SECTIONS 960-987 - California Statutes

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 960-987

960. This article shall be construed in conformity with the intent
as well as the expressed provisions thereof, and the governing board
of any adjustment school may do all those lawful acts that it deems
necessary to promote the prosperity of the adjustment school, or to
promote the well-being and education of all minors entrusted to its
charge.

961. The terms and provisions of Article 25 (commencing with
Section 900) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 and Section 579
shall, so far as applicable, govern and control proceedings under
this article.

962. The boards of supervisors or other governing bodies of
counties and cities and counties may organize, establish, equip, and
maintain, including the purchase of suitable sites and the
construction of suitable buildings, adjustment schools in each county
or city and county for the purpose of furnishing to minors under the
age of 18 years pursuant to this article, care, custody, education,
training, and adjustment to good citizenship, which shall be
continuous and uninterrupted during the period the minors remain in
school.

963. The boards of supervisors of two or more counties may by
regularly adopted resolutions or ordinances duly entered on the
minutes or proceedings of their respective boards, unite in the
organization, establishment, equipment, and maintenance of adjustment
schools for the respective counties. In that event, the schools
shall be located in one or more of the counties as shall be mutually
agreed upon and designated in the resolutions or ordinances.

964. If adjustment schools are organized by only one county or city
and county, the government and management shall be vested in a
governing board which shall be either the board of education, or
similar school governing body, or the county probation committee of
the juvenile court, or a board of trustees composed of seven members
selected from both the board of education and the probation
committee, as may be determined or chosen in the exercise of sound
discretion by the board of supervisors or other governing body of the
county or city and county.

965. If the adjustment schools are organized by the joint action of
two or more counties, the boards of supervisors of the counties may
by concerted action by duly adopted resolutions entrust the
government and management to a governing board, which shall be any of
the following:
(a) The board of education of the county in which at least one
adjustment school is located.
(b) The probation committee of the juvenile court of the county in
which at least one adjustment school is located.
(c) A board of trustees composed of seven members who shall
represent all of the counties and each of whom may be selected from
either the county board of education or the probation committee of
the juvenile court of his or her respective county as shall be
determined in the joint resolutions of the boards of supervisors.

966. If a board of trustees is chosen to govern and manage the
adjustment school the term of office of the trustees shall be six
years, except that of the seven trustees first selected, two shall
hold office for two years, two shall hold office for four years, and
three shall hold office for six years. Each of the two-, four-, and
six-year terms shall be assigned by lot to each of the seven
trustees.

967. The governing board shall make all needful rules and
regulations for the transaction of business and for the management
and government of the adjustment school under its jurisdiction, and
it shall see that proper care, custody, education, and training are
provided for the minors under its care, to the end that the minors
shall be adjusted to good citizenship and prepared to become
honorable, self-supporting members of society.

968. The governing board shall make all contracts for the
organization, establishment, including the purchase of a suitable
site and the construction of suitable buildings, equipment,
operation, and maintenance of the adjustment school that may be
necessary or advisable. In no event shall the amount of money
appropriated for any such purpose or other limitation prescribed by
law or by order of the governing board, be exceeded or violated.

969. No member of the governing board, nor officer, nor employee of
any adjustment school shall be interested, personally, directly, or
indirectly, in any contract, purchase, or sale made, or in any
business carried on in behalf of the school. Any money paid on the
contracts or sales may be recovered by a civil suit, and the
governing board upon the proof of such interest shall remove from
office immediately the member, officer, or employee.

970. The governing board of the adjustment school shall appoint a
superintendent, not of its own number, who shall be a person
qualified by training and experience for the character of work to be
performed at the adjustment school, and who shall hold office at the
pleasure of the governing board.

971. The governing board shall determine the number, title, duties,
and terms of office of all other officers and employees and shall
fix their salaries, and that of the superintendent.

972. The superintendent of the adjustment school shall, before
entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, make and file with
the governing board an oath that he or she will faithfully and
impartially discharge his or her duties. The superintendent shall
also file with the governing board a bond, running to the State of
California in a sum the board may determine, and with sureties to be
approved by the board, conditioned upon the faithful performance of
his or her duties. The premium of the bond shall be a part of the
cost of maintaining the adjustment school.

973. The superintendent, after making and filing the bond, shall,
subject to the direction of the governing board, be invested with the
custody of the lands, buildings, and all other property pertaining
to or under the control of the adjustment school. The superintendent
shall account to the governing board in the manner it may require for
all property entrusted to the superintendent and for all money
received by him or her as superintendent of the adjustment school, or
for any of the minors entrusted to its care.

974. The superintendent shall also, subject to the direction of the
governing board, appoint all officers and employees of the
adjustment school, who shall hold office at the pleasure of the
superintendent. The superintendent shall exercise the supervisory,
executive, and managing powers that are conferred upon him or her by
the governing board.

975. The superintendent shall reside in the adjustment school or
one of the adjustment schools under his or her jurisdiction and shall
be furnished suitable quarters, furniture, food supplies, and
laundry for himself or herself and his or her family. The governing
board may make similar provision for other officers and employees
that the interests of the adjustment school may in its judgment
require to reside on the premises.

976. The adjustment school shall receive into its care, custody,
and control all boys and girls under 18 years of age who are
committed to it by order of the juvenile court of the county or city
and county maintaining or contributing to the maintenance of the
adjustment school.

977. Any minor who has been committed to the care, custody, and
control of any adjustment school shall remain in the school for the
duration of the period provided in the order of commitment, or until
further order of the juvenile court.

978. The juvenile court shall review the order of commitment at
least once each year, and upon review the court may continue,
terminate, or modify the order of commitment.

979. If at any time in the opinion of the superintendent of the
adjustment school the further detention of the minor is detrimental
to the interests of the school, the minor may immediately, upon order
of the superintendent, be returned to the committing court, and the
court may revoke its previous order, and proceedings may be resumed
where they were suspended when the commitment was made.

980. The governing board of any adjustment school shall cause the
school to be conducted as may seem best calculated to carry out the
intentions of this article.

981. There shall be organized a course of study, corresponding as
far as practicable with the course of study in the public schools of
the state.

982. There shall be provided in the adjustment school the proper
facilities and equipment for vocational and trade training, in
addition to other public school education or training that may be
determined upon by the governing board. Vocational or trade training
education shall be given to each minor while under the care of the
adjustment school, to the end that he or she may upon discharge be
qualified for honorable and self-supporting employment.

983. Any order of the juvenile court committing a minor to the
care, custody, and control of an adjustment school may provide the
expense of his or her support and maintenance by directing that the
expense be paid in whole or in part by his or her parent, guardian,
or other person liable for his or her support and maintenance.

984. If the adjustment school is organized, established, equipped,
and maintained by only one county or city and county, the entire
expense of the school shall be borne by the county or city and
county, and the board of supervisors, or other governing body of the
county or city and county shall make due and annual provision
therefor. The necessary items of expense shall be set forth in the
annual budget of the county or city and county.

985. If an adjustment school is organized, established, equipped,
and maintained by two or more counties, the initial expense of
organizing, establishing, and equipping the school shall be
apportioned between each of the counties on a pro rata basis in the
ratio that the number of children of school age residing in each
county bears to the number of children of school age residing in all
of the counties.

986. The annual expense of maintaining the school by two or more
counties, shall be apportioned between the counties on a pro rata
basis in the ratio that the average daily enrollment of minors placed
in the school from each county during the preceding year bears to
the total average daily enrollment in the school from all of the
counties during the year.

987. The governing board shall require any officer entrusted with
money belonging to an adjustment school or to any of the minors
entrusted to its care, or any officer placed in a position of trust
and responsibility in the custody of property or in the handling of
supplies belonging to the school, to file with the board a bond with
sureties approved by the board and in a sum that it may determine,
conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties required, and
upon the faithful accounting of all money and property coming into
his or her hands or under his or her control by virtue of his or her
office. The premiums on the bonds shall be a part of the cost of
maintaining the adjustment school.