SECTIONS 41530-41533 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 41530-41533

41530. (a) There is hereby established the professional development
block grant. Commencing with the 2005-06 fiscal year, the
Superintendent 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 41531.
(b) A school district may expend funds received pursuant to this
article for either of the following:
(1) Any purpose authorized by the programs listed in Section
41531, as the statutes governing those programs read on January 1,
2004.
(2) (A) To compensate new and existing mathematics, science, and
special education teachers in schools ranked, in the 2008-09 school
year or any subsequent school year, in decile 1, 2, or 3 of the
Academic Performance Index, in a manner separate from the uniform
allowance for years of training and years of service, as permitted
pursuant to the exception described in paragraph (1) of subdivision
(a) of Section 45028.
(B) A school district that utilizes the authority granted in this
subdivision shall submit an annual report to the Superintendent, the
chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the
chairperson and vice chairpersons of the education policy committees
of each house of the Legislature, and the Director of Finance of the
amount of funds used pursuant to this paragraph to compensate
mathematics, science, and special education teachers.
(c) For the 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
41531. 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.

41531. The professional development block grant shall include
funding apportioned to school districts prior to January 1, 2005, for
purposes of the following programs:
(a) Staff development as set forth in Article 7.5 (commencing with
Section 44579) of Chapter 3 of Part 25.
(b) Teaching as a Priority Block Grant as set forth in Chapter
3.36 (commencing with Section 44735) of Part 25.
(c) Intersegmental programs funded pursuant to Item 6110-197-0001
of Section 2.00 of the annual Budget Act.

41532. 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.

41533. A school district that receives a grant pursuant to this
article may expend a portion of those funds to provide to each of its
teachers two hours of training in the prevention of youth suicide.
The training provided pursuant to this section shall not exceed two
hours, and may occur during a regularly scheduled inservice training
day.