Article 6. Instructional Materials On Alcohol And Drug Education of California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 33. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 6.

It is the intent of the Legislature that the State Board of Education give high priority to the adoption of instructional materials on alcohol, drug, and traffic safety education for classroom use by teachers and pupils. The materials shall be designed to assist the teacher in presenting instruction on alcohol, drug, and traffic safety education and to meet the needs of pupils at their respective grade levels. The materials shall be accurate, objective, and current.

The Department of Education shall establish an information center of current alcohol, drug, and traffic safety education materials which may be used by school districts and teachers for instruction on alcohol, drug, and traffic safety education. The information center shall include, but not be limited to, all the following: current state and federal alcohol and drug laws, including those related to traffic safety; samples of effective courses of study, curriculum guides, teaching materials, and reference materials; and reports of current and school district policies related to alcohol, drug, and traffic safety education.

(a) The State Department of Education shall assemble, coordinate, and make available to the public schools and to private driving schools in this state, upon request, for their use in driver education programs, any relevant programs, materials, and information prepared or compiled by the Governor's Intergovernmental Advisory Committee on Alcohol, Drugs, and Traffic Safety.
  (b) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allow to each school district maintaining a high school, county superintendents of schools, and the Department of the Youth Authority an amount not to exceed one dollar ($1) per pupil instructed in driver education during the preceding fiscal year. At least 50 percent of the funds received pursuant to this subdivision shall be used for the purchase of related instructional materials or for related in-service training for teachers, or both. Funds to implement this subdivision shall be provided when appropriated by the Legislature from the Driver Training Penalty Assessment Fund.