Article 3. School Plans of California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 28. >> Chapter 12. >> Article 3.

The provisions of this article shall apply only to school districts and schools which participate in school-based coordinated categorical programs pursuant to this article. No school may operate pursuant to this article unless a newly developed plan or a revision of the previously approved plan has been approved by the local governing board and is retained at the school site. These plans shall be available to the Superintendent of Public Instruction upon request and shall be made available to the public on a reasonable basis pursuant to the provisions of the California Public Records Act, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.

(a) A school district and school may apply to receive funds allocated pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 8750) of Chapter 4 of Part 6, Article 5 (commencing with Section 44520) of Chapter 3 and Article 1 (commencing with Section 44670) of Chapter 3.1 of Part 25, Article 15 (commencing with Section 51870) of Chapter 5, Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 52000), Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 52200), and Article 2 (commencing with Section 52340) of Chapter 9 of this part, Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 54000) and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 54100) of Part 29, and Part 30 (commencing with Section 56000), and Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 500) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Military and Veterans Code, without complying with the provisions of those statutes or the related California Administrative Code regulations, provided that the school and school district meet the criteria established in this article.
  (b) In no event shall subdivision (a) be construed to include bilingual education programs established pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 52160) of Chapter 7 within the provisions of this article.

(a) A schoolsite council shall be established at each school that participates in school-based program coordination. The schoolsite council shall be composed of the principal and representatives of: teachers selected by teachers at the school; other school personnel selected by other school personnel at the school; parents of pupils attending the school selected by the parents; and, in secondary schools, pupils selected by pupils attending the school.
  (b) (1) At the elementary level, the schoolsite council shall be constituted to ensure parity between (A) the principal, classroom teachers, and other school personnel; and (B) parents or other community members selected by parents.
  (2) At the secondary level, the schoolsite council shall be constituted to ensure parity between (A) the principal, classroom teachers, and other school personnel; and (B) an equal number of parents, or other community members selected by parents, and pupils.
  (3) At both the elementary and secondary levels, classroom teachers shall comprise the majority of persons represented under subparagraph (A) of paragraphs (1) and (2).
  (c) Existing schoolwide advisory groups or school support groups may be utilized as the schoolsite council if those groups conform to this section.
  (d) The Superintendent shall provide several examples of selection and replacement procedures that may be considered by schoolsite councils.
  (e) An employee of a school who is also a parent or guardian of a pupil who attends a school other than the school of the parent's or guardian's employment is not disqualified by virtue of this employment from serving as a parent representative on the schoolsite council established for the school that his or her child or ward attends.

The governing board of each school district shall:
  (a) Ensure that the principal of every school receives information covering the provisions of this article, and provides such information to teachers, other school personnel, parents, and, in secondary schools, pupils.
  (b) Adopt policies to ensure that, prior to a school beginning to develop a plan pursuant to Section 52853, a school site council as described in Section 52852 is established at the school site to consider whether or not it wishes the local school to participate in the school-based coordination program. The board shall ensure that all interested persons, including, but not limited to, the principal, teachers, other school personnel, parents, and, in secondary schools, pupils have an opportunity to meet in public to establish the council.
  (c) Ensure that funds coordinated pursuant to this article are used to supplement, not supplant, existing state and local fiscal efforts and that schools which receive the funds shall have base expenditures comparable to nonparticipating schools.

(a) The schoolsite council shall develop a school plan which shall include all of the following:
  (1) Curricula, instructional strategies and materials responsive to the individual needs and learning styles of each pupil.
  (2) Instructional and auxiliary services to meet the special needs of non-English-speaking or limited-English-speaking pupils, including instruction in a language these pupils understand; educationally disadvantaged pupils; gifted and talented pupils; and pupils with exceptional needs.
  (3) A staff development program for teachers, other school personnel, paraprofessionals, and volunteers, including those participating in special programs. Staff development programs may include the use of program guidelines that have been developed by the superintendent for specific learning disabilities, including dyslexia, and other related disorders. The strategies included in the guidelines and instructional materials that focus on successful approaches for working with pupils who have been prenatally substance exposed, as well as other at-risk pupils, may also be provided to teachers.
  (4) Ongoing evaluation of the educational program of the school.
  (5) Other activities and objectives as established by the council.
  (6) The proposed expenditures of funds available to the school through the programs described in Section 52851. For purposes of this subdivision, proposed expenditures of funds available to the school through the programs described in Section 52851 shall include, but not be limited to, salaries and staff benefits for persons providing services for those programs.
  (7) The proposed expenditure of funds available to the school through the federal Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (IASA) (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.) and its amendments. If the school operates a state-approved schoolwide program pursuant to Section 6314 of Title 20 of the United States Code in a manner consistent with the expenditure of funds available to the school pursuant to Section 52851, employees of the schoolwide program may be deemed funded by a single cost objective.
  (b) The schoolsite council shall annually review the school plan, establish a new budget, and if necessary, make other modifications in the plan to reflect changing needs and priorities.

The school district governing board shall review and approve or disapprove school plans. A school plan shall not be approved unless it was developed and recommended by the school site council. If a plan is not approved by the governing board, specific reasons for that action shall be communicated to the council. Modifications to any school plan shall be developed, recommended and approved or disapproved in the same manner.

If the school district and school choose to include within the provisions of this article funds allocated pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 52000), the school district and school shall still be eligible to compete for any expansion funding that is made available for the school improvement program for grades in that school which are not already generating funds.

The district governing board shall determine the portion of the district's grant pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 52200) of Part 28 that shall be allocated to the school for inclusion in the school budget developed pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 52853.

(a) If the school district and school choose to include within the provisions of this article, funds allocated pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 54000) of Part 29, the school district shall: (a) if the number of educationally disadvantaged pupils in the school is less than 75 percent of the school's enrollment, ensure that there is state and local funding in the school available for allocation pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 52853 which is equal to or greater than the per pupil amount allocated to that school per disadvantaged pupil through the economic impact aid program multiplied times 75 percent of the school's enrollment, (b) continue to maintain any school or district advisory committees required pursuant to Chapter 1, and (c) continue to distribute funds to schools in accordance with Sections 54004.3, 54004.5, and 54004.7 and regulations adopted which pertain to those sections.
  (b) To the extent permitted by federal law, such that funds allocated pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 54000) of Chapter 1 of Part 29 are deemed by the United States Department of Education to be comparable to funds allocated pursuant to Chapter I of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act, the percentage limitation and multiplier established in subdivision (a) may be decreased to not less than 67 percent.

If the school district and school site council choose to include funds allocated pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 54000) of Part 29, the school site council shall consult with any school level bilingual advisory committee required by law prior to submitting a school plan pursuant to this article. If the bilingual advisory committee objects to the plan, written copies of the committee's objections shall be attached to the plan when it is transmitted to the local governing board and the State Board of Education. However, the school site council and the school district shall make the final determination as to the content of the school plan and the content of any waiver request.

(a) If a school district and school choose to include within the provisions of this article funds allocated pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 54100) of Part 29, the school district and school shall annually receive funding at the rate per specialist allocated statewide multiplied times the number of specialists approved for that school at the time it was approved to operate programs pursuant to this article, shall use these funds to employ a reading specialist who meets the criteria established pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 54100) of Part 29, and shall comply with Section 54123.
  (b) In no event shall funds coordinated pursuant to this article be used to pay for the local share of costs associated with the employment of reading specialists funded pursuant to this section.

If a school district and school choose to include within the provisions of this article funds allocated pursuant to Part 30 (commencing with Section 56000), the school district shall comply with all requirements of that part, with the following exceptions:
  (a) Resource specialist program services, designated instruction and services, and team teaching for special day classes, except special day classes operating pursuant to Section 56364.1, may be provided to pupils who have not been identified as individuals with exceptional needs, provided that all identified individuals with exceptional needs are appropriately served and a description of the services is included in the schoolsite plan.
  (b) Programs for individuals with exceptional needs shall be under the direction of credentialed special education personnel, but services may be provided entirely by personnel not funded by special education moneys, provided that all services specified in the individualized education program are received by the pupil.

If a school district and school choose to include within the provisions of this article funds allocated pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 8750) of Chapter 4 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1, Article 5 (commencing with Section 44520) of Chapter 3 of Part 25 of Division 3 of this title, Article 15 (commencing with Section 51870) of Chapter 5 of this part, and Article 2 (commencing with Section 52340) of Chapter 9 of this part, and Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 500) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Military and Veterans Code, the district shall determine the portion of the district's grants, pursuant to those provisions, which shall be allocated to the school for inclusion in the school budget developed pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 52853.

School districts and schools that choose to operate programs pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 52850) shall insure compliance with all requirements of federal law.

Any governing board, on behalf of a school site council, may request the State Board of Education to grant a waiver of any provision of this article. The State Board of Education may grant a request when it finds that the failure to do so would hinder the implementation or maintenance of a successful school-based coordinated program. If the State Board of Education approves a waiver request, the waiver shall apply only to the school or schools which requested the waiver and shall be effective for no more than two years. The State Board of Education may renew a waiver request.