SECTIONS 33500-33501 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 33500-33501

33500. The Legislature hereby declares that there is further need
to encourage the adoption of new or improved educational ideas,
practices, and techniques in solving critical educational problems in
preschool, elementary, and secondary schools throughout the state.
In recognition of the need for the planning and developing of new
programs involving a wide range of new approaches designed to improve
the quality of education available in this state, this chapter is
expressly enacted to foster innovation and create change in
education, based on research and proven need. It is the purpose of
this chapter to bring purposeful change and experimentation to
schools throughout the state, through the use of all available
resources of the state.
The Legislature further finds that there are in existence a large
number of permanent commissions, committees, and councils, some of
which have overlapping duties and functions, and some of which have
been perpetuated beyond the original need or purpose for which
created. In order to provide a more economical, efficient, and
logical structure to educational policymaking, it is the intent of
the Legislature to create three levels of educational advisory
bodies: educational policy advisory commissions, educational advisory
committees, and educational task forces.

33501. The following definitions shall apply to educational
advisory bodies created by this chapter:
(a) An "educational policy advisory commission" is an advisory
body to the State Board of Education composed of professional and lay
members, as defined by this code. Such groups are established to
advise the State Board of Education within the general policy areas
to which they are charged. The Superintendent of Public Instruction
or his representative shall serve as executive secretary to each
educational policy advisory commission.
(b) An "educational advisory committee" is an advisory body to the
Superintendent of Public Instruction composed of educational
specialists, technical experts, or specially qualified members of the
public, or any combination thereof. Such committees are established
to advise the Superintendent of Public Instruction on the
administration of programs with which he is charged, and such
committees serve at his pleasure.