Section 41920.

Allowances to school districts for the educational technology local assistance program established pursuant to Article 15 (commencing with Section 51870) of Chapter 5 of Part 28 shall be determined using as a guide twenty-five cents ($0.25) multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled in the California public school system during the preceding fiscal year, for purposes of instructional television programs.

It is the intention of the Legislature that the system of allowances above the amounts prescribed by this section be used only as means to establish a proposed level of funding for the educational technology local assistance program. It is further the intention of the Legislature that the actual funding level for the educational technology local assistance program be provided each year through the annual Budget Act, commencing with the 1984–85 fiscal year. Any activities mandated pursuant to the educational technology local assistance program shall be undertaken only to the extent that funds are appropriated for support of the activity.

Allowances for the educational technology local assistance program shall be made by the State Board of Education upon the advice of the Educational Technology Committee, subject to the provisions of Article 15 (commencing with Section 51870) of Chapter 5 of Part 28.

(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1133, Sec. 2.)