Section 41304 Of Article 1. Appropriations, Sources, Conditions, Amounts Of Support Per Average Daily Attendance From California Education Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 24. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.
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. (a) There is appropriated annually from the Driver Training
Penalty Assessment Fund to the General Fund in the State Treasury and
from the General Fund to the California Energy Extension Service of
the Office of Planning and Research a sum as necessary to establish
and maintain a unit for driver instruction within the State
Department of Education as set forth in Section 41904.
(b) In addition, subject to Section 41305, there shall be
appropriated from the Driver Training Penalty Assessment Fund to the
General Fund, then to the State School Fund each fiscal year, the sum
the Superintendent of Public Instruction certifies as necessary to
reimburse on a quarterly basis for each current fiscal year school
districts, county superintendents of schools, the Department of the
Youth Authority, and the State Department of Education for the actual
cost of instructing pupils in the operation of motor vehicles.
The amount shall not exceed ninety-seven dollars ($97) per pupil
instructed in the laboratory phase of driver education in accordance
with the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education.
(c) Subject to Section 41305, there shall also be appropriated
from the Driver Training Penalty Assessment Fund the sum the
Superintendent of Public Instruction shall certify as necessary to
reimburse on a quarterly basis for each current fiscal year school
districts, county superintendents of schools, the Department of the
Youth Authority, and the State Department of Education for the actual
cost of replacing vehicles and simulators used exclusively in the
laboratory phase of driver education programs, but the amount shall
not exceed three-fourths of that part of the actual cost of
instructing pupils in the laboratory phase of driver education which
is: (1) in excess of ninety-seven dollars ($97) per pupil instructed,
and (2) expended by the district, the county superintendent of
schools, the Department of the Youth Authority, and the State
Department of Education in replacing the vehicles and simulators.
Reimbursement for vehicles shall be computed for only that portion of
the total mileage used exclusively in the laboratory phase of driver
education programs.
(d) In addition, subject to Section 41305, there shall be provided
from the Petroleum Violation Escrow Account to the General Fund,
then to the State School Fund each fiscal year the sum the
Superintendent of Public Instruction certifies as necessary to
reimburse on a quarterly basis for each current fiscal year school
districts, county superintendents of schools, the Department of the
Youth Authority, and the State Department of Education for the costs
of fitting automobile driver training vehicles with the
instrumentation required under Section 51854 and to reimburse on a
quarterly basis for each current fiscal year school districts for the
costs of transferring instrumentation providing instructional
information on fuel consumption and vehicle fuel efficiency from one
automobile driver training vehicle to another under Section 51854.
(e) In addition, subject to Section 41305, there shall be
appropriated from the Petroleum Violation Escrow Account to the
Driver Training Penalty Assessment Fund and from the Driver Training
Penalty Assessment Fund to the General Fund, then to the
Superintendent of Public Instruction each fiscal year the sum the
Superintendent of Public Instruction certifies as necessary to
reimburse on a quarterly basis for each current fiscal year the State
Department of Education for the costs of workshops conducted by the
department under Section 51854.
(f) For purposes of computing reimbursement, whenever a school
district, a county superintendent of schools, the Department of the
Youth Authority, or the State Department of Education replaces a
driver training vehicle or simulator purchased by the district with a
vehicle or simulator that is a gift or loan, the purchase price of
the new or acquired equipment shall be deemed to be the market value
of the vehicle or simulator acquired through a gift or loan.
A simulator is any device approved by the State Department of
Education to be used in classrooms for purposes of laboratory
instruction under simulated driving conditions.