Article 1. Education Improvement Act Of 1969 of California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 29. >> Chapter 9. >> Article 1.

This article may be cited as the Educational Improvement Act of 1969.

In approving projects under this chapter, or projects under Titles I and III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Miller-Unruh Basic Reading Act of 1965 (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 54100) of this part, Article 3 (commencing with Section 60640) of Chapter 5 of Part 33 of this division), and Chapter 106 of the Statutes of 1966, First Extraordinary Session, the State Board of Education shall give due consideration to the effectiveness of the project and shall not continue in operation any project that, upon evaluation, has been shown to be of low effectiveness, and which has only a limited possibility of improved effectiveness.

From moneys provided pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 41301, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall compute an allowance for each school district which meets each of the following requirements:
  (a) The district, during the preceding fiscal year, had an average daily attendance, exclusive of the average daily attendance of adults, as adults are defined by Section 52610, of 500 or more.
  (b) The entitlement for the district for funds under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for the preceding fiscal year for each unit of average daily attendance, exclusive of the average daily attendance of adults, as adults are defined by Section 52610, exceeds 150 percent of the statewide average entitlement. For the purposes of this section, the average daily attendance of pupils in grades 7 and 8 attending a junior high school maintained by a high school district shall be credited to the high school district.

The allowance for each eligible district under Section 54603 shall be computed pursuant to the provisions of Sections 54605 to 54610, inclusive.

(a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall compute for each eligible district the actual amount of entitlement for the district for funds under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for the preceding fiscal year, per unit of average daily attendance, exclusive of the average daily attendance of adults, as adults are defined in Section 52610, during the preceding fiscal year.
  (b) He shall determine the lowest amount per unit of average daily attendance computed for any district in the state under subdivision (a). This amount shall be assigned the weighting value of 1.00. A weighting value for each other district shall be computed by dividing the amount per unit of average daily attendance computed under subdivision (a) by the lowest amount per unit of average daily attendance computed under this subdivision.

(a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall determine the current tax rate as defined by Section 17604 for each eligible district, by type of district.
  (b) He shall determine the lowest current tax rate in effect for each type of eligible district. Such lowest current tax rates shall be assigned the weighting value of 1.00 respectively.
  (c) A weighting value for each other district current tax rate shall be computed by dividing the current tax rate for each district determined under subdivision (a) by the lowest current tax rate for each type of district determined under subdivision (b).

(a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall determine the average achievement testing scores in terms of state percentiles in elementary school districts for grades 1, 3, and 6 or 8, whichever is the last grade in the particular elementary school within the school district, in high school districts for grade 12, and in unified school districts for grades 1, 3, 6 or 8, whichever is the last grade in the particular elementary school within the school district, and 12, as measured by the 1966-1967 statewide administered achievement tests.
  (b) He shall compute the reciprocal value for each district achievement test score determined in subdivision (a).
  (c) He shall determine the lowest reciprocal value for achievement test scores under subdivision (b). Such lowest reciprocal value shall be assigned the weighting value of 1.00.
  (d) A weighting value for achievement test scores for each other district shall be computed by dividing the reciprocal value for each district determined under subdivision (b) by the lowest reciprocal value for achievement test scores determined under subdivision (c).

The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall determine the composite weighting value for each district, by multiplying together the weighting values computed for each district pursuant to Sections 54605, 54606, and 54607.

The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall compute for each eligible district a weighted average daily attendance by multiplying the composite weighting value for the district determined in Section 54608 by the number of units per average daily attendance, exclusive of the average daily attendance of adults, as adults are defined by Section 52610, of the district.

The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall compute the entitlement for each district by dividing the total of the amount appropriated for the purposes of this chapter by the sum of the weighted units of average daily attendance computed for all districts under Section 54609, and multiplying the quotient by the weighted average daily attendance for the district.

The governing board of any district for which an allowance was computed under Section 54604 may apply to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for an apportionment of a part or all of the allowance computed for the district. The application shall contain a detailed plan or plans for the use of the allowance. The plan or plans shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 54420) of Chapter 4 of this part. The State Board of Education may adopt rules and regulations relating to the form and content of applications and procedures for review and approval thereof.

Under the direction of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the programs authorized by this chapter shall be administered by the Office of Compensatory Education. The Director of Compensatory Education shall insure that the programs of educational improvement maintained by eligible schools are coordinated with the district's ongoing program of compensatory education and the Miller-Unruh Basic Reading Act of 1965, prescribed in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 54100) of this part, Article 3 (commencing with Section 60640) of Chapter 5 of Part 33 of this division.

It is the intent of the Legislature that amounts allowed pursuant to this chapter be expended exclusively for purposes of the programs authorized by this chapter. The Department of Education shall, for purposes of this chapter, prescribe a system of accounts and records to be used by school districts participating in programs authorized by this chapter which will clearly reflect the relationship between amounts provided for such purposes and the amounts expended therefor.

Applications shall be subject to the approval of the State Board of Education. Upon approval by the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall certify an apportionment or apportionments to the Controller in accordance with procedures established by the State Board of Education. The Controller shall draw warrants on the State Treasury in the amounts certified in favor of the county treasurer of the county which has jurisdiction over the applicant school district. The county treasurer shall immediately credit the general fund of the applicant school district exactly as apportioned by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.