{"data":{"id":"us-ca/edc-51540","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EDC § 51540","heading":"","body":"In the public elementary and high schools or in public elementary and high school school-sponsored activities and classes held elsewhere than on school premises, live vertebrate animals shall not, as part of a scientific experiment or any purpose whatever:\n(a) Be experimentally medicated or drugged in a manner to cause painful reactions or induce painful or lethal pathological conditions.\n(b) Be injured through any other treatments, including, but not limited to, anesthetization or electric shock.\nLive animals on the premises of a public elementary or high school shall be housed and cared for in a humane and safe manner.\nThe provisions of this section are not intended to prohibit or constrain vocational instruction in the normal practices of animal husbandry.","path":["Education Code - EDC","TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [33000. - 65001.]","DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES [46000. - 65001.]","PART 28. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS [51000. - 53303.]","CHAPTER 4. Prohibited Instruction [51500. - 51540.]","ARTICLE 5. Humane Treatment of Animals [51540. - 51540.]"],"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":"d3db1c2c02c718a80dfd52ce77fa8707d40880960eb6f15de1afd2770c2a41f1","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/edc-51530","next":"us-ca/edc-51705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}