Article 17. Miscellaneous of California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 17.

The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, expend county school service funds for the purpose of administering and accounting for the county school service fund, or he may, with the approval of the county board of education, contract with and pay the board of supervisors for services rendered in administering and accounting for the county school service fund.

The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, provide services to school districts or community college districts in screening and directing teachers to the schools under his jurisdiction.

The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, pay actual and necessary travel expenses incurred in connection with curricular and special services by the county superintendent of schools or by his designated staff members in accordance with regulations established by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, employ personnel to conduct research in connection with the activities of the county superintendent of schools, and to develop systems, procedures and methods for applying such research findings to improve the effectiveness of those activities.

The county superintendent of schools may with the approval of the county board of education provide for the publication of materials that are necessary in connection with the curricular and special services that the superintendent of schools is authorized to perform in the county. The county superintendent of schools may, in accordance with regulations adopted by the county board of education and for educational use, sell or give away the published materials or may exchange them for similar published materials. Unless restricted by the regulations of the county board of education, 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 materials in accordance with this section is declared to be a public purpose and in furtherance of Article IX, Section 1, of the California Constitution.

The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, provide advisory services in school business administration activities, in maintenance of school building and grounds, and in the processing of special problems concerning credentials as designated by the State Department of Education.

The county board of education may enter into agreements with the governing boards of any of the school districts or community college districts in the territory under the jurisdiction of the office of the county superintendent of schools for the conduct, under the direction of that office, of centralized in-service training programs for both certificated and classified employees of the school districts and community college districts and of that office. Centralized in-service training program operations of the office of the county superintendent of schools shall be financed through the county school service fund, and shall be included in the budget prepared pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 14050) of Chapter 1 of Part 9.