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Title 9. Of Crimes Against the Person Involving Sexual Assault, and Crimes AgainstPublic Decency and Good Morals [261 - 368.7]Chapter 2. Abandonment and Neglect of Children [270 - 273.75]270.1.Title 15. Miscellaneous Crimes [626 - 653.75]Chapter 1. Schools [626 - 626.11]626.85.626.9.626.10.Part 2. Of Criminal Procedure [681 - 1620]Title 3. Additional Provisions Regarding Criminal Procedure [777 - 883]Chapter 4.5. Peace Officers [830 - 832.19]832.2.832.3.Title 6. California Council on Criminal Justice [13800 -13899.1]Chapter 3.1. The California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program[13825.1 - 13825.6]13825.4.Chapter 3.5. Gang Violence Suppression [13826 - 13826.7]13826.13826.1.13826.65.Chapter 7. Suppression of Drug Abuse in Schools [13860 - 13864]13860.13861.13862.13864.Part 6. Control of Deadly Weapons [16000 - 34370]Title 4. Firearms [23500 - 34370]Division 10. Special Rules Relating to Particular Types of Firearms or Firearm Equipment[30210 - 33690]Chapter 1. Ammunition [30210 - 30395]Article 2. Other Restrictions Relating to Ammunition [30300 - 30340]30310.Welfare and Institutions Code - WICDivision 4. Mental Health [4000 - 4390]Part 3. Departmental Program Initiatives [4340 - 4369.4]Chapter 4. Primary Intervention Program [4343 - 4352.5]4343.4344.4345.4346.4350.California Compilation of School Discipline Laws and RegulationsPage 7

Part 4. School-based Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention Services forChildren Act [4370 - 4390]Chapter 2. School-Based Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention Services MatchingGrant Program [4380 - 4383]4380.Division 5. Community Mental Health Services [5000 - 5952]Part 4. The Children’s Mental Health Services Act [5850 - 5886]Chapter 3. Mental Health Student Services Act [5886- 5886]5886.California RegulationsCalifornia Code of RegulationsTitle 5. EducationDivision 1. California Department of EducationChapter 2. PupilsSubchapter 1, General ProvisionsArticle 2. Duties of Pupils§ 305.§ 306.Pupil responsible for care of propertyExplanation of absenceArticle 3. Privileges of Pupils§ 352.§ 353.Detention during recess or noon intermissionDetention after schoolSubchapter 3. Health and Safety of PupilsArticle 7. Safe Schools Assessment Program§ 700.§ 701.§ 702.§ 704.§ 705.DefinitionsSchool crime and incident reporting proceduresGuidelines for reporting and required documentationCertification of reportFailure to submit or intentionally submitting misleading dataChapter 5.1. Uniform Complaint ProceduresSubchapter 1. Complaint ProceduresArticle 1. Definitions§ 4600.General definitionsArticle 2. Purpose and Scope§ 4610.Purpose and scopeCalifornia Compilation of School Discipline Laws and RegulationsPage 8

Article 3. Local Educational Agency (LEA) Compliance§ 4620.§ 4621.§ 4622.LEA responsibilitiesDistrict policies and proceduresNoticeArticle 4. Local Complaint Procedures§ 4630.§ 4631.Filing a local complaint; procedures, time linesResponsibilities of the LEAArticle 4.5. Appeal of LEA Investigation Report§ 4632.§ 4633.Appeal of LEA investigation report - groundsAppeal of LEA investigation reportArticle 5. State Complaint Procedures§ 4640.Filing a state complaint that has not first been filed at the Local Educational Agency(LEA); time lines, notice, appeal rightsArticle 6. Direct State Intervention§ 4650.§ 4651.Basis of direct state interventionNotificationArticle 7. State Investigation Procedures§ 4663.§ 4664.§ 4665.Department investigation proceduresDepartment investigation reportReconsideration of department investigation reportArticle 8. Enforcement -State Procedures to Effect Compliance§ 4670.EnforcementChapter 5.2.5. Parent EmpowermentSubchapter 1. Parent EmpowermentArticle 1. General Provisions§ 4806.Description of intervention - Transformation modelChapter 11. Special ProgramsSubchapter 21.5. School Community Violence Prevention Program§ 11987.§ 11987.7.PurposeSchool safety and violence prevention training grantSubchapter 23. Defining Persistently Dangerous Public Elementary and Secondary Schools§ 11992.§ 11993.§ 11994.ProvisionsDefinitionsData collectionCalifornia Compilation of School Discipline Laws and RegulationsPage 9

Codes of ConductAuthority to Develop and Establish Codes of ConductLAWSEDC 221.1.The State Board of Education shall adopt regulations pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, commonly referred to as the rulemakingprovisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, to implement this chapter.EDC 32280.It is the intent of the Legislature that all California public schools, in kindergarten, and grades 1 to 12,inclusive, operated by school districts, in cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, communityleaders, parents, pupils, teachers, administrators, classified employees, and other persons who may beinterested in the prevention of campus crime and violence, develop a comprehensive school safety planthat addresses the safety concerns identified through a systematic planning process. It is also the intentof the Legislature that all school staff be trained on the comprehensive school safety plan. For thepurposes of this section, law enforcement agencies include local police departments, county sheriffs'offices, school district police or security departments, probation departments, and district attorneys'offices. For purposes of this section, a "safety plan" means a plan to develop strategies aimed at theprevention of, and education about, potential incidents involving crime and violence on the schoolcampus.EDC 33031.The board shall adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of this state (a) for its owngovernment, (b) for the government of its appointees and employees, (c) for the government of the dayand evening elementary schools, the day and evening secondary schools, and the technical andvocational schools of the state, and (d) for the government of other schools, excepting the University ofCalifornia, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, as may receive inwhole or in part financial support from the state.The rules and regulations adopted shall be published for distribution as soon as practicable afteradoption.EDC 35291.5.(a) On or before December 1, 1987, and at least every four years thereafter, each public school may, atits discretion, adopt rules and procedures on school discipline applicable to the school. For schools thatchoose to adopt rules pursuant to this article, the school discipline rules and procedures shall beconsistent with any applicable policies adopted by the governing board and state statutes governingschool discipline. In developing these rules and procedures, each school shall solicit the participation,views, and advice of one representative selected by each of the following groups:(1) Parents.(2) Teachers.(3) School administrators.(4) School security personnel, if any.(5) For junior high schools and high schools, pupils enrolled in the school.California Compilation of School Discipline Laws and RegulationsPage 10

Meetings for the development of the rules and procedures should be developed and held within theschool's existing resources, during nonclassroom hours, and on normal schooldays.The final version of the rules and procedures on school discipline with attendant regulations may beadopted by a panel comprised of the principal of the school, or his or her designee, and a representativeselected by classroom teachers employed at the school.It shall be the duty of each employee of the school to enforce the rules and procedures on schooldiscipline adopted under this section.(b) The governing board of each school district may prescribe procedures to provide written notice tocontinuing pupils at the beginning of each school year and to transfer pupils at the time of their enrollmentin the school and to their parents or guardians regarding the school discipline rules and proceduresadopted pursuant to subdivision (a).(c) Each school may file a copy of its school discipline rules and procedures with the districtsuperintendent of schools and governing board on or before January 1, 1988.(d) The governing board may review, at an open meeting, the approved school discipline rules andprocedures for consistency with governing board policy and state statutes.EDC 44667.(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage school districts to plan and implement alternativemodels of school-based management projects, or advanced career opportunities for classroom teachersprojects, or a combination of both, for one or more schools in the district. Further, it is the intent of theLegislature that school district governing boards and administrators work with classroom teachers andteacher bargaining units to develop and strengthen procedures that increase teachers' decisionmakingauthority in responsibilities that affect their ability to teach. These procedures may include, but need notbe limited to, the following:(1) Selection of new teachers and administrators.(2) Evaluation of teacher and administrator performance.(3) Selection of curricular areas for improvement.(4) Tailoring and coordination of curriculum and instruction across grade levels and within departmentsat the schoolsite level.(5) Establishment of pupil discipline policies.(6) Design and conduct of staff development programs and policies.(7) Assignment of pupils and scheduling of classes.(8) Schoolwide problem solving and program development.(9) Organization of the school for effective instruction.(10) Development of procedures designed to institutionalize teacher involvement in decisionmaking.(11) Determining the roles and functions of teachers, administrators, and classified employees at theschool site.(12) Development of alternative methods of teacher compensation that reward teaching excellence,exceptional achievement or the assumption of additional educational responsibilities.(13) Establishment of policies to decentralize district decisionmaking by providing schoolsiteadministrators and teachers with greater budget authority including the allocation of fiscal, personnel,and other resources at the schoolsite.(b) Participation of school districts in the programs established pursuant to this article shall be on avoluntary basis. A school district shall be eligible to participate only upon the approval of participation byCalifornia Compilation of School Discipline Laws and RegulationsPage 11

both the governing board of the district and the exclusive representative of certificated employees of thedistrict.EDC 48914.Each school district is authorized to establish a policy that permits school officials to conduct a meetingwith the parent or guardian of a suspended pupil to discuss the causes, the duration, the school policyinvolved, and other matters pertinent to the suspension.EDC 48918.The governing board of each school district shall establish rules and regulations governing procedures forthe expulsion of pupils. These procedures shall include, but are not necessarily limited to, all of thefollowing:(a)(1) The pupil shall be entitled to a hearing to determine whether the pupil should be expelled. Anexpulsion hearing shall be held within 30 schooldays after the date the principal or the superintendent ofschools determines that the pupil has committed any of the acts enumerated in Section 48900, unless thepupil requests, in writing, that the hearing be postponed. The adopted rules and regulations shall specifythat the pupil is entitled to at least one postponement of an expulsion hearing, for a period of not morethan 30 calendar days. Any additional postponement may be granted at the discretion of the governingboard of the school district.(2) Within 10 schooldays after the conclusion of the hearing, the governing board of the school districtshall decide whether to expel the pupil, unless the pupil requests in writing that the decision bepostponed. If the hearing is held by a hearing officer or an administrative panel, or if the governingboard of the school district does not meet on a weekly basis, the governing board of the school districtshall decide whether to expel the pupil within 40 schooldays after the date of the pupil's removal fromhis or her school of attendance for the incident for which the recommendation for expulsion is made bythe principal or the superintendent of schools, unless the pupil requests in writing that the decision bepostponed.(3) If compliance by the governing board of the school district with the time requirements for theconducting of an expulsion hearing under this subdivision is impracticable during the regular schoolyear, the superintendent of schools or the superintendent's designee may, for good cause, extend thetime period for the holding of the expulsion hearing for an additional five schooldays. If compliance bythe governing board of the school district with the time requirements for the conducting of an expulsionhearing under this subdivision is impractical due to a summer recess of governing board meetings ofmor

California Compilation of School Discipline Laws and Regulations Page 2 Part 6. Education Programs - State Master Plans [8006 - 9004] Chapter 5. Healthy Start Support Services for Children Act [8800 -8807] Article 2. Healthy Start Support Services for Children Program Council and Grant Program [8803 - 8804.5] 8804. Part 19.