Section 44505 Of Article 4.5. California Peer Assistance And Review Program For Teachers From California Education Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 25. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 4.5.
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. (a) Between July 1, 1999, and June 30, 2000, a school
district may notify the Superintendent of Public Instruction that it
plans to implement, commencing July 1, 2000, a Peer Assistance and
Review Program for Teachers pursuant to this article. Upon receipt of
the notification by the school district, the Superintendent of
Public Instruction shall apportion to the school district two
thousand eight hundred dollars ($2,800) or an amount equal to the
number of mentor teachers that the state calculated the school
district is entitled to in the 1999-2000 fiscal year pursuant to
Article 4 (commencing with Section 44490) multiplied by two thousand
eight hundred dollars ($2,800), whichever is greater.
(b) A school district that notifies the Superintendent of Public
Instruction that it plans to implement a Peer Assistance and Review
Program for Teachers by July 1, 2000, pursuant to subdivision (a),
shall certify to the Superintendent of Public Instruction that it has
implemented a program by August 1, 2000. In addition to the
certification, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may request a
copy of the signature page of the collective bargaining agreement
implementing the program required pursuant to subdivision (a) of
Section 44503. A school district that fails to provide the required
certification is not eligible to receive an apportionment for the
Peer Assistance and Review Program for Teachers pursuant to
subdivision (a) of this section or subdivision (a) of Section 44498
in the 2000-01 school year, or in any year thereafter. The school
district, however, may be eligible to receive an apportionment for
the Peer Assistance and Review Program for Teachers pursuant to
subdivision (c) of this section and subdivision (a) of Section 44498
in the 2000-01 school year, and in each year thereafter, if the
school district complies with the requirements set forth in
subdivisions (c) and (d).
(c) Between July 1, 2000, and May 31, 2001, a school district may
notify the Superintendent of Public Instruction that it plans to
implement, commencing July 1, 2001, a Peer Assistance and Review
Program for Teachers pursuant to this article. On or before June 29,
2001, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall apportion to
every school district that provides this notification an amount equal
to the number of mentor teachers that the state calculated the
school district is entitled to in the 1999-2000 school year pursuant
to Article 4 (commencing with Section 44490) times a maximum of one
thousand dollars ($1,000). Any school district that provides this
notification shall receive at least the amount that would be received
pursuant to this section by a school district with one state funded
mentor in the 2000-01 school year pursuant to Article 4 (commencing
with Section 44490).
(d) A school district that notifies the Superintendent of Public
Instruction that it plans to implement a Peer Assistance and Review
Program for Teachers by July 1, 2001, pursuant to subdivision (c),
shall certify to the Superintendent of Public Instruction that it has
implemented a program by July 1, 2001. In addition to the
certification, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may request a
copy of the signature page of the collective bargaining agreement
implementing the program required pursuant to subdivision (a) of
Section 44503. A school district that fails to provide the required
certification is not eligible for any apportionment for the Peer
Assistance and Review Program for Teachers received pursuant to
subdivision (c) of this section, and subdivision (a) of Section 44498
in the 2001-02 school year, or in any year thereafter.
(e) The funding provided pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (c) of
this section and subdivision (a) of Section 44498 shall be provided
to eligible school districts in each year that the school operates a
Peer Assistance and Review Program for Teachers.
(f) The maximum amount of funds available for apportionment to
school districts by the Superintendent of Public Instruction for
allocation pursuant to subdivision (c) shall be the amount
appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 6 of the act
adding this section, minus any funds apportioned by the
Superintendent of Public Instruction to school districts pursuant to
subdivision (a) as of June 30, 2000.
(g) A school district may use funds apportioned pursuant to this
section for activities necessary to implement the Peer Assistance and
Review Program for Teachers.