California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 856

Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 72, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.

The board of supervisors may provide for the establishment of a public elementary school and of a public secondary school in connection with any juvenile hall, juvenile house, day center, juvenile ranch, or juvenile camp, or residential or nonresidential boot camp for the education of the children in those facilities.

Cite this section

Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 856 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/wic/division-2-children/part-1-delinquents-and-wards-of-the-juvenile-court/chapter-2-juvenile-court-law/article-23-wards-and-dependent-children-juvenile-halls/section-856

Other sections in Article 23 - Wards and Dependent Children—Juvenile Halls

§ 850§ 851§ 851.1§ 852§ 853§ 854§ 855§ 856§ 857§ 858§ 862§ 870§ 871§ 871.5§ 872§ 873

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