SECTIONS 35290-35293 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 35290-35293

35290. The governing board of any school district shall maintain
schools and classes as provided by law.

35291. The governing board of any school district shall prescribe
rules not inconsistent with law or with the rules prescribed by the
State Board of Education, for the government and discipline of the
schools under its jurisdiction. The governing board of each school
district which maintains any of grades 1 through 12, inclusive, may,
at the time and in the manner prescribed by Sections 48980 and 48981,
notify the parent or guardian of all pupils registered in schools of
the district of the availability of rules of the district pertaining
to student discipline.

35291.5. (a) On or before December 1, 1987, and at least every four
years thereafter, each public school may, at its discretion, adopt
rules and procedures on school discipline applicable to the school.
For schools that choose to adopt rules pursuant to this article, the
school discipline rules and procedures shall be consistent with any
applicable policies adopted by the governing board and state statutes
governing school discipline. In developing these rules and
procedures, each school shall solicit the participation, views, and
advice of one representative selected by each of the following
groups:
(1) Parents.
(2) Teachers.
(3) School administrators.
(4) School security personnel, if any.
(5) For junior high schools and high schools, pupils enrolled in
the school.
Meetings for the development of the rules and procedures should be
developed and held within the school's existing resources, during
nonclassroom hours, and on normal schooldays.
The final version of the rules and procedures on school discipline
with attendant regulations may be adopted by a panel comprised of
the principal of the school, or his or her designee, and a
representative selected by classroom teachers employed at the school.
It shall be the duty of each employee of the school to enforce the
rules and procedures on school discipline adopted under this
section.
(b) The governing board of each school district may prescribe
procedures to provide written notice to continuing pupils at the
beginning of each school year and to transfer pupils at the time of
their enrollment in the school and to their parents or guardians
regarding the school discipline rules and procedures adopted pursuant
to subdivision (a).
(c) Each school may file a copy of its school discipline rules and
procedures with the district superintendent of schools and governing
board on or before January 1, 1988.
(d) The governing board may review, at an open meeting, the
approved school discipline rules and procedures for consistency with
governing board policy and state statutes.

35291.7. Additional employees may not be hired and substitute
teachers may not be utilized in order to comply with the requirements
of Sections 35291 and 35291.5.

35292. The governing board of any school district shall visit each
school in its district at least once each term, and examine carefully
into the management, needs, and conditions of the schools. In any
school district which employs district or city superintendents of
schools, it shall either visit the schools or provide that they shall
be visited by the district or city superintendent of schools or his
assistants.

35292.5. (a) Every public and private school maintaining any
combination of classes from kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive,
shall comply with all of the following:
(1) Every restroom shall at all times be maintained and cleaned
regularly, fully operational and stocked at all times with toilet
paper, soap, and paper towels or functional hand dryers.
(2) The school shall keep all restrooms open during school hours
when pupils are not in classes, and shall keep a sufficient number of
restrooms open during school hours when pupils are in classes.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a school may temporarily
close any restroom as necessary for pupil safety or as necessary to
repair the facility.
(c) Any school district that operates a public school that is in
violation of this section as determined by the State Allocation
Board, is ineligible for state deferred maintenance fund matching
apportionments pursuant to Section 17584 if the school district has
not corrected the violation within 30 days after receipt of a written
notice of the violation from the board. Prior to determining that
the school district is ineligible, the board shall provide the school
district with a reasonable opportunity to cure the violation. The
board shall notify the Superintendent of Public Instruction regarding
a school district found to be in violation of this section. The
Superintendent of Public Instruction shall notify the Controller to
withhold apportionments otherwise due the school district under
Section 17584.

35293. The governing board of any school district shall maintain
all of the elementary day schools established by it, and all of the
day high schools established by it with equal rights and privileges
as far as possible.