Education Code section 16322
(a)
It shall assist school districts in organizing a comprehensive planning effort. It shall guide a planning process through its appropriate steps and, when requested by a school district, it shall provide the school district with sources of expertise, either public or private, which may be able to contribute to the development of plans to find solutions for specific problems a school district may have.(b)
It shall provide continuing research in relation to all phases of educational programs and the school facilities that are required to implement these educational programs.(c)
It shall provide a review and evaluation service to school districts to assure the effectiveness of the facilities that have been provided in accommodating educational programs.(d)
It shall provide communication media through publications and seminars, and prepare planning guides and procedures containing recommendations, which guides shall be used to disseminate educational planning information to all school districts.(a)
A statement of the educational programs and goals of the district in relation to its programs, both current and future.(b)
A comprehensive evaluation and report of the utilization of the school facilities now existing in the district together with preliminary plans of the facilities to be reconstructed or replaced under this article, prepared in accordance with the requirements of Section 17302 or 81138.(c)
A comprehensive demographic study of the district, as it currently exists and as projected into the future.(d)
A policy statement regarding actual or potential human problems.(e)
A policy statement as to the priority in which the district proposes to solve its school housing problems.(f)
A policy statement regarding cooperation with other local public agencies to achieve total community development.(g)
A policy to insure continuous review so that plans will be kept up to date and changing conditions will be reviewed and accommodated by appropriate revision of plans.
Source:
Section 16322, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=16322.
(accessed Apr. 24, 2025).