Section 10407 Of Chapter 5. Cooperative Improvement Programs From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 7. >> Chapter 5.

. The governing board of a school district or community college district may request waiver of any section or sections of this code relating to the educational programs or administrative functions described in Section 10400 if the waiver is necessary to establish and operate a program under this chapter. The need for a waiver shall be explained and justified to the Superintendent of Public Instruction or the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as the case may be, and the State Board of Education, or the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as the case may be, may grant, in whole, or in part, any waiver request.