52100-52114

EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 52100-52114




52100.  There is hereby established the Language Arts Enrichment
Program in Grades 1 to 3, Inclusive.



52102.  "Language arts," for purposes of this chapter, means
reading, writing, spelling, and speaking and listening.



52104.  The following entities shall not be eligible to participate
in the Language Arts Enrichment Program in Grades 1 to 3, Inclusive:
   (a) County boards of education.
   (b) County superintendents of schools.



52106.  Incentive funding for the Language Arts Enrichment Program
in Grades 1 to 3, inclusive, shall be apportioned in accordance with
this section.
   (a) Enrollment in grades 1 to 3, inclusive, used to calculate
district apportionments shall be certified as of October 1 of the
prior fiscal year. This enrollment figure shall equal total
enrollment minus the number of special education pupils enrolled in
special day classes on a full-time basis.
   (b) Funds apportioned pursuant to this section shall not become
part of a district's revenue limit, and shall be identified as a
separate item of expenditure on financial reports filed by school
districts with the state pursuant to statute or regulation.



52108.  Funding provided under this program shall be used to
increase direct individual instruction in language arts to pupils.



52110.  A school district shall, as part of its application for
funding to implement the Language Arts Enrichment Program for Grades
1 to 3, Inclusive, submit a plan to the State Department of Education
specifying how funds will be expended and how the district proposes
to evaluate the success of the program.


52114.  In any fiscal year, if the funds appropriated for the
purposes of this chapter by the Budget Act are insufficient to fund
the programs fully pursuant to the formula established in Section
52106, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall apportion the
available funds on a pro rata basis by applying a deficit factor to
the apportionment calculated for each applicant district.