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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Education Code - EDC |
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Title 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION |
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Division 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES |
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Part 28. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS |
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Chapter 8.5. Digital High School Education Technology Grant Program |
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ARTICLE 4. Technology Installation and Technology Support and Staff Training Grants |
Section 52262.
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(a) Commencing in the second fiscal year following the year in which a high school receives a technology installation grant, and upon certification of completion of the installation project, the superintendent shall allocate to each high school an annual technology support and staff training grant. This grant shall provide up to forty-five dollars ($45) per pupil enrolled, in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, as of the October census in each fiscal year. However, no school shall receive more total funding than is matched locally, except when the match requirement has been modified or waived pursuant to Section 52254. Funding for the purposes of this section shall be contingent on an appropriation made in the annual Budget Act or an appropriation contained in another measure, and, if funds are insufficient to provide full funding, shall be proportionately reduced.
(b) (1) A high school established after October 6, 2000, that would have been eligible for the program established pursuant to this chapter except that it was established after October 6, 2000, may receive a technology support and staff training grant pursuant to subdivision (a).
(2) Before receiving funding under this subdivision, a high school shall provide one of the following technology plans to the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(A) A digital high school site technology plan that complies with the requirements of Section 52256.
(B) A school district technology plan that is developed pursuant to Section 51871.5 and meets the planning guidelines established in the document "Education Technology Planning: A Guide for School Districts," approved by the State Board of Education in January 2001, or any successor document approved by the State Board of Education.
(C) A district or school technology plan that complies with the requirements of the federal E-rate program.
(3) The Superintendent of Public Instruction may review plans submitted pursuant to paragraph (2), recommend modifications, and withhold funding until a satisfactory plan is submitted.
(c) Grant funds and matching funds shall be spent to maintain and upgrade systems, to support pupil and faculty use of education technology, and to provide ongoing staff training in education technology.