§ 44050. — 44050. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 580, Sec. 1.)

California § 44050.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code EDC: Education Code - EDC
• Div.: 3.
• Title 2.: DIVISION 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
• Part 25.: PART 25. EMPLOYEES
• Ch. 1.: CHAPTER 1. Employees
• Art. 2.: ARTICLE 2. Rights and Duties

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(a)
A local educational agency, or a person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation offering or conducting private school instruction at the elementary or high school level, that maintains a section on employee interactions with pupils in its employee code of conduct shall do both of the following:
(1)
Commencing July 1, 2018, provide a written copy of the
section on employee interactions with pupils in its code of conduct to the parent or guardian of each enrolled pupil at the beginning of each school year.
(2)
Commencing January 1, 2018, post the section on employee interactions with pupils in its code of conduct, or provide a link to it, on each of its schools’ Internet Web sites, or, if a school of a local educational agency does not have its own Internet Web site, on the local educational agency’s Internet Web site, in a manner that is accessible to the public without a password.
(b)
A local educational agency may satisfy the requirement to provide a written copy of the section on employee interactions with pupils in its code of conduct to the parent or guardian of each enrolled pupil by including the section on
employee interactions with pupils in its code of conduct in the notice required pursuant to Section 48980.
(c)
For purposes of this section, a local educational agency includes a school district, county office of education, or charter school.
(d)
This section shall not be construed to require a local educational agency, a school within a local educational agency, or a private school to create an Internet Web site if it does not have one.
(e)
This section does not apply to a private school composed of parents or guardians working exclusively with their own children.

Legislative History

Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. (AB 500) Effective January 1, 2018.