SECTIONS 10400-10407 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 10400-10407

10400. It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature in enacting
this chapter to encourage local school districts and community
college districts to improve their educational systems and to enrich
their educational offerings by utilizing, whenever possible and
appropriate, resources which exist in the community. Such resources
may include, but not be limited to, business, industry, institutions
of higher learning, private consulting firms, other school districts,
community college districts, the University of California, or the
State of California itself. In the implementation of this chapter,
particular emphasis is to be placed upon programs oriented toward
agriculture, science, business and commerce, vocational education,
teacher training, and, with reference to district administration,
development of modern budgetary techniques, such as program planning
and budgeting.

10401. School districts, community college districts, or schools or
colleges within districts, may enter into cooperative or contractual
arrangements with business, industry, or elements within the
community for improvement of the local education program. Such
arrangements may include evaluation, planning, cooperation in the
operation of educational programs, and use of noncertificated
personnel, including the elderly, youth, college students, and other
nonprofessionals.

10403. Nothing in this chapter is intended to modify the law with
respect to experimental mathematics and reading programs established
under the McAteer Act Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 54400) of
Part 29 of Division 4 of Title 2 or is to be construed to authorize
school districts or community college districts to contract for
services required to be performed by classified school employees.

10407. 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.