SECTIONS 54340-54348 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 54340-54348

54340. The tests selected by the State Board of Education for
purposes of the experimental programs in mathematics shall be
provided and distributed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction
free of charge, as needed, to school districts participating in the
programs.

54341. Beginning with the 1968-1969 fiscal year and each fiscal
year thereafter, a school district which maintains elementary grades
and participates in the mathematics specialist program may apply for
an allowance for the employment of mathematics specialist teachers.
Application shall be made in accordance with rules and regulations
adopted by the Superintendent of Public Instruction on forms that he
shall furnish. No allowance for a mathematics specialist program
shall be made to a school district unless the Superintendent of
Public Instruction approves the district application and certifies
that standards, requirements and criteria of the State Board of
Education are met by the district.

54342. Allowances for the mathematics specialist program shall be
made by the Superintendent of Public Instruction from funds
appropriated therefor by the Legislature. The allowances shall be
made as early as practicable in the fiscal year.

54343. Allowances for the mathematics specialist program shall be
made by the Superintendent of Public Instruction in accordance with a
system of priorities that he shall by rule and regulation adopt,
designed to carry out the intent and purpose of the Legislature
stated in Section 54300. As a basis for such system of priorities,
the Superintendent of Public Instruction, upon receipt of all
applications for a fiscal year, shall determine and use the relative
financial ability of each applicant district as measured by the
assessed valuation per unit of average daily attendance in the
district. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may use additional
factors as a basis for a system of priorities as long as such
factors are not in conflict with the intent and purpose of the
Legislature.
The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall make no allowances
in any year in excess of the amount appropriated by the Legislature
for the purposes of this chapter.

54344. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allow to each
district eligible to receive an allowance for the mathematics
specialist program an amount equal to the total of salaries to be
paid mathematics specialists employed by the district, diminished by
the product of the ratio which the assessed valuation per unit of
average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year in
kindergarten and grades 1 through 8, inclusive, in the district bears
to the assessed valuation per unit of such average daily attendance
in the state and one-half of the total of salaries to be paid
mathematics specialists employed in the district.

54345. From funds appropriated therefor by the Legislature, the
Superintendent of Public Instruction shall pay the costs of the
regional in-service training programs for specialized teachers in
mathematics including the salaries of persons employed to provide
instruction and training. From such funds teachers in attendance
shall be reimbursed for living and traveling expenses necessarily
incurred for such purposes, and shall be paid a nominal stipend. All
expenses incurred for training of the supervisors or administrators,
or both, shall be borne by the districts.

54346. From funds which may be appropriated therefor, the
Superintendent of Public Instruction shall reimburse school districts
for the expenses incurred, pursuant to contractual arrangement, in
securing the participation and cooperation of colleges and
universities in providing the accelerated instructional program in
mathematics in grades 7 to 12, inclusive.

54347. The State Board of Education and the Superintendent of
Public Instruction shall take all necessary actions and steps to
ensure that all federal funds which may be made available for any of
the experimental pilot programs provided for under Article 2
(commencing with Section 54340) shall be received and utilized for
those purposes.

54348. All disbursements of state funds under this article shall be
made by warrants drawn by the State Controller upon order of the
Superintendent of Public Instruction.