2005 California Education Code Sections 52920-52922 CHAPTER 12.5. INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA PROGRAM ..

52920.  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the
International Baccalaureate Diploma Program is a comprehensive and
rigorous two-year curriculum, leading to examinations for high school
pupils.  Its objectives are to provide pupils with a balanced
education, to facilitate geographic and cultural mobility, and to
promote international understanding through a shared academic
experience.  Successful International Baccalaureate Diploma
candidates pursue a specific, intensive, balanced liberal arts course
of study and must pass rigorous examinations in seven curricula
areas.  Successful International Baccalaureate Diploma candidates are
typically granted substantial advanced placement credit at the
finest colleges and universities in the nation.  The academic content
and rigor of the instruction and examinations in International
Baccalaureate Diploma Programs is governed and continuously monitored
by the International Baccalaureate Organization in Geneva,
Switzerland.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a system of
appropriate incentives to encourage high schools to offer the
intensive, rigorous course of instruction leading to International
Baccalaureate Diplomas and to encourage pupils in these schools to
enroll in, attempt, and pass the rigorous International Baccalaureate
Diploma course of study and the rigorous examinations leading to the
International Baccalaureate Diploma.
52921.  School districts that operate an International Baccalaureate
Diploma Program shall submit by October 1 of each school year the
following information to the State Department of Education:
   (a) The number of pupils enrolled in courses leading to an
International Baccalaureate Diploma in each school district.
   (b) The number of teachers in each school district attending
training programs offered by the International Baccalaureate North
America, Inc.
   (c) The number of teachers in each school district participating
in pre-International Baccalaureate support programs for the
International Baccalaureate Diploma Program.
   (d) The amount of money spent by the school district to provide or
participate in the programs specified in subdivisions (a) to (c),
inclusive.
52922.  (a) From funds appropriated for the purpose of this chapter,
the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall annually allocate to
each school district, on behalf of each public high school or middle
school within the district that offers an International Baccalaureate
Program, the amount of up to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000)
for each participating high school and middle school to cover the
ongoing costs of professional development required by the program and
to help pay the test fees for low- and middle-income pupils in need
of financial assistance, in accordance with criteria adopted by the
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
   (b) From funds appropriated for the purpose of this chapter, the
Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allocate the amount of up
to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to each school that is awarded
a grant by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to start up an
International Baccalaureate Program.  The Superintendent of Public
Instruction shall not award any grants that exceed the funding made
available for that fiscal year for the purpose of startup grants.  In
awarding grants, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall
first award grants to all eligible high schools, giving priority to
those high schools that have the highest percentage of pupils from
low-income families and to those high schools that have been awarded
affiliate status from the International Baccalaureate Organization.
After grants have been awarded to all eligible high schools, the
Superintendent of Public Instruction shall then award grant funds to
eligible middle schools, giving priority to those middle schools that
have the highest percentage of pupils from low-income families and
those middle schools that have been awarded affiliate status from the
International Baccalaureate Organization.
   (c) For the 2001-02 fiscal year, grants for middle school programs
allocated pursuant to this section shall not exceed one hundred
thousand dollars ($100,000).
   (d) The amounts provided in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be
increased annually by a cost-of-living adjustment, based on the same
percentage increase that is provided to the revenue limits of unified
school districts with 2,501 or more units of average daily
attendance.
   (e) The total amount allocated pursuant to subdivisions (a) and
(b) shall not exceed the total amount of the funds appropriated for
those purposes in the annual Budget Act or any other statute.   If
funds are insufficient to fully fund all grants authorized, annual
grants shall first be allocated pursuant to subdivision (a) to those
schools that were funded in the prior year and in the amount of the
prior year grant.