California Education Code

§ 53009

EDC § 53009 Effective Jun 27, 2025Div. 4 · Title 2 · Part 28 · Ch. 15.5

Statute text

(a)The sum of two hundred fifteen million dollars ($215,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Superintendent to augment the Literacy Coaches and Reading Specialists Grant Program established in Section 137 of Chapter 52 of the Statutes of 2022, as amended by Sections 104 and 115 of Chapter 48 of the Statutes of 2023. Funds appropriated for this purpose are available for encumbrance through June 30, 2029.

(b)(1) Of the amount appropriated in subdivision (a), two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be allocated by the Superintendent to local educational agencies for eligible schoolsites to develop school literacy programs, including dual language immersion and other programs for multilingual learners, employ and develop literacy coaches and specialists, and develop and implement interventions for pupils in need of targeted literacy support, including English learners. A local educational agency may opt not to participate in the program pursuant to this subdivision by informing the department, by September 30, 2025, using a form provided by the department, of the local educational agency’s intent to decline program funds for their eligible schoolsites and the local educational agency. A local educational agency that receives funding pursuant to this section may also be eligible for the Reading and Literacy Supplementary Authorization Incentive Grant Program.

(2)The department shall allocate funding under paragraph (1) based on an amount per pupil enrolled in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 3, inclusive, at each eligible schoolsite, except that no local educational agency shall receive less than four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000) per eligible schoolsite. Grant amounts shall be determined using 2024–25 school enrollment data determined as of the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System Fall 1 Certification. For purposes of allocations and apportionments under this paragraph, a locally funded charter school shall be included with the chartering authority.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 8, Sec. 51. (AB 121) Effective June 27, 2025.