52210.
(a) The purpose of this article is to provide a funding structure to support the expansion of bilingual and biliteracy programs in California by investing in early childhood and elementary and secondary schools that promote and support multilingual programs for all pupils. Continued investments in programs, professional learning, building bilingual teacher capacity, and early childhood learning are critical for California to begin preparing its pupils to graduate with biliteracy skills and cross-cultural competencies.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to later enact legislation to implement the California Education for a Global Economy Initiative,
approved by the voters as Proposition 58 at the November 8, 2016, general election, reflecting a commitment to providing bilingual and biliteracy opportunities for all pupils by appropriating a total of one hundred fourteen eighty-four million dollars ($114,000,000) ($84,000,000) to be allocated for the 2020–21 fiscal year to the 2022–23 fiscal year, inclusive, to support the expansion of biliteracy and bilingualism for all pupils in California as described in Section 52211.
52211.
(a) Contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute for purposes of this section, for the 2020–21 fiscal year to the 2022–23 fiscal year, inclusive, the department shall provide grants in accordance with all of the following:(1) For each fiscal year, grants totaling ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to local educational agencies for purposes of providing professional learning to credentialed teachers seeking bilingual authorizations and increasing the number of teachers with bilingual authorizations to return to teaching in a bilingual or multilingual instructional setting pursuant to Section 52202.
(2)For each fiscal year,
grants totaling ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to child development providers for purposes of providing professional learning to assist early childhood educators with child development permits to support dual language programs and the overall development of dual language learners.
(3)
(2) (A) For each fiscal year, grants totaling
a grant of six million dollars ($6,000,000) to the California State University, University of California, and private postsecondary educational institutions University for purposes of recruiting and retaining increasing its capacity to produce bilingual-authorized teachers through activities to recruit and retain faculty of bilingual education in accredited teacher preparation programs.
(B) The Chancellor of the California State University shall award moneys pursuant to this paragraph on a competitive basis to campuses of the California State University. Each campus of the California State University that is seeking an award of moneys pursuant to this paragraph shall submit a proposal outlining how it would use a one-time award of moneys to recruit and retain bilingual education faculty to increase its capacity to prepare bilingual-authorized teachers.
(C) A campus of the California State University awarded moneys pursuant to this paragraph shall expend the moneys within three years of its initial receipt of the awarded moneys.
(D) The Chancellor of the California State University shall use all of the following criteria to award moneys pursuant to this paragraph:
(i) The campus’ capacity to use awarded moneys to increase the number of bilingual-authorized teachers it produces.
(ii) The campus’ demonstrable need for authorized bilingual teachers in public schools in which the campus typically places graduates of its teacher preparation programs.
(iii) The campus’ established relationships with school districts for purposes of providing teacher candidates with preservice clinical experiences in bilingual or dual immersion settings.
(iv) The campus’ capacity to operate in partnership with county offices of education engaged in assisting schools as part of the statewide system of support established pursuant to Section 52059.5.
(v) The campus’ commitment
to support the awarded moneys through matching or in-kind contributions.
(E) The Chancellor of the California State University shall require each proposal to include a detailed description of the proposed uses of any awarded moneys, and estimates of the number of faculty the campus will recruit and retain and of the projected increase in the number of bilingual-authorized teachers produced annually as a result of any awarded moneys.
(F) Each campus awarded moneys pursuant to this paragraph, beginning one year after its initial receipt of the awarded moneys, shall annually report on the campus’ progress towards meeting the estimates included in its proposal to the Chancellor of the California State University in a form and manner determined by the chancellor.
(4)
(3) For each fiscal year, grants totaling nine million dollars ($9,000,000) to local educational agencies to support the startup or expansion of dual language immersion programs or developmental bilingual programs for English learners, consistent with Article 11 (commencing with Section 33440) of Chapter 3 of Part 20 of Division 2.
(5)
(4) For each fiscal year, grants totaling three million dollars ($3,000,000) to eligible entities under contract
with the department to support the startup or expansion of early learning dual language learners programs, consistent with Article 11 (commencing with Section 33440) of Chapter 3 of Part 20 of Division 2.
(b)The funding provided in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) may be used by the department to facilitate quarterly meetings of grant recipients under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) for purposes of sharing best practices.
(c)
(b) Applicants seeking grants under paragraphs (3) and (4) and (5) of subdivision (a) shall provide a local matching contribution of at least 25 percent of the grant award. Local matching contributions may come from other state, federal, local, or in-kind contributions.
(d)
(c) The department shall create
develop application processes for the grants described in subdivision (a) consistent with the purposes of this article.