There is in the state government a State Department of Education. Any reference to the Department of Education shall be deemed to be a reference to the State Department of Education, unless the context otherwise requires.

The Department of Education shall be administered through:

The Department of Education shall be conducted under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of Education.

The Superintendent of Public Instruction is ex officio Director of Education.

The provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180), Chapter 2, Part 1, Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, shall govern and apply to the conduct of the Department of Education in every respect as if such provisions were herein set forth at length.

Wherever in Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180), Chapter 2, Part 1, Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the term “head of the department,” or similar designation occurs, it shall, for the purposes of Section 33304, of this code mean the Director of Education.

The Department of Education is the successor to, and is vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the State Board of Education as they existed on July 30, 1921, of the board of directors of the California School for the Deaf and the Blind, and of the several officers, deputies, and employees of such bodies and offices.

The Department of Education shall be in possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land, and other property, real or personal, now or hereafter held for the benefit of the bodies, offices, and officers whose duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction are transferred to and vested in the Department of Education.

The Department of Education shall administer and enforce all laws now or hereafter imposing any duty, power, or function upon any of the bodies, offices, officers, deputies, or employees transferred to the Department of Education under the provisions of Section 33306.

The State Department of Education shall adopt guidelines to be disseminated to parents or guardians of pupils that describe the procedures that a parent or guardian can follow in filing a complaint of child abuse, as defined in Section 11165.6 of the Penal Code, with the school or a child protective services agency against a school employee or other person that commits an act of child abuse, as defined in Section 11165.6 of the Penal Code, against a pupil at a schoolsite.

In addition to the Division of Libraries of the Department of Education, established by law, the State Board of Education may, upon recommendation of the Director of Education, establish such divisions as in the judgment of the board are necessary for the proper transaction of the business of the department.

The State Department of Education may sell any educational materials and directories related to its scope and duties.

When the Department of Education fixes the price of any publication, it shall specify the class of persons or institutions that may receive copies of the publication free of charge.

Any county, or any school district, in this state may purchase the publications described in Sections 33309 to 33313, inclusive, from the Department of Education.

All moneys received from the sale of materials pursuant to Section 33310 of the Education Code shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the fund against which the cost of printing the publication was charged.

The State Board of Education may, upon recommendation of the Director of Education, establish in the Department of Education a school library consultant service to assist and advise local school districts in the establishment, development, and improvement of school libraries in the elementary and secondary schools of the state.

education programs established pursuant to Sections 8500 to 8538, inclusive, and Sections 52500 to 52617, inclusive.

filing of complaints that allege unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying against any protected group as identified under Sections 200 and 220 and Section 11135 of the Government Code, including any actual or perceived characteristic as set forth in Section 422.55 of the Penal Code, or on the basis of a person’s association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, in any program or activity conducted by an educational institution, as defined in Section 210.3, that is funded directly by, or that receives or benefits from, any state financial assistance.

for foster youth, homeless youth, and other youth pursuant to Section 51225.1.

health and safety issues for a California state preschool program pursuant to Section 8235.5.

California Code of Regulations.

5.1 (commencing with Section 4600) of Division 1 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations, the local educational agency shall take corrective actions consistent with the requirements of existing law that will provide a remedy to the affected pupil, or, in the case of complaints related to subparagraphs (I), (J), (K), and (L) of paragraph (1), to all affected pupils, parents, and guardians. For corrective actions related to subparagraph (I), remedies shall, where applicable, include reasonable efforts by the public school to ensure full reimbursement.

Regulations.

(A) The self-identified protected group of the complainant, if voluntarily provided.

(B) A description of the complaint received.

(C) Any action taken by the department in response to the complaint and the timeline for that action.

(D) The disposition of the complaint.

the report shall be sufficiently deidentified to prevent the identification of the individuals involved in the complaint.

The State Department of Education shall do all of the following: