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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 56865
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 56865
Funds appropriated by Section 11 of Chapter 1191 of the Statutes of 1980 may be used for remodeling classrooms located in a community school, in addition to the purposes of Chapter 25 (commencing with Section 17785) of Part 10, in order to serve state hospital pupils whose indivi
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58400
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58400
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that several schools have developed programs of individualized instruction based upon performance criteria, including the integration of vocational education with the regular coursework, which have greatly improved their students’ achieve
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58401
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58401
As used in this chapter “individualized instruction based upon performance criteria” means an educational method in which (a) aptitudes, interests, motivations, and other characteristics of each student play a major role in the selection of educational objectives and the determin
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58402
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58402
The Legislature further finds and declares that funds are needed to convert the regular curriculum to individualized instruction and integration of vocational education and that once such conversion and integration have been accomplished, such program shall operate on the funds r
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58403
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58403
The State Board of Education shall establish application procedures and select a school district to undertake an individualized instruction program pursuant to this chapter. The specific goal of the individualized instruction program authorized by this article shall be to convert
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58404
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58404
In selecting a school district to undertake an individualized instruction program pursuant to this chapter, the board shall use the following criteria: (a) The school district shall be a large urban unified district, which had an average daily attendance of not less than 30,000 f
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58405
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58405
In selecting the school district to undertake the individualized instruction program pursuant to this chapter, the State Board of Education shall conduct a thorough field review in order to make independent judgments of the suitability of a district to participate in the program.
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58406
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58406
The district selected to undertake the program authorized by this chapter shall have complete responsibility for the program’s progress and success. The staff of the Department of Education shall serve as a resource team that shall provide technical assistance and advice to the s
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58407
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58407
The state board may waive any provision of this code, with the exception of Article 1 (commencing with Section 16500), and Article 3 (commencing with Section 39140) of Chapter 2 of Part 23, which it deems is necessary to waive to assure the success of the program authorized by th
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58409
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58409
District evaluation and reporting requirements required by this article shall not supersede other legal requirements. It is the intent of the Legislature, however, that the State Board of Education and the Department of Education make every effort to use the evaluation and report
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58500
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58500
The governing board of any school district may establish and maintain one or more alternative schools within the district. For the purposes of this article, an alternative school is defined as a school or separate class group within a school which is operated in a manner designed
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58501
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58501
The following notice shall be sent along with the notification of parents and guardians required by Section 48980: “Notice of Alternative Schools California state law authorizes all school districts to provide for alternative schools. Section 58500 of the Education Code defines a
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58502
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58502
The parent or guardian of any pupil may request the governing board of a school district to establish an alternative school program or programs in the district pursuant to this chapter.
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58503
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58503
Teachers employed and students enrolled in the alternative school shall be selected entirely from volunteers.
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58504
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58504
Previous classroom performance shall not be a criterion limiting any student from the opportunity of attending an alternative school.
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58505
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58505
A district may establish alternative schools in each attendance area or on a districtwide basis, with enrollment open to all students districtwide, or any combination thereof.
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58507
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58507
Alternative schools shall be operated in a manner to maximize the opportunity for improvement of the general school curriculum by innovative methods and ideas developed within the alternative school operation and to improve the general level of education in the State of Californi
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58509
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58509
For the operation of alternative schools as herein defined, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may, upon application of a school district, waive any provisions of this code other than those relating to earthquake safety and the provisions of this chapter.
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58510
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58510
Each district operating an alternative school shall annually evaluate such school. The evaluation shall include testing of basic skills for student participants, and must identify the variables which may have affected student academic achievement. The process of evaluation shall
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58511
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58511
The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish minimum standards to further implement the definition of alternative schools as used in Section 58500 and may also establish such further guidelines as may be deemed by him necessary to the proper administration of this art
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58512
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58512
The governing board of a school district maintaining an alternative school may provide in whole or in part for the transportation of a pupil attending the alternative school. In lieu of providing such transportation, the governing board may pay to the parents or guardian of the p
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58800
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58800
It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to assist in the establishment of specialized high schools in the state to provide advanced instruction and training in high technology fields and in the performing arts. The Legislature recognizes that the establishmen
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58801
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58801
Any school district operating one or more high schools, or any consortium of school districts that operate one or more high schools, or any county superintendent of schools, or any county board of education, may submit a proposal to the Superintendent of Public Instruction to est
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58801.5
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58801.5
Entities eligible for funding of startup costs pursuant to Section 58801 shall be eligible to compete for funding for startup costs regardless of funding in any prior year. Receipt of funds for additional startup costs shall be based upon the addition of new program offerings. Fu
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58801.6
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 58801.6
The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall apportion funds as available from the annual Budget Act for support of specialized secondary programs established prior to the 1991–92 fiscal year that operate in conjunction with the California State University. Funds apportioned pu