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2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2 - Governing Boards › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties › Section 35168.

35168. The governing board of each school district, shall establish and maintain a historical inventory, or an audit trace inventory system, or any other inventory system authorized by the State Board of Education, which shall contain the description, name, identification numbers, and original cost of all items of equipment acquired by it whose current market value exceeds five hundred dollars ($500) per item, the date of acquisition, the location of use, and the time and mode of disposal. A reasonable estimate of the original cost may be used if the actual original cost is unknown.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 482, Sec. 7. Effective July 17, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2 - Governing Boards › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties › Section 35170.

35170. The governing board of any school district may secure copyrights, in the name of the district, to all copyrightable works developed by the school district, and royalties or revenue from said copyrights are to be for the benefit of the school district securing said copyrights.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2 - Governing Boards › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties › Section 35171.

35171. The governing board of any school district shall adopt and cause to be printed and made available to each certificated employee of the district reasonable rules and regulations providing for the evaluation of the performance of certificated employees in their assigned duties.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2 - Governing Boards › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties › Section 35172.

35172. The governing board of any school district may:
(a) Conduct studies through research and investigation as are determined by it to be required in connection with the present and future management, conditions, needs, and financial support of the schools; or join with other school district governing boards in the conduct of such studies.
(b) Install and maintain exhibits of educational programs and activities of the school district at any county fair held in the county in which the district is located in whole or in part, or at any agricultural district fair held in the county in which the school district is located in whole or in part.
(c) Inform and make known to the citizens of the district, the educational programs and activities of the schools therein.
(d) Subscribe for membership for any school under its jurisdiction in any society, association, or organization which has for its purpose the promotion and advancement of public or private education.
(e) Subscribe for membership in, or otherwise become a member of, any national, state or local organization of governing boards of school districts or members thereof which has for its purposes the promotion and advancement of public education through research and investigation, and the cooperation with persons and associations whose interests and purposes are the betterment of the educational opportunities of the children of the state.
(f) Select a member or members of the board to attend meetings of any society, association, or organization for which the school district has subscribed for membership, or any convention to which it may pay the expenses of any employee.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2 - Governing Boards › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties › Section 35175.

35175. The powers and duties of boards of education in cities are as prescribed in the laws governing the respective cities, except as otherwise provided by this code.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35177. The governing board of a district may by resolution limit campaign expenditures or contributions in elections to district offices.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35178. A member of the governing board of a school district who has tendered a resignation with a deferred effective date pursuant to Section 5090 shall, until the effective date of the resignation, continue to have the right to exercise all powers of a member of the governing board, except that such member shall not have the right to vote for his or her successor in an action taken by the board to make a provisional appointment pursuant to Section 5091.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 267.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2 - Governing Boards › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties › Section 35178.4.

35178.4. (a) A school district governing board shall give official notice at a regularly scheduled school board meeting if a public school within the district that has elected to be accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) or any other chartered accrediting agency loses its accreditation status.
(b) If a school loses its accreditation status, the school district shall notify each parent or guardian of the pupils in the school that the school has lost its accreditation status, in writing, and this notice shall indicate the potential consequences of the school’s loss of accreditation status. This notice shall also be posted on the school district’s Internet Web site and the school’s Internet Web site, if any.
(c) A school district that has within its jurisdiction a school that has elected to be accredited by WASC or any other chartered accrediting agency shall require that school to publish all results of any inspection of the school by the accrediting agency not later than 60 days after the results are made available to the school. Publication shall be either by notifying each parent or guardian in writing or by posting the information on the school district’s Internet Web site or the school’s Internet Web site, or by any combination of these methods, as determined by the school district.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 402, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2 - Governing Boards › ARTICLE 4.5 - Interscholastic Athletics › Section 35179.

35179. (a) Each school district governing board shall have general control of, and be responsible for, all aspects of the interscholastic athletic policies, programs, and activities in its district, including, but not limited to, eligibility, season of sport, number of sports, personnel, and sports facilities. In addition, the board shall ensure that all interscholastic policies, programs, and activities in its district are in compliance with state and federal law.
(b) Governing boards may enter into associations or consortia with other boards for the purpose of governing regional or statewide interscholastic athletic programs by permitting the public schools under their jurisdictions to enter into a voluntary association with other schools for the purpose of enacting and enforcing rules relating to eligibility for, and participation in, interscholastic athletic programs among and between schools.
(c) Each governing board, or its designee, shall represent the individual schools located within its jurisdiction in any voluntary association of schools formed or maintained pursuant to this section.
(d) No voluntary interscholastic athletic association, of which any public school is a member, shall discriminate against, or deny the benefits of any program to, any person on any basis prohibited by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 200) of Part 1.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no voluntary interscholastic athletic association shall deny a school from participating in interscholastic athletic activities because of the religious tenets of the school, regardless of whether that school is directly controlled by a religious organization.
(f) Interscholastic athletics is defined as those policies, programs, and activities that are formulated or executed in conjunction with, or in contemplation of, athletic contests between two or more schools, either public or private.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 130, Sec. 63. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2 - Governing Boards › ARTICLE 4.5 - Interscholastic Athletics › Section 35179.2.

35179.2. (a) Subject to funds being appropriated for this purpose in the annual Budget Act, the California Interscholastic Federation is encouraged to establish a statewide panel that includes, at a minimum, the following members: school administrators, school board members, coaches of secondary school athletics, teachers, parents, athletic directors, representatives of higher education, pupils participating in athletics at the secondary school level, and a representative of the State Department of Education, as described in Section 35179.3.
(b) The panel established pursuant to subdivision (a) is encouraged to develop an application process whereby public secondary schools may submit applications to the State Department of Education for grants to offset the costs of education and training of athletic coaches in an education and training program that emphasizes the components set forth in subdivision (c) of Section 35179.1.
(c) The panel established pursuant to subdivision (a) is encouraged to evaluate applications submitted to the State Department of Education pursuant to subdivision (b) and to recommend applicants to the State Department of Education for the award of dollar-for-dollar matching grants, in an amount determined by the department.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1032, Sec. 1. Effective September 28, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2 - Governing Boards › ARTICLE 4.5 - Interscholastic Athletics › Section 35179.3.

35179.3. If the California Interscholastic Federation establishes a statewide panel pursuant to Section 35179.2, the State Department of Education shall do all of the following:
(a) Provide a department representative to assist the panel in developing an application and grant distribution process.
(b) Review recommendations submitted by the panel for the award of dollar-for-dollar matching grants to public secondary school applicants.
(c) Determine which public secondary school applicants will receive dollar-for-dollar matching grants.
(d) Determine the amount of the grants.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 744, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1999.)
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35179.4. If a school district or charter school elects to offer any interscholastic athletic program, the governing board of the school district or the governing body of the charter school shall ensure that there is a written emergency action plan in place that describes the location of emergency medical equipment and procedures to be followed in the event of sudden cardiac arrest and other medical emergencies, including concussion and heat illness, related to the athletic program’s activities or events. By July 1, 2024, the emergency action plan shall include a description of the manner and frequency at which the procedures to be followed in the event of sudden cardiac arrest and other medical emergencies, including concussion and heat illness, which shall be based on the training described in paragraph (6) of subdivision (c) of Section 35179.1, will be rehearsed. The written emergency action plan shall be posted in compliance with the most recent pertinent guidelines of the National Federation of State High School Associations.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 589, Sec. 1.5. (AB 1653) Effective January 1, 2024.)
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35179.5. (a) (1) If a school district, charter school, or private school elects to offer an athletic program, it shall comply with all of the following:
(A) A high school or middle school football team shall not conduct more than two full-contact practices per week during the preseason and regular season.
(B) The full-contact portion of a practice shall not exceed 90 minutes in any single day.
(C) A high school or middle school football team shall not hold a full-contact practice during the off-season.
(2) For purposes of this section, a team camp session shall be deemed to be a practice.
(b) The California Interscholastic Federation is urged to develop and adopt rules to implement this section.
(c) As used in this section:
(1) “Full-contact practice” means a practice where drills or live action is conducted that involves collisions at game speed, where players execute tackles and other activity that is typical of an actual tackle football game.
(2) “Off-season” means a period extending from the end of the regular season until 30 days before the commencement of the next regular season.
(3) “Preseason” means a period of 30 days before the commencement of the regular season.
(4) “Regular season” means the period from the first interscholastic football game or scrimmage until the completion of the final interscholastic football game of that season.
(d) This section shall not prohibit the California Interscholastic Federation, an interscholastic athletic league, a school, a school district, or any other appropriate entity from adopting and enforcing rules intended to provide a higher standard of safety for athletes than the standard established under this section.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 165, Sec. 2. (AB 2127) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2 - Governing Boards › ARTICLE 4.5 - Interscholastic Athletics › Section 35179.7.

35179.7. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations establishing standards of ethical conduct applicable to each temporary, probationary, or permanent employee of a school district providing supervision and instruction in interscholastic athletic programs and activities. These standards shall include, at a minimum, rules and regulations prohibiting these employees from exerting undue influence in a pupil’s decision to enroll in an athletic program at any public or private postsecondary educational institution, or from otherwise influencing a pupil’s decision to enroll in an athletic program for his or her personal gain.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 694, Sec. 2.)
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35179.8. (a) In order to better protect student athletes participating in athletics, no later than July 1, 2024, the California Interscholastic Federation, in consultation with the department, shall develop guidelines, procedures, and safety standards for the prevention and management of exertional heat illness.
(b) Guidelines developed pursuant to this section shall identify the environmental conditions at which a school shall limit and prohibit practice and play. These guidelines shall include information regarding the accurate measurement of environmental heat stress at the site of the athletic activity, including the use of Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) to determine ambient temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and solar radiation from the sun, including sun angle and cloud cover.
(c) Guidelines developed pursuant to this section shall identify the environmental conditions at which a school shall have a method to institute whole-body cooling to treat a student athlete with exertional heat illness, especially heat stroke, that is easily accessible at all practice and contest venues.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 589, Sec. 2. (AB 1653) Effective January 1, 2024.)
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35181. The governing board of each school district may convene hearings, make findings, and adopt and issue policy statements setting forth the responsibilities of the pupils of that school district regarding academic performance, attendance, in-school behavior, and any other aspects of school life which the school district governing board may deem relevant to this task.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 302, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 2 - Governing Boards › ARTICLE 4.7 - Miscellaneous Administrative Authority › Section 35182.

35182. The governing board of any school district may market or license any noneducational mainframe electronic data-processing software developed by the school district to any person or any public or private corporation or agency. Proceeds from the marketing or licensing of noneducational mainframe electronic data-processing software under this section shall be used exclusively for educational purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 607, Sec. 2.)
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35183.1. (a) A pupil may wear traditional tribal regalia or recognized objects of religious or cultural significance as an adornment at school graduation ceremonies. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit a local educational agency’s discretion and authority to prohibit an item that is likely to cause a substantial disruption of, or material interference with, the ceremony.
(b) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Adornment” means something attached to, or worn with, but not replacing, the cap and gown customarily worn at school graduation ceremonies.
(2) “Cultural” means recognized practices and traditions of a certain group of people.
(3) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 804, Sec. 1. (AB 1248) Effective January 1, 2019.)
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35183.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person shall have the right to wear a dress uniform issued to him or her by a branch of the United States Armed Forces while participating in the graduation ceremony for his or her high school if that person meets both of the following requirements:
(a) He or she has fulfilled all of the requirements of this code for receiving a diploma of graduation from high school, and is otherwise eligible to participate in the graduation ceremony.
(b) He or she has completed basic training for, and is an active member of, a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 296, Sec. 1. (AB 1463) Effective January 1, 2010.)
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35183.5. (a) (1) Each schoolsite shall allow for outdoor use during the schoolday, articles of sun-protective clothing, including, but not limited to, hats.
(2) Each schoolsite may set a policy related to the type of sun-protective clothing, including, but not limited to, hats, that pupils will be allowed to use outdoors pursuant to paragraph (1). Specific clothing and hats determined by the school district or schoolsite to be gang-related or inappropriate apparel may be prohibited by the dress code policy.
(b) (1) Each schoolsite shall allow pupils the use of sunscreen during the schoolday without a physician’s note or prescription.
(2) Each schoolsite may set a policy related to the use of sunscreen by pupils during the schoolday.
(3) For purposes of this subdivision, sunscreen is not an over-the-counter medication.
(4) Nothing in this subdivision requires school personnel to assist pupils in applying sunscreen.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 266, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
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35184. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing board of a high school district may enter into a contract with the governing board of any of its feeder elementary school districts to provide instruction at the schools of the high school district to all or a portion of the pupils enrolled in the sixth grade at the contracting elementary school district.
(b) For the purpose of computing allowances and apportionments pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 41600) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 42230) of Chapter 7 of Part 24, the contracting elementary school shall continue to report average daily attendance for those sixth grade pupils. Upon receipt of any funds allocated to the elementary school district based upon the average daily attendance reported for those sixth grade pupils, the contracting elementary school district shall transfer those moneys to the contracting high school district.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1296, Sec. 3. Effective October 11, 1993.)
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35185. A school district may require proof of registration pursuant to Article 8.2 (commencing with Section 12620) of Chapter 6 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, as a condition to agreement to enroll that student.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 825, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)
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35190. The governing board of a school district, except a district having a city board of education, may, and upon a petition signed by a majority of the electors resident in the district shall, call meetings of the qualified electors of the district for consultation in regard to any affairs in the district. A meeting so called shall be competent to instruct the governing board, and the board shall, in all cases, be bound by such instructions upon the following subjects:
(a) The location or change of location of the schoolhouse, if the proposal to instruct the board in regard to changing the location of the schoolhouse is passed by a vote of two-thirds of all the electors voting at the meeting upon the proposition.
(b) The use of the schoolhouse for other than school purposes, but in no case shall the schoolhouse be used for purposes which necessitate the removal of any school desks or other school furniture.
(c) The sale and purchase of school sites.
(d) The prosecution, settlement, or compromise of any litigation in which the district is engaged, or is likely to become engaged.
The meeting may vote money not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) in any one year, for any of these purposes in addition to any amount which may be raised by the sale of district school property, and the insurance of property destroyed by fire, except that the proceeds of the insurance of the library and apparatus shall be paid into the library fund. All funds raised by the sale of school property may be disposed of by direction of a district meeting.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35191. The meeting provided for in Section 35190 shall be called by posting three notices in public places, one of which shall be in a conspicuous place on the schoolhouse, for not less than 10 days prior to the time for which the meeting is called. The notices shall specify the purposes for which the meeting is called, and no other business shall be transacted at the meeting.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35192. Any district meeting called pursuant to Sections 35190 and 35191 shall be organized by choosing a chairman from the electors present. The district clerk or secretary shall be clerk of the meeting, and shall enter the minutes on the records of the district. Any district meeting may be adjourned from time to time as found necessary. All votes instructing the board of trustees shall be taken by ballot, or by “ayes” and “noes” vote as the meeting may determine.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35200. The governing board of any school district is liable as such in the name of the district for all debts and contracts, including the salary due any teacher, not made in excess of the school moneys accruing to the district and usable for the purposes of the debts and contracts during the school year for which the debts and contracts are made. The district shall not be liable for debts and contracts made in violation of this section.
For the purposes of this section, moneys transferred to the funds of a newly organized school district pursuant to Section 42623 are deemed school moneys accruing to the district and usable for the purposes of contracts made for the school year preceding the date the district became effective for all purposes.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35202. All claims for money or damages against a school district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35204. The governing board of any school district, may contract for the services of an attorney in private practice, as an employee or independent contractor, or utilize an administrative adviser for whatever purpose the governing board deems appropriate, and compensation of this attorney pursuant to contract shall be a proper use of school district funds. For purposes of this section, “an attorney in private practice” includes a sole practitioner, partnership, or professional corporation.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 696, Sec. 7. Effective September 15, 1992.)
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35205. The governing board of any school district may contract with a qualified attorney in private practice to provide legal services and compensation of this attorney in private practice pursuant to contract under this section shall be a proper use of school district funds.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 696, Sec. 8. Effective September 15, 1992.)
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35207. The governing board of any school district, may contract for the services of a hearing officer pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 27720), Part 3, Division 2, Title 3 of the Government Code and, for purposes of that chapter, the governing board is deemed to be a local body and the school district a local public entity.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35208. (a) The governing board of any school district shall insure against:
(1) The liability, other than a liability which may be insured against under the provisions of Division 4 (commencing with Section 3200) of the Labor Code, of the district for damages for death, injury to person, or damage or loss of property; and
(2) The personal liability of the members of the board and of the officers and employees of the district for damages for death, injury to a person, or damage or loss of property caused by the negligent act or omission of the member, officer or employee when acting within the scope of his office or employment.
(b) The insurance may be written in any insurance company authorized to transact the business of insurance in the state, or in a nonadmitted insurer to the extent and subject to the conditions prescribed by Section 1763 of the Insurance Code.
(c) Nothing in this section is intended to limit or restrict the authority of the district to insure under Part 6 (commencing with Section 989) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35211. The governing board of any school district maintaining a course of automobile driver training shall advise the parents or guardians or persons having custody of pupils of the district participating in automobile driver training courses under the jurisdiction of, or sponsored or controlled by, the district, who have signed the statement required by Section 12650 of the Vehicle Code or an application for a driver’s license under Section 17701 of the Vehicle Code, of each of the following:
(a) Any civil liability of the minor which will be imposed on the parent, guardian, or other person by reason of such minor operating a motor vehicle.
(b) The insurance coverage carried by the school district, with respect to the use of motor vehicles in connection with such courses, specifically including any limitations of such coverage which limit such coverage to an amount less than the liability imposed on the parent, guardian, or other person, or which limit the nature of such coverage to exclude any activity or situation included within the liability so imposed.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35213. The governing body of a school district may provide by rule or regulation for the reimbursement of any person or persons for the loss, destruction, or damage by arson, burglary or vandalism of personal property used in the schools of the district. Reimbursement shall be made only when approval for the use of the personal property in the schools was given before the property was brought to school and when the value of the property was agreed upon by the person or persons bringing the property and the school administrator or person appointed by him for this purpose at the time the approval for its use was given. The governing body may establish a maximum value of reimbursement which will be paid.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35214. The board of governors of a school district may provide protection from its own funds for the purpose of covering the liability of the district, its officers, agents, and employees, in lieu of carrying insurance in insurance companies as provided in Section 35208. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as prohibiting the board of education of the district from providing protection against such liability partly by means of its own funds and partly by means of insurance written by insurance companies as provided in Section 35208.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 36.)
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35230. The offering of any valuable thing to any member of the governing board of any school district, with the intent to influence his action in regard to the granting of any teacher’s certificate, the appointment of any teacher, superintendent, or other officer or employee, the adoption of any textbook, or the making of any contract to which the board of which he is a member is a party, or the acceptance by any member of the governing board of any valuable thing, with corrupt intent, is a misdemeanor.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35231. Any contract or appointment obtained from the governing board of any school district by corrupt means is void.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35232. Any person may be compelled to testify in any lawful investigation or judicial proceeding against any person who is charged with any offense described in Sections 35230 or 35231.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35233. The prohibitions contained in Article 4 (commencing with Section 1090) and Article 4.7 (commencing with Section 1125) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code are applicable to members of governing boards of school districts and to members of citizens’ oversight committees appointed by those governing boards pursuant to Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 15264) of Part 10.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 44, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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35239. (a) In a school district which during the preceding fiscal year had an average daily attendance of 70 or less, a member of the governing board may receive a reasonable compensation from the district for necessary work and labor performed by him or her for the district in repairing the schoolhouse, fences, and other property belonging to the district, or in furnishing wood or other necessary supplies.
(b) In a school district which during the preceding fiscal year had an average daily attendance of 70 or less, a member of the governing board may receive a reasonable compensation from the district for providing services in a classified position if the collective bargaining agent for classified employees in that district and the governing board concur that no other qualified person is available.
(c) The requisition drawn pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) for payment for services or supplies shall be signed by the other members of the governing board and shall be subject to approval by the county superintendent of schools.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 56, Sec. 39.)
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35240. Any contract made in violation of Section 35239 is void.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 816, Sec. 8.)
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35250. The governing board of every school district shall:
(a) Certify or attest to actions taken by the governing board whenever such certification or attestation is required for any purpose.
(b) Keep an accurate account of the receipts and expenditures of school moneys.
(c) Make an annual report, on or before the first day of July, to the county superintendent of schools in the manner and form and on the blanks prescribed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(d) Make or maintain such other records or reports as are required by law.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35251. Whenever in any school year the school register of any teacher, or other records of any school district are destroyed by conflagration or public calamity, preventing the teacher and school officers from making their annual reports in the usual manner and with accuracy, affidavits of the teacher, the school principals, or other officers of the school district, certifying as to the contents of the destroyed register or other records, shall be accepted by all school authorities for all school purposes appertaining to the school district, except that of average daily attendance.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35252. Whenever the average daily attendance of any school district has been materially affected in any school year by conflagration, public calamity, or epidemic of unusual duration and prevalence, the regular annual reports of the teacher, the school principal, or officers of the school district, shall be accepted by all school officers for all school matters appertaining to the school district, except that of average daily attendance.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35253. Whenever the destruction of records of a school district is not otherwise authorized or provided for by law, the governing board of the district may destroy those records of the school district in accordance with regulations of the Superintendent that the Superintendent may by this provision adopt.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 25. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)
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35254. The governing board of any school district may make photographic, microfilm, or electronic copies of any records of the district. The original of any records of which a photographic, microfilm, or electronic copy has been made may be destroyed when provision is made for permanently maintaining the photographic, microfilm or electronic copies in the files of the district, except that no original record that is basic to any required audit shall be destroyed prior to the second July 1st succeeding the completion of the audit.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 646, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2000.)
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35255. In any joint school district, all returns, reports, certificates, estimates, petitions, and other papers of any kind relating to schools and school districts, required by law to be filed with or presented to the board of supervisors or county superintendent of schools, shall be filed with or presented to the supervisors or superintendent of schools of each county in which any portion of the district is situated.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35256. School Accountability Report Card
The governing board of each school district maintaining an elementary or secondary school shall develop and cause to be implemented for each school in the school district a School Accountability Report Card.
(a) The School Accountability Report Card shall include, but is not limited to, the conditions listed in Section 33126.
(b) Not less than triennially, the governing board of each school district shall compare the content of the School Accountability Report Card of the school district to the model School Accountability Report Card adopted by the state board. Variances among school districts shall be permitted where necessary to account for local needs.
(c) The governing board of each school district annually shall issue a School Accountability Report Card for each school in the school district, publicize those reports, and notify parents or guardians of pupils that a hard copy will be provided upon request. Commencing with the 2008–09 school year, each school district shall make hard copies of its annually updated report card available, upon request, on or before February 1 of each year.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 530, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2008. Note: This section was added on Nov. 8, 1988, by initiative Prop. 98.)
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35256.1. In addition to the information required under Section 35256, each School Accountability Report Card shall include the information required under Section 41409.3.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1463, Sec. 1.)
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35258. (a) Each school district that is connected to the Internet shall make the information contained in the School Accountability Report Card developed pursuant to Section 35256 accessible on the Internet. The School Accountability Report Card information shall be updated annually. Commencing with the 2008–09 school year, each school district connected to the Internet shall make its annually updated report card available on the Internet on or before February 1 of each year.
(b) Commencing with the 2008–09 school year, each school district not connected to the Internet shall make hard copies of its annually updated School Accountability Report Card available, pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 35256, on or before February 1 of each year.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 530, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2008.)
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35265. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
(a) “California Cybersecurity Integration Center” or “Center” means the California Cybersecurity Integration Center established by the Office of Emergency Services pursuant to Section 8586.5 of the Government Code.
(b) “Cyberattack” means either of the following:
(1) Any alteration, deletion, damage, or destruction of a computer system, computer network, computer program, or data caused by unauthorized access.
(2) The unauthorized denial of access to legitimate users of a computer system, computer network, computer program, or data.
(c) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 498, Sec. 1. (AB 2355) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 35267.)