SECTIONS 44777.1-44777.7 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 44777.1-44777.7

44777.1. In enacting this chapter, it is the intent of the
Legislature to foster the establishment of regional Latino heritage
resource centers to increase educational opportunities for the
teachers and pupils of California. Towards that end, the Legislature
intends to provide one-time funding to help establish regional Latino
heritage resource centers, in partnership with nonprofit agencies
which have demonstrated success in attaining private and governmental
support for this purpose on a regional basis.

44777.2. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall designate
nonprofit agencies to serve as regional Latino heritage resource
centers. In order to be eligible to be designated as a regional
Latino heritage resource center, a nonprofit agency shall demonstrate
all of the following:
(a) A sound programmatic and fiscal plan to do all of the
following on a regional basis:
(1) Develop a variety of high-quality permanent and changing
exhibits on Latino history, art, and culture encompassing North,
Central, and South America.
(2) Provide teacher training activities.
(3) Provide educational services for elementary and secondary
school pupils.
(b) Success in attracting private and public financial support for
the development of its Latino heritage exhibits and educational
programs.
(c) That it will be providing educational services previously
unavailable to pupils and teachers in the region including the
development of a referral assistance program for teachers on Latino
heritage issues, and the development of publications and audio-visual
materials on Latino history, art, and culture.
(d) That its current efforts would be improved qualitatively and
quantitatively.
(e) That it will collect and preserve Latino cultural heritage and
artifacts.

44777.3. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allocate
the funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter to applicant
regional Latino heritage resource centers. The superintendent shall
review each center's application for funding to ensure that the funds
will be used only for the purposes authorized in this chapter.

44777.4. Funds allocated to regional Latino heritage resource
centers pursuant to Section 44777.3 shall be used by the centers only
for initial development costs of exhibits, collections, and teacher
training materials in Latino heritage, encompassing history, art, and
culture.

44777.5. Funds allocated to a regional Latino heritage resource
center pursuant to this chapter shall supplement and not supplant
funding for the efforts of these centers to develop collections and
to provide teacher training or educational services to public
schools.

44777.6. For the 1995-96 fiscal year, the Superintendent of Public
Instruction shall designate one regional Latino heritage resource
center to receive funding pursuant to this chapter.

44777.7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, "moneys to be
applied by the state," as used in subdivision (b) of Section 8 of
Article XVI of the California Constitution, includes funds
appropriated for Latino heritage resource centers pursuant to this
chapter, whether or not those funds are allocated to school
districts, as defined in Section 41302.5, or community college
districts.