BILL NUMBER: AB 842 CHAPTERED 10/07/01 CHAPTER 557 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OCTOBER 7, 2001 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR OCTOBER 5, 2001 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 30, 2001 PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 27, 2001 AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 20, 2001 AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 27, 2001 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 14, 2001 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 17, 2001 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 27, 2001 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Diaz (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bates, Havice, Oropeza, Robert Pacheco, Rod Pacheco, Strom-Martin, Vargas, Washington, and Wiggins) (Coauthors: Senators Alpert, Chesbro, Karnette, and Ortiz) FEBRUARY 22, 2001 An act to amend Section 52922 of the Education Code, relating to the International Baccalaureate Program, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 842, Diaz. International Baccalaureate Program. Existing law states that the Legislature finds and declares that the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program is a comprehensive and rigorous 2-year curriculum, leading to examinations for high school pupils. Existing law requires, from funds appropriated for this purpose, the Superintendent of Public Instruction to annually allocate to each school district on behalf of each public high school in the district that offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, up to $25,000 to cover the ongoing costs of professional development required by the program. This bill would delete the term "Diploma" from the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. The bill would make participating middle schools eligible for funding as specified. The bill would also authorize funding to be expended to help pay the test fees for low-and middle-income pupils in need of financial assistance, as specified. The bill would require an annual cost-of-living adjustment to the amount of funding provided on an annual basis, as specified. The bill would reappropriate $140,600 from the unexpended balance of a specified statutory item relating to the International Baccalaureate Program to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for allocation to school districts for the purposes of the program, as specified. To the extent that funds appropriated by this bill are allocated to a school district or a community college district, those funds would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution. Appropriation: yes. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 52922 of the Education Code is amended to read: 52922. (a) From funds appropriated for the purpose of this chapter, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall annually allocate to each school district, on behalf of each public high school or middle school within the district that offers an International Baccalaureate Program, the amount of up to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each participating high school and middle school to cover the ongoing costs of professional development required by the program and to help pay the test fees for low- and middle-income pupils in need of financial assistance, in accordance with criteria adopted by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. (b) From funds appropriated for the purpose of this chapter, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allocate the amount of up to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to each school that is awarded a grant by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to start up an International Baccalaureate Program. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall not award any grants that exceed the funding made available for that fiscal year for the purpose of startup grants. In awarding grants, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall first award grants to all eligible high schools, giving priority to those high schools that have the highest percentage of pupils from low-income families and to those high schools that have been awarded affiliate status from the International Baccalaureate Organization. After grants have been awarded to all eligible high schools, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall then award grant funds to eligible middle schools, giving priority to those middle schools that have the highest percentage of pupils from low-income families and those middle schools that have been awarded affiliate status from the International Baccalaureate Organization. (c) For the 2001-02 fiscal year, grants for middle school programs allocated pursuant to this section shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). (d) The amounts provided in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be increased annually by a cost-of-living adjustment, based on the same percentage increase that is provided to the revenue limits of unified school districts with 2,501 or more units of average daily attendance. (e) The total amount allocated pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) shall not exceed the total amount of the funds appropriated for those purposes in the annual Budget Act or any other statute. If funds are insufficient to fully fund all grants authorized, annual grants shall first be allocated pursuant to subdivision (a) to those schools that were funded in the prior year and in the amount of the prior year grant. SEC. 2. From the unencumbered balance, as of July 1, 2001, of the amount appropriated by Section 2 of Chapter 794 of the Statutes of 1998, one hundred forty thousand six hundred dollars ($140,600) is hereby reappropriated to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for allocation to school districts for the 2001-02 fiscal year for the purposes of subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 52922.