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Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 896
Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
Part of Article 24.5: Regional Youth Educational Facilities, California Welfare and Institutions Code.
Full text of Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 896
Statutory text current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of California.
(a) The Board of State and Community Corrections shall establish minimum performance standards for programs of education and training and for qualifications of personnel for all youth educational facilities in the program, including local continuation and intensive supervision components. These standards and qualifications shall be designed to achieve program goals such as an increase in the educational level of participants, better community protection and offender accountability, and preparation of participants to return to the community as responsible and productive members. (b) Every person in charge of a regional youth educational facility, which, in the preceding calendar year, was used for confinement, for more than 24 hours, of any minor, shall certify annually to the board that the facility is in conformity with the standards adopted by the board under subdivision (a). The board may provide forms and instructions to local jurisdictions to facilitate compliance with this subdivision. (c) The custodian of each regional youth educational facility shall make any reports as may be required by the board to effectuate the purposes of this section.
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