SECTIONS 41510-41514 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 41510-41514

41510. (a) There is hereby established the school safety
consolidated competitive grant. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, commencing with the 2005-06 fiscal year, the Superintendent
of Public Instruction, in partnership with the Attorney General's
Office, shall distribute grant funds through a competitive process to
school districts in order to carry out one or more of the purposes
for which the programs listed in Section 41511 and Article 10.4
(commencing with Section 35294.10) of Chapter 2 of Part 21 were
established, as the statutes governing those programs read on January
1, 2004. A grant may be made for up to a five-year period.
(b) If a school district has a school safety plan for each of the
schools under its jurisdiction, a school district may expend funds
received pursuant to this article subject to the parameters,
conditions, or guidelines established by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction and the Attorney General's office for this purpose. For
purposes of this article, a school safety plan may be integrated into
any single plan developed by a school.
(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
41511. 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.

41511. Funding for the school safety consolidated competitive grant
shall include the funding previously apportioned to school districts
for carrying out the purposes of the following programs:
(a) Safe school planning and partnership minigrants, as funded
pursuant to Item 6110-226-0001 of Section 2.00 of the annual Budget
Act.
(b) School community policing as set forth in Article 6
(commencing with Section 32296) of Chapter 2.5 of Part 19.
(c) Gang-risk intervention as set forth in Chapter 5.5 (commencing
with Section 58730) of Part 31.
(d) Safety plans for new schools, as funded pursuant to Item
6110-228-0001 of Section 2.00 of the annual Budget Act. Grant funds
distributed to a school district in order to carry out the purpose of
this subdivision are offsetting revenues within the meaning of
subdivision (e) of Section 17556 of the Government Code for any
reimbursable mandated cost claim for the development of school safety
plans as required by Section 32281 of the Education Code. A school
district that accepts funds in order to carry out the purpose of this
subdivision shall reduce its estimated and actual mandate
reimbursement claim by the amount of funding provided to it in order
to carry out the purposes of this subdivision.
(e) School community violence prevention, as funded pursuant to
Item 6110-228-0001 of Section 2.00 of the annual Budget Act.
(f) Conflict resolution, as funded pursuant to Item 6110-228-0001
of Section 2.00 of the annual Budget Act.

41512. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall work in
partnership with the Office of the Attorney General to ensure proper
and efficient distribution of grant funds to school districts in
order to carry out one or more of the purposes for which the programs
listed in Section 41511 and Article 10.4 (commencing with Section
35294.10) of Chapter 2 of Part 21 were established, as the statutes
governing those programs read on January 1, 2004.

41513. The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Attorney
General's office shall adopt emergency regulations to implement this
article as soon as possible.

41514. Funds appropriated for purposes of this article are
available for encumbrance for five years from the date of
appropriation.