BILL NUMBER: AB 682	CHAPTERED  10/07/05

	CHAPTER  678
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 7, 2005
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 7, 2005
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 7, 2005
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 6, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 2, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 26, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 28, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Karnette

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2005

   An act to amend Section 41530 of the Education Code, relating to
education finance.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 682, Karnette   Professional development block grant: funding.
   Existing law establishes the professional development block grant,
which is composed of funding from, and for, specified existing
categorical education programs. Existing law requires the
Superintendent of Public Instruction to apportion block grant funds
to a school district based on the number of certificated teachers
employed by the school district in the immediately prior fiscal year.

   This bill would instead require the Superintendent to apportion
block grant funds to a school district in the same relative statewide
proportion that the district received for the component programs in
the 2003-04 fiscal year.
   Under existing law, a school district is authorized to expend
funds pursuant to the professional development block grant, as
specified, if the school district provides each teacher of
kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 6, inclusive, with opportunities
to participate in professional development activities in reading
language arts/English language development, if the expenditure meets
certain specifications and if the professional development is of a
specified level of rigor.
   This bill would delete these conditions on the expenditure of
those funds.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 41530 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   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 any purpose authorized by the programs listed in Section
41531, as the statutes governing those programs read on January 1,
2004.
   (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.