SECTIONS 41505-41508 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 41505-41508

41505. (a) There is hereby established the pupil retention block
grant. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall apportion block
grant funds to a school district in the same relative statewide
proportion that the school district received in the 2003-04 fiscal
year for the programs listed in Section 41506, adjusted for changes
in program participation by school districts in the 2004-05 fiscal
year. For purposes of this subdivision, funding received in the
2003-04 fiscal year shall, because of the circumstances of deferrals
and deficits, include funding attributable to the 2003-04 fiscal year
regardless of the actual date of its receipt.
(b) A school district may expend funds received pursuant to this
article for any purpose authorized by the programs listed in Section
41506 as the statutes governing those programs read on January 1,
2004.
(c) For purposes of this article, "school district" includes a
county office of education if county offices of education are
eligible to receive funds for the programs that are listed in Section
41506. The block grant of a county office of education shall be
based only on those programs for which it was eligible to receive
funds in the 2003-04 fiscal year.

41506. The pupil retention block grant shall include funding
previously apportioned to school districts for purposes of the
following programs:
(a) Supplemental instruction as set forth in Article 1 (commencing
with Section 53025) of Chapter 16, and Chapter 18 (commencing with
Section 53091), of Part 28.
(b) Continuation high schools as set forth in Section 42243.7.
(c) High-Risk Youth Education and Public Safety as set forth in
Part 26.95 (commencing with Section 47750).
(d) Tenth grade counseling as set forth in Sections 48431.6 and
48431.7.
(e) Opportunity programs as set forth in Article 1 (commencing
with Section 48630) and Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 48643)
of Chapter 4 of Part 27. The pupil retention block grant shall not
include funding apportioned to county offices of education for
opportunity schools and programs administered under Sections 48640
and 48641.
(f) (1) Dropout prevention and recovery as set forth in Article 6
(commencing with Section 52890) and Article 7 (commencing with
Section 52900) of Chapter 12 of Part 28, Article 3 (commencing with
Section 54660) and Article 7 (commencing with Section 54720) of
Chapter 9 of Part 29, and Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 58550)
of Part 31. A school district that received funds pursuant to the
programs listed in this subdivision in the 2004-05 fiscal year shall
utilize funds received pursuant to this article to maintain at least
the same number of outreach consultants as described in Section 52890
that were utilized by the school district in the 2004-05 fiscal
year.
(2) A school district shall place consultants in schools that have
at least 50 percent of pupils eligible for the federal free and
reduced price lunch program and that are eligible for funds under
Title I of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C.
Sec. 6301 et seq.).
(g) Early intervention for school success as set forth in Article
4.5 (commencing with Section 54685) of Chapter 9 of Part 29.
(h) An at-risk youth program operated by the Los Angeles Unified
School District that is funded pursuant to Item 6110-280-0001 of
Section 2.0 of the annual Budget Act.

41507. A school district that receives funds pursuant to this
article shall have a school level advisory committee as required
pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 52000) of Part 28, as
that chapter read on January 1, 2004, and shall have a single school
plan that incorporates the requirements of Sections 52014 and 52015,
as those sections read on January 1, 2004.

41508. Commencing with the 2006-07 fiscal year, the amount of
funding a school district receives pursuant to this article shall be
adjusted for inflation by the amount calculated pursuant to Section
42238.1 and for growth as measured by the regular average daily
attendance used to calculate the second principal apportionment for
kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, unless otherwise provided
in the annual Budget Act.