SECTIONS 92855-92856 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 92855-92856

92855. The Regents of the University of California are requested to
develop a Governor's Principal Leadership Institute, to operate,
commencing July 1, 2000, at the Berkeley and Los Angeles campuses of
the university, in accordance with all of the following:
(a) Prior to July 1, 2000, the university shall develop a rigorous
two-year administrator preparation program that culminates in the
award of at least a master's degree and which coursework shall apply
to a doctoral degree, begin recruiting highly talented individuals
who wish to become school principals, and conduct a fundraising
effort to provide full scholarships to participants in the program.
(b) The university shall collaborate with existing principal
professional development programs in establishing and administering
the program.
(c) The program shall be interdisciplinary and shall draw upon the
faculty expertise of a wide variety of professional schools,
including, but not necessarily limited to, the schools of education,
law, and business or management at the participating campuses.
(d) When the program is fully operational, a total of 400
students, composed of 200 students at each participating campus,
shall be selected to participate in the program.
(e) Participants in the program shall receive full scholarships,
funded through private donations and other sources, to cover the
participants' cost of the program. These scholarships shall be
limited to university fees charged to resident students and mandatory
campus-based fees.
(f) Participants in the program shall be required to make a
commitment to serve four years as a principal, vice-principal, or in
another administrative role, at a public elementary or secondary
school.
(g) Participants who leave administrative service before their
four-year commitment is completed shall repay that portion of their
scholarship that is equal to the proportion of the four-year
commitment that has not been completed.

92856. This chapter shall not apply to the University of California
unless and until the Regents of the University of California act, by
resolution, to make it applicable.