(a) “Educational travel organization” or “organization” means a person, partnership, corporation, or other entity who offers educational travel programs for students residing, in the State of California.

(b) “Student traveler” or “student” means a person who is enrolled in elementary or secondary school, grade kindergarten through grade 12, at the time an educational travel program is arranged with an educational travel organization.

Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 17552

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: includes any individual, partnership, firm, association, or corporation. See California Business and Professions Code 17506
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Business and Professions Code 21

(c) “Educational travel program,” means travel services, as defined in Section 17550.9, that are arranged through or offered to an elementary or secondary school in this state, and where the services are represented to include an educational program as a component.

(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 772, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)