BILL NUMBER: AB 164	CHAPTERED  09/22/04

	CHAPTER  673
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 22, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 22, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 27, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 27, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 26, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 19, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 28, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 9, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 29, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 23, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 2, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Wolk and Wyland

                        JANUARY 22, 2003

   An act to amend Section 44512 of the Education Code, relating to
teachers.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 164, Wolk.  Principal Training Program.
   Existing law establishes the Principal Training Program
administered by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with the
approval of the State Board of Education.  Existing law requires the
superintendent to award incentive funding to local educational
agencies to provide schoolsite administrators with instruction and
training in specified areas.  Existing law requires an applicant
local educational agency to submit a program proposal to the State
Board of Education that includes specified information, including
training program goals.
   This bill would authorize the training plans for high schools to
include professional development activities that include coaching,
mentorship, assistance, and intensive support customized to meet the
individual needs of high school administrators.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 44512 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   44512.  (a) To receive incentive funding for the purpose of this
article, a local education agency, individually or in partnership
with one or more institutions of higher education or other education
entities, shall submit a program proposal to the State Board of
Education.  The program proposal shall contain an expenditure plan
and shall specify how the training program for which funding is being
requested addresses the program goals specified in paragraphs (1) to
(6), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 44511 and how the
local education agency plans to continue ongoing schoolsite
administrator professional development.
   (b) The State Board of Education shall approve or disapprove a
local education agency's plan.
   (c) Training programs offered pursuant to this article shall have
a duration of no fewer than 80 hours and shall involve a minimum of
80 hours of intensive individualized support and professional
development in the areas specified in subdivision (a) of Section
44511.  The additional 80 hours of intensive individualized support
and professional development may be completed over a period of up to
two years once the initial 80 hours of training commences.
   (d) For high schools, training plans may include professional
development activities that include coaching, mentorship, assistance,
and intensive support customized to meet the individual needs of
high school administrators.  This subdivision does not preclude
elementary or middle schools from including these types of activities
in their training plans.