{"data":{"id":"us-ca/edc-14550","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EDC § 14550","heading":"","body":"(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local education agency’s obligations pursuant to law may not be avoided through participation in a joint powers authority.\n(b) A local education agency’s financial obligations to the state may not be avoided through participation in a joint powers authority.\n(c) A local education agency’s participation in a joint powers authority may not relieve the local education agency of any financial obligation or responsibility in such a way as to shift costs or liability to the state unless the state entity undertaking the obligation is a party to the joint powers agreement and expressly agrees in the agreement to undertake the obligation.\n(d) A local educational entity retains ultimate responsibility over its obligations in case of default by a joint powers authority in which it participates.","path":["Education Code - EDC","TITLE 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS [1. - 32527.]","DIVISION 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS [1. - 32527.]","PART 9. FINANCE [14000. - 14550.]","CHAPTER 4. Retention of Local Obligations [14550. - 14550.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"27a007ce59dc3fee838b5c30cfb0b721650aae6e493a990d059b9f4d78fbb5bc","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/edc-14509","next":"us-ca/edc-14600"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}