SECTIONS 41570-41573 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 41570-41573

41570. (a) There is hereby established the school and library
improvement block grant. Commencing with the 2005-06 fiscal year, 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 41571.
(b) (1) Except as specified in paragraph (2), a school district
may expend funds received pursuant to this article for any purpose
authorized by the programs listed in Section 41571, as the statutes
governing those programs read on January 1, 2004.
(2) If a school district did not participate before January 1,
2004, in the school improvement program as set forth in Chapter 6
(commencing with Section 52000) of Part 28, the school district shall
use grant funds received pursuant to this article for school library
materials as set forth in Article 7 (commencing with Section 18180)
of Chapter 2 of Part 11, as that article 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
41571. 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.

41571. The school and library improvement block grant shall include
funding previously apportioned to school districts for purposes of
the following programs:
(a) School library materials as set forth in Article 7 (commencing
with Section 18180) of Chapter 2 of Part 11.
(b) School improvement programs as set forth in Chapter 6
(commencing with Section 52000) of Part 28.

41572. A school district that receives funds pursuant to this
article shall have a school level advisory committee as required by
Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 52000) of Part 28, as it read on
January 1, 2004, and shall have a single school plan that
incorporates the requirements of Sections 18181, 52014, and 52015, as
those sections read on January 1, 2004.

41573. Commencing with the 2006-07 fiscal year, the amount of
funding a school district receives pursuant to this article shall be
adjusted annually for inflation by the amount calculated pursuant to
Section 42238.1 and for growth as measured by enrollment in
kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, as reported in the CBEDS
report, unless otherwise provided in the annual Budget Act. For
purposes of this subdivision, "CBEDS report" means the report
submitted by the school district to the department for purposes of
the California Basic Education Data System.