Amended in Assembly August 13, 2014

Amended in Assembly August 12, 2014

Senate BillNo. 876


Introduced by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

January 9, 2014


An act to amend Sections 8278.3, 8357, 8447, 8450, 48000, 51749.5, 53012, 84754.6, 89295, 92495, and 92675 of the Education Code, and to amend Section 10502 of the Public Contract Code, relating to education finance, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 876, as amended, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. Education finance.

(1) Existing law establishes the Child Care Facilities Revolving Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, to provide funding for the renovation, repair, or improvement of an existing building to make it suitable for licensure for child care and development services and for the purchase of new relocatable child care facilities for lease to local educational agencies and contracting agencies that provide child care and development services. Existing law requires local educational agencies and contracting agencies using facilities made available by the use of these funds to be charged a leasing fee, as specified, and requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to deposit any revenue derived from the lease payments into the fund. Existing law requires augmentations to the fund made in the Budget Act of 2014 to be used for renovation or repair of existing local educational facilities or new relocatable child care facilities for lease to local educational agencies that provide California state preschool program services.

This bill would require the funding for the renovation, repair, or improvement of an existing building to make it suitable for licensure for child care and development services to be used for loans, would require the loans to be repaid within a period that does not exceed 10 years, and would require the Superintendent to deposit all revenue derived from the loan repayments into the fund, thereby making an appropriation. The bill would also require augmentations to the fund made in the Budget Act of 2014 to be used for loans for renovation or repair of existing local educational agency facilities to ensure those facilities meet applicable health and safety standards or the purchase of new relocatable child care facilities for lease to local educational agencies, for the purpose of expanding access to California state preschool program services.

(2) Existing law requires the cost of child care services provided for CalWORKs recipients to be governed by regional market rates and requires the regional market rate ceilings to be established at the 85th percentile of the 2005 regional market rate survey for that region.

This bill, commencing January 1, 2015, would instead require the regional market rate ceilings to be established at the greater of either the 85th percentile of the 2009 regional market rate survey for that region, reduced bybegin delete 9%,end deletebegin insert 10.11%,end insert or the 85th percentile of the 2005 regional market rate survey for that region.

(3) Existing law requires the Department of Finance and the Department of General Services to approve or disapprove annual state subsidized child care and development program contract funding terms and conditions, including both family fee schedules and regional market rate schedules that are required to be adhered to by contract. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2015, requires the State Department of Education to implement the regional market schedule based upon the county aggregates, as determined by the Regional Market survey conducted in 2009 and require the regional market rate schedule to be reduced by 13%, except as specified.

This bill would instead require the regional market rate schedule to be reduced bybegin delete 9%,end deletebegin insert 10.11%,end insert except as specified.

(4) Existing law authorizes a child development contractor to retain a reserve fund balance equal to 5% of the sum of the maximum reimbursable amount of all contracts to which the contractor is a party, or $2,000, whichever is greater, and authorizes a California state preschool program contracting agency to retain in the reserve fund an additional 10% of the sum of the maximum reimbursable amount of all preschool contracts to which the contracting agency is a party for purposes of professional development for California state preschool program staff.

This bill would clarify the reserve fund balance limits that apply to child development contractors and California state preschool program contracting agencies, as specified.

(5) Existing law requires a school district or charter school, as a condition of receipt of apportionment for pupils in a transitional kindergarten program, to ensure that teachers who are assigned to a transitional kindergarten class after July 1, 2015, be credentialed and, by August 1, 2020, have a minimum number of units in early childhood education or childhood development, comparable experience in a preschool setting, or a child development permit issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

This bill would instead require a school district or charter school, as a condition of receipt of apportionment for pupils in a transitional kindergarten program, to ensure that credentialed teachers who are first assigned to a transitional kindergarten class after July 1, 2015, have, by August 1, 2020, a minimum number of units in early childhood education or childhood development, comparable experience in a preschool setting, or a child development teacher permit issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

(6) Existing law, commencing with the 2015-16 school year, authorizes a school district, charter school, or county office of education to provide independent study courses for pupils enrolled in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, in accordance with prescribed conditions. Existing law provides for the computation of the average daily attendance for pupils enrolled in courses offered pursuant to these provisions.

This bill would revise the computation of the average daily attendance for those independent study courses by providing that if more than 10% of the total average daily attendance of a school district, charter school, or county office of education is claimed pursuant to those courses, the amount of average daily attendance for all pupils enrolled by that school district, charter school, or county office of education enrolled in those courses that exceeds 10% of the school district’s, charter school’s, or county office of education’s total average daily attendance shall be reduced, as specified.

(7) Existing law establishes the California Career Pathways Trust as a state education and economic and workforce development initiative, requires the State Department of Education to administer the trust as a competitive grant program, as specified, and provides that a grant recipient may be a school district, county office of education, direct-funded charter school, or community college district.

This bill would provide that a regional occupational center or program operated as a joint powers authority may also be a grant recipient.

(8) Existing law requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to publicly post annual segmentwide and community college district goals, and requires the chancellor, in coordination with stakeholders, specified committees of the Legislature, and the Department of Finance, to develop, and the board of governors to adopt, a framework of indicators designed to measure and assess the ongoing condition of a community college’s operational environment in specified areas. Existing law requires, as a condition of the receipt of specified funds, each community college within a community college district to annually develop, adopt, and post a goals framework that addresses at least all of the specified areas referenced above in connection with the measurement and assessment of the ongoing condition of a community college’s operational environment.

This bill would state legislative intent regarding these goals frameworks and would require the board of governors to annually develop, adopt, and publicly post a systemwide goals framework that addresses at least all of the specified areas referenced above in connection with the measurement and assessment of the ongoing condition of a community college’s operational environment.

(9) Existing law requires the California State University and the University of California to report, by March 15 of each year, on specified performance measures, including various calculations of graduation rates and amounts spent per degree, for the preceding academic year.

This bill would express the intent of the Legislature that the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature review these performance measures in a collaborative process with the Department of Finance, the Legislative Analyst’s Office, individuals with expertise in statewide accountability efforts, the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, and consider any recommendations for their modification and refinement, as specified.

(10) Existing law establishes procedures to be followed by the University of California if it plans to use any of the support appropriation in the annual budget for a subsequent fiscal year for capital expenditures, as specified. Under existing law, these procedures include the submission of specified data to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.

This bill would revise these procedures to provide for the submission of this data to the committees in each house of the Legislature that consider the annual state budget and the budget subcommittees in each house of the Legislature that consider appropriations for the University of California, instead of to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.

(11) Existing law requires the Regents of the University of California to give public notice of a project to bidders by publication twice in one newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the major portion of the project is located and in one trade paper circulated in the county in which the major portion of the work is to be done, as specified, within the 60-day period preceding the day set for the receiving of bids.

This bill would authorize the regents to give public notice of a project to bidders under this provision either in the newspaper and trade paper as indicated above or electronically on the Internet Web site of the university.

(12) Existing law authorizes a school district or charter school to maintain a transitional kindergarten program and defines transitional kindergarten as the first year of a 2-year kindergarten program that uses a modified kindergarten curriculum that is age and developmentally appropriate. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer all California state preschool programs. Existing law requires those programs to include part-day age and developmentally appropriate programs designed to facilitate the transition to kindergarten for 3- and 4-year-old children. Existing law requires the county board of supervisors and the county superintendent of schools to select members of a local planning council. Existing law requires a local planning council to conduct an assessment of child care needs in the county no less than once every 5 years.

Of the moneys appropriated in the Budget Act of 2014, this bill would allocate certain of those moneys for purposes of professional development stipends, to be administered by local planning councils, for teachers in transitional kindergarten and teachers in the California state preschool program, as provided. By imposing a new duty on a local planning council, the bill would create a state-mandated local program.

(13) This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

(14) Funds allocated by this bill would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, as provided.

(15) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.

(16) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

P6    1

SECTION 1.  

Section 8278.3 of the Education Code is amended
2to read:

3

8278.3.  

(a) (1) The Child Care Facilities Revolving Fund is
4hereby established in the State Treasury to provide funding for
5loans for the renovation, repair, or improvement of an existing
6building to make the building suitable for licensure for child care
7and development services, and for the purchase of new relocatable
8child care facilities for lease to local educational agencies and
9contracting agencies that provide child care and development
10services, pursuant to this chapter. The Superintendent may transfer
11state funds appropriated for child care facilities into this fund for
12allocation to local educational agencies and contracting agencies,
13as specified, for the purchase, transportation, and installation of
14facilities for replacement and expansion of capacity. Local
15educational agencies and contracting agencies using facilities
16purchased by the use of these funds shall be charged a leasing fee,
17either at a fair market value for those facilities or at an amount
18sufficient to amortize the cost of purchase and relocation,
19whichever amount is lower, over a 10-year period. Upon full
20repayment of the purchase and relocation costs, title shall transfer
21from the State of California to the local educational agency or
22contracting agency. Loans for renovation or repair shall be repaid
P7    1within a period that does not exceed 10 years. The Superintendent
2shall deposit all revenue derived from the lease payments or
3renovation or repair loan repayments into the Child Care Facilities
4Revolving Fund.

5(2) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code,
6all moneys in the fund, including moneys deposited from lease
7payments or loan repayments, are continuously appropriated,
8without regard to fiscal years, to the Superintendent for expenditure
9pursuant to this article.

10(3) Augmentations to the Child Care Facilities Revolving Fund
11made in the Budget Act of 2014 shall be used for loans for
12renovation or repair of existing local educational agency facilities
13to ensure those facilities meet applicable health and safety
14standards or the purchase of new relocatable child care facilities
15for lease to local educational agencies, for the purpose of expanding
16access to California state preschool program services pursuant to
17this chapter.

18(b) On or before August 1 of each fiscal year, the Superintendent
19shall submit to the Department of Finance and the Legislative
20Analyst’s Office a report detailing the number of funding requests
21received and their purpose, the types of agencies that received
22funding from the Child Care Facilities Revolving Fund, the
23increased capacity that these facilities generated, a description of
24the manner in which the facilities are being used, and a projection
25of the lease payments and loan repayments collected and the funds
26available for future use.

27(c) A local educational agency that provides child care pursuant
28to the California School Age Families Education Program (Article
297.1 (commencing with Section 54740) of Chapter 9 of Part 29 of
30Division 4 of Title 2) is eligible to apply for and receive funding
31pursuant to this section.

32

SEC. 2.  

Section 8357 of the Education Code is amended to
33read:

34

8357.  

(a) The cost of child care services provided under this
35article shall be governed by regional market rates. Recipients of
36child care services provided pursuant to this article shall be allowed
37to choose the child care services of licensed child care providers
38or child care providers who are, by law, not required to be licensed,
39and the cost of that child care shall be reimbursed by counties or
40agencies that contract with the State Department of Education if
P8    1the cost is within the regional market rate. For purposes of this
2section, “regional market rate” means care costing no more than
31.5 market standard deviations above the mean cost of care for
4that region. The regional market rate ceilings shall be established
5at the 85th percentile of the 2005 regional market rate survey for
6that region. Commencing January 1, 2015, the regional market
7rate ceilings shall be established at the greater of either the 85th
8percentile of the 2009 regional market rate survey for that region,
9reduced bybegin delete 9end deletebegin insert 10.11end insert percent, or the 85th percentile of the 2005
10regional market rate survey for that region.

11(b) Reimbursement to license-exempt child care providers shall
12not exceed 60 percent of the family child care home rate established
13pursuant to subdivision (a), effective July 1, 2011.

14(c) Reimbursement to child care providers shall not exceed the
15fee charged to private clients for the same service.

16(d) Reimbursement shall not be made for child care services
17when care is provided by parents, legal guardians, or members of
18the assistance unit.

19(e) A child care provider located on an Indian reservation or
20rancheria and exempted from state licensing requirements shall
21meet applicable tribal standards.

22(f) For purposes of this section, “reimbursement” means a direct
23payment to the provider of child care services, including
24license-exempt providers. If care is provided in the home of the
25recipient, payment may be made to the parent as the employer,
26and the parent shall be informed of his or her concomitant legal
27and financial reporting requirements. To allow time for the
28development of the administrative systems necessary to issue direct
29payments to providers, for a period not to exceed six months from
30the effective date of this article, a county or an alternative payment
31agency contracting with the State Department of Education may
32reimburse the cost of child care services through a direct payment
33to a recipient of aid rather than to the child care provider.

34(g) Counties and alternative payment programs shall not be
35bound by the rate limits described in subdivision (a) when there
36are, in the region, no more than two child care providers of the
37type needed by the recipient of child care services provided under
38this article.

P9    1(h) Notwithstanding any other law, reimbursements to child
2care providers based upon a daily rate may only be authorized
3under either of the following circumstances:

4(1) A family has an unscheduled but documented need of six
5hours or more per occurrence, such as the parent’s need to work
6on a regularly scheduled day off, that exceeds the certified need
7for child care.

8(2) A family has a documented need of six hours or more per
9day that exceeds no more than 14 days per month. In no event shall
10reimbursements to a provider based on the daily rate over one
11month’s time exceed the provider’s equivalent full-time monthly
12rate or applicable monthly ceiling.

13(3) This subdivision shall not limit providers from being
14reimbursed for services using a weekly or monthly rate, pursuant
15to subdivision (c) of Section 8222.

16

SEC. 3.  

Section 8447 of the Education Code is amended to
17read:

18

8447.  

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that greater
19efficiencies may be achieved in the execution of state subsidized
20child care and development program contracts with public and
21private agencies by the timely approval of contract provisions by
22the Department of Finance, the Department of General Services,
23and the State Department of Education and by authorizing the State
24Department of Education to establish a multiyear application,
25contract expenditure, and service review as may be necessary to
26provide timely service while preserving audit and oversight
27functions to protect the public welfare.

28(b) (1) The Department of Finance and the Department of
29General Services shall approve or disapprove annual contract
30funding terms and conditions, including both family fee schedules
31and regional market rate schedules that are required to be adhered
32to by contract, and contract face sheets submitted by the State
33Department of Education not more than 30 working days from the
34date of submission, unless unresolved conflicts remain between
35the Department of Finance, the State Department of Education,
36and the Department of General Services. The State Department of
37Education shall resolve conflicts within an additional 30 working
38day time period. Contracts and funding terms and conditions shall
39be issued to child care contractors no later than June 1. Applications
40for new child care funding shall be issued not more than 45
P10   1working days after the effective date of authorized new allocations
2of child care moneys.

3(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), until January 1, 2015, the
4State Department of Education shall implement the regional market
5rate schedules based upon the county aggregates, as determined
6by the Regional Market survey conducted in 2005. Commencing
7January 1, 2015, the State Department of Education shall
8implement the regional market rate schedules based upon the 85th
9percentile of county aggregates, as determined by the Regional
10Market survey conducted in 2009. Commencing January 1, 2015,
11the regional market rate schedule developed pursuant to this
12paragraph shall be reduced bybegin delete 9end deletebegin insert 10.11end insert percent. If a ceiling for a
13county is less than the ceiling provided for that county before
14January 1, 2015, the State Department of Education shall use the
15ceiling from the Regional Market survey conducted in 2005.

16(3) It is the intent of the Legislature to fully fund the third stage
17of child care for former CalWORKs recipients.

18(c) With respect to subdivision (b), it is the intent of the
19Legislature that the Department of Finance annually review
20contract funding terms and conditions for the primary purpose of
21ensuring consistency between child care contracts and the child
22care budget. This review shall include evaluating any proposed
23changes to contract language or other fiscal documents to which
24the contractor is required to adhere, including those changes to
25terms or conditions that authorize higher reimbursement rates,
26modify related adjustment factors, modify administrative or other
27service allowances, or diminish fee revenues otherwise available
28for services, to determine if the change is necessary or has the
29potential effect of reducing the number of full-time equivalent
30children that may be served.

31(d) Alternative payment child care systems, as set forth in Article
323 (commencing with Section 8220), shall be subject to the rates
33established in the Regional Market Rate Survey of California Child
34Care Providers for provider payments. The State Department of
35Education shall contract to conduct and complete a Regional
36Market Rate Survey no more frequently than once every two years,
37consistent with federal regulations, with a goal of completion by
38March 1.

39(e) By March 1 of each year, the Department of Finance shall
40provide to the State Department of Education the state median
P11   1 income amount for a four-person household in California based
2on the best available data. The State Department of Education shall
3adjust its fee schedule for child care providers to reflect this
4updated state median income; however, no changes based on
5revisions to the state median income amount shall be implemented
6midyear.

7(f) Notwithstanding the June 1 date specified in subdivision (b),
8changes to the regional market rate schedules and fee schedules
9may be made at any other time to reflect the availability of accurate
10data necessary for their completion, provided these documents
11receive the approval of the Department of Finance. The Department
12of Finance shall review the changes within 30 working days of
13submission and the State Department of Education shall resolve
14conflicts within an additional 30 working day period. Contractors
15shall be given adequate notice before the effective date of the
16approved schedules. It is the intent of the Legislature that contracts
17for services not be delayed by the timing of the availability of
18accurate data needed to update these schedules.

19

SEC. 4.  

Section 8450 of the Education Code is amended to
20read:

21

8450.  

(a) All child development contractors are encouraged
22to develop and maintain a reserve within the child development
23fund, derived from earned but unexpended funds. Child
24development contractors may retain all earned funds. For purposes
25of this section, “earned funds” are those for which the required
26number of eligible service units have been provided.

27(b) (1) Earned funds shall not be expended for activities
28proscribed by Section 8406.7. Earned but unexpended funds shall
29remain in the contractor’s reserve account within the child
30development fund and shall be expended only by direct service
31child development programs that are funded under contract with
32the department.

33(2) (A) Commencing July 1, 2011, a contractor may retain a
34reserve fund balance, separate from the reserve fund retained
35pursuant to subdivision (c) or (d), equal to 5 percent of the sum of
36the maximum reimbursable amounts of all contracts to which the
37contractor is a party, or two thousand dollars ($2,000), whichever
38is greater. This paragraph applies to direct service child
39development contracting agencies that are funded under contract
P12   1with the department and are not a California state preschool
2program contracting agency.

3(B) A California state preschool program contracting agency
4may retain a reserve fund balance, separate from the reserve fund
5retained pursuant to subdivision (c) or (d), equal to 15 percent of
6the sum of the maximum reimbursable amounts of all contracts to
7which the contractor is a party, or two thousand dollars ($2,000),
8whichever is greater. Of the 15 percent retained, 10 percent shall
9solely be used for purposes of professional development for
10California state preschool program instructional staff. This
11paragraph applies to California state preschool program contracting
12agencies that are funded under contract with the department.

13(c) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), a contractor may
14retain a reserve fund balance for a resource and referral program,
15separate from the balance retained pursuant to subdivision (b) or
16(d), not to exceed 3 percent of the contract amount. Funds from
17this reserve account may be expended only by resource and referral
18programs that are funded under contract with the department.

19(d) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), a contractor may
20retain a reserve fund balance for alternative payment model and
21certificate child care contracts, separate from the reserve fund
22retained pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c). Funds from this
23reserve account may be expended only by alternative payment
24model and certificate child care programs that are funded under
25contract with the department. The reserve amount allowed by this
26section may not exceed either of the following, whichever is
27greater:

28(1) Two percent of the sum of the parts of each contract to which
29that contractor is a party that is allowed for administration pursuant
30to Section 8276.7 and that is allowed for supportive services
31pursuant to the provisions of the contract.

32(2) One thousand dollars ($1,000).

33(e) Each contractor’s audit shall identify any funds earned by
34the contractor for each contract through the provision of contracted
35services in excess of funds expended.

36(f) Any interest earned on reserve funds shall be included in the
37fund balance of the reserve. This reserve fund shall be maintained
38in an interest-bearing account.

P13   1(g) Moneys in a contractor’s reserve fund may be used only for
2expenses that are reasonable and necessary costs as defined in
3subdivision (n) of Section 8208.

4(h) Any reserve fund balance in excess of the amount authorized
5pursuant to subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) shall be returned to the
6department pursuant to procedures established by the department.

7(i) Upon termination of all child development contracts between
8a contractor and the department, all moneys in a contractor’s
9reserve fund shall be returned to the department pursuant to
10procedures established by the department.

11(j) Expenditures from, additions to, and balances in, the reserve
12fund shall be included in the contracting agency’s annual financial
13statements and audit.

14

SEC. 5.  

Section 48000 of the Education Code is amended to
15read:

16

48000.  

(a) A child shall be admitted to a kindergarten
17maintained by the school district at the beginning of a school year,
18or at a later time in the same year if the child will have his or her
19fifth birthday on or before one of the following dates:

20(1) December 2 of the 2011-12 school year.

21(2) November 1 of the 2012-13 school year.

22(3) October 1 of the 2013-14 school year.

23(4) September 1 of the 2014-15 school year and each school
24year thereafter.

25(b) The governing board of a school district maintaining one or
26 more kindergartens may, on a case-by-case basis, admit to a
27kindergarten a child having attained the age of five years at any
28time during the school year with the approval of the parent or
29guardian, subject to the following conditions:

30(1) The governing board determines that the admittance is in
31the best interests of the child.

32(2) The parent or guardian is given information regarding the
33advantages and disadvantages and any other explanatory
34information about the effect of this early admittance.

35(c) As a condition of receipt of apportionment for pupils in a
36transitional kindergarten program pursuant to Section 46300, a
37school district or charter school shall ensure the following:

38(1) In the 2012-13 school year, a child who will have his or her
39fifth birthday between November 2 and December 2 shall be
P14   1admitted to a transitional kindergarten program maintained by the
2school district.

3(2) In the 2013-14 school year, a child who will have his or her
4fifth birthday between October 2 and December 2 shall be admitted
5to a transitional kindergarten program maintained by the school
6district.

7(3) In the 2014-15 school year and each school year thereafter,
8a child who will have his or her fifth birthday between September
92 and December 2 shall be admitted to a transitional kindergarten
10program maintained by the school district.

11(d) For purposes of this section, “transitional kindergarten”
12means the first year of a two-year kindergarten program that uses
13a modified kindergarten curriculum that is age and developmentally
14appropriate.

15(e) A transitional kindergarten shall not be construed as a new
16program or higher level of service.

17(f) It is the intent of the Legislature that transitional kindergarten
18curriculum be aligned to the California Preschool Learning
19Foundations developed by the department.

20(g) As a condition of receipt of apportionment for pupils in a
21transitional kindergarten program pursuant to Section 46300, a
22school district or charter school shall ensure that credentialed
23teachers who are first assigned to a transitional kindergarten
24 classroom after July 1, 2015, have, by August 1, 2020, one of the
25following:

26(1) At least 24 units in early childhood education, or childhood
27development, or both.

28(2) As determined by the local educational agency employing
29the teacher, professional experience in a classroom setting with
30preschool age children that is comparable to the 24 units of
31education described in paragraph (1).

32(3) A child development teacher permit issued by the
33Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

34

SEC. 6.  

Section 51749.5 of the Education Code is amended to
35read:

36

51749.5.  

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, and commencing
37with the 2015-16 school year, a school district, charter school, or
38county office of education may, for pupils enrolled in kindergarten
39and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, provide independent study courses
40pursuant to the following conditions:

P15   1(1) The governing board or body of a participating school
2district, charter school, or county office of education adopts
3policies, at a public meeting, that comply with the requirements
4of this section and any applicable regulations adopted by the state
5board.

6(2) A signed learning agreement is completed and on file
7pursuant to Section 51749.6.

8(3) Courses are taught under the general supervision of
9certificated employees who hold the appropriate subject matter
10credential pursuant to Section 44300 or 44865, or subdivision (l)
11of Section 47605, meet the requirements for highly qualified
12teachers pursuant to the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
13(20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.), and are employed by the school
14district, charter school, or county office of education at which the
15pupil is enrolled, or by a school district, charter school, or county
16office of education that has a memorandum of understanding to
17provide the instruction in coordination with the school district,
18charter school, or county office of education at which the pupil is
19enrolled.

20(4) (A) Courses are annually certified, by school district, charter
21school, or county office of education governing board or body
22resolution, to be of the same rigor and educational quality as
23equivalent classroom-based courses, and shall be aligned to all
24relevant local and state content standards.

25(B) This certification shall, at a minimum, include the duration,
26number of equivalent daily instructional minutes for each schoolday
27that a pupil is enrolled, number of equivalent total instructional
28minutes, and number of course credits for each course. This
29information shall be consistent with that of equivalent
30classroom-based courses.

31(5) Pupils enrolled in courses authorized by this section shall
32meet the applicable age requirements established pursuant to
33Sections 46300.1, 46300.4, 47612, and 47612.1.

34(6) Pupils enrolled in courses authorized by this section shall
35meet the applicable residency and enrollment requirements
36established pursuant to Sections 46300.2, 47612, 48204, and
3751747.3.

38(7) (A) Certificated employees and each pupil shall communicate
39in person, by telephone, or by any other live visual or audio
P16   1connection no less than twice per calendar month to assess whether
2each pupil is making satisfactory educational progress.

3(B) For purposes of this section, satisfactory educational
4progress includes, but is not limited to, applicable statewide
5accountability measures and the completion of assignments,
6examinations, or other indicators that evidence that the pupil is
7working on assignments, learning required concepts, and
8progressing toward successful completion of the course, as
9determined by certificated employees providing instruction.

10(C) If satisfactory educational progress is not being made,
11certificated employees providing instruction shall notify the pupil
12and, if the pupil is less than 18 years of age, the pupil’s parent or
13legal guardian, and conduct an evaluation to determine whether it
14is in the best interest of the pupil to remain in the course or whether
15he or she should be referred to an alternative program, which may
16include, but is not limited to, a regular school program. A written
17record of the findings of an evaluation made pursuant to this
18subdivision shall be treated as a mandatory interim pupil record.
19The record shall be maintained for a period of three years from
20the date of the evaluation and, if the pupil transfers to another
21California public school, the record shall be forwarded to that
22school.

23(D) Written or computer-based evidence of satisfactory
24educational progress, as defined in subparagraph (B), shall be
25retained for each course and pupil. At a minimum, this evidence
26shall include a grade book or summary document that, for each
27course, lists all assignments, examinations, and associated grades.

28(8) A proctor shall administer examinations.

29(9) (A) Statewide testing results for pupils enrolled in any course
30authorized pursuant to this section shall be reported and assigned
31to the school or charter school at which the pupil is enrolled, and
32to any school district, charter school, or county office of education
33within which that school’s or charter school’s testing results are
34aggregated.

35(B) Statewide testing results for pupils enrolled in a course or
36courses pursuant to this section shall be disaggregated for purposes
37of comparing the testing results of those pupils to the testing results
38of pupils enrolled in classroom-based courses.

39(10) A pupil shall not be required to enroll in courses authorized
40by this section.

P17   1(11) The pupil-to-certificated-employee ratio limitations
2established pursuant to Section 51745.6 are applicable to courses
3authorized by this section.

4(12) For each pupil, the combined equivalent daily instructional
5minutes for enrolled courses authorized by this section and enrolled
6courses authorized by all other laws and regulations shall meet the
7minimum instructional day requirements applicable to the local
8educational agency. Pupils enrolled in courses authorized by this
9section shall be offered the minimum annual total equivalent
10instructional minutes pursuant to Sections 46200 to 46208,
11inclusive, and Section 47612.5.

12(13) Courses required for high school graduation or for
13admission to the University of California or California State
14University shall not be offered exclusively through independent
15study.

16(14) A pupil participating in independent study shall not be
17assessed a fee prohibited by Section 49011.

18(15) A pupil shall not be prohibited from participating in
19independent study solely on the basis that he or she does not have
20the materials, equipment, or Internet access that are necessary to
21participate in the independent study course.

22(b) For purposes of computing average daily attendance for
23each pupil enrolled in one or more courses authorized by this
24section, the following computations shall apply:

25(1) (A) For each schoolday, add the combined equivalent daily
26instructional minutes, as certified in paragraph (4) of subdivision
27(a), for courses authorized by this section in which the pupil is
28enrolled.

29(B) For each schoolday, add the combined daily instructional
30minutes of courses authorized by all other laws and regulations in
31which the pupil is enrolled and for which the pupil meets applicable
32attendance requirements.

33(C) For each schoolday, add the sum of subparagraphs (A) and
34(B).

35(2) If subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) meets applicable
36minimum schoolday requirements for each schoolday, and all other
37requirements in this section have been met, credit each schoolday
38that the pupil is demonstrating satisfactory educational progress
39pursuant to the requirements of this section, with up to one school
40day of attendance.

P18   1(3) (A) Using credited schoolday attendance pursuant to
2paragraph (2), calculate average daily attendance pursuant to
3Section 41601 or 47612, whichever is applicable, for each pupil.

4(B) The average daily attendance computed pursuant to this
5subdivision shall not result in more than one unit of average daily
6attendance per pupil.

7(4) Notwithstanding any other law, average daily attendance
8computed for pupils enrolled in courses authorized by this section
9shall not be credited with average daily attendance other than what
10is specified in this section.

11(5) If more than 10 percent of the total average daily attendance
12of a school district, charter school, or county office of education
13is claimed pursuant to this section, then the amount of average
14daily attendance for all pupils enrolled by that school district,
15charter school, or county office of education in courses authorized
16pursuant to this section that is in excess of 10 percent of the total
17average daily attendance for the school district, charter school, or
18county office of education shall be reduced by either (A) the
19statewide average rate of absence for elementary school districts
20for kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, or (B) the statewide
21average rate of absence for high school districts for grades 9 to
2212, inclusive, as applicable, as calculated by the department for
23the prior fiscal year, with the resultant figures and ranges rounded
24to the nearest 10th.

25(c) For purposes of this section, “equivalent total instructional
26minutes” means the same number of minutes as required for an
27equivalent classroom-based course.

28(d) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the right
29to collectively bargain any subject within the scope of
30representation pursuant to Section 3543.2 of the Government Code.

31(e) (1) The Superintendent shall conduct an evaluation of
32independent study courses offered pursuant to this section and
33report the findings to the Legislature and the Director of Finance
34no later than September 1, 2019. The report shall, at a minimum,
35compare the academic performance of pupils in independent study
36with demographically similar pupils enrolled in equivalent
37classroom-based courses.

38(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under
39paragraph (1) is inoperative on September 1, 2023, pursuant to
40Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.

P19   1(3) A report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be
2submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government
3Code.

4

SEC. 7.  

Section 53012 of the Education Code is amended to
5read:

6

53012.  

A grant recipient under this chapter may be a school
7district, county office of education, direct-funded charter school,
8regional occupational center or program operated by a joint powers
9authority, or community college district.

10

SEC. 8.  

Section 84754.6 of the Education Code is amended to
11read:

12

84754.6.  

(a) The Chancellor of the California Community
13Colleges, in coordination with community college stakeholder
14groups, the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the
15Legislature, and the Department of Finance, shall develop, and the
16board of governors shall adopt, a framework of indicators designed
17to measure the ongoing condition of a community college’s
18operational environment in the following areas:

19(1) Accreditation status.

20(2) Fiscal viability.

21(3) Student performance and outcomes.

22(4) Programmatic compliance with state and federal guidelines.

23(b) As a condition of receipt of funds appropriated for purposes
24of Article 1 (commencing with Section 78210) of Chapter 2 of
25Part 48, each community college within a community college
26district shall develop, adopt, and publicly post a goals framework
27that addresses at least all of the areas specified in subdivision (a).
28The development of the goals framework shall be guided by the
29statewide goals outlined in Section 66010.91. It is the intent of the
30Legislature that these goals be challenging and quantifiable, address
31achievement gaps for underrepresented populations, and align the
32educational attainment of California’s adult population to the
33workforce and economic needs of the state, pursuant to the
34legislative intent expressed in Section 66010.93.

35(c) The board of governors shall annually develop, adopt, and
36publicly post a systemwide goals framework that addresses at least
37all of the areas specified in subdivision (a). The development of
38the systemwide goals shall be guided by the statewide goals set
39forth in Section 66010.91. It is the intent of the Legislature that
40these goals be challenging and quantifiable, address achievement
P20   1gaps for underrepresented populations, and align the educational
2attainment of California’s adult population to the workforce and
3economic needs of the state, pursuant to the legislative intent
4expressed in Section 66010.93.

5(d) Before the commencement of the 2015-16 fiscal year, and
6before the commencement of each fiscal year thereafter, the
7Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall publicly
8post both of the following:

9(1) Annually developed systemwide goals adopted by the board
10of governors.

11(2) Locally developed and adopted community college or
12community college district goals and targets.

13(e) Subject to the availability of funding in the annual Budget
14Act, the board of governors and the Chancellor of the California
15Community Colleges shall assess the degree to which each
16community college district is improving its outcomes in regard to
17the areas specified in subdivision (a) and any additional issues
18addressed in the goals frameworks described in subdivision (b),
19and shall offer technical assistance to community college districts
20that are not improving.

21(f) If a community college district is receiving technical
22assistance pursuant to subdivision (e), the community college
23district shall submit a turnaround plan that details all of the
24following:

25(1) The problem the technical assistance is attempting to solve.

26(2) How the identified problem will be addressed in a plan
27adopted by the governing board of the community college district.

28(3) A timetable of major milestones for improvement.

29(4) Updates that will be submitted to the Chancellor of the
30California Community Colleges on the outcomes in regard to those
31milestones, as scheduled by the chancellor.

32

SEC. 9.  

Section 89295 of the Education Code is amended to
33read:

34

89295.  

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
35are defined as follows:

36(1) The “four-year graduation rate” means the percentage of a
37cohort of undergraduate students who entered the university as
38freshmen at any campus and graduated from any campus within
39four years.

P21   1(2) The “six-year graduation rate” means the percentage of a
2cohort of undergraduate students who entered the university as
3freshmen at any campus and graduated from any campus within
4six years.

5(3) The “two-year transfer graduation rate” means the percentage
6of a cohort of undergraduate students who entered the university
7at any campus as junior-level transfer students from the California
8Community Colleges and graduated from any campus within two
9years.

10(4) The “three-year transfer graduation rate” means the
11percentage of a cohort of undergraduate students who entered the
12university as junior-level transfer students from the California
13Community Colleges at any campus and graduated from any
14campus within three years.

15(5) The “four-year transfer graduation rate” means the
16percentage of a cohort of undergraduate students who entered the
17university as junior-level transfer students from the California
18Community Colleges at any campus and graduated from any
19campus within four years.

20(6) “Low-income student” means an undergraduate student who
21has an expected family contribution, as defined in subdivision (g)
22of Section 69432.7, at any time during the student’s matriculation
23at the institution that would qualify the student to receive a federal
24Pell Grant. The calculation of a student’s expected family
25contribution shall be based on the Free Application for Federal
26Student Aid (FAFSA) application or an application determined by
27the California Student Aid Commission to be equivalent to the
28FAFSA application submitted by that applicant.

29(b) Commencing with the 2013-14 academic year, the California
30State University shall report, by March 15 of each year, on the
31following performance measures for the preceding academic year,
32to inform budget and policy decisions and promote the effective
33and efficient use of available resources:

34(1) The number of California Community College transfer
35students enrolled and the percentage of California Community
36College transfer students as a proportion of the total number of
37undergraduate students enrolled.

38(2) The number of new California Community College transfer
39students enrolled and the percentage of new California Community
P22   1College transfer students as a proportion of the total number of
2new undergraduate students enrolled.

3(3) The number of low-income students enrolled and the
4percentage of low-income students as a proportion of the total
5number of undergraduate students enrolled.

6(4) The number of new low-income students enrolled and the
7percentage of low-income students as a proportion of the total
8number of new undergraduate students enrolled.

9(5) The four-year graduation rate for students who entered the
10university four years prior and, separately, for low-income students
11in that cohort.

12(6) The four-year and six-year graduation rates for students who
13entered the university six years prior and, separately, for
14low-income students in that cohort.

15(7) The two-year transfer graduation rate for students who
16entered the university two years prior and, separately, for
17low-income students in that cohort.

18(8) The two-year and three-year transfer graduation rates for
19students who entered the university three years prior and,
20separately, for low-income students in that cohort.

21(9) The two-year, three-year, and four-year transfer graduation
22rates for students who entered the university four years prior and,
23separately, for low-income students in that cohort.

24(10) The number of degree completions annually, in total and
25for the following categories:

26(A) Freshman entrants.

27(B) California Community College transfer students.

28(C) Graduate students.

29(D) Low-income students.

30(11) The percentage of freshman entrants who have earned
31sufficient course credits by the end of their first year of enrollment
32to indicate that they will graduate within four years.

33(12) The percentage of California Community College transfer
34students who have earned sufficient course credits by the end of
35their first year of enrollment to indicate that they will graduate
36within two years.

37(13) For all students, the total amount of funds received from
38all sources identified in subdivision (c) of Section 89290 for the
39year, divided by the number of degrees awarded that same year.

P23   1(14) For undergraduate students, the total amount of funds
2received from all sources identified in subdivision (c) of Section
389290 for the year expended for undergraduate education, divided
4by the number of undergraduate degrees awarded that same year.

5(15) The average number of California State University course
6credits and the total course credits, including credits accrued at
7other institutions, accumulated by all undergraduate students who
8graduated, and separately for freshman entrants and California
9Community College transfer students.

10(16) (A) The number of degree completions in science,
11technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, in total,
12and separately for undergraduate students, graduate students, and
13low-income students.

14(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), “STEM fields” include,
15but are not necessarily limited to, all of the following: computer
16and information sciences, engineering and engineering
17technologies, biological and biomedical sciences, mathematics
18and statistics, physical sciences, and science technologies.

19(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the appropriate policy
20and fiscal committees of the Legislature review these performance
21measures in a collaborative process with the Department of
22Finance, the Legislative Analyst’s Office, individuals with
23expertise in statewide accountability efforts, the University of
24California, the California State University, and, for purposes of
25data integrity and consistency, the California Community Colleges,
26and consider any recommendations for their modification and
27refinement. It is further the intent of the Legislature that any
28modification or refinement of these measures be guided by the
29legislative intent expressed in Section 66010.93.

30

SEC. 10.  

Section 92495 of the Education Code is amended to
31read:

32

92495.  

(a) (1)  Commencing with the 2013-14 fiscal year and
33for each fiscal year thereafter, if the University of California plans
34to use any of its support appropriation in the annual budget for the
35subsequent fiscal year for capital expenditures pursuant to Section
3692493, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of that
37section, or for capital outlay projects pursuant to Section 92494,
38as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of that section, it
39shall simultaneously submit, on or before September 1, 10 months
40before the commencement of that fiscal year, a report to the
P24   1committees in each house of the Legislature that consider the
2annual state budget, the budget subcommittees in each house of
3the Legislature that consider appropriations for the University of
4California, and the Department of Finance.

5(2) The report shall detail the scope of capital expenditures or
6capital outlay projects and how the capital expenditures or capital
7outlay projects will be funded, and it shall provide the same level
8of detail as a capital outlay budget change proposal.

9(3) The Department of Finance shall review the report and
10submit, by February 1, a list of preliminarily approved capital
11expenditures and capital outlay projects to the committees in each
12house of the Legislature that consider the annual state budget and
13the budget subcommittees in each house of the Legislature that
14consider appropriations for the University of California. These
15committees may review and respond to the list of preliminarily
16approved capital expenditures and capital outlay projects before
17April 1.

18(4) The Department of Finance shall submit a final list of
19approved capital expenditures and capital outlay projects to the
20University of California no earlier than April 1, three months before
21the commencement of the fiscal year of the planned expenditures.

22(b) The Department of Finance may approve capital expenditures
23defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 92493, or
24capital outlay projects defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b)
25of Section 92494, no sooner than 30 days after submitting, in
26writing, a list of capital expenditures and capital outlay projects
27being considered for approval to the chairpersons of the committees
28in each house of the Legislature that consider appropriations, the
29chairpersons of the committees and the appropriate subcommittees
30in each house of the Legislature that consider the State Budget,
31and the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.

32(c) The University of California shall not use its General Fund
33support appropriation to fund a capital expenditure defined in
34paragraph (1) or (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 92493, or capital
35outlay project defined in subdivision (b) of Section 92494, before
36receiving approval from the Department of Finance pursuant to
37this section.

38(d) (1)  For the 2013-14 fiscal year only, if the University of
39California plans to use any of its support appropriation in the
40annual budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year for capital expenditures
P25   1pursuant to Section 92493, as defined in paragraph (1) of
2subdivision (b) of that section, or for capital outlay projects
3pursuant to Section 92494, it shall simultaneously submit, on or
4before August 1 of that fiscal year, a report to the Joint Legislative
5Budget Committee and the Department of Finance. This report
6shall detail the scope of each capital outlay project or capital
7expenditure and how it will be funded, and it shall provide the
8same level of detail as a capital outlay budget change proposal.

9(2) The Department of Finance shall review the report and
10submit a list of preliminarily approved projects to the Joint
11Legislative Budget Committee by November 1 of that fiscal year.

12(3) The Department of Finance shall submit a final list of
13approved projects to the University of California no earlier than
14December 1 of that fiscal year.

15(4) The University of California shall not proceed with any
16capital expenditures pursuant to Section 92493, as defined in
17paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of that section, or capital outlay
18projects pursuant to Section 92494, before receiving approval from
19the Department of Finance pursuant to this subdivision.

20(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the University of California
21may use the authority provided in Section 92493 for the Merced
22Classroom and Academic Office Building, as specified in Provision
233 of Item 6440-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of
242013.

25(f) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code,
26commencing with the 2014-15 fiscal year, on or before February
271 of each fiscal year, the University of California shall
28simultaneously submit a progress report to the Joint Legislative
29Budget Committee and the Department of Finance detailing the
30scope, funding, and current status of all capital expenditures
31undertaken pursuant to Section 92493 and for all capital outlay
32projects undertaken pursuant to Section 92494.

33

SEC. 11.  

Section 92675 of the Education Code is amended to
34read:

35

92675.  

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
36are defined as follows:

37(1) The “four-year graduation rate” means the percentage of a
38cohort of undergraduate students who entered the university as
39freshmen at any campus and graduated from any campus within
40four years.

P26   1(2) The “two-year transfer graduation rate” means the percentage
2of a cohort of undergraduate students who entered the university
3at any campus as junior-level transfer students from the California
4Community Colleges and graduated from any campus within two
5years.

6(3) “Low-income student” means an undergraduate student who
7has an expected family contribution, as defined in subdivision (g)
8of Section 69432.7, at any time during the student’s matriculation
9at the institution that would qualify the student to receive a federal
10Pell Grant. The calculation of a student’s expected family
11contribution shall be based on the Free Application for Federal
12Student Aid (FAFSA) application or an application determined by
13the California Student Aid Commission to be equivalent to the
14FAFSA application submitted by that applicant.

15(b) Commencing with the 2013-14 academic year, the
16University of California shall report, by March 15 of each year,
17on the following performance measures for the preceding academic
18year, to inform budget and policy decisions and promote the
19effective and efficient use of available resources:

20(1) The number of transfer students enrolled from the California
21Community Colleges, and the percentage of California Community
22College transfer students as a proportion of the total number of
23undergraduate students enrolled.

24(2) The number of new transfer students enrolled from the
25California Community Colleges, and the percentage of California
26Community College transfer students as a proportion of the total
27number of new undergraduate students enrolled.

28(3) The number of low-income students enrolled and the
29percentage of low-income students as a proportion of the total
30number of undergraduate students enrolled.

31(4) The number of new low-income students enrolled and the
32percentage of low-income students as a proportion of the total
33number of new undergraduate students enrolled.

34(5) The four-year graduation rate for students who entered the
35university four years prior and, separately, for low-income students
36in that cohort.

37(6) The two-year transfer graduation rate for students who
38entered the university two years prior and, separately, for
39low-income students in that cohort.

P27   1(7) The number of degree completions, in total and for the
2following categories:

3(A) Freshman entrants.

4(B) California Community College transfer students.

5(C) Graduate students.

6(D) Low-income students.

7(8) The percentage of freshman entrants who have earned
8sufficient course credits by the end of their first year of enrollment
9to indicate they will graduate within four years.

10(9) The percentage of California Community College transfer
11students who have earned sufficient course credits by the end of
12their first year of enrollment to indicate they will graduate within
13two years.

14(10) For all students, the total amount of funds received from
15all sources identified in subdivision (c) of Section 92670 for the
16year, divided by the number of degrees awarded that same year.

17(11) For undergraduate students, the total amount of funds
18received from the sources identified in subdivision (c) of Section
1992670 for the year expended for undergraduate education, divided
20by the number of undergraduate degrees awarded that same year.

21(12) The average number of University of California course
22credits and total course credits, including credit accrued at other
23institutions, accumulated by all undergraduate students who
24graduated, and separately for freshman entrants and California
25Community College transfer students.

26(13) (A) The number of degree completions in science,
27technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, in total,
28and separately for undergraduate students, graduate students, and
29low-income students.

30(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), “STEM fields” include,
31but are not necessarily limited to, all of the following: computer
32and information sciences, engineering and engineering
33technologies, biological and biomedical sciences, mathematics
34and statistics, physical sciences, and science technologies.

35(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the appropriate policy
36and fiscal committees of the Legislature review these performance
37measures in a collaborative process with the Department of
38Finance, the Legislative Analyst’s Office, individuals with
39expertise in statewide accountability efforts, the University of
40California, the California State University, and, for purposes of
P28   1data integrity and consistency, the California Community Colleges,
2and consider any recommendations for their modification and
3refinement. It is further the intent of the Legislature that any
4modification or refinement of these measures be guided by the
5legislative intent expressed in Section 66010.93.

6

SEC. 12.  

Section 10502 of the Public Contract Code is amended
7to read:

8

10502.  

The Regents of the University of California shall give
9public notice of a project to bidders by publication twice within
10the 60-day period preceding the day set for the receiving of bids
11as follows:

12(a)  Either in one newspaper of general circulation published in
13the county in which the major portion of the project is located and
14in one such trade paper circulated in the county in which the major
15portion of the work is to be done or electronically on the Internet
16Web site of the university.

17(b) The notices shall state the time and place for the receiving
18and opening of sealed bids, describe in general terms the work to
19be done, and describe the bidding mode by which the lowest
20responsible bidder will be selected.

21

SEC. 13.  

(a) Of the moneys appropriated in Item
226110-196-0001 of the Budget Act of 2014, the sum of fifteen
23million dollars ($15,000,000) shall be allocated to the State
24Department of Education to be used to fund professional
25development stipends for teachers, to be administered by local
26planning councils established pursuant to Chapter 2.3 (commencing
27with Section 8499) of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the
28Education Code. The funds shall be allocated as follows:

29(1) (A) First priority shall be for professional development
30stipends for transitional kindergarten teachers.

31(B) For purposes of this paragraph, professional development
32stipends shall include, but shall not be limited to, stipends for
33credentialed teachers to complete at least 24 units in early
34childhood education or childhood development, or a combination
35of both, pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (g) of Section
3648000 of the Education Code.

37(2) Second priority shall be for professional development
38stipends for teachers in the California state preschool program,
39pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 8235) of Chapter
402 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code for the
P29   1costs of credit bearing coursework in early childhood education,
2child development, or both.

3(b) For purposes of making the computations required by Section
48 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the allocations for
5professional development activities pursuant to this section are
6“General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts,” as
7defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202 of the Education Code,
8for the 2014-15 fiscal year, and included within the “total
9allocations to school districts and community college districts from
10General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article
11XIII B,” as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202 of the
12Education Code, for that fiscal year.

13

SEC. 14.  

If the Commission on State Mandates determines
14that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement
15to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
16pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
174 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

18

SEC. 15.  

This act is a bill providing for appropriations related
19to the Budget Bill within the meaning of subdivision (e) of Section
2012 of Article IV of the California Constitution, has been identified
21as related to the budget in the Budget Bill, and shall take effect
22immediately.



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