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2005 California Education Code Sections 52495-52499.6 Program
EDUCATION CODESECTION 52495-52499.6
52495. An incentive grant program shall be established for the purpose of improving, expanding, and establishing instructional programs in home economics careers and technology career technical education to improve the academic achievement and career preparation of pupils in those fields. 52496. This program shall be implemented to the extent funds are appropriated for these purposes in the annual Budget Act. 52497. The governing board of a school district that operates a home economics careers and technology career technical education program may apply to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for an incentive grant pursuant to this article. 52498. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall award two-year grants of an amount to be determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, on a competitive basis, to applicant school districts that meet the following requirements: (a) The school district shall demonstrate that the home economics careers and technology career technical education program for which grant funds are sought meets specified criteria developed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. (b) The participating school district shall contribute an amount of funds equal to the amount of its grant for use in improving, expanding, and establishing instructional programs in home economics careers and technology career technical education. (c) The school district shall certify to the Superintendent of Public Instruction that the grant funds received and the matching funds contributed by the school district will be used solely for the purposes described in this article. (d) The school district shall, evaluate the program funded with a grant pursuant to this article according to outcome indicators determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. 52499. For the purposes of this article, home economics careers and technology career technical education programs means the purchase of instructional resources and equipment appropriate for the instructional program, professional development activities for home economics careers and technology career technical education teachers and members of interdisciplinary teams working to implement selected career paths in home economics careers and technology career technical education, and pupil development activities. 52499.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any requirement of this article that requires school districts to contribute local matching funds to be eligible for state funds for nonsalary costs of home economics careers and technology career technical education incentive programs may be waived by the Superintendent of Public Instruction if he or she finds that a matching requirement would create a financial hardship for any school district. 52499.5. The State Board of Education may, with the advice of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, adopt rules and regulations governing the distribution of funds for purposes of this article and shall adopt criteria for assessing whether school districts have met the requirements of Section 52498. 52499.6. This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2008, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2008, deletes or extends that date.
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