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Article 5. Museum And Cultural Resources Program of California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 11. >> Chapter 13. >> Article 5.
The Legislature finds and declares the following:
(a) Museums do important work that helps the state meet its obligations to residents in the field of education. Museums contribute to formal and informal learning at every stage of life, from the education of children in preschool to the continuing education of adults.
(b) Museums are a significant resource for in-service training of California teachers. A great potential for a relationship between museums and educational facilities exists.
(c) Museums are an important means of making art, science, history, and culture available to California residents.
(d) Museums provide an economic boost to their communities by attracting tourists and local visitors, all of whom create a demand for services.
(e) Museums often help define the public identity of a community, and serve as a foundation of its cultural identity. A museum has the legacy of its community as the heart of its mission.
(a) Museums do important work that helps the state meet its obligations to residents in the field of education. Museums contribute to formal and informal learning at every stage of life, from the education of children in preschool to the continuing education of adults.
(b) Museums are a significant resource for in-service training of California teachers. A great potential for a relationship between museums and educational facilities exists.
(c) Museums are an important means of making art, science, history, and culture available to California residents.
(d) Museums provide an economic boost to their communities by attracting tourists and local visitors, all of whom create a demand for services.
(e) Museums often help define the public identity of a community, and serve as a foundation of its cultural identity. A museum has the legacy of its community as the heart of its mission.
To the extent that funding is available for such purposes,
the endowment shall establish a program to assist and enhance the
services of California's museums and of other groups and institutions
that undertake cultural projects that are deeply rooted in and
reflective of previously underserved communities. This program shall
give priority to:
(a) Enhancing opportunities for superior museum and cultural program services.
(b) Encouraging museums and cultural programs to provide services to school pupils, including any of the following:
(1) Curriculum development.
(2) Schoolsite presentations or workshops.
(3) Teacher training.
(4) Reduced price or free admission of pupils to museums.
(c) Collaborative projects and technical assistance to coordinate the work of eligible museums and cultural programs and to enhance the ability of museums and cultural programs to serve the public. Priority shall be given to any project that does any of the following:
(1) Assists an eligible museum or cultural program in serving an historically underserved population.
(2) Aids a museum or cultural program in diversifying or expanding its audience.
(3) Aids a museum or cultural program in raising its professional standards in order to better serve the public.
(d) Projects that increase accessibility to museums' and cultural programs' collections and services.
(a) Enhancing opportunities for superior museum and cultural program services.
(b) Encouraging museums and cultural programs to provide services to school pupils, including any of the following:
(1) Curriculum development.
(2) Schoolsite presentations or workshops.
(3) Teacher training.
(4) Reduced price or free admission of pupils to museums.
(c) Collaborative projects and technical assistance to coordinate the work of eligible museums and cultural programs and to enhance the ability of museums and cultural programs to serve the public. Priority shall be given to any project that does any of the following:
(1) Assists an eligible museum or cultural program in serving an historically underserved population.
(2) Aids a museum or cultural program in diversifying or expanding its audience.
(3) Aids a museum or cultural program in raising its professional standards in order to better serve the public.
(d) Projects that increase accessibility to museums' and cultural programs' collections and services.
(a) The endowment may create a competitive grant program to
support small capital projects in museums pursuant to subdivision (b)
of Section 20057. The grant program shall give priority to the
objectives listed in Section 20091. Once funding becomes available
from the sale of specialized license plates pursuant to subdivision
(b), funding for the grant program shall only be made, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, from the funds collected pursuant
to subdivision (b).
(b) If the endowment creates the grant program described in subdivision (a), the endowment shall apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Section 5156 of the Vehicle Code for the purpose of creating a specialized license plate program. It is hereby warranted to the purchasers of these specialized license plates that the fees collected from the sale of the specialized license plates shall be deposited in the California Cultural and Historical Endowment Fund to fund the grant program described in subdivision (a). The endowment shall comply with all of the requirements of Article 8.6 (commencing with Section 5151) of Chapter 1 of Division 3 of the Vehicle Code that apply to a state agency that sponsors a specialized license plate program.
(b) If the endowment creates the grant program described in subdivision (a), the endowment shall apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Section 5156 of the Vehicle Code for the purpose of creating a specialized license plate program. It is hereby warranted to the purchasers of these specialized license plates that the fees collected from the sale of the specialized license plates shall be deposited in the California Cultural and Historical Endowment Fund to fund the grant program described in subdivision (a). The endowment shall comply with all of the requirements of Article 8.6 (commencing with Section 5151) of Chapter 1 of Division 3 of the Vehicle Code that apply to a state agency that sponsors a specialized license plate program.
