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EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 44510-44517



44510.  (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the
Administrator Training Program.
   (b) The Administrator Training Program is hereby created. The
Superintendent, with the approval of the State Board of Education,
shall administer the program.
   (c) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (1) "Hard-to-staff school" means a school in which teachers
holding emergency permits or credential waivers make up 20 percent or
more of the teaching staff.
   (2) "Local educational agency" means a school district, a county
office of education, or a charter school.
   (3) "High-priority school" means a school in the bottom half of
all schools based on the Academic Performance Index rankings
established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 52056.
   (4) " School administrator" means a person employed on a full-time
or a part-time basis as a principal or a vice principal at a public
school or state special school in which kindergarten or any of grades
1 to 12, inclusive, are taught.
   (5) "Coaching" means the provision of mentoring or individualized
support to school administrators pursuant to this article by a person
who has received professional development in coaching strategies and
techniques by a local educational agency, professional development
organization, or institution of higher education.




44511.  (a) From funds appropriated for the purpose of this article,
the Superintendent shall award incentive funding to provide school
administrators with instruction and training in areas that include,
but are not limited to, the following:
   (1) School financial and personnel management. This training shall
specifically provide instruction related to personnel management,
including hiring, recruitment, and retention practices and
misassignments of certificated personnel.
   (2) Core academic standards.
   (3) Curriculum frameworks and instructional materials aligned to
the state academic standards, including ensuring the provisions of
textbooks and instructional materials as defined in Section 60119.
   (4) The use of state and local pupil assessment instruments,
specific ways of mastering the use of assessment data from the
Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program, including
analyzing achievement of specific subgroups including English
language learners and individuals with exceptional needs, and school
management technology to improve pupil performance.
   (5) The provision of instructional leadership and management
strategies regarding the use of instructional technology to improve
pupil performance.
   (6) Extension of the leadership knowledge, skills, and abilities
acquired in the preliminary administrative preparation program that
are designed to strengthen the ability of school administrators to
effectively and efficiently lead an organization and build the
capacity of staff to enhance the academic performance of all pupils,
including special emphasis on providing additional support to pupils
identified as English language learners and individuals with
exceptional needs.
   (b) Leadership training to improve the academic achievement of
pupils shall include, but not be limited to, capacity building in all
of the following areas:
   (1) Pedagogies of learning.
   (2) Motivating pupil learning.
   (3) Instructional strategies, to teach essential content in ways
that address the varied learning needs of pupils, with special
emphasis on English language learners and individuals with
exceptional needs.
   (4) Collaboration.
   (5) Conflict resolution, including reduction of racial tensions.
   (6) Respect for diversity.
   (7) Parental involvement.
   (8) Staff relations.
   (9) Creation of an effective, safe, and inclusive learning
environment.
   (10) Single plan for pupil achievement.
   (c) All local educational agencies are eligible to apply for funds
appropriated for the purpose of this article.




44512.  (a) To receive incentive funding for the purpose of this
article, a local educational agency, individually or in partnership
with one or more institutions of higher education or other
educational entities, shall submit a program proposal to the State
Board of Education. The program proposal shall contain an expenditure
plan and shall specify how the training program for which funding is
being requested addresses the program goals specified in paragraphs
(1) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 44511 and how
the local educational agency plans to continue ongoing school
administrator professional development.
   (b) The State Board of Education shall approve or disapprove a
local educational agency's plan.
   (c) Training programs offered pursuant to this article shall have
a duration of no fewer than 80 hours and shall involve a minimum of
80 hours of intensive individualized support and professional
development in the areas specified in subdivision (a) of Section
44511. The additional 80 hours of intensive individualized support
and professional development may be completed over a period of up to
two years once the initial 80 hours of training commences. To the
extent practicable, the institute training portion of Modules 1, 2,
and 3 shall be held outside of the regular schoolday.
   (d) Training plans may include professional development leadership
activities, including, but not limited to, the following:
   (1) Coaching, mentorship, assistance, and intensive support
customized to meet the individual needs of school administrators.
   (2) Activities that assist school administrators to analyze
subgroup achievement data and focus support on those subgroups whose
academic achievement is not meeting state and local goals.




44513.  (a) Before September 15, 2001, the State Board of Education
shall convene and commence the process of developing rigorous
criteria for the approval of state-qualified training providers. The
board shall develop the criteria in consultation with the Commission
on Teacher Credentialing or any other individual or group with
expertise in the areas set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 44511.
   (b) A local education agency that receives funding pursuant to
this article shall use a state-qualified provider to offer training
that has been approved by the State Board of Education.
   (c) The Commission on Teacher Credentialing may approve a program
developed pursuant to this article as meeting a portion or all of the
requirements to fulfill the standards for a professional clear
administrative services credential.



44514.  (a) Incentive funding amounts for purposes of this article
may not exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000) per schoolsite
administrator. This funding shall be received by a local education
agency in accordance with the specifications contained in Section
44515 once the local education agency's training plan is approved by
the State Board of Education. For each three thousand dollars
($3,000) that is received pursuant to this article, a participating
local education agency shall provide one thousand dollars ($1,000) in
matching funds that shall be used for costs associated with training
offered pursuant to this article. Any combination of local, federal,
or private resources or contributions may be used for the local
agency's match. In-kind resources or in-kind contributions may not be
used for the local agency's match.
   (b) If it is determined pursuant to a program audit that a
participating local educational agency failed to provide training as
described in subdivision (a) of Section 44511 and subdivision (c) of
Section 44512 to all school administrators for whom it received
funding, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall withhold from
the local education agency's next monthly principal apportionment
three thousand dollars ($3,000) for each school administrator who did
not receive the training.
   (c) The State Board of Education shall establish a procedure and
criteria for local education agencies to appeal to the board the
finding of a program audit pursuant to this article. The State Board
of Education may reduce or eliminate the amount to be withheld
pursuant to subdivision (b).



44515.  (a) Program funding is intended to serve all school
administrators.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that a local educational
agency give highest priority to training school administrators
assigned to, and practicing in, high-priority or hard-to-staff
schools.



44516.  (a) By July 1, 2004, the department shall develop, subject
to review and approval by the State Board of Education, an interim
report for submission to the Legislature regarding the status of the
program established pursuant to this article. The interim report
shall, at a minimum, detail the following:
   (1) The number of school administrators who received training
offered pursuant to this article.
   (2) The entities that received funds for the purpose of offering
training pursuant to this article and the number of school
administrators that each has trained.
   (3) A comparison of the Academic Performance Index scores for
schools within participating local educational agencies for the year
before the school's administrators receive training pursuant to this
article and for the first year after the school's administrators
complete the training provided pursuant to this article.
   (4) Relevant data required to be included in the school
accountability report card pursuant to Section 33126.
   (b) By July 1, 2005, the department shall develop, subject to
review and approval by the State Board of Education, a second report
for submission to the Legislature regarding the program established
pursuant to this article. The second report shall, at a minimum,
detail the following:
   (1) The number of school administrators who received training
offered pursuant to this article.
   (2) The entities that received funds for the purpose of offering
training pursuant to this article and the number of school
administrators that each has trained.
   (3) Information detailing the effectiveness of the program
established pursuant to this article. This information, at a minimum,
shall incorporate survey data concerning program effectiveness that
has been gathered from program participants.
   (4) Information detailing the retention rate of school
administrators who participated in training offered pursuant to this
article.
   (5) A comparison of the Academic Performance Index scores for
schools within participating local educational agencies for the year
before the school's administrators receive training pursuant to this
article and for the second year after the school's administrators
complete the training provided pursuant to this article.
   (6) Relevant data required to be included in the school
accountability report card pursuant to Section 33126.
   (c) By July 1, 2008, the department shall develop, subject to
review and approval by the State Board of Education, an interim
report for submission to the Legislature regarding the program
established pursuant to this article. The interim report shall, at a
minimum, detail the following:
   (1) The number of school administrators who received training
offered pursuant to this article.
   (2) The entities that received funds for the purpose of offering
training pursuant to this article and the number of school
administrators that each has trained.
   (3) Information detailing the effectiveness of the program
established pursuant to this article. This information, at a minimum,
shall incorporate survey data concerning program effectiveness that
has been gathered from program participants.
   (4) Information detailing the retention rate of school
administrators who participated in training offered pursuant to this
article.
   (5) A comparison of the Academic Performance Index scores for
schools within participating local educational agencies for the year
before the school's administrators receive training pursuant to this
article and for the second year after the school's administrators
complete the training provided pursuant to this article.
   (6) Relevant data required to be included in the school
accountability report card pursuant to Section 33126.
   (d) By January 30, 2013, the department shall develop, subject to
review and approval by the State Board of Education, a final report
for submission to the Legislature regarding the program established
pursuant to this article. The final report shall, at a minimum,
detail the following:
   (1) The number of school administrators who received training
offered pursuant to this article.
   (2) The entities that received funds for the purpose of offering
training pursuant to this article and the number of school
administrators that each has trained.
   (3) Information detailing the effectiveness of the program
established pursuant to this article. This information, at a minimum,
shall incorporate survey data concerning program effectiveness that
has been gathered from program participants.
   (4) Information detailing the retention rate of school
administrators who participated in training offered pursuant to this
article.
   (5) A comparison of the Academic Performance Index scores for
schools within participating local educational agencies for the year
before the school's administrators receive training pursuant to this
article and for the second year after the school's administrators
complete the training provided pursuant to this article.
   (6) Relevant data required to be included in the school
accountability report card pursuant to Section 33126.



44517.  This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2012, and,
as of January 1, 2013, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2013, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.


State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Edc > 44510-44517

EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 44510-44517



44510.  (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the
Administrator Training Program.
   (b) The Administrator Training Program is hereby created. The
Superintendent, with the approval of the State Board of Education,
shall administer the program.
   (c) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (1) "Hard-to-staff school" means a school in which teachers
holding emergency permits or credential waivers make up 20 percent or
more of the teaching staff.
   (2) "Local educational agency" means a school district, a county
office of education, or a charter school.
   (3) "High-priority school" means a school in the bottom half of
all schools based on the Academic Performance Index rankings
established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 52056.
   (4) " School administrator" means a person employed on a full-time
or a part-time basis as a principal or a vice principal at a public
school or state special school in which kindergarten or any of grades
1 to 12, inclusive, are taught.
   (5) "Coaching" means the provision of mentoring or individualized
support to school administrators pursuant to this article by a person
who has received professional development in coaching strategies and
techniques by a local educational agency, professional development
organization, or institution of higher education.




44511.  (a) From funds appropriated for the purpose of this article,
the Superintendent shall award incentive funding to provide school
administrators with instruction and training in areas that include,
but are not limited to, the following:
   (1) School financial and personnel management. This training shall
specifically provide instruction related to personnel management,
including hiring, recruitment, and retention practices and
misassignments of certificated personnel.
   (2) Core academic standards.
   (3) Curriculum frameworks and instructional materials aligned to
the state academic standards, including ensuring the provisions of
textbooks and instructional materials as defined in Section 60119.
   (4) The use of state and local pupil assessment instruments,
specific ways of mastering the use of assessment data from the
Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program, including
analyzing achievement of specific subgroups including English
language learners and individuals with exceptional needs, and school
management technology to improve pupil performance.
   (5) The provision of instructional leadership and management
strategies regarding the use of instructional technology to improve
pupil performance.
   (6) Extension of the leadership knowledge, skills, and abilities
acquired in the preliminary administrative preparation program that
are designed to strengthen the ability of school administrators to
effectively and efficiently lead an organization and build the
capacity of staff to enhance the academic performance of all pupils,
including special emphasis on providing additional support to pupils
identified as English language learners and individuals with
exceptional needs.
   (b) Leadership training to improve the academic achievement of
pupils shall include, but not be limited to, capacity building in all
of the following areas:
   (1) Pedagogies of learning.
   (2) Motivating pupil learning.
   (3) Instructional strategies, to teach essential content in ways
that address the varied learning needs of pupils, with special
emphasis on English language learners and individuals with
exceptional needs.
   (4) Collaboration.
   (5) Conflict resolution, including reduction of racial tensions.
   (6) Respect for diversity.
   (7) Parental involvement.
   (8) Staff relations.
   (9) Creation of an effective, safe, and inclusive learning
environment.
   (10) Single plan for pupil achievement.
   (c) All local educational agencies are eligible to apply for funds
appropriated for the purpose of this article.




44512.  (a) To receive incentive funding for the purpose of this
article, a local educational agency, individually or in partnership
with one or more institutions of higher education or other
educational entities, shall submit a program proposal to the State
Board of Education. The program proposal shall contain an expenditure
plan and shall specify how the training program for which funding is
being requested addresses the program goals specified in paragraphs
(1) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 44511 and how
the local educational agency plans to continue ongoing school
administrator professional development.
   (b) The State Board of Education shall approve or disapprove a
local educational agency's plan.
   (c) Training programs offered pursuant to this article shall have
a duration of no fewer than 80 hours and shall involve a minimum of
80 hours of intensive individualized support and professional
development in the areas specified in subdivision (a) of Section
44511. The additional 80 hours of intensive individualized support
and professional development may be completed over a period of up to
two years once the initial 80 hours of training commences. To the
extent practicable, the institute training portion of Modules 1, 2,
and 3 shall be held outside of the regular schoolday.
   (d) Training plans may include professional development leadership
activities, including, but not limited to, the following:
   (1) Coaching, mentorship, assistance, and intensive support
customized to meet the individual needs of school administrators.
   (2) Activities that assist school administrators to analyze
subgroup achievement data and focus support on those subgroups whose
academic achievement is not meeting state and local goals.




44513.  (a) Before September 15, 2001, the State Board of Education
shall convene and commence the process of developing rigorous
criteria for the approval of state-qualified training providers. The
board shall develop the criteria in consultation with the Commission
on Teacher Credentialing or any other individual or group with
expertise in the areas set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 44511.
   (b) A local education agency that receives funding pursuant to
this article shall use a state-qualified provider to offer training
that has been approved by the State Board of Education.
   (c) The Commission on Teacher Credentialing may approve a program
developed pursuant to this article as meeting a portion or all of the
requirements to fulfill the standards for a professional clear
administrative services credential.



44514.  (a) Incentive funding amounts for purposes of this article
may not exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000) per schoolsite
administrator. This funding shall be received by a local education
agency in accordance with the specifications contained in Section
44515 once the local education agency's training plan is approved by
the State Board of Education. For each three thousand dollars
($3,000) that is received pursuant to this article, a participating
local education agency shall provide one thousand dollars ($1,000) in
matching funds that shall be used for costs associated with training
offered pursuant to this article. Any combination of local, federal,
or private resources or contributions may be used for the local
agency's match. In-kind resources or in-kind contributions may not be
used for the local agency's match.
   (b) If it is determined pursuant to a program audit that a
participating local educational agency failed to provide training as
described in subdivision (a) of Section 44511 and subdivision (c) of
Section 44512 to all school administrators for whom it received
funding, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall withhold from
the local education agency's next monthly principal apportionment
three thousand dollars ($3,000) for each school administrator who did
not receive the training.
   (c) The State Board of Education shall establish a procedure and
criteria for local education agencies to appeal to the board the
finding of a program audit pursuant to this article. The State Board
of Education may reduce or eliminate the amount to be withheld
pursuant to subdivision (b).



44515.  (a) Program funding is intended to serve all school
administrators.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that a local educational
agency give highest priority to training school administrators
assigned to, and practicing in, high-priority or hard-to-staff
schools.



44516.  (a) By July 1, 2004, the department shall develop, subject
to review and approval by the State Board of Education, an interim
report for submission to the Legislature regarding the status of the
program established pursuant to this article. The interim report
shall, at a minimum, detail the following:
   (1) The number of school administrators who received training
offered pursuant to this article.
   (2) The entities that received funds for the purpose of offering
training pursuant to this article and the number of school
administrators that each has trained.
   (3) A comparison of the Academic Performance Index scores for
schools within participating local educational agencies for the year
before the school's administrators receive training pursuant to this
article and for the first year after the school's administrators
complete the training provided pursuant to this article.
   (4) Relevant data required to be included in the school
accountability report card pursuant to Section 33126.
   (b) By July 1, 2005, the department shall develop, subject to
review and approval by the State Board of Education, a second report
for submission to the Legislature regarding the program established
pursuant to this article. The second report shall, at a minimum,
detail the following:
   (1) The number of school administrators who received training
offered pursuant to this article.
   (2) The entities that received funds for the purpose of offering
training pursuant to this article and the number of school
administrators that each has trained.
   (3) Information detailing the effectiveness of the program
established pursuant to this article. This information, at a minimum,
shall incorporate survey data concerning program effectiveness that
has been gathered from program participants.
   (4) Information detailing the retention rate of school
administrators who participated in training offered pursuant to this
article.
   (5) A comparison of the Academic Performance Index scores for
schools within participating local educational agencies for the year
before the school's administrators receive training pursuant to this
article and for the second year after the school's administrators
complete the training provided pursuant to this article.
   (6) Relevant data required to be included in the school
accountability report card pursuant to Section 33126.
   (c) By July 1, 2008, the department shall develop, subject to
review and approval by the State Board of Education, an interim
report for submission to the Legislature regarding the program
established pursuant to this article. The interim report shall, at a
minimum, detail the following:
   (1) The number of school administrators who received training
offered pursuant to this article.
   (2) The entities that received funds for the purpose of offering
training pursuant to this article and the number of school
administrators that each has trained.
   (3) Information detailing the effectiveness of the program
established pursuant to this article. This information, at a minimum,
shall incorporate survey data concerning program effectiveness that
has been gathered from program participants.
   (4) Information detailing the retention rate of school
administrators who participated in training offered pursuant to this
article.
   (5) A comparison of the Academic Performance Index scores for
schools within participating local educational agencies for the year
before the school's administrators receive training pursuant to this
article and for the second year after the school's administrators
complete the training provided pursuant to this article.
   (6) Relevant data required to be included in the school
accountability report card pursuant to Section 33126.
   (d) By January 30, 2013, the department shall develop, subject to
review and approval by the State Board of Education, a final report
for submission to the Legislature regarding the program established
pursuant to this article. The final report shall, at a minimum,
detail the following:
   (1) The number of school administrators who received training
offered pursuant to this article.
   (2) The entities that received funds for the purpose of offering
training pursuant to this article and the number of school
administrators that each has trained.
   (3) Information detailing the effectiveness of the program
established pursuant to this article. This information, at a minimum,
shall incorporate survey data concerning program effectiveness that
has been gathered from program participants.
   (4) Information detailing the retention rate of school
administrators who participated in training offered pursuant to this
article.
   (5) A comparison of the Academic Performance Index scores for
schools within participating local educational agencies for the year
before the school's administrators receive training pursuant to this
article and for the second year after the school's administrators
complete the training provided pursuant to this article.
   (6) Relevant data required to be included in the school
accountability report card pursuant to Section 33126.



44517.  This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2012, and,
as of January 1, 2013, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2013, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.



State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Edc > 44510-44517

EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 44510-44517



44510.  (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the
Administrator Training Program.
   (b) The Administrator Training Program is hereby created. The
Superintendent, with the approval of the State Board of Education,
shall administer the program.
   (c) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (1) "Hard-to-staff school" means a school in which teachers
holding emergency permits or credential waivers make up 20 percent or
more of the teaching staff.
   (2) "Local educational agency" means a school district, a county
office of education, or a charter school.
   (3) "High-priority school" means a school in the bottom half of
all schools based on the Academic Performance Index rankings
established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 52056.
   (4) " School administrator" means a person employed on a full-time
or a part-time basis as a principal or a vice principal at a public
school or state special school in which kindergarten or any of grades
1 to 12, inclusive, are taught.
   (5) "Coaching" means the provision of mentoring or individualized
support to school administrators pursuant to this article by a person
who has received professional development in coaching strategies and
techniques by a local educational agency, professional development
organization, or institution of higher education.




44511.  (a) From funds appropriated for the purpose of this article,
the Superintendent shall award incentive funding to provide school
administrators with instruction and training in areas that include,
but are not limited to, the following:
   (1) School financial and personnel management. This training shall
specifically provide instruction related to personnel management,
including hiring, recruitment, and retention practices and
misassignments of certificated personnel.
   (2) Core academic standards.
   (3) Curriculum frameworks and instructional materials aligned to
the state academic standards, including ensuring the provisions of
textbooks and instructional materials as defined in Section 60119.
   (4) The use of state and local pupil assessment instruments,
specific ways of mastering the use of assessment data from the
Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program, including
analyzing achievement of specific subgroups including English
language learners and individuals with exceptional needs, and school
management technology to improve pupil performance.
   (5) The provision of instructional leadership and management
strategies regarding the use of instructional technology to improve
pupil performance.
   (6) Extension of the leadership knowledge, skills, and abilities
acquired in the preliminary administrative preparation program that
are designed to strengthen the ability of school administrators to
effectively and efficiently lead an organization and build the
capacity of staff to enhance the academic performance of all pupils,
including special emphasis on providing additional support to pupils
identified as English language learners and individuals with
exceptional needs.
   (b) Leadership training to improve the academic achievement of
pupils shall include, but not be limited to, capacity building in all
of the following areas:
   (1) Pedagogies of learning.
   (2) Motivating pupil learning.
   (3) Instructional strategies, to teach essential content in ways
that address the varied learning needs of pupils, with special
emphasis on English language learners and individuals with
exceptional needs.
   (4) Collaboration.
   (5) Conflict resolution, including reduction of racial tensions.
   (6) Respect for diversity.
   (7) Parental involvement.
   (8) Staff relations.
   (9) Creation of an effective, safe, and inclusive learning
environment.
   (10) Single plan for pupil achievement.
   (c) All local educational agencies are eligible to apply for funds
appropriated for the purpose of this article.




44512.  (a) To receive incentive funding for the purpose of this
article, a local educational agency, individually or in partnership
with one or more institutions of higher education or other
educational entities, shall submit a program proposal to the State
Board of Education. The program proposal shall contain an expenditure
plan and shall specify how the training program for which funding is
being requested addresses the program goals specified in paragraphs
(1) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 44511 and how
the local educational agency plans to continue ongoing school
administrator professional development.
   (b) The State Board of Education shall approve or disapprove a
local educational agency's plan.
   (c) Training programs offered pursuant to this article shall have
a duration of no fewer than 80 hours and shall involve a minimum of
80 hours of intensive individualized support and professional
development in the areas specified in subdivision (a) of Section
44511. The additional 80 hours of intensive individualized support
and professional development may be completed over a period of up to
two years once the initial 80 hours of training commences. To the
extent practicable, the institute training portion of Modules 1, 2,
and 3 shall be held outside of the regular schoolday.
   (d) Training plans may include professional development leadership
activities, including, but not limited to, the following:
   (1) Coaching, mentorship, assistance, and intensive support
customized to meet the individual needs of school administrators.
   (2) Activities that assist school administrators to analyze
subgroup achievement data and focus support on those subgroups whose
academic achievement is not meeting state and local goals.




44513.  (a) Before September 15, 2001, the State Board of Education
shall convene and commence the process of developing rigorous
criteria for the approval of state-qualified training providers. The
board shall develop the criteria in consultation with the Commission
on Teacher Credentialing or any other individual or group with
expertise in the areas set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 44511.
   (b) A local education agency that receives funding pursuant to
this article shall use a state-qualified provider to offer training
that has been approved by the State Board of Education.
   (c) The Commission on Teacher Credentialing may approve a program
developed pursuant to this article as meeting a portion or all of the
requirements to fulfill the standards for a professional clear
administrative services credential.



44514.  (a) Incentive funding amounts for purposes of this article
may not exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000) per schoolsite
administrator. This funding shall be received by a local education
agency in accordance with the specifications contained in Section
44515 once the local education agency's training plan is approved by
the State Board of Education. For each three thousand dollars
($3,000) that is received pursuant to this article, a participating
local education agency shall provide one thousand dollars ($1,000) in
matching funds that shall be used for costs associated with training
offered pursuant to this article. Any combination of local, federal,
or private resources or contributions may be used for the local
agency's match. In-kind resources or in-kind contributions may not be
used for the local agency's match.
   (b) If it is determined pursuant to a program audit that a
participating local educational agency failed to provide training as
described in subdivision (a) of Section 44511 and subdivision (c) of
Section 44512 to all school administrators for whom it received
funding, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall withhold from
the local education agency's next monthly principal apportionment
three thousand dollars ($3,000) for each school administrator who did
not receive the training.
   (c) The State Board of Education shall establish a procedure and
criteria for local education agencies to appeal to the board the
finding of a program audit pursuant to this article. The State Board
of Education may reduce or eliminate the amount to be withheld
pursuant to subdivision (b).



44515.  (a) Program funding is intended to serve all school
administrators.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that a local educational
agency give highest priority to training school administrators
assigned to, and practicing in, high-priority or hard-to-staff
schools.



44516.  (a) By July 1, 2004, the department shall develop, subject
to review and approval by the State Board of Education, an interim
report for submission to the Legislature regarding the status of the
program established pursuant to this article. The interim report
shall, at a minimum, detail the following:
   (1) The number of school administrators who received training
offered pursuant to this article.
   (2) The entities that received funds for the purpose of offering
training pursuant to this article and the number of school
administrators that each has trained.
   (3) A comparison of the Academic Performance Index scores for
schools within participating local educational agencies for the year
before the school's administrators receive training pursuant to this
article and for the first year after the school's administrators
complete the training provided pursuant to this article.
   (4) Relevant data required to be included in the school
accountability report card pursuant to Section 33126.
   (b) By July 1, 2005, the department shall develop, subject to
review and approval by the State Board of Education, a second report
for submission to the Legislature regarding the program established
pursuant to this article. The second report shall, at a minimum,
detail the following:
   (1) The number of school administrators who received training
offered pursuant to this article.
   (2) The entities that received funds for the purpose of offering
training pursuant to this article and the number of school
administrators that each has trained.
   (3) Information detailing the effectiveness of the program
established pursuant to this article. This information, at a minimum,
shall incorporate survey data concerning program effectiveness that
has been gathered from program participants.
   (4) Information detailing the retention rate of school
administrators who participated in training offered pursuant to this
article.
   (5) A comparison of the Academic Performance Index scores for
schools within participating local educational agencies for the year
before the school's administrators receive training pursuant to this
article and for the second year after the school's administrators
complete the training provided pursuant to this article.
   (6) Relevant data required to be included in the school
accountability report card pursuant to Section 33126.
   (c) By July 1, 2008, the department shall develop, subject to
review and approval by the State Board of Education, an interim
report for submission to the Legislature regarding the program
established pursuant to this article. The interim report shall, at a
minimum, detail the following:
   (1) The number of school administrators who received training
offered pursuant to this article.
   (2) The entities that received funds for the purpose of offering
training pursuant to this article and the number of school
administrators that each has trained.
   (3) Information detailing the effectiveness of the program
established pursuant to this article. This information, at a minimum,
shall incorporate survey data concerning program effectiveness that
has been gathered from program participants.
   (4) Information detailing the retention rate of school
administrators who participated in training offered pursuant to this
article.
   (5) A comparison of the Academic Performance Index scores for
schools within participating local educational agencies for the year
before the school's administrators receive training pursuant to this
article and for the second year after the school's administrators
complete the training provided pursuant to this article.
   (6) Relevant data required to be included in the school
accountability report card pursuant to Section 33126.
   (d) By January 30, 2013, the department shall develop, subject to
review and approval by the State Board of Education, a final report
for submission to the Legislature regarding the program established
pursuant to this article. The final report shall, at a minimum,
detail the following:
   (1) The number of school administrators who received training
offered pursuant to this article.
   (2) The entities that received funds for the purpose of offering
training pursuant to this article and the number of school
administrators that each has trained.
   (3) Information detailing the effectiveness of the program
established pursuant to this article. This information, at a minimum,
shall incorporate survey data concerning program effectiveness that
has been gathered from program participants.
   (4) Information detailing the retention rate of school
administrators who participated in training offered pursuant to this
article.
   (5) A comparison of the Academic Performance Index scores for
schools within participating local educational agencies for the year
before the school's administrators receive training pursuant to this
article and for the second year after the school's administrators
complete the training provided pursuant to this article.
   (6) Relevant data required to be included in the school
accountability report card pursuant to Section 33126.



44517.  This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2012, and,
as of January 1, 2013, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2013, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.