2007 California Education Code Chapter 3.65. Social Tolerance Resource Centers

CA Codes (edc:44776.1-44776.7)

44776.1.  In enacting this chapter, it is the intent of the
Legislature to expand regional social tolerance resource centers to
increase education and training opportunities for the teachers and
pupils of California.  Towards that end, the Legislature intends to
provide one-time funding to support regional social tolerance
resource centers, in partnership with nonprofit agencies that have
demonstrated success in attaining private and governmental support
for similar activities on a regional basis.



44776.2.  The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall designate
nonprofit agencies to serve as regional social tolerance resource
centers.  In order to be eligible to be designated as a regional
social tolerance resource center, a nonprofit agency shall
demonstrate all of the following:
   (a) A history of doing all of the following on a regional basis:
   (1) Developing and operating a variety of high-quality interactive
and multimedia exhibits on social tolerance, the Holocaust, and
human rights.
   (2) Providing teacher training activities and curricular
materials.
   (3) Providing educational services for elementary and secondary
school pupils, with a special focus on pupils at risk of social
violence.
   (b) That the agency's current efforts would be improved
qualitatively and quantitatively.
   (c) Historic success in attracting private and public financial
support for the development and use of its social tolerance exhibits
and for its teacher training programs.
   (d) That its exhibits would be cross-referenced to appropriate
instructional materials and strategies used by public school teachers
providing instruction in social tolerance.
   (e) The ability to serve a minimum of 500 teachers each year in
all grade levels.
   (f) The ability to serve a minimum of 70,000 elementary and
secondary pupils each year.



44776.3.  The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allocate
the funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter to applicant
regional social tolerance resource centers.  The superintendent shall
review each center's application for funding to ensure that the
funds will be used only for the purposes authorized in this chapter.




44776.4.  Funds allocated to regional social tolerance resource
centers pursuant to Section 44776.3 shall be used by the centers only
for either of the following purposes:
   (a) One-time expansion of social tolerance exhibits and teacher
training materials.
   (b) One-time expenditures to reduce future ongoing facilities
operations costs.



44776.5.  Funds allocated to a regional social tolerance resource
center pursuant to this chapter shall supplement and not supplant
funding for the continuing efforts of these centers to provide
teacher training or educational services to public schools.




44776.6.  For the 1995-96 fiscal year, the Superintendent of Public
Instruction shall designate one regional social tolerance resource
center to receive funding pursuant to this chapter.



44776.7.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, "moneys to be
applied by the state," as used in subdivision (b) of Section 8 of
Article XVI of the California Constitution, includes funds
appropriated for social tolerance resource centers pursuant to this
chapter, whether or not those funds are allocated to school
districts, as defined in Section 41302.5, or community college
districts.