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California Education Law and Policy Flashcards

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  1. Under California's Progressive Discipline framework (AB 420), schools are required to:

    Answer: Exhaust all other means before suspending students for willful defiance

    AB 420 significantly restricted willful defiance suspensions and requires schools to use restorative and other alternatives before removing students from class.

  2. California Education Code requires that certificated employees receive written notice of non-reelection (first-year probationary teachers) no later than:

    Answer: March 15 of the school year

    California Education Code Section 44929.21 requires first-year probationary teachers to receive non-reelection notice by March 15 to be effective for the following year.

  3. Under California's Uniform Complaint Procedures (UCP), which types of complaints can be filed with a school district?

    Answer: Complaints about violations of state and federal laws governing educational programs, including civil rights

    The UCP provides a process for resolving complaints about violation of state and federal educational laws, including civil rights protections, special education, and categorical programs.

  4. California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) replaced which previous state funding system?

    Answer: The revenue limit and categorical program funding system

    LCFF replaced the complex web of revenue limits and over 50 categorical programs with a streamlined formula that provides extra funding for high-need students.

  5. A California administrator discovers that a teacher has been using corporal punishment in the classroom. Under California Education Code Section 49001, this is:

    Answer: Prohibited in all California public schools regardless of parental consent

    California Education Code Section 49001 prohibits corporal punishment in all public schools, and parental consent does not override this prohibition.

  6. Under California Education Code, a student's cumulative record must be maintained for how long after the student leaves the district?

    Answer: Until the student's 25th birthday or 3 years after leaving, whichever is later

    California requires student records to be retained until the student turns 25 or for three years after they leave the district, whichever is longer.