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EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 33502-33522



33502.  There is in the state government the Educational Innovation
and Planning Commission consisting of a Member of the Assembly
appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, a Member of the Senate
appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, one public member
appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, one public member appointed
by the Senate Committee on Rules, one public member appointed by the
Governor, and 15 public members appointed by the State Board of
Education upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction or the members of the State Board of Education.
   The 15 public members appointed by the State Board of Education
shall be broadly representative of the cultural and educational
resources of the state and the public, including at least one
individual from each of the following categories:
   (a) Classroom teachers at the elementary level.
   (b) Classroom teachers at the secondary level.
   (c) Principals, superintendents, and other professional employees
of local educational agencies and private schools.
   (d) Teachers from institutions of higher education.
   (e) School librarians, personnel involved in operating media
programs in local schools, and guidance counselors.
   (f) Individuals from fields of professional competence in dealing
with children needing special education because of physical or mental
handicaps, specific learning disabilities, severe educational
disadvantages, and limited English proficiency or because they are
gifted or talented, and individuals from fields of professional
competence in guidance and counseling.
   (g) Parents, senior class high school students, and other
interested members of the public.
   (h) Leaders from private industry.
   The State Board of Education upon recommendation from the
Superintendent of Public Instruction may add to the 15 public members
of the commission as required to fully conform to federal
legislation and regulations.



33503.  The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission
pursuant to Section 33502 shall have the powers and duties of a joint
legislative committee on the subject of educational innovation and
planning and shall meet with, and participate in, the work of the
commission to the extent that such participation is not incompatible
with their positions as Members of the Legislature.
   The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission shall
serve at the pleasure of the appointing power.



33504.  The Superintendent of Public Instruction or his
representative shall serve as executive secretary to the commission.



33505.  The commission, in carrying out its powers and duties, shall
utilize the staff of the Department of Education.



33506.  The members of the commission shall serve without
compensation, except that they shall receive their actual and
necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and
responsibilities, including traveling expenses.



33507.  The commission shall select one of its members to be
chairman of the commission.



33508.  Commission members shall serve for four-year terms and shall
be eligible to serve more than one full term, except in the case of
student representatives who shall serve a one-year term.



33509.  As used in this article:
   (a) "Commission" means the Educational Innovation and Planning
Commission.
   (b) "Title IV" means Title IV, Parts A, B, C, and D of the
Educational Amendments of 1978 (Public Law 95-561) as amended.
   (c) "State plan" means the plan for the use of Title IV funds as
approved by the State Board of Education.
   (d) "Secondary schools," notwithstanding Section 52, shall not
include community colleges.
   (e) "Local educational agency" means the governing body of any
school district, county office of education, or state special school.




33510.  For purposes of this article, the commission shall have the
powers, duties, and responsibilities of a state advisory council
prescribed in Title IV.


33511.  The commission may do all of the following:
   (a) Advise the state educational agency on the preparation of, and
policy matters arising in the administration of, the state plan,
including the development of criteria for the distribution of funds
and the approval of applications for assistance under Title IV.
   (b) Assist the State Board of Education and the Department of
Education in the planning, development, and improvement of
educational programs.
   (c) Evaluate all programs and projects assisted under Title IV.



33512.  All projects recommended by the commission shall be
submitted to the State Board of Education for its approval.



33513.  The State Board of Education shall allocate funds under
Title IV, Part C, to provide to the extent feasible a geographical
spread of experimental projects in the state. All such grants for a
particular project shall be limited to a five-year period.




33514.  The State Board of Education shall annually allocate,
insofar as practicable, 15 percent of the total amount of federal
funds received by the State of California pursuant to Title IV, Part
C for special education projects.


33516.  In order to be deemed an approved project and be eligible to
receive an allocation from the State Board of Education, an
experimental, demonstration, or operational project shall meet the
following criteria:
   (a) The proposed activities are not activities presently being
performed by other state and federal programs.
   (b) The proposed activities supplement, but do not supplant, other
state or federal programs.



33518.  The State Board of Education may reserve a sum of money, to
be recommended by the commission and approved by the State Board of
Education, to support demonstration and experimental projects
designed to develop new methods of allocating personnel, equipment,
and facilities to solve educational problems associated with
educational management. Such projects may include, but need not be
limited to, the development of new and potentially more economical
staffing, arrangements for administration and for classroom
instruction, a modification of class size in schools, the utilization
of classroom aides, flexible class scheduling, and the use of
instructional television and audiovisual equipment so as to more
effectively utilize local resources. Also included may be projects
for educational problems associated with general curriculum
development, community relations, urbanization, and work-study
programs. The standards for such demonstrational and experimental
projects shall be recommended by the commission and approved by the
State Board of Education, based upon the best interests of the
students involved, except that a project shall be approved only if it
can be shown that, if successful, the cost effectiveness of the
project will be such so as to be adaptable within the budgets of
other similar school districts throughout the state.



33522.  The State Board of Education shall reserve not more than 15
percent of the state's federal allocation under Title IV, Part C, for
grants to the local educational agencies which have operated
exemplary projects during the preceding year. Such funds shall be
used by such local educational agencies to expand the projects
locally and for diffusion of such successful projects statewide. A
local education agency whose project is selected for diffusion is
hereby designated as agent for all local education agencies in
California for purposes of ESEA Title IV, Part C, diffusion.


State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Edc > 33502-33522

EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 33502-33522



33502.  There is in the state government the Educational Innovation
and Planning Commission consisting of a Member of the Assembly
appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, a Member of the Senate
appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, one public member
appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, one public member appointed
by the Senate Committee on Rules, one public member appointed by the
Governor, and 15 public members appointed by the State Board of
Education upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction or the members of the State Board of Education.
   The 15 public members appointed by the State Board of Education
shall be broadly representative of the cultural and educational
resources of the state and the public, including at least one
individual from each of the following categories:
   (a) Classroom teachers at the elementary level.
   (b) Classroom teachers at the secondary level.
   (c) Principals, superintendents, and other professional employees
of local educational agencies and private schools.
   (d) Teachers from institutions of higher education.
   (e) School librarians, personnel involved in operating media
programs in local schools, and guidance counselors.
   (f) Individuals from fields of professional competence in dealing
with children needing special education because of physical or mental
handicaps, specific learning disabilities, severe educational
disadvantages, and limited English proficiency or because they are
gifted or talented, and individuals from fields of professional
competence in guidance and counseling.
   (g) Parents, senior class high school students, and other
interested members of the public.
   (h) Leaders from private industry.
   The State Board of Education upon recommendation from the
Superintendent of Public Instruction may add to the 15 public members
of the commission as required to fully conform to federal
legislation and regulations.



33503.  The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission
pursuant to Section 33502 shall have the powers and duties of a joint
legislative committee on the subject of educational innovation and
planning and shall meet with, and participate in, the work of the
commission to the extent that such participation is not incompatible
with their positions as Members of the Legislature.
   The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission shall
serve at the pleasure of the appointing power.



33504.  The Superintendent of Public Instruction or his
representative shall serve as executive secretary to the commission.



33505.  The commission, in carrying out its powers and duties, shall
utilize the staff of the Department of Education.



33506.  The members of the commission shall serve without
compensation, except that they shall receive their actual and
necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and
responsibilities, including traveling expenses.



33507.  The commission shall select one of its members to be
chairman of the commission.



33508.  Commission members shall serve for four-year terms and shall
be eligible to serve more than one full term, except in the case of
student representatives who shall serve a one-year term.



33509.  As used in this article:
   (a) "Commission" means the Educational Innovation and Planning
Commission.
   (b) "Title IV" means Title IV, Parts A, B, C, and D of the
Educational Amendments of 1978 (Public Law 95-561) as amended.
   (c) "State plan" means the plan for the use of Title IV funds as
approved by the State Board of Education.
   (d) "Secondary schools," notwithstanding Section 52, shall not
include community colleges.
   (e) "Local educational agency" means the governing body of any
school district, county office of education, or state special school.




33510.  For purposes of this article, the commission shall have the
powers, duties, and responsibilities of a state advisory council
prescribed in Title IV.


33511.  The commission may do all of the following:
   (a) Advise the state educational agency on the preparation of, and
policy matters arising in the administration of, the state plan,
including the development of criteria for the distribution of funds
and the approval of applications for assistance under Title IV.
   (b) Assist the State Board of Education and the Department of
Education in the planning, development, and improvement of
educational programs.
   (c) Evaluate all programs and projects assisted under Title IV.



33512.  All projects recommended by the commission shall be
submitted to the State Board of Education for its approval.



33513.  The State Board of Education shall allocate funds under
Title IV, Part C, to provide to the extent feasible a geographical
spread of experimental projects in the state. All such grants for a
particular project shall be limited to a five-year period.




33514.  The State Board of Education shall annually allocate,
insofar as practicable, 15 percent of the total amount of federal
funds received by the State of California pursuant to Title IV, Part
C for special education projects.


33516.  In order to be deemed an approved project and be eligible to
receive an allocation from the State Board of Education, an
experimental, demonstration, or operational project shall meet the
following criteria:
   (a) The proposed activities are not activities presently being
performed by other state and federal programs.
   (b) The proposed activities supplement, but do not supplant, other
state or federal programs.



33518.  The State Board of Education may reserve a sum of money, to
be recommended by the commission and approved by the State Board of
Education, to support demonstration and experimental projects
designed to develop new methods of allocating personnel, equipment,
and facilities to solve educational problems associated with
educational management. Such projects may include, but need not be
limited to, the development of new and potentially more economical
staffing, arrangements for administration and for classroom
instruction, a modification of class size in schools, the utilization
of classroom aides, flexible class scheduling, and the use of
instructional television and audiovisual equipment so as to more
effectively utilize local resources. Also included may be projects
for educational problems associated with general curriculum
development, community relations, urbanization, and work-study
programs. The standards for such demonstrational and experimental
projects shall be recommended by the commission and approved by the
State Board of Education, based upon the best interests of the
students involved, except that a project shall be approved only if it
can be shown that, if successful, the cost effectiveness of the
project will be such so as to be adaptable within the budgets of
other similar school districts throughout the state.



33522.  The State Board of Education shall reserve not more than 15
percent of the state's federal allocation under Title IV, Part C, for
grants to the local educational agencies which have operated
exemplary projects during the preceding year. Such funds shall be
used by such local educational agencies to expand the projects
locally and for diffusion of such successful projects statewide. A
local education agency whose project is selected for diffusion is
hereby designated as agent for all local education agencies in
California for purposes of ESEA Title IV, Part C, diffusion.



State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Edc > 33502-33522

EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 33502-33522



33502.  There is in the state government the Educational Innovation
and Planning Commission consisting of a Member of the Assembly
appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, a Member of the Senate
appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, one public member
appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, one public member appointed
by the Senate Committee on Rules, one public member appointed by the
Governor, and 15 public members appointed by the State Board of
Education upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction or the members of the State Board of Education.
   The 15 public members appointed by the State Board of Education
shall be broadly representative of the cultural and educational
resources of the state and the public, including at least one
individual from each of the following categories:
   (a) Classroom teachers at the elementary level.
   (b) Classroom teachers at the secondary level.
   (c) Principals, superintendents, and other professional employees
of local educational agencies and private schools.
   (d) Teachers from institutions of higher education.
   (e) School librarians, personnel involved in operating media
programs in local schools, and guidance counselors.
   (f) Individuals from fields of professional competence in dealing
with children needing special education because of physical or mental
handicaps, specific learning disabilities, severe educational
disadvantages, and limited English proficiency or because they are
gifted or talented, and individuals from fields of professional
competence in guidance and counseling.
   (g) Parents, senior class high school students, and other
interested members of the public.
   (h) Leaders from private industry.
   The State Board of Education upon recommendation from the
Superintendent of Public Instruction may add to the 15 public members
of the commission as required to fully conform to federal
legislation and regulations.



33503.  The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission
pursuant to Section 33502 shall have the powers and duties of a joint
legislative committee on the subject of educational innovation and
planning and shall meet with, and participate in, the work of the
commission to the extent that such participation is not incompatible
with their positions as Members of the Legislature.
   The Members of the Legislature appointed to the commission shall
serve at the pleasure of the appointing power.



33504.  The Superintendent of Public Instruction or his
representative shall serve as executive secretary to the commission.



33505.  The commission, in carrying out its powers and duties, shall
utilize the staff of the Department of Education.



33506.  The members of the commission shall serve without
compensation, except that they shall receive their actual and
necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and
responsibilities, including traveling expenses.



33507.  The commission shall select one of its members to be
chairman of the commission.



33508.  Commission members shall serve for four-year terms and shall
be eligible to serve more than one full term, except in the case of
student representatives who shall serve a one-year term.



33509.  As used in this article:
   (a) "Commission" means the Educational Innovation and Planning
Commission.
   (b) "Title IV" means Title IV, Parts A, B, C, and D of the
Educational Amendments of 1978 (Public Law 95-561) as amended.
   (c) "State plan" means the plan for the use of Title IV funds as
approved by the State Board of Education.
   (d) "Secondary schools," notwithstanding Section 52, shall not
include community colleges.
   (e) "Local educational agency" means the governing body of any
school district, county office of education, or state special school.




33510.  For purposes of this article, the commission shall have the
powers, duties, and responsibilities of a state advisory council
prescribed in Title IV.


33511.  The commission may do all of the following:
   (a) Advise the state educational agency on the preparation of, and
policy matters arising in the administration of, the state plan,
including the development of criteria for the distribution of funds
and the approval of applications for assistance under Title IV.
   (b) Assist the State Board of Education and the Department of
Education in the planning, development, and improvement of
educational programs.
   (c) Evaluate all programs and projects assisted under Title IV.



33512.  All projects recommended by the commission shall be
submitted to the State Board of Education for its approval.



33513.  The State Board of Education shall allocate funds under
Title IV, Part C, to provide to the extent feasible a geographical
spread of experimental projects in the state. All such grants for a
particular project shall be limited to a five-year period.




33514.  The State Board of Education shall annually allocate,
insofar as practicable, 15 percent of the total amount of federal
funds received by the State of California pursuant to Title IV, Part
C for special education projects.


33516.  In order to be deemed an approved project and be eligible to
receive an allocation from the State Board of Education, an
experimental, demonstration, or operational project shall meet the
following criteria:
   (a) The proposed activities are not activities presently being
performed by other state and federal programs.
   (b) The proposed activities supplement, but do not supplant, other
state or federal programs.



33518.  The State Board of Education may reserve a sum of money, to
be recommended by the commission and approved by the State Board of
Education, to support demonstration and experimental projects
designed to develop new methods of allocating personnel, equipment,
and facilities to solve educational problems associated with
educational management. Such projects may include, but need not be
limited to, the development of new and potentially more economical
staffing, arrangements for administration and for classroom
instruction, a modification of class size in schools, the utilization
of classroom aides, flexible class scheduling, and the use of
instructional television and audiovisual equipment so as to more
effectively utilize local resources. Also included may be projects
for educational problems associated with general curriculum
development, community relations, urbanization, and work-study
programs. The standards for such demonstrational and experimental
projects shall be recommended by the commission and approved by the
State Board of Education, based upon the best interests of the
students involved, except that a project shall be approved only if it
can be shown that, if successful, the cost effectiveness of the
project will be such so as to be adaptable within the budgets of
other similar school districts throughout the state.



33522.  The State Board of Education shall reserve not more than 15
percent of the state's federal allocation under Title IV, Part C, for
grants to the local educational agencies which have operated
exemplary projects during the preceding year. Such funds shall be
used by such local educational agencies to expand the projects
locally and for diffusion of such successful projects statewide. A
local education agency whose project is selected for diffusion is
hereby designated as agent for all local education agencies in
California for purposes of ESEA Title IV, Part C, diffusion.