Section 18897.  


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  • (a) All money transferred to the School Supplies for Homeless Children Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, shall be allocated as follows:

    (1) To the Franchise Tax Board, the Controller, and the State Department of Education for reimbursement of all costs incurred by the Franchise Tax Board, the Controller, and the State Department of Education in connection with their duties under this article.

    (2) To the State Department of Education for the sole purpose of assisting pupils in California pursuant to the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11301 et seq.) by providing school supplies and health-related products to homeless children through a competitive grant program developed and awarded by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

    (b)  The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop the competitive grant program applicable to this section, including, but not limited to, application forms and deadlines, while considering the most effective, efficient, and widest distribution of school supplies and health-related products to homeless children.

(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 459, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2013. Repealed on date prescribed in Section 18898.)