BILL NUMBER: AB 1030	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cooley

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 44573 of the Education Code, relating to
teachers.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1030, as introduced, Cooley. Certificated employees: training.
    Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district
to establish a staff development project, as specified, to improve
high school teachers' instructional skills.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
   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.  Section 44573 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   44573.  The governing board of  any   a 
school district may establish a staff development project to improve
high school teachers' instructional skills pursuant to this article.

   A staff development project may include, but  not be
  is not  limited to, the following components, as
determined by the governing board:
   (a) A statement of the school district's objectives in
establishing the project, specifying the school district's particular
needs with reference to specialized instructional personnel.
   (b) A description of the component parts of the proposed staff
development project, including:
   (1) Courses to be made available to trainees through arrangements
with an institution of higher education, research center, or regional
education laboratory; and
   (2) Other planned trainee activities.
   (c) A statement outlining methods and criteria to be used in
selecting trainees for the project.
   (d) A statement indicating generally the duration of the program
and the number of hours per week each trainee would be involved in
designated activities.
   (e) A statement describing the manner in which the staff
development project is to be evaluated upon termination of a unit of
training.
   (f) A statement of proposed expenditures and reasonably expected
costs, and an outline of proposed federal or state and local fund
matching arrangements.