BILL NUMBER: AB 556	CHAPTERED  09/21/07

	CHAPTER  220
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 21, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 21, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 30, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 6, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 19, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Huff

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2007

   An act to amend Section 52922 of the Education Code, relating to
schools.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 556, Huff. International Baccalaureate Programs.
   Existing law declares that the International Baccalaureate Program
is a comprehensive and rigorous 2-year curriculum, leading to
examinations for high school pupils. From funds appropriated for this
purpose, the Superintendent of Public Instruction is required to
allocate annually to each school district on behalf of each public
school or middle school in the district that offers an International
Baccalaureate Program, up to $25,000 to cover the ongoing costs of
professional development required by the program and to help pay the
required program examination fees for low- and middle-income pupils
in need of financial assistance. Existing law also provides for the
award of startup grants of $15,000. If funds are insufficient to
fully fund all grants authorized, funding priority is given to
schools that were funded in the prior year and in the amount of the
prior year grant.
   This bill would repeal the provisions regarding startup grants and
an obsolete limitation on the amount of grants for middle school
programs. If funds are insufficient to fully fund all grants
authorized, 2nd funding priority would be required to be given to
high schools and middle schools that have the highest percentage of
pupils from low-income families.


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 shall annually allocate to each school
district, on behalf of each 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.
   (b) The amount provided in subdivision (a) 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.
   (c) The total amount allocated pursuant to subdivision (a) 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 with second priority given to high schools and middle schools
that have the highest percentage of pupils from low-income families.