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2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 2 - STATE ADMINISTRATION › PART 20 - STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - State Educational Commissions and Committees › ARTICLE 3 - Instructional Quality Commission › Section 33538.

33538. The commission shall study problems of courses of study in the schools of the state and shall, upon request of the State Board of Education, recommend to the State Board of Education the adoption of minimum standards for courses of study in preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and secondary schools. Courses of study in the public schools shall conform to such minimum standards when adopted.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 2 - STATE ADMINISTRATION › PART 20 - STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - State Educational Commissions and Committees › ARTICLE 3 - Instructional Quality Commission › Section 33539.

33539. As used in this article, “commission” means the Instructional Quality Commission.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 608, Sec. 4. (AB 250) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 2 - STATE ADMINISTRATION › PART 20 - STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - State Educational Commissions and Committees › ARTICLE 3 - Instructional Quality Commission › Section 33541.

33541. (a) The State Board of Education and the department shall revise, as necessary, the framework in science to include the necessary elements to teach environmental education, including, but not limited to, all of the following topics:
(1) Integrated waste management.
(2) Energy conservation.
(3) Water conservation and pollution prevention.
(4) Air resources.
(5) Integrated pest management.
(6) Toxic materials.
(7) Wildlife conservation and forestry.
(b) The Office of Education and the Environment of the California Integrated Waste Management Board, established pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 71300) of Division 34 of the Public Resources Code, shall provide the State Board of Education and the department with available environmental information and materials to aid in implementing subdivision (a).
(c) Any recommended revisions in reference to the course requirements in science shall not be implemented until the commencement of the appropriate curriculum framework adoption cycle subsequent to the revision.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 665, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 2 - STATE ADMINISTRATION › PART 20 - STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - State Educational Commissions and Committees › ARTICLE 3 - Instructional Quality Commission › Section 33542.

33542. The commission and the state board shall ensure that the health and science curriculum frameworks adopted in the course of the next submission cycle following the date that this section becomes effective include the subject of organ procurement and tissue donation, as appropriate.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 582, Sec. 2. (AB 1967) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 2 - STATE ADMINISTRATION › PART 20 - STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - State Educational Commissions and Committees › ARTICLE 3 - Instructional Quality Commission › Section 33543.

33543. (a) During the next revision of the history-social science curriculum framework, the commission shall consider including, and recommending for adoption by the state board, instruction on the election of President Barack Obama and the significance of the United States electing its first African American President, as appropriate.
(b) The state board shall adopt, modify, or reject the curriculum framework recommended by the commission pursuant to subdivision (a).
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 286, Sec. 2. (AB 1912) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 2 - STATE ADMINISTRATION › PART 20 - STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - State Educational Commissions and Committees › ARTICLE 3 - Instructional Quality Commission › Section 33544.

33544. (a) When the “Health Framework for California Public Schools” (health framework) is next revised after January 1, 2016, the commission shall consider including comprehensive information for grades 9 to 12, inclusive, on sexual harassment and violence that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Information on different forms of sexual harassment and violence, including instances that occur among peers and in a dating relationship; a discussion of prevention strategies; how pupils report sexual harassment and violence; and potential resources victims can access.
(2) Discussion of the affirmative consent standard, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 67386, and skills pupils use to establish boundaries in peer and dating relationships.
(3) Discussion of legal aspects of sexual harassment and violence under state and federal law.
(b) If the commission includes comprehensive information on sexual harassment and violence in the health framework, the commission shall comply with both of the following:
(1) Ensure information included in the framework is research based and appropriate for pupils of all races, genders, sexual orientations, gender identities, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds. This may include, but shall not be limited to, reviewing other states’ curricula.
(2) Consult with secondary health teachers and experts in sexual harassment and violence curriculum.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 424, Sec. 1. (SB 695) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 2 - STATE ADMINISTRATION › PART 20 - STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - State Educational Commissions and Committees › ARTICLE 3 - Instructional Quality Commission › Section 33545.

33545. When the “Health Framework for California Public Schools” (health framework) is next revised after January 1, 2015, the commission shall consider including a distinct category on sexual abuse and sex trafficking prevention education that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:
(a) Information on different forms of sexual abuse and assault; discussion of prevention strategies; how to report sexual abuse or suspected sexual abuse; and local resources for victims.
(b) Discussion of healthy boundaries for relationships; how to recognize potentially harmful and abusive relationships; and refusal skills to overcome peer pressure and to avoid high-risk activities.
(c) Information on sex trafficking and risk factors; the recruiting tactics of sex traffickers and peer recruiters, including recruitment through the Internet; how to report sex trafficking or suspected sex trafficking; and local resources for victims.
(d) Discussion of legal aspects of sexual abuse and sex trafficking under state and federal laws.
(e) Discussion of how culture and mass media influence and desensitize our perceptions of sexual abuse and sex trafficking, including, but not limited to, stereotypes and myths about the victims and abusers, victim blaming, and the role of language. This instruction shall emphasize compassion for people who have suffered from sexual abuse or sex trafficking, and support positive reentry experiences for survivors returning to school.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 713, Sec. 1. (SB 1165) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 2 - STATE ADMINISTRATION › PART 20 - STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - State Educational Commissions and Committees › ARTICLE 3 - Instructional Quality Commission › Section 33546.

33546. (a) When the “Health Framework for California Public Schools” (health framework) is next revised after January 1, 2017, the commission shall consider including comprehensive information for kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, on the development of healthy relationships, which shall be age and developmentally appropriate and consistent with the health education standards adopted by the state board.
(b) If the commission includes comprehensive information on the development of healthy relationships in the health framework, the commission shall comply with both of the following:
(1) Ensure information included in the health framework is research-based and appropriate for pupils of all races, genders, sexual orientations, gender identities, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds. This may include, but shall not be limited to, reviewing other states’ curricula.
(2) Consult with teachers and educators with expertise in curriculum for developing healthy relationships.
(c) For purposes of this section, the “development of healthy relationships” includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Understanding the principles of treating one another with respect, dignity, and kindness.
(2) Demonstrating the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to address and resolve disagreement and conflict.
(3) Recognizing when and how to respond to dangerous or other situations that may result in the bullying, harassment, harming, or hurting of another person.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 633, Sec. 1. (SB 1435) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 2 - STATE ADMINISTRATION › PART 20 - STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - State Educational Commissions and Committees › ARTICLE 3 - Instructional Quality Commission › Section 33547.

33547. At the next regularly scheduled revision of the curriculum framework in English Language Arts and English Language Development, the commission shall consider including content designed to provide teachers with resources to meet the unique academic and English language development needs of newcomer pupils at all grade levels, and shall ensure that the instructional materials for pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 8, inclusive, that it recommends to the state board for adoption include resources for teachers to help them meet these needs.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 342, Sec. 1. (AB 714) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 2 - STATE ADMINISTRATION › PART 20 - STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - State Educational Commissions and Committees › ARTICLE 3 - Instructional Quality Commission › Section 33548.

33548. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Digital citizenship” means a diverse set of skills related to current technology and social media, including the norms of appropriate, responsible, and healthy behavior.
(2) “Media literacy” means the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and use media and information and encompasses the foundational skills that lead to digital citizenship.
(b) When the English language arts/English language development (ELA/ELD) curriculum framework is next revised after January 1, 2024, the commission shall consider incorporating the Model Library Standards developed pursuant to Section 18101. The commission shall also consider incorporating media literacy content at each grade level.
(c) The commission shall consider incorporating media literacy content into the mathematics, science, and history-social science curriculum frameworks when those frameworks are next revised after January 1, 2024.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 815, Sec. 2. (AB 873) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 2 - STATE ADMINISTRATION › PART 20 - STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - State Educational Commissions and Committees › ARTICLE 4 - Educational Management and Evaluation Commission › Section 33550.

33550. There is in the state government the Educational Management and Evaluation Commission consisting of a Member of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, a Member of the Senate appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, one public member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, one public member appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, one public member appointed by the Governor, and nine public members appointed by the State Board of Education upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Public Instruction or the members of the State Board of Education.
With respect to the nine public members appointed by the State Board of Education, three members shall represent the field of economics, three members shall represent the learning sciences, and three members shall represent the managerial sciences.
Each public member shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing power.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 2 - STATE ADMINISTRATION › PART 20 - STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - State Educational Commissions and Committees › ARTICLE 4 - Educational Management and Evaluation Commission › Section 33551.

33551. The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission pursuant to Section 33550 shall have the powers and duties of a joint legislative committee on the subject of educational management and evaluation and shall meet with, and participate in, the work of the commission to the extent that this participation is not incompatible with their positions as Members of the Legislature.
The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing power.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 101. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 2 - STATE ADMINISTRATION › PART 20 - STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - State Educational Commissions and Committees › ARTICLE 4 - Educational Management and Evaluation Commission › Section 33552.

33552. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, except that they shall receive their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and responsibilities, including travel expenses.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 2 - STATE ADMINISTRATION › PART 20 - STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - State Educational Commissions and Committees › ARTICLE 4 - Educational Management and Evaluation Commission › Section 33553.

33553. The Superintendent of Public Instruction or his representative shall serve as executive secretary to the commission.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 2 - STATE ADMINISTRATION › PART 20 - STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - State Educational Commissions and Committees › ARTICLE 4 - Educational Management and Evaluation Commission › Section 33554.

33554. The commission shall select one of its members to be chairman of the commission.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 2 - STATE ADMINISTRATION › PART 20 - STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - State Educational Commissions and Committees › ARTICLE 4 - Educational Management and Evaluation Commission › Section 33555.

33555. The commission shall assist and advise the State Board of Education in the evaluation of the program achievement of educational programs, in the determination of the relative cost effectiveness of educational programs, and shall make recommendations concerning the expanded use, modification, or replacement of educational programs so as to produce a higher degree of program achievement and cost effectiveness. The commission shall also serve as an advisory body to the State Board of Education on program budgeting and accounting systems for school districts.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 2 - STATE ADMINISTRATION › PART 20 - STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - State Educational Commissions and Committees › ARTICLE 4 - Educational Management and Evaluation Commission › Section 33556.

33556. As used in this article, “commission” means the Educational Management and Evaluation Commission.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 2 - STATE ADMINISTRATION › PART 20 - STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - State Educational Commissions and Committees › ARTICLE 6 - Advisory Commission on Special Education › Section 33591.

33591. The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission pursuant to Section 33590 shall have the powers and duties of a joint legislative committee on the subject of special education and shall meet with, and participate in, the work of the commission to the extent that such participation is not incompatible with their positions as Members of the Legislature.
The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing power.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 2 - STATE ADMINISTRATION › PART 20 - STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - State Educational Commissions and Committees › ARTICLE 6 - Advisory Commission on Special Education › Section 33592.

33592. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, except they shall receive their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and responsibilities, including traveling expenses.
Reimbursement of other expenses, which are determined to be necessary for the commission to function, but do not exceed the commission’s budget, may be approved by the commission and the executive secretary to the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1201, Sec. 5. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 2 - STATE ADMINISTRATION › PART 20 - STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - State Educational Commissions and Committees › ARTICLE 6 - Advisory Commission on Special Education › Section 33593.

33593. The Superintendent of Public Instruction or the superintendent’s designee shall serve as executive secretary to the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 530, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 2 - STATE ADMINISTRATION › PART 20 - STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - State Educational Commissions and Committees › ARTICLE 6 - Advisory Commission on Special Education › Section 33595.

33595. (a) The commission shall study and provide assistance and advice to the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Legislature, and the Governor in new or continuing areas of research, program development, and evaluation in special education. The commission shall also do the following:
(1) Comment publicly on any rules or regulations proposed by the state regarding the education of individuals with exceptional needs, as defined in Section 56026.
(2) Advise the Superintendent of Public Instruction in developing evaluations and reporting on data to the Secretary of Education in the United States Department of Education under Section 1418 of Title 20 of the United States Code.
(3) Advise the Superintendent of Public Instruction in developing corrective action plans to address findings identified in federal monitoring reports under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et seq.).
(4) Advise the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education in developing and implementing policies relating to the coordination of services for individuals with exceptional needs.
(b) The commission shall report to the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Legislature, and the Governor not less than once a year on the following with respect to special education:
(1) Activities enumerated in Section 56100 that are necessary to be undertaken regarding special education for individuals with exceptional needs.
(2) The priorities and procedures utilized in the distribution of federal and state funds.
(3) The unmet educational needs of individuals with exceptional needs within the state.
(4) Recommendations relating to providing better education services to individuals with exceptional needs, including, but not limited to, the development, review, and revision, of the definition of “appropriate” as that term is used in the phrase “free and appropriate public education” for the purposes of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et seq.).
(c) Commission recommendations or requests shall be transmitted by letter from the commission chairperson to the president of the State Board of Education. Each communication shall be placed on the agenda of the next forthcoming state board meeting in accordance with the announced annual state board agenda cutoff dates. Following the state board meeting, the commission shall be notified by the state board as to what action has been taken on each request. Commission requests shall also be transmitted by letter from the commission chairperson to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Governor, and to appropriate Members of the Legislature.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 691, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 2 - STATE ADMINISTRATION › PART 20 - STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - State Educational Commissions and Committees › ARTICLE 6 - Advisory Commission on Special Education › Section 33596.

33596. As used in this article, “commission” means the Advisory Commission on Special Education. The commission shall also serve as the State Advisory Panel required by paragraph (21) of subdivision (a) of Section 1412 of Title 20 of the United States Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 691, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - School Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Naming › Section 35000.

35000. (a) The first governing board of any new school district shall, at the first meeting of the governing board or as soon as practicable thereafter, name the school district.
(b) The name of an elementary school district shall be in the form of “____ District” (using the name of the district). The name of an elementary school district shall not include a number.
(c) The name of a unified school district shall be in the form of “____ Unified School District” (using the name of the district). A number shall not be used as a part of the designation of any unified school district.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 507, Sec. 6. (SB 816) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - School Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Naming › Section 35001.

35001. (a) Whenever a petition is presented to the governing board of a school district, signed by at least 15 qualified electors of that school district, asking that the name of the district be changed and stating the new name requested, the governing board shall designate a day upon which it will act upon the petition, which shall not be less than 10 days nor more than 40 days after the receipt of the petition.
The governing board shall give or cause to be given notice to all parties interested by publication in a newspaper published within the school district, or, if there is none, in any newspaper published in the county, of the time set for the hearing of the petition. The notice shall be published at least twice before the day set for hearing. At the hearing the board shall by resolution either grant or deny the petition, and, if granted, shall notify the county superintendent of schools of the change of the name of the district. The board shall also certify the name change to the county elections official of each county in which any part of the school district is situated. The name change shall also be entered in the records of the governing board.
(b) As an alternative to the procedures set forth in subdivision (a), a petition may be presented to the superintendent of schools having jurisdiction of any high school district signed by at least two-thirds of the members of the governing board of the high school district asking that the name of the district be changed and stating the new name desired. The procedure shall thereafter be the same as is provided for electors’ petitions in subdivision (a).
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - School Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Naming › Section 35001.1.

35001.1. Notwithstanding Section 35001, the Richmond Unified School District is hereby renamed and shall be known as the “West Contra Costa Unified School District.”
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 57, Sec. 3. Effective June 30, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - School Districts › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 35010.

35010. (a) Every school district shall be under the control of a board of school trustees or a board of education.
(b) The governing board of each school district shall prescribe and enforce rules not inconsistent with law, or with the rules prescribed by the State Board of Education, for its own government.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1452, Sec. 182.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - School Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Officers and Agents › Section 35020.

35020. The governing board of each school district shall fix and prescribe the duties to be performed by all persons in public school service in the school district.
(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 1 - School Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Officers and Agents › Section 35021.

35021. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any person, except a person required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 290 of the Penal Code, may be permitted by the governing board of any school district to perform the duties specified in Section 44814 or 44815, or to serve as a nonteaching volunteer aide under the immediate supervision and direction of the certificated personnel of the district to perform noninstructional work which serves to assist the certificated personnel in performance of teaching and administrative responsibilities. With respect to this noninstructional work, the nonteaching volunteer aide shall serve without compensation of any type or other benefits accorded to employees of the district, except as provided in Section 3364.5 of the Labor Code.
(b) No district may abolish any of its classified positions and utilize volunteer aides, as authorized herein, in lieu of classified employees who are laid off as a result of the abolition of a position. A district shall not refuse to employ a person in a vacant classified position and use volunteer aides in lieu of filling the classified position.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature to permit school districts to use volunteer aides to enhance its educational program but not to permit displacement of classified employees nor to allow districts to utilize volunteers in lieu of normal employee requirements.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 40, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - School Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Officers and Agents › Section 35021.1.

35021.1. A school district or county office of education may request that a local law enforcement agency conduct an automated records check of a prospective nonteaching volunteer aide in order to ascertain whether the prospective nonteaching volunteer aide has been convicted of any sex offense as defined in Section 44010. A plea or verdict of guilty, a finding of guilt by a court in a trial without jury, or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere shall be deemed to be a conviction within the meaning of this section. If the local law enforcement agency agrees to provide that automated records check, the results therefrom shall be returned to the requesting district or county office of education within 72 hours of the written request. A local law enforcement agency may charge a fee to the requesting agency not to exceed the actual expense to the law enforcement agency.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1021, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - School Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Officers and Agents › Section 35021.2.

35021.2. (a) When a school district or county office of education pursuant to Section 11105.3 of the Penal Code requests from the Department of Justice records involving criminal offenses committed by a prospective volunteer, the school district or county office of education may request that the Department of Justice provide subsequent arrest notification service pursuant to Section 11105.2 of the Penal Code. The Department of Justice shall comply with a request made pursuant to this section.
(b) This section also applies to a person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation offering or conducting private school instruction on the elementary or high school level that requests, pursuant to Section 11105.3 of the Penal Code, records involving criminal offenses committed by a prospective volunteer.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 476, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - School Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Officers and Agents › Section 35021.3.

35021.3. (a) A school district or a county office of education may establish a registry of volunteer after school physical recreation instructors and other before and after school program volunteers.
(b) (1) To be included on a registry established pursuant to this section, a prospective registrant shall submit to a criminal background check pursuant to Section 45125. The prospective registrant shall also submit current contact information to the school district or county office maintaining the registry and shall update that information whenever the information changes.
(2) A school, school district, or county office of education may contribute funds to pay for all or part of the cost of a criminal background check required of a prospective registrant pursuant to paragraph (1).
(c) A school district or county office maintaining a registry may impose other requirements on prospective registrants, including, but not limited to, certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
(d) Upon approval of the person acting as the coordinator of, or overseeing, the after school activities of the school, a school under the jurisdiction of a school district or county office of education maintaining a registry may allow a volunteer registered with the school district or county office to provide instruction in physical recreation to pupils after school hours or provide other services.
(e) This section does not require a school district or county office of education to establish or maintain a registry and does not require a school to use a volunteer from a registry to provide instruction in physical recreation to pupils after school hours or provide other services.
(f) Instruction in physical recreation provided to a pupil by a volunteer pursuant to subdivision (d) shall not be counted toward satisfaction of either the physical education course requirements for graduation from high school pursuant to Section 51225.3 or the number of minutes of instruction in physical education required pursuant to Section 51210, 51222, or 51223, as applicable.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 179, Sec. 44. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - School Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Officers and Agents › Section 35021.5.

35021.5. (a) The governing board of a school district may establish a school police reserve officer corps to supplement a police department established pursuant to Section 38000. Any person deputized by a school district as a school police reserve officer shall complete the training prescribed by Section 832.2 of the Penal Code.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to allow school districts to use volunteer school police reserve officers to the extent necessary to provide a safe and secure school environment.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 292, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - School Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Officers and Agents › Section 35022.

35022. Every school district governing board consisting of five or more members shall, at its initial meeting and at each annual meeting, elect a president from among its members.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35023. The governing board of each school district of every kind or class shall annually at its initial meeting select one of its members as its representative who shall have one vote for each member to be elected to the county committee provided by Article 1 (commencing with Section 4000) of Chapter 1 of Part 3. The secretary or clerk of the district shall furnish the county superintendent of schools with a certificate naming the representative selected by the board.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1452, Sec. 183.)
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35024. The governing board of any school district may appoint an executive committee. In the case of a governing board which has appointed a clerk, the committee shall consist of the president, the clerk, and one other member of the board. In the case of a governing board which has not appointed a clerk the committee shall consist of the president and two members of the board. The committee shall attend to the routine business of the board. Its action shall be reported to the board for ratification at its first meeting ensuing.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35025. The governing board of any school district may employ a person not a member of the board to act as secretary and bookkeeper for the board, and may delegate to such secretary the duties prescribed in paragraphs (a) and (c) of Section 35250.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35026. The governing board of any school district employing eight or more teachers may employ a district superintendent for one or more schools and may delegate to the district superintendent any of the duties provided for in Section 35250.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35028. A person shall not be eligible to hold a position as city superintendent, district superintendent, deputy superintendent, associate superintendent, or assistant superintendent of schools unless the person is the holder of both a valid school administration certificate and a valid teacher’s certificate, unless the person is employed as a deputy, associate, or assistant superintendent in a purely clerical capacity.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 666, Sec. 23. (AB 486) Effective January 1, 2022.)
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35029. A local governing board may waive any credential requirement for the chief administrative officer of the school district under its jurisdiction. Any individual serving as the chief administrative officer of a school district who does not hold a credential may be required by the local governing board to pursue a program of in-service training conducted pursuant to guidelines approved by the commission.
No individual serving as the chief administrative officer of a school district shall be subject to the provisions of the merit system specified in Article 6 (commencing with Section 45240) of Chapter 5 of Part 25 of this division or any other similar merit system.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35029.1. Notwithstanding Section 35029, a local governing board shall not hire an individual for the position of chief administrative officer of the school district under its jurisdiction whose credential has been revoked by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing pursuant to Sections 44421 to 44427, inclusive.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 135, Sec. 2. Effective July 31, 2001.)
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35030. No governing board or county superintendent of schools shall affix the title of deputy, associate or assistant superintendent to any position not defined by this code as a position requiring certification qualifications or which does not qualify under the provisions of Section 44065 as a position requiring certification qualifications; except that any such title may be assigned to the position of business manager or a related business position but such position shall not, if so designated, be deemed to be a position requiring certification qualifications nor shall the employee be deemed to be a certificated employee.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35031. Any district superintendent of schools, or deputy, associate, or assistant superintendent of schools, may be elected for a term of no more than four years. The governing board of any school district, with the consent of the employee concerned, may at any time terminate, effective on the next succeeding first day of July, the term of employment of, and any contract of employment with, the superintendent of schools, or any associate, deputy, or assistant superintendent of schools of the district, and reelect or reemploy the employee, on those terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon by the board and the employee, for a new term to commence on the effective date of the termination of the existing term of employment. In the event the governing board of a school district determines the superintendent of schools of the district, or deputy, associate, or assistant superintendent of schools, or employee in the senior management of the classified service is not to be reelected or reemployed as such upon the expiration of his or her term, he or she shall be given written notice thereof by the governing board at least 45 days in advance of the expiration of his or her term. In the event the governing board of a district fails to reelect or reemploy the superintendent of schools of the district, or deputy, associate, or assistant superintendent of schools, or employee in the senior management of the classified service as such and the written notice herein provided for has not been given, he or she shall be deemed reelected for a term of the same length as the one completed, and under the same terms and conditions and with the same compensation.
The notice requirements of Section 44951 shall not apply to persons to whom this section applies.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1452, Sec. 184.5.)
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35032. Notwithstanding Section 35031, the governing board of a school district may at any time during any school year increase the salaries of any district superintendent of schools and deputy, associate, or assistant superintendent of schools without terminating the term of employment of, and reelecting or reemploying, such employee and such increase may be effective on any date ordered by the governing board.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35033. If a unified school district is formed pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 4200) of Part 3, of Division 1 of Title 1 to include all the territory of one or more elementary school districts, the governing board of the unified district may elect and reelect as district superintendent of schools of the unified district, or as deputy, associate, or assistant superintendent of schools of the unified district, for a four-year term, a person employed as district superintendent of schools of one of such elementary school districts at the time of the formation of the unified school district. The person may perform service in the position for the unified district for the term to which he is elected or reelected without possessing the certification document otherwise required if he has served continuously as district superintendent of the elementary district for at least 10 years prior to the formation of the unified district and if he is elected as district superintendent of schools of the unified district or as deputy, associate or assistant superintendent of schools of the unified district pursuant to this section.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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35034. (a) Where the entire area of a county is included within one unified school district or where the entire area of a county is included within one unified school district except for the portions of the county that are included in a school district that is under the jurisdiction of the county superintendent of schools of another county, the county superintendent of schools may be employed as the superintendent of schools of the unified school district; provided he or she is the holder of a certification document authorizing him or her to perform those services. If a county superintendent of schools is employed as the superintendent of schools of a unified school district, he or she may be paid the salary, in addition to that provided by law for his office of county superintendent of schools, that he or she and the governing board of the unified school district may agree upon.
(b) Any county superintendent of schools who was employed as a district superintendent of a unified school district on or before September 20, 1963, may continue to perform those services without possessing the certification document otherwise required so long as he or she remains continuously employed or reemployed in his or her position.
(c) Where the entire area of a county is included within one unified school district except for the portions of the county that are included in a school district that is under the jurisdiction of the county superintendent of schools of another county, the person who was county superintendent of schools at the time the unified school district was formed may be employed as the superintendent of schools of the unified school district without possessing the certification document otherwise required so long as he or she remains continuously employed or reemployed in his or her position.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1452, Sec. 185.)