SECTIONS 33330-33337 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 33330-33337

33330. The department may expend the money in any appropriation, or
in any special fund in the State Treasury now remaining or made
available by law for the administration of the provisions of any of
the statutes enumerated in this article or for the use, support, or
maintenance of any board, commission, office, or officer that is
abolished by the provisions of former Section 361, and whose duties,
powers, and functions are, by the provisions of Section 33306,
transferred to and conferred upon the Department of Education,
excepting that the funds of the State Board of Education in respect
to functions retained by it, including such funds as are now or may
hereafter be entrusted to the State Board of Education for
administration, and the funds of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction shall be administered as heretofore.

33331. The Department of Education may expend the moneys in any
appropriation heretofore or hereafter made for the support of the
State Board of Education.

33332. The Director of Finance may give the Director of Education
authority to accept on behalf of, and in the name of, the state such
gifts, donations, bequests, and devises as may be made to the
Department of Education, or to any school or other institution
administered by the Director of Education or the Department of
Education, which in his judgment would be of benefit to the state
and, if made to a school or other institution, would be of benefit to
the school or other institution. Gifts, donations, bequests, and
devises may be made subject to such conditions or restrictions as the
Director of Education may deem advisable.

33333. Money received under Section 33332 may, with the approval of
the Director of Finance, be deposited by the Director of Education
to the credit of the department or of the school or institution
designated by him or her, in accounts in banks, or credit unions, or
transmitted by him or her to the State Treasurer for deposit in trust
accounts. Withdrawals may be made from the bank or credit union
account or trust account by the Director of Education or any employee
of the Department of Education authorized by him or her to make
withdrawals therefrom.

33334. All moneys received by or for any school under the
jurisdiction of the Department of Education from any agency of the
federal government, directly or indirectly, for the education of
veterans, is hereby appropriated for the support of such school in
addition to such other funds as may be appropriated therefor by the
Legislature.

33335. For the purposes of Government Code Section 11032, the
following constitute, among other proper purposes of like or
different character, state business for officers and employees of the
Department of Education for which the officers and employees shall
be allowed actual and necessary traveling expenses:
(a) Attending meetings of any national association or organization
having as its principal purpose the study of matters relating to
education or to a particular field or fields of education, or any
agency of such association.
(b) Conferring with officers or employees of the United States, or
appearing before committees of either house of the Congress of the
United States, relative to problems relating to education in
California.
(c) Conferring with officers or employees of other states engaged
in the performance of similar duties.
(d) Obtaining information useful to the department in the conduct
of its work.
When traveling is outside the state, traveling and expense shall
be approved by the Governor and Director of Finance as provided in
Government Code Section 11032.

33337. It is the intent of the Legislature that, for the 1989-90
fiscal year and each year thereafter, funds shall be provided to the
State Department of Education through the annual Budget Act for the
purposes of carrying out the duties of the department in connection
with Section 33127 of, Article 2 (commencing with Section 1240) of
Chapter 2 of Part 2 of, Article 2 (commencing with Section 1620) of
Chapter 5 of Part 2 of, Article 3 (commencing with Section 14050) of
Chapter 1 of Part 9 of, Article 2 (commencing with Section 35010) of
Chapter 1 of Part 21 of, and Article 2 (commencing with Section
42120) of Chapter 6 of Part 24 of, the Education Code.