Article 2. Duties And Responsibilities of California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.
County boards of education shall:
(a) Adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of
this state, for their own government.
(b) Keep a record of their proceedings.
(c) Approve the annual budget of the county superintendent of
schools before its submission to the county board of supervisors.
(d) Approve the annual county school service fund budget of the
county superintendent of schools before its submission to the
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(e) Review, as a scheduled agenda item at a regularly scheduled
public meeting held pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section
1000) of this chapter, the report of the annual audit provided for by
the county superintendent of schools under Section 41020.
County boards of education may:
(a) Adopt and use an official seal in authentication of their
acts.
(b) Have such printing done as may be necessary.
County boards of education may do all of the following:
(a) Adopt rules and regulations governing the administration of
the office of the county superintendent of schools.
(b) Review the county superintendent of schools annual itemized
estimate of anticipated revenue and expenditures before the annual
itemized estimate is filed with the auditor as required by Section
29040 of the Government Code, and make revisions, reductions, or
additions in the annual itemized estimate it deems advisable and
proper. An annual itemized estimate shall not be filed by the county
superintendent of schools or be approved by the board of supervisors
until it has first been so reviewed and approved by the county board
of education.
(c) In the name by which the county board of education is
designated, acquire, lease, lease-purchase, hold, and convey real
property for the purpose of housing the offices and the services of
the county superintendent of schools, except that this subdivision
shall only apply to the county boards of education to which all or a
portion of the duties and functions of the county board of
supervisors specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1080 have been
transferred, with the exception of the recreational duties and
recreational functions specified in subdivisions (c) and (d) of
Section 1080.
(d) Contract with and employ any persons for the furnishing to the
county board of education of special services and advice in
financial, economic, accounting, engineering, legal, or
administrative matters if these persons are specially trained and
experienced and competent to perform the special services required.
The county board of education may pay to these persons from any
available funds the compensation that it deems proper for the
services rendered.
(e) (1) Notwithstanding Section 25304 of the Government Code, fill
by appointment any vacancy that occurs during the term of office of
the county superintendent of schools. In a county in which the county
superintendent of schools is elected, the appointee shall hold
office until the office is filled by election at the next
gubernatorial election.
(2) The authority described in this subdivision shall be vested in
a county board of education only upon its adoption by the county
board of education at a public meeting held pursuant to Article 1
(commencing with Section 1000).
(f) (1) Subject to the concurrence of the county superintendent of
schools pursuant to paragraph (3), use and expend moneys from the
proceeds of notes issued pursuant to the authority granted in Article
7.6 (commencing with Section 53850) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of
Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, to make loans to a
charter school for which the county board of education or the county
superintendent of schools has a supervisory responsibility or,
regardless of whether the charter school is within or outside of the
county, with which the county board of education or the county
superintendent of schools has a contractual relationship pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 47603. Moneys borrowed by the county board
of education for the purpose of making a loan to a charter school
shall be payable solely from the funds of the charter school and
shall not constitute a debt or liability of the county board of
education or the county superintendent of schools, notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 53857 of the Government Code, or any other
law.
(2) The State of California is not liable for any debt or
liability within the meaning of Section 1 of Article XVI of the
California Constitution, or otherwise, for loans made pursuant to
this subdivision.
(3) Before the county board of education makes a loan pursuant to
this subdivision, the county superintendent of schools shall do all
of the following:
(A) Advise the chartering authority of the charter school and the
county office of education in which the charter school is primarily
located that the charter school has requested the loan.
(B) Allow the chartering authority and county office of education
to provide input regarding the advisability of making the loan.
(C) Solicit a recommendation from a recognized authority on school
district financial management who is not an employee of the county
office of education about the advisability of making the loan. The
recommendation shall consider the financial condition of the charter
school, the level of risk assumed by the county office of education,
and the potential impact on the county office of education if the
charter school is unable to repay the loan.
(D) Disclose the information received pursuant to subparagraphs
(B) and (C) at a regularly scheduled meeting of the county board of
education.
(E) Determine whether to concur with the intent of the county
board of education to make the loan.
(4) In any fiscal year, a charter school shall not receive more
than one loan that is made pursuant to this subdivision.
(5) (A) As a condition of making a loan to a charter school
pursuant to this subdivision, a county board of education shall
report to the department by September 15 of each year the following
information on loans made to charter schools within the prior fiscal
year:
(i) The name and address of each charter school that received a
loan, including the name of the county in which the charter school is
located.
(ii) The amount of the loan, including the interest rate, that
each charter school received.
(iii) The total amount of money loaned to charter schools by the
county board of education.
(iv) The average duration of loans made to charter schools.
(v) The current status of each loan, including whether or not the
charter school has repaid the loan.
(B) No later than December 1 of each year, the department shall
compile the information reported by the county boards of education
pursuant to subparagraph (A) into one report and submit this
information to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the
Legislature, the Department of Finance, and the Legislative Analyst's
Office.
(g) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2017, and, as
of January 1, 2018, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2018, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
County boards of education may do all of the following:
(a) Adopt rules and regulations governing the administration of
the office of the county superintendent of schools.
(b) Review the county superintendent of schools annual itemized
estimate of anticipated revenue and expenditures before the annual
itemized estimate is filed with the auditor as required by Section
29040 of the Government Code, and make revisions, reductions, or
additions in the annual itemized estimate it deems advisable and
proper. An annual itemized estimate shall not be filed by the county
superintendent of schools or be approved by the board of supervisors
until it has first been so reviewed and approved by the county board
of education.
(c) In the name by which the board of education is designated,
acquire, lease, lease-purchase, hold, and convey real property for
the purpose of housing the offices and the services of the county
superintendent of schools, except that this subdivision shall only
apply to the county boards of education to which all or a portion of
the duties and functions of the county board of supervisors specified
in subdivision (b) of Section 1080 have been transferred, with the
exception of the recreational duties and recreational functions
specified in subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 1080.
(d) Contract with and employ any persons for the furnishing to the
county board of education of special services and advice in
financial, economic, accounting, engineering, legal, or
administrative matters if these persons are specially trained and
experienced and competent to perform the special services required.
The county board of education may pay from any available funds the
compensation that it deems proper for the services rendered.
(e) (1) Notwithstanding Section 25304 of the Government Code, fill
by appointment any vacancy that occurs during the term of office of
the county superintendent of schools. In a county in which the
superintendent is elected, the appointee shall hold office until the
office is filled by election at the next gubernatorial election.
(2) The authority described in this subdivision shall be vested in
a county board of education only upon its adoption by the board at a
public meeting held pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section
1000).
(f) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2017.
Upon the adoption of a resolution by the board of supervisors
of the county consenting to the transfer of the functions specified
in this section, the functions specified in this section shall be
transferred from the county board of supervisors to the county board
of education. The functions, including, but not limited to, the
receipt of petition and reports and other papers, are those specified
in Sections 35001, 35002, 35676, 35698, 35699, 35703, 35704, 35705,
35722, 35723, 35724, 74100, 74104, 74131, 74132, 74134, 74151, 74153,
74156, 74250, 74251, and 74295.
Upon the adoption of the resolution, any reference, with respect
to that county, in those sections to the board of supervisors shall
be deemed to be a reference to the county board of education of that
county and any reference to the clerk of the county board of
supervisors shall be deemed to be a reference to the secretary of the
county board of education of that county.
Any county board of education may secure copyrights, in the
name of the board, to all copyrightable works developed by the board,
and royalties or revenue from such copyrights are to be for the
benefit of the board securing such copyrights.
Any county board of education may, in accordance with
regulations adopted by the board and for educational use, sell, give,
or exchange for similar published materials, published materials
prepared by the board in connection with the curricular and special
services that the board is authorized to perform. Unless restricted
by the regulations of the board, the sale or gift may be made to, and
the exchange may be made with, any person, political subdivision,
public officer or agency, or educational institution. The
distribution of the published material in accordance with this
section is declared to be a public purpose and in furtherance of
Section 1 of Article IX of the California Constitution.
Any county board of education may also license the use of
copyrights held by the board, to the same persons or entities and for
the same purposes as provided in the prior paragraph.
The board shall grant such a license to any public agency
organized under the authority of this state, unless an exclusive
license has previously been granted a private publisher.
Any charge which may be assessed such a public agency for the
license to use the copyright or for materials, to which the board
holds the copyright, shall not exceed the cost to the board of the
preparation and reproduction of the materials.
Any granting of a license, by a county board of education, to
reproduce copyrighted material is declared to be for a public purpose
in furtherance of Section 1 of Article IX of the California
Constitution.
The county board of education in any county required to
provide for the education and training of handicapped persons
residing in the county, when in its judgment necessity therefor
exists, may construct and maintain dormitories for use and occupancy
by such persons, and shall fix the rates to be charged such persons,
or parents or guardians of such persons, for quarters in the
dormitories.
A county board of education, to which all of the duties and
functions of the county board of supervisors have been transferred
pursuant to Section 1080 may exercise the power of eminent domain to
acquire any property necessary or convenient for carrying out the
provisions of this article.