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2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 14 - STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM CASH BENEFIT PROGRAM › CHAPTER 16 - Military Services › Section 28000.

28000. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares its intent to preserve and protect the rights of reemployed participants who have been absent from a position of employment covered by the Cash Balance Benefit Program to serve in the uniformed services of the United States in accordance with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (Chapter 43 (commencing with Section 4301) of Title 38 of the United States Code).
(b) The plan shall comply with Chapter 43 (commencing with Section 4301) of Title 38 of the United States Code, as that chapter may be amended from time to time.
(c) The term “service in the uniformed services,” for purposes of determining plan vesting, eligibility for membership, and accrual of benefits, means the performance of duty on a voluntary or involuntary basis in a uniformed service under competent authority and includes active duty, active duty for training, initial active duty for training, inactive duty training, a period for which a participant is absent from a position of employment for the purpose of an examination to determine the fitness of the participant to perform any such duty, and the period of time following the actual service in the uniformed service through the last day a member is eligible to report back to work or to apply for reemployment as specified under Section 1002.259 of Title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(d) The term “uniformed services” means the Armed Forces of the United States of America, the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard when engaged in active duty for training, inactive duty training, or full-time National Guard duty, the commissioned corps of the United States Public Health Service, and any other category of persons designated by the President in time of war or emergency.
(e) No entitlement of the right to contribute toward credits under the Cash Balance Benefit Program pursuant to this chapter by the participant as a result of service in the uniformed services shall accrue if the participant does not return to employment with the same employer or employers which employed the participant immediately prior to the eligible period of service in the uniformed services as prescribed in Chapter 43 (commencing with Section 4301) of Title 38 of the United States Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 218, Sec. 46. (SB 1352) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 14 - STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM CASH BENEFIT PROGRAM › CHAPTER 16 - Military Services › Section 28002.

28002. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an employer reemploying a participant with service subject to the requirements of Chapter 43 (commencing with Section 4301) of Title 38 of the United States Code, shall be liable to remit the employer contributions provided that employer employed the participant immediately prior to the eligible period of service in the uniformed services. The contribution rate by the employer shall be to the same extent as that for contributions to the Cash Balance Benefit Program for other employees during the same period. In addition to contributions due pursuant to this subdivision, the employer shall remit an amount that is the equivalent of the full cost of any interest and additional earnings credits credited pursuant to Section 28001. The employer shall provide information regarding the reemployment of a participant who is subject to Chapter 43 (commencing with Section 4301) of Title 38 of the United States Code on a form prescribed by the system within 30 days of the date of reemployment. Following receipt of that notice, the system shall calculate in accordance with Section 28003 the total amount of employer contributions due for the participant for the full period of service in the uniformed services. Within 60 working days of notification by the plan of amount due, the employer shall remit to the plan all employer contributions.
(b) The employer shall not be liable for employer contributions for the period of service in the uniformed services if the participant elects not to remit the employee contributions for that period through the employer as required under Section 28001. In the event the participant does not remit all of the employee contributions within the prescribed repayment period, the total amount of the employer contributions that were remitted for that period shall be adjusted pursuant to Section 26302.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 218, Sec. 48. (SB 1352) Effective January 1, 2017.)
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28003. For purposes of calculating the employer’s liability under Section 28002 or the required employee contributions under Section 28001, the participant’s salary during that period shall be computed as follows:
(a) The salary the participant would have received with the employer for the eligible period of service in the uniformed services.
(b) In the event that salary is not reasonably certain, the contributions shall be based on the participant’s average salary with the employer during the 12-month period immediately preceding the eligible period of service in the uniformed services or, if shorter, the contributions shall be based on the participant’s average salary for the period of employment immediately preceding that period.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 680, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 14 - STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM CASH BENEFIT PROGRAM › CHAPTER 16 - Military Services › Section 28004.

28004. A participant who is absent from a position of employment subject to the Cash Balance Benefit Program due to that participant’s service in the uniformed services, shall not be entitled to obtain the right to contribute toward credits under the plan in excess of five years of service in the uniformed services, except for the following reasons:
(a) The participant is required to serve beyond five years to complete an initial period of obligated service in the uniformed services;
(b) The participant was unable to obtain orders releasing the participant from a period of service in the uniformed services before the expiration of the five-year period and that inability was through no fault of the participant;
(c) The participant served in the uniformed services as required pursuant to Section 270 of Title 10, under Section 502(a) or 503 of Title 32 of the United States Code, or to fulfill additional training requirements determined and certified in writing by the Secretary of Defense, to be necessary for professional development, or for completion of skill training or retraining; or
(d) The participant is:
(1) Ordered to or retained on active duty under Section 672(a), 672(g), 673, 673b, 673c, or 688 of Title 10 or under Section 331, 332, 359, 360, 367, or 712 of Title 14 of the United States Code.
(2) Ordered to or retained on active duty, other than for training, under any provision of law during a war or during a national emergency declared by the President or the Congress.
(3) Ordered to active duty, other than for training, in support, as determined by the secretary concerned, of an operational mission for which personnel have been ordered to active duty under Section 673b of Title 10 of the United States Code.
(4) Ordered to active duty in support, as determined by the secretary concerned, of a critical mission or requirement of the uniformed services.
(5) Called into federal service as a participant of the National Guard under Chapter 15 of Title 10 or under Section 3500 or 8500 of Title 10 of the United States Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 965, Sec. 317. Effective January 1, 1999.)
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28005. A participant’s entitlement to the right to contribute toward credits under the Cash Balance Benefit Program pursuant to this chapter by reason of the service in the uniformed services terminates upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
(a) A separation of the participant from the uniformed service with a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge.
(b) A separation of the participant from the uniformed service under other than honorable conditions, as characterized pursuant to regulations prescribed by the secretary concerned.
(c) A dismissal of the participant permitted under Section 1161(a) of Title 10 of the United States Code.
(d) A dropping of the participant from the rolls pursuant to Section 1161(b) of Title 10 of the United States Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 965, Sec. 318. Effective January 1, 1999.)
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28006. No provision of this chapter shall apply to the extent it would require any action to be taken that would cause the plan or its members to incur adverse tax consequences under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Title 26 of the United States Code).
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 680, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997.)
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28100. (a) The employer may discontinue providing the Cash Balance Benefit Program at anytime in accordance with the terms and conditions of the employer’s governing board’s formal action to provide the program.
(b) The employer shall notify the system of the decision to discontinue the plan no less than 90 calendar days prior to the effective date of discontinuance. Such notice shall be submitted on a form prescribed by the system.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1048, Sec. 50. Effective January 1, 1999.)
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28101. (a) Upon discontinuation of the Cash Balance Benefit Program by the employer, the system will hold the employee and employer accounts for the benefit of the participant. The participant is immediately vested in both employee and employer accounts including accrued interest.
(b) Both employee and employer accounts will continue to be credited with interest at the minimum interest rate so long as there is an undistributed balance in such accounts.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1048, Sec. 51. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 19 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 1 - School Safety Public and Private Institutions › ARTICLE 1 - Uniform Fire Signals › Section 32001.

32001. Every public, private, or parochial school building having an occupant capacity of 50 or more pupils or students or more than one classroom shall be provided with a dependable and operative fire alarm system. Every person and public officer managing, controlling, or in charge of any public, private, or parochial school shall cause the fire alarm signal to be sounded upon the discovery of fire, unless the school is equipped with an automatic fire detection, and alarm system, which may include, but for the purposes of this section is not required to include, a sprinkler system, as described in Section 17074.52. Every person and public officer managing, controlling, or in charge of any public, private, or parochial school, other than a two-year community college, shall cause the fire alarm signal to be sounded not less than once every calendar month and shall conduct a fire drill at least once every calendar month at the elementary level and at least four times every school year at the intermediate levels.
A fire drill shall be held at the secondary level not less than twice every school year.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 725, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2002.)
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32020. The governing board of every school district, and the governing authority of every private school, which maintains any building used for the instruction or housing of school pupils on land entirely enclosed (except for building walls) by fences or walls, shall, through cooperation with the local law enforcement and fire protection agencies having jurisdiction of the area, make provision for the erection of gates in such fences or walls. The gates shall be of sufficient size to permit the entrance of the ambulances, police equipment, and firefighting apparatus, used by the law enforcement and fire protection agencies. There shall be no less than one such access gate and there shall be as many such gates as needed to assure access to all major building and grounds areas. If such gates are to be equipped with locks, the locking devices shall be designed to permit ready entrance by the use of the chain or bolt cutting devices with which the local law enforcement and fire protection agencies may be equipped.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 470, Sec. 28.)
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32030. It shall be the duty of the governing board of every school district, and of every county superintendent of schools, and of every person, firm, or organization maintaining any private school, in this state, to equip schools with eye protective devices as defined in Section 32032, for the use of all students, teachers, and visitors when participating in the courses which are included in Section 32031. It shall be the duty of the superintendents, principals, teachers or instructors charged with the supervision of any class in which any such course is conducted, to require such eye protective devices to be worn by students, teachers, or instructors and visitors under the circumstances prescribed in Section 32031.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 470, Sec. 29.)
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32031. The eye protective devices shall be worn in courses including, but not limited to, vocational or industrial arts shops or laboratories, and chemistry, physics or combined chemistry-physics laboratories, at any time at which the individual is engaged in, or observing, an activity or the use of hazardous substances likely to cause injury to the eyes.
Hazardous substances likely to cause physical injury to the eyes include materials which are flammable, toxic, corrosive to living tissues, irritating, strongly sensitizing, radioactive, or which generate pressure through heat, decomposition or other means as defined in the California Hazardous Substances Labeling Act.
Activity or the use of hazardous substances likely to cause injury to the eyes includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the following:
1. Working with hot molten metal.
2. Milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting, grinding and stamping of any solid materials.
3. Heat treating, tempering, or kiln firing of any metal or other materials.
4. Gas or electric arc welding.
5. Repairing or servicing of any vehicles, or other machinery or equipment.
6. Working with hot liquids or solids or with chemicals which are flammable, toxic, corrosive to living tissues, irritating, strongly sensitizing, radioactive, or which generate pressure through heat, decomposition, or other means.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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32032. For purposes of this article the eye protective devices utilized shall be industrial quality eye protective devices which meet the standards of the American National Standards Institute for “Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection” (Z87.1-1968), and subsequent standards that are adopted by the American National Standards Institute for “Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection.”
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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32033. The eye protective devices may be sold to the pupils and teachers or instructors at a price that shall not exceed the actual cost of the eye protective devices to the school or governing board.
This section shall become operative January 1, 1992.
(Amended (as enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010) by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1118, Sec. 2. Section operative January 1, 1992, by its own provisions.)
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32034. The term eye protective devices as used in Sections 32030 to 32033, inclusive, shall not include prescription lenses as defined in Chapter 5.4 (commencing with Section 2540), Division 2, Business and Professions Code. Prescription lenses which meet the standards set forth in Section 32032 may be used by persons doing the work described in Item 6 of Section 32031 in a classroom under the supervision of appropriate personnel.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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32040. The governing board of any school district, superintendent of schools, or principal in whom is vested the administration or supervision of any public or private school in the state shall equip the school with a first aid kit, whenever any pupils of the school are conducted or taken on field trips under the supervision or direction of any teacher in, or employee or agent of, the school.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 470, Sec. 30.)
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32041. The teacher, instructor agent, or employee shall have the first aid kit in his possession, or immediately available, while conducting the field trip.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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32043. (a) Whenever a field trip is conducted into an area which is commonly known to be infested by poisonous snakes, the first aid kit may include a snakebite kit.
(b) Any first aid kit or snakebite kit taken into an area which is commonly known to be infested by poisonous snakes shall contain medically accepted snakebite remedies.
(c) Any field trip into an area which is commonly known to be infested by poisonous snakes that is conducted by any public or private school in the state shall be accompanied by a teacher, employee, or agent of the school who has completed a course in first aid, certified by the American Red Cross, which emphasizes the treatment of snakebites. It shall be the responsibility of the school conducting the field trip to comply with the requirements of this section and nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the American Red Cross to provide first aid courses in any manner or location.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 416, Sec. 1.)
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32044. Any member of the governing board of any school district, and any superintendent of schools, principal, teacher, instructor, or agent who willfully violates the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 470, Sec. 31.)
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32060. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that art supplies which contain toxic substances or which are potential human carcinogens pose a significant danger to the health and safety of school children. The Legislature also finds and declares that school children are not sufficiently protected by present health laws in so far as materials which may be seriously harmful are not so labeled and therefore children are not properly warned as to the dangers inherent in the use of those materials.
(b) The Legislature intends by this article to ensure that elementary school children are protected by prohibiting the sale of these toxic substances to schools, school districts, and private schools for use in kindergarten and grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and that the toxic substances may be purchased by schools, school districts, and private schools for students in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, only if the materials are properly labeled, as described in Section 32064.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 252, Sec. 1. Operative June 1, 1987, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 252.)
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32061. “Art or craft material” means any raw or processed material or manufactured product marketed or being represented by the manufacturer or repackager as being suitable for use in the demonstration or the creation of any work of visual or graphic art of any medium. These media may include, but shall not be limited to, paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, enamels, jewelry, stained glass, plastic sculpture, photographs, and leather and textile goods.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 252, Sec. 1. Operative June 1, 1987, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 252.)
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32062. (a) “Human carcinogen” means any substance listed as a human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
(b) “Potential human carcinogen” means one of the following:
(1) Any substance which does not meet the definition of human carcinogen, but for which there exists sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in animals, as determined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
(2) Any chemical shown to be changed by the human body into a human carcinogen.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 252, Sec. 1. Operative June 1, 1987, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 252.)
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32063. “Toxic substance causing chronic illness” means any of the following:
(a) Human carcinogens.
(b) Potential human carcinogens.
(c) Any substance included in the list of hazardous substances prepared by the Director of Industrial Relations, pursuant to Section 6382 of the Labor Code, notwithstanding exemptions made for substances on the list which are used in particular forms, circumstances, or concentrations, if the health hazard presented by the substance is not the subject of label statements required by federal law.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 252, Sec. 1. Operative June 1, 1987, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 252.)
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32064. (a) For the 1987–88 academic year and for each academic year thereafter, no art or craft material that is deemed by the State Department of Health Services to contain a toxic substance, as defined by the California Hazardous Substance Act, Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 108100) of Part 3 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, or a toxic substance causing chronic illness, as defined in this article, shall be ordered or purchased by any school, school district, or governing authority of a private school in California for use by students in kindergarten and grades 1 to 6, inclusive.
(b) Commencing June 1, 1987, any substance that is defined in subdivision (a) as a toxic substance causing chronic illness shall not be purchased or ordered by a school, school district, or governing authority of a private school for use by students in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, unless it meets the labeling standards specified in Section 32065.
(c) If the State Department of Health Services finds that, because the chronically toxic, carcinogenic, or radioactive substances contained in an art or craft product cannot be ingested, inhaled, or otherwise absorbed into the body during any reasonably foreseeable use of the product in a way that could pose a potential health risk, the department may exempt the product from these requirements to the extent it determines to be consistent with adequate protection of the public health and safety.
(d) For the purposes of this article, an art or craft material shall be presumed to contain an ingredient that is a toxic substance causing chronic illness if the ingredient, whether an intentional ingredient or an impurity, is 1 percent or more by weight of the mixture or product, or if the State Department of Health Services determines that the toxic or carcinogenic properties of the art or craft material are such that labeling is necessary for the adequate protection of the public health and safety.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 31. Effective September 29, 1996.)
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32066. The State Department of Health Services shall, by June 1, 1987, develop a list of those art or craft materials which cannot be purchased or ordered for use in kindergarten and in grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and a list of materials which, while not currently sold or manufactured, may be reasonably suspected to still exist at some schools. In developing the lists, the State Department of Health Services shall consult with manufacturers of art supplies, artists’ groups, health organizations, and toxicologists as the State Department of Health Services deems appropriate. The Department of Health Services shall periodically update the lists as it deems appropriate.
The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall distribute the lists to all school districts and the governing authorities of all private schools in California, and shall make the lists available to preschools, childcare centers, and other businesses and organizations which involve children in the use of art or craft materials.
The superintendent shall inform school districts and governing authorities of all private schools of the requirements of this article, and shall encourage school districts and the governing authorities of all private schools to dispose of art or craft material which may contain human carcinogens, potential human carcinogens, or chronically toxic substances, but which is not affected by this article.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 252, Sec. 1. Operative June 1, 1987, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 252. Note: See this section as modified on July 17, 1991, in Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1991.)
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32080. For purposes of this article, “fossil fuel” has the same meaning as defined in Section 13262 of the Health and Safety Code.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 475, Sec. 2. (AB 56) Effective January 1, 2014.)
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32081. (a) By July 1, 2015, the State Fire Marshal shall propose for adoption by the California Building Standards Commission, for the commission’s next triennial code adoption cycle, appropriate standards for the installation of carbon monoxide devices in school buildings. The proposed building standards shall require carbon monoxide devices to be installed in public and private school buildings that meet all of the following criteria:
(1) The school building is constructed pursuant to the 2016 California Building Standards Code (Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations), or any amendments to the California Building Standards Code which follow.
(2) The school building is used for educational purposes for kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
(3) A fossil fuel burning furnace is located inside the school building.
(b) A private or public school that uses a school building for educational purposes for kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, that was built before the adoption of the 2016 California Building Standards Code (Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations), and has a fossil fuel burning furnace located inside the school building is encouraged to have a carbon monoxide device installed in the building.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 475, Sec. 2. (AB 56) Effective January 1, 2014.)
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32096.1. This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2026, and as of that date is repealed.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 850, Sec. 1. (SB 1479) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2026, by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Article 9, commencing with Section 32096.)
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32210. Any person who willfully disturbs any public school or any public school meeting is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 83. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
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32212. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that interruption of class time seriously impairs the educational process.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that each governing board of a school district formally address the problem of classroom interruptions and adopt a policy to control those interruptions, consistent with local circumstances and practices.
(c) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop and distribute to each governing board of a school district a model policy for the reduction and control of classroom interruptions, including, but not limited to, intercom and public address system use.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 495, Sec. 1.)
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32220. As used in this chapter:
(a) “Educational institution” means a school district, a community college district, a state university, the University of California, and the State Department of Education special schools.
(b) “Governing board” means the governing board of a school district or community college district, the Trustees of the California State University, and the Regents of the University of California.
(c) “Member of an athletic team” means member of any extramural athletic team engaged in athletic events on or outside the school grounds, maintained or sponsored by the educational institution or a student body organization thereof. “Member of an athletic team” also includes members of school bands or orchestras, cheerleaders and their assistants, pompon girls, team managers and their assistants, and any student or pupil selected by the school or student body organization to directly assist in the conduct of the athletic event, including activities incidental thereto, but only while such members are being transported by or under the sponsorship or arrangements of the educational institution or a student body organization thereof to or from a school or other place of instruction and the place at which the athletic event is being conducted.
Organized rooting sections, student body members who are spectators, and other spectator students, who are not actually participating in the conduct of the athletic event, are not members of an athletic team. Participants in a playday or field day activity occurring occasionally during a school year, in which students of one or more particular grade levels from two or more schools of a school district or community college district participate in athletic contests, are not members of an athletic team. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed as prohibiting a governing board from extending the applicability of the provisions of this article to any of those persons, should the governing board elect so to do.
(d) “Student body organization” means any student organization under supervision of the educational institution or its officers.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 143, Sec. 16.)
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32221.5. (a) A school district that elects to operate an interscholastic athletic team or teams shall include the following statement, printed in boldface type of prominent size, in offers of insurance coverage that are sent to members of school athletic teams:
“Under state law, school districts are required to ensure that all members of school athletic teams have accidental injury insurance that covers medical and hospital expenses. This insurance requirement can be met by the school district offering insurance or other health benefits that cover medical and hospital expenses.
Some pupils may qualify to enroll in no-cost or low-cost local, state, or federally sponsored health insurance programs. Information about these programs may be obtained by calling ________ [Insert toll-free telephone number].”
(b) The statement described in subdivision (a) shall also be incorporated into any other letters or printed materials, in boldface type of prominent size, that contain the name or logo, or both, of the school district and are sent to members of school athletic teams to inform them of the provisions of this article, or any other applicable provision of state law, regarding the provision of insurance protection.
(c) The statement described in subdivision (a) shall include the toll-free telephone number or numbers for any of the following:
(1) The Healthy Families Program.
(2) Medi-Cal.
(3) Any other comparable toll-free telephone number for a no-cost or low-cost local, state, or federally sponsored health insurance program.
(d) All notices regarding insurance protection for members of athletic teams that are sent to team members are required to be translated pursuant to Section 48985.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 130, Sec. 57. Effective January 1, 2008.)
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32222. Any claim for accidental bodily injuries described in this article which is subject to, and for which benefits have been paid under, the provisions of Division 4 (commencing with Section 3200) of the Labor Code is excluded from the required coverage and benefits under this article. Recreation activities under Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 10900) of Part 7 of this division, are excluded from the required coverage and benefits of this article.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 556, Sec. 2.)
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32223. The coverage provided under this article shall not exclude additional or broader coverage by an educational institution or its student body organization.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1011.)
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32224. The insurance coverage provided under this article may contain the following provisions:
(1) School administrative authorities shall certify whether an injured student applying for the insurance benefits is a student of the educational institution and is enrolled as a member of an athletic team.
(2) The injured student, or his parents or guardian, shall notify school administrative authorities of his injury not later than 60 days from the date of injury.
(3) Medical or hospital care or treatment must commence within 120 days from the date of injury.
(4) The period of time for which benefits shall be payable is limited to 52 weeks from the date the student received his first medical or hospital care or treatment. Benefits shall be payable only for such treatment as is given within the United States.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 556, Sec. 3.)
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32225. It is the intent of the Legislature that if federal funding becomes available for the purposes of the article, the governing board of each school district and each county superintendent of schools equip schools with two-way communication devices to be installed in each classroom used by pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, that is not currently so equipped. For the purposes of this section, classroom includes portable classrooms. The communication devices shall be for the use of teachers or other employees or agents of the school in the event of a medical emergency or violent crime in the classroom.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 972, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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32226. As used in this article, “two-way communication devices” include, but are not necessarily limited to, telephones, intercoms, walkie-talkies, or portable radios.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 972, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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32240. This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the “Lead-Safe Schools Protection Act.”
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1317, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)
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32241. (a) The State Department of Health Services shall conduct a sample survey of schools in this state for the purpose of developing risk factors to predict lead contamination in public schools. The survey shall include schools that are representative of the state by geographical region and size of enrollment. The schools to be surveyed shall be selected on the basis of their ability to provide data necessary to make scientifically valid estimates of the nature and extent of lead hazards. Risk factors shall include, but are not limited to, location in relation to high-risk areas, age of the facility, likely use of lead paint in or around the facility, numbers of children enrolled under the age of six, and results of lead screening programs established pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 105275) of Part 5 of Division 103 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) For purposes of this article, “schools” mean public elementary schools, public preschools, and public day care facilities.
(c) For purposes of this article, “public preschools” and “public day care facilities” mean preschools and day care facilities, respectively, located on public school property.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 33. Effective September 29, 1996.)
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32242. The department shall do all of the following:
(a) Design and implement a strategy for identifying the characteristics of high-risk schools and provide a basis for statewide estimates of the presence of lead in schools attended by young children.
(b) Conduct a sample survey, as described in Section 32241, to determine the likely extent and distribution of lead exposure to children from paint on the school, soil in play areas at the school, drinking water at the tap, and other potential sources identified by the department for this purpose. To the maximum extent possible, limited sample testing shall be used to validate survey results. The department shall compile and summarize the results of that survey and report those results to the Legislature and the State Department of Education.
(c) Within 60 days of the completion of testing a schoolsite, the department shall notify the principal of the school or director of the schoolsite of the survey results. Within 45 days of receiving the survey results, the principal or director, as the case may be, shall notify the teachers and other school personnel and parents of the survey results.
(d) Make recommendations to the Legislature and the State Department of Education, based on the survey results and consideration of appropriate federal and state standards, on the feasibility and necessity of conducting statewide lead testing and any additional action needed relating to lead contamination in the schools.
(e) As deemed necessary and appropriate in view of the survey results, develop environmental lead testing methods and standards to ensure the scientific integrity of results, for use by schools and contractors designated by schools for that purpose.
(f) Evaluate the most current cost-effective lead abatement technologies.
(g) Work with the State Department of Education to develop voluntary guidelines for distribution to requesting schools to ensure that lead hazards are minimized in the course of school repair and maintenance programs and abatement procedures.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 589, Sec. 36. Effective January 1, 1994.)
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32243. (a) When a school subject to this article has been determined to have significant risk factors for lead, the school shall be advised of this finding, and the school shall notify parents of the provisions of the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act of 1991 (pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 105275) of Part 5 of Division 103 of the Health and Safety Code). Within 45 days of receiving this finding, the school principal or the director of the schoolsite shall notify the teachers, other personnel, and the parents of the finding.
(b) Subsequent to the implementation by the state of a certification and training program for environmental lead testing and abatement, any school that undertakes any action to abate existing risk factors for lead shall utilize trained and state certified contractors, inspectors, and workers.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 34. Effective September 29, 1996.)