California Code
DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS
PART 4 - ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 1 - Election of School District Board Members

ARTICLE 1 - Elections

Section 5000. - 5000. After the initial election of governing board members in...

Section 5009. - 5009. The governing board of any school district or community...

Section 5013. - 5013. The form of ballot for governing board member elections...

Section 5014. - 5014. Any election held for the purpose of electing governing...

Section 5015.7. - 5015.7. If the governing board of Santa Clarita Community College...

Section 5016. - 5016. (a) If a tie vote makes it impossible to...

Section 5017. - 5017. Each person elected at a regular biennial governing board...

Section 5018. - 5018. Any elementary school district having a governing board of...

Section 5019. - 5019. (a) (1) In any school district or community college...

Section 5019.5. - 5019.5. (a) Following each decennial federal census, and using population...

Section 5019.7. - 5019.7. Section 5019.5 shall not apply to multiple campus community...

Section 5020. - 5020. (a) (1) The resolution of the county committee approving...

Section 5021. - 5021. (a) If a proposal for the establishment of trustee...

Section 5022. - 5022. If the number of members of the governing board...

Section 5023. - 5023. (a) Whenever an elementary, high school or unified school...

Section 5024. - 5024. The county committee may provide that an election to...

Section 5025. - 5025. If an election is called or a resolution of...

Section 5026. - 5026. Members elected to fill vacancies created pursuant to Section...

Section 5027. - 5027. Whenever the boundaries of a county high school district...

Section 5028. - 5028. In every community college district which was divided into...

Section 5029. - 5029. Notwithstanding Section 5028, when a community college trustee ward...

Section 5030. - 5030. Except as provided in Sections 5027 and 5028, in...

Section 5030.5. - 5030.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the members of...

Section 5030.6. - 5030.6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the members of...

Section 5030.7. - 5030.7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the members of...

Section 5031. - 5031. Whenever a school district or community college district is...

Section 5033. - 5033. A member of the governing board of a district...

ARTICLE 3 - Vacancies

Section 5090. - 5090. Vacancies on school district governing boards or community college...

Section 5091. - 5091. (a) (1) If a vacancy occurs, or if a...

Section 5092. - 5092. Whenever a provisional appointment is made to the governing...

Section 5093. - 5093. (a) There shall be no special election or appointment...

Section 5094. - 5094. If for any reason vacancies should occur in a...

Section 5095. - 5095. Whenever any of the offices on any school district...

CHAPTER 2 - Boards of Education

ARTICLE 1 - Districts Governed

Section 5200. - 5200. Any unified school district that is coterminous with or...

Section 5201. - 5201. A school district, or community college district a portion...

Section 5202. - 5202. If any school district or community college district or...

Section 5203. - 5203. If the charter of any city provides for or...

Section 5203.6. - 5203.6. If the Charter of the City of San Leandro...

Section 5204. - 5204. Proceedings pursuant to Section 5203 may be conducted in...

Section 5205. - 5205. The governing board of any elementary school district having...

Section 5206. - 5206. Whenever a unified school district has within its boundaries...

Section 5207. - 5207. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5206, whenever the average...

Section 5208. - 5208. When outside territory has been annexed to a city...

ARTICLE 2 - Elections

Section 5220. - 5220. Boards of education are elected in cities under the...

Section 5221. - 5221. Whenever the charter of a city comprising in whole...

Section 5222. - 5222. Except as provided in Section 5221, whenever the charter...

Section 5223. - 5223. The members of any elective city board of education...

Section 5225. - 5225. Notwithstanding Section 5033, when a unified school district is...

Section 5227. - 5227. In those cases in which the boundaries of the...

Section 5228. - 5228. An election for members of the governing board of...

Section 5229. - 5229. (a) (1) If a unified school district governed by...

Section 5230. - 5230. In the event a newly unified district includes a...

Section 5231. - 5231. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when elections for...

CHAPTER 3 - Conduct of Elections

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 5300. - 5300. School district elections and community college district elections shall...

Section 5301. - 5301. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all...

Section 5302. - 5302. The duties of the county superintendent of schools having...

Section 5303. - 5303. The county elections official shall perform the duties incident...

Section 5304. - 5304. The duties of the governing board of any school...

ARTICLE 2 - Order and Call of Elections

Section 5320. - 5320. The act authorized by this code of any officer,...

Section 5321. - 5321. Whenever a valid and verified petition, authorized by this...

Section 5322. - 5322. Whenever an election is ordered, the governing board of...

Section 5323. - 5323. The county superintendent having jurisdiction shall at least 130...

Section 5324. - 5324. At least 120 days prior to the date of...

Section 5325. - 5325. Any school district election or community college district election,...

Section 5326. - 5326. If, by 5:00 p.m. on the 83rd day prior...

Section 5328. - 5328. If pursuant to Section 5326 a district election is...

Section 5328.5. - 5328.5. If no one has been nominated to an office,...

Section 5329. - 5329. Whenever a candidate has filed a declaration of candidacy...

ARTICLE 3 - Consolidation of Elections

Section 5340. - 5340. School district governing board or community college district governing...

Section 5342. - 5342. Whenever any school district election or community college district...

Section 5343. - 5343. If any school district election or community college district...

Section 5344. - 5344. Within the territory affected by the order of consolidation...

Section 5345. - 5345. In the event of consolidation of any school district...

ARTICLE 4 - Election Notice

Section 5360. - 5360. As used in this chapter “formal notice” means the...

Section 5361. - 5361. The formal notice of election for any school district...

Section 5362. - 5362. As an alternative to publication by newspaper pursuant to...

Section 5363. - 5363. Except where the procedure prescribed by Section 5362 is...

ARTICLE 5 - Precinct Election Officers

Section 5380. - 5380. Any election officer serving at any school district election...

ARTICLE 6 - Voters and Election Procedure

Section 5390. - 5390. In any school district or community college district election,...

ARTICLE 8 - Cost of Elections

Section 5420. - 5420. The cost of any school district or community college...

Section 5421. - 5421. The cost of any election held within a single...

Section 5422. - 5422. The cost of elections, including consolidated elections, held in...

Section 5423. - 5423. The cost of consolidated governing board elections shall be...

Section 5424. - 5424. The cost of any recall election shall be borne...

Section 5425. - 5425. The cost of the election for the formation of...

Section 5426. - 5426. The cost of any election held under the provisions...

ARTICLE 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 5440. - 5440. The provisions of Division 16 (commencing with Section 16000)...

Section 5441. - 5441. The returns of any school district or community college...

Section 5442. - 5442. Recount of votes in any school district or community...