(a)
The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allocate funds to school districts and charter schools that have certified to the superintendent that they satisfy the conditions of subdivision (c) of Section 51121. A qualifying school with a pupil enrollment of fewer than 500 pupils shall receive a grant of up to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). A qualifying school with a pupil enrollment of 500 to 799 pupils, inclusive, shall receive a grant of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000). A qualifying school with a pupil enrollment of 800 to 1,499 pupils, inclusive, shall receive a grant of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000). A qualifying school with a pupil enrollment of 1,500 or more pupils shall receive a grant of thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000).
(b)
The funds received pursuant to this article may be used to compensate teachers and teaching paraprofessionals, to provide training to teachers and teaching paraprofessionals, and to defray other costs associated with the implementation of the Nell Soto Parent/Teacher Involvement Program. A qualifying school shall be funded in the order of receipt of an approval certification until all funds available for the program have been apportioned.
(c)
The total amount of the grants allocated pursuant to this section may not exceed the total amount appropriated for the purposes of this section.
(d)
The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allocate funding appropriated for this program to the California School for the Deaf, the California School for the Blind, and schools ranked in the bottom five deciles on the Academic Performance Index and shall give funding priority to the California School for the Deaf, the California School for the Blind, and schools ranked in the lowest two deciles.
(1)
For the first year of participation in the program, a school is eligible to receive a full grant award as listed in subdivision (a).
(2)
For the second year of participation in the program, a school is eligible to receive a grant award not greater than three-fourths of the appropriate amount listed in subdivision (a) and shall provide, from local funds, one-fourth of the appropriate amount listed in subdivision (a).
(3)
For the third year of participation in the program, a school is eligible to receive a grant award not greater than one-half of the appropriate amount listed in subdivision (a) and shall match state funding with the same amount of local funds.
(4)
A school is eligible for no more than three grant awards. A school that received a grant during the 2000–01 school year shall be considered to have completed a first year of participation in the program and is eligible to apply as a second year school.
(e)
Priority for home visits shall be given to low-performing pupils.
(f)
Schools may be eligible for funding pursuant to this article for each year from funds appropriated therefor in the annual Budget Act or in another enactment.
(g)
The Superintendent of Public Instruction may use up to seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000), to the extent funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act or other enactment for purposes of the Nell Soto Parent/Teacher Involvement Program, to administer the program.