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37220.6
. (a) There is hereby created the Cesar Chavez Day of
Service and Learning program to promote service to the communities of
California in honor of the life and work of Cesar Chavez. The
program shall be administered by the Governor's Office on Service and
Volunteerism, in collaboration with the California Conservation
Corps.
(b) The Governor's Office on Service and Volunteerism may make
grants based on proposals selected through a competitive process from
local and state operated Americorps, National Senior Service Corps,
Learn and Serve, or Conservation Corps programs that submit proposals
to engage pupils through their schools and school districts in
community service that qualifies as instructional time on Cesar
Chavez Day, pursuant to Section 37220.5, and that honors the life and
work of Cesar Chavez. The programs shall be created and organized in
consultation with community groups. The Americorps, National Senior
Service Corps, Learn and Serve, or Conservation Corps programs may
implement or administer the programs in collaboration with community
groups and nonprofit organizations. The proposals shall demonstrate
all of the following:
(1) The ways and extent to which the program will be a
collaborative effort between schools and the Americorps, National
Senior Service Corps, Learn and Serve, or Conservation Corps program.
(2) The ways that the service will be connected to instruction on
the life and work of Cesar Chavez provided on Cesar Chavez Day.
(3) The way in which the service provided will make a meaningful
contribution to the community.
(c) Grants made pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be in the amount
of one dollar ($1) for each participating pupil, or two hundred
fifty dollars ($250) for each school, whichever is greater. The
Governor's Office on Service and Volunteerism may, at its discretion,
adjust the grant amount to account for school district size, the
size of the project, and the demand on existing funding. Under no
circumstances may the amount granted exceed the amount of funding
appropriated to carry out this section.
(d) In order for the community service performed under this
program to be counted as instructional time, the service shall be
performed under the supervision of a teacher, as defined in
subdivision (a) of Section 46300.
(e) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop or
revise, as needed, a model curriculum on the life and work of Cesar
Chavez and submit the model curriculum to the State Board of
Education for adoption pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
37220.5. Upon adoption, the Superintendent of Public Instruction
shall distribute the model curriculum to each school.
(f) It is the intent of the Legislature that nothing in this
section, or in the act that adds this section, shall be construed to
impose a mandate on school districts.
(g) For the purposes of this section, "school district" includes
school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education.