SECTIONS 58914-58915.5 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 58914-58915.5

58914. (a) School districts and consortia of school districts
interested in applying for a demonstration grant may first obtain a
planning grant from the state.
(b) The application for the planning grant shall be a letter of
intent to submit a proposal for restructuring education which is
signed by the governing board of the applicant school district or
consortium of school districts, provided that the collective
bargaining representative has been consulted prior to submittal of
the application.

58915. (a) Each applicant school district shall develop a
demonstration proposal in consultation with businesses, colleges or
universities, other organizations as appropriate, classroom teachers,
school level administrators, other school personnel, including the
various categories of classified employees, parents, and the
collective bargaining representative for certificated and classified
employees of the school district.
(b) Each demonstration proposal shall be submitted jointly by the
applicant school district and the collective bargaining
representative of the certificated employees of the school district.
(c) Each demonstration proposal shall include, but need not be
limited to, all of the following:
(1) A description of the elements to restructure education in the
applicant school or schools over the five-year demonstration period.
(2) Proof that the demonstration proposal has been developed in
accordance with Section 58915, and that agreement has been reached by
the governing board or boards of applicant districts and each of the
respective collective bargaining representatives for certificated
school employees.
(3) A spending plan for demonstration funds, including evidence of
the incorporation of state funds, and to the extent feasible,
federal and private funds, into the demonstration of restructuring in
education.
(4) A description of an evaluation plan to assess the degree of
success toward achieving the intended restructuring outcomes. The
plan shall describe all outcome measurements in authentic performance
terms for pupils and staff.
(5) Agreement by the school district to cooperate with the
independent evaluation conducted pursuant to this chapter.
(d) Any demonstration proposal may include one or more requests to
waive provisions of the Education Code or state regulations pursuant
to Sections 33050 and 33051, or Article 12 (commencing with Section
44666) of Chapter 3 of Part 25, as necessary or desirable, to
effectively implement the district's restructuring proposal.

58915.5. School districts and schools, in preparing and
implementing demonstration proposals, and the Superintendent of
Public Instruction, in reviewing and recommending to the State Board
of Education, and the board, in selecting proposals to be funded,
shall ensure that demonstration activities do not in any way promote
or perpetuate racial, ethnic, gender, or socioeconomic isolation or
segregation among pupils.