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Article 3.5. High Priority Schools Grant Program   

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(a) The High Priority Schools Grant Program is hereby established. Participation in this program is voluntary.

(b) From funds made available for purposes of this article, the Superintendent shall allocate a total of four hundred dollars ($400) per pupil to schools meeting eligibility requirements pursuant to Section 52055.605, for implementation of a school action plan approved pursuant to this article, in accordance with all of the following:

(1) In the first year of participation, a total of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for planning purposes.

(2) In each subsequent year of participation, a total of four hundred dollars ($400) per pupil, or a total of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), whichever amount is greater.

(c) For schools receiving implementation funding for the federal Comprehensive School Reform Program (20 U.S.C. SEC. 6511 et seq.) in the 2005-06 fiscal year that meet criteria set forth in subdivision (c) of Section 52055.605, the Superintendent may allocate funding for continued implementation of current school improvement plans from funds made available for purposes of this article, in accordance with all of the following:

(1) Beginning in the 2006-07 fiscal year, a total of four hundred dollars ($400) per pupil based on the school's 2002-03 enrollment under the federal program, or a total of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), whichever amount is greater.

(2) Funding provided pursuant to the federal program shall supplement, not supplant, funding received pursuant to this article.

(3) Notwithstanding subdivisions (e) and (f) of Section 52055.650, 36 months after the receipt of funding to implement a school action plan, schools that are not subject to state monitoring pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 52055.650 are eligible for an allocation of four hundred dollars ($400) per pupil based on the school's 2002-03 enrollment under the federal program, or a total allocation of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), whichever amount is greater, in the 2007-08 fiscal year.

(d) Funds received pursuant to this article may not be used to match funds received pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 52053).

(e) The school district shall keep fiscal records available for inspection that affirm allocation to schoolsites in accordance with this section and shall allocate resources in a manner that does not delay their use.

(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 766, Sec. 4.)

Reference:

20 USC 6511 et seq.

Education Code 52053

Education Code 52055.605

Education Code 52055.650