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(a) For the 2021–22 fiscal year, the sum of two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Superintendent for transfer by the Controller to Section A of the State School Fund for allocation by Contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute for these purposes, the Superintendent to shall
establish the A–G Completion Improvement Grant Program in the manner and for the purpose set forth in this section.(b) The A–G Completion Improvement Grant Program is hereby established for the purpose of providing additional supports to local educational agencies to help increase the number of California high school pupils, particularly unduplicated pupils, who graduate from high school with A–G eligibility.
(c) (1) (A) For the 2021–22 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall allocate one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) of the sum appropriated in ($150,000,000),
if sufficient funds have been appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) (a), in an equal amount per unduplicated pupil enrolled in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, for the 2020–21 fiscal year to each local educational agency that is identified by the department pursuant to subdivision (g) as having an overall A–G completion rate of less than 45 percent. A local educational agency that is otherwise eligible and is receiving concentration grant funding during the 2020–21 fiscal year shall not receive a total allocation under this paragraph of not
less than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000). These funds are available for expenditure or encumbrance through the 2025–26 fiscal year. It is the intent of the Legislature that funds be appropriated for these purposes on an ongoing annual basis.
(B) The allocation under this subdivision shall be known as an A–G Access Grant.
(2) An A–G Access Grant shall be used for activities that directly support pupil access to, and successful completion of, the A–G course requirements. Eligible activities may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:
(A) Providing teachers, administrators, and counselors with professional development opportunities to improve the local educational agency’s A–G
completion rate.
(B) Developing comprehensive advising plans and pupil supports, including tutoring programs, to improve the local educational agency’s A–G completion rate.
(C) Expanding access to coursework or other opportunities to satisfy A–G course requirements to all pupils, including, but not necessarily limited to, unduplicated pupils. These opportunities may include, but shall not be limited to, course development, course review, and new or expanded partnerships with other secondary or postsecondary educational institutions.
(d) (1) (A) For the 2021–22 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall allocate fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) of the sum appropriated in
($50,000,000), if sufficient funds have been appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) (a), in an equal amount per unduplicated pupil enrolled in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, for the 2020–21 fiscal year to each local educational agency that certifies to the department that it has incorporated the A–G course requirements into its local graduation requirements and is identified by the department pursuant to subdivision (g) as having an overall A–G completion rate of less than 80 percent. A local educational agency that is otherwise eligible and is receiving concentration grant funding during the 2020–21 fiscal year shall receive a total allocation under this paragraph of
not less than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000). These funds are available for expenditure or encumbrance through the 2025–26 fiscal year. It is the intent of the Legislature that funds be appropriated for these purposes on an ongoing annual basis.
(B) The allocation under this subdivision shall be known as an A–G Success Grant.
(2) An A–G Success Grant shall be used for activities that directly support the successful completion of the A–G course requirements. Eligible activities may include, but are not limited to, either of the following:
(A) Providing teachers, administrators, and counselors with professional development opportunities to improve the local educational
agency’s A–G completion rate.
(B) Developing comprehensive advising plans and pupil supports, including tutoring programs, to improve the local educational agency’s A–G completion rate.
(3) The Legislature encourages local educational agencies to direct A–G Success Grant funds towards pupils in danger of not achieving a grade of “C” or better in A–G courses.
(e) A grant recipient shall develop a plan describing how the funds received under this section will increase or improve services for unduplicated pupils to improve A–G eligibility. The plan shall include information regarding how it aligns with the school district’s local control and accountability plan required pursuant to Section 52060, the county
superintendent of schools’ local control and accountability plan required pursuant to Section 52066, or the charter school’s local control and accountability plan required pursuant to Section 47605 or 47605.6 and Section 47606.5. The plan shall also include a description of the extent to which all pupils within the local educational agency, particularly unduplicated pupils, will have access to A–G courses approved by the University of California. In order to ensure community and stakeholder input, the plan shall be discussed at a regularly scheduled meeting by the governing board of the school district, county board of education, or governing body of the charter school and adopted at a subsequent regularly scheduled meeting.
(f) A grant recipient shall report to the Superintendent on or before December 31, 2023, on how they are measuring the impact of
the funds received under this section on its A–G completion rate, as identified within their plan, and the outcomes based on those measurements. The department shall compile the information reported pursuant to this subdivision and submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before April 30, 2024, and shall update the state board on the contents of that report at a regularly scheduled meeting of the state board. A grant recipient shall report to the Superintendent on or before August 31, 2026, on final outcomes that measure the impact of the funds received under this section on its A–G completion rate.
(g) The Superintendent shall annually post on the department’s internet website in an easily accessible location a list of each local educational agency’s and each individual high school’s A–G completion
rate.
(h) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “A–G completion rate” means the percentage of pupils who have satisfied the A–G subject matter requirements for admission to the California State University and the University of California with a grade of “C” or better in each of the required courses upon graduation for the prior year.
(2) “A–G course” means a course that may be used to satisfy the A–G subject matter requirements for admission to the California State University and the University of California.
(3) “A–G eligibility” means the pupil has satisfied the A–G subject matter requirements for admission to the California State University
and the University of California with a grade of “C” or better in each of the required courses.
(4) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.
(5) “Unduplicated pupil” has the same meaning as in Sections 42238.01 and 42238.02.
(i)For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the appropriations made by subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be “General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts,” as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202, for the 2021–22 fiscal year, and included within the “total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B,” as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the 2021–22 fiscal year.