(a) The Superintendent may, with the approval of the state board, identify county offices of education in need of intervention.

(b) The Superintendent shall only intervene in a county office of education identified pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 52072.5 and where the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence determines that the county office of education meets either of the following criteria:

(1) The county office of education has failed, or is unable, to implement the recommendations of the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence pursuant to Section 52072.5.

(2) The inadequate performance of the county office of education, based upon an evaluation rubric adopted pursuant to Section 52064.5, is either so persistent or acute as to require intervention by the Superintendent.

(c) For county offices of education identified pursuant to subdivision (a), the Superintendent may, with the approval of the state board, do one or more of the following:

(1) Make changes to a local control and accountability plan adopted by the county board of education.

(2) Develop and impose a budget revision, in conjunction with revisions to the local control and accountability plan, that the Superintendent determines would allow the county office of education to improve the outcomes for all pupil subgroups identified pursuant to Section 52052 in regard to state and local priorities.

(3) Stay or rescind an action, if that action is not required by a local collective bargaining agreement, that would prevent the county office of education from improving outcomes for all pupil subgroups identified pursuant to Section 52052 in regard to state or local priorities.

(4) Appoint an academic trustee to exercise the powers and authority specified in this section on the Superintendent’s behalf.

(d) The Superintendent shall notify the county board of education and the county superintendent of schools, in writing, of any action by the state board to direct the Superintendent to exercise any of the powers and authorities specified in this section.

(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 48, Sec. 77. (SB 114) Effective July 10, 2023.)