California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 1 - California Department of Education › Chapter 11 - Special Programs › Subchapter 21 - Mathematics and Reading Professional Development Program › Section 11981.3 - Funding Allocation for Teachers of English Learners

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Program funds issued to an LEA for the
				  40-hour English learner (EL) professional development for teachers of EL pupils
				  shall be used for the EL professional development program described in
				  Education Code section
				  99237.5. If
				  an LEA has any remaining program funds after paying for EL professional
				  development, then those funds shall be spent for additional EL professional
				  development pursuant to Education Code section
				  99237.5 or
				  for other professional development which focuses on improving the delivery of
				  mathematics or reading/language arts instruction to EL pupils.
(b) At the end of each state fiscal year, the
				  CDE shall accrue any remaining balance in the appropriations for this program
				  until funding reverts for a state fiscal year. Accrued funding shall be used
				  only to pay for training completed during the same state fiscal year in which
				  the funding was appropriated. From funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act
				  for Education Code section
				  99237.5 in
				  a given state fiscal year, the CDE shall allocate accrued funding as follows:
(1) Claims for EL training that are
				  postmarked or faxed to the CDE by November 15th of the following state fiscal
				  year and that meet at least one of the three funding criteria specified in
				  Education Code section
				  99237.5(c)
				  shall receive first priority for funding. An LEA shall indicate on the claim
				  each criterion under which it qualifies for priority in funding. If funding is
				  insufficient to fully fund all of these claims, then the CDE shall prorate the
				  funds. The proration shall consist of first dividing the funds appropriated in
				  the annual Budget Act by the product of $1,250 and the total number of teachers
				  who received EL training as reflected in these first priority claims. The
				  resulting number shall then be multiplied by 100 to determine the maximum
				  percentage of an LEA's trained teachers for which reimbursement may be made
				  pursuant to this subdivision. As it deems necessary, the CDE may adjust the
				  percentage, which shall apply equally to all LEAs, to ensure that the amount
				  appropriated in the annual Budget Act is not exceeded.
(2) If funding remains after paying all the
				  claims specified in subdivision (b)(1), then claims for EL training that are
				  postmarked or faxed to the CDE by November 15th of the following state fiscal
				  year and that do not meet any of the funding criteria specified in Education
				  Code section
				  99237.5(c)
				  shall receive second priority for funding. If funding is insufficient to fully
				  fund all of these claims, then the CDE shall prorate the funds. The proration
				  shall consist of first dividing the remaining funds by the product of $1,250
				  and the total number of teachers who received EL training as reflected in these
				  second priority claims. The resulting number shall then be multiplied by 100 to
				  determine the maximum percentage of an LEA's trained teachers for which
				  reimbursement may be made pursuant to this subdivision. As it deems necessary,
				  the CDE may adjust the percentage, which shall apply equally to all LEAs, to
				  ensure that the amount appropriated in the annual Budget Act is not
				  exceeded.
(3) If funding remains
				  after paying all the claims specified in subdivisions (b)(1) and (b)(2), then
				  claims for EL training that are postmarked or faxed to the CDE after November
				  15th of the following state fiscal year shall be funded on a
				  first-come-first-served basis according to the date the claim is postmarked or
				  faxed and provided the claim is postmarked or faxed by the second March 1st
				  date after the November 15th date in this subdivision. If funding is
				  insufficient to fully fund all the claims received on the same day, then the
				  CDE shall prorate the funds. The proration shall consist of first dividing the
				  remaining funds by the product of $1,250 and the total number of teachers who
				  received EL training as reflected in the claims received by the CDE on that
				  day. The resulting number shall then be multiplied by 100 to determine the
				  maximum percentage of an LEA's trained teachers for which reimbursement may be
				  made pursuant to this subdivision. As it deems necessary, the CDE may adjust
				  the percentage, which shall apply equally to all LEAs, to ensure that the
				  amount appropriated in the annual Budget Act is not
				  exceeded.