Section 12400 Of Chapter 4. Participation In Federal Programs From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 8. >> Chapter 4.
12400
. The governing board of a school district on behalf of any
school maintained by the district and any county superintendent of
schools are vested with all necessary power and authority to perform
all acts necessary to receive the benefits and to expend the funds
provided by any act of Congress heretofore or hereafter enacted, and
with all necessary power and authority to cooperate with, or enter
into agreements with, the government of the United States, or any
agency or agencies thereof, and with the State Board of Education and
with other school districts and private or public nonprofit
organizations for the purpose of receiving the benefits and expending
the funds provided by the acts of Congress, in accordance with the
acts, or any rules or regulations adopted thereunder, or any state
plan or rules or regulations of the State Board of Education adopted
in accordance with the acts of Congress. Participation may also
include the expenditure by the governing board of any school district
or the county superintendent of schools of whatever funds may be
required by the federal government as a condition to participation.
Participation in the act of Congress known as the "Emergency
Employment Act of 1971" (P.L. 92-54) may be undertaken
notwithstanding Section 44858.