California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 28 - Adjustment Schools

• Section 960.
  This article shall be construed in conformity with the intent as well as the expressed provisions thereof, and the governing board of any adjustment school...
• Section 961.
  The terms and provisions of Article 25 (commencing with Section 900) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 and Section 579 shall, so...
• Section 962.
  The boards of supervisors or other governing bodies of counties and cities and counties may organize, establish, equip, and maintain, including the purchase of suitable...
• Section 963.
  The boards of supervisors of two or more counties may by regularly adopted resolutions or ordinances duly entered on the minutes or proceedings of their...
• Section 964.
  If adjustment schools are organized by only one county or city and county, the government and management shall be vested in a governing board which...
• Section 965.
  If the adjustment schools are organized by the joint action of two or more counties, the boards of supervisors of the counties may by concerted...
• Section 966.
  If a board of trustees is chosen to govern and manage the adjustment school the term of office of the trustees shall be six years,...
• Section 967.
  The governing board shall make all needful rules and regulations for the transaction of business and for the management and government of the adjustment school...
• Section 968.
  The governing board shall make all contracts for the organization, establishment, including the purchase of a suitable site and the construction of suitable buildings, equipment,...
• Section 969.
  No member of the governing board, nor officer, nor employee of any adjustment school shall be interested, personally, directly, or indirectly, in any contract, purchase,...
• Section 970.
  The governing board of the adjustment school shall appoint a superintendent, not of its own number, who shall be a person qualified by training and...
• Section 971.
  The governing board shall determine the number, title, duties, and terms of office of all other officers and employees and shall fix their salaries, and...
• Section 972.
  The superintendent of the adjustment school shall, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, make and file with the governing board an...
• Section 973.
  The superintendent, after making and filing the bond, shall, subject to the direction of the governing board, be invested with the custody of the lands,...
• Section 974.
  The superintendent shall also, subject to the direction of the governing board, appoint all officers and employees of the adjustment school, who shall hold office...
• Section 975.
  The superintendent shall reside in the adjustment school or one of the adjustment schools under his or her jurisdiction and shall be furnished suitable quarters,...
• Section 976.
  The adjustment school shall receive into its care, custody, and control all boys and girls under 18 years of age who are committed to it...
• Section 977.
  Any minor who has been committed to the care, custody, and control of any adjustment school shall remain in the school for the duration of...
• Section 978.
  The juvenile court shall review the order of commitment at least once each year, and upon review the court may continue, terminate, or modify the...
• Section 979.
  If at any time in the opinion of the superintendent of the adjustment school the further detention of the minor is detrimental to the interests...
• Section 980.
  The governing board of any adjustment school shall cause the school to be conducted as may seem best calculated to carry out the intentions of...
• Section 981.
  There shall be organized a course of study, corresponding as far as practicable with the course of study in the public schools of the state.(Added...
• Section 982.
  There shall be provided in the adjustment school the proper facilities and equipment for vocational and trade training, in addition to other public school education...
• Section 983.
  Any order of the juvenile court committing a minor to the care, custody, and control of an adjustment school may provide the expense of his...
• Section 984.
  If the adjustment school is organized, established, equipped, and maintained by only one county or city and county, the entire expense of the school shall...
• Section 985.
  If an adjustment school is organized, established, equipped, and maintained by two or more counties, the initial expense of organizing, establishing, and equipping the school...
• Section 986.
  The annual expense of maintaining the school by two or more counties, shall be apportioned between the counties on a pro rata basis in the...
• Section 987.
  The governing board shall require any officer entrusted with money belonging to an adjustment school or to any of the minors entrusted to its care,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018