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AB-2525 Education: planning.(2003-2004)

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Assembly Bill No. 2525
CHAPTER 896

An act to amend Sections 1240.1, 1240.2, 1625, 7004, 7007, 8201, 8208, 8223, 8257, 8263.1, 8450, 8825, 33540, 41020.5, 41326, 41326.1, 41344, 42120, 42127.6, 42129, 42131, 42133.5, 46200.5, 46201.5, 47632, 47646, 48293, 49110, 51101, 51101.1, 51224.5, 51747, 52515, 52616.18, 56027, 56028, 56140, 56195, 56195.1, 56361, 56364.1, 56836.01, 56836.03, 56836.155, 56836.173, and 68081 of, to amend the heading of Article 14 (commencing with Section 8285) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of, to amend and renumber Sections 8285.1, 8287, 8288, 8289, 8290, 8290.1, 8290.2, 8300, and 35294.95 of, to add Sections 95, 51240, and 56028.5 to, to repeal Sections 8206.3, 8207, 8242, 8285, 8285.5, and 56364.5 of, and to repeal Article 4 (commencing with Section 48700) of Chapter 4 of Part 27 of, the Education Code, to amend Sections 7579.1 and 53260 of the Government Code, to amend Section 44 of Chapter 227 of the Statutes of 2003, and to amend Item 6110-104-0001 of Section 2.00 of Chapter 208 of the Statutes of 2004, relating to education, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

[ Filed with Secretary of State  September 29, 2004. Approved by Governor  September 29, 2004. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 2525, Committee on Education. Education: planning.
(1) Under existing law the Child Care and Development Services Act provides services to children to age 14.
This bill would change the maximum age for eligibility in the program to 13, and would modify the definition of “parent” under the Child Care and Development Services Act, as specified.
(2) Existing law provides that the assigned reimbursement rate for alternative payment programs includes the cost of child care plus the administrative cost of the alternative payment program.
This bill would impose a limit on administrative costs for the alternative payment program, as specified.
(3) Existing law requires the State Department of Education to take certain actions in administering child care and child development programs, including, but not limited to, establishing a review group composed of certain representatives and to submit all policy memoranda and guidelines to the review group 30 days prior to their issuance, and establishing an in-service training program for professional staff.
This bill would delete these requirements.
(4) Existing law provides a formula for determining whether a family is eligible to receive services under the Child Care and Development Services Act based on the family’s income. Existing law also provides that children who were receiving services as of January 1, 1998, in certain child care programs, whose family income is above the eligibility level may continue to receive services so long as they continue to meet criteria that applied to the program on December 31, 1997.
This bill would delete this provision.
(5) Existing law contains various provisions relating to the implementation of the plan developed by the Commission on Child Care and Development Services and the expansion of child care and development services.
This bill would delete these provisions as they have been superseded by existing law, in that existing law, enacted in a later enacted statute, requires the State Department of Education to disburse augmentations to the base allocation for the expansion of child care and development programs, with certain requirements.
(6) Existing law requires the State Board of Education and the State Department of Education to request that the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission review and revise, as necessary, the course requirements in the history-social science framework to ensure that minimum standards for courses in American government and civics include sufficient attention to teaching pupils how to interact with state and local governmental agencies and representatives to solve problems and to petition for changes in laws and procedures.
This bill would require the commission, when the history-social science framework is revised, to ensure that specified historical documents are incorporated into the framework.
(7) Existing law makes each school district and county office of education responsible for the overall development of comprehensive school safety plans for schools operating kindergarten and any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Existing law authorizes the filing of a complaint of noncompliance with the school safety plans under the Uniform Complaint Procedures.
This bill would, in addition, authorize the filing of a complaint, under those procedures, of noncompliance with a school safety planning requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
(8) Existing law authorizes a county board of education to approve a charter for the operation of a countywide charter school that would operate at multiple sites throughout the county. Existing law prescribes the petition and approval process for such a school, the applicable requirements for operation, and other related matters.
This bill would provide that for pupils attending a countywide charter school who reside in a basic aid school district, as defined, the sponsoring local educational agency is the school district of residence of the pupil.
(9) Existing law, until January 1, 2005, specifically authorizes a court to order a person who is convicted for failing to comply with compulsory attendance laws, as specified, to immediately enroll the child in the appropriate school or educational program and provide proof of enrollment to the court.
This bill would extend this authorization to January 1, 2006.
(10) Under existing law, a work permit may not be issued to a pupil until the written request from the pupil’s parent, guardian, foster parent, or residential shelter services provider for the permit has been filed with the issuing authority.
This bill would also permit a caregiver with whom the minor resides to file a written request for a work permit, thereby creating a state-mandated local program.
(11) Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to include algebra as part of the mathematics area of study. Existing law requires that a pupil complete while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, 2 courses in mathematics, among other courses, to receive a diploma of graduation from high school. Existing law requires that at least one course, or a combination of the 2 courses, in mathematics required to be completed while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, prior to receiving a diploma of graduation from high school, to meet or exceed the rigor of the content standards for Algebra I, as adopted by the State Board of Education. Existing law provides that a pupil who completes coursework in grade 7 or 8 for algebra is not exempt from the mathematics graduation requirement for grades 9 to 12, inclusive, or the requirement that, at least one course, or a combination of the 2 courses in mathematics required to be completed while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, prior to receiving a diploma of graduation from high school, to meet or exceed the rigor of the content standards for Algebra I, as adopted by the State Board of Education.
This bill would exempt a pupil who, prior to enrollment in grade 9, completes coursework in algebra that meets or exceeds the rigor of the content standards for Algebra I, as adopted by the State Board of Education, from the requirement that at least one course, or a combination of the 2 courses, in mathematics required to be completed while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, prior to receiving a diploma of graduation from high school, meet or exceed the rigor of the content standards for Algebra I, but not from the graduation requirement that the pupil complete 2 courses in mathematics while enrolled in grades 9 to 12, inclusive.
(12) Existing law requires the adopted course of study to provide instruction at the appropriate elementary and secondary grade levels in various subjects, including health.
This bill would provide that if any part of a school’s instruction in health conflicts with the religious training and beliefs of a parent or guardian of a pupil, the pupil, upon the written request of the parent or guardian, shall be excused from the part of the instruction that conflicts with the religious training and beliefs, as defined in the bill.
(13) Existing law adjusts funding for pupils with exceptional needs based on an incidence multiplier, as defined, for each special education local plan area.
This bill would continue the current special education incidence factor formula through 2004–05.
(14) Existing law prohibits a local agency employer that terminates its contract of employment with its district superintendent of schools from providing a cash or noncash settlement to its superintendent in an amount that is greater than the superintendent’s monthly salary multiplied by 0 to 6 if the local agency employer believes and confirms that the superintendent has engaged in specified illegal practices. In such a case, existing law requires the cash settlement to be determined by a hearing officer.
This bill would require the cash settlement to be determined by an administrative law judge.
(15) Existing law appropriates $83,056,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of Education for supplemental instruction for the 2004–05 fiscal year to be expended consistent with specified provisions of the Budget Act of 2002.
This bill would, instead, require that those funds be expended consistent with specified provisions of the Budget Act of 2003.
(16) The Budget Act of 2004 appropriated $277,862,000 to the State Department of Education for supplemental instruction and remedial programs and provided for a reimbursement rate of $3.59 per hour of supplemental instruction.
This bill would decrease the reimbursement rate to $3.53 per hour of supplemental instruction.
(17)  The Budget Act of 2003 appropriated $10,052,000 to the State Department of Education for local assistance for County Offices of Education Fiscal Oversight.
This bill would provide that any unexpended funds from that appropriation shall remain available to the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team to provide annual written status reports assessing the progress of the Oakland Unified School District and the West Fresno Elementary School District in implementing specified improvement plans. The bill would also authorize any remaining funds to be used for other activities upon approval of both the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Director of Finance.
(18)  This bill would make other technical and nonsubstantive changes to existing law, repeal obsolete and duplicative provisions, and make changes in provisions governing child care and individuals with exceptional needs to conform to federal regulations.
(19)  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement, including the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund to pay the costs of mandates that do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide and other procedures for claims whose statewide costs exceed $1,000,000.
This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
(20)  This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 95 is added to the Education Code, to read:

95.
 “Superintendent” or “superintendent” whenever used in this code means the Superintendent of Public Instruction, unless the context requires otherwise.

SEC. 2.

 Section 1240.1 of the Education Code is amended to read:

1240.1.
 If a county superintendent of schools transmits to the Controller and the Superintendent of Public Instruction a qualified or negative certification as required by subdivision (l) of Section 1240, the department, in cooperation with the Controller’s office, shall review the certification and the attached report and any other pertinent information, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall exercise his or her authority pursuant to Section 1630.

SEC. 3.

 Section 1240.2 of the Education Code is amended to read:

1240.2.
 A county superintendent of schools who files a qualified or negative certification for the second report required pursuant to subdivision (l) of Section 1240 and a county office of education that is classified as qualified or negative by the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall provide to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Controller, no later than June 1, a financial statement that covers the financial and budgetary status of the county office of education for the period ending April 30 and projects the fund and cash balances of the county office of education as of June 30.

SEC. 4.

 Section 1625 of the Education Code is amended to read:

1625.
 The county superintendent of schools for any county office of education that reports a negative unrestricted fund balance or a negative cash balance in the annual report required by Section 1622 or in the audited annual financial statements required by Section 41020 shall include, with the budget submitted in accordance with Section 1622 and the certifications required by subdivision (l) of Section 1240, a statement identifying the reasons for the negative unrestricted fund balance or negative cash balance and the steps that will be taken to ensure that the negative balance will not occur at the end of the budget year.

SEC. 5.

 Section 7004 of the Education Code is amended to read:

7004.
 As used in this article:
(a) “Certificated employee” means a member, as defined by Section 22146, of the State Teachers’ Retirement System.
(b) “School district” means that district from which the member of the State Teachers’ Retirement System last made contributions to the system before retirement.
(c) “Spouse” means a spouse as defined by Section 22171.

SEC. 6.

 Section 7007 of the Education Code is amended to read:

7007.
 (a) Any qualified organization, as defined in subdivision (b), in cooperation with the Public Employees’ Retirement System, may develop a health benefits plan which would be available to persons who are members of those organizations, with equal premiums for both active and retired teachers. The plan would be available, on an optional basis, to each school district, county board of education, and a county superintendent of schools which becomes a contracting agency with the Public Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Section 22857 of the Government Code.
(b) “Qualified organization” means an exclusive representative of the certificated or classified employees, as defined by Section 3540.1 of the Government Code, or any organization with a membership of at least 1,000 members who are retirees of the State Teachers’ Retirement System, or any organization with a membership of at least 1,000 members who are faculty members in the California Community Colleges.
(c) This section shall not apply to any contracting agency unless and until the agency elects to be subject to this section pursuant to Section 22857 of the Government Code.

SEC. 7.

 Section 8206.3 of the Education Code is repealed.

SEC. 8.

 Section 8201 of the Education Code is amended to read:

8201.
 The purpose of this chapter is as follows:
(a) To provide a comprehensive, coordinated, and cost-effective system of child care and development services for children to age 13 and their parents, including a full range of supervision, health, and support services through full- and part-time programs.
(b) To encourage community-level coordination in support of child care and development services.
(c) To provide an environment that is healthy and nurturing for all children in child care and development programs.
(d) To provide the opportunity for positive parenting to take place through understanding of human growth and development.
(e) To reduce strain between parent and child in order to prevent abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
(f) To enhance the cognitive development of children, with particular emphasis upon those children who require special assistance, including bilingual capabilities to attain their full potential.
(g) To establish a framework for the expansion of child care and development services.
(h) To empower and encourage parents and families of children who require child care services to take responsibility to review the safety of the child care program or facility and to evaluate the ability of the program or facility to meet the needs of the child.

SEC. 9.

 Section 8207 of the Education Code is repealed.

SEC. 10.

 Section 8208 of the Education Code is amended to read:

8208.
 As used in this chapter:
(a) “Alternative payments” includes payments that are made by one child care agency to another agency or child care provider for the provision of child care and development services, and payments that are made by an agency to a parent for the parent’s purchase of child care and development services.
(b) “Alternative payment program” means a local government agency or nonprofit organization that has contracted with the department pursuant to Section 8220.2 to provide alternative payments and to provide support services to parents and providers.
(c) “Applicant or contracting agency” means a school district, community college district, college or university, county superintendent of schools, county, city, public agency, private nontax-exempt agency, private tax-exempt agency, or other entity that is authorized to establish, maintain, or operate services pursuant to this chapter. Private agencies and parent cooperatives, duly licensed by law, shall receive the same consideration as any other authorized entity with no loss of parental decisionmaking prerogatives as consistent with the provisions of this chapter.
(d) “Assigned reimbursement rate” is that rate established by the contract with the agency and is derived by dividing the total dollar amount of the contract by the minimum child day of average daily enrollment level of service required.
(e) “Attendance” means the number of children present at a child care and development facility. “Attendance,” for the purposes of reimbursement, includes excused absences by children because of illness, quarantine, illness or quarantine of their parent, family emergency, or to spend time with a parent or other relative as required by a court of law or that is clearly in the best interest of the child.
(f) “Capital outlay” means the amount paid for the renovation and repair of child care and development facilities to comply with state and local health and safety standards, and the amount paid for the state purchase of relocatable child care and development facilities for lease to qualifying contracting agencies.
(g) “Caregiver” means a person who provides direct care, supervision, and guidance to children in a child care and development facility.
(h) “Child care and development facility” means any residence or building or part thereof in which child care and development services are provided.
(i) “Child care and development programs” means those programs that offer a full range of services for children from infancy to 13 years of age, for any part of a day, by a public or private agency, in centers and family child care homes. These programs include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Campus child care and development.
(2) General child care and development.
(3) Migrant child care and development.
(4) Child care provided by the California School Age Families Education Program (Article 7.1 (commencing with Section 54740) of Chapter 9 of Part 29).
(5) State preschool.
(6) Resource and referral.
(7) Child care and development services for children with special needs.
(8) Family child care home network.
(9) Alternative payment.
(10) Child abuse protection and prevention services.
(11) Schoolage community child care.
(j) “Child care and development services” means those services designed to meet a wide variety of needs of children and their families, while their parents or guardians are working, in training, seeking employment, incapacitated, or in need of respite. These services may include direct care and supervision, instructional activities, resource and referral programs, and alternative payment arrangements.
(k) “Children at risk of abuse, neglect, or exploitation” means children who are so identified in a written referral from a legal, medical, or social service agency, or emergency shelter.
(l) “Children with exceptional needs” means infants and toddlers, from birth to 36 months of age, inclusive, who have been determined eligible for early intervention services pursuant to the California Early Intervention Services Act (Title 14 (commencing with Section 95000) of the Government Code) and its implementing regulations, and children 3 years of age and older who have been determined to be eligible for special education and related services by an individualized education program team according to the special education requirements contained in Part 30 (commencing with Section 56000), and meeting eligibility criteria described in Section 56026 and Sections 56333 to 56338, inclusive, and Sections 3030 and 3031 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. These children shall have an active individualized education program or individualized family service plan, and be receiving early intervention services or appropriate special education and services. These children, ages birth to 21 years, inclusive, may be autistic, developmentally disabled, hearing impaired, speech impaired, visually impaired, seriously emotionally disturbed, orthopedically impaired, otherwise health impaired, multihandicapped, or children with specific learning disabilities, who require the special attention of adults in a child care setting.
(m) “Closedown costs” means reimbursements for all approved activities associated with the closing of operations at the end of each growing season for migrant child development programs only.
(n) “Cost” includes, but is not limited to, expenditures that are related to the operation of child care and development programs. “Cost” may include a reasonable amount for state and local contributions to employee benefits, including approved retirement programs, agency administration, and any other reasonable program operational costs. “Cost” may also include amounts for licensable facilities in the community served by the program, including lease payments or depreciation, downpayments, and payments of principal and interest on loans incurred to acquire, rehabilitate, or construct licensable facilities, but these costs shall not exceed fair market rents existing in the community in which the facility is located. “Reasonable and necessary costs” are costs that, in nature and amount, do not exceed what an ordinary prudent person would incur in the conduct of a competitive business.
(o) “Elementary school,” as contained in Section 425 of Title 20 of the United States Code (the National Defense Education Act of 1958, Public Law 85-864, as amended), includes early childhood education programs and all child development programs, for the purpose of the cancellation provisions of loans to students in institutions of higher learning.
(p) “Health services” include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Referral, whenever possible, to appropriate health care providers able to provide continuity of medical care.
(2) Health screening and health treatment, including a full range of immunization recorded on the appropriate state immunization form to the extent provided by the Medi-Cal Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code) and the Child Health and Disability Prevention Program (Article 6 (commencing with Section 124025) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 106 of the Health and Safety Code), but only to the extent that ongoing care cannot be obtained utilizing community resources.
(3) Health education and training for children, parents, staff, and providers.
(4) Followup treatment through referral to appropriate health care agencies or individual health care professionals.
(q) “Higher educational institutions” means the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and the governing bodies of any accredited private nonprofit institution of postsecondary education.
(r) “Intergenerational staff” means persons of various generations.
(s) “Limited-English-speaking-proficient and non-English-speaking-proficient children” means children who are unable to benefit fully from an English-only child care and development program as a result of either of the following:
(1) Having used a language other than English when they first began to speak.
(2) Having a language other than English predominantly or exclusively spoken at home.
(t) “Parent” means a biological parent, stepparent, adoptive parent, foster parent, caretaker relative, or any other adult living with a child who has responsibility for the care and welfare of the child.
(u) “Program director” means a person who, pursuant to Sections 8244 and 8360.1, is qualified to serve as a program director.
(v) “Proprietary child care agency” means an organization or facility providing child care, which is operated for profit.
(w) “Resource and referral programs” means programs that provide information to parents, including referrals and coordination of community resources for parents and public or private providers of care. Services frequently include, but are not limited to: technical assistance for providers, toy-lending libraries, equipment-lending libraries, toy- and equipment-lending libraries, staff development programs, health and nutrition education, and referrals to social services.
(x) “Severely disabled children” are children with exceptional needs from birth to 21 years of age, inclusive, who require intensive instruction and training in programs serving pupils with the following profound disabilities: autism, blindness, deafness, severe orthopedic impairments, serious emotional disturbances, or severe mental retardation. “Severely disabled children” also include those individuals who would have been eligible for enrollment in a developmental center for handicapped pupils under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 56800) of Part 30 as it read on January 1, 1980.
(y) “Short-term respite child care” means child care service to assist families whose children have been identified through written referral from a legal, medical, or social service agency, or emergency shelter as being neglected, abused, exploited, or homeless, or at risk of being neglected, abused, exploited, or homeless. Child care is provided for less than 24 hours per day in child care centers, treatment centers for abusive parents, family child care homes, or in the child’s own home.
(z) (1) “Site supervisor” means a person who, regardless of his or her title, has operational program responsibility for a child care and development program at a single site. A site supervisor shall hold a permit issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing that authorizes supervision of a child care and development program operating in a single site. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may waive the requirements of this subdivision if the superintendent determines that the existence of compelling need is appropriately documented.
(2) In respect to state preschool programs, a site supervisor may qualify under any of the provisions in this subdivision, or may qualify by holding an administrative credential or an administrative services credential. A person who meets the qualifications of a site supervisor under both Section 8244 and subdivision (e) of Section 8360.1 is also qualified under this subdivision.
(aa) “Standard reimbursement rate” means that rate established by the Superintendent of Public Instruction pursuant to Section 8265.
(ab) “Startup costs” means those expenses an agency incurs in the process of opening a new or additional facility prior to the full enrollment of children.
(ac) “State preschool services” means part-day educational programs for low-income or otherwise disadvantaged prekindergarten-age children.
(ad) “Support services” means those services that, when combined with child care and development services, help promote the healthy physical, mental, social, and emotional growth of children. Support services include, but are not limited to: protective services, parent training, provider and staff training, transportation, parent and child counseling, child development resource and referral services, and child placement counseling.
(ae) “Teacher” means a person with the appropriate permit issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing who provides program supervision and instruction that includes supervision of a number of aides, volunteers, and groups of children.
(af) “Underserved area” means a county or subcounty area, including, but not limited to, school districts, census tracts, or ZIP Code areas, where the ratio of publicly subsidized child care and development program services to the need for these services is low, as determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(ag) “Workday” means the time that the parent requires temporary care for a child for any of the following reasons:
(1) To undertake training in preparation for a job.
(2) To undertake or retain a job.
(3) To undertake other activities that are essential to maintaining or improving the social and economic function of the family, are beneficial to the community, or are required because of health problems in the family.

SEC. 11.

 Section 8223 of the Education Code is amended to read:

8223.
 The assigned reimbursement rate for alternative payment programs shall include the cost of child care paid to child care providers plus the administrative and support services costs of the alternative payment program. The total cost for administration and support services shall not exceed an amount equal to 23.4567 percent of the direct cost-of-care payments to child care providers. The administrative costs may not exceed the costs allowable for administration under federal requirements.

SEC. 12.

 Section 8242 of the Education Code is repealed.

SEC. 13.

 Section 8257 of the Education Code is amended to read:

8257.
 The department shall do all of the following in administering the provisions of this chapter:
(a) Apply sanctions against contracting agencies that have serious licensing violations, as defined and reported by the State Department of Social Services pursuant to Section 1544 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) Provide 90 days’ written notification to any contractor whose agreement is being terminated, except if there is imminent danger to the health and welfare of children if agency operation is not terminated more promptly. Notwithstanding Article 18 (commencing with Section 8400), the department shall establish procedures for placing a contractor whose agreement is being terminated into receivership. Action to initiate receivership shall be at the discretion of the department, and may be taken against a contractor whose agreement is being terminated either immediately or within 90 days. The receiver shall not be a department employee. The receiver shall have sufficient experience in the administration of child care and development programs to ensure compliance with the terms of the receivership.

SEC. 14.

 Section 8263.1 of the Education Code is amended to read:

8263.1.
 For purposes of this chapter, “income eligible” means that a family’s adjusted monthly income is at or below 75 percent of the state median income, adjusted for family size, and adjusted annually. The income of a recipient of federal supplemental security income benefits pursuant to Title XVI of the Federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1381 et seq.) and state supplemental program benefits pursuant to Title XVI of the Federal Social Security Act and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code shall not be included as income for the purposes of determining eligibility for child care under this chapter.

SEC. 15.

 Section 8285 of the Education Code is repealed.

SEC. 16.

 Section 8285.1 of the Education Code is amended and renumbered to read:

8264.6.
 The Superintendent of Public Instruction may provide outreach services and technical assistance to new child care contracting agencies and to those providing child care during nontraditional times, in underserved geographic areas, and for children with special child care needs, including infants and toddlers under three years of age.

SEC. 17.

 Section 8285.5 of the Education Code is repealed.

SEC. 18.

 Section 8287 of the Education Code is amended and renumbered to read:

8264.7.
 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish rules and regulations for the staffing of all center-based child care and development programs under contract with the department.
Priority shall be given by the department to the employment of persons in child development programs with ethnic backgrounds which are similar to those of the child for whom child development services are provided.
For purposes of staffing child care and development programs, the role of a teacher in child supervision means direct supervision of the children as well as supervision of aides and groups of children.
Family child care homes shall operate pursuant to adult/child ratios prescribed in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 86001) of Division 6 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.
Approval by the Superintendent of Public Instruction of any ongoing or new programs seeking to operate under the ratios and standards established by the Superintendent of Public Instruction under this chapter shall be based upon the following considerations:
(a) The type of facility in which care is being or is to be provided.
(b) The ability of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to implement a funding source change.
(c) The proportion of nonsubsidized children enrolled or to be enrolled by the agency.
(d) The most cost-effective ratios possible for the type of services provided or to be provided by the agency.
The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall apply for such waivers of federal requirements as are necessary to carry out this section.

SEC. 19.

 Section 8288 of the Education Code is amended and renumbered to read:

8264.8.
 Until the Superintendent of Public Instruction promulgates regulations for center-based programs establishing staffing ratios, the following staffing ratios shall apply:
(a) Infants, 0 to 2 years old—1:3 adult-child ratio, 1:18 teacher-child ratio.
(b) Infants and toddlers, 0 to 2 years old—1:4 adult-child ratio, 1:16 teacher-child ratio.
(c) Children 3 to 6 years old—1:8 adult-child ratio, 1:24 teacher-child ratio.
(d) Children 6 to 10 years old—1:14 adult-child ratio, 1:28 teacher-child ratio.
(e) Children 10 to 13 years old—1:18 adult-child ratio, 1:36 teacher-child ratio.
(f) If groups of children of varying ages are commingled, the teacher and adult ratios shall be proportionate and appropriate to the ages and groups of children.

SEC. 20.

 Section 8289 of the Education Code is amended and renumbered to read:

8279.3.
 (a) The department shall disburse augmentations to the base allocation for the expansion of child care and development programs to promote equal access to child development services across the state.
(b) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall use the formula developed pursuant to subdivision (c) and the priorities identified by local child care and development planning councils, unless those priorities do not meet the requirements of state or federal law, as a guide in disbursing augmentations pursuant to subdivision (a).
(c) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop a formula for prioritizing the disbursement of augmentations pursuant to this section. The formula shall give priority to allocating funds to underserved areas. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop the formula by using the definition of “underserved area” in subdivision (af) of Section 8208 and direct impact indicators of need for child care and development services in the county or subcounty areas. For purposes of this section, “subcounty areas” include, but are not limited to, school districts, census tracts, or ZIP Code areas that are deemed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to be most appropriate to the type of program receiving an augmentation. Direct impact indicators of need may include, but are not limited to, the teenage pregnancy rate, the unemployment rate, area household income, or the number or percentage of families receiving public assistance, eligible for Medi-Cal, or eligible for free or reduced-price school meals, and any unique characteristics of the population served by the type of program receiving an augmentation.
(d) To promote equal access to services, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall include in guidelines developed for use by local planning councils pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 8499.5 guidance on identifying underserved areas and populations within counties. This guidance shall include reference to the direct impact indicators of need described in subdivision (c).

SEC. 21.

 Section 8290 of the Education Code is amended and renumbered to read:

8279.4.
 The Legislature finds and declares the following:
(a) There is a serious shortage of quality child day care facilities throughout the state.
(b) It is in the interest of the state’s children and families, and the state’s economic growth, to encourage the expansion of existing child day care facilities by assisting communities and interested government and private entities to finance child day care facilities.
(c) In addition to regional resource centers described in Provision 7(d) of Item 6110-196-0001 of the Budget Act of 1999, which focus on developing child care capacity in underserved areas of the state, there is a need to access capital for facilities on a systematic basis, especially to use limited public sector funds to leverage a greater private sector role in financing child day care facilities. The Legislature finds and declares that a financial intermediary could fill this role and support the regional resource centers and other local entities that work with potential providers by functioning as a centralized repository of training, best practices, and expertise on facilities financing.

SEC. 22.

 Section 8290.1 of the Education Code is amended and renumbered to read:

8279.5.
 (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall contract with a nonprofit organization to serve as a financial intermediary. The nonprofit organization shall have staff who have expertise in financing and capital expansion, are knowledgeable about the child care field, and have the ability to develop and implement a plan to increase the availability of financing to renovate, expand, and construct child day care facilities, both in day care centers and family day care homes.
(b) The financial intermediary selected by the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall undertake activities designed to increase funds available from the private and public sectors for the financing of child day care facilities. These activities shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Soliciting capital grants and program-related investments from foundations and corporations.
(2) Building partnerships with foundations and corporations.
(3) Developing lending commitments, linked deposits, and other financing programs with conventional financial institutions.
(4) Coordinating private sources of capital with existing public sector sources of financing for child day care facilities, including, but not limited to, the Department of Housing and Community Development and the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank.
(5) Coordinating financing efforts with the technical assistance provided by the regional resource centers described in Provision 7(d) of Item 6110-196-0001 of the Budget Act of 1999, and other local entities that work with potential providers.
(c) This section shall only be implemented to the extent that funds are appropriated for this purpose in the annual Budget Act.

SEC. 23.

 Section 8290.2 of the Education Code is amended and renumbered to read:

8279.6.
 (a) Pursuant to funding made available in subdivision (d) of Provision 7 of Item 6110-196-001 of the Budget Act of 2000, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall contract for a financial intermediary, pursuant to Section 8290.1, by January 1, 2001.
(b) The financial intermediary, during its first six months of operation, shall do all of the following:
(1) Create and publicize an 800 technical assistance telephone service number.
(2) Provide financial development training for agencies at the local level including, but not limited to, Regional Resource Centers, Resource and Referral Agencies, and local child care planning councils that are assisting existing and potential providers renovate, expand, build or purchase facilities.
(3) Determine the financing barriers and impediments to the development of child care facilities, especially in underserved areas of the state.
(4) Identify funding sources that may be leveraged by the state, and partnerships with the philanthropic and corporate sectors that may be established, with the goal of increasing funding available for child care facilities for California’s CalWORKs and low-income families.

SEC. 24.

 Section 8300 of the Education Code is amended and renumbered to read:

8279.7.
 (a) The Legislature recognizes the importance of providing quality child care services. It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature to assist counties in improving the retention of qualified child care employees who work directly with children who receive state subsidized child care services.
(b) The funds appropriated for the purposes of this section by paragraph (11) of schedule (b) of Item 6110-196-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2000 (Ch. 52, Stats. 2000), and that are described in subdivision (i) of Provision 7 of that item, shall be allocated to local child care and development planning councils based on the percentage of state-subsidized, center-based child care funds received in that county, and shall be used to address the retention of qualified child care employees in state-subsidized child care centers. Additionally, funds may be allocated annually thereafter for these purposes.
(c) The department shall develop guidelines for use by local child care and development planning councils in developing county plans for the expenditure of funds allocated pursuant to this section. These guidelines shall be consistent with the department’s assessment of the current needs of the subsidized child care workforce, and shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary for Education and the Department of Finance. Any county plan developed pursuant to these guidelines shall be approved by the department prior to the allocation of funds to the local child care and development planning council.
(d) Funds provided to a county for the purposes of this section shall be used in accordance with the plan approved pursuant to subdivision (c). A county with an approved plan may retain up to 1 percent of the county’s total allocation made pursuant to this section for reimbursement of administrative expenses associated with the planning process.
(e) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall provide an annual report, no later than April 10 of each year, to the Legislature, the Secretary for Education, the Department of Finance, and the Governor that includes, but is not limited to, a summary of the distribution of the funds by county and a description of the use of the funds.

SEC. 25.

 The heading of Article 14 (commencing with Section 8285) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of the Education Code is amended to read:
Article  14.  Advisory Committee

SEC. 26.

 Section 8450 of the Education Code is amended to read:

8450.
 (a) All child development contractors are encouraged to develop and maintain a reserve within the child development fund, derived from earned but unexpended funds. Child development contractors may retain all earned funds. For the purpose of this section, “earned funds” are those for which the required number of eligible service units have been provided.
(b) Earned funds may not be expended for any activities proscribed by Section 8406.7. Earned but unexpended funds shall remain in the contractor’s reserve account within the child development fund and shall be expended only by direct service child development programs that are funded under contract with the department.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), a contractor may retain a reserve fund balance for a resource and referral program, separate from the balance retained pursuant to subdivision (b), not to exceed 3 percent of the contract amount. Funds from this reserve account may be expended only by resource and referral programs that are funded under contract with the department.
(d) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), a contractor may retain a reserve fund for alternative payment model and certificate child care contracts, separate from the reserve fund retained pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c). Funds from this reserve account may be expended only by alternative payment model and certificate child care programs that are funded under contract with the department. The reserve amount allowed by this section may not exceed either of the following, whichever is greater:
(1) Two percent of the sum of the parts of each contract to which that contractor is a party that is allowed for administration pursuant to Section 8276.7 and that is allowed for supportive services pursuant to the provisions of the contract.
(2) One thousand dollars ($1,000).
(e) Each contractor’s audit shall identify any funds earned by the contractor for each contract through the provision of contracted services in excess of funds expended.
(f) Any interest earned on reserve funds shall be included in the fund balance of the reserve. This reserve fund shall be maintained in an interest-bearing account.
(g) Moneys in a contractor’s reserve fund may be used only for expenses that are reasonable and necessary costs as defined in subdivision (n) of Section 8208.
(h) Any reserve fund balance in excess of the amount authorized pursuant to subdivisions (c) and (d) shall be returned to the department pursuant to procedures established by the department and reappropriated as second-year funds consistent with Section 8278.
(i) Upon termination of all child development contracts between a contractor and the department, all moneys in a contractor’s reserve fund shall be returned to the department pursuant to procedures established by the department, and reappropriated as second-year funds consistent with Section 8278.
(j) Expenditures from, additions to, and balances in, the reserve fund shall be included in the agency’s annual financial statements and audit.

SEC. 27.

 Section 8825 of the Education Code is amended to read:

8825.
 An eligible applicant may submit a project proposal that addresses one or more of the following areas:
(a) Arts education programs that are aligned to the state adopted visual and performing arts content standards and framework.
(b) Pupil assessment in the arts.
(c) Participation in local and state networks to create comprehensive standards based arts education programs.
(d) Expanding the capacity to assist pupils in achieving the state adopted visual and performing arts content standards.
(e) Developing an online statewide digital visual and performing arts resource center.
(f) Expanding arts education programs developed through participation in the Local Arts Education Partnership Program as set forth in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 8810) of Part 6.

SEC. 28.

 Section 33540 of the Education Code is amended to read:

33540.
 (a) The State Board of Education and the department shall request that the commission review and revise, as necessary, the course requirements in the history-social science framework developed by the History-Social Science Curriculum Framework and Criteria Committee of the state board to ensure that minimum standards for courses in American government and civics include sufficient attention to teaching pupils how to interact, in a practical manner, with state and local governmental agencies and representatives to solve problems and to petition for changes in laws and procedures.
(b) When the history-social science framework is revised as required by law, the commission shall ensure that the following historical documents are incorporated into the framework, as appropriate:
(1) The Declaration of Independence.
(2) The United States Constitution, including the Bill of Rights.
(3) The Federalist Papers.
(4) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(5) The Gettysburg Address.
(6) George Washington’s Farewell Address.

SEC. 29.

 Section 35294.95 of the Education Code is amended and renumbered to read:

32289.
 A complaint of noncompliance with the school safety planning requirements of Title IV of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 7114 (d)(7)) may be filed with the department under the Uniform Complaint Procedures as set forth in Chapter 5.1 (commencing with Sections 4600) of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations.

SEC. 30.

 Section 41020.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:

41020.5.
 (a) If the Controller determines by two consecutive quality control reviews pursuant to Section 14504.2, or if a county superintendent of schools determines, that audits performed by a certified public accountant or public accountant under Section 41020 were not performed in substantial conformity with provisions of the audit guide, or that the audit reports, including amended reports, submitted by February 15 following the close of the fiscal year audited, for two consecutive years do not conform to provisions of the audit guide as required by Section 14504, the Controller or the county superintendent of schools, as appropriate, shall notify in writing the certified public accountant or public accountant and the California Board of Accountancy.
If the certified public accountant or public accountant does not file an appeal in writing with the California Board of Accountancy within 30 calendar days after receipt of the notification from the Controller or county superintendent of schools, the determination of the Controller or county superintendent of schools under this section shall be final.
(b) If an appeal is filed with the California Board of Accountancy, the board shall complete an investigation of the appeal within 90 days of the filing date. On the basis of the investigation, the board may do either of the following:
(1) Find that the determination of the Controller or county superintendent of schools should not be upheld and has no effect.
(2) Schedule the appeal for a hearing, in which case, the final action on the appeal shall be completed by the board within one year from the date of filing the appeal.
(c) If the determination of the Controller or county superintendent of schools under subdivision (a) becomes final, the certified public accountant or public accountant shall be ineligible to conduct audits under Section 41020 for a period of three years, or, in the event of an appeal, for any period, and subject to the conditions, that may be ordered by the California Board of Accountancy. Not later than the first day of March of each year, the Controller shall notify each school district and county office of education of those certified public accountants or public accountants determined to be ineligible under this section. School districts and county offices of education shall not use the audit services of a certified public accountant or public accountant ineligible under this section.
For the purposes of this section, the term “certified public accountant or public accountant” shall include any person or firm entering into a contract to conduct an audit under Section 41020.
This section shall not preclude the California Board of Accountancy from taking any disciplinary action it deems appropriate under other provisions of law.

SEC. 31.

 Section 41326 of the Education Code is amended to read:

41326.
 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the acceptance by a school district of an apportionment made pursuant to Section 41320 that exceeds an amount equal to 200 percent of the amount of the reserve recommended for that district under the standards and criteria adopted pursuant to Section 33127 constitutes the agreement by the district to the conditions set forth in this article. Prior to applying for an emergency apportionment in the amount identified in this subdivision, a school district governing board shall discuss the need for that apportionment at a regular or special meeting of the governing board and, at that meeting, shall receive testimony regarding the apportionment from parents, exclusive representatives of employees of the district, and other members of the community. For purposes of this article, “qualifying school district” means a school district that accepts a loan as described in this subdivision.
(b) The Superintendent shall assume all the legal rights, duties, and powers of the governing board of a qualifying school district. The Superintendent, in consultation with the county superintendent of schools, shall appoint an administrator to act on his or her behalf in exercising the authority described in this subdivision in accordance with all of the following:
(1) The administrator shall serve under the direction and supervision of the Superintendent until terminated by the Superintendent at his or her discretion. The Superintendent shall consult with the county superintendent of schools before terminating the administrator.
(2) The administrator shall have recognized expertise in management and finance.
(3) To facilitate the appointment of the administrator and the employment of any necessary staff, for the purposes of this section, the Superintendent of Public Instruction is exempt from the requirements of Article 6 (commencing with Section 999) of Chapter 6 of Division 4 of the Military and Veterans Code and Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of the Public Contracts Code.
(4) Notwithstanding any other law, the Superintendent may appoint an employee of the state or the office of the county superintendent of schools to act as administrator for up to the duration of the administratorship. During the tenure of his or her appointment, the administrator, if he or she is an employee of the state or the office of the county superintendent of schools, is an employee of the school district, but shall remain in the same retirement system under the same plan that has been provided by his or her employment with the state or the office of the county superintendent of schools. Upon the expiration or termination of the appointment, the employee shall have the right to return to his or her former position, or to a position at substantially the same level as that position, with the state or the office of the county superintendent of schools. The time served in the appointment shall be counted for all purposes as if the administrator had served that time in his or her former position with the state or the office of the county superintendent of schools.
(5) Except for an individual appointed as an administrator by the Superintendent of Public Instruction pursuant to paragraph (4), the administrator shall be a member of the State Teachers’ Retirement System, if qualified, for the period of service as administrator, unless he or she elects in writing not to become a member. A person who is a member or retirant of the State Teachers’ Retirement System at the time of appointment shall continue to be a member or retirant of the system for the duration of the appointment. If the administrator chooses to become a member or is already a member, the administrator shall be placed on the payroll of the school district for the purposes of providing appropriate contributions to the system. The Superintendent may also require the administrator to be placed on the payroll of the school district for purposes of remuneration, other benefits, and payroll deductions.
(6) For the purposes of workers’ compensation benefits, the administrator is an employee of the qualifying district, except that an administrator appointed pursuant to paragraph (4) may be deemed an employee of the state or office of the county superintendent of schools, as applicable.
(7) The qualifying district shall add the administrator as a covered employee of the school district all for purposes of errors and omissions liability insurance policies.
(8) The salary and benefits of the administrator shall be established by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and paid by the qualifying school district.
(9) The Superintendent or the administrator may, on a short-term basis, employ at district expense any staff necessary to assist the administrator, including, but not limited to, a certified public accountant.
(10) The administrator may do all of the following:
(A) Implement substantial changes in the fiscal policies and practices of the district, including, if necessary, the filing of a petition under Chapter 9 of the federal Bankruptcy Code for the adjustment of indebtedness.
(B) Revise the educational program of the district to reflect realistic income projections and pupil performance relative to state standards.
(C) Encourage all members of the school community to accept a fair share of the burden of the fiscal recovery of the district.
(D) Consult, for the purposes described in this subdivision, with the governing board of the school district, the exclusive representatives of the employees of the district, parents, and the community.
(E) Consult with, and seek recommendations from, the Superintendent, county superintendent of schools, and the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team authorized pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 42127.8 for the purposes described in this article.
(F) With the approval of the Superintendent, enter into agreements on behalf of the district and, subject to any contractual obligation of the district, change any existing district rules, regulations, policies, or practices as necessary for the effective implementation of the recovery plans referred to in Sections 41327 and 41327.1.
(c) (1) For the period of time during which the Superintendent of Public Instruction exercises the authority described in subdivision (b), the governing board of the qualifying school district shall serve as an advisory body reporting to the state-appointed administrator, and has no rights, duties, or powers, and is not entitled to any stipend, benefits, or other compensation from the district.
(2) Upon the appointment of an administrator pursuant to this section, the district superintendent of schools is no longer an employee of the district.
(3) A determination of the severance compensation for the district superintendent shall be made pursuant to subdivision (j).
(d) Notwithstanding Section 35031 or any other law, the administrator may, after according the employee reasonable notice and the opportunity for a hearing, terminate the employment of any deputy, associate, assistant superintendent of schools, or any other district level administrator who is employed by a school district under a contract of employment signed or renewed after January 1, 1992, if the employee fails to document, to the satisfaction of the administrator, that prior to the date of the acceptance of the apportionment he or she either advised the governing board of the district, or his or her superior, that actions contemplated or taken by the governing board could result in the fiscal insolvency of the district, or took other appropriate action to avert that fiscal insolvency.
(e) The authority of the Superintendent, and the administrator, under this section shall continue until all of the following occur:
(1) (A) At any time after one complete fiscal year has elapsed following the district’s acceptance of a loan as described in subdivision (a), the administrator determines, and so notifies the Superintendent and the county superintendent of schools, that future compliance by the school district with the recovery plans approved pursuant to paragraph (2) is probable.
(B) The Superintendent may return power to the governing board for any area listed in subdivision (a) of Section 41327.1 if performance under the recovery plan for that area has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Superintendent.
(2) The Superintendent has approved all of the recovery plans referred to in subdivision (a) of Section 41327 and the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team completes the improvement plans specified in Section 41327.1 and has completed a minimum of two reports identifying the district’s progress in implementing the improvement plans.
(3) The administrator certifies that all necessary collective bargaining agreements have been negotiated and ratified, and that the agreements are consistent with the terms of the recovery plans.
(4) The district has completed all reports required by the Superintendent and the administrator.
(5) The Superintendent determines that future compliance by the school district with the recovery plans approved pursuant to paragraph (2) is probable.
(f) When the conditions stated in subdivision (e) have been met, and at least 60 days after the Superintendent of Public Instruction has notified the Legislature, the Department of Finance, the Controller, and the county superintendent of schools that he or she expects the conditions prescribed pursuant to this section to be met, the school district governing board shall regain all of its legal rights, duties, and powers, except for the powers held by the trustee provided for pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 41320). The Superintendent shall appoint a trustee under Section 41320.1 to monitor and review the operations of the district until the conditions of subdivision (b) of that section have been met.
(g) Notwithstanding subdivision (f), if the district violates any provision of the recovery plans approved by the Superintendent pursuant to this article within five years after the trustee appointed pursuant to Section 41320.1 is removed, the Superintendent may reassume, either directly or through an administrator appointed in accordance with this section, all of the legal rights, duties, and powers of the governing board of the district. The Superintendent shall return to the school district governing board all of its legal rights, duties, and powers reassumed under this subdivision when he or she determines that future compliance with the approved recovery plans is probable, or after a period of one year, whichever occurs later.
(h) Article 2 (commencing with Section 41320) shall apply except as otherwise specified in this article.
(i) It is the intent of the Legislature that the legislative budget subcommittees annually conduct a review of each qualifying school district that includes an evaluation of the financial condition of the district, the impact of the recovery plans upon the district’s educational program, and the efforts made by the state-appointed administrator to obtain input from the community and the governing board of the district.
(j) (1) The district superintendent is entitled to a due process hearing for purposes of determining final compensation. The final compensation of the district superintendent shall be between zero and six times his or her monthly salary. The outcome of the due process hearing shall be reported to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the public. The information provided to the public shall explain the rationale for the compensation.
(2) This subdivision applies only to a contract for employment negotiated on or after June 21, 2004.
(k) (1) When the Superintendent assumes control over a school district pursuant to subdivision (b), he or she shall, in consultation with the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team, review the fiscal oversight of the district by the county superintendent of schools. The Superintendent may consult with other fiscal experts, including other county superintendents of schools and regional fiscal teams in conducting this review.
(2) Within three months of assuming control over a qualifying district, the Superintendent shall report his or her findings to the Legislature and shall provide a copy of that report to the Department of Finance. This report shall include findings as to fiscal oversight actions that were or were not taken and may include recommendations as to an appropriate legislative response to improve fiscal oversight.
(3) If after performing the duties described in paragraphs (1) and (2), the Superintendent determines that the county superintendent of schools failed to carry out his or her responsibilities for fiscal oversight as required by this code, the Superintendent may exercise the authority of the county superintendent of schools who has oversight responsibilities for a qualifying school district. If the Superintendent finds, based on the report required in paragraph (1), that the county superintendent of schools failed to appropriately take into account particular types of indicators of financial distress or failed to take appropriate remedial actions in the qualifying district, the Superintendent shall further investigate whether the county superintendent of schools failed to take into account those indicators or similarly failed to take appropriate actions in other districts with negative or qualified certifications and shall provide an additional report on the fiscal oversight practices of the county superintendent to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of each house of the Legislature and the Department of Finance.

SEC. 32.

 Section 41326.1 of the Education Code is amended to read:

41326.1.
 Within 30 days of assuming authority, an administrator who has control over a school district pursuant to Section 41326 shall discuss options for resolving the fiscal problems of the district with all of the following groups and shall consider, on a monthly basis, or more frequently if so desired by the administrator, information from one or more of the following groups:
(1) The governing board of the school district.
(2) Any advisory council of the school district.
(3) Any parent-teacher organization of the school district.
(4) Representatives from the community in which the school district is located.
(5) The district administrative team.
(6) The County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team.
(7) Representatives of employee bargaining units.
(8) The county superintendent of schools.

SEC. 33.

 Section 41344 of the Education Code is amended to read:

41344.
 (a) If, as the result of an audit or review, a local educational agency is required to repay an apportionment significant audit exception, the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Director of Finance, or their designees, shall jointly establish a plan for repayment of state school funds that the local educational agency received on the basis of average daily attendance, or other data, that did not comply with statutory or regulatory requirements that were conditions of the apportionments. A local educational agency shall request a repayment plan within 90 days of receiving the final audit report or review, within 30 days of withdrawing or receiving a final determination regarding an appeal pursuant to subdivision (d), or, in the absence of an appeal pursuant to subdivision (d), within 30 days of withdrawing or receiving a determination of a summary review pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 41344.1. At the time the local educational agency is notified, the Controller shall also be notified of the repayment plan. The repayment plan shall be established in accordance with the following:
(1) The Controller shall withhold the disallowed amount at the next principal apportionment or pursuant to paragraph (2), unless subdivision (d) of this section or subdivision (d) of Section 41344.1 applies, in which case the disallowed amount shall be withheld, at the next principal apportionment or pursuant to paragraph (2) following the determination regarding the appeal or summary appeal. In calculating the disallowed amount, the Controller shall determine the total amount of overpayment received by the local educational agency on the basis of average daily attendance, or other data, reported by the local educational agency that did not comply with one or more statutory or regulatory requirements that are conditions of apportionment.
(2) If the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Director of the Department of Finance concur that repayment of the full liability in the current fiscal year would constitute a severe financial hardship for the local agency, they may approve a repayment plan of equal annual payments over a period of up to eight years. The repayment plan shall include interest on each year’s outstanding balance at the rate earned on the state’s Pooled Money Investment Account during that year. The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Director of the Department of Finance shall jointly establish this repayment plan. The Controller shall withhold amounts pursuant to the repayment plan.
(3) If the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Director of the Department of Finance do not jointly establish a repayment plan, the State Controller shall withhold the entire disallowed amount determined pursuant to paragraph (1) at the next principal apportionment.
(b) (1) For purposes of computing average daily attendance pursuant to Section 42238.5, a local educational agency’s prior fiscal year average daily attendance shall be reduced by an amount equal to any average daily attendance disallowed in the current year, by an audit or review, as defined in subdivision (e).
(2) Commencing with the 1999–2000 fiscal year, this subdivision may not result in a local educational agency repaying more than the value of the average daily attendance disallowed in the audit exception plus interest and other penalties or reductions in apportionments as provided by existing law.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this section may not be waived under any authority set forth in this code except as provided in this section or Section 41344.1.
(d) Within 60 days of the date on which a local educational agency receives a final audit report resulting from an audit or review or within 30 days of receiving a determination of a summary review pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 41344.1, a local educational agency may appeal a finding contained in the final report, pursuant to Section 41344.1. Within 90 days of the date on which the appeal is received by the panel, a hearing shall be held at which the local educational agency may present evidence or arguments if the local educational agency believes that the final report contains any finding that was based on errors of fact or interpretation of law. A repayment schedule may not commence until the panel reaches a determination regarding the appeal. If the panel determines that the local educational agency is correct in its assertion, in whole or in part, the allowable portion of any apportionment payment that was withheld shall be paid at the next principal apportionment.
(e) As used in this section, “audit or review” means an audit conducted by the Controller’s office, an annual audit conducted by a certified public accountant or a public accounting firm pursuant to Section 41020, and an audit or review conducted by a governmental agency that provided the local educational agency with an opportunity to provide a written response.

SEC. 34.

 Section 42127.6 of the Education Code is amended to read:

42127.6.
 (a) (1) A school district shall provide the county superintendent of schools with a copy of a study, report, evaluation, or audit that was commissioned by the district, the county superintendent of schools, the Superintendent, and state control agencies and that contains evidence that the school district is showing fiscal distress under the standards and criteria adopted in Section 33127, or a report on the school district by the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team or any regional team created pursuant to subdivision (i) of Section 42127.8. The county superintendent of schools shall review and consider studies, reports, evaluations, or audits of the school district that contain evidence that the school district is demonstrating fiscal distress under the standards and criteria adopted in Section 33127 or that contain a finding by an external reviewer that more than three of the 15 most common predictors of a school district needing intervention, as determined by the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team, are present. If these findings are made, the county superintendent of schools shall investigate the financial condition of the school district and determine if the school district may be unable to meet its financial obligations for the current or two subsequent fiscal years, or should receive a qualified or negative interim financial certification pursuant to Section 42131. If at any time during the fiscal year the county superintendent of schools determines that a school district may be unable to meet its financial obligations for the current or two subsequent fiscal years or if a school district has a qualified or negative certification pursuant to Section 42131, he or she shall notify the governing board of the school district and the Superintendent in writing of that determination and the basis for the determination. The notification shall include the assumptions used in making the determination and shall be available to the public. The county superintendent of schools shall report to the Superintendent on the financial condition of the school district and his or her proposed remedial actions, and shall do at least one of the following, and all actions that are necessary, to ensure that the district meets its financial obligations:
(A) Assign a fiscal expert, paid for by the county superintendent of schools, to advise the district on its financial problems.
(B) Conduct a study of the financial and budgetary conditions of the district that includes, but is not limited to, a review of internal controls. If, in the course of this review, the county superintendent of schools determines that his or her office requires analytical assistance or expertise that is not available through the district, he or she may employ, on a short-term basis, with the approval of the Superintendent, staff, including certified public accountants, to provide the assistance and expertise. The school district shall pay 75 percent and the county office of education shall pay 25 percent of these staff costs.
(C) Direct the school district to submit a financial projection of all fund and cash balances of the district as of June 30 of the current year and subsequent fiscal years as he or she requires.
(D) Require the district to encumber all contracts and other obligations, to prepare appropriate cashflow analyses and monthly or quarterly budget revisions, and to appropriately record all receivables and payables.
(E) Direct the district to submit a proposal for addressing the fiscal conditions that resulted in the determination that the district may not be able to meet its financial obligations.
(F) Withhold compensation of the members of the governing board and the district superintendent for failure to provide requested financial information. This action may be appealed to the Superintendent of Public Instruction pursuant to subdivision (b).
(2) Any contract entered into by a county superintendent of schools for the purposes of this subdivision is subject to the approval of the Superintendent.
(3) An employee of a school district who provides information regarding improper governmental activity, as defined in Section 44112, is entitled to the protection provided pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 44110) of Chapter 1 of Part 25.
(b) Within five days of the county superintendent of schools making the determination specified in subdivision (a), a school district may appeal the basis of the determination, and any of the proposed actions that the county superintendent of schools has indicated that he or she will take to further examine the financial condition of the district. The Superintendent shall sustain or deny any or all parts of the appeal within 10 days.
(c) If, after taking the actions identified in subdivision (a), the county superintendent determines that a district will be unable to meet its financial obligations for the current or subsequent fiscal year, he or she shall notify the school district governing board and the Superintendent in writing of that determination and the basis for that determination. The notification shall include the assumptions used in making the determination and shall be provided to the superintendent of the school district and parent and teacher organization of the district.
(d) Within five days of the county superintendent of schools making the determination specified in subdivision (c), a school district may appeal that determination to the Superintendent. The Superintendent shall sustain or deny the appeal within 10 days. If the governing board of the school district appeals the determination, the county superintendent of schools may stay any action of the governing board that he or she determines is inconsistent with the district’s ability to meet its financial obligations for the current or subsequent fiscal year until resolution of the appeal by the Superintendent.
(e) If the appeal described in subdivision (d) is denied or not filed, or if the district has a negative certification pursuant to Section 42131, the county superintendent of schools, in consultation with the Superintendent, shall take at least one of the actions described in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, and all actions that are necessary to ensure that the district meets its financial obligations and shall make a report to the Superintendent about the financial condition of the district and remedial actions proposed by the county superintendent.
(1) Develop and impose, in consultation with the Superintendent and the school district governing board, a budget revision that will enable the district to meet its financial obligations in the current fiscal year.
(2) Stay or rescind any action that is determined to be inconsistent with the school district’s ability to meet its obligations for the current or subsequent fiscal year. This includes any actions up to the point that the subsequent year’s budget is approved by the county superintendent of schools. The county superintendent of schools shall inform the school district governing board in writing of his or her justification for any exercise of authority under this paragraph.
(3) Assist in developing, in consultation with the governing board of the school district, a financial plan that will enable the district to meet its future obligations.
(4) Assist in developing, in consultation with the governing board of the school district, a budget for the subsequent fiscal year. If necessary, the county superintendent of schools shall continue to work with the governing board of the school district until the budget for the subsequent year is adopted.
(5) As necessary, appoint a fiscal adviser to perform any or all of the duties prescribed by this section on his or her behalf.
(f) Any action taken by the county superintendent of schools pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (e) shall be accompanied by a notification that shall include the actions to be taken, the reasons for the actions, and the assumptions used to support the necessity for these actions.
(g) This section does not authorize the county superintendent of schools to abrogate any provision of a collective bargaining agreement that was entered into by a school district prior to the date upon which the county superintendent of schools assumed authority pursuant to subdivision (e).
(h) The school district shall pay 75 percent and the county office of education shall pay 25 percent of the administrative expenses incurred pursuant to subdivision (e) or costs associated with improving the district’s financial management practices. The Superintendent shall develop, and distribute to affected school districts and county offices of education, advisory guidelines regarding the appropriate amount of administrative expenses charged pursuant to this subdivision.
(i) Notwithstanding Section 42647 or 42650, or any other law, a county treasurer shall not honor any warrant if, pursuant to Sections 42127 to 42127.5, inclusive, or pursuant to this section, the county superintendent of schools or the Superintendent, as appropriate, has disapproved that warrant or the order on school district funds for which a warrant was prepared.
(j) Effective upon the certification of the election results for a newly organized school district pursuant to Section 35763, the county superintendent of schools may exercise any of the powers and duties of this section regarding the reorganized school district and the other affected school districts until the reorganized school district becomes effective for all purposes in accordance with Article 4 (commencing with Section 35530) of Chapter 3 of Part 21.
(k) The Superintendent shall monitor the efforts of a county office of education in exercising its authority under this section and may exercise any of that authority if the Superintendent determines that the county superintendent of schools failed to effectively carry out his or her responsibilities for fiscal oversight as required by this code in resolving the financial problems of the school district. Upon a decision to exercise the powers of the county superintendent of schools, the county superintendent of schools is relieved of those powers assumed by the Superintendent. In addition to the actions taken by the county superintendent of schools, the Superintendent shall take further actions to ensure the long-term fiscal stability of the district. The county office of education shall reimburse the Superintendent for all of his or her costs in exercising his or her authority under this subdivision. The Superintendent shall promptly notify the county superintendent of schools, the county board of education, the superintendent of the school district, the governing board of the school district, the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of each house of the Legislature, and the Department of Finance of his or her decision to exercise the authority of the county superintendent of schools.

SEC. 35.

 Section 42120 of the Education Code is amended to read:

42120.
 If the county board of education neglects or refuses to make a county office of education budget in the manner as prescribed by this article, or neglects to file interim reports pursuant to subdivision (l) of Section 1240, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall not make any apportionment of state or federal money for that particular county office of education for the current fiscal year, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall notify the appropriate county official that he or she shall not approve any warrants issued by the county office of education.

SEC. 36.

 Section 42129 of the Education Code is amended to read:

42129.
 School districts and county offices of education shall transmit to the department, on a timely basis, all budget reports, prior year expenditure reports, qualified and negative financial status reports, program cost accounting reports, certifications, and audit reports as prescribed by subdivision (l) of Section 1240, subdivision (g) of Section 35035, Sections 1621, 1623, 41020, 42127, 42131, and Chapter 7.2 (commencing with Section 56836) of Part 30, and those reports used to calculate the first, second, and annual principal apportionments and special purpose apportionments for school districts and county offices of education. If the reports are not submitted to the Superintendent of Public Instruction within 14 days after the submission date prescribed in the statute or specified by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may direct the county auditor to withhold payment of any stipend, expenses, or salaries to the district superintendent, county superintendent, or members of the governing boards, as appropriate. The payments shall be withheld until the delinquent reports have been submitted to the department. If the county superintendent performs the functions of the county auditor, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may direct the county superintendent to withhold the payments specified in this section.

SEC. 37.

 Section 42131 of the Education Code is amended to read:

42131.
 (a) (1) Pursuant to the reports required by Section 42130, the governing board of each school district shall certify, in writing, within 45 days after the close of the period being reported, whether the school district is able to meet its financial obligations for the remainder of the fiscal year and, based on current forecasts, for the subsequent fiscal year. These certifications shall be based upon the board’s assessment, on the basis of standards and criteria for fiscal stability adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to Section 33127, of the district budget, as revised to reflect current information regarding the adopted State Budget, district property tax revenues pursuant to Sections 95 to 100, inclusive, of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and ending balances for the preceding fiscal year as reported pursuant to Section 42100. The certifications shall be classified as positive, qualified, or negative, as prescribed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the purposes of determining subsequent actions by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Controller, or the county superintendent of schools, pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c). These certifications shall be based upon the financial and budgetary reports required by Section 42130 but may include additional financial information known by the governing board to exist at the time of each certification. For purposes of this subdivision, a negative certification shall be assigned to any school district that, based upon current projections, will be unable to meet its financial obligations for the remainder of the fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year. A qualified certification shall be assigned to any school district that, based upon current projections, may not meet its financial obligations for the current fiscal year or two subsequent fiscal years. A positive certification shall be assigned to any school district that, based upon current projections, will meet its financial obligations for the current fiscal year and subsequent two fiscal years.
(2) A copy of each certification and a copy of the report submitted to the governing board pursuant to Section 42130 shall be filed with the county superintendent of schools. If a county office of education receives a positive certification when it determines a negative or qualified certification should have been filed, the county superintendent of schools shall change the certification to negative or qualified, as appropriate, and, no later than 75 days after the close of the period being reported, shall provide notice of that action to the governing board of the school district and to the Superintendent of Public Instruction. No later than five days after a school district receives notice from the county superintendent of schools of a change in the district’s certification to negative or qualified, the governing board of the district may submit an appeal to the Superintendent of Public Instruction regarding the validity of that change, in accordance with the criteria applied to those designations pursuant to this subdivision. No later than 10 days after receiving that appeal, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall determine the certification to be assigned to the district, and shall notify the school district governing board and the county superintendent of schools of that determination.
Copies of any certification in which the governing board is unable to certify unqualifiedly that these financial obligations will be met and a copy of the report submitted to the governing board pursuant to Section 42130 shall be sent by the county office of education to the Controller and the Superintendent of Public Instruction at the time of the certification, together with a completed transmittal form provided by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Within 75 days after the close of the reporting period on all school district certifications that are classified as qualified or negative pursuant to this section, the appropriate county superintendent of schools shall submit to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Controller his or her comments on those certifications and report any action proposed or taken pursuant to subdivision (b).
(3) All reports and certifications required under this subdivision shall be in a format or on forms prescribed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and shall be based on standards and criteria for fiscal stability adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to Section 33127.
(4) This subdivision does not preclude the submission of additional budgetary or financial reports by the county superintendent of schools to the district governing board, or to the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(b) As to any school district having a negative or qualified certification, the county superintendent of schools shall exercise his or her authority, as necessary, pursuant to Section 42127.6.
(c) Within 75 days after the close of each reporting period, each county superintendent of schools shall report to the Controller and the Superintendent of Public Instruction as to whether the governing board of each of the school districts under his or her jurisdiction has submitted the certification required by subdivision (a). That report shall account for all districts under the jurisdiction of the county office of education and indicate the type of certification filed by each district.
(d) The Controller’s office may conduct an audit or review of the fiscal condition of any district having a negative or qualified certification.
(e) The governing board of each school district filing a qualified or negative certification for the second report required under Section 42130, or classified as qualified or negative by the county superintendent of schools, shall provide to the county superintendent of schools, the Controller, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction no later than June 1, financial statement projections of the district’s fund and cash balances through June 30 for the period ending April 30. The governing boards of all other school districts are encouraged to develop a similar financial statement for use in developing the beginning fund balances of the district for the ensuing fiscal year.
(f) Any school district for which the county board of education serves as the governing board is not subject to subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, but is governed instead by the interim report, monitoring, and review procedures set forth in subdivision (l) of Section 1240 and in Article 2 (commencing with Section 1620) of Chapter 5 of Part 2.

SEC. 38.

 Section 42133.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:

42133.5.
 Regardless of the certification of the budgetary status of a school district or county office of education under subdivision (l) of Section 1240 or Section 42131, the proceeds obtained by a school district from the sale of a sale back or leaseback agreement, or interests therein, or a debt instrument payable from payments under a sale back or leaseback agreement shall not be used for general operating purposes of the school district.

SEC. 39.

 Section 46200.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:

46200.5.
 (a) In the 1985–86 fiscal year, for each county office of education that certifies to the Superintendent of Public Instruction that it offers 180 days or more of instruction per school year of special day classes pursuant to Section 56364.2, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall determine an amount equal to seventy dollars ($70) per unit of current year second principal apportionment average daily attendance for special day classes. This computation shall be included in computations made by the superintendent pursuant to Chapter 7.2 (commencing with Section 56836) of Part 30.
(b) For any county office of education that received an apportionment pursuant to subdivision (a) and that offered less than 180 days of instruction in the 1986–87 fiscal year, to the 2000–01 fiscal year, inclusive, and that does not provide the minimum number of instructional minutes specified in subdivision (a) of Section 46201 for that fiscal year, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall reduce the special education apportionment per unit of average daily attendance for that fiscal year by an amount attributable to the increase received pursuant to subdivision (a), as adjusted in fiscal years subsequent to the 1985–86 fiscal year.
(c) For any county office of education that receives an apportionment pursuant to subdivision (a) and that offers less than 180 days of instruction or in multitrack year-round schools a minimum of 163 days, in the 2001–02 fiscal year, or any fiscal year thereafter, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall withhold from the county office of education’s revenue limit apportionment for the average daily attendance of each affected grade level the sum of 0.0056 multiplied by that apportionment, for each day less than 180 or, in multitrack year-round schools, for each day less than 163, that the county office of education offered.
(d) For any county office of education that received an apportionment pursuant to subdivision (a) and that offered less than 180 days of instruction as required in subdivision (a) in the 1986–87 fiscal year, to either the end of the final year of the teacher bargaining unit contract in force in that county office on January 1, 2002, inclusive, or, if no teacher bargaining unit contract was in force in that county office on January 1, 2002, to the end of the 2001–02 fiscal year, inclusive, and that provided the minimum number of instructional minutes in subdivision (a) of Section 46201.5 during all of the period applicable to the county office pursuant to this subdivision, subdivision (c) does not apply until the first fiscal year following the end of the applicable period of years.

SEC. 40.

 Section 46201.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:

46201.5.
 (a) In each of the 1985–86 and 1986–87 fiscal years, for each county office of education that certifies to the Superintendent of Public Instruction that, for special day classes pursuant to Section 56364.2, it offers at least the amount of instructional time specified in this subdivision, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall determine an amount equal to eighty dollars ($80) in the 1985–86 fiscal year and forty dollars ($40) in the 1986–87 fiscal year per unit of current year second principal apportionment average daily attendance for special day classes in kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, and one hundred sixty dollars ($160) in the 1985–86 fiscal year and eighty dollars ($80) in the 1986–87 fiscal year per unit of current year second principal apportionment average daily attendance for special day classes in grades 9 to 12, inclusive.
This computation shall be included in computations made by the superintendent pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 56836.06) of Chapter 7.2 of Part 30.
(1) In the 1985–86 fiscal year:
(A) 34,500 minutes in kindergarten.
(B) 47,016 minutes in grades 1 to 3, inclusive.
(C) 50,000 minutes in grades 4 to 8, inclusive.
(D) 57,200 minutes in grades 9 to 12, inclusive.
(2) In the 1986–87 fiscal year:
(A) 36,000 minutes in kindergarten.
(B) 50,400 minutes in grades 1 to 3, inclusive.
(C) 54,000 minutes in grades 4 to 8, inclusive.
(D) 64,800 minutes in grades 9 to 12, inclusive.
(b) Each county office of education that receives an apportionment pursuant to subdivision (a) in a fiscal year shall, in the subsequent fiscal year, add the amount received per pupil to the county office’s base special education apportionment.
(c) For each county office of education that receives an apportionment pursuant to subdivision (a) in the 1985–86 fiscal year, and that reduces the amount of instructional time offered below the minimum amounts specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) in the 1986–87 fiscal year, or any fiscal year thereafter, up to and including the 2000–01 fiscal year, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall reduce the special education apportionment for the fiscal year in which the reduction occurs by an amount attributable to the increase in the 1986–87 fiscal year special education apportionment pursuant to subdivision (b), as adjusted in the 1986–87 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter.
(d) For each county office of education that receives an apportionment pursuant to subdivision (a) in the 1986–87 fiscal year and that reduces the amount of instructional time offered below the minimum amounts specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) in the 1987–88 fiscal year, or any fiscal year thereafter, up to and including the 2000–01 fiscal year, the superintendent shall reduce the special education apportionment for the fiscal year in which the reduction occurs by an amount attributable to the increase in the 1987–88 fiscal year special education apportionment pursuant to subdivision (b), as adjusted in the 1987–88 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter.
(e) For each county office of education that receives an apportionment pursuant to subdivision (a) in the 1986–87 fiscal year and that reduces the amount of instructional time offered below the minimum amounts specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) in the 2001–02 fiscal year, or any fiscal year thereafter, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall withhold from the special education apportionment for the average daily attendance of each affected grade level, the sum of that apportionment multiplied by the percentage of the minimum offered minutes at that grade level that the county office of education failed to offer.

SEC. 41.

 Section 47632 of the Education Code is amended to read:

47632.
 For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall be defined as follows:
(a) “General-purpose entitlement” means an amount computed by the formula set forth in Section 47633 beginning in the 1999–2000 fiscal year, which is based on the statewide average amounts of general-purpose funding from those state and local sources identified in Section 47633 received by school districts of similar type and serving similar pupil populations.
(b) “Categorical block grant” means an amount computed by the formula set forth in Section 47634 beginning in the 1999–2000 fiscal year, which is based on the statewide average amounts of categorical aid from those sources identified in Section 47634 received by school districts of similar type and serving similar pupil populations.
(c) “General-purpose funding” means those funds that consist of state aid, local property taxes, and other revenues applied toward a school district’s revenue limit, pursuant to Section 42238.
(d) “Categorical aid” means aid that consists of state or federally funded programs, or both, which are apportioned for specific purposes set forth in statute or regulation.
(e) “Educationally disadvantaged pupils” means those pupils who are eligible for subsidized meals pursuant to Section 49552 or are identified as English learners pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 306, or both.
(f) “Operational funding” means all funding except funding for capital outlay.
(g) “School district of a similar type” means a school district that is serving similar grade levels.
(h) “Similar pupil population” means similar numbers of pupils by grade level, with a similar proportion of educationally disadvantaged pupils.
(i) “Sponsoring local educational agency” means the following:
(1) In the cases where a charter school is granted by a school district, the sponsoring local educational agency is the school district.
(2) In cases where a charter is granted by a county office of education after having been previously denied by a school district, the sponsoring local educational agency means the school district that initially denied the charter petition.
(3) In cases where a charter is granted by the State Board of Education after having been previously denied by a local educational agency, the sponsoring local educational agency means the local educational agency designated by the State Board of Education pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (k) of Section 47605 or if a local educational agency is not designated, the local educational agency that initially denied the charter petition.
(4) For pupils attending county-sponsored charter schools who are eligible to attend those schools solely as a result of parental request pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1981, the sponsoring local educational agency means the pupils’ school district of residence.
(5) For pupils attending countywide charter schools pursuant to Section 47605.6 who reside in a basic aid school district, the sponsoring local educational agency means the school district of residence of the pupil. For purposes of this paragraph, “basic aid school district” means a school district that does not receive an apportionment of state funds pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 42238.

SEC. 42.

 Section 47646 of the Education Code is amended to read:

47646.
 (a) A charter school that is deemed to be a public school of the local educational agency that granted the charter for purposes of special education shall participate in state and federal funding for special education in the same manner as any other public school of that local educational agency. A child with disabilities attending the charter school shall receive special education instruction or designated instruction and services, or both, in the same manner as a child with disabilities who attends another public school of that local educational agency. The agency that granted the charter shall ensure that all children with disabilities enrolled in the charter school receive special education and designated instruction and services in a manner that is consistent with their individualized education program and is in compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et seq.) and implementing regulations.
(b) In administering the local operation of special education pursuant to the local plan established pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 56205) of Part 30, in which the local educational agency that granted the charter participates, the local educational agency that granted the charter shall ensure that each charter school that is deemed a public school for purposes of special education receives an equitable share of special education funding and services consisting of either, or both, of the following:
(1) State and federal funding provided to support special education instruction or designated instruction and services, or both, provided or procured by the charter school that serves pupils enrolled in and attending the charter school. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a charter school may report average daily attendance to accommodate eligible pupils who require extended year services as part of an individualized education program.
(2) Any necessary special education services, including administrative and support services and itinerant services, that is provided by the local educational agency on behalf of pupils with disabilities enrolled in the charter school.
(c) In administering the local operation of special education pursuant to the local plan established pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 56205) of Part 30, in which the local educational agency that granted the charter participates, the local educational agency that granted the charter shall ensure that each charter school that is deemed a public school for purposes of special education also contributes an equitable share of its charter school block grant funding to support districtwide special education instruction and services, including, but not limited to, special education instruction and services for pupils with disabilities enrolled in the charter school.

SEC. 43.

 Section 48293 of the Education Code is amended to read:

48293.
 (a) Any parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of any pupil who fails to comply with this chapter, unless excused or exempted therefrom, is guilty of an infraction and shall be punished as follows:
(1) Upon a first conviction, by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100).
(2) Upon a second conviction, by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
(3) Upon a third or subsequent conviction, if the person has willfully refused to comply with this section, by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500). In lieu of imposing the fines prescribed in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), the court may order the person to be placed in a parent education and counseling program.
(b) A judgment that a person convicted of an infraction be punished as prescribed in subdivision (a) may also provide for the payment of the fine within a specified time or in specified installments, or for participation in the program. A judgment granting a defendant time to pay the fine or prescribing the days of attendance in a program shall order that if the defendant fails to pay the fine, or any installment thereof, on the date that it is due, or fails to attend a program on a prescribed date, he or she shall appear in court on that date for further proceedings. Willful violation of the order is punishable as contempt.
(c) Until January 1, 2006, the court may also order that the person convicted of the violation of subdivision (a) immediately enroll or reenroll the pupil in the appropriate school or educational program and provide proof of enrollment to the court. Willful violation of an order under this subdivision is punishable as civil contempt with a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000). An order of contempt under this subdivision shall not include imprisonment.
(d) The Legislative Analyst, in consultation with the California District Attorney’s Association and the State Department of Education, shall develop a report to be submitted to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2004, concerning the implementation of this subdivision.

SEC. 44.

 Article 4 (commencing with Section 48700) of Chapter 4 of Part 27 of the Education Code is repealed.

SEC. 45.

 Section 49110 of the Education Code is amended to read:

49110.
 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that school district personnel responsible for issuing work permits to pupils have a working knowledge of California labor laws as they relate to minors and be trained to provide the pupils practical personal guidance in career education.
(b) The superintendent of any school district in which any minor resides, a person holding a services credential with a specialization in pupil personnel services authorized by the superintendent in writing, or a certificated work experience education teacher or coordinator authorized by the superintendent in writing, may issue to certain minors permits to work. If the minor resides in a portion of a county not under the jurisdiction of the superintendent of any school district, the permit to work shall be issued by the superintendent of schools of the county, by a person holding a services credential with a specialization in pupil personnel services authorized by the superintendent in writing, or a certificated work experience education teacher or coordinator authorized by the superintendent in writing.
(c) A permit to work shall not be issued until the written request therefor from the parent, guardian, foster parent, caregiver with whom the minor resides, or residential shelter services provider, has been filed with the issuing authority. “Residential shelter services” refers to residential and other support services provided to minors by a governmental agency, a person or agency under contract with a governmental agency to provide these services, an agency receiving funding from community funds, or a licensed community care facility or crisis resolution center on a temporary or emergency basis in a facility that services only minors.
(d) If the certificated person designated by the superintendent to issue work permits is not available, and delay in issuing a permit would jeopardize the ability of a pupil to secure work, a person authorized by the superintendent may issue the work permit.
(e) If a district does not employ or contract with a person holding a services credential with a specialization in pupil personnel services or with a certificated work experience education teacher or coordinator, the superintendent may authorize, in writing, a person who does not hold that credential to issue permits to work during periods of time in which the superintendent is absent from the district.

SEC. 46.

 Section 51101 of the Education Code is amended to read:

51101.
 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), the parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in public schools have the right and should have the opportunity, as mutually supportive and respectful partners in the education of their children within the public schools, to be informed by the school, and to participate in the education of their children, as follows:
(1) Within a reasonable period of time following making the request, to observe the classroom or classrooms in which their child is enrolled or for the purpose of selecting the school in which their child will be enrolled in accordance with the requirements of any intradistrict or interdistrict pupil attendance policies or programs.
(2) Within a reasonable time of their request, to meet with their child’s teacher or teachers and the principal of the school in which their child is enrolled.
(3) To volunteer their time and resources for the improvement of school facilities and school programs under the supervision of district employees, including, but not limited to, providing assistance in the classroom with the approval, and under the direct supervision, of the teacher. Although volunteer parents may assist with instruction, primary instructional responsibility shall remain with the teacher.
(4) To be notified on a timely basis if their child is absent from school without permission.
(5) To receive the results of their child’s performance on standardized tests and statewide tests and information on the performance of the school that their child attends on standardized statewide tests.
(6) To request a particular school for their child, and to receive a response from the school district. This paragraph does not obligate the school district to grant the parent’s request.
(7) To have a school environment for their child that is safe and supportive of learning.
(8) To examine the curriculum materials of the class or classes in which their child is enrolled.
(9) To be informed of their child’s progress in school and of the appropriate school personnel whom they should contact if problems arise with their child.
(10) To have access to the school records of their child.
(11) To receive information concerning the academic performance standards, proficiencies, or skills their child is expected to accomplish.
(12) To be informed in advance about school rules, including disciplinary rules and procedures in accordance with Section 48980, attendance policies, dress codes, and procedures for visiting the school.
(13) To receive information about any psychological testing the school does involving their child and to deny permission to give the test.
(14) To participate as a member of a parent advisory committee, schoolsite council, or site-based management leadership team, in accordance with any rules and regulations governing membership in these organizations. In order to facilitate parental participation, schoolsite councils are encouraged to schedule a biannual open forum for the purpose of informing parents about current school issues and activities and answering parents’ questions. The meetings should be scheduled on weekends, and prior notice should be provided to parents.
(15) To question anything in their child’s record that the parent feels is inaccurate or misleading or is an invasion of privacy and to receive a response from the school.
(16) To be notified, as early in the school year as practicable pursuant to Section 48070.5, if their child is identified as being at risk of retention and of their right to consult with school personnel responsible for a decision to promote or retain their child and to appeal a decision to retain or promote their child.
(b) In addition to the rights described in subdivision (a), parents and guardians of pupils, including those parents and guardians whose primary language is not English, shall have the opportunity to work together in a mutually supportive and respectful partnership with schools, and to help their children succeed in school. Each governing board of a school district shall develop jointly with parents and guardians, and shall adopt, a policy that outlines the manner in which parents or guardians of pupils, school staff, and pupils may share the responsibility for continuing the intellectual, physical, emotional, and social development and well-being of pupils at each schoolsite. The policy shall include, but is not necessarily limited to, the following:
(1) The means by which the school and parents or guardians of pupils may help pupils to achieve academic and other standards of the school.
(2) A description of the school’s responsibility to provide a high quality curriculum and instructional program in a supportive and effective learning environment that enables all pupils to meet the academic expectations of the school.
(3) The manner in which the parents and guardians of pupils may support the learning environment of their children, including, but not limited to, the following:
(A) Monitoring attendance of their children.
(B) Ensuring that homework is completed and turned in on a timely basis.
(C) Participation of the children in extracurricular activities.
(D) Monitoring and regulating the television viewed by their children.
(E) Working with their children at home in learning activities that extend learning in the classroom.
(F) Volunteering in their children’s classrooms, or for other activities at the school.
(G) Participating, as appropriate, in decisions relating to the education of their own child or the total school program.
(c) All schools that participate in the High Priority Schools Grant Program established pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 52055.600) of Chapter 6.1 of Part 28 and that maintain kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 5, inclusive, shall jointly develop with parents or guardians for all children enrolled at that schoolsite, a school-parent compact pursuant to Section 6319 of Title 20 of the United States Code.
(d) This section does not authorize a school to inform a parent or guardian, as provided in this section, or to permit participation by a parent or guardian in the education of a child, if it conflicts with a valid restraining order, protective order, or order for custody or visitation issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.

SEC. 47.

 Section 51101.1 of the Education Code is amended to read:

51101.1.
 (a) A parent or guardian’s lack of English fluency does not preclude a parent or guardian from exercising the rights guaranteed under this chapter. A school district shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that all parents and guardians of pupils who speak a language other than English are properly notified in English and in their home language, pursuant to Section 48985, of the rights and opportunities available to them pursuant to this section.
(b) Parents and guardians of English learners are entitled to participate in the education of their children pursuant to Section 51101 and as follows:
(1) To receive, pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 51101, the results of their child’s performance on standardized tests, including the English language development test.
(2) To be given any required written notification, under any applicable law, in English and the pupil’s home language pursuant to Section 48985.
(3) To participate in school and district advisory bodies in accordance with federal and state laws and regulations.
(4) To support their children’s advancement toward literacy. School personnel shall encourage parents and guardians of English learners to support their child’s progress toward literacy both in English and, to the extent possible, in the child’s home language. School districts are encouraged to make available, to the extent possible, surplus or undistributed instructional materials to parents and guardians, pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 60510, in order to facilitate parental involvement in their children’s education.
(5) To be informed, pursuant to Sections 33126 and 48985, about statewide and local academic standards, testing programs, accountability measures, and school improvement efforts.
(c) A school with a substantial number of pupils with a home language other than English is encouraged to establish parent centers with personnel who can communicate with the parents and guardians of these children to encourage understanding of and participation in the educational programs in which their children are enrolled.

SEC. 48.

 Section 51224.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:

51224.5.
 (a) The adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, shall include algebra as part of the mathematics area of study pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 51220.
(b) Commencing with the 2003–04 school year and each year thereafter, at least one course, or a combination of the two courses, in mathematics required to be completed pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 51225.3 by pupils while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, prior to receiving a diploma of graduation from high school, shall meet or exceed the rigor of the content standards for Algebra I, as adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to Section 60605.
(c) A pupil who, prior to enrollment in grade 9, completes coursework in algebra that meets or exceeds the rigor of the content standards for Algebra I, as adopted by the State Board of Education, is exempt from subdivision (b), but is not exempt from the requirement that the pupil complete two courses in mathematics while enrolled in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, as specified in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 51225.3.

SEC. 49.

 Section 51240 is added to the Education Code, to read:

51240.
 (a) If any part of a school’s instruction in health conflicts with the religious training and beliefs of a parent or guardian of a pupil, the pupil, upon written request of the parent or guardian, shall be excused from the part of the instruction that conflicts with the religious training and beliefs.
(b) For purposes of this section, “religious training and beliefs” includes personal moral convictions.

SEC. 50.

 Section 51747 of the Education Code is amended to read:

51747.
 A school district or county office of education shall not be eligible to receive apportionments for independent study by pupils, regardless of age, unless it has adopted written policies, and has implemented those policies, pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(a) The maximum length of time, by grade level and type of program, that may elapse between the time an independent study assignment is made and the date by which the pupil must complete the assigned work.
(b) The number of missed assignments that will be allowed before an evaluation is conducted to determine whether it is in the best interests of the pupil to remain in independent study, or whether he or she should return to the regular school program. A written record of the findings of any evaluation made pursuant to this subdivision shall be treated as a mandatory interim pupil record. The record shall be maintained for a period of three years from the date of the evaluation and, if the pupil transfers to another California public school, the record shall be forwarded to that school.
(c) A requirement that a current written agreement for each independent study pupil shall be maintained on file including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(1) The manner, time, frequency, and place for submitting a pupil’s assignments and for reporting his or her progress.
(2) The objectives and methods of study for the pupil’s work, and the methods utilized to evaluate that work.
(3) The specific resources, including materials and personnel, that will be made available to the pupil.
(4) A statement of the policies adopted pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) regarding the maximum length of time allowed between the assignment and the completion of a pupil’s assigned work, and the number of missed assignments allowed prior to an evaluation of whether or not the pupil should be allowed to continue in independent study.
(5) The duration of the independent study agreement, including the beginning and ending dates for the pupil’s participation in independent study under the agreement. No independent study agreement shall be valid for any period longer than one semester, or one-half year for a school on a year-round calendar.
(6) A statement of the number of course credits or, for the elementary grades, other measures of academic accomplishment appropriate to the agreement, to be earned by the pupil upon completion.
(7) The inclusion of a statement in each independent study agreement that independent study is an optional educational alternative in which no pupil may be required to participate. In the case of a pupil who is referred or assigned to any school, class, or program pursuant to Section 48915 or 48917, the agreement also shall include the statement that instruction may be provided to the pupil through independent study only if the pupil is offered the alternative of classroom instruction.
(8) Each written agreement shall be signed, prior to the commencement of independent study, by the pupil, the pupil’s parent, legal guardian, or caregiver, if the pupil is less than 18 years of age, the certificated employee who has been designated as having responsibility for the general supervision of independent study, and all persons who have direct responsibility for providing assistance to the pupil. For purposes of this paragraph “caregiver” means a person who has met the requirements of Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 6550) of the Family Code.

SEC. 51.

 Section 52515 of the Education Code is amended to read:

52515.
 State funds shall not be apportioned to a school district on account of the attendance of pupils enrolled in adult schools unless, the courses have been approved by the department pursuant to Section 41976.

SEC. 52.

 Section 52616.18 of the Education Code is amended to read:

52616.18.
 (a) Commencing July 1, of each fiscal year, notwithstanding that a school district was not authorized to operate an adult education program pursuant to Section 41976, a school district may apply to the department for initial program approval and funding to begin any adult education programs specified in Section 41976 provided the district meets the following criteria:
(1) The district did not operate nor claim state apportionment for an adult education program in the prior fiscal year.
(2) The district enters into a written delineation of function agreement pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 8500) of Part 6 for the fiscal year for which initial funding is authorized between the applicant school district and the community college district in the same geographical area.
(b) The Superintendent of Public Instruction may approve the program and state apportionment funding on the basis of the school district’s documented need for adult education programs. The superintendent shall issue a program advisory that sets forth the criteria of need that a district is required to document.
(c) A school district that receives state funding under this section shall ensure that priority for program service is given to persons applying for the district’s adult education programs authorized by paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 41976.
(d) A school district that maintains a current delineation of function agreement with a community college district pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 8500) of Part 6 are authorized to divide the responsibility for offering courses pursuant to Section 41976 by mutual agreement of the boards of those districts.
(e) This section shall be operative to the extent that the superintendent determines that funds are available pursuant to Section 52616.19 to implement the section on or after July 1, of each fiscal year.

SEC. 53.

 Section 56027 of the Education Code is amended to read:

56027.
 “Local plan” means a plan that meets the requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 56205) and that is submitted by a school district, special education local plan area, or county office.

SEC. 54.

 Section 56028 of the Education Code is amended to read:

56028.
 (a) “Parent,” includes any of the following:
(1) A person having legal custody of a child.
(2) Any adult pupil for whom no guardian or conservator has been appointed.
(3) A person acting in the place of a parent, including a grandparent or stepparent with whom the child lives. “Parent” also includes a parent surrogate.
(4) A foster parent if the natural parents’ authority to make educational decisions on the child’s behalf has been specifically limited by court order in accordance with subsection (b) of Section 300.20 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(b) “Parent” does not include the state or any political subdivision of government.

SEC. 55.

 Section 56028.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:

56028.5.
 “Public agency” means a school district, county office of education, special education local plan area, charter school, or any other public agency under the auspices of the state or any political subdivisions of the state providing special education or related services to individuals with exceptional needs, and includes all public agencies listed in Section 300.22 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

SEC. 56.

 Section 56140 of the Education Code is amended to read:

56140.
 County offices shall do all of the following:
(a) Initiate and submit to the superintendent a countywide plan for special education which demonstrates the coordination of all local plans submitted pursuant to Section 56205 and which ensures that all individuals with exceptional needs residing within the county, including those enrolled in alternative education programs, including, but not limited to, alternative schools, charter schools, opportunity schools and classes, community day schools operated by school districts, community schools operated by county offices of education, and juvenile court schools, will have access to appropriate special education programs and related services. However, a county office shall not be required to submit a countywide plan when all the districts within the county elect to submit a single local plan.
(b) Within 45 days, approve or disapprove any proposed local plan submitted by a district or group of districts within the county or counties. Approval shall be based on the capacity of the district or districts to ensure that special education programs and services are provided to all individuals with exceptional needs.
(1) If approved, the county office shall submit the plan with comments and recommendations to the superintendent.
(2) If disapproved, the county office shall return the plan with comments and recommendations to the district. This district may immediately appeal to the superintendent to overrule the county office’s disapproval. The superintendent shall make a decision on an appeal within 30 days of receipt of the appeal.
(3) A local plan may not be implemented without approval of the plan by the county office or a decision by the superintendent to overrule the disapproval of the county office.
(c) Participate in the state onsite review of the district’s implementation of an approved local plan.
(d) Join with districts in the county which elect to submit a plan or plans pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 56195.1. Any plan may include more than one county, and districts located in more than one county. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to limit the authority of a county office to enter into other agreements with these districts and other districts to provide services relating to the education of individuals with exceptional needs.
(e) For each special education local plan area located within the jurisdiction of the county office of education that has submitted a revised local plan pursuant to Section 56836.03, the county office shall comply with Section 48850, as it relates to individuals with exceptional needs, by making available to agencies that place children in licensed children’s institutions a copy of the annual service plan adopted pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 56205.

SEC. 57.

 Section 56195 of the Education Code is amended to read:

56195.
 Each special education local plan area, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 56195.1, shall administer local plans submitted pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 56205) and shall administer the allocation of funds pursuant to Chapter 7.2 (commencing with Section 56836).

SEC. 58.

 Section 56195.1 of the Education Code is amended to read:

56195.1.
 The governing board of a district shall elect to do one of the following:
(a) If of sufficient size and scope, under standards adopted by the board, submit to the superintendent a local plan for the education of all individuals with exceptional needs residing in the district in accordance with Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 56205).
(b) In conjunction with one or more districts, submit to the superintendent a local plan for the education of individuals with exceptional needs residing in those districts in accordance with Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 56205). The plan shall include, through joint powers agreements or other contractual agreements, all the following:
(1) Provision of a governance structure and any necessary administrative support to implement the plan.
(2) Establishment of a system for determining the responsibility of participating agencies for the education of each individual with exceptional needs residing in the special education local plan area.
(3) Designation of a responsible local agency or alternative administrative entity to perform functions such as the receipt and distribution of funds, provision of administrative support, and coordination of the implementation of the plan. Any participating agency may perform any of these services required by the plan.
(c) Join with the county office, to submit to the superintendent a local plan in accordance with Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 56205) to assure access to special education and services for all individuals with exceptional needs residing in the geographic area served by the plan. The county office shall coordinate the implementation of the plan, unless otherwise specified in the plan. The plan shall include, through contractual agreements, all of the following:
(1) Establishment of a system for determining the responsibility of participating agencies for the education of each individual with exceptional needs residing in the geographical area served by the plan.
(2) Designation of the county office, of a responsible local agency, or of any other administrative entity to perform functions such as the receipt and distribution of funds, provision of administrative support, and coordination of the implementation of the plan. Any participating agency may perform any of these services required by the plan.
(d) The service area covered by the local plan developed under subdivision (a), (b), or (c) shall be known as the special education local plan area.
(e) This section does not limit the authority of a county office and a school district or group of school districts to enter into contractual agreements for services relating to the education of individuals with exceptional needs. Except for instructional personnel service units serving infants, until a special education local plan area adopts a revised local plan approved pursuant to Section 56836.03, the county office of education or school district that reports a unit for funding shall be the agency that employs the personnel who staff the unit, unless the combined unit rate and support service ratio of the nonemploying agency is equal to or lower than that of the employing agency and both agencies agree that the nonemploying agency will report the unit for funding.
(f) A charter school that is deemed a local educational agency for the purposes of special education pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 47640) of Chapter 6 of Part 26.8 shall participate in an approved local plan pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (c). A charter school may submit written policies and procedures to the department for approval by the State Board of Education, which establish compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et seq.), and implementing regulations, either individually, pursuant to subdivision (a) or with other charter schools pursuant to subdivision (b). The State Board of Education shall review these policies and procedures, based on the criteria established pursuant to Section 56100. Upon approval by the State Board of Education, these written policies and procedures shall become the local plan.

SEC. 59.

 Section 56361 of the Education Code is amended to read:

56361.
 The continuum of program options shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following or any combination of the following:
(a) Regular education programs consistent with subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of Section 1412 of Title 20 of the United States Code and implementing regulations.
(b) A resource specialist program pursuant to Section 56362.
(c) Designated instruction and services pursuant to Section 56363.
(d) Special classes pursuant to Section 56364.2.
(e) Nonpublic, nonsectarian school services pursuant to Section 56365.
(f) State special schools pursuant to Section 56367.
(g) Instruction in settings other than classrooms where specially designed instruction may occur.
(h) Itinerant instruction in classrooms, resource rooms, and settings other than classrooms where specially designed instruction may occur to the extent required by federal law or regulation.
(i) Instruction using telecommunication, and instruction in the home, in hospitals, and in other institutions to the extent required by federal law or regulation.

SEC. 60.

 Section 56364.1 of the Education Code is amended to read:

56364.1.
 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 56364.2, pupils with low incidence disabilities may receive all or a portion of their instruction in the regular classroom and may also be enrolled in special classes taught by appropriately credentialed teachers who serve these pupils at one or more schoolsites. The instruction shall be provided in a manner which is consistent with the guidelines adopted pursuant to Section 56136 and in accordance with the individualized education program.

SEC. 61.

 Section 56364.5 of the Education Code is repealed.

SEC. 62.

 Section 56836.01 of the Education Code is amended to read:

56836.01.
 Commencing with the 1998–99 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the administrator of each special education local plan area, in accordance with the local plan approved by the board, shall be responsible for the following:
(a) The fiscal administration of the annual budget plan pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 56205 and annual allocation plan for multidistrict special education local plan areas pursuant to Section 56836.05 for special education programs of school districts and county superintendents of schools composing the special education local plan area.
(b) The allocation of state and federal funds allocated to the special education local plan area for the provision of special education and related services by those entities.
(c) The reporting and accounting requirements prescribed by this part.

SEC. 63.

 Section 56836.03 of the Education Code is amended to read:

56836.03.
 (a) On or after January 1, 1998, each special education local plan area shall submit a revised local plan. Each special education local plan area shall submit its revised local plan not later than the time it is required to submit its local plan pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 56100 and the revised local plan shall meet the requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 56205).
(b) Until the board has approved the revised local plan and the special education local plan area begins to operate under the revised local plan, each special education local plan area shall continue to operate under the programmatic, reporting, and accounting requirements prescribed by the State Department of Education for the purposes of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 56700) as that chapter existed on December 31, 1998. The department shall develop transition guidelines, and, as necessary, transition forms, to facilitate a transition from the reporting and accounting methods required for Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 56700) as that chapter existed on December 31, 1998, and related provisions of this part, to the reporting and accounting methods required for this chapter. Under no circumstances shall the transition guidelines exceed the requirements of the provisions described in paragraphs (1) and (2). The transition guidelines shall, at a minimum, do the following:
(1) Describe the method for accounting for the instructional service personnel units and caseloads, as required by Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 56700) as that chapter existed on December 31, 1998.
(2) Describe the accounting that is required to be made, if any, for the purposes of Sections 56030, 56140, 56156.4, 56361.5, 56362, 56363.3, 56366.2, 56366.3, 56441.5, and 56441.7.
(c) Commencing with the 1997–98 fiscal year, through and including the fiscal year in which equalization among special education local plan areas has been achieved, the board shall not approve any proposal to divide a special education local plan area into two or more units, unless the division has no net impact on state costs for special education; provided, however, that the board may approve a proposal that was initially submitted to the department prior to January 1, 1997.

SEC. 64.

 Section 56836.155 of the Education Code is amended to read:

56836.155.
 (a) On or before November 2, 1998, the department, in conjunction with the Office of the Legislative Analyst, shall do the following:
(1) Calculate an “incidence multiplier” for each special education local plan area using the definition, methodology, and data provided in the final report submitted by the American Institutes for Research pursuant to Section 67 of Chapter 854 of the Statutes of 1997.
(2) Submit the incidence multiplier for each special education local plan area and supporting data to the Department of Finance.
(b) The Department of Finance shall review the incidence multiplier for each special education local plan area and the supporting data, and report any errors to the department and the Office of the Legislative Analyst for correction.
(c) The Department of Finance shall approve the final incidence multiplier for each special education local plan area by November 23, 1998.
(d) For the 1998–99 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter to and including the 2004–05 fiscal year, the superintendent shall perform the following calculation to determine each special education local plan area’s adjusted entitlement for the incidence of disabilities:
(1) The incidence multiplier for the special education local plan area shall be multiplied by the statewide target amount per unit of average daily attendance for special education local plan areas determined pursuant to Section 56836.11 for the fiscal year in which the computation is made.
(2) The amount determined pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be added to the statewide target amount per unit of average daily attendance for special education local plan area determined pursuant to Section 56836.11 for the fiscal year in which the computation is made.
(3) Subtract the amount of funding for the special education local plan area determined pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) or paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 56836.08, as appropriate for the fiscal year in which the computation is made, or the statewide target amount per unit of average daily attendance for special education local plan areas determined pursuant to Section 56836.11 for the fiscal year in which the computation is made, whichever is greater, from the amount determined pursuant to paragraph (2). For the purposes of this paragraph for the 2002–03, 2003–04, and 2004–05 fiscal years, the amount, if any, received pursuant to Section 56836.159 shall be excluded from the funding level per unit of average daily attendance for a special education local plan area. If the result is less than zero, the special education local plan area may not receive an adjusted entitlement for the incidence of disabilities.
(4) Multiply the amount determined in paragraph (3) by either the average daily attendance reported for the special education local plan area for the fiscal year in which the computation is made, as adjusted pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 56836.15, or the average daily attendance reported for the special education local plan area for the prior fiscal year, as adjusted pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 56826.15, whichever is less.
(5) If there are insufficient funds appropriated in the fiscal year for which the computation is made for the purposes of this section, the amount received by each special education local plan area shall be prorated.
(e) For the 1997–98 fiscal year, the superintendent shall perform the calculation in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of paragraph (d) only for the purposes of making the computation in paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 56836.08, but the special education local plan area may not receive an adjusted entitlement for the incidence of disabilities pursuant to this section for the 1997–98 fiscal year.

SEC. 65.

 Section 56836.173 of the Education Code is amended to read:

56836.173.
 (a) The department shall apportion to each special education local plan area the amount determined in this section.
(b) For the 2004–05 and 2005–06 fiscal years, the amount apportioned shall be as follows:
(1) If the out-of-home care funding amount calculated for a special education local plan area is less than or equal to the amount a special education local plan area received pursuant to former Sections 56836.16 and 56836.17 for the 2002–03 fiscal year, the special education local plan area shall receive the same amount it received for the 2002–03 fiscal year. For purposes of this section, the amount of funding received by a special education local plan area for the 2002–03 fiscal year shall be based on the annual recertification of the 2002–03 fiscal year, as certified by the department in July of 2004.
(2) For special education local plan areas other than those funded through paragraph (1), special education local plan areas shall receive the amount received for the 2002–03 fiscal year plus the amount calculated in paragraph (3).
(3) For special education local plan areas other than those funded through paragraph (1), each special education local plan area shall also receive the difference between the out-of-home care funding amount for the special education local plan area and the amount received for the 2002–03 fiscal year for that special education local plan area divided by the sum of the difference between the out-of-home care funding amount and the amount received in the 2002–03 fiscal year for all special education local plan areas times the amount of funds provided for Section 56836.165 in the annual Budget Act that has not been allocated in paragraph (1) or (2).
(c) For the 2006–07 fiscal year, the amount apportioned shall be as follows:
(1) If the out-of-home care funding amount calculated for a special education local plan area for the 2006–07 fiscal year is less than or equal to the amount a special education local plan area received for the 2005–06 fiscal year, the special education local plan area shall receive the same amount it received for the 2005–06 fiscal year less 20 percent of the difference between the amount received for the 2005–06 fiscal year and the out-of-home care funding amount computed for the 2006–07 fiscal year.
(2) For special education local plan areas other than those funded through paragraph (1), special education local plan areas shall receive the amount received for the 2005–06 fiscal year.
(3) For special education local plan areas other than those funded through paragraph (1), each special education local plan area shall also receive the difference between the out-of-home care funding amount for that special education local plan area and the amount received for the 2005–06 fiscal year for that special education local plan area divided by the sum of the difference between the out-of-home care funding amount and the amount received in the 2005–06 fiscal year for all special education local plan areas times the amount of funds provided for Section 56836.165 in the annual Budget Act that has not been allocated in paragraph (1) or (2).
(d) For the 2007–08 fiscal year, the amount apportioned shall be as follows:
(1) If the out-of-home care funding amount calculated for a special education local plan area for the 2007–08 fiscal year is less than or equal to the amount a special education local plan area received for the 2006–07 fiscal year, the special education local plan area shall receive the same amount it received for the 2006–07 fiscal year less 25 percent of the difference between the amount received for the 2006–07 fiscal year and the out-of-home care funding amount computed for the 2007–08 fiscal year.
(2) For special education local plan areas other than those funded through paragraph (1), special education local plan areas shall receive the amount received for the 2006–07 fiscal year.
(3) For special education local plan areas other than those funded through paragraph (1), each special education local plan area shall also receive the difference between the out-of-home care funding amount for that special education local plan area and the amount received for the 2006–07 fiscal year for that special education local plan area divided by the sum of the difference between the out-of-home care funding amount and the amount received in the 2006–07 fiscal year for all special education local plan areas times the amount of funds provided for Section 56836.165 in the annual Budget Act that has not been allocated in paragraph (1) or (2).
(e) For the 2008–09 fiscal year, the amount apportioned shall be as follows:
(1) If the out-of-home care funding amount calculated for a special education local plan area for the 2008–09 fiscal year is less than or equal to the amount a special education local plan area received for the 2007–08 fiscal year, the special education local plan area shall receive the same amount it received for the 2007–08 fiscal year less 33 percent of the difference between the amount received for the 2007–08 fiscal year and the out-of-home care funding amount computed for the 2008–09 fiscal year.
(2) For special education local plan areas other than those funded through paragraph (1), special education local plan areas shall receive the amount received for the 2007–08 fiscal year.
(3) For special education local plan areas other than those funded through paragraph (1), each special education local plan area shall also receive the difference between the out-of-home care funding amount for that special education local plan area and the amount received for the 2007–08 fiscal year for that special education local plan area divided by the sum of the difference between the out-of-home care funding amount and the amount received in the 2007–08 fiscal year for all special education local plan areas times the amount of funds provided for Section 56836.165 in the annual Budget Act that has not been allocated in paragraph (1) or (2).
(f) For the 2009–10 fiscal year, the amount apportioned shall be as follows:
(1) If the out-of-home care funding amount calculated for a special education local plan area for the 2009–10 fiscal year is less than or equal to the amount a special education local plan area received for the 2008–09 fiscal year, the special education local plan area shall receive the same amount it received for the 2008–09 fiscal year less 50 percent of the difference between the amount received for the 2008–09 fiscal year and the out-of-home care funding amount computed for the 2009–10 fiscal year.
(2) For special education local plan areas other than those funded through paragraph (1), special education local plan areas shall receive the amount received for the 2008–09 fiscal year.
(3) For special education local plan areas other than those funded through paragraph (1), each special education local plan area shall also receive the difference between the out-of-home care funding amount for that special education local plan area and the amount received for the 2008–09 fiscal year for that special education local plan area divided by the sum of the difference between the out-of-home care funding amount and the amount received in the 2008–09 fiscal year for all special education local plan areas times the amount of funds provided for Section 56836.165 in the annual Budget Act that has not been allocated in paragraph (1) or (2).
(g) Beginning in the 2010–11 fiscal year, the amount provided to special education local plan areas shall be equal to the amount calculated pursuant to Section 56836.165. If the sum of the amounts for all special education local plan areas exceeds the Budget Act appropriation for this purpose, the department shall apply proportionate reductions to all special education local plan areas.

SEC. 66.

 Section 68081 of the Education Code is amended to read:

68081.
 A student who is enrolled in a state government legislative, executive, or judicial fellowship program administered by the state or the California State University is entitled to resident classification at the California State University during the period of the fellowship.

SEC. 67.

 Section 7579.1 of the Government Code is amended to read:

7579.1.
 (a) Prior to the discharge of any disabled child or youth who has an active individualized education program from a public hospital, proprietary hospital, or residential medical facility pursuant to Article 5.5 (commencing with Section 56167) of Chapter 2 of Part 30 of the Education Code, a licensed children’s institution or foster family home pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 56155) of Chapter 2 of Part 30 of the Education Code, or a state hospital for the developmentally disabled or mentally disordered, the following shall occur:
(1) The operator of the hospital or medical facility, or the agency that placed the child in the licensed children’s institution or foster family home, shall, at least 10 days prior to the discharge of a disabled child or youth, notify in writing the local educational agency in which the special education program for the child is being provided, and the receiving special education local plan area where the child is being transferred, of the impending discharge.
(2) The operator or placing agency, as part of the written notification, shall provide the receiving special education local plan area with a copy of the child’s individualized education program, the identity of the individual responsible for representing the interests of the child for educational and related services for the impending placement, and other relevant information about the child that will be useful in implementing the child’s individualized education program in the receiving special education local plan area.
(b) Once the disabled child or youth has been discharged, it shall be the responsibility of the receiving local educational agency to ensure that the disabled child or youth receives an appropriate educational placement that commences without delay upon his or her discharge from the hospital, institution, facility, or foster family home in accordance with Section 56325 of the Education Code. Responsibility for the provision of special education rests with the school district of residence of the parent or guardian of the child unless the child is placed in another hospital, institution, facility, or foster family home in which case the responsibility of special education rests with the school district in which the child resides pursuant to Sections 56156.4, 56156.6, and 56167 of the Education Code.
(c) Special education local plan area directors shall document instances where the procedures in subdivision (a) are not being adhered to and report these instances to the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

SEC. 68.

 Section 53260 of the Government Code is amended to read:

53260.
 (a) All contracts of employment between an employee and a local agency employer shall include a provision which provides that regardless of the term of the contract, if the contract is terminated, the maximum cash settlement that an employee may receive shall be an amount equal to the monthly salary of the employee multiplied by the number of months left on the unexpired term of the contract. However, if the unexpired term of the contract is greater than 18 months, the maximum cash settlement shall be an amount equal to the monthly salary of the employee multiplied by 18.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), if a local agency employer, including an administrator appointed by the Superintendent, terminates its contract of employment with its district superintendent of schools that local agency employer may not provide a cash or noncash settlement to its superintendent in an amount greater than the superintendent’s monthly salary multiplied by zero to six if the local agency employer believes, and subsequently confirms, pursuant to an independent audit, that the superintendent has engaged in fraud, misappropriation of funds, or other illegal fiscal practices. The amount of the cash settlement described in this paragraph shall be determined by an administrative law judge after a hearing.
(2) This subdivision applies only to a contract for employment negotiated on or after the effective date of the act that added this subdivision.
(c) The cash settlement formula described in subdivisions (a) and (b) are maximum ceiling on the amounts that may be paid by a local agency employer to an employee and is not a target or example of the amount of the cash settlement to be paid by a local agency employer to an employee in all contract termination cases.

SEC. 69.

 Section 44 of Chapter 227 of the Statutes of 2003 is amended to read:

Sec. 44.
 (a) The sum of five hundred seventy million two hundred sixty-three thousand dollars ($570,263,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund for the 2004–05 fiscal year in accordance with the following schedule:
(1) The sum of five million seven hundred thirty-eight thousand dollars ($5,738,000) to the State Department of Education for apprentice programs to be expended consistent with the requirements specified in Item 6110-103-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2003.
(2) The sum of eighty-three million fifty-six thousand dollars ($83,056,000) to the State Department of Education for supplemental instruction to be expended consistent with the requirements specified in Item 6110-104-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2003. Of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, eighteen million eight hundred ninety-three thousand dollars ($18,893,000) shall be expended consistent with Schedule (1) of Item 6110-104-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2003 (Ch. 157, Stats. 2003), three million nine hundred twenty-three thousand dollars ($3,923,000) shall be expended consistent with Schedule (3) of that item, and sixty million two hundred forty thousand dollars ($60,240,000) shall be expended consistent with Schedule (4) of that item.
(3) The sum of fifty million one hundred three thousand dollars ($50,103,000) to the State Department of Education for home-to-school transportation to be expended consistent with the requirements specified in Schedule (1) of Item 6110-111-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2003.
(4) The sum of three million nine hundred fifty-eight thousand dollars ($3,958,000) to the State Department of Education for the Gifted and Talented Pupil Program to be expended consistent with the requirements specified in Item 6110-124-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2003.
(5) The sum of ninety-five million three hundred ninety-seven thousand dollars ($95,397,000) to the State Department of Education for Targeted Improvement Block Grant to be expended consistent with the requirements specified in Item 6110-132-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2003.
(6) The sum of forty million nine hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($40,925,000) to the State Department of Education for adult education to be expended consistent with the requirements specified in Schedule (.5) of Item 6110-156-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2003.
(7) The sum of four million four hundred fifty-one thousand dollars ($4,451,000) to the State Department of Education for community day schools to be expended consistent with the requirements specified in Item 6110-190-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2003.
(8) The sum of four million six hundred thirty-five thousand dollars ($4,635,000) to the State Department of Education for categorical programs for charter schools to be expended consistent with the requirements specified in Item 6110-211-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2003.
(9) The sum of eighty-two million dollars ($82,000,000) to the State Department of Education for the Carl Washington School Safety Block Grant to be expended consistent with the requirements specified in Item 6110-228-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2003.
(10) One hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for apportionments, to be expended in accordance with the requirements specified in Item 6870-101-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2003.
(11) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for the Partnership for Excellence, to be expended in accordance with the requirements specified in Item 6870-101-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2003.
(b) For the purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the appropriations made by paragraphs (1) to (9), inclusive, of subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be “General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts,” as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202 of the Education Code, for the 2004–05 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 of the Education Code for the 2004–05 fiscal year.
(c) For the purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the appropriation made by paragraphs (10) and (11) of subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be “General Fund revenues appropriated for community college districts,” as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 41202 of the Education Code, for the 2004–05 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 of the Education Code, for the 2004–05 fiscal year.

SEC. 70.

 Item 6110-104-0001 of Section 2.00 of Chapter 208 of the Statutes of 2004 is amended to read:
6110-104-0001--For local assistance, Department of Education (Proposition 98), Program 10.10.011-School Apportionments--Remedial Supplemental Instruction Programs, for transfer to Section A of the State School Fund, for supplemental instruction and remedial pro­grams ........................
277,862,000
Schedule:
1. 10.10.011.008--School Apportion­ments, for Supplemental Instruc­tion, Remedial, Grades 7-12 for the purposes of Section 37252 of the Education Code ........................
157,438,000
2. 10.10.011.009--School Apportion­ments, for Supplemental Instruc­tion, Retained, or Recommended for Retention, Grades 2-9, for the purposes of Section 37252.2 of the Education Code, as applicable ........................
38,020,000
3. 10.10.011.010--School Apportion­ments, for Supplemental Instruc­tion, Low STAR, or at-risk, Grades 2-6, for the purposes of Section 37252.8 of the Education Code, as applicable ........................
14,462,000
4. 10.10.011.011--School Apportion­ments, for Supplemental Instruc­tion, Core Academic, Grades K-12, for the purposes of Section 37253 of the Education Code ........................
67,942,000
Provisions:
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 2004-05 fiscal year the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allocate a minimum of $7,573 for supplemental summer school programs in each school district for which the prior fiscal year enrollment was less than 500 and that, in the 2004-05 fiscal year, offers at least 1,500 hours of supplemental summer school instruction. A small school district, as described above, that offers less than 1,500 hours of supplemental summer school offerings shall receive a proportionate reduction in its allocation. For the purpose of this provision, supplemental summer school programs shall be defined as programs authorized under paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 42239 of the Education Code as it read on July 1, 1999.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 2004-05 fiscal year, the maximum reimbursement to a school district or charter school for the program listed in Schedule (4) shall not exceed 5 percent of the district or charter school’s enrollment multiplied by 120 hours, multiplied by the hourly rate for the 2004-05 fiscal year.
4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the rate of reimbursement shall be $3.53 per hour of supplemental instruction.
5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the funds in this item are insufficient to fund otherwise valid claims, the superintendent shall adjust the rates to conform to available funds.
6. Of the funds appropriated in this item, $8,560,000 is for the purpose of providing a cost-of-living adjustment of 2.41 percent. Additionally, $3,342,000 is for the purpose of providing for increases in average daily attendance at a rate of 0.95 percent for supplemental instruction and remedial programs, in lieu of the amount that would otherwise be provided pursuant to any other provision of law.
7. Funds contained in Schedules (1) and (2) of this item shall first be used to offset any state-mandated reimbursable costs that may otherwise be claimed through the state mandates reimbursement process of implementing Sections 37252 and 37252.2 of the Education Code. Local education agencies accepting funding from these schedules shall reduce their estimated and actual mandate reimbursement claims by the amount of funding provided to them from these schedules.
8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an additional $85,866,000 in expenditures for this item has been deferred until the 2005-06 fiscal year.

SEC. 71.

 Notwithstanding any other law, any unexpended funds from Item 6110-107-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2003 (Ch. 157, Stats. 2003) shall remain available to the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT) for the following purposes:
(a) To provide an additional annual written status report assessing the progress of the Oakland Unified School District in implementing the improvement plan developed pursuant to Chapter 14 of the Statutes of 2003. The reporting requirements that applied to the status reports required by subdivision (c) of Section 7 of Chapter 14 of the Statutes of 2003 apply to the additional report authorized by this subdivision.
(b) To provide an additional annual written status report assessing the progress of the West Fresno Elementary School District in implementing the improvement plan developed pursuant to Chapter 1 of the Statutes of 2003. The reporting requirements that applied to the status reports required by subdivision (c) of Section 5 of Chapter 1 of the Statutes of 2003 apply to the additional report authorized by this subdivision.
(c) Any other activities upon approval of both the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Director of Finance.

SEC. 72.

 No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution for certain costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district because in that regard this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.
However, notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains other costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code. If the statewide cost of the claim for reimbursement does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000), reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund.

SEC. 73.

 This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
In order to ensure that the educational programs affected by this act are properly implemented, pursuant to the clarifying, technical, and other changes made by this act, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.