Section 60048.
Cal. Education Code - EDC § 60048.
in effect(a)
Basic instructional materials, and other instructional materials required to be legally and socially compliant pursuant to Sections 60040 to 60047, inclusive, including illustrations, that provide any exposure to a commercial brand name, product, or corporate or company logo in a manner that is inconsistent with guidelines or frameworks adopted by the State Board of Education may not be adopted by a school district governing board.
(b)
The governing board of a school district
may not adopt basic instructional materials, and other instructional materials required to be legally and socially compliant pursuant to Sections 60040 to 60047, inclusive, including illustrations, that contain a commercial brand name, product, or corporate or company logo unless the governing board makes a specific finding pursuant to the criteria set forth in paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 60200 that the use of the commercial brand name, product, or corporate or company logo in the instructional materials is appropriate.
(c)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the publisher of instructional materials to include whatever corporate name or logo on the instructional materials that is necessary to provide basic information about the publisher, to protect its copyright, or to identify third party sources of content.
(d)
The state board may adopt
regulations that provide for other allowable exceptions to this section, as determined by the state board.
(e)
The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop, and the State Board of Education shall adopt, guidelines to implement this section.
References
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 60040.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 60041.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 60042.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 60043.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 60044.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 60045.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 60046.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 60047.
referencesCal. Education Code - EDC § 60200.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026