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PART 29. PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED PUPILS [54000. - 54804.]

Part 29 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 54000–54804 · 109 sections

  1. CHAPTER 1. Educationally Disadvantaged Youth Programs §§ 54000–54029 · 22 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 54000–54008 · 10 sections
      • § 54000 It is the intent of the Legislature to provide quality educational opportunities for all children in the public schools. The Legislature recognizes that a wide…
      • § 54001 From the funds appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of this chapter, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with the approval of the State Board…
      • § 54003 Under rules and regulations established by the State Board of Education, participating school district governing boards shall evaluate the effectiveness of…
      • § 54004.1 For fiscal year 1979–80 and each year thereafter, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall apportion funds available for programs in accord with…
      • § 54004.3 It is the intent of the Legislature to provide all districts receiving impact aid with sufficient flexibility to design and administer an intra-district…
      • § 54004.5 Under the rules and regulations established by the State Board of Education, school districts receiving entitlements for the 1979–80 year and thereafter under…
      • § 54004.7 The intradistrict allocation plan shall assure adequate support to any school to provide programs appropriate to the educational needs of limited- and…
      • § 54005 The State Board of Education shall adopt regulations setting forth the standards and criteria to be used in the administration, monitoring, evaluation, and…
      • § 54007 In approving projects pursuant to this chapter, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with the concurrence of the Director of Finance, may, upon the…
      • § 54008 Expenditures pursuant to this chapter shall be considered to be categorical program expenditures within the meaning of Section 52165 and therefore subject to…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Economic Impact Aid §§ 54020–54029 · 12 sections
      • § 54020 It is the intent of the Legislature that funds authorized pursuant to this chapter replace, as of July 1, 1979, funds previously authorized to support…
      • § 54021 For the 2006–07 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall make the following calculations for each school district: (a) Using the methodology specified in Section…
      • § 54021.1 (a) The Superintendent shall make the following calculations for each school district: (1) For the 2010–11 fiscal year, after calculating the economic impact…
      • § 54021.2 (a) Commencing with the 2010–11 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, a juvenile court school operated by a county superintendent of schools shall be…
      • § 54022 For the 2006–07 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, each school district shall receive the amount of economic impact aid determined by the…
      • § 54023 For each fiscal year, the economic impact aid-eligible pupil count shall be calculated for each school district as follows: (a) Determine the count of…
      • § 54024 The state board may, pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 33050) of Chapter 1 of Part 20, waive any statutory provision or regulation regarding the…
      • § 54025 (a) A school district shall expend economic impact aid funds to serve and assist English learners and economically disadvantaged pupils and may not expend…
      • § 54026 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Economically disadvantaged pupils” means either of the following, whichever is applicable:…
      • § 54027 If a school district reorganizes either by unification or by consolidation with another school district of similar type, the Superintendent shall calculate an…
      • § 54028 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this article are subject to Sections 62002.5 and 62004, and to the portions of Section 62003 that…
      • § 54029 As a condition of the receipt of economic impact aid funds, a school district shall post in an easily accessible location on its Internet Web site data related…
  2. CHAPTER 4. Compensatory Education Programs for Disadvantaged Children §§ 54400–54529 · 48 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 54400–54407 · 8 sections
      • § 54400 This chapter may be cited as the McAteer Act.
      • § 54401 The Legislature finds and declares that because of home, community, environmental and other conditions which give rise to language, cultural and economic…
      • § 54402 For purposes of this chapter, a “disadvantaged minor” is a minor who is potentially academically able but scholastically underachieving, and must compensate…
      • § 54403 A “program of compensatory education” is an undertaking by any school district maintaining any of grades kindergarten through 12, in the form prescribed by…
      • § 54404 Each county superintendent of schools is authorized, upon request, to provide consultative and coordination services for the school districts under his…
      • § 54405 (a) The State Board of Education may establish programs of the following types: (1) Establishment of new curricula or modification of existing curricula in…
      • § 54406 All compensatory preschool programs operated by school districts, regardless of source of funds, shall be subject to the regulations of the State Board of…
      • § 54407 The governing board of a school district, in its application, may request waiver of the provisions of any section or sections of this code for any compensatory…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Compensatory Education §§ 54420–54425 · 5 sections
      • § 54420 The purpose of this article is to establish criteria to guide local school districts in making applications for federal funds under the Elementary and…
      • § 54421 Each application of a local school district for federal funds or state funds shall include a comprehensive compensatory education plan which shall demonstrate…
      • § 54422 For purposes of applications for federal funds a plan should be comprehensive in scope, and may include any or all of the program components set out below. The…
      • § 54423 In addition, the district may propose other programs, subject to the approval of the Director of Compensatory Education, to include the following elements: (a)…
      • § 54425 (a) Whenever a districtwide school advisory committee on compensatory education programs has been established pursuant to a compensatory education plan, the…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Migrant Children §§ 54440–54445 · 13 sections
      • § 54440 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) A significant number of children under 18 years of age whose parents are migratory agricultural…
      • § 54441 The definitions set forth in this section shall govern the interpretation of this article. (a) “Currently migratory child” means a child who has moved with a…
      • § 54441.5 With the concurrence of the child’s parent, a child who has been identified as a “migrant child” may be deemed a migrant child for a period, not in excess of…
      • § 54442 The state board shall adopt a state master plan for services to migrant children. The plan shall include all of the following: (a) Instructional activities on…
      • § 54443 (a) Migratory children shall be served according to their needs in the following order: (1) School-aged currently migratory children. (2) School-aged former…
      • § 54443.1 Migrant education programs shall include all of the following: (a) An individual assessment of the educational and relevant health needs of each participating…
      • § 54444 In implementing the plan adopted by the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction is authorized to: (a) Contract with county…
      • § 54444.1 (a) In implementing the state master plan for services to migrant children, the Superintendent shall establish the service regional system as the primary…
      • § 54444.2 (a) The Superintendent shall take the steps necessary to ensure effective parental involvement throughout the state migrant education program, which shall…
      • § 54444.3 (a) Each operating agency receiving federal Title I Migrant Education funding shall conduct summer school programs for eligible migrant children in…
      • § 54444.4 (a) The responsibilities of parent advisory councils at the district, regional, and state levels shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:…
      • § 54444.5 The reorganization of service regions established pursuant to Section 54444.1 shall not affect the right to retain salary, leaves, and other benefits of…
      • § 54445 The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this article.
    4. ARTICLE 3.5. Newcomer Pupils §§ 54450–54451 · 2 sections
      • § 54450 (a) For purposes of this section, “newcomer pupil” has the same meaning as “immigrant children and youth,” as defined in Section 7011(5) of Title 20 of the…
      • § 54451 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the sum of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department…
    5. ARTICLE 4. Administration §§ 54460–54465 · 6 sections
      • § 54460 There is in the Department of Education the office of Director of Compensatory Education. The Director of Compensatory Education shall be appointed by the…
      • § 54461 The Director of Compensatory Education shall, under the policy direction of the State Board of Education and the administrative direction of the Director of…
      • § 54462 The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter, including rules and regulations which:…
      • § 54463 The State Board of Education, on the recommendation of the Director of Compensatory Education, shall, for purposes of this chapter, in accordance with the…
      • § 54464 The Director of Compensatory Education shall not recommend, and the State Board of Education shall not approve, a project or program in compensatory education…
      • § 54465 For all purposes of this chapter the Director of Compensatory Education may array and assign priorities to the programs of compensatory education maintained by…
    6. ARTICLE 5. Special Teacher Employment Programs §§ 54480–54486 · 7 sections
      • § 54480 From moneys specially appropriated therefor by the Legislature, grants shall be made to school districts pursuant to this article for projects approved by the…
      • § 54481 It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature that the money appropriated for the purposes of this article be expended primarily for the employment of…
      • § 54482 Noncertificated teachers’ aides employed under this article shall be under the immediate supervision and direction of certificated classroom teachers and shall…
      • § 54483 The Director of Compensatory Education, acting pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Education, upon the advice of the Directors of…
      • § 54484 Apportionments for purposes of this article shall be made upon order of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and by warrant of the State Controller. Moneys…
      • § 54485 Apportionments to a school district shall be in the form of grants, no part of which shall be required to be matched by a district as a condition to receiving…
      • § 54486 The Director of Compensatory Education shall require that the class size reduction project undertaken pursuant to this article be coordinated with and be an…
    7. ARTICLE 6. Preschool Followthrough Programs §§ 54520–54529 · 7 sections
      • § 54520 It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature by this article to ensure that the instructional program in the early elementary grades in the public schools…
      • § 54521 From funds which may be appropriated therefor by the Legislature, or from federal funds which may be made available for the purpose, grants may be made to…
      • § 54522 In accepting federal funds which may be made available for purposes of this article the people of the State of California agree to accept and comply with all…
      • § 54524 The State Board of Education shall provide for the establishment of pilot preschool followthrough programs and projects in schools maintaining grades…
      • § 54525 Pilot preschool followthrough programs and projects shall serve disadvantaged minors in kindergarten, and grades 1, 2, and 3, who have participated in…
      • § 54526 Pilot preschool followthrough programs and projects shall be established on the basis of a geographical dispersion throughout the state which is most…
      • § 54529 Federal funds which may be provided for purposes of this article shall bear all the costs of the administration of the provisions of this article by the State…
  3. CHAPTER 9. Miscellaneous Programs §§ 54680–54804 · 39 sections
    1. ARTICLE 4. Dream Resource Center Grant Program §§ 54680–54685.1 · 7 sections
      • § 54680 (a) The Dream Resource Center Grant Program is hereby established with the goal of creating Dream Resource Centers at schoolsites that serve pupils in grades 9…
      • § 54681 (a) The department shall administer the Dream Resource Center Grant Program, which shall be a four-year grant program. (b) (1) (A) A local educational agency,…
      • § 54682 (a) The department shall perform all of the following functions in the administration of the Dream Resource Center Grant Program: (1) Review applications and…
      • § 54683 (a) A grant recipient shall use the grant for either of the following purposes: (1) (A) To create a Dream Resource Center that provides pupils with the…
      • § 54684 On or before December 30, 2028, again on or before December 30, 2030, and again on or before December 30, 2032, the department shall submit a report to the…
      • § 54685 This article shall be implemented only upon an appropriation by the Legislature for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or other statute.
      • § 54685.1 (a) For the 2026–27 fiscal year, the sum of seventy five million dollars ($75,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the department to…
    2. ARTICLE 5. Partnership Academies §§ 54690–54697 · 8 sections
      • § 54690 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the partnership academies program has proven to be a highly effective state-school-private sector…
      • § 54691 Commencing with the 1993–94 fiscal year, from the funds appropriated for that purpose, the Superintendent shall issue grants to school districts maintaining…
      • § 54692 In order to be eligible to receive funding pursuant to this article, a school district shall provide all of the following: (a) An amount equal to a 100-percent…
      • § 54693 (a) The Superintendent shall establish eligibility criteria for school districts that apply for grants pursuant to this article. When establishing criteria,…
      • § 54694 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop guidelines with respect to the California Partnership Academies. The guidelines shall include, but not…
      • § 54695 (a) The ninth grade teachers and counselors in schools maintained by school districts approved to operate academies pursuant to this article shall identify…
      • § 54696 The Legislature finds that each new academy requires technical assistance for the academy team, administrators, teachers, and private sector participants in…
      • § 54697 (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall select an entity (the “evaluating entity”) to conduct a long-term evaluation of the Partnership Academies…
    3. ARTICLE 6. University and College Opportunities Program §§ 54700–54704 · 5 sections
      • § 54700 It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature that the University and College Opportunities Program provided for in this article shall be directed to improve…
      • § 54701 Any school district may apply to establish a University and College Opportunities Program with existing local or categorical funds. Any funds which may be…
      • § 54702 School districts participating in the University and College Opportunities Program may enter into contractual agreements with neighboring community colleges,…
      • § 54703 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prepare rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this article, including rules and…
      • § 54704 The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this article on or before March 1, 1983.
    4. ARTICLE 7.1. California School Age Families Education Program §§ 54740–54749.5 · 12 sections
      • § 54740 This article shall be known and may be cited as the California School Age Families Education Program (Cal-SAFE).
      • § 54741 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Adolescents, due to early pregnancy and childbearing, experience significant educational…
      • § 54742 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a comprehensive, continuous, and community linked school-based program that focuses on youth development…
      • § 54743 For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Case management” means a process that ensures that the pupil and child receive…
      • § 54744 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that communities implementing new programs or initiatives connect with existing program strategies and build upon…
      • § 54745 (a) In the administration of the Cal-SAFE program, the following provisions apply: (1) Participation by a school district or county superintendent of schools…
      • § 54746 (a) In meeting the goals of the program and responding to the individual needs and differences of pupils and their children to be served, the funded agency…
      • § 54746.5 (a) Local education agencies that are applying to operate a Cal-SAFE program pursuant to Section 54749 but which are not in full compliance may submit a…
      • § 54747 (a) A male or female pupil, 18 years of age or younger, may enroll in the Cal-SAFE program and be eligible for all services afforded to pupils enrolled if he…
      • § 54748 The duties of the State Department of Education include all of the following: (a) Provision of technical assistance, focused upon transition into the Cal-SAFE…
      • § 54749 (a) For the 2000-01 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, a school district or county superintendent of schools participating in Cal-SAFE is eligible…
      • § 54749.5 (a) County superintendents who operated pregnant minors programs in the 1979–80 fiscal year, or commenced operation during the 1996–97 fiscal year, shall…
    5. ARTICLE 7.5. Green Technology Partnership Academies § 54750 · 1 section
      • § 54750 (a) Commencing with the 2009–10 school year, when funds become available for additional partnership academies within the total number of grants available for…
    6. ARTICLE 7.7. Goods Movement Partnership Academies § 54760 · 1 section
      • § 54760 (a) Commencing with the 2009–10 school year, when funds become available for additional partnership academies within the total number of grants available for… see note
    7. ARTICLE 9. Supplemental Grants
    8. ARTICLE 10. California Student Author Program §§ 54800–54804 · 5 sections
      • § 54800 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The trend of low-income youth struggling to become proficient in reading and writing is a…
      • § 54801 There is hereby established the California Student Author Program to accomplish all of the following for public schoolage children from extremely low-income…
      • § 54802 (a) Any organization that is a grant recipient pursuant to Section 54804 shall implement the literacy program described in this section in the 2019–20 and…
      • § 54803 (a) Not later than January 1, 2022, the California State Library shall report to the Legislature on the outcomes of the California Student Author Program. The…
      • § 54804 (a) (1) The California State Library shall provide grant awards for purposes of this article to nonprofit organizations, public libraries, and local…