SECTIONS 52920-52922 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 52920-52922

52920. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the
International Baccalaureate Diploma Program is a comprehensive and
rigorous two-year curriculum, leading to examinations for high school
pupils. Its objectives are to provide pupils with a balanced
education, to facilitate geographic and cultural mobility, and to
promote international understanding through a shared academic
experience. Successful International Baccalaureate Diploma candidates
pursue a specific, intensive, balanced liberal arts course of study
and must pass rigorous examinations in seven curricula areas.
Successful International Baccalaureate Diploma candidates are
typically granted substantial advanced placement credit at the finest
colleges and universities in the nation. The academic content and
rigor of the instruction and examinations in International
Baccalaureate Diploma Programs is governed and continuously monitored
by the International Baccalaureate Organization in Geneva,
Switzerland.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a system of
appropriate incentives to encourage high schools to offer the
intensive, rigorous course of instruction leading to International
Baccalaureate Diplomas and to encourage pupils in these schools to
enroll in, attempt, and pass the rigorous International Baccalaureate
Diploma course of study and the rigorous examinations leading to the
International Baccalaureate Diploma.

52921. School districts that operate an International Baccalaureate
Diploma Program shall submit by October 1 of each school year the
following information to the State Department of Education:
(a) The number of pupils enrolled in courses leading to an
International Baccalaureate Diploma in each school district.
(b) The number of teachers in each school district attending
training programs offered by the International Baccalaureate North
America, Inc.
(c) The number of teachers in each school district participating
in pre-International Baccalaureate support programs for the
International Baccalaureate Diploma Program.
(d) The amount of money spent by the school district to provide or
participate in the programs specified in subdivisions (a) to (c),
inclusive.

52922. (a) From funds appropriated for the purpose of this chapter,
the Superintendent shall annually allocate to each school district,
on behalf of each high school or middle school within the district
that offers an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, the
amount of up to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each
participating high school and middle school to cover the ongoing
costs of professional development required by the program and to help
pay the test fees for low- and middle-income pupils in need of
financial assistance, in accordance with criteria adopted by the
Superintendent.
(b) The amount provided in subdivision (a) shall be increased
annually by a cost-of-living adjustment, based on the same percentage
increase that is provided to the revenue limits of unified school
districts with 2,501 or more units of average daily attendance.
(c) The total amount allocated pursuant to subdivision (a) shall
not exceed the total amount of the funds appropriated for those
purposes in the annual Budget Act or another statute. If funds are
insufficient to fully fund all grants authorized, annual grants shall
first be allocated pursuant to subdivision (a) to those schools that
were funded in the prior fiscal year and in the amount of the prior
fiscal year grant with second priority given to high schools and
middle schools that have the highest percentage of pupils from
low-income families.