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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 5 - Attendance at Community College › ARTICLE 1 - Advanced Education › Section 48800.5.

48800.5. (a) A parent or guardian of a pupil, regardless of the pupil’s age or class level, may petition the governing board of the school district in which the pupil is enrolled to authorize the attendance of the pupil at a community college as a special full-time student on the ground that the pupil would benefit from advanced scholastic or vocational work that would thereby be available. If the governing board denies the petition, the pupil’s parent or guardian may file an appeal with the county board of education, which shall render a final decision on the petition in writing within 30 days.
(b) A pupil who attends a community college as a special full-time student pursuant to this section is exempt from compulsory school attendance under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 46100) of Part 26.
(c) A parent or guardian of a pupil who is not enrolled in a public school may directly petition the president of any community college to authorize the attendance of the pupil at the community college as a special part-time or full-time student on the ground that the pupil would benefit from advanced scholastic or vocational work that would thereby be available.
(d) Any pupil authorized to attend a community college as a special full-time student shall, nevertheless, be required to undertake courses of instruction of a scope and duration sufficient to satisfy the requirements of law.
(e) For purposes of allowances and apportionments from the State School Fund, a community college shall be credited with additional units of average daily attendance attributable to the attendance of special full-time students at the community college.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 786, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 5 - Attendance at Community College › ARTICLE 1 - Advanced Education › Section 48801.

48801. Any student authorized to attend a community college as a special part-time student pursuant to Sections 48800 and 76001 shall, nevertheless, be required to undertake courses of instruction of a scope and duration sufficient to satisfy the requirements of law.
The student shall also be required to attend school for the minimum schoolday, except as provided for in Section 46145 or 46147. However, the governing board of the school district may permit the student to attend school for such a lesser period of time than the minimum schoolday as the board shall find to be in the student’s best interests.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 513, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 5 - Attendance at Community College › ARTICLE 1 - Advanced Education › Section 48802.

48802. (a) For purposes of allowances and apportionments from Section B of the State School Fund, a community college shall be credited with additional units of average daily attendance attributable to the attendance of pupils at the community college as special part-time students pursuant to this article and as set forth in Section 76002.
(b) A school district whose pupils attend a community college as special part-time students pursuant to this article shall, for purposes of allowances and apportionments from Section A of the State School Fund, continue to receive credit for attendance by those pupils computed in the manner prescribed by law, and a pupil’s attendance at school for the minimum schoolday shall be deemed a day of attendance for purposes of making the computation.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 786, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 5 - Attendance at Community College › ARTICLE 1.5 - College Promise Partnership Act › Section 48810.

48810. This article shall be known and may be cited as the College Promise Partnership Act.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 633, Sec. 2. (SB 650) 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 5 - Attendance at Community College › ARTICLE 1.5 - College Promise Partnership Act › Section 48810.5.

48810.5. The Long Beach Community College District and the Long Beach Unified School District may enter into a partnership to provide participating pupils with an aligned sequence of rigorous high school and college coursework leading to capstone college courses, with consistent and jointly established eligibility for college courses. As used in this article, “capstone college course” means a community college course described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 48800.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 633, Sec. 2. (SB 650) 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 5 - Attendance at Community College › ARTICLE 1.5 - College Promise Partnership Act › Section 48811.

48811. (a) The purpose of the partnership authorized by Section 48810.5 shall be to provide a seamless bridge to college for pupils not already college bound and to reduce the time needed for advanced students to complete programs.
(b) A pupil who elects to participate in the partnership authorized by Section 48810.5 shall complete the grade 11 achievement test provided for in Section 60640, or a successor test approved by the state board, to determine readiness for college-level coursework, and shall enroll in coursework during grade 12 to remedy any deficiencies diagnosed by the achievement test. The consent of a parent or guardian of a pupil shall be required prior to a pupil’s participation in the partnership.
(c) Article 1 (commencing with Section 48800) does not apply to pupils enrolled in a partnership operating pursuant to this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 762, Sec. 1. (AB 1533) Effective October 13, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 5 - Attendance at Community College › ARTICLE 1.5 - College Promise Partnership Act › Section 48812.

48812. (a) The Long Beach Community College District and the Long Beach Unified School District shall design the partnership to include focused curricular pathways leading to credit in at least one of the following: general education, a career technical certificate, or a degree, including at least one capstone college course.
(b) The partnership shall coordinate the delivery of student support services, including counseling, to participating pupils.
(c) The Long Beach Community College District shall not be eligible to enter into the partnership unless it participates in the Early Assessment Program (EAP) as described in Section 99301.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 633, Sec. 2. (SB 650) 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 5 - Attendance at Community College › ARTICLE 1.5 - College Promise Partnership Act › Section 48813.

48813. (a) For purposes of allowances and apportionments from Section B of the State School Fund, the Long Beach Community College District shall be credited with additional units of full-time equivalent students (FTES) attributable to the attendance of partnership pupils at the Long Beach City College.
(b) Pupils of the Long Beach Unified School District who attend Long Beach City College pursuant to this article shall, for purposes of allowances and apportionments from Section A of the State School Fund, continue to receive credit for attendance by those pupils computed in the manner prescribed by law, and a pupil’s attendance at school for the minimum schoolday shall be deemed a day of attendance for purposes of making the computation.
(c) The Long Beach Community College District shall not receive an allowance or an apportionment for an instructional activity for which the Long Beach Unified School District has been, or shall be, paid an allowance or an apportionment.
(d) The Long Beach Community College District shall implement this article and Sections 76001.5, 76002.1, 76003, and 76004 in a manner that does not result in increased allocations, which are above the regularly funded FTES enrollment cap, from the General Fund for the Long Beach Community College District.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 633, Sec. 2. (SB 650) 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 5.5 - Education of Pupils in Foster Care and Pupils Who Are Homeless › Section 48851.

48851. (a) As required pursuant to Section 11432(g)(6)(A)(i) of Title 42 of the United States Code, a local educational agency shall ensure that each school within the local educational agency identifies all homeless children and youths and unaccompanied youths enrolled at the school.
(b) (1) A local educational agency shall administer a housing questionnaire for purposes of identifying homeless children and youths and unaccompanied youths, as those terms are defined in Section 11434a(2) of Title 42 of the United States Code, in accordance with the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11303 et seq.). By the end of the 2021–22 school year, a local educational agency shall ensure that the housing questionnaire is based on best practices developed by the department pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 48852.5. The housing questionnaire shall include an explanation of the rights and protections a pupil has as a homeless child or youth or as an unaccompanied youth. The housing questionnaire shall be available in paper form.
(2) A local educational agency shall annually provide the housing questionnaire described in paragraph (1) to all parents or guardians of pupils and to all unaccompanied youths of the local educational agency.
(3) If the primary language of a pupil’s parent or guardian or an unaccompanied youth is not English, either of the following shall occur:
(A) The housing questionnaire shall be made available in the primary language of the unaccompanied youth or the pupil’s parent or guardian pursuant to Section 48985.
(B) An appropriate translation of the housing questionnaire shall be provided upon request of a pupil’s parent or guardian or an unaccompanied youth.
(4) A local educational agency shall collect the completed housing questionnaires that it administered pursuant to this section, and shall annually report to the department the number of homeless children and youths and unaccompanied youths enrolled.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 912, Sec. 1. (AB 2375) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 5.5 - Education of Pupils in Foster Care and Pupils Who Are Homeless › Section 48851.3.

48851.3. (a) As used in this section, “liaison” means a local educational agency liaison for homeless children and youths and unaccompanied youths designated pursuant to Section 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii) of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(b) A local educational agency shall establish homeless education program policies that are consistent with the provisions of this chapter and use resources developed by the department and posted on the department’s internet website pursuant to Section 48852.5 and resources developed by homeless education technical assistance centers established using funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). The local educational agency shall update these policies at intervals that shall not exceed three years.
(c) A liaison shall do both of the following:
(1) (A) Offer training to local educational agency certificated and classified employees providing services to pupils experiencing homelessness, pursuant to Section 11432(g)(6)(A)(ix) of Title 42 of the United States Code, including, but not limited to, teachers, support staff, and other school staff who work with pupils, at least annually relating to both of the following:
(i) The homeless education program policies established under subdivision (b).
(ii) Recognition of signs that pupils are experiencing, or are at risk of experiencing, homelessness.
(B) A liaison is encouraged to offer the training described in subparagraph (A) to all local educational agency certificated and classified employees, including, but not limited to, teachers, support staff, and other school staff who work with pupils.
(2) Inform the employees described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) of the availability of training and the services the liaison provides to aid in the identification and provision of services to pupils who are experiencing, or are at risk of experiencing, homelessness.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 904, Sec. 1. (AB 408) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 5.5 - Education of Pupils in Foster Care and Pupils Who Are Homeless › Section 48851.5.

48851.5. Pursuant to Section 11432(g)(6) of Title 42 of the United States Code, a local educational agency liaison for homeless children and youths shall ensure that homeless children and youths are identified by school personnel through outreach and coordination activities with other entities and agencies and that homeless families and homeless children and youths receive referrals to health care services, dental services, mental health and substance abuse services, housing services, and other appropriate services.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 400, Sec. 1. (SB 400) 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 5.5 - Education of Pupils in Foster Care and Pupils Who Are Homeless › Section 48852.

48852. Every agency that places a child in a licensed children’s institution shall notify the local educational agency at the time a pupil is placed in a licensed children’s institution. As part of that notification, the placing agency shall provide any available information on immediate past educational placements to facilitate prompt transfer of records and appropriate educational placement. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit prompt educational placement prior to notification.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 311, Sec. 1. Effective August 19, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 5.5 - Education of Pupils in Foster Care and Pupils Who Are Homeless › Section 48852.3.

48852.3. The department, to the extent possible within existing resources, shall develop and implement a plan for monitoring the compliance of local educational agencies with this chapter. The implementation of this risk-based monitoring plan shall include reviews of the local educational agencies that shall include, but not be limited to, schoolsite inspections to ensure that the state is not underestimating the number of youth experiencing homelessness.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 904, Sec. 2. (AB 408) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 5.5 - Education of Pupils in Foster Care and Pupils Who Are Homeless › Section 48852.6.

48852.6. (a) For purposes of this section, “liaison” means a local educational agency liaison for homeless children and youths and unaccompanied youths designated pursuant to Section 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii) of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(b) A school district, charter school, or county office of education shall create an internet web page or post on its internet website both of the following:
(1) A list of the liaisons in that school district, charter school, or county office of education, respectively, and the contact information for those liaisons.
(2) Specific information on homelessness, including, but not limited to, information regarding the educational rights and resources available to persons experiencing homelessness.
(c) If available, a school shall post on its internet website, if the school has an internet website, the contact information for the liaison. In addition, if a school has an employee or person under contract whose duties include assisting the liaison in completing the liaison’s duties under Section 11432(g)(6) of Title 42 of the United States Code, the school shall post on its internet website, if the school has an internet website, the name and contact information for that employee or person under contract.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 394, Sec. 4. (AB 27) Effective September 29, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 5.5 - Education of Pupils in Foster Care and Pupils Who Are Homeless › Section 48854.

48854. A licensed children’s institution or nonpublic, nonsectarian school, or agency may not require as a condition of placement that educational authority for a child, as defined in Section 48859 be designated to that institution, school, or agency.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 311, Sec. 1. Effective August 19, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 5.5 - Education of Pupils in Foster Care and Pupils Who Are Homeless › Section 48856.

48856. A local educational agency shall invite at least one noneducational agency representative that has placement responsibility for a pupil residing in a licensed children’s institution to collaborate with the local educational agency in the monitoring of a placement in a nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 311, Sec. 1. Effective August 19, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 5.5 - Education of Pupils in Foster Care and Pupils Who Are Homeless › Section 48857.

48857. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature of federal funds provided to the state pursuant to either the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11301 et seq.) or the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2), or moneys from the General Fund, or a combination of funds from any of those sources, the department may allocate one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) to up to three county offices of education in different regions throughout the state for purposes of establishing technical assistance centers to foster relationships between community partners and local educational agencies in each region. The department shall determine the county offices of education that will be designated technical assistance centers through a competitive process that provides each county office of education with the opportunity to apply to become a technical assistance center. In making this determination, the department shall take into account geographic diversity and concentrations of homeless children and youths and unaccompanied youths.
(b) The responsibilities of a technical assistance center established pursuant to subdivision (a) shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Creating, and facilitating the implementation of, training materials that outline the needs and challenges of, and barriers facing, homeless children and youths, unaccompanied youths, and their families.
(2) Developing and disseminating best practices for small, midsize, and large counties to support the educational progress and academic outcomes of homeless children and youths and unaccompanied youths.
(3) Assisting counties and local educational agencies in the process of ensuring accuracy in the identification of homeless children and youths and unaccompanied youths in local pupil information systems and using this data to report educational outcomes for homeless children and youths and unaccompanied youths who receive support services.
(4) Fostering relationships between community partners and local educational agencies in each region.
(c) Technical assistance provided by a technical assistance center pursuant to this section shall be provided consistent with the statewide system of support established pursuant to Section 52059.5.
(d) Technical assistance centers shall only be operative for the duration of the federal grant period for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief - Homeless Children and Youth Fund, established pursuant to Section 2001(b)(1) of the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2), estimated to end June 30, 2024.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 394, Sec. 5. (AB 27) Effective September 29, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 5.5 - Education of Pupils in Foster Care and Pupils Who Are Homeless › Section 48859.

48859. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “County placing agency” means the county social services department or county probation department.
(b) “Educational authority” means an entity designated to represent the interests of a child for educational and related services.
(c) “Homeless children and youths” and “unaccompanied youths” are as defined in Section 11434a(2) of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(d) “Local educational agency” means a school district, a county office of education, a charter school, or a special education local plan area.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 394, Sec. 6. (AB 27) Effective September 29, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 6 - Pupil Rights and Responsibilities › ARTICLE 1 - Suspension or Expulsion › Section 48900.1.

48900.1. (a) The governing board of each school district may adopt a policy authorizing teachers to require the parent or guardian of a pupil who has been suspended by a teacher pursuant to Section 48910 for reasons specified in subdivision (i) or (k) of Section 48900, to attend a portion of a schoolday in the classroom of his or her child or ward. The policy shall take into account reasonable factors that may prevent compliance with a notice to attend. The attendance of the parent or guardian shall be limited to the class from which the pupil was suspended.
(b) The policy shall be adopted pursuant to the procedures set forth in Sections 35291 and 35291.5. Parents and guardians shall be notified of this policy prior to its implementation. A teacher shall apply any policy adopted pursuant to this section uniformly to all pupils within the classroom.
The adopted policy shall include the procedures that the district will follow to accomplish the following:
(1) Ensure that parents or guardians who attend school for the purposes of this section meet with the school administrator or his or her designee after completing the classroom visitation and before leaving the schoolsite.
(2) Contact parents or guardians who do not respond to the request to attend school pursuant to this section.
(c) If a teacher imposes the procedure pursuant to subdivision (a), the principal shall send a written notice to the parent or guardian stating that attendance by the parent or guardian is pursuant to law. This section shall apply only to a parent or guardian who is actually living with the pupil.
(d) A parent or guardian who has received a written notice pursuant to subdivision (c) shall attend class as specified in the written notice. The notice may specify that the attendance of the parent or guardian be on the day the pupil is scheduled to return to class, or within a reasonable period of time thereafter, as established by the policy of the board adopted pursuant to subdivision (a).
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 895, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 6 - Pupil Rights and Responsibilities › ARTICLE 1 - Suspension or Expulsion › Section 48900.2.

48900.2. In addition to the reasons specified in Section 48900, a pupil may be suspended from school or recommended for expulsion if the superintendent or the principal of the school in which the pupil is enrolled determines that the pupil has committed sexual harassment as defined in Section 212.5.
For the purposes of this chapter, the conduct described in Section 212.5 must be considered by a reasonable person of the same gender as the victim to be sufficiently severe or pervasive to have a negative impact upon the individual’s academic performance or to create an intimidating, hostile, or offensive educational environment. This section shall not apply to pupils enrolled in kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 909, Sec. 2. 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 6 - Pupil Rights and Responsibilities › ARTICLE 1 - Suspension or Expulsion › Section 48900.3.

48900.3. In addition to the reasons set forth in Sections 48900 and 48900.2, a pupil in any of grades 4 to 12, inclusive, may be suspended from school or recommended for expulsion if the superintendent or the principal of the school in which the pupil is enrolled determines that the pupil has caused, attempted to cause, threatened to cause, or participated in an act of, hate violence, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 233.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 646, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 6 - Pupil Rights and Responsibilities › ARTICLE 1 - Suspension or Expulsion › Section 48900.4.

48900.4. In addition to the grounds specified in Sections 48900 and 48900.2, a pupil enrolled in any of grades 4 to 12, inclusive, may be suspended from school or recommended for expulsion if the superintendent or the principal of the school in which the pupil is enrolled determines that the pupil has intentionally engaged in harassment, threats, or intimidation, directed against school district personnel or pupils, that is sufficiently severe or pervasive to have the actual and reasonably expected effect of materially disrupting classwork, creating substantial disorder, and invading the rights of either school personnel or pupils by creating an intimidating or hostile educational environment.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 643, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 6 - Pupil Rights and Responsibilities › ARTICLE 1 - Suspension or Expulsion › Section 48900.6.

48900.6. As part of or instead of disciplinary action prescribed by this article, the principal of a school, the principal’s designee, the superintendent of schools, or the governing board may require a pupil to perform community service on school grounds or, with written permission of the parent or guardian of the pupil, off school grounds, during the pupil’s nonschool hours. For the purposes of this section, “community service” may include, but is not limited to, work performed in the community or on school grounds in the areas of outdoor beautification, community or campus betterment, and teacher, peer, or youth assistance programs. This section does not apply if a pupil has been suspended, pending expulsion, pursuant to Section 48915. However, this section applies if the recommended expulsion is not implemented or is, itself, suspended by stipulation or other administrative action.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 972) by Stats. 2000, Ch. 225, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 6 - Pupil Rights and Responsibilities › ARTICLE 1 - Suspension or Expulsion › Section 48900.7.

48900.7. (a) In addition to the reasons specified in Sections 48900, 48900.2, 48900.3, and 48900.4, a pupil may be suspended from school or recommended for expulsion if the superintendent or the principal of the school in which the pupil is enrolled determines that the pupil has made terroristic threats against school officials or school property, or both.
(b) For the purposes of this section, “terroristic threat” shall include any statement, whether written or oral, by a person who willfully threatens to commit a crime which will result in death, great bodily injury to another person, or property damage in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), with the specific intent that the statement is to be taken as a threat, even if there is no intent of actually carrying it out, which, on its face and under the circumstances in which it is made, is so unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific as to convey to the person threatened, a gravity of purpose and an immediate prospect of execution of the threat, and thereby causes that person reasonably to be in sustained fear for his or her own safety or for his or her immediate family’s safety, or for the protection of school district property, or the personal property of the person threatened or his or her immediate family.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 405, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 6 - Pupil Rights and Responsibilities › ARTICLE 1 - Suspension or Expulsion › Section 48900.8.

48900.8. For purposes of notification to parents, and for the reporting of expulsion or suspension offenses to the department, each school district shall specifically identify, by offense committed, in all appropriate official records of a pupil each suspension or expulsion of that pupil for the commission of any of the offenses set forth in Section 48900, 48900.2, 48900.3, 48900.4, 48900.7, or 48915.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 677, Sec. 33. Effective October 7, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 6 - Pupil Rights and Responsibilities › ARTICLE 1 - Suspension or Expulsion › Section 48900.9.

48900.9. (a) The superintendent of a school district, the principal of a school, or the principal’s designee may refer a victim of, witness to, or other pupil affected by, an act of bullying, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (r) of Section 48900, committed on or after January 1, 2015, to the school counselor, school psychologist, social worker, child welfare attendance personnel, school nurse, or other school support service personnel for case management, counseling, and participation in a restorative justice program, as appropriate.
(b) A pupil who has engaged in an act of bullying, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (r) of Section 48900, may also be referred to the school counselor, school psychologist, social worker, child welfare attendance personnel, or other school support service personnel for case management and counseling, or for participation in a restorative justice program, pursuant to Section 48900.5.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 104. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 6 - Pupil Rights and Responsibilities › ARTICLE 1 - Suspension or Expulsion › Section 48901.

48901. (a) No school shall permit the smoking or use of a tobacco product by pupils of the school while the pupils are on campus, or while attending school-sponsored activities or while under the supervision and control of school district employees.
(b) The governing board of any school district maintaining a high school shall take all steps it deems practical to discourage high school students from smoking.
(c) For purposes of this section, “smoking” has the same meaning as in subdivision (c) of Section 22950.5 of the Business and Professions Code.
(d) For purposes of this section, “tobacco product” means a product or device as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 22950.5 of the Business and Professions Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 7, Sec. 9. (SB 5 2x) Effective June 9, 2016.)
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48901.1. Notwithstanding Section 47610 or any other law, the following provisions apply to charter schools:
(a) A pupil enrolled in a charter school in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 5, inclusive, shall not be suspended on the basis of having disrupted school activities or otherwise willfully defied the valid authority of supervisors, teachers, administrators, school officials, or other school personnel engaged in the performance of their duties, and those acts shall not constitute grounds for a pupil enrolled in a charter school in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to be recommended for expulsion.
(b) A pupil enrolled in a charter school in any of grades 6 to 8, inclusive, shall not be suspended on the basis of having disrupted school activities or otherwise willfully defied the valid authority of supervisors, teachers, administrators, school officials, or other school personnel engaged in the performance of their duties. This subdivision is inoperative on July 1, 2029.
(c) Except as provided in Section 48910, commencing July 1, 2024, a pupil enrolled in a charter school in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, shall not be suspended for any of the acts specified in paragraph (1). This paragraph is inoperative on July 1, 2029.
(d) (1) A certificated or noncertificated employee may refer a pupil to charter school administrators for appropriate and timely in-school interventions or supports from the list specified in subdivision (b) of Section 48900.5 for any of the acts enumerated in paragraph (1).
(2) A charter school administrator shall, within five business days, document the actions taken pursuant to paragraph (1) and place that documentation in the pupil’s record to be available for access, to the extent permissible under state and federal law, pursuant to Section 49069.7. The charter school administrator shall, by the end of the fifth business day, also inform the referring certificated or noncertificated employee, verbally or in writing, what actions were taken and, if none, the rationale used for not providing any appropriate or timely in-school interventions or supports.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 597, Sec. 3. (SB 274) Effective January 1, 2024.)
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48901.5. (a) The governing board of each school district, or its designee, may regulate the possession or use of any electronic signaling device that operates through the transmission or receipt of radio waves, including, but not limited to, paging and signaling equipment, by pupils of the school district while the pupils are on campus, while attending school-sponsored activities, or while under the supervision and control of school district employees.
(b) No pupil shall be prohibited from possessing or using an electronic signaling device that is determined by a licensed physician and surgeon to be essential for the health of the pupil and use of which is limited to purposes related to the health of the pupil.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 253, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
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48901.7. (a) The governing body of a school district, a county office of education, or a charter school may adopt a policy to limit or prohibit the use by its pupils of smartphones while the pupils are at a schoolsite or while the pupils are under the supervision and control of an employee or employees of that school district, county office of education, or charter school.
(b)  Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a pupil shall not be prohibited from possessing or using a smartphone under any of the following circumstances:
(1) In the case of an emergency, or in response to a perceived threat of danger.
(2) When a teacher or administrator of the school district, county office of education, or charter school grants permission to a pupil to possess or use a smartphone, subject to any reasonable limitation imposed by that teacher or administrator.
(3) When a licensed physician and surgeon determines that the possession or use of a smartphone is necessary for the health or well-being of the pupil.
(4) When the possession or use of a smartphone is required in a pupil’s individualized education program.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 42, Sec. 2. (AB 272) Effective January 1, 2020.)
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48902. (a) The principal of a school or the principal’s designee shall, before the suspension or expulsion of any pupil, notify the appropriate law enforcement authorities of the county or city in which the school is situated, of any acts of the pupil that may violate Section 245 of the Penal Code.
(b) The principal of a school or the principal’s designee shall, within one schoolday after suspension or expulsion of any pupil, notify, by telephone or any other appropriate method chosen by the school, the appropriate law enforcement authorities of the county or the school district in which the school is situated of any acts of the pupil that may violate subdivision (c) or (d) of Section 48900.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the principal of a school or the principal’s designee shall notify the appropriate law enforcement authorities of the county or city in which the school is located of any acts of a pupil that may involve the possession or sale of narcotics or of a controlled substance or a violation of Section 626.9 or 626.10 of the Penal Code. The principal of a school or the principal’s designee shall report any act specified in paragraph (1) or (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 48915 committed by a pupil or nonpupil on a schoolsite to the city police or county sheriff with jurisdiction over the school and the school security department or the school police department, as applicable.
(d) A principal, the principal’s designee, or any other person reporting a known or suspected act described in subdivision (a) or (b) is not civilly or criminally liable as a result of making any report authorized by this article unless it can be proven that a false report was made and that the person knew the report was false or the report was made with reckless disregard for the truth or falsity of the report.
(e) The principal of a school or the principal’s designee reporting a criminal act committed by a schoolage individual with exceptional needs, as defined in Section 56026, shall ensure that copies of the special education and disciplinary records of the pupil are transmitted, as described in Section 1415(k)(6) of Title 20 of the United States Code, for consideration by the appropriate authorities to whom he or she reports the criminal act. Any copies of the pupil’s special education and disciplinary records may be transmitted only to the extent permissible under the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g et seq.).
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 76, Sec. 41. (AB 383) Effective January 1, 2014.)
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48903. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (g) of Section 48911 and in Section 48912, the total number of days for which a pupil may be suspended from school shall not exceed 20 schooldays in any school year, unless for purposes of adjustment, a pupil enrolls in or is transferred to another regular school, an opportunity school or class, or a continuation education school or class, in which case the total number of schooldays for which the pupil may be suspended shall not exceed 30 days in any school year.
(b) For the purposes of this section, a school district may count suspensions that occur while a pupil is enrolled in another school district toward the maximum number of days for which a pupil may be suspended in any school year.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 527, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
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48904.3. (a) Upon receiving notice that a school district has withheld the grades, diploma, or transcripts of any pupil pursuant to Section 48904, any school district to which the pupil has transferred shall likewise withhold the grades, diploma, or transcripts of the pupil as authorized by that section, until the time that it receives notice, from the district that initiated the decision to withhold, that the decision has been rescinded under the terms of that section.
(b) Any school district that has decided to withhold a pupil’s grades, diploma, or transcripts pursuant to Section 48904 shall, upon receiving notice that the pupil has transferred to any school district in this state, notify the parent or guardian of the pupil in writing that the decision to withhold will be enforced as specified in subdivision (a).
(c) For purposes of this section and Section 48904, “school district” is defined to include any county superintendent of schools.
(d) This section and Section 48904 shall also apply to the state special schools, as described in subdivision (a) of Section 48927.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 492, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
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48905. An employee of a school district whose person or property is injured or damaged by the willful misconduct of a pupil who attends school in such district, when the employee or the employee’s property is (1) located on property owned by the district, (2) being transported to or from an activity sponsored by the district or a school within the district, (3) present at an activity sponsored by such district or school, or (4) otherwise injured or damaged in retaliation for acts lawfully undertaken by the employee in execution of the employee’s duties, may request the school district to pursue legal action against the pupil who caused the injury or damage, or the pupil’s parent or guardian pursuant to Section 48904.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 498, Sec. 91. Effective July 28, 1983.)
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48906. When a principal or other school official releases a minor pupil to a peace officer for the purpose of removing the minor from the school premises, the school official shall take immediate steps to notify the parent, guardian, or responsible relative of the minor regarding the release of the minor to the officer, and regarding the place to which the minor is reportedly being taken, except when a minor has been taken into custody as a victim of suspected child abuse, as defined in Section 11165.6 of the Penal Code, or pursuant to Section 305 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. In those cases, the school official shall provide the peace officer with the address and telephone number of the minor’s parent or guardian. The peace officer shall take immediate steps to notify the parent, guardian, or responsible relative of the minor that the minor is in custody and the place where he or she is being held. If the officer has a reasonable belief that the minor would be endangered by a disclosure of the place where the minor is being held, or that the disclosure would cause the custody of the minor to be disturbed, the officer may refuse to disclose the place where the minor is being held for a period not to exceed 24 hours. The officer shall, however, inform the parent, guardian, or responsible relative whether the child requires and is receiving medical or other treatment. The juvenile court shall review any decision not to disclose the place where the minor is being held at a subsequent detention hearing.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 279, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)