{"data":{"id":"us-ca/edc-44861","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EDC § 44861","heading":"","body":"A substitute principal holding a valid teacher’s credential of the same grade as the school to be administered may be employed without meeting the requirements of Section 44860 to meet an emergency for not more than five months of any school year.","path":["Education Code - EDC","TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [33000. - 65001.]","DIVISION 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION [35000. - 45500.]","PART 25. EMPLOYEES [44000. - 45500.]","CHAPTER 4. Employment—Certificated Employees [44800. - 45061.5.]","ARTICLE 2. Employment [44830. - 44929.]"],"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":"2ebbdb7007d482b6b4c4b691c8cb92bb7b960c0d7751da21c40ce23db02a0ee8","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/edc-44860","next":"us-ca/edc-44862"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}