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2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 29 - PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Programs › ARTICLE 6 - University and College Opportunities Program › Section 54703.

54703. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prepare rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this article, including rules and regulations which:
(a) Prescribe the procedure by which a district shall identify pupils who are traditionally underrepresented in higher education.
(b) Provide for the rendering of technical assistance which, upon request, shall be available to enable school districts and schools to design, implement, or evaluate the University and College Opportunities Programs authorized by this article.
(c) Identify effective practices regarding, but not necessarily limited to, University and College Opportunities Programs and which disseminate information regarding these programs to each participating school district and county superintendent of schools.
(d) Develop, in conjunction with the California Postsecondary Education Commission, common data elements, which can be used by secondary and postsecondary educators to assess and improve program performance.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1298, Sec. 16.)
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54704. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this article on or before March 1, 1983.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1298, Sec. 16.)
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54740. This article shall be known and may be cited as the California School Age Families Education Program (Cal-SAFE).
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1078, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 29 - PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Programs › ARTICLE 7.1 - California School Age Families Education Program › Section 54741.

54741. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Adolescents, due to early pregnancy and childbearing, experience significant educational losses leading to a lifelong loss of schooling.
(b) Although less than a quarter of California’s pregnant and parenting teen mothers use welfare as teenagers, over time they make up a significant percentage of the AFDC caseload. Half of all unmarried teen mothers go on welfare within four years of the birth of their children and 42 percent of all AFDC mothers began families as teenagers.
(c) In 1995, there were 123,240 pregnant and parenting mothers age 18 years and younger.
(d) Approximately one-quarter of teen mothers in California will experience a second or subsequent birth while in their teen years.
(e) The number one reason cited by females for dropping out of school is pregnancy and parenting responsibilities, although existing school data collection systems do not include the number of pregnant and parenting pupils enrolled in school nor the number who drop out of school due to pregnancy and parenting responsibilities.
(f) Eighty percent of females who become mothers before the age of 18 do not finish high school, and 40 percent of females who give birth by age 15 do not complete the 8th grade.
(g) Young women with poor basic skills, regardless of ethnicity, are five times as likely to become mothers before age 16 as are those with average basic skills, and young women with poor or fair basic skills are four times as likely as those with average basic skills to have more than one child in their teens.
(h) Teen fathers are at high risk of low educational achievement, as they are more likely to drop out of school to secure low-paying, unskilled jobs with little promise of future improvement.
(i) Children of teenage mothers have a greater chance of experiencing behavior problems during adolescence, engaging in delinquent or criminal activities, becoming sexually active at a young age, and becoming teen parents.
(j) School-based programs for pregnant and parenting teens and their children offering a wide range of educational and supportive services, including child care and transportation, which begin during pregnancy and continue after childbirth, have been successful in increasing school enrollment and high school graduation rates, and reducing the incidence of low birth weight babies and repeat pregnancies.
(k) School-based programs targeting pregnant and parenting teens and their children are often nonexistent or fragmented, have inequitable program funding, lack comprehensive integrated school-linked services, lack useful school data, and often have not been evaluated.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1078, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 29 - PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Programs › ARTICLE 7.1 - California School Age Families Education Program › Section 54742.

54742. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a comprehensive, continuous, and community linked school-based program that focuses on youth development and dropout prevention for pregnant and parenting pupils and on child care and development services for their children for the purpose of improving results for approximately 60,000 pupils and their children.
(b) The goals of the program are all of the following:
(1) A significant number of eligible female and male pupils in need of targeted supportive services related to school success will be served.
(2) Pupils shall have the opportunity to be continuously enrolled in the Cal-SAFE program through graduation from high school.
(3) Pupils served who receive program services for one or more years will earn a high school diploma or its equivalent or demonstrate progress towards completion of education goals.
(4) Pupils served who graduate will transition to postsecondary education, including a technical school, or into the world of work.
(5) Pupils served and their children will not become welfare dependent.
(6) Pupils served will demonstrate effective parenting skills.
(7) Pupils served will not have a repeat birth or father a repeat pregnancy before graduating from high school.
(8) Pregnant pupils served will not have a low birth weight baby.
(9) Children of enrolled teen parents will receive child care and development services based upon the assessed developmental and health needs of each child.
(10) Children of enrolled teen parents will receive health screening and immunizations except when the custodial parent annually provides a written request for an exemption pursuant to Section 49451 and Section 120365 of the Health and Safety Code.
(11) Children of enrolled teen parents will have enhanced school readiness, demonstrate progress towards meeting their assessed developmental goals, or both.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that if there are not enough resources to serve all eligible pupils, the program shall target services to pupils who are most in need or to pupils who are least likely to access services on their own.
(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that Cal-SAFE programs be integrated with local Adolescent Family Life programs and Cal-Learn programs in a manner that avoids duplication of services.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1057, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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54743. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) “Case management” means a process that ensures that the pupil and child receive identified needed services in an efficient, supportive, and cost effective manner. The process is interactive, pupil-centered, culturally appropriate, and goal-oriented.
(b) “Child care and development program” means developmentally appropriate learning activities for the children of enrolled teen parents that are provided when the child’s teen parent is, or parents are, participating in a school-approved activity both during and outside the schoolday.
(c) “Intake process” means the interactive process upon entry into the Cal-SAFE program through which academic and service needs are inventoried and demographic data are collected.
(d) “Interventions” means services needed to correct or ameliorate a pupil’s health, psychosocial, educational, vocational, daily living, or economic problems, which may impede the pupil from achieving the program goals.
(e) “Local education agency” means a school district or county office of education.
(f) “Support services” means services, as referenced in subdivision (b) of Section 54746, that will enhance the academic ability of the enrolled pupil in order for her or him to earn a high school diploma or its equivalent and for healthy development of their children.
(g) “Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 Regulations” refers to federal Public Law 92-318 and the regulations set forth in Section 106.1 and following of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, which prohibit discrimination against pupils, among other things, because of their pregnant or parenting status.
(h) “Expectant parent” means a female who is pregnant or a male who voluntarily identifies himself as the parent of an unborn child, and who meets eligibility criteria specified in Section 54747.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1168, Sec. 42. Effective September 30, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 29 - PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Programs › ARTICLE 7.1 - California School Age Families Education Program › Section 54744.

54744. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that communities implementing new programs or initiatives connect with existing program strategies and build upon existing local collaboratives, when possible, to provide a unified integrated system of service for children and families.
(b) No application for participation in the Cal-SAFE program is complete unless each county superintendent of schools, in conjunction with superintendents of school districts, the Adolescent Family Life Program, the Cal-Learn program, the local child care and development planning council as defined by Section 8499.5, and, as appropriate, other existing organizations such as Healthy Start and local job training councils, have developed a county service coordination plan for providing educational and related support services to pregnant and parenting teens and their children.
(c) The county service coordination plan shall include, at a minimum, all of the following information:
(1) Incidence of live births to teen mothers by a method to be determined by the State Department of Education.
(2) Incidence of pregnant and parenting pupils receiving welfare aid by a method to be determined by the State Department of Education.
(3) Incidence of low birth weight children born to teen mothers by a method to be determined by the State Department of Education.
(4) Educational alternatives for pregnant and parenting teens.
(5) Child care and development resources for the children of teen parents.
(6) Public and private resources providing support services necessary for pregnant and parenting teens to achieve academically.
(7) Gaps and overlaps in educational and support services for pregnant and parenting pupils and their children.
(8) Proposed strategies to address identified gaps and overlaps in services.
(d) The county service coordination plan shall be submitted to the State Department of Education no later than June 1, 2000.
(e) If the county service coordination plan is not submitted to the State Department of Education by June 1, 2000, a local education agency may only operate a Cal-SAFE program on an interim basis until January 1, 2001.
(f) The county superintendent of schools, in conjunction with superintendents of school districts, the Adolescent Family Life Program, the Cal-Learn program, the local child care and development planning council as defined by Section 8499.5, and, as appropriate, other existing organizations such as Healthy Start and local job training councils, shall annually review the county service coordination plan, update the plan as needed, disseminate the revised plan to superintendents of school districts within its jurisdiction, and submit a copy of the revised plan to the State Department of Education.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 71, Sec. 20. Effective July 5, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 29 - PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Programs › ARTICLE 7.1 - California School Age Families Education Program › Section 54746.5.

54746.5. (a) Local education agencies that are applying to operate a Cal-SAFE program pursuant to Section 54749 but which are not in full compliance may submit a timeline and a corrective action plan for approval by the Superintendent of Public Instruction on a case-by-case basis to extend, to no later than June 30, 2002, a waiver from implementation of the child care and development requirements set forth in paragraph (7) of subdivision (c) of Section 54745 and in subdivision (c) of Section 54746.
(b) Local education agencies that are applying to operate a Cal-SAFE program pursuant to Section 2551.3 but are not in full compliance may submit a timeline and a corrective action plan for approval by the Superintendent of Public Instruction on a case-by-case basis to extend, to no later than June 30, 2002, a waiver from implementation of the child care and development physical environment requirements pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 54746, and as set forth in subdivision (d) of Section 101238 of, Section 101238.2 of, subdivision (a) of Section 101238.3 of, subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 101238.4 of, subdivisions (e), (h), and (j) of Section 101239 of, and paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 101239.2 of, Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.
(c) If the Superintendent of Public Instruction finds that a local education agency that has submitted a timeline and a corrective action plan pursuant to this section has not complied with all provisions of the corrective action plan as approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the local education agency shall be ineligible for any funding pursuant to Section 2551.3 after the date of mailing of the written notification of noncompliance to the local education agency.
(d) For teachers in Cal-SAFE child care programs operated pursuant to Section 54749, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may waive the qualification requirements of paragraph (6) of subdivision (c) of Section 54746 for the 2001–02 fiscal year if the superintendent determines that the existence of compelling need is appropriately documented and the applicant is making satisfactory progress toward securing a permit issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
(e) For teachers in Cal-SAFE child care programs operated pursuant to Section 2551.3, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may waive the qualification requirements of paragraph (6) of subdivision (c) of Section 54746 until June 30, 2002, if the superintendent determines that the existence of compelling need is appropriately documented and the applicant is making satisfactory progress toward securing a permit issued by the Commission of Teacher Credentialing.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 734, Sec. 48. Effective October 11, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 29 - PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Programs › ARTICLE 7.1 - California School Age Families Education Program › Section 54747.

54747. (a) A male or female pupil, 18 years of age or younger, may enroll in the Cal-SAFE program and be eligible for all services afforded to pupils enrolled if he or she is an expectant parent, the custodial parent, or the noncustodial parent taking an active role in the care and supervision of the child, and has not earned a high school diploma or its equivalent.
(b) A pupil who is an expectant parent, custodial parent, or noncustodial parent taking an active role in the care and supervision of his or her child, has not earned a high school diploma or its equivalent, and has an active special education Individualized Education Plan (IEP) shall be eligible as long as she or he has an active IEP and meets the eligibility criteria as specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 56026, and shall continue to receive services identified in the IEP while enrolled in the Cal-SAFE program.
(c) Pupils shall be eligible for enrollment on a voluntary basis for as long as they meet eligibility criteria specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) until they earn a high school diploma or its equivalent.
(d) A pupil may not be denied initial or continuous enrollment in the Cal-SAFE program for any of the following reasons:
(1) The pupil has had multiple pregnancies.
(2) The pupil has more than one child.
(3) The pupil’s eligibility status changed from expectant to parenting.
(e) If an enrolled 18-year-old pupil reaches age 19 without earning a high school diploma or its equivalent, the pupil may be enrolled for one additional semester if the pupil has been continuously enrolled in the Cal-SAFE program since before his or her 19th birthday.
(f) Pupils receiving services under Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 11331) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code are eligible for services under this chapter. Child care provided under this article shall be the primary source of child care for these recipients when participating in a Cal-SAFE program operated by school districts or county superintendents of schools.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1168, Sec. 45. Effective September 30, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 29 - PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Programs › ARTICLE 7.1 - California School Age Families Education Program › Section 54748.

54748. The duties of the State Department of Education include all of the following:
(a) Provision of technical assistance, focused upon transition into the Cal-SAFE program, to school districts and county superintendents of schools currently operating a School Age Parent and Infant Development Program, a Pregnant Minors Program, or a Pregnant and Lactating Students Program, or any combination thereof.
(b) Provision of technical assistance to school districts and county superintendents of schools that do not currently operate a School Age Parent and Infant Development Program, a Pregnant Minors Program, or a Pregnant and Lactating Students Program as defined by subdivision (a) of Section 54745.
(c) Identification and sharing of information on best practices across program sites.
(d) Development of benchmarks to determine to what degree pupils and children enrolled in the Cal-SAFE program attain the program goals.
(e) Consultation with local education agency representatives and others, as appropriate, to develop strategies for implementation of the Cal-SAFE program.
(f) Determination of areas in the state where there are pupils who are most in need or pupils who are least likely to access services on their own if there are not enough resources to serve all eligible pupils.
(g) Development of an application process and approval of local education agencies to implement a Cal-SAFE program.
(h) Development of operating guidelines for implementing an effective Cal-SAFE program.
(i) Development of guidelines for fiscal reporting.
(j) Coordination with other state agencies that administer teen pregnancy prevention and intervention programs.
(k) Development of procedures to conduct program evaluation and monitoring, as appropriate.
(l) Commencing March 1, 2005, and every five years thereafter, preparation and submission of a report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature. The report shall include data, analysis of data, and an evaluation of the Cal-SAFE program.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 71, Sec. 24. Effective July 5, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 29 - PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Programs › ARTICLE 7.1 - California School Age Families Education Program › Section 54749.5.

54749.5. (a) County superintendents who operated pregnant minors programs in the 1979–80 fiscal year, or commenced operation during the 1996–97 fiscal year, shall continue to operate pregnant minors programs in the 1980–81 fiscal year, or the 1997–98 fiscal year, as appropriate, and each fiscal year thereafter, and school districts that increased their revenue limit in the 1981–82 fiscal year pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 42241 shall continue to operate pregnant minors programs in subsequent fiscal years, unless the program is transferred to another local education agency, or unless the county superintendent or district superintendent demonstrates that programs and services for pregnant minors, such as continuation school, home instruction, or independent instruction, are available from other local education agencies in the county, pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(b) Pregnant minors programs that continue to operate pursuant to subdivision (a) and that continue to operate as Cal-SAFE programs may continue to claim funding pursuant to Section 2551.3 for an amount of average daily attendance up to the amount certified at the 1998–99 annual apportionment for that program. Programs continuing under this section may enroll pupils above the level of average daily attendance certified at the 1998–99 annual apportionment, and that additional average daily attendance shall be eligible for funding pursuant to Section 54749 and provisions that apply to the educational program that the pupil attends.
(c) County offices of education that choose to retain their pregnant minor program revenue limit rather than convert to the Cal-SAFE revenue limit shall provide child care services from funds provided in their pregnant minor program revenue limit pursuant to Section 2551.3 for children of pupils comprising base year average daily attendance as certified at the 1998–99 annual apportionment. Growth funding for child care shall be equal to the proportionate share of child care funding for the specific agency’s program, determined by dividing the certified growth in pupil average daily attendance by the total certified average daily attendance.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed as allowing a county superintendent to receive funding pursuant to Sections 2551.3 and 54749 for the same average daily attendance, or for average daily attendance generated by the same pupil on the same calendar day.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1057, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2001. Note: Previously, this section was conditionally amended and renumbered from 8901 by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1078, and amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 71.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 29 - PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Programs › ARTICLE 7.7 - Goods Movement Partnership Academies › Section 54760.

54760. (a) Commencing with the 2009–10 school year, when funds become available for additional partnership academies within the total number of grants available for all partnership academies pursuant to Section 54691, the Superintendent shall issue grants for the establishment of partnership academies and shall give priority to the establishment of partnership academies dedicated to educating pupils in goods movement occupational areas, such as port and terminal operations, pollution prevention, performance and low-emission vehicle technology, transportation computer systems, fleet conversion, and the servicing and maintenance of those technologies, shipping, logistics, trucking, rail, air, and security, until no less than one goods movement partnership academy has been established in each of the four transportation corridors established by the state.
(b) (1) The selection of school districts to establish the goods movement partnership academies and the planning and development of the goods movement partnership academies shall be conducted pursuant to the procedures and requirements established in Section 54691 for all partnership academies. The planning grants shall be made available for academies pursuant to this article from the total number of grants established pursuant to Section 54691.
(2) In the event a school district applies to convert an existing school program to a partnership academy and meets all the criteria for a partnership academy pursuant to Section 54692 and paragraph (3), the department, in coordination with the Superintendent, may provide that academy with first-year implementation funds, as appropriate.
(3) (A) In order to be eligible for funding pursuant to this article, the coursework and internship or preapprenticeship programs of the proposed academy shall focus significant time on the use of emerging technologies and state-of-the-art equipment. The proposed academy shall demonstrate this through its efforts to obtain input from industry and professional trade organizations.
(B) Staff development opportunities also shall be included in the academy plans to ensure that teaching staff has the opportunity to be educated in the use of emerging technologies and to become familiar with new equipment and current practices in the field.
(c) The priority established in this section may be satisfied when the specified number of goods movement partnership academies meeting the requirements of this article are funded by any of, or a combination of, funds appropriated for the establishment of partnership academies.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 685, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2009. See same-numbered section in Article 9, as added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 82.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 29 - PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Programs › ARTICLE 9 - Supplemental Grants › Section 54760.

54760. It is the intent of the Legislature to provide equal educational opportunity for all children in California. To achieve this end, the Legislature hereby establishes supplemental grants to be allocated to school districts that are receiving less than average funding from existing state programs. It is the intent of the Legislature that supplemental grants be funded by appropriations in the Budget Act in each of the two fiscal years following the first fiscal year in which funds for these grants are appropriated.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 82, Sec. 24. Effective June 30, 1989. See same-numbered section in Article 7.7, as added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 685. Note: A similar Section 54760 in former Article 9, as added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 83, was repealed on Jan. 1, 2006, pursuant to former Section 54763.)
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54800. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) The trend of low-income youth struggling to become proficient in reading and writing is a narrative that is passed down from era to era.
(b) According to The Literacy Project, there are currently 45 million Americans who are functionally illiterate and unable to read above a 5th grade level. In California, 25 percent of the state’s 6 million pupils are unable to perform basic reading skills.
(c) According to the organization DoSomething.org, nearly 85 percent of the juveniles who face trial in the juvenile court system are functionally illiterate, proving that there is a close relationship between illiteracy and crime.
(d) Over half of California pupils failed to meet English standards based on Spring 2017 standardized test results, a performance that remained essentially flat compared to the previous year.
(e) About 49 percent of pupils statewide met or exceeded English standards on the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress in 2017, which is administered to public school pupils at certain grade levels each year. The same proportion of California pupils met English standards in 2016.
(f) For decades, generational illiteracy has hindered the careers, futures, and hopes of many pupils and their families.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 33, Sec. 5. (AB 1809) Effective June 27, 2018.)
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54801. There is hereby established the California Student Author Program to accomplish all of the following for public schoolage children from extremely low-income communities:
(a) Improve English language skills.
(b) Improve academic performance.
(c) Build healthy relationships with the community.
(d) Equip participants with critical life skills.
(e) Promote positive life choices.
(f) Increase literacy, reading, and writing among program participants.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 74. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020.)
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54802. (a) Any organization that is a grant recipient pursuant to Section 54804 shall implement the literacy program described in this section in the 2019–20 and 2020–21 school years.
(b) A grant recipient shall provide the literacy program described in this section to public schoolage children who are eligible for free and reduced cost lunch.
(c) A grant recipient shall establish a student author program to provide the participants an opportunity to write, edit, and promote a short story or other forms of literature. A grant recipient should provide regular, sequential student author workshops that parallel or complement school calendars, such as quarterly, semester, or summer and vacation-intensive programs that include, but are not limited to, the following components:
(1) Writing and editing, including instruction in the skills necessary for creative writing.
(2) Publishing an anthology.
(3) Marketing, media, and community relations, including instruction in book brand development and entrepreneurship.
(4) Individual and group presentations.
(5) Community-based book signing events.
(d) Grant recipients are expected to implement programming that does all of the following:
(1) Fosters critical thinking in student authors.
(2) Teaches students to practice effective problem solving.
(3) Instructs students on creating an outline for their writing project.
(4) Teaches students to develop promotional and advertising tools.
(5) Provides students with an understanding of how to create a literary character and an engaging plot.
(e) A grant recipient shall collect and provide to the California State Library, on a reporting schedule set by the California State Library, any information sought by the library, including achieving the outcomes listed in Section 54801 and the reporting data described in Section 54803.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 75. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 29 - PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Programs › ARTICLE 10 - California Student Author Program › Section 54803.

54803. (a) Not later than January 1, 2022, the California State Library shall report to the Legislature on the outcomes of the California Student Author Program. The report shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following information:
(1) The extent to which the project accomplished the outcomes described in Section 54801.
(2) Demographic data about program participants, disaggregated by race, gender, foster youth, and English learners.
(b) (1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under subdivision (a) is inoperative on January 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
(2) The report prepared pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 33, Sec. 5. (AB 1809) Effective June 27, 2018.)
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54804. (a) (1) The California State Library shall provide grant awards for purposes of this article to nonprofit organizations, public libraries, and local educational entities that have demonstrated experience in providing similar literacy programs to children in extremely low-income communities.
(2) The California State Library shall select grant recipients for the California Student Author Program with the participation goal of at least 1,000 public schoolage students, cumulatively, over the course of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 school years.
(b) A grant recipient shall use the funds awarded pursuant to this article only for the purposes described in this article.
(c) The California State Library may use up to 3 percent of the funds appropriated for the purposes of this article for administrative costs.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 76. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020.)
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56000. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that all individuals with exceptional needs have a right to participate in free appropriate public education and special educational instruction and services for these persons are needed in order to ensure the right to an appropriate educational opportunity to meet their unique needs.
(b) The Legislature further finds and declares that special education is an integral part of the total public education system and provides education in a manner that promotes maximum interaction between children or youth with disabilities and children or youth who are not disabled, in a manner that is appropriate to the needs of both.
(c) The Legislature further finds and declares that special education provides a full continuum of program options, including instruction conducted in the classroom, in the home, in hospitals and institutions, and in other settings, and instruction in physical education, to meet the educational and service needs in the least restrictive environment.
(d) It is the intent of the Legislature to unify and improve special education programs in California under the flexible program design of the Master Plan for Special Education. It is the further intent of the Legislature to ensure that all individuals with exceptional needs are provided their rights to appropriate programs and services which are designed to meet their unique needs under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et seq.).
(e) It is the further intent of the Legislature that this part does not abrogate any rights provided to individuals with exceptional needs and their parents or guardians under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et seq.). It is also the intent of the Legislature that this part does not set a higher standard of educating individuals with exceptional needs than that established by Congress under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et seq.).
(f) It is the further intent of the Legislature that the Master Plan for Special Education provide an educational opportunity for individuals with exceptional needs that is equal to or better than that provided prior to the implementation of programs under this part, including, but not limited to, those provided to individuals previously served in a development center for handicapped pupils.
(g) It is the intent of the Legislature that the restructuring of special education programs as set forth in the Master Plan for Special Education be implemented in accordance with this part by all districts and county offices.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 454, Sec. 1. Effective October 10, 2007.)
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56020. As used in this part, the definitions prescribed by this article apply unless the context otherwise requires.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 797, Sec. 9. Effective July 28, 1980.)
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56020.5. “Assistive technology device,” as provided in paragraph (1) of Section 1401 of Title 20 of the United States Code, means any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially without the need for modification, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of an individual with exceptional needs. The term does not include a medical device that is surgically implanted, or the replacement of that device.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 653, Sec. 2.5. Effective October 7, 2005.)
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56021. “Board” means the State Board of Education.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 797, Sec. 9. Effective July 28, 1980.)
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56021.1. “Consent,” as provided in Section 300.9 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, means all of the following:
(a) The parent or guardian has been fully informed of all information relevant to the activity for which consent is sought, in his or her native language, or other mode of communication.
(b) The parent or guardian understands and agrees in writing to the carrying out of the activity for which his or her consent is sought; and the consent describes that activity and lists the records, if any, that will be released and to whom.
(c) The parent or guardian understands that the granting of consent is voluntary on the part of the parent or guardian and may be revoked at any time. If a parent or guardian revokes consent, that revocation is not retroactive to negate an action that has occurred after the consent was given and before the consent was revoked. A public agency is not required to amend the education records of a child to remove any reference to the child’s receipt of special education and services if the child’s parent or guardian submits a written revocation of consent after the initial provision of special education and related services to the child.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 243, Sec. 1. (AB 1841) Effective January 1, 2011.)
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56022. “County office” means office of the county superintendent of schools.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 797, Sec. 9. Effective July 28, 1980.)
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56023. “Day” means a calendar day.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 797, Sec. 9. Effective July 28, 1980.)
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56024. “Department” means the Department of Education.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 797, Sec. 9. Effective July 28, 1980.)
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56025. “District” means school district.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 797, Sec. 9. Effective July 28, 1980.)
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56026.1. (a)  As provided in Section 300.102(a)(3)(i) of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, an individual with exceptional needs who graduates from high school with a regular high school diploma is no longer eligible for special education and related services.
(b) For purposes of this section and Section 56026, a “regular high school diploma” means a diploma conferred on a pupil who has met all local and state high school graduation requirements.
(c) As used in this section, and in accordance with Section 300.102(a)(3)(iv) of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, “regular high school diploma” does not include an alternative degree that is not fully aligned with the academic standards of the State of California, such as a certificate or a General Educational Development credential (GED).
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 454, Sec. 2. Effective October 10, 2007.)
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56026.2. “Language mode” means the method of communication used by hard-of-hearing and deaf children that may include the use of sign language to send or receive messages or the use of spoken language, with or without visual signs or cues.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1126, Sec. 3. Effective September 30, 1994. Implementation contingent upon funding, as prescribed by Sec. 6 of Ch. 1126.)
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56026.3. “Local educational agency” means a school district, a county office of education, a nonprofit charter school participating as a member of a special education local plan area, or a special education local plan area.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 56, Sec. 5.5. Effective January 1, 2008.)
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56026.5. “Low incidence disability” means a severe disabling condition with an expected incidence rate of less than one percent of the total statewide enrollment in kindergarten through grade 12. For purposes of this definition, severe disabling conditions are hearing impairments, vision impairments, and severe orthopedic impairments, or any combination thereof. For purposes of this definition, vision impairments do not include disabilities within the function of vision specified in Section 56338.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 203, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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56027. “Local plan” means a plan that meets the requirements of Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 56195) and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 56205) and that is submitted by a single school district, two or more school districts, or one or more school districts together with one or more county offices of education.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 56, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2008.)