Section 11603.

(a) The State Allocation Board shall award technology implementation grants and the Office of Public School Construction, as staff to the State Allocation Board, shall administer the grant program to school districts maintaining kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and to county offices of education that operate community schools, in accordance with this chapter. The State Allocation Board may adopt rules and regulations as necessary for the administration and implementation of this chapter.

(b) Of the total sum of moneys appropriated from the Education Technology Trust Fund by the act adding this section and Assembly Bill 1302 of the 1995–96 Regular Session of the Legislature, 34 percent shall be allocated to school districts having pupils enrolled in grades 9 to 12, inclusive.

(c) Of the total sum of moneys appropriated from the Education Technology Trust Fund by the act adding this section and Assembly Bill 1302 of the 1995–96 Regular Session of the Legislature, 50 percent shall be allocated to school districts having pupils enrolled in kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, and to county offices of education.

(d) To ensure that the greatest use of the technology implementation grant funds is derived by the pupils enrolled in public schools, not less than 90 percent of the grant amount shall be expended for the actual wiring of and between classrooms, school auditoriums, school libraries, and conference rooms, or the purchase of hardware and software necessary to utilize telecommunications and information services for instructional purposes, or any of the above.

(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 9, Sec. 1. Effective February 9, 1996. Inoperative on or before February 9, 2001, as prescribed by Section 11609.)