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TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 33000-65001›DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES 46000-65001›PART 27. PUPILS 48000-49703›CHAPTER 6. Pupil Rights and Responsibilities 48900-49056›ARTICLE 1. Suspension or Expulsion 48900-48927

§ 48909

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

When a petition is requested in juvenile court or a complaint is filed in any court alleging that a minor of compulsory school attendance age or any pupil currently enrolled in a public school in a grade to and including grade 12 is a person who (a) has used, sold, or possessed narcotics or other hallucinogenic drugs or substances; (b) has inhaled or breathed the fumes of, or ingested any poison classified as such in Section 4160 of the Business and Professions Code; or (c) has committed felonious assault, homicide, or rape the district attorney may, within 48 hours, provide written notice to the superintendent of the school district of attendance, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 827 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and to the pupil’s parent or guardian.

(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1202, Sec. 1.)

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