BILL NUMBER: SB 1421	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Romero

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act relating to education funds.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1421, as introduced, Romero. Education funds: Race to the Top.
   The federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
provides approximately $4.35 billion dollars in one-time funding to
the states as Race to the Top grants, provided that applying states
meet specified criteria.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to make needed changes in the law to assist California in
competing for Race to the Top grant funds.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to make needed changes in the law to assist California in
competing for Race to the Top grant funds.