BILL NUMBER: AB 2319	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonilla

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act relating to school finance.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2319, as introduced, Bonilla. School finance: innovation,
training, and technology block grant.
   Existing law establishes a public school financing system that
requires state funding for county superintendent of schools, school
districts, and charter schools to be calculated pursuant to a local
control funding formula, as specified. Existing law also establishes
various educational programs for which funding is provided for
specific educational purposes.
   This bill would express the Legislature's intent to enact
legislation that would create an innovation, training, and technology
block grant that would authorize a school district, county office of
education, or charter school, for the 2014-15 fiscal year, to expend
block grant funds for specified purposes, including, among others,
professional development for teachers, administrators, and
paraprofessional educators that is aligned with the common core
academic content standards.
   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 that would create an innovation, training, and technology
block grant that would, for the 2014-15 fiscal year, authorize a
school district, county office of education, or charter school to
expend block grant funds for any of the following purposes:
   (a) Professional development for teachers, administrators, and
paraprofessional educators that is aligned with the common core
academic content standards.
   (b) Technology, hardware, or software.
   (c) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
programs.
   (d) Career technical education.
   (e) Instructional materials.