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SECTION 41510-41514
41510. (a) There is hereby established the school safety consolidated competitive grant. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, commencing with the 2005-06 fiscal year, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in partnership with the Attorney General's Office, shall distribute grant funds through a competitive process to school districts in order to carry out one or more of the purposes for which the programs listed in Section 41511 and Article 10.4 (commencing with Section 35294.10) of Chapter 2 of Part 21 were established, as the statutes governing those programs read on January 1, 2004. A grant may be made for up to a five-year period. (b) If a school district has a school safety plan for each of the schools under its jurisdiction, a school district may expend funds received pursuant to this article subject to the parameters, conditions, or guidelines established by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Attorney General's office for this purpose. For purposes of this article, a school safety plan may be integrated into any single plan developed by a school. (c) For purposes of this article, "school district" includes a county office of education if county offices of education are eligible to receive funds for the programs that are listed in Section 41511. The block grant of a county office of education shall be based only on those programs for which it was eligible to receive funds in the 2003-04 fiscal year. 41511. Funding for the school safety consolidated competitive grant shall include the funding previously apportioned to school districts for carrying out the purposes of the following programs: (a) Safe school planning and partnership minigrants, as funded pursuant to Item 6110-226-0001 of Section 2.00 of the annual Budget Act. (b) School community policing as set forth in Article 6 (commencing with Section 32296) of Chapter 2.5 of Part 19. (c) Gang-risk intervention as set forth in Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 58730) of Part 31. (d) Safety plans for new schools, as funded pursuant to Item 6110-228-0001 of Section 2.00 of the annual Budget Act. Grant funds distributed to a school district in order to carry out the purpose of this subdivision are offsetting revenues within the meaning of subdivision (e) of Section 17556 of the Government Code for any reimbursable mandated cost claim for the development of school safety plans as required by Section 32281 of the Education Code. A school district that accepts funds in order to carry out the purpose of this subdivision shall reduce its estimated and actual mandate reimbursement claim by the amount of funding provided to it in order to carry out the purposes of this subdivision. (e) School community violence prevention, as funded pursuant to Item 6110-228-0001 of Section 2.00 of the annual Budget Act. (f) Conflict resolution, as funded pursuant to Item 6110-228-0001 of Section 2.00 of the annual Budget Act. 41512. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall work in partnership with the Office of the Attorney General to ensure proper and efficient distribution of grant funds to school districts in order to carry out one or more of the purposes for which the programs listed in Section 41511 and Article 10.4 (commencing with Section 35294.10) of Chapter 2 of Part 21 were established, as the statutes governing those programs read on January 1, 2004. 41513. The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Attorney General's office shall adopt emergency regulations to implement this article as soon as possible. 41514. Funds appropriated for purposes of this article are available for encumbrance for five years from the date of appropriation.
