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2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 11 - Meals for Needy Pupils in Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12 › Section 49550.5.

49550.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Cafeteria fund” means the nonprofit school food service account, as defined in Section 210.2 of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(2) “Educational entity” means a school district, county office of education, private nonprofit school, charter school, or residential child care institution, as defined in Section 210.2 of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations within the definition of “school.”
(3) “Universal breakfast” means a nutritionally adequate breakfast that complies with, and qualifies for reimbursement under, the federal School Breakfast Program and that is provided to every pupil at no charge.
(b) (1) Commencing with the 2019–20 school year, an educational entity that participates in the federal School Breakfast Program may, to the maximum extent practicable, provide universal breakfast. Except as provided in paragraph (2), an educational entity that seeks to use the cafeteria fund to supplement meal costs for universal breakfast shall submit to the department for approval before implementing universal breakfast pursuant to this section, on or before July 1 of each year, an application, signed by the educational entity’s governing board or governing body, certifying that the educational entity will provide breakfasts at no charge to all pupils and cover with nonfederal funds any costs of providing those breakfasts to all pupils above the amount provided in federal reimbursement.
(2) The requirement to submit an application to the department in paragraph (1) does not apply to an educational entity that participates in a federally authorized provision pursuant to which the educational entity provides universal breakfast, including, but not limited to, Provision 1, 2, or 3, or the Community Eligibility Provision of the federal Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1751 et seq.).
(c) Contributions that are a direct support of universal breakfast may be used to offset operation costs. These contributions may include the following:
(1) Funds from the cafeteria fund.
(2) Funds provided to support universal breakfast by organizations, including, but not limited to, school-related and community groups or by the city, county, city and county, or state.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 593, Sec. 6. (AB 3043) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 11 - Meals for Needy Pupils in Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12 › Section 49551.

49551. The State Board of Education shall adopt regulations prescribing standards and guidelines for carrying out the purposes of this article.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 11 - Meals for Needy Pupils in Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12 › Section 49552.

49552. For the purposes of this article, needy children shall be defined as those children who meet federal eligibility criteria for free and reduced price meals as defined in Section 49531, except for family day care homes which shall be reimbursed for 75 percent of the meals.
The amendments to this section enacted by the Legislature in the 1982 portion of the 1981–82 Regular Session of the Legislature shall apply retroactively to July 1, 1981, to the extent that they may legally do so.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 209, Sec. 14.6. Effective May 20, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 11 - Meals for Needy Pupils in Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12 › Section 49553.

49553. (a) A nutritionally adequate meal, for the purposes of this article, is a breakfast or lunch as defined in Section 49531 that qualifies for reimbursement under the federal child nutrition program regulations.
(b) (1) (A) For the purposes of special school nutrition supplements provided to pregnant or lactating pupils under Section 49559, protein and grain meal components for any given day shall, together, offer a total of five ounces of protein, one ounce of which shall be cheese or eight ounces of milk and three servings from the grain group, preferably whole and nutritious grains. This may be accomplished by adding one ounce of protein and one serving from the grain group at breakfast or serving these as a snack, and by adding one or two ounces of protein, one ounce of which shall be cheese or eight ounces of milk, to lunch, or by offering a morning supplement consisting of two or three ounces of protein, one ounce of which must be cheese, or eight ounces of milk, and one or two servings from the grain group.
(B) Meal components where only breakfast is served shall be increased to a total including one ounce of protein and two servings from the grain group, preferably whole and nutritious grains.
(C) Where both breakfast and lunch are provided, they shall, together, provide a total of five ounces of protein foods, one ounce of which shall be cheese, three servings from the grain group, preferably whole and nutritious grains, one and one-fourth cups from the fruit and vegetable group, and one pint from the milk group.
(2) The following options shall be allowed:
(A) One cup of fruit in place of one serving of the grain group, once a week.
(B) One cup of yogurt, made with pasteurized milk, in place of eight ounces of milk or one ounce of cheese, up to two times per week.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1078) by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1168, Sec. 34. Effective September 30, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 11 - Meals for Needy Pupils in Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12 › Section 49554.

49554. Any school district or county superintendent of schools which has had no food service employees since July 1, 1977, or has inadequate or no food preparation facilities as determined by the State Department of Education, and is, therefore, unable to provide a nutritionally adequate breakfast or lunch, or both, may contract for the preparation, delivery, and service of those meals. Any contract for the preparation, delivery, and service of meals shall not be deemed to establish food service positions for the purposes of Section 39902.
Prior to contracting for preparation, delivery, and service of such meals, a school district shall certify to the State Department of Education that no school district in the county nor the county superintendent of schools has the facilities and is willing to furnish those services.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 613, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 11 - Meals for Needy Pupils in Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12 › Section 49556.

49556. The Superintendent shall supervise the implementation of this article and shall investigate acts of alleged noncompliance. If the Superintendent finds that a school district or county superintendent of schools has failed to comply with this article, the Superintendent shall certify the noncompliance. The Superintendent shall conduct an investigation as may be necessary to document the noncompliance. The Superintendent, in the Superintendent’s discretion, shall seek injunctive relief to secure compliance with this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 45. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 11 - Meals for Needy Pupils in Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12 › Section 49557.1.

49557.1. In making available to pupils the application for participation in the free or reduced-price meal program provided for under subdivision (a) of Section 49557, each school district and county superintendent of schools is encouraged to include information that parents may use to request information concerning the Medi-Cal program administered pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and the Healthy Families Program, administered pursuant to Part 6.2 (commencing with Section 12693) of Division 2 of the Insurance Code. School districts and county superintendents of schools are encouraged to perform this task in the most cost-beneficial manner.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 93, Sec. 1. Effective July 7, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 11 - Meals for Needy Pupils in Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12 › Section 49557.3.

49557.3. (a) Each school district or county office of education, at its option, may enter into a memorandum of understanding with the local agency that determines CalFresh program eligibility, or its designee, to share information provided on the School Lunch Program application with that agency, if the child is approved for free meals or, if included in the memorandum of understanding, reduced-price meals, and if the applicant consents to the sharing of that information. The information may be shared electronically, physically, or through whatever method is determined appropriate. Any memorandum of understanding entered into pursuant to this section shall set forth the roles and responsibilities of the school district or county office of education and the local agency, and the process to be used in sharing the information.
(b) The local agency that determines CalFresh program eligibility shall use information provided on a School Lunch Program application only for purposes directly related to the enrollment of families in the CalFresh program.
(c) The School Lunch Program application is confidential, and, with the exception of forwarding the information on the application for use in CalFresh program enrollment consistent with Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 18900) of Part 6 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code upon the consent of the pupil’s parent or guardian, the school district, county superintendent of schools, or CalFresh program administrators shall not share the information with any other governmental agency, including the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Social Security Administration, or use the information for any purpose other than enrollment in the CalFresh program.
(d) After a school district or county office of education shares information provided on a School Lunch Program application with the local agency that determines CalFresh program eligibility, or its designee, for the purpose of determining the applicant’s eligibility for the CalFresh program, the school district or county office of education and the local agency, or its designee, shall not share information about the applicant or his or her household with each other, or any other entity, unless specifically authorized to do so pursuant to other provisions of law.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 504, Sec. 1. (AB 402) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 11 - Meals for Needy Pupils in Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12 › Section 49557.4.

49557.4. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 49076, 49557.3, and 49558, and accompanying regulations, the State Department of Education and the State Department of Social Services may share data for the limited purpose of administering the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) food benefit program established pursuant to Public Law 116-127, including, but not limited to, identifying eligible students and evaluating program outcomes.
(b) The authority provided by this section shall continue until the P-EBT program established pursuant to Public Law 116-127 has been terminated pursuant to federal law or federal approval to administer the program has expired.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 696, Sec. 2. (AB 172) Effective October 8, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 11 - Meals for Needy Pupils in Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12 › Section 49557.5.

49557.5. (a) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school, school district, county office of education, or charter school.
(b) (1) A local educational agency shall ensure that a pupil is not denied an available reimbursable meal of the pupil’s choice and is not shamed or treated differently from other pupils due to the pupil’s eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This paragraph does not prohibit a school from serving an alternative reimbursable meal to a pupil who may need one for dietary or religious reasons, or as a regular menu item.
(2) If a local educational agency is required to provide to the department or to the United States Department of Agriculture a copy of the meal charge policy required pursuant to memorandum SP 46-2016 issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, the local educational agency or governing board or body of the local educational agency, as applicable, shall make that policy public.
(c) School personnel and volunteers at a local educational agency that serves nutritionally adequate meals to pupils during the instructional day shall not allow any disciplinary action that is taken against a pupil to result in the denial or delay of a nutritionally adequate breakfast or a nutritionally adequate lunch, as defined in Section 49553, to that pupil.
(d) A local educational agency shall not take any action directed at a pupil to collect school meal fees.
(e) This section shall only apply to a local educational agency that provides school meals through the federal National School Lunch Program or the federal School Breakfast Program.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 600, Sec. 16. (SB 348) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 11 - Meals for Needy Pupils in Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12 › Section 49557.6.

49557.6. Notwithstanding Sections 49076, 49557.3, and 49558, and accompanying regulations, the State Department of Education and the State Department of Social Services may share data for the limited purpose of administering the federal Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer for Children (Summer EBT) program established pursuant to Section 1762 of Title 42 of the United States Code, including, but not limited to, identifying eligible students and evaluating program outcomes.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 43, Sec. 1. (AB 120) Effective July 10, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 11 - Meals for Needy Pupils in Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12 › Section 49559.

49559. (a) Any school food authority that participates in a federal child nutrition program and is reimbursed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 49501.5 for meals served pursuant to this article may be reimbursed at the current rate as determined by the State Department of Education, pursuant to subdivision (d). If the sum appropriated for purposes of this section is not sufficient to make the allowances specified by this section, the allowances shall be reduced proportionately. This rate shall be in addition to the reimbursement currently provided under Section 49536. The additional funds shall be used exclusively to supplement the meals served pursuant to Section 49501.5.
(b) The State Department of Education shall make allowances to school food authorities from the General Fund on at least a quarterly basis. Program providers shall submit claims to the department within 60 days after the close of each claim month. Within 45 calendar days of submission of a timely and valid claim, the State Department of Education shall tender reimbursement.
(c) (1) The State Department of Education shall, upon enactment of the annual Budget Act, prescribe an adjustment in the state meal contribution rates for the next fiscal year. The adjustments shall reflect the changes in the cost of operating a school breakfast, snack, and lunch program and shall be effective July 1 of each year. The adjustment shall be based on the average of the separate indices of the “Food Away From Home Index” for Los Angeles and San Francisco, as prepared by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.
(2) In giving effect to the cost-of-living provisions of this subdivision, the State Department of Education shall prescribe a calendar month for the computation of the percentage change in the cost of living after July 1, 1985. The same month shall be used annually thereafter. The product of any percentage increase or decrease in the average index and the per meal reimbursement disbursement rate shall be adjusted by the amount of any cost-of-living change currently in effect pursuant to this subdivision. For the purposes of this subdivision, state reimbursement shall be made for the breakfast or lunch that qualifies for reimbursement pursuant to the nutritional requirements of Section 49553.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 600, Sec. 17. (SB 348) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 11 - Meals for Needy Pupils in Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12 › Section 49560.

49560. The child nutrition programs operated pursuant to Section 49559 shall maintain a data base as specified by the Superintendent of Public Instruction for purposes of program evaluation. From the funds appropriated in Section 4 of this act, an amount not to exceed 5 percent may be used for administrative expenses incurred by the State Department of Education, including administrative costs incurred in the collection of the data.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1482, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 11 - Meals for Needy Pupils in Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12 › Section 49563.

49563. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Buy American provision” means the provision requiring a school food authority to purchase, to the maximum extent practicable, domestic commodities or products, as specified in subdivision (n) of Section 1760 of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(2) “Domestic” means an agricultural commodity that is produced in the United States and a food product that is processed in the United States using substantial agricultural commodities that are produced in the United States.
(3) “Substantial” means over 51 percent of the final processed product consists of agricultural commodities grown domestically.
(4) “School food authority” has the same meaning as defined in Section 210.2 of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(b) In order to monitor school food authorities’ compliance with the Buy American provision, the department shall fulfill its obligations in accordance with the federal regulations.
(c) The department shall make requirements, resources, and best practices for the Buy American provision available on its Internet Web site.
(d) The department shall distribute to school food authorities guidance or regulations from the United States Department of Agriculture for the Buy American provision, as updates are issued.
(e) The requirements of this section shall be operative only if mandated by federal law.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 571, Sec. 2. (SB 730) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 11 - Meals for Needy Pupils in Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12 › Section 49564.3.

49564.3. (a) For purposes of this section, a “high-poverty school” is a school that enrolls pupils in kindergarten or in any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and is eligible to operate under the Community Eligibility Provision, pursuant to Section 1759a of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(b) (1) In order to provide pupils in high-poverty schools with optimal nutrition for learning and to ensure that schools receive the maximum federal meal reimbursement, a school district or a county superintendent of schools shall provide breakfast and lunch free of charge to all pupils at a high-poverty school pursuant to this section.
(2) On or before June 30, 2022, a school district or county superintendent of schools that has a high-poverty school in its jurisdiction shall apply to operate a federal universal meal service provision, which may include, but is not limited to, the Community Eligibility Provision or Provision 2, pursuant to Section 1759a of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(3) A school district or county superintendent of schools shall begin providing a universal meal service pursuant to Section 1759a of Title 42 of the United States Code to all pupils at a high-poverty school upon state approval to operate a universal meal service.
(c) The department shall provide technical assistance to school districts and county superintendents of schools for the purpose of maximizing the number of schools within each local educational agency to be eligible for the Community Eligibility Provision, pursuant to Section 1759a of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(d) For purposes of this section, a charter school shall be considered a high-poverty school only if it participates in the federal National School Lunch Program or the federal School Breakfast Program, or both, and meets the description in subdivision (a). A charter school that is a high-poverty school shall comply with the requirements specified in subdivision (b).
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 44, Sec. 64. (AB 130) Effective July 9, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 11 - Meals for Needy Pupils in Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12 › Section 49564.5.

49564.5. In order to ensure optimal access to nutrition, facilitate the use of the federal Community Eligibility Provision (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1759a), and further reduce the burden of collecting annual unduplicated pupil income data through free and reduced-price school meal applications, a school district or county superintendent of schools may determine a pupil’s eligibility for free and reduced-price school meals based on data including the direct certification match and alternative measures of poverty pursuant to Section 42238.01 for purposes of the local control funding formula, paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 6313 of Title 20 of the United States Code, and Section 54.505 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 724, Sec. 4. (SB 138) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 12 - National School Lunch Act › Section 49570.

49570. Each school district, county superintendent of schools, and other public or private entity that participates in programs under the National School Lunch Act, as amended, and as prescribed by Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 1751) of Title 42 of the United States Code, may, if consistent with federal law, offer whole milk, in addition to other kinds of milk, if federal regulations require a lunch eligible for federal cash reimbursement under the act to contain unflavored, fluid lowfat milk, skim milk, or buttermilk.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 930, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 12 - National School Lunch Act › Section 49571.

49571. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the state strives to serve National School Lunch Program meals of the highest quality and greatest nutritional value possible.
(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, and contingent upon allocations provided by the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act, the department shall provide a state matching grant of up to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to a school food authority participating in the federal National School Lunch Program that applies for and is awarded a federal Equipment Assistance Grant for School Food Authorities from the department in its administration of the federal National School Lunch Program. The state appropriation shall be for a minimum of two years and shall align with the United States Department of Agriculture National School Lunch Program Equipment Grant for School Food Authorities terms and conditions, period of performance, criteria, timelines, and procurement and funding expenditure requirements.
(c) A school food authority may use the federal and state grants for up to five individual schoolsites or may combine the federal and state grants for one purpose, such as creating a centralized industrial kitchen. The state matching assistance grant shall be competitively awarded and shall align with the federal equipment assistance grant requirements pursuant to subdivision (b). Unspent state matching grant funds shall be retained by the department for one or more additional equipment grants, subject to the same requirements.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 71. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 13 - Food Recovery Program › Section 49580.

49580. For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Food” has the same meaning as in Section 113781 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) “Food bank” has the same meaning as in Section 113783 of the Health and Safety Code.
(c) “Nonprofit charitable organization” has the same meaning as in Section 113841 of the Health and Safety Code.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 285, Sec. 1. (SB 557) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 13 - Food Recovery Program › Section 49581.

49581. The department shall update its guidance on the donation of leftover food to allow a public school cafeteria to donate food to a food bank or to any other nonprofit charitable organization for distribution to persons free of charge or to make leftover food available to pupils during the course of a regular school meal time that is consistent with Section 114079 of the Health and Safety Code.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 285, Sec. 1. (SB 557) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 14 - School Nutrition Report › Section 49590.

49590. The Legislature finds and declares that the State of California strives to serve food of the highest quality and greatest nutritional value possible. The department shall monitor schools participating in the federal National School Lunch Program or federal School Breakfast Program to ensure that the nutrition levels of meals served to schoolage children qualify those meals for reimbursement under the federal child nutrition program regulations as nutritionally adequate breakfasts and nutritionally adequate lunches, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 49531.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 593, Sec. 7. (AB 3043) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 10 - Educational Counseling › Section 49601.

49601. (a) The State Department of Education shall, no later than December 31, 1986, develop a career guidance model for science and technology for use in school district counseling programs, and shall make the model available to the governing boards of all school districts in this state.
(b) The model shall be designed to provide information for use in career guidance offered to pupils in grades 7 through 12, regarding the potential for employment, educational requirements, and other matters pertaining to careers in the fields of science and technology. The purposes of the model shall be to objectively acquaint pupils with the option of pursuing careers in those fields, and to advise them in a timely manner of the preparation necessary to undertaking those careers.
(c) In developing the model, the State Department of Education shall employ materials and other resources that are available from public and private organizations, to the extent appropriate for the purposes of this section.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1452, Sec. 426.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 10 - Educational Counseling › Section 49603.

49603. (a) Each school district, county office of education, and charter school offering instruction in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, that provides on-campus access to employers, shall not prohibit access to the military services.
(b) “Military services,” for purposes of this section, includes the United States Army, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Space Force, or any reserve component of those federal forces, the National Guard, the State Guard, and the active militia.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 142, Sec. 1. (AB 1605) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 10 - Educational Counseling › Section 49604.

49604. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall send a notice to each middle school, junior high school, and high school that encourages each school to provide suicide prevention training to each school counselor at least one time while employed as a counselor, provides information on the availability of the suicide prevention training curriculum developed by the State Department of Education, and informs schools about the suicide prevention training provided by the department and describes how a school might retain those services.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 545, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 11 - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children › Section 49700.

49700. The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children is to remove barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families due to the frequent moves and deployment of their parents by doing all of the following:
(a) Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty in the transfer of educational records from the previous school district or variations in entrance or age requirements.
(b) Facilitating the pupil placement process through which children of military families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling, sequencing, grading, course content, or assessment.
(c) Facilitating the qualification and eligibility of children of military families for enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic, and social activities.
(d) Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families.
(e) Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of administrative rules implementing the provisions of the compact.
(f) Providing for the uniform collection and sharing of information between and among member states, schools, and military families pursuant to the compact.
(g) Promoting coordination between the compact and other compacts affecting military children.
(h) Promoting flexibility and cooperation between the educational system, parents, and the pupil in order to achieve educational success for the pupil.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 237, Sec. 1. (AB 343) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 11 - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children › Section 49700.5.

49700.5. The Legislature of the State of California hereby ratifies the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children as set forth in Section 49701.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 237, Sec. 1. (AB 343) Effective January 1, 2010.)
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49702. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Superintendent may accept nonstate funding to offset the cost of the annual assessment required by Section (B) of Article XIV of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. These moneys shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for that purpose.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 237, Sec. 1. (AB 343) Effective January 1, 2010.)
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49703. The Superintendent may develop procedures for the training of employees of local educational agencies in the implementation of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children as part of the process developed pursuant to Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 51250) of Chapter 2 of Part 28.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 237, Sec. 1. (AB 343) Effective January 1, 2010.)
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51000. This chapter may be known as the George Miller, Jr., Education Act of 1968.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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51002. The Legislature hereby recognizes that, because of the common needs and interests of the citizens of this state and the nation, there is a need to establish a common state curriculum for the public schools, but that, because of economic, geographic, physical, political and social diversity, there is a need for the development of educational programs at the local level, with the guidance of competent and experienced educators and citizens. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to set broad minimum standards and guidelines for educational programs, and to encourage local districts to develop programs that will best fit the needs and interests of the pupils, pursuant to stated philosophy, goals, and objectives.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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51003. It is the intent of the Legislature that explicit, rigorous statewide academic standards be adopted for all pupils enrolled in public schools.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 274, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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51004. The Legislature hereby recognizes that it is the policy of the people of the State of California to provide an educational opportunity to the end that every pupil leaving school shall have the opportunity to be prepared to enter the world of work; that every pupil who graduates from any state-supported educational institution should have sufficient marketable skills for legitimate remunerative employment; that every qualified and eligible adult citizen shall be afforded an educational opportunity to become suitably employed in some remunerative field of employment; and that these opportunities are a right to be enjoyed without regard to economic status or the characteristics listed in Section 220.
The Legislature further recognizes that all pupils need to be provided with opportunities to explore and make career choices and to seek appropriate instruction and training to support those choices. The Legislature therefore finds that fairs as community resource and youth leadership activities are integral to assisting and guiding pupils in making choices and therefore encourage the further expansion of cooperative activities between schools, youth leadership activities, and community resources. Among community resources of particular significance in providing information on various career opportunities are vocational and occupational exhibits, demonstrations and activities conducted at fairs.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 569, Sec. 28. Effective January 1, 2008.)
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51005. In order to carry out the intent of Section 51004, the Department of Education shall annually encourage school districts to plan programs and activities which utilize the resources of fairs and youth leadership activities as an integral part of the vocational instructional program and career decisionmaking.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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51006. The Legislature finds that the increasing integration of computers and computer technology into our economy has profound implications for our society, and equally important implications for state educational policy.
The Legislature also finds that the methods of distribution of computer resources in the public schools will have a substantial effect upon the state’s ability to meet the economic, political, and social challenges of the new technological era. Without adequate and early exposure to a basic computer education and computer resources, many students may be placed at a significant disadvantage in their opportunities to secure success in academics and the job market in the future. As females compose 51 percent of the student population in the state’s public elementary and secondary schools, and ethnic minorities constitute over one-third of that population, it is imperative that California adopt a policy to ensure equitable access to technological education programs.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 293, Sec. 1.)
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51007. (a) It is the policy of the State of California that all students enrolled in the state’s public elementary and secondary schools, regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical disability, geographic location, or socioeconomic background, shall have equitable access to educational programs designed to strengthen technological skills, including, but not limited to, computer education programs.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that state appropriations for educational programs designed to strengthen technological skills, including, but not limited to, computer education programs, shall have the goal of ensuring equitable access to those programs for all students.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that this section shall not be construed to preclude funding of programs designed to serve certain categories of students as part of the state’s efforts to target areas of high need.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 719, Sec. 8. (AB 887) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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51008. The State Board of Education shall ensure that the state curriculum and framework, where appropriate, include instruction on Cesar Chavez and the history of the farm labor movement in the United States, and the role of immigrants, including Filipino Americans, in that movement, and that the state criteria for selecting textbooks include information to guide the selection of textbooks that contain sections that highlight the life and contributions of Cesar Chavez, the history of the farm labor movement in the United States, and the role of immigrants, including Filipino Americans, in that movement.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 476, Sec. 2. (AB 123) Effective January 1, 2014.)
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51009. The month of May is hereby deemed to be Labor History Month throughout the public schools, and school districts are encouraged to commemorate this month with appropriate educational exercises that make pupils aware of the role the labor movement has played in shaping California and the United States.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 584, Sec. 1. (AB 2269) Effective January 1, 2013.)
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51010. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article govern the construction of this part.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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51011. “Educational program” means the entire school-sponsored offering for pupils of a district, including in-class and out-of-class activities.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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51012. “Common state curriculum” means the basic curriculum which is prescribed by the proper authority for all elementary schools, or all secondary schools, or all elementary and secondary schools.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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51013. “Curriculum” means the courses of study, courses, subjects, classes and organized group activities provided by a school.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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51014. “Course of study” means the planned content of a series of classes, courses, subjects, studies, or related activities.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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51015. “Course” means an instructional unit of an area or field of organized knowledge, usually provided on a semester, year, or prescribed length-of-time basis.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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51016. “Class” means an organized group of pupils within a school who are pursuing a particular course, subject or activity.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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51017. “Governing board” means that board of education or governing board of any county, city and county, city, or district which has the duty to prescribe the course of study for the schools of the county, city and county, city, or district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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51018. “State board” means the State Board of Education.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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51019. “Philosophy” means a composite statement of the relationship between the individual and society based upon beliefs, concepts, and attitudes from which the goals and objectives of the district are derived.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)