SECTIONS 54750 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 54750

54750. (a) Commencing with the 2009-10 school year, when funds
become available for additional partnership academies within the
total number of grants available for all partnership academies
pursuant to Section 54691, the Superintendent shall issue grants for
the establishment of partnership academies and shall give priority to
the establishment of partnership academies dedicated to educating
pupils in the emerging environmentally sound technologies until no
less than one green technology partnership academy has been
established in each of the nine economic regions established by the
state. The academies may include, but are not limited to,
technologies that educate pupils in the following areas:
(1) Energy audits that include a determination of energy savings.
(2) Retrofitting and weatherization activities that increase
energy efficiency and conservation.
(3) Energy-efficient and water-efficient buildings.
(4) Retrofitting and installing energy-efficient household
appliances, windows, doors, insulation, and lighting.
(5) Retrofitting and installing water and energy conservation
technologies in existing homes, industrial buildings, and commercial
and public buildings, to improve efficiency, including the use of
energy and water management technologies and control systems.
(6) The design, construction, manufacture, sale, assembly,
installation, and maintenance of energy-efficient technologies and
renewable energy facilities, or the component parts of renewable
energy technologies.
(7) Energy-efficient technologies or practices and renewable
energy production, or the component parts of renewable energy plants
and energy distribution, including energy storage; energy
infrastructure, including transmission; transportation, including
logistics; and water and wastewater, including water conservation.
(8) Performance and low-emission vehicle technology, automotive
computer systems, mass transit fleet conversion, and the servicing
and maintenance of those technologies.
(9) Pollution prevention and hazardous and solid waste reduction.
(10) Ocean, soil, or water conservation, or forestation strategies
to mitigate climate change impacts.
(b) (1) The selection of school districts to establish the green
technology partnership academies and the planning and development of
the green technology partnership academies shall be conducted
pursuant to the procedures and requirements established in Section
54691 for all partnership academies. The planning grants shall be
made available for academies pursuant to this article from the total
number of grants established pursuant to Section 54691.
(2) In the event a school district applies to convert an existing
school program to a partnership academy and meets all the criteria
for a partnership academy pursuant to Section 54692 and paragraph
(3), the department, in coordination with the Superintendent, may
provide that academy with first-year implementation funds, as
appropriate.
(3) (A) In order to be eligible for funding pursuant to this
article, the coursework and internship or preapprenticeship programs
of the proposed academy shall focus on the use of environmentally
sound technologies and practices. The proposed academy shall
demonstrate this through its efforts to obtain input from
environmental industry, utilities, and professional trade
organizations.
(B) Staff development opportunities also shall be included in the
academy plans to ensure that teaching staff has the opportunity to be
educated in the use of emerging technologies and to become familiar
with new materials and current practices in the field.
(c) The priority established in this section may be satisfied when
the specified number of green technology partnership academies
meeting the requirements of this article are funded by any of, or a
combination of, funds appropriated for the establishment of
partnership academies.