(a)For purposes of this section the following terms have the following meanings:
(1)“Integrated academic and workforce approach to high school reform” means a districtwide system of pathway programs pursuant to Section 52372.5.
(2)“Work-based learning initiative” means a districtwide initiative to increase the delivery of quality work-based learning pursuant to Section 51760.1.
(b)In order to maximize classroom and workforce preparation activities as well as
incorporate modified instructional schedules, commencing with the 2012–13 school year, a school district with an integrated academic and workforce approach to high school reform or a work-based learning initiative is eligible to apply to receive funding based on minimum weekly attendance instead of average daily attendance for pupils enrolled in its work-based learning or multiple pathway programs, or both.
(c)A school district that is eligible to apply to receive funding based on minimum weekly attendance instead of average daily attendance shall submit an application to the Superintendent. The application shall identify the high schools that will utilize a minimum weekly attendance and include their instructional schedules.
(d)A school district and a high school shall not use minimum weekly attendance to reduce the number of days instruction is offered or that a
pupil is required to be in attendance at school or a work-based learning opportunity.
(e)As a condition of receiving funding based on minimum weekly attendance, the school district shall report annually to the department the academic and workforce preparation progress of pupils enrolled in its work-based learning or multiple pathway programs, or both. Indicators to measure that progress shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(1)Graduation rates.
(2)Scores from the standards-based achievement tests administered pursuant to Section 60640.
(3)Passage rates on the high school exit examination.
(4)Completion of career technical education courses.
(5)Completion of courses required for admission to the University of California and the California State University.
(6)Completion of work-based learning opportunity courses.
(7)Other indicators of academic and workforce preparation success, including workforce preparation, training certificates, increased matriculation into postsecondary educational or training institutions, enrollment in apprenticeship programs, and other measures as determined by the department.
(f)(1)The Superintendent shall determine the minimum number of instructional hours per week that constitute weekly attendance and shall calculate a revenue limit for each school district using that minimum weekly attendance.
(2)The Superintendent shall determine the minimum weekly attendance pursuant to paragraph (1) in a manner that allows pupils to attend school less than 240 minutes per day, provided that pupils do not attend school less than 1200 minutes per week.
(g)This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2018, and,
as of January 1, 2019, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2019, deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.