TITLE 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS 1-32500›DIVISION 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS 1-32500›PART 10.5. SCHOOL FACILITIES 17210-17653›CHAPTER 3. Construction of School Buildings 17251-17375›ARTICLE 3. Approvals 17280-17317

§ 17286

California Education Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Where the primary use of either a building or complex within which the building is situated, operated by an official or board of a city, city and county or county, is for purposes other than educational, such as, but not limited to, correctional, forestry, or hospital purposes, the building shall not be considered to be a “school building” within the meaning of Section 17283 notwithstanding any educational use thereof incidental to the primary purpose.

(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)

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