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44504
. (a) Except as provided in Section 44505, the California Peer
Assistance and Review Program for Teachers shall become fully
operational on July 1, 2001, on which date it shall completely
replace the California Mentor Teacher Program established pursuant to
Chapter 1302 of the Statutes of 1983 and set forth in Article 4
(commencing with Section 44490). This article is applicable to all
school districts that elect to receive state funds for the California
Peer Assistance and Review Program for Teachers. Commencing with the
2001-02 fiscal year, funding shall only be made available for
purposes authorized by this article. A school district that elects to
participate in the program established pursuant to this article
shall certify to the Superintendent of Public Instruction by August
1, 2001, that it has implemented a Peer Assistance and Review Program
for Teachers pursuant to this article.
(b) A school district that does not elect to participate in the
program authorized under this article by July 1, 2001, is not
eligible for any apportionment, allocation, or other funding from an
appropriation for the program authorized pursuant to this article or
for any apportionments, allocations, or other funding from funding
for local assistance appropriated pursuant to Budget Act Item
6110-231-0001, funding appropriated for the Administrator Training
and Evaluation Program set forth in Article 3 (commencing with
Section 44681) of Chapter 3.1 of Part 25, from an appropriation for
the Instructional Time and Staff Development Reform Program as set
forth in Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 44579) of Chapter 3, or
from an appropriation for school development plans as set forth in
Article 1 (commencing with Section 44670.1) of Chapter 3.1 and the
Superintendent of Public Instruction shall not apportion, allocate,
or otherwise provide any funds to the district pursuant to those
programs.
(c) Commencing February 1, 2002, a school district that elects not
to participate in the program authorized under this article shall
report annually at a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing
board of the school district on the rationale for not participating
in the program.