Sections
16 entriesSection 1Requires the Legislature to encourage, by every suitable means, intellectual, scientific, moral, and agricultural improvement. The duty rests on the stated finding…Section 2Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to be elected statewide at each gubernatorial election and to begin serving on the first Monday…Section 2.1Requires the State Board of Education, upon the Superintendent of Public Instruction’s nomination, to appoint one deputy and three associate superintendents for…Section 3Allows each county’s school superintendent to be elected at gubernatorial elections or appointed by the county board of education, with the selection…Section 3.1Requires the Legislature to prescribe qualifications for county school superintendents and classify counties for that purpose, notwithstanding contrary constitutional provisions. Requires each…Section 3.2Allows any two or more chartered or nonchartered counties, or a combination, to establish one joint education board and one joint county…Section 3.3Allows a county charter, or an amendment to one, to provide for election of county board of education members and establish their…Section 5Requires the Legislature to establish a common-school system that keeps and supports a free school in every district for at least six…Section 6Requires non-substitute certificated school-district employees working full time to receive at least $2,400 annually and bars transferring public schools outside the Public…Section 6½Allows school districts spanning more than one county and permits those districts to issue bonds under applicable general laws. Authorizes officers named…Section 7Requires the Legislature to provide for appointment or election of the State Board of Education and for a board of education in…Section 7.5Requires the State Board of Education to adopt textbooks for statewide use in grades one through eight. Requires those adopted textbooks to…Section 8Prohibits appropriation of public money to support sectarian or denominational schools or any school not exclusively controlled by public-school officers. Also prohibits…Section 9Establishes the University of California as a public trust governed by the Regents, comprising seven ex officio and 18 Senate-approved gubernatorial members,…Section 14Allows the Legislature by general law to incorporate, organize, and classify school, high school, and community college districts of every kind. Allows…Section 16Allows city charters to govern education-board election or appointment timing, terms, qualifications, compensation, removal, and size. Requires any charter change affecting a…