41530-41533
EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 41530-41533
41530. (a) There is hereby established the professional development block grant. Commencing with the 2005-06 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall apportion block grant funds to a school district in the same relative statewide proportion that the school district received in the 2003-04 fiscal year for the programs listed in Section 41531. (b) A school district may expend funds received pursuant to this article for either of the following: (1) Any purpose authorized by the programs listed in Section 41531, as the statutes governing those programs read on January 1, 2004. (2) (A) To compensate new and existing mathematics, science, and special education teachers in schools ranked, in the 2008-09 school year or any subsequent school year, in decile 1, 2, or 3 of the Academic Performance Index, in a manner separate from the uniform allowance for years of training and years of service, as permitted pursuant to the exception described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 45028. (B) A school district that utilizes the authority granted in this subdivision shall submit an annual report to the Superintendent, the chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the chairperson and vice chairpersons of the education policy committees of each house of the Legislature, and the Director of Finance of the amount of funds used pursuant to this paragraph to compensate mathematics, science, and special education teachers. (c) For the purposes of this article, "school district" includes a county office of education if county offices of education are eligible to receive funds for the programs that are listed in Section 41531. The block grant of a county office of education shall be based only on those programs for which it was eligible to receive funds in the 2003-04 fiscal year. 41531. The professional development block grant shall include funding apportioned to school districts prior to January 1, 2005, for purposes of the following programs: (a) Staff development as set forth in Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 44579) of Chapter 3 of Part 25. (b) Teaching as a Priority Block Grant as set forth in Chapter 3.36 (commencing with Section 44735) of Part 25. (c) Intersegmental programs funded pursuant to Item 6110-197-0001 of Section 2.00 of the annual Budget Act. 41532. Commencing with the 2006-07 fiscal year, the amount of funding a school district receives pursuant to this article shall be adjusted for inflation by the amount calculated pursuant to Section 42238.1 and for growth as measured by the regular average daily attendance used to calculate the second principal apportionment for kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, unless otherwise provided in the annual Budget Act. 41533. A school district that receives a grant pursuant to this article may expend a portion of those funds to provide to each of its teachers two hours of training in the prevention of youth suicide. The training provided pursuant to this section shall not exceed two hours, and may occur during a regularly scheduled inservice training day.