CHAPTER 4. Compensatory Education Programs for Disadvantaged Children [54400. - 54529.]
Chapter 4 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.
§§ 54400–54529 · 48 sections
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…