California Education Code ARTICLE 8.5 - School Instructional Gardens

• Section 51795.
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) School gardens provide an interactive, hands-on learning environment in which pupils learn composting and waste management techniques,...
• Section 51796.
  (a) The Instructional School Gardens Program is hereby established for the promotion, creation, and support of instructional school gardens through the allocation of grants, and through...
• Section 51796.2.
  (a) A school district, charter school, or county office of education may apply to the Superintendent for funding for a three-year grant under this article in...
• Section 51796.5.
  As a condition of the receipt of funds pursuant to this article, a school district, charter school, or county office of education, within six months...
• Section 51797.
  During its annual discretionary grant funding process, the California Integrated Waste Management Board shall give preferential consideration to providing an appropriate level of funding to...
• Section 51798.
  A school district, charter school, or county office of education that is operating a school garden may sell produce grown in the school garden, regardless...

Last modified: October 22, 2018