2005 California Education Code Sections 41520-41522 Article 4. Teacher Credentialing Block Grant

41520.  (a) There is hereby established the teacher credentialing
block grant.  Commencing with the 2005-06 fiscal year, the
Superintendent of Public Instruction shall apportion block grant
funds to a school district offering approved programs pursuant to
Section 41521 based on the number of eligible participants in each of
those programs.
   (b) (1) The Legislature finds that the Superintendent of Public
Instruction and the Commission on Teacher Credentialing established
requirements for reviewing and approving teacher induction programs.
The Legislature further finds that 135 of 150 programs are jointly
approved as of July 1, 2004.  It is the intent of the Legislature
that these requirements remain in effect until the superintendent and
commission jointly agree to modify them.  The Superintendent of
Public Instruction and the Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall
jointly review new programs developed pursuant to paragraph (1) of
subdivision (a) based on established approval requirements.
   (2) As provided for in Section 44259, the Commission on Teacher
Credentialing retains authority to issue credentials to candidates
who complete an induction program that meets the Standards of Program
Quality and Effectiveness adopted by the commission.  A previously
approved program that is deemed as no longer meeting the Standards of
Program Quality and Effectiveness shall be considered a new program
for purposes of becoming an approved program pursuant to this
article.
   (3) A school district may expend funds received pursuant to this
article for any purpose authorized by the programs listed in Section
41521, as the statutes governing those programs read on January 1,
2004, for the purpose of providing equivalent program services for
beginning teachers.  For the purpose of statewide program support and
accountability, equivalent program services include regional support
and technical assistance that existed under the Beginning Teacher
Support and Assessment system on January 1, 2004.
   (c) For purposes of this article, "school district" includes a
consortia of school districts, a consortia of school districts and
county offices of education, and a county office of education if
county offices of education are eligible to receive funds for the
programs that are listed in Section 41521.
41521.  (a) The teacher credentialing block grant shall include
funding previously apportioned to school districts for purposes of
beginning teacher support and assessment as set forth in Article 4.5
(commencing with Section 44279.1) of Chapter 2 of Part 25.
   (b) For purposes of issuing teaching credentials, certificates, or
other authorizations, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall
approve the programs described by subdivision (a). To ensure the
Superintendent has the requisite information to allocate funding
based on the number of participating credential candidates pursuant
to this article, the commission shall inform the Superintendent on an
ongoing basis of the approval status of these programs and numbers
of participating candidates in each approved program.
41522.  Commencing with the 2006-07 fiscal year, the amount of
funding a school district receives pursuant to this article shall be
adjusted for inflation by the amount calculated pursuant to Section
42238.1 and for growth as measured by the regular average daily
attendance used for the second principal apportionment for
kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.