to school districts...

Section 51900.5. - 51900.5. (a) During the next revision of the publication “Health...

Section 51900.6. - 51900.6. (a) (1) The state board shall, based upon recommendations...

Section 51901. - 51901. The Department of Education shall be responsible for the...

ARTICLE 4 - Comprehensive Health Education Plans

Section 51911. - 51911. Approval of district plans shall be made in accordance...

Section 51913. - 51913. The plan for a comprehensive health education program shall...

Section 51914. - 51914. No plan shall be approved by the State Board...

Section 51915. - 51915. In the development of a plan for a comprehensive...

ARTICLE 5 - In-Service Training

Section 51920. - 51920. The Department of Education shall reimburse all school certificated...

Section 51921. - 51921. School district governing boards may, at their discretion, assign...

ARTICLE 6 - Mandatory Mental Health Education

Section 51925. - 51925. Each school district, county office of education, state special...

Section 51926. - 51926. Instruction and materials required pursuant to this article shall...

Section 51927. - 51927. (a) This article does not limit a pupil’s health...

Section 51928. - 51928. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:...

Section 51929. - 51929. On or before January 1, 2024, the department shall...

CHAPTER 5.6 - California Healthy Youth Act

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 51930. - 51930. (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be...

Section 51931. - 51931. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions...

Section 51932. - 51932. (a) This chapter does not apply to description or...

ARTICLE 2 - Required Comprehensive Sexual Health Education and HIV Prevention Education

Section 51933. - 51933. All comprehensive sexual health education and HIV prevention education...

Section 51934. - 51934. (a) Each school district shall ensure that all pupils...

ARTICLE 3 - In-Service Training

Section 51935. - 51935. (a) A school district shall cooperatively plan and conduct...

Section 51936. - 51936. School districts may contract with outside consultants or guest...

ARTICLE 4 - Notice and Parental Excuse

Section 51937. - 51937. It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage...

Section 51938. - 51938. (a) A parent or guardian of a pupil has...

Section 51939. - 51939. (a) A pupil may not attend any class in...

CHAPTER 5.7 - Prevention of Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries

Section 51940. - 51940. (a) The California Healthy Kids Resource Center, in consultation...

CHAPTER 5.8 - Sexual Abuse and Sex Trafficking Prevention Education

Section 51950. - 51950. (a) A school district may provide abuse, including sexual...

CHAPTER 6.1 - Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999

ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Findings and Intent

Section 52050. - 52050. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 52050.5. - 52050.5. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

ARTICLE 2 - Public School Performance Accountability Program

Section 52052. - 52052. (a) (1) The single multiple measures public school accountability...

ARTICLE 3.7 - Quality Education Investment Act of 2006

Section 52055.700. - 52055.700. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 52055.710. - 52055.710. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting...

Section 52055.720. - 52055.720. (a) For purposes of this article, the following definitions...

Section 52055.730. - 52055.730. (a) The Superintendent shall identify and invite school districts...

Section 52055.740. - 52055.740. (a) For each funded school, the county superintendent of...

Section 52055.750. - 52055.750. (a) A school district or chartering authority that receives...

Section 52055.755. - 52055.755. With assistance from the school district or the chartering...

Section 52055.760. - 52055.760. (a) A school district or chartering authority may apply...

Section 52055.765. - 52055.765. (a) The department shall perform, or contract with an...

Section 52055.770. - 52055.770. (a) School districts and chartering authorities shall receive funding...

Section 52055.780. - 52055.780. (a) School districts and chartering authorities shall receive funding...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Local Control and Accountability Plans and the Statewide System of Support

Section 52059.5. - 52059.5. (a) A single system for providing support to local...

Section 52060. - 52060. (a) On or before July 1, 2014, the governing...

Section 52061. - 52061. On or before July 1, 2015, and each year...

Section 52062. - 52062. (a) Before the governing board of a school district...

Section 52063. - 52063. (a) (1) The governing board of a school district...

Section 52063. - 52063. (a) (1) The governing board of a school district...

Section 52064. - 52064. (a) On or before March 31, 2014, the state...

Section 52064.1. - 52064.1. (a) (1) On or before July 1, 2019, and...

Section 52064.3. - 52064.3. (a) (1) On or before January 31, 2025, the...

Section 52064.5. - 52064.5. (a) On or before October 1, 2016, the state...

Section 52065. - 52065. (a) The superintendent of a school district shall do...

Section 52066. - 52066. (a) On or before July 1, 2014, each county...

Section 52067. - 52067. On or before July 1, 2015, and each year...

Section 52068. - 52068. (a) Before the county board of education considers the...

Section 52069. - 52069. (a) (1) A county superintendent of schools shall establish...

Section 52069. - 52069. (a) (1) A county superintendent of schools shall establish...

Section 52070. - 52070. (a) Not later than five days after adoption of...

Section 52070.5. - 52070.5. (a) Not later than five days after adoption of...

Section 52071. - 52071. (a) If the governing board of a school district...

Section 52071.5. - 52071.5. (a) If the Superintendent does not approve a local...

Section 52072. - 52072. (a) The Superintendent may, with the approval of the...

Section 52072.5. - 52072.5. (a) The Superintendent may, with the approval of the...

Section 52073. - 52073. (a) (1) By September 1, 2018, the California Collaborative...

Section 52073.1. - 52073.1. (a) Subject to an appropriation included in the annual...

Section 52073.2. - 52073.2. (a) The California Collaborative for Educational Excellence and the...

Section 52073.3. - 52073.3. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 52074. - 52074. (a) The California Collaborative for Educational Excellence is hereby...

Section 52075. - 52075. (a) A complaint that a school district, county superintendent...

Section 52076. - 52076. Notwithstanding any other law, this article shall not be...

Section 52077. - 52077. If any activities authorized pursuant to this article and...

CHAPTER 7 - Bilingual Education

ARTICLE 3 - Bilingual-Bicultural Education Act of 1976

Section 52160. - 52160. This article shall be known and may be referred...

Section 52161. - 52161. The Legislature finds that there are more than 288,000...

Section 52162. - 52162. The State Board of Education shall adopt such rules...

Section 52163. - 52163. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth...

Section 52163.5. - 52163.5. Each of the program options defined in subdivision (a),...

Section 52163.6. - 52163.6. The Legislature recognizes that for many languages there is...

Section 52164. - 52164. Each school district shall ascertain not later than the...

Section 52164.1. - 52164.1. The superintendent, with the approval of the State Board...

Section 52164.2. - 52164.2. The Department of Education shall review the results of...

Section 52164.3. - 52164.3. (a) Each school district shall reassess pupils whose primary...

Section 52164.4. - 52164.4. If a previously untested pupil enrolling in a school...

Section 52164.5. - 52164.5. Pertinent information from the assessment of language skills for...

Section 52164.6. - 52164.6. Reclassification criteria shall be established by each school district...

Section 52165. - 52165. Each pupil of limited English proficiency enrolled in the...

Section 52166. - 52166. All teachers and aides providing instruction in programs established...

Section 52167. - 52167. (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in...

Section 52168. - 52168. (a) The superintendent shall ensure that funds appropriated for...

Section 52169. - 52169. (a) The requirements for establishing programs mandated pursuant to...

Section 52170. - 52170. (a) Each school which has enrolled one or more...

Section 52171. - 52171. Each district shall submit annually to the department an...

Section 52172. - 52172. Teachers and teacher aides who are not bilingual-crosscultural teachers...

Section 52173. - 52173. (a) Prior to the enrollment of any pupils in...

Section 52174. - 52174. Nothing in this article shall preclude the participation by...

Section 52175. - 52175. A school district governing board may allow a nonresident...

Section 52176. - 52176. (a) Each school district with more than 50 pupils...

Section 52177. - 52177. Out of funds appropriated for these purposes, the superintendent...

Section 52178. - 52178. All principal teachers providing instruction in programs defined by...

ARTICLE 4 - Bilingual Teacher Training Assistance Program

Section 52180. - 52180. It is the intent of the Legislature that school...

Section 52181. - 52181. The State Bilingual Teacher Training Assistance Program is hereby...

Section 52182. - 52182. (a) The State Department of Education shall establish minimum...

Section 52183. - 52183. The department shall establish minimum requirements for teachers who...

Section 52185. - 52185. Agencies funded under Section 52182 to provide training services...

Section 52186. - 52186. The department shall provide ongoing technical assistance and support...

ARTICLE 5 - Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program

Section 52200. - 52200. This article shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 52201. - 52201. (a) The purpose of the grant program established under...

Section 52202. - 52202. (a) The Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program shall be...

CHAPTER 8.3 - Advanced Placement Program

Section 52240. - 52240. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of...

Section 52242. - 52242. A school district may help pay for all or...

CHAPTER 9 - Career Technical Education

ARTICLE 1 - Regional Occupational Centers

Section 52300. - 52300. In enacting this article, it is the intent of...

Section 52301. - 52301. (a) (1) The county superintendent of schools of each...

Section 52301.3. - 52301.3. Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 52301, the State Board...

Section 52301.5. - 52301.5. For the purposes of this chapter: (a) “California Occupational...

Section 52302. - 52302. (a) On or before July 1, 2010, the governing...

Section 52302.2. - 52302.2. (a) The governing board of each regional occupational center...

Section 52302.3. - 52302.3. (a) Every career technical course or program offered by...

Section 52302.5. - 52302.5. A regional occupational center or regional occupational program shall...

Section 52302.8. - 52302.8. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that vocational...

Section 52302.9. - 52302.9. Regional occupational centers and programs may jointly establish, operate,...

Section 52303. - 52303. “Regional occupational program,” as used in this chapter, means...

Section 52304. - 52304. Subsequent to completing the survey required by Section 52302...

Section 52304.1. - 52304.1. The governing board of each school district maintaining a...

Section 52305. - 52305. A regional occupational center or regional occupational program may:...

Section 52306. - 52306. (a) Any business, commercial, trade, manufacturing, or construction activity...

Section 52307. - 52307. To the extent feasible, in establishing programs pursuant to...

Section 52308. - 52308. A regional occupational center or program may lease buildings...

Section 52309. - 52309. (a) The curriculum initially provided by a regional occupational...

Section 52310. - 52310. Credits earned from courses completed in a regional occupational...

Section 52310.5. - 52310.5. (a) Each regional occupational program or center shall be...

Section 52311. - 52311. Each regional occupational center shall be established at a...

Section 52312. - 52312. For the purposes of this chapter the county superintendent...

Section 52313. - 52313. The county superintendent of schools or governing board of...

Section 52314. - 52314. (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any...

Section 52314.5. - 52314.5. A regional occupational center or program established and maintained...

Section 52315. - 52315. (a) A visually impaired, orthopedically impaired, or deaf person...

Section 52316. - 52316. Any pupil enrolled in grade 10, 11, or 12,...

Section 52317. - 52317. The governing board of any regional occupational center or...

Section 52319. - 52319. (a) Whenever the establishment and maintenance of a regional...

Section 52320. - 52320. For the purposes of receiving advances of funds from...

Section 52321. - 52321. (a) (1) Commencing in the 2009–10 fiscal year, a...

Section 52322. - 52322. The State Board of Education shall make provision in...

Section 52323. - 52323. No instruction shall be given in a regional occupational...

Section 52324.6. - 52324.6. (a) Any regional occupational program shall be eligible to...

Section 52325. - 52325. A day of attendance for pupils enrolled in a...

Section 52327. - 52327. (a) The governing board of a school district maintaining...

Section 52327.5. - 52327.5. Each governing board establishing or maintaining a regional occupational...

Section 52328. - 52328. (a) Any school district, located in whole or in...

Section 52329. - 52329. (a) The governing board of a school district located...

Section 52330. - 52330. The governing board of any school district or the...

Section 52331. - 52331. A regional occupational program or center, established pursuant to...

Section 52334. - 52334. (a) Indirect costs charged to regional occupational centers and...

Section 52334.5. - 52334.5. (a) Within existing resources, the department shall conduct monitoring...

Section 52334.7. - 52334.7. (a) The Superintendent may certify, by name, any regional...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Apportionment of Funds for Regional Occupational Centers

Section 52335. - 52335. For purposes of this article, “ROC/P” means regional occupational...

Section 52335.12. - 52335.12. (a) As a condition of receiving state or federal...

ARTICLE 1.7 - Career Preparatory Program

Section 52336. - 52336. (a) Any business, trade or professional association, union, or...

Section 52336.1. - 52336.1. Any pupil who has successfully completed his or her...

Section 52336.3. - 52336.3. (a) The State Department of Education shall adopt rules...

Section 52336.5. - 52336.5. (a) A private entity establishing a career preparatory program...

ARTICLE 4 - High School Career Technical Courses

Section 52370. - 52370. The governing board of any high school district may...

Section 52371. - 52371. Pilot programs may be established by school districts to...

Section 52372. - 52372. The governing board of any high school district, subject...

Section 52372.1. - 52372.1. (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall adopt rules...

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