Section 41327.1 Of Article 2.5. Conditions On Emergency Apportionments From California Education Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 24. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 2.5.
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. (a) The state board shall adopt and may periodically
update by regulation a comprehensive list of professional and legal
standards that all districts are encouraged to use as a guide to
conduct a good educational program and fiscal and management
practices that shall be used as the basis of evaluating the
improvement of qualifying districts pursuant to this article. These
standards shall, at a minimum, address all of the following areas:
(1) Financial management.
(2) Pupil achievement.
(3) Personnel management.
(4) Facilities management.
(5) Community relations.
(b) If an administrator is appointed pursuant to Section 41326,
the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team
established pursuant to Section 42127.8 shall conduct comprehensive
assessments in the five areas specified in subdivision (a).
(c) After the assessments specified in subdivision (b) are
completed, the Superintendent, in consultation with the County Office
Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team and the county
superintendent of schools, shall determine, based upon the district's
particular needs and circumstances, the level of improvement needed
in the standards adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) before local
authority will be returned pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section
41326. Based upon this determination, the County Office Fiscal Crisis
and Management Assistance Team shall complete improvement plans in
the five areas specified in subdivision (a) that focus on the agreed
upon standards, and that are consistent with the financial
improvement plan.
(d) Beginning six months after an emergency loan is approved, and
every six months thereafter until local authority is returned
pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 41326, the County Office
Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team shall file a written
status report with the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of
the Legislature, the Members of the Legislature that represent the
qualifying district, any advisory council of the school district, the
Superintendent, the county superintendent of schools, and the
Director of Finance. The reports shall indicate the progress that the
district is making in meeting the recommendations of the improvement
plans developed pursuant to this section.
(e) If the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance
Team indicates in writing that it has insufficient resources to
complete the comprehensive assessments, improvement plans, and
progress reports required pursuant to this section, the department
shall request proposals to complete these tasks, and subject to the
approval of the Department of Finance, select an entity to complete
the tasks assigned to the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management
Assistance Team pursuant to this section.