Amended
IN
Senate
July 08, 2015 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
May 06, 2015 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 21, 2015 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 26, 2015 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Chau |
February 27, 2015 |
(a)The Computer Science Educator Training Grant Pilot Program is intended to support professional development for educators to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to teach computer science, either as a stand-alone course or as integrated into other courses. The Superintendent shall award training grants, on a competitive basis, to school districts for the support of educators employed by applicant school districts.
(b)In awarding grants under this section, the Superintendent shall give priority to applicant school districts with higher percentages of unduplicated pupils, as defined in Section 42238.02, and, as much as feasible, shall award grants to school
districts that collectively represent the geographic and socioeconomic diversity of this state. An applicant for a grant under this section shall submit a specific plan, developed in consultation with teachers employed by the applicant school district, for professional development for educators employed by that school district to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to teach computer science to that school district’s pupils, either as a stand-alone course or as integrated into other courses. Grant funds awarded under this section shall be allocated to fund professional development related to computer science education for the participating educators.
(c)The grant application for this program shall be on a form developed by the Superintendent and shall include, at a minimum, an itemized budget for the one-time use of the grant
funds, an identification of local matching resources constituting an amount equaling the amount that would be allocated to the school district from the Computer Science Education Grant Matching Account established by Section 52978, and an agreement by the grant recipient to provide the Superintendent the data needed to complete the report required by Section 52979.
(d)(1)For the Computer Science Start-up Courses Grant Pilot Program, the increase in the number of pupils, including unduplicated pupils as defined pursuant to Section 42238.02 and pupils from groups historically underrepresented in the field of computer science, who have taken a computer science course, and to the extent available, any increase in the number of pupils who enroll or intend to enroll in computer science programs at postsecondary educational institutions.
(2)For the Computer Science Educator Training Grant Pilot Program, the increase in the number of pupils, including
unduplicated pupils as defined pursuant to Section 42238.02 and pupils from groups historically underrepresented in the field of computer science, who have taken a course with an educator trained as a result of this program.
(e)