Chapter 4. Retention Of Local Obligations of California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 9. >> Chapter 4.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local
education agency's obligations pursuant to law may not be avoided
through participation in a joint powers authority.
(b) A local education agency's financial obligations to the state
may not be avoided through participation in a joint powers authority.
(c) A local education agency's participation in a joint powers
authority may not relieve the local education agency of any financial
obligation or responsibility in such a way as to shift costs or
liability to the state unless the state entity undertaking the
obligation is a party to the joint powers agreement and expressly
agrees in the agreement to undertake the obligation.
(d) A local educational entity retains ultimate responsibility
over its obligations in case of default by a joint powers authority
in which it participates.