California Education Code Statutory History

Education Code: Laws relating to education have been part of California’s laws from the state’s earliest beginnings in 1850. Over the last two centuries, major education codification reforms have taken place with regularity, such as in 1931, 1943, 1959, and 1976, just to identify a few of the nonsubstantive recodification efforts. To obtain an accurate legislative history of any Education Code statute, the section needs to be traced to the correct origination legislation and not to any of the nonsubstantive re-codification bills.

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Education Code Sections

Section 80: Derived from former 1943 Education Code § 21, enacted in 1943.

Section 1000: Derived from former School Code § 2.1260.

Section 1002: Derived from former Education Code § 302, enacted in 1957.

Section 1042: Derived from former Education Code § 316.5, enacted in 1953.

Section 1080: Derived from former Education Code § 671, enacted in 1963.

Section 4000: Derived from former Education Code § 3141, enacted in the 1966 First Extraordinary Session.

Section 4020: Derived from former Education Code § 3163, enacted in 1965.

Section 8448: Enacted in 1984.

Section 15146: Derived from former Political Code § 1746, enacted in 1909.

Section 17078.62: Added in 2002 and amended twice thereafter.

Section 17280(b): Derived from former Education Code § 15451, enacted in 1959.

Section 17402: Derived from former Education Code § 18352, as enacted in 1957.

Section 17406: Derived from former Education Code § 18355, enacted in 1957.

Section 17417: Derived from former Education Code § 18362, enacted in 1957.

Sections 17515 and 17536: Derived in part from former Education Code § 16175, enacted in 1963.

Section 17604: Derived from former Education Code § 18071, enacted in 1957.

Section 18449: Derived from former Education Code § 28284, enacted in 1968.

Section 22115: Derived from former Education Code § 14276.6, enacted in 1953.

Section 22119.2(b): Derived from former School Code § 5.801, enacted in 1937.

Section 22119.5(b): Enacted in 1995.

Section 22134: Derived from former Education Code § 14276.6, enacted in 1955.

Section 22134.5: Added in 2000 and amended eight time thereafter.

Section 22711: Derived from former Education Code § 22706.5, enacted in 1980.

Section 22723: Derived from former Education Code § 14006, enacted in 1974.

Section 35031(b): Derived from former Political Code § 1793, enacted in 1881.

Section 35041.5: Derived from former Education Code § 945.1, enacted in 1975.

Section 35145.5: Derived from former Political Code § 1740, enacted in 1909.

Section 35233: Derived in part from former Political Code § 1876, enacted in 1872.

Section 35330: Derived from former School Code § 1.90, enacted in 1931.

Section 35331: This section may have been derived from former School Code §§ or from the 1943 Education Code.

Section 35756.5(b): Enacted in 1982.

Section 38119: Derived from former Education Code § 16522 in 1959; also derived from former Education Code § 40014, enacted in 1976.

Section 41344: Added in 1999.

Section 41344.1: Added in 2002.

Section 41372: Derived from former School Code §§ 4.702 to 4.704, enacted in 1929.

Section 41382: Enacted in 1970.

Section 42127.6Derived from former Education Code § 42127.6, enacted in 1991.

Section 44014: Derived from former Education Code § 12916, formerly §12915, added in 1965.

Section 44064: Derived from former Education Code § 13054, enacted in 1961.

Section 44065: Derived from former Education Code § 13055, enacted in 1961.

Section 44355: Added in 1980 and never amended.

Section 44662: Derived from former Education Code § 13487, enacted in 1971.

Section 44663: Derived from former Education Code § 13488, enacted in 1971.

Section 44909: Derived from former Education Code § 13099.1, enacted in 1943.

Section 44913: Derived from former Education Code of 1943, § 13099.4, enacted in 1949.

Section 44917: Derived from former Political Code § 1609, enacted in 1917.

Section 44918: Derived from former Education Code § 13336.5, enacted in 1963.

Section 44922: Derived from former Education Code § 13337.7, enacted in 1974.

Section 44929.21: Derived from former School Code § 5.500, enacted in 1931.

Section 44931: Derived from former 1943 Education Code § 13502, enacted in 1945.

Section 44932: Derived from former Political Code § 1609, enacted in 1917.

Section 44933: Derived from former Education Code §  13403.5, enacted in 1965.

Section 44934: Derived from former Political Code § 1609, enacted in 1917.

Section 44938: Derived from former Political Code § 1609, enacted in 1917.

Section 44944: Derived from former Political Code § 1609, enacted in 1917.

Section 44951: Derived from former Education Code § 13443.6, enacted in 1969.

Section 44955: Derived from former Political Code § 1609, enacted in 1917.

Section 44956: Derived from former Political Code § 1609, enacted in 1917.

Section 44963: Derived from former Education Code § 13671.5, enacted in 1955.

Section 44977: Derived from School Code § 5.750, enacted in 1931.

Section 44987: Enacted in 1978.

Section 45028: Derived from former Political Code § 1687, enacted in 1872.

Section 45102: Derived from former Education Code § 13580.5, added in 1974.

Section 45110: Derived from former Education Code § 13582.1, enacted in 1969.

Section 45130: Derived from former Education Code § 13590.4, added in 1968.

Section 45136: Derived from former Education Code § 13593, enacted in 1963.

Section 45137: Derived from former Education Code § 13593.1, added in 1967.

Section 45196: Derived from former Education Code § 13651.6, enacted in 1969.

Section 45272: Derived from School Code § 5.798 enacted in 1935.

Section 45304: Derived from former School Code § 5.798a, enacted in 1935.

Section 45307: Derived from former School Code § 5.798a, enacted in 1935.

Section 46145: Added in 1983.

Section 47604: Enacted in 1998.

Section 47605: Enacted in 1992.

Section 47613: Added in 1998.

Section 48900: Derived in part from former Political Code § 1685, added by original 1872 California codification.

Section 52055.57: Enacted in 2004.

Section 66602: Derived from former § 22601 of the 1959 Education Code, enacted in 1960 First Extraordinary Session.

Section 68044: Derived from former Education Code § 22839, enacted in 1972.

Section 68120: Derived from former Education Code § 23060, enacted in 1970.

Section 68120.5: Added in 2002.

Section 72000: Derived from former Political Code §§ 1575 and 1586, enacted in 1919.

Section 72670: Derived from former Education Code § 25544, enacted in 1972.

Section 81335: Derived from former Education Code § 18355, enacted in 1957.

Sections 87482 and 87482.5: Derived in part from former Education Code § 13337.5, enacted in 1967.

Section 88117: Derived from former School Code § 5.798, enacted in 1935.

Section 89005.5: Added in 1982 and amended in 2001 and 2002.

Sections 94847, 94848 and 94950: Derived in part from former Education Code § 94350, enacted in 1984.