Bill Text: CA AB1583 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Education finance: School Safety Consolidated
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-02 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1583 Detail]
Download: California-2009-AB1583-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1583 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Committee on Education (Brownley (Chair), Ammiano,
Arambula, Carter, Eng, Solorio, and Torlakson)
APRIL 23, 2009
An act to amend Sections 41510, 41511, and 41512 of the Education
Code, relating to education finance.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1583, as introduced, Committee on Education. Education finance:
School Safety Consolidated Competitive Grant.
Existing law establishes the public school system in this state,
and, among other things, provides for the establishment of school
districts throughout the state and for the provision of instruction
at the public elementary and secondary schools that these districts
operate and maintain. Existing law establishes a public school
funding system that includes, among other elements, various programs,
known as categorical programs, pursuant to which funds are allocated
to local educational agencies for specialized programs governed by
state or federal statutes.
Existing law establishes procedures pursuant to which a school
district or county office of education may transfer funds apportioned
to it as part of a block grant for specified categorical programs
for use for other purposes.
This bill would revise provisions establishing the School Safety
Consolidated Competitive Grant to authorize the expenditure of funds
previously apportioned for other purposes and to make various
technical and conforming changes.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to make changes in California's system of funding for
kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, education in order to
accomplish all of the following:
(a) Simplify the funding system, and provide increased stability,
predictability, transparency, and flexibility in funding.
(b) Provide more flexibility in local decisionmaking, including
flexibility in the use of funds.
(c) Eliminate restrictions, barriers, and obstacles to local
decisionmaking.
(d) Eliminate, permanently and to the extent possible, categorical
spending programs, at the same time as ensuring that the system
meets the legislative priority of providing an adequate and equitable
education to all students regardless of background or need.
SEC. 2. Section 41510 of the Education Code is amended to read:
41510. (a) There is hereby established the school safety
consolidated competitive grant School Safety
Consolidated Competitive Grant . Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, commencing with the 2005-06 fiscal year,
the Superintendent of Public Instruction
, in partnership with the Attorney General's Office
office , shall distribute grant funds through a
competitive process to school districts in order to carry out one or
more of the purposes for which the programs listed in Section 41511
and Article 10.4 (commencing with Section 35294.10) of Chapter 2 of
Part 21 were established, as the statutes governing those
the programs listed in subdivisions (a) to
(f), inclusive, of Section 41511 as it read on January 1, 2004
, and the program listed in subdivision (g) of Section 41511 as
it read on January 1, 2010 . A grant may be made for up to a
five-year period.
(b) If a school district has a school safety plan for each of the
schools under its jurisdiction, a school district may expend funds
received pursuant to this article subject to the parameters,
conditions, or guidelines established by the Superintendent
of Public Instruction and the Attorney General's office for
this purpose. For purposes of this article, a school safety plan may
be integrated into any a single plan
developed by a school.
(c) For purposes of this article, "school district" includes a
county office of education if county offices of education are
eligible to receive funds for the programs that are listed in Section
41511. The block grant of a county office of education shall be
based only on those programs listed in subdivisions (a) to (f),
inclusive, of Section 41511 for which it was eligible to
receive funds in the 2003-04 fiscal year, and the program listed
in subdivision (g) of Section 41511 if it was eligible to receive
funds in the 2009-10 fiscal year.
SEC. 3. Section 41511 of the Education Code is amended to read:
41511. Funding for the school safety consolidated
competitive grant School Safety Consolidated
Competitive Grant shall include the funding previously
apportioned to school districts for carrying out the purposes of the
following programs:
(a) Safe school planning and partnership minigrants, as funded
pursuant to Item 6110-226-0001 6110-228-0001
of Section 2.00 of the annual Budget Act.
(b) School community policing as set forth in former
Article 6 (commencing with Section 32296) of Chapter 2.5 of Part 19
of Division 1 of Title 1, as it read on December 31, 2007
.
(c) Gang-risk intervention as set forth in former
Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 58730) of Part 31 of
Division 4 of Title 2, as it read on December 31, 2005 .
(d) Safety plans for new schools, as funded pursuant to Item
6110-228-0001 of Section 2.00 of the annual Budget Act. Grant funds
distributed to a school district in order to carry out the purpose of
this subdivision are offsetting revenues within the meaning of
subdivision (e) of Section 17556 of the Government Code for any
reimbursable mandated cost claim for the development of school safety
plans as required by Section 32281 of the Education Code. A school
district that accepts funds in order to carry out the purpose of this
subdivision shall reduce its estimated and actual mandate
reimbursement claim by the amount of funding provided to it in order
to carry out the purposes of this subdivision.
(e) School community violence prevention, as funded pursuant to
Item 6110-228-0001 of Section 2.00 of the annual Budget Act.
(f) Conflict resolution, as funded pursuant to Item 6110-228-0001
of Section 2.00 of the annual Budget Act.
(g) School Safety Consolidated Competitive Grant, as set forth in
this article.
SEC. 4. Section 41512 of the Education Code is amended to read:
41512. The Superintendent of Public Instruction
shall work in partnership with the Office
office of the Attorney General to ensure proper
and efficient distribution of grant funds to school districts in
order to carry out one or more of the purposes for which the programs
listed in Section 41511 and Article 10.4 (commencing with Section
35294.10) of Chapter 2 of Part 21 were established, as the statutes
governing those the programs
listed in subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, of Section 41511
read on January 1, 2004 , and the program listed in subdivision
(g) of Section 41511 read on January 1, 2010 .
