Section 44015 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Education Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 25. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.
44015
. (a) The governing board of a school district may make awards
to employees who do any of the following:
(1) Propose procedures or ideas that thereafter are adopted and
effectuated, and that result in eliminating or reducing district
expenditures or improving operations.
(2) Perform special acts or special services in the public
interest.
(3) By their superior accomplishments, make exceptional
contributions to the efficiency, economy, or other improvement in
operations of the school district.
(b) The governing board of a school district may make awards to
pupils for excellence.
Before any awards are made pursuant to this section, the governing
board shall adopt rules and regulations. The board may appoint one
or more merit award committees made up of district officers, district
employees, or private citizens to consider employee proposals,
special acts, special services, or superior accomplishments and to
act affirmatively or negatively thereon or to provide appropriate
recommendations thereon to the board.
Any award granted under the provisions of this section that may be
made by an awards committee under appropriate district rules, shall
not exceed two hundred dollars ($200), unless a larger award is
expressly approved by the governing board.
When an awards program is established in a school district
pursuant to this section, the governing board shall budget funds for
this purpose but may authorize awards from funds under its control
whether or not budgeted funds have been provided or the funds
budgeted are exhausted.