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SECTION 54300-54302
54300. It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this chapter shall be administered to provide funds and services first to those school districts, and to particular schools within school districts, for which the most comprehensive plans have been developed to evaluate the effectiveness of the programs authorized by this chapter, and secondly to those school districts in which the need for mathematics instruction is greatest and the financial ability of the districts to provide it is least. 54301. The programs provided for by this chapter shall be afforded for pupils in grades 1 to 12, inclusive. The programs shall be administered under the direction of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and pursuant to rules and regulations of the State Board of Education that may be adopted to implement the provisions of this chapter. The rules and regulations of the State Board of Education shall prescribe minimum standards and criteria for all programs, and shall provide for the submission of periodic reports by all school districts participating in programs. The programs authorized by this chapter may be consolidated or conducted in conjunction with other mathematics programs being conducted in the public schools, if the Superintendent of Public Instruction determines that evaluation of the programs authorized by this chapter is not rendered impracticable. Mathematics specialists to be employed pursuant to Section 54317 shall be selected by the school districts based upon a list of teachers of proven mathematical attainment, submitted by the Regents of the University of California. 54302. The State Board of Education shall select achievement tests to be administered to pupils who are participating in programs authorized by this chapter. The selection of such tests shall be with the advice of the Advisory Committee on Educational Research in Basic Educational Programs.
