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2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 6 - EDUCATION PROGRAMS STATE MASTER PLANS › CHAPTER 8 - Early Primary Programs › Section 8971.

8971. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Child development program” means a full-day or part-day comprehensive developmental program for children ages 0 to 14 years that is administered by the State Department of Education.
(b) “Early primary program” means an integrated, experiential, and developmentally appropriate educational program for children in preschool, kindergarten, and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, that incorporates various instructional strategies and authentic assessment practices, including educationally appropriate curricula, heterogeneous groupings, active learning activities, oral language development, small group instruction, peer interaction, use of concrete manipulative materials in the classroom, planned articulation among preschool, kindergarten, and primary grades, and parent involvement and education.
(c) “Integrated, experiential, and developmentally appropriate educational program” means a program that is designed around the abilities and interests of the children in the program and one in which children learn about the various subjects simultaneously, as opposed to segmented courses, and through “hands-on” or “active learning” teaching methods that are more appropriate for young children than the academic “textbook” approach.
(d) “Preschool program” means a comprehensive developmental program for children who are too young to enroll in kindergarten.
(e) “Portfolio material” means a selection of representative samples of the child’s performance within the program setting that may include, but not be limited to, teacher observations, work samples, developmental profiles, photographs, and audio or video recordings that present a picture of the child’s progress over time.
(f) “School district” includes county offices of education.
(g) “State preschool program” means a part-day comprehensive developmental program for children three to five years of age from low-income families, administered by the State Department of Education.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 328, Sec. 35. (SB 1330) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 6 - EDUCATION PROGRAMS STATE MASTER PLANS › CHAPTER 8 - Early Primary Programs › Section 8972.

8972. (a) The governing board of any school district may establish an early primary program consisting of same-age pupils or any combination of state preschool or child development program, kindergarten, first, second, or third grade pupils, based on an integrated, experiential, and developmentally appropriate educational program. Parent education and parent involvement shall be an integral part of the program.
(b) Observation of a child over time and the use of portfolio material shall be the primary sources of assessment information for making curricular decisions in early primary programs.
(c) Standardized assessment tests may be used for diagnostic purposes only, provided those tests have been demonstrated to be nonbiased, valid, and reliable. These tests shall not be used to deny admission.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1082, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 6 - EDUCATION PROGRAMS STATE MASTER PLANS › CHAPTER 8 - Early Primary Programs › Section 8973.

8973. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the kindergarten schoolday in an early primary program conducted pursuant to Section 8972 may exceed four hours, exclusive of recesses, provided that both of the following conditions are met:
(a) The governing board of a school district declares that the extended-day kindergarten program does not exceed the length of the primary schoolday.
(b) The extended-day kindergarten program takes into account ample opportunity for both active and quiet activities within an integrated, experiential, and developmentally appropriate educational program.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1082, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 6 - EDUCATION PROGRAMS STATE MASTER PLANS › CHAPTER 8 - Early Primary Programs › Section 8974.

8974. School districts with early primary programs shall provide educational continuity from preschool through kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, by accomplishing the following:
(a) Establish connections with public preschool programs, including state preschool, state child development, and federal Head Start programs, to establish a more effective transition of children from preschool to kindergarten.
(b) Promote connections among early primary programs that provide before- and after-school services.
(c) Promote joint activities for teachers and administrators of public preschool programs, including state preschool, state child development, and federal Head Start, and kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, in areas such as program planning and staff development training related to developmentally appropriate curriculum and assessment practices for young children.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1082, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 6 - EDUCATION PROGRAMS STATE MASTER PLANS › CHAPTER 10 - School Nutrition › ARTICLE 1 - Nutrition Education › Section 8990.

8990. The Legislature encourages nutritional education instructional activities that comply with all of the following:
(a) They emphasize the appealing aspects of healthy eating.
(b) They are participatory, developmentally appropriate, and enjoyable.
(c) They engage families as partners in their children’s education.
(d) They encourage teachers responsible for nutrition education, who have received nutrition instruction during their credentialing program, to be adequately prepared and regularly participate in professional development activities to effectively deliver the nutrition education program as planned. Preparation and professional development activities should provide basic knowledge of nutrition, combined with skill practice in program-specific activities and instructional techniques and strategies designed to promote healthy eating habits.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1163, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003. Section operative July 1, 2004, pursuant to Section 8997.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 6 - EDUCATION PROGRAMS STATE MASTER PLANS › CHAPTER 10 - School Nutrition › ARTICLE 1 - Nutrition Education › Section 8993.

8993. The Legislature encourages school instructional staff to do the following:
(a) Be informed about the negative consequences of using food as a reward and of withholding food from pupils as punishment.
(b) The need to closely coordinate with the food service program and other components of the school health program in order to integrate nutrition concepts into the instruction of other subject areas.
(c) Cooperate with other agencies and community groups to provide opportunities for pupil volunteer work related to nutrition, such as assisting with food recovery efforts and preparing nutritious meals for house-bound people.
(d) Collaborate with agencies and groups conducting nutrition education in the community to send consistent messages to pupils and their families. Guest speakers invited to address pupils shall receive appropriate orientation to the relevant policies of the district.
(e) Disseminate information to parents, guardians, pupils, and staff about community programs that offer nutrition assistance to families.
(f) Model healthy eating behaviors.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1163, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003. Section operative July 1, 2004, pursuant to Section 8997.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 6 - EDUCATION PROGRAMS STATE MASTER PLANS › CHAPTER 10 - School Nutrition › ARTICLE 1 - Nutrition Education › Section 8995.

8995. The Legislature encourages school administrations to do the following:
(a) Offer wellness programs that include personalized instruction about healthy eating and physical activity.
(b) Ensure that the nutrition services, health services, and social services children need in order to learn are provided at the schoolsite or in cooperation with other community agencies.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1163, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003. Section operative July 1, 2004, pursuant to Section 8997.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 6 - EDUCATION PROGRAMS STATE MASTER PLANS › CHAPTER 10 - School Nutrition › ARTICLE 1 - Nutrition Education › Section 8996.

8996. As used in this article the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Dietary Guidelines for Americans” means the current set of recommendations of the federal government that are designed to help people choose diets that will meet nutrient requirements, promote health, support active lives, and reduce chronic disease risks.
(b) “Nutrition education” means a planned sequential instructional program that provides knowledge and teaches skills to help pupils adopt and maintain lifelong, healthy eating patterns.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1163, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003. Section operative July 1, 2004, pursuant to Section 8997.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 6 - EDUCATION PROGRAMS STATE MASTER PLANS › CHAPTER 10 - School Nutrition › ARTICLE 1 - Nutrition Education › Section 8997.

8997. This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 2004.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1163, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003. Note: This section prescribes a delayed operative date (July 1, 2004) for Chapter 10, commencing with Section 8990.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 6 - EDUCATION PROGRAMS STATE MASTER PLANS › CHAPTER 10 - School Nutrition › ARTICLE 2 - Garden Programs › Section 9000.

9000. The Legislature intends to expand the number of educational gardens and garden salad bars in California public schools by offering startup or expansion grants, implementing garden-enhanced nutrition education, and training and resources to the grantees. For those purposes, the school gardens program is hereby established.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1163, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003. Section operative July 1, 2004, pursuant to Section 8997.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 6 - EDUCATION PROGRAMS STATE MASTER PLANS › CHAPTER 10 - School Nutrition › ARTICLE 2 - Garden Programs › Section 9001.

9001. The State Department of Education shall establish, develop, and implement the instructional school garden program to make competitive grants available for school districts and county offices of education. Schools may incorporate one of the following into the nutrition education program proposal:
(a) An instructional school garden if a garden does not already exist on the site.
(b) A school garden salad bar with a compost program if an instructional garden already exists onsite.
(c) An instructional school garden if an instructional garden does not already exist on the schoolsite and a school garden salad bar with a compost program.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1163, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003. Section operative July 1, 2004, pursuant to Section 8997.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 6 - EDUCATION PROGRAMS STATE MASTER PLANS › CHAPTER 10 - School Nutrition › ARTICLE 2 - Garden Programs › Section 9002.

9002. The State Department of Education shall distribute the grants pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b), in consultation with education, nutrition, and agricultural experts, at the applicant’s election, as follows:
(a) A maximum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) to each school that establishes instructional school gardens and an additional five hundred dollars ($500) as a workshop travel stipend to each school district that receives a grant.
(b) A maximum of two thousand dollars ($2,000), available on a competitive basis as determined by the State Department of Education, to each school that has an existing instructional garden onsite, and that would offer a garden salad in the school lunch program with these funds.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1163, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003. Section operative July 1, 2004, pursuant to Section 8997.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 6 - EDUCATION PROGRAMS STATE MASTER PLANS › CHAPTER 10 - School Nutrition › ARTICLE 2 - Garden Programs › Section 9003.

9003. The State Department of Education shall develop, research, and coordinate the best available practices regarding appropriate curriculum for school garden programs in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, in consultation with education, nutrition, and agricultural experts. The department shall make the curriculum available to the schools that receive a grant pursuant to this article.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1163, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003. Section operative July 1, 2004, pursuant to Section 8997.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 6 - EDUCATION PROGRAMS STATE MASTER PLANS › CHAPTER 10 - School Nutrition › ARTICLE 2 - Garden Programs › Section 9004.

9004. The department shall select grant recipients from the northern, southern, and central regions of the state and from urban, rural, and suburban areas, so that the recipients are broadly representative of the state.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 61. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 1 - Exchange of Teaching Personnel › ARTICLE 1 - Schools California State University › Section 10000.

10000. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Trustees of the California State University and any school district or community college district may enter into an agreement for the exchange of personnel between the state university and the district.
(b) The governing board of any school district, or community college district, a county board of education, or the State Department of Education may execute a contract with any California teacher-training institution whereby certificated personnel of the school district, county, or the State Department of Education may be assigned to the teacher-training institution for full-time or part-time duty for a period not to exceed one year.
(c) Any teacher-training institution in California may execute a contract with the governing board of any school district, or community college district, a county board of education, or the State Board of Education whereby certificated personnel of the institution may be assigned to school districts, community college districts, county boards of education, or the State Department of Education for full-time or part-time duty for a period not to exceed one year.
(d) Any such contract shall provide for the payment, by the entity to which a person is assigned to the employer, of a sum equivalent to the salary and other employment costs of the employee. In place of that payment, the contract may provide for the exchange of certificated personnel between the district, county, or State Department of Education and the teacher-training institution. Any such employee shall retain his or her status as an employee of the school district, community college district, county, State Department of Education, or teacher-training institution from which he or she is assigned in all respects during the period of the assignment.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1452, Sec. 71.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 1 - Exchange of Teaching Personnel › ARTICLE 1 - Schools California State University › Section 10001.

10001. An agreement authorized by Section 10000 shall provide that an employee of the California State University engaged in teacher training may assume the duties of one of the certificated employees of the district engaged in classroom teaching, and that the certificated employee of the district may assume the duties of the state university employee engaged in teacher training.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 143, Sec. 7.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 1 - Exchange of Teaching Personnel › ARTICLE 1 - Schools California State University › Section 10003.

10003. During such time as an employee has assumed duties in another entity, pursuant to this chapter, he or she shall continue to be an employee of the California State University, the school district, or the community college district, as the case may be, for all purposes, including, but not limited to, salary, membership in a retirement system, tenure rights, and all other incidents of employment.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 143, Sec. 8.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 1 - Exchange of Teaching Personnel › ARTICLE 3 - Teacher Aides › Section 10020.

10020. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing school districts from hiring, employing, or otherwise using teacher aides, instructional aides, or teacher-assistants under the terms of existing law and financial support formulas. The commission may study the various roles of such paraprofessionals.
Public and private colleges, universities, and community colleges may develop cooperative programs with school districts or school governing boards to place undergraduate and graduate students in public and private classrooms as teacher aides or assistants. Such assignment may be, at the discretion of the institution, the basis for securing college credit.
A certificate to serve as a temporary teacher-assistant shall be issued, by the county superintendent of schools of the county in which service is to be rendered, to the holder of a recommendation from an accredited college, university, or community college. The certificate shall authorize the holder to serve as a teacher-assistant. No such certificate shall be granted for a period exceeding two years.
The teacher-assistant certificate shall not be used in lieu of a teaching credential. The holder of such a certificate shall work under the immediate supervision of a credentialed classroom teacher to whom the teacher-assistant is assigned, who shall be present in the classroom while the teacher-assistant is performing his or her classroom duties or who shall be available at all times to provide guidance and direction to the teacher-assistant.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 840, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 2 - CalWORKs Recipients: Instructional and Job Training Plan › Section 10200.

10200. (a) As used in this chapter, “CalWORKs recipient” means a parent or caretaker relative receiving aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, or any successor program.
(b) The county superintendent of schools, the local community college districts, the local school districts that provide adult education, and the directors of other job training programs in the county shall develop a plan by March 31, 1998, that provides for instructional and job training services to CalWORKs recipients within that county. The plan shall be approved by the county welfare director. The plan shall include all of the following:
(1) An estimate of the number of CalWORKs recipients in that county that are expected to require education and job training services and a description of the types of services necessary to meet their needs, pursuant to the county plan required by Section 10530 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(2) An estimate of the number of spaces available in short-term classes that are offered as part of the regular course schedule at educational institutions that may be used by CalWORKs recipients in that county.
(3) An estimate of the number of full-time equivalent students and average daily attendance rates that will be generated by CalWORKs recipients at each institution in excess of the number of recipients attending these institutions in the 1996–97 fiscal year.
(4) Proposals for expansion of services and course offerings that are particularly suited for the needs of CalWORKs recipients.
(5) An analysis of job demand and employment opportunities within that county using currently available, up-to-date information, and an analysis of how the courses and job training programs will assist CalWORKs recipients in securing employment.
(6) A description of outreach efforts that will be undertaken to identify job opportunities for CalWORKs recipients who participate in instruction and job training courses.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 15. Effective August 11, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998, by Sec. 183 of Ch. 270.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 5 - Cooperative Improvement Programs › Section 10400.

10400. It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to encourage local school districts and community college districts to improve their educational systems and to enrich their educational offerings by utilizing, whenever possible and appropriate, resources which exist in the community. Such resources may include, but not be limited to, business, industry, institutions of higher learning, private consulting firms, other school districts, community college districts, the University of California, or the State of California itself. In the implementation of this chapter, particular emphasis is to be placed upon programs oriented toward agriculture, science, business and commerce, vocational education, teacher training, and, with reference to district administration, development of modern budgetary techniques, such as program planning and budgeting.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 5 - Cooperative Improvement Programs › Section 10401.

10401. School districts, community college districts, or schools or colleges within districts, may enter into cooperative or contractual arrangements with business, industry, or elements within the community for improvement of the local education program. Such arrangements may include evaluation, planning, cooperation in the operation of educational programs, and use of noncertificated personnel, including the elderly, youth, college students, and other nonprofessionals.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 470, Sec. 22.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 5 - Cooperative Improvement Programs › Section 10403.

10403. Nothing in this chapter is intended to modify the law with respect to experimental mathematics and reading programs established under the McAteer Act Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 54400) of Part 29 of Division 4 of Title 2 or is to be construed to authorize school districts or community college districts to contract for services required to be performed by classified school employees.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 5 - Cooperative Improvement Programs › Section 10407.

10407. The governing board of a school district or community college district may request waiver of any section or sections of this code relating to the educational programs or administrative functions described in Section 10400 if the waiver is necessary to establish and operate a program under this chapter. The need for a waiver shall be explained and justified to the Superintendent of Public Instruction or the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as the case may be, and the State Board of Education, or the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as the case may be, may grant, in whole, or in part, any waiver request.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 86.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 6 - Data-Processing Centers › ARTICLE 1 - Regional Data-Processing Centers › Section 10500.

10500. The governing board of a school district and a county superintendent of schools may establish and maintain educational data processing centers. Such centers that meet the requirements of Section 10504 for eligible regional educational data processing centers are entitled to financial assistance from the state for the purpose of such centers as provided herein.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1011.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 6 - Data-Processing Centers › ARTICLE 1 - Regional Data-Processing Centers › Section 10501.

10501. A regional educational data processing center may consist of any of the following:
(a) One educational data processing center maintained by the governing board of any school district having an average daily attendance of 100,000 or more pupils.
(b) One educational data processing center maintained by the county superintendent of schools that provides data processing services to two or more school districts within or without the county, having a combined average daily attendance of not less than 100,000 nor more than 300,000 pupils.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1011.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 6 - Data-Processing Centers › ARTICLE 1 - Regional Data-Processing Centers › Section 10502.

10502. The governing board of any school district may contract with any county superintendent of schools for the rendering to the schools of the district of data processing services and may pay for the services out of any funds of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1011.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 6 - Data-Processing Centers › ARTICLE 1 - Regional Data-Processing Centers › Section 10503.

10503. The functions of regional educational data-processing centers shall include the processing and reporting of information relating, among other things, to programs of instruction, school business administration, and pupil personnel data.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 6 - Data-Processing Centers › ARTICLE 1 - Regional Data-Processing Centers › Section 10504.

10504. An eligible regional educational data-processing center is one that meets the following requirements:
(a) It possesses equipment, personnel and funds sufficient, as determined by regulations of the State Board of Education, to convert and correlate basic source material into data-processing form by use of a basic data system.
(b) It is a regional education data-processing center as defined in Section 10501.
(c) It meets the minimum standards established by the State Board of Education.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 87.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 6 - Data-Processing Centers › ARTICLE 1 - Regional Data-Processing Centers › Section 10505.

10505. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter, including rules and regulations that:
(a) Establish minimum standards entitling regional educational data processing centers to receive an allowance under this chapter.
(b) Prescribe the procedure by which applications for allowance pursuant to this chapter shall be governed.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1011.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 6 - Data-Processing Centers › ARTICLE 1 - Regional Data-Processing Centers › Section 10506.

10506. The Superintendent of Public Instruction, upon proper application therefor made by a school district or county superintendent of schools maintaining an eligible regional educational data processing center, shall allow to the applicant the amount specified in this section appropriate to the fiscal year for which the application is made.
(a) The amount of an allowance for which application may be made shall not exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for the first, twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for the second and ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the third, fiscal year for which an allowance is sought.
(b) An allowance shall be made for each of any three fiscal years for which a proper application is made by a school district or county superintendent of schools maintaining an eligible regional educational data processing center.
(c) A school district or county superintendent of schools shall not receive more than one allowance in any fiscal year nor more than three such allowances altogether.
(d) A new application shall precede such allowance.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1011.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 6 - Data-Processing Centers › ARTICLE 1 - Regional Data-Processing Centers › Section 10507.

10507. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall make the allowances to school districts and county superintendents of schools pursuant to Section 10506 from any funds which may be provided for such purposes under any program established by or under authority of federal law.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1011.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 6.5 - Telecommunications › Section 10550.

10550. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the State Department of Education, in conjunction with county superintendents of schools and others from the educational community, establish telecommunication standards that will support the efficient sharing of school business and administrative information. These standards shall allow schools, school districts, county superintendents of schools, and the department to establish interactive access to this information, reduce the reporting requirements of local educational agencies, and assist local educational agencies in carrying out their financial and administrative responsibilities in a more effective manner.
(b) In addition to establishing telecommunication standards, it is the further intent of the Legislature that standardized financial information and student information being developed pursuant to Section 42103.3 and subdivision (k) of Section 51870 shall be among the initial information that is shared when telecommunication links are established.
(c) It is also the intent of the Legislature that funding be made available to encourage school districts and county superintendents of schools to connect existing networks to the telecommunication highway. The Legislature also intends that the provisions of this section be accomplished without requiring replacement of current hardware and software at the local level and that the aforementioned standards be developed and implemented without mandating specified proprietary hardware or software purchases.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 650, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 6.5 - Telecommunications › Section 10551.

10551. (a) For purposes of this chapter, “governing board” means the governing board set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 42127.8.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that Section 10550 be implemented by the governing board.
(c) The governing board shall be supported by a team of persons having extensive experience in the development of telecommunications systems, local and statewide area computer networks, as well as knowledge of the data and system needs of school business and administration. This team shall be operated under the immediate direction and supervision of an appropriate county superintendent of schools selected, in response to an application process, by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(d) The State Department of Education shall convene a committee of volunteers, to advise the governing board. This committee shall be composed of individuals who are school district or county office of education personnel and who have knowledge of financial and administrative data processing matters. Members of the committee shall assume their own expenses for service on the committee, and the state shall not provide reimbursement for either the time served by, or the expenses of, the committee members. Two individuals shall be appointed to the committee by each of the following:
(1) The president of the California Association of School Business Officials.
(2) The president of the Association of California School Administrators.
(3) The president of the California School Boards Association.
(4) The president of the California Educational Data Processing Association.
(5) The Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 71, Sec. 6. Effective July 5, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 6.5 - Telecommunications › Section 10552.

10552. (a) By July 1, 1995, the governing board, with the assistance of the team established pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 10551 and the advice of the committee established pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 10551, shall establish telecommunication standards for use by the department and by county superintendents of schools in purchasing computer hardware or software for school business and administration. The standards shall focus on the ability to process and share financial and administrative information uniformly among county superintendents of schools and school districts as well as between county superintendents of schools and the department and shall be consistent with other departmental and national standards for telecommunication. The department shall disseminate those standards to county superintendents of schools by July 15, 1995, and publish those standards in the California School Accounting Manual.
(b) Any new or replacement financial and administrative data processing or telecommunication equipment purchased by a county superintendent of schools after July 15, 1995, may meet the standards developed pursuant to subdivision (a).
(c) Any new or replacement financial and administrative data processing or telecommunication equipment purchased by the department after July 1, 1995, may meet the standards developed pursuant to subdivision (a).
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 650, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 6.5 - Telecommunications › Section 10553.

10553. (a) After the telecommunication standards developed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10552 are established, each county superintendent of schools shall consult with each of the school districts under its jurisdiction about its specific telecommunication needs to enable the sharing of financial and administrative data at the local level.
(b) After telecommunication standards are established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10552, each county office of education shall establish, by January 1, 1996, uniform standards for sharing financial and administrative information between school districts and the county office of education that, to the extent relevant, conform to the standards established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10552 and take into consideration the needs identified pursuant to subdivision (a). Thereafter, school districts may follow those standards when purchasing additional or replacement hardware or software for financial and administrative data processing. School districts shall not be required to replace current hardware or software as a result of the enactment of this chapter, and any decision to make a purchase is a decision of the local agency and not a mandate of the state.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 91, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 6.5 - Telecommunications › Section 10554.

10554. (a) In order for the governing board to carry out its responsibilities pursuant to this chapter, there is hereby established the Educational Telecommunication Fund. The Controller shall establish an account to receive and expend moneys in the fund.
(b) Moneys in the fund established pursuant to subdivision (a) shall only be available for expenditure upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
(c) Moneys in the fund established pursuant to subdivision (a) may be expended by the governing board to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including, but not limited to, for the following purposes:
(1) To support the activities of the team established pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 10551.
(2) To assist the school districts and county superintendents of schools in purchasing both hardware and software to allow school districts, county superintendents of schools, and the department to be linked for school business and administrative purposes. The governing board shall establish a matching share requirement that applicant school districts and county superintendents of schools must fulfill to receive those funds. It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the distribution of grants to school districts and county superintendents of schools to the widest extent possible.
(3) To provide technical assistance through county offices of education to school districts in implementing the standards established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10552.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 13, Sec. 16. (AB 104) Effective June 24, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 6.5 - Telecommunications › Section 10555.

10555. By March 15 of each year, the governing board shall report to the Governor, the Legislature, the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Department of Finance on the progress that has been made to meet the objectives of this chapter, the status of activities related to meeting the objectives of this chapter, and any plan of the governing board for subsequent fiscal years to meet the objectives of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 71, Sec. 8. Effective July 5, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 7 - California Education Information System › Section 10601.

10601. (a) There has been developed by the department the California Education Information System, hereinafter in this chapter called “the system.” The function of the system is to establish, conduct, and by continuous concern keep up to date a basic, integrated, statewide information system for education.
(b) The system includes both of the following:
(1) The California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 60900) of Part 33, which maintains pupil data regarding demographic, program participation, enrollment, and statewide assessments, in addition to data contained in the California Basic Educational Data System, including certificated staff information collected through the Professional Assignment Information Form prepared by the department.
(2) The California Longitudinal Teacher Integrated Data Education System developed pursuant to Section 10601.5, which enables analysis of workforce trends, evaluation of teacher preparation programs, and the monitoring of teacher assignments. The California Longitudinal Teacher Integrated Data Education System shall maintain data regarding the certificated workforce that is not maintained in the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System and consolidate data that is collected by state agencies and local educational agencies.
(c) Data elements and codes included in the system shall be maintained in compliance with all of the following:
(1) Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 49060) of Part 27 and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
(2) Section 49602.
(3) Section 56347.
(4) The Information Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code).
(5) The federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g) and any federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
(6) Any other applicable federal or state law that can be interpreted as protecting the privacy and confidentiality of individual pupils or certificated personnel.
(d) The department shall adopt regulations to implement this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 159, Sec. 1. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2010.)
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10601.6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, data in the California Education Information System, solely or in conjunction with data from any other data system, may be used by local educational agencies for purposes of evaluating teachers and administrators and making employment decisions, only if these decisions comply with Chapter 10.7 (commencing with Section 3540) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2010, 5th Ex. Sess., Ch. 2, Sec. 2. (SB 1 5x) Effective April 12, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 7 - California Education Information System › Section 10602.

10602. In maintaining the system, the department shall:
(a) Consult and cooperate with school districts, county superintendents, advisory committees on integrated data processing, task forces for implementing the utilization of a statewide information system, intergovernmental boards on electronic data processing and state electronic data processing policy committees created by statute or by executive order of the Governor.
(b) Cooperate with the Educational Management and Evaluation Commission in all matters relating to program budgeting.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 36.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 7 - JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION) › CHAPTER 7 - California Education Information System › Section 10603.

10603. The department may consult and cooperate with public and private agencies and with educators and information specialists at the district, county, regional, state, and national levels.
The department may enter into nonexclusive licenses with public and private agencies within or outside of the state to permit the use of the copyrighted system and may contract with such agencies to perform any of the functions set forth in this article.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 36.)