52260-52263

EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 52260-52263




52260.  (a) Each technology installation grant shall provide three
hundred dollars ($300) per pupil in enrollment in grades 9 to 12,
inclusive, at the high school, as determined in October census in the
fiscal year of the first year of the technology installation grant
or a fixed minimum grant as established for small schools. 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.
   (b) Funds for grants and matching funds for each high school shall
be expended in accordance with the application approved by the State
Board of Education pursuant to Section 52254. The installation
project plan shall include staff training and curriculum development
by school faculty.
   (c) Funding for the purposes of this chapter shall be contingent
on an appropriation made in the annual Budget Act or an appropriation
contained in another measure.


52261.  The match requirement, pursuant to Section 52253, may be
waived or modified pursuant to criteria developed pursuant to Section
52254.


52262.  (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.



52263.  Recipients of technology support and staff training grants
shall provide a local match pursuant to Section 52253 for the grant
that is not less than the amount of the grant, unless the match
requirement is waived or modified pursuant to criteria developed
pursuant to Section 52254.