SECTIONS 64000-64001 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 64000-64001

64000. (a) The provisions of this part shall apply to applications
for funds under the following categorical programs:
(1) Bilingual education programs pursuant to Article 3 (commencing
with Section 52160) of Chapter 7 of Part 28.
(2) School-based coordinated categorical programs established
pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 52800) of Part 28.
(3) Economic Impact Aid programs established pursuant to Chapter 1
(commencing with Section 54000) of Part 29.
(4) The Miller-Unruh Basic Reading Act of 1965 pursuant to Chapter
2 (commencing with Section 54100) of Part 29.
(5) Compensatory education programs established pursuant to
Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 54400) of Part 29, except for
programs for migrant children pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with
Section 54440) of Chapter 4 of Part 29.
(6) Programs providing assistance to disadvantaged pupils under
Section 6312 of Title 20 of the United States Code, and programs
providing assistance for neglected or delinquent pupils who are at
risk of dropping out of school, as funded by Section 6421 of Title 20
of the United States Code.
(7) Capital expense funding, as provided by Title I of the
Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1001 et
seq.).
(8) California Peer Assistance and Review Programs for Teachers
established pursuant to Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 44500)
of Chapter 3 of Part 25.
(9) Professional development programs established pursuant to
Section 6601 of Title 20 of the United States Code.
(10) Innovative Program Strategies Programs established pursuant
to Section 7303 of Title 20 of the United States Code.
(11) Programs established under the federal Class Size Reduction
Initiative (P.L. 106-554).
(12) Programs for tobacco use prevention funded by Section 7115 of
Title 20 of the United States Code.
(13) School safety and violence prevention programs, established
pursuant to Article 3.6 (commencing with Section 32228) of Chapter 2
of Part 19.
(14) Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities programs
established pursuant to Section 7113 of Title 20 of the United States
Code.
(b) Each school district that elects to apply for any of these
state funds shall submit to the department, for approval by the state
board, a single consolidated application for approval or continuance
of those state categorical programs subject to this part.
(c) Each school district that elects to apply for any of these
federal funds may submit to the department for approval, by the state
board, a single consolidated application for approval or continuance
of those federal categorical programs subject to this part.

64001. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, school
districts shall not be required to submit to the department, as part
of the consolidated application, school plans for categorical
programs subject to this part. School districts shall assure, in the
consolidated application, that the Single Plan for Pupil Achievement
established pursuant to subdivision (d) has been prepared in
accordance with law, that schoolsite councils have developed and
approved a plan, to be known as the Single Plan for Pupil Achievement
for schools participating in programs funded through the
consolidated application process, and any other school program they
choose to include, and that school plans were developed with the
review, certification, and advice of any applicable school advisory
committees. The Single Plan for Pupil Achievement may also be
referred to as the Single Plan for Student Achievement. The
consolidated application shall also include certifications by
appropriate district advisory committees that the application was
developed with review and advice of those committees.
For any consolidated application that does not include the
necessary certifications or assurances, the department shall initiate
an investigation to determine whether the consolidated application
and Single Plan for Pupil Achievement were developed in accordance
with law and with the involvement of applicable advisory committees
and schoolsite councils.
(b) Onsite school and district compliance reviews of categorical
programs shall continue, and school plans shall be required and
reviewed as part of these onsite visits and compliance reviews. The
Superintendent shall establish the process and frequency for
conducting reviews of district achievement and compliance with state
and federal categorical program requirements. In addition, the
Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish the content of
these instruments, including any criteria for differentiating these
reviews based on the achievement of pupils, as demonstrated by the
Academic Performance Index developed pursuant to Section 52052, and
evidence of district compliance with state and federal law. The state
board shall review the content of these instruments for consistency
with state board policy.
(c) A school district shall submit school plans whenever the
department requires the plans in order to effectively administer any
categorical program subject to this part. The department may require
submission of the school plan for any school that is the specific
subject of a complaint involving any categorical program or service
subject to this part.
The department may require a school district to submit other data
or information as may be necessary for the department to effectively
administer any categorical program subject to this part.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, as a condition of
receiving state funding for a categorical program pursuant to Section
64000, and in lieu of the information submission requirements that
were previously required by this section prior to the amendments that
added this subdivision and subdivisions (e) to (i), inclusive,
school districts shall ensure that each school in a district that
operates any categorical programs subject to this part consolidates
any plans that are required by those programs into a single plan.
Schools may consolidate any plans that are required by federal
programs subject to this part into this plan, unless otherwise
prohibited by federal law. That plan shall be known as the Single
Plan for Pupil Achievement or may be referred to as the Single Plan
for Student Achievement.
(e) Plans developed pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 52054,
and Section 6314 and following of Title 20 of the United States Code,
shall satisfy this requirement.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the content of a
Single Plan for Pupil Achievement shall be aligned with school goals
for improving pupil achievement. School goals shall be based upon an
analysis of verifiable state data, including the Academic Performance
Index developed pursuant to Section 52052 and the English Language
Development test developed pursuant to Section 60810, and may include
any data voluntarily developed by districts to measure pupil
achievement. The Single Plan for Pupil Achievement shall, at a
minimum, address how funds provided to the school through any of the
sources identified in Section 64000 will be used to improve the
academic performance of all pupils to the level of the performance
goals, as established by the Academic Performance Index developed
pursuant to Section 52052. The plan shall also identify the schools'
means of evaluating progress toward accomplishing those goals and how
state and federal law governing these programs will be implemented.
(g) The plan required by this section shall be reviewed annually
and updated, including proposed expenditure of funds allocated to the
school through the consolidated application, by the schoolsite
council, or, if the school does not have a schoolsite council, by
schoolwide advisory groups or school support groups that conform to
the requirements of Section 52852. The plans shall be reviewed and
approved by the governing board of the local education agency at a
regularly scheduled meeting whenever there are material changes that
affect the academic programs for students covered by programs
identified in Section 64000.
(h) The school plan and subsequent revisions shall be reviewed and
approved by the governing board of the school district. School
district governing boards shall certify that, to the extent allowable
under federal law, plans developed for purposes of this section are
consistent with district local improvement plans that are required as
a condition of receiving federal funding.
(i) Nothing in this act may be construed to prevent a school
district, at its discretion, from conducting an independent review
pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 64001 as that section read on
January 1, 2001.