School districts: auxiliary organizations.

Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and provides for their funding and governance. Existing law establishes school districts throughout the state to administer the public elementary and secondary schools within their respective jurisdictions. This bill would authorize school districts to establish auxiliary organizations, as defined, for purposes of providing supportive services and specialized programs for the general benefit of schoolsites, as defined. The bill, among other things, would require a school district that establishes an auxiliary organization, in accordance with regulations adopted by the State Department of Education, to institute an accounting and reporting system for the operation of the auxiliary organization, and procedures to ensure that transactions of the auxiliary organization are within the educational mission of the school district, as specified.