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44506
. (a) The state funding for this article subsequent to the
1999-2000 fiscal year is subject to an appropriation in the annual
Budget Act.
(b) A school district that receives funds for purposes of this
article also may expend those funds for any of the following
purposes:
(1) The Marian Bergeson Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment
System as set forth in Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 44279.1)
of Chapter 2.
(2) A district intern program as set forth in Article 7.5
(commencing with Section 44325) of Chapter 2.
(3) Professional development or other educational activities
previously provided pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section
44490) of Chapter 3, as it read prior to January 1, 2002.
(4) A program that supports the training and development of new
teachers.
(c) (1) The Superintendent shall determine a base funding unit
rate for the California Peer Assistance and Review Program for
Teachers that is equal to the total amount provided for the
California Mentor Teacher Program in subdivision (b) of Section 6 of
Chapter 4 of the Statutes of 1999 for the First Extraordinary
Session, divided by the total number of mentor teachers that the
state calculated the school district is entitled to in the 1999-2000
fiscal year.
(2) The Superintendent annually shall apportion to each school
district that certified implementation of the Peer Assistance and
Review Program for Teachers pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
44505, an amount equal to 5 percent of the prior year count of
certificated classroom teachers employed by the school district,
multiplied by a rate that equals the sum of (i) the base amount per
funding unit as calculated in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c),
adjusted annually pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 42238.1, and
(ii) two thousand eight hundred dollars ($2,800); adjusted annually
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 42238.1.
(3) The Superintendent annually shall apportion to each school
district that certified implementation of a Peer Assistance and
Review Program for Teachers pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section
44505, an amount equal to 5 percent of the prior year count of
certificated classroom teachers employed by the school district,
multiplied by a rate which equals the sum of (i) the base amount per
funding unit as calculated in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c),
adjusted annually pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 42238.1, and
(ii) the per mentor teacher unit amount provided to the district
pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 44505, adjusted annually
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 42238.1.
(4) In paragraphs (2) and (3), 5 percent of the certificated
classroom teachers employed by the district shall be rounded to the
next whole integer.
(5) If at the end of a fiscal year, an amount of funds available
for purposes of the Peer Assistance and Review Program remain
unallocated, the Superintendent shall use the unallocated amount to
increase the base funding rate calculated under paragraph (1) for the
succeeding fiscal year.