CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1433Introduced by Assembly Member Mike FongFebruary 17, 2023 An act to amend Sections 51796.2 and 51796.5 of the Education Code, relating to school gardens. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1433, as introduced, Mike Fong. Instructional school gardens: report.Existing law establishes the Instructional School Gardens Program for the promotion, creation, and support of instructional school gardens through the allocation of grants, and through technical assistance provided, to school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education. Existing law authorizes a school district, charter school, or county office of education to apply to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for a 3-year grant under this program in a manner determined by the Superintendent, in order to develop and maintain an instructional school garden. Existing law requires a school district, charter school, or county office of education, as a condition of receiving funding, within 6 months of the final expenditure of the instructional school garden funds received, to report to the Superintendent, in a manner prescribed by the Superintendent, in conjunction with an interagency working group, regarding the use of the funds and the manner in which the instructional school garden or gardens are used to complement the academic program of the participating school or schools.This bill would reduce the deadline to submit that report from 6 months after the final expenditure of those funds to 3 months after that final expenditure.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 51796.2 of the Education Code is amended to read:51796.2. (a) A school district, charter school, or county office of education may apply to the Superintendent for funding for a three-year grant under this article in a manner determined by the Superintendent, in order to develop and maintain an instructional school garden. The application, at a minimum, shall indicate the school or schools at which the instructional school gardens are, or are to be, located; the grade level or grade levels to be targeted; the potential number of classes within the grade levels and number of pupils who would use the instructional school gardens; and the intended items of expenditure for any funds received. The application also shall include an explanation of the six-month three-month reporting requirement specified in Section 51796.5.(b) The Superintendent shall distribute the grants applied for pursuant to subdivision (a) to school districts, charter schools, or county offices of education. Each grant shall be not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per schoolsite, except that a school district, charter school, or county office of education that applies on behalf of at least one schoolsite with an enrollment of 1,000 or more pupils may receive a grant of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) per schoolsite with an enrollment of 1,000 or more pupils.SEC. 2. Section 51796.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:51796.5. As a condition of the receipt of funds pursuant to this article, a school district, charter school, or county office of education, within six three months of the final expenditure of funds received, shall report to the Superintendent, in conjunction with the interagency working group convened pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51796, in a manner prescribed by the Superintendent, regarding the use of funds and the manner in which the instructional school garden or gardens are used to complement the academic program of the participating school or schools. A school district or county office of education may submit one report for all of the schools that have received grants that are under the jurisdiction of the school district or county office. office of education.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1433Introduced by Assembly Member Mike FongFebruary 17, 2023 An act to amend Sections 51796.2 and 51796.5 of the Education Code, relating to school gardens. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1433, as introduced, Mike Fong. Instructional school gardens: report.Existing law establishes the Instructional School Gardens Program for the promotion, creation, and support of instructional school gardens through the allocation of grants, and through technical assistance provided, to school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education. Existing law authorizes a school district, charter school, or county office of education to apply to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for a 3-year grant under this program in a manner determined by the Superintendent, in order to develop and maintain an instructional school garden. Existing law requires a school district, charter school, or county office of education, as a condition of receiving funding, within 6 months of the final expenditure of the instructional school garden funds received, to report to the Superintendent, in a manner prescribed by the Superintendent, in conjunction with an interagency working group, regarding the use of the funds and the manner in which the instructional school garden or gardens are used to complement the academic program of the participating school or schools.This bill would reduce the deadline to submit that report from 6 months after the final expenditure of those funds to 3 months after that final expenditure.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1433
Introduced by Assembly Member Mike FongFebruary 17, 2023
Introduced by Assembly Member Mike Fong
February 17, 2023
An act to amend Sections 51796.2 and 51796.5 of the Education Code, relating to school gardens.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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AB 1433, as introduced, Mike Fong. Instructional school gardens: report.
Existing law establishes the Instructional School Gardens Program for the promotion, creation, and support of instructional school gardens through the allocation of grants, and through technical assistance provided, to school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education. Existing law authorizes a school district, charter school, or county office of education to apply to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for a 3-year grant under this program in a manner determined by the Superintendent, in order to develop and maintain an instructional school garden. Existing law requires a school district, charter school, or county office of education, as a condition of receiving funding, within 6 months of the final expenditure of the instructional school garden funds received, to report to the Superintendent, in a manner prescribed by the Superintendent, in conjunction with an interagency working group, regarding the use of the funds and the manner in which the instructional school garden or gardens are used to complement the academic program of the participating school or schools.This bill would reduce the deadline to submit that report from 6 months after the final expenditure of those funds to 3 months after that final expenditure.
Existing law establishes the Instructional School Gardens Program for the promotion, creation, and support of instructional school gardens through the allocation of grants, and through technical assistance provided, to school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education. Existing law authorizes a school district, charter school, or county office of education to apply to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for a 3-year grant under this program in a manner determined by the Superintendent, in order to develop and maintain an instructional school garden. Existing law requires a school district, charter school, or county office of education, as a condition of receiving funding, within 6 months of the final expenditure of the instructional school garden funds received, to report to the Superintendent, in a manner prescribed by the Superintendent, in conjunction with an interagency working group, regarding the use of the funds and the manner in which the instructional school garden or gardens are used to complement the academic program of the participating school or schools.
This bill would reduce the deadline to submit that report from 6 months after the final expenditure of those funds to 3 months after that final expenditure.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 51796.2 of the Education Code is amended to read:51796.2. (a) A school district, charter school, or county office of education may apply to the Superintendent for funding for a three-year grant under this article in a manner determined by the Superintendent, in order to develop and maintain an instructional school garden. The application, at a minimum, shall indicate the school or schools at which the instructional school gardens are, or are to be, located; the grade level or grade levels to be targeted; the potential number of classes within the grade levels and number of pupils who would use the instructional school gardens; and the intended items of expenditure for any funds received. The application also shall include an explanation of the six-month three-month reporting requirement specified in Section 51796.5.(b) The Superintendent shall distribute the grants applied for pursuant to subdivision (a) to school districts, charter schools, or county offices of education. Each grant shall be not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per schoolsite, except that a school district, charter school, or county office of education that applies on behalf of at least one schoolsite with an enrollment of 1,000 or more pupils may receive a grant of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) per schoolsite with an enrollment of 1,000 or more pupils.SEC. 2. Section 51796.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:51796.5. As a condition of the receipt of funds pursuant to this article, a school district, charter school, or county office of education, within six three months of the final expenditure of funds received, shall report to the Superintendent, in conjunction with the interagency working group convened pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51796, in a manner prescribed by the Superintendent, regarding the use of funds and the manner in which the instructional school garden or gardens are used to complement the academic program of the participating school or schools. A school district or county office of education may submit one report for all of the schools that have received grants that are under the jurisdiction of the school district or county office. office of education.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
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SECTION 1. Section 51796.2 of the Education Code is amended to read:51796.2. (a) A school district, charter school, or county office of education may apply to the Superintendent for funding for a three-year grant under this article in a manner determined by the Superintendent, in order to develop and maintain an instructional school garden. The application, at a minimum, shall indicate the school or schools at which the instructional school gardens are, or are to be, located; the grade level or grade levels to be targeted; the potential number of classes within the grade levels and number of pupils who would use the instructional school gardens; and the intended items of expenditure for any funds received. The application also shall include an explanation of the six-month three-month reporting requirement specified in Section 51796.5.(b) The Superintendent shall distribute the grants applied for pursuant to subdivision (a) to school districts, charter schools, or county offices of education. Each grant shall be not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per schoolsite, except that a school district, charter school, or county office of education that applies on behalf of at least one schoolsite with an enrollment of 1,000 or more pupils may receive a grant of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) per schoolsite with an enrollment of 1,000 or more pupils.
SECTION 1. Section 51796.2 of the Education Code is amended to read:
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51796.2. (a) A school district, charter school, or county office of education may apply to the Superintendent for funding for a three-year grant under this article in a manner determined by the Superintendent, in order to develop and maintain an instructional school garden. The application, at a minimum, shall indicate the school or schools at which the instructional school gardens are, or are to be, located; the grade level or grade levels to be targeted; the potential number of classes within the grade levels and number of pupils who would use the instructional school gardens; and the intended items of expenditure for any funds received. The application also shall include an explanation of the six-month three-month reporting requirement specified in Section 51796.5.(b) The Superintendent shall distribute the grants applied for pursuant to subdivision (a) to school districts, charter schools, or county offices of education. Each grant shall be not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per schoolsite, except that a school district, charter school, or county office of education that applies on behalf of at least one schoolsite with an enrollment of 1,000 or more pupils may receive a grant of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) per schoolsite with an enrollment of 1,000 or more pupils.
51796.2. (a) A school district, charter school, or county office of education may apply to the Superintendent for funding for a three-year grant under this article in a manner determined by the Superintendent, in order to develop and maintain an instructional school garden. The application, at a minimum, shall indicate the school or schools at which the instructional school gardens are, or are to be, located; the grade level or grade levels to be targeted; the potential number of classes within the grade levels and number of pupils who would use the instructional school gardens; and the intended items of expenditure for any funds received. The application also shall include an explanation of the six-month three-month reporting requirement specified in Section 51796.5.(b) The Superintendent shall distribute the grants applied for pursuant to subdivision (a) to school districts, charter schools, or county offices of education. Each grant shall be not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per schoolsite, except that a school district, charter school, or county office of education that applies on behalf of at least one schoolsite with an enrollment of 1,000 or more pupils may receive a grant of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) per schoolsite with an enrollment of 1,000 or more pupils.
51796.2. (a) A school district, charter school, or county office of education may apply to the Superintendent for funding for a three-year grant under this article in a manner determined by the Superintendent, in order to develop and maintain an instructional school garden. The application, at a minimum, shall indicate the school or schools at which the instructional school gardens are, or are to be, located; the grade level or grade levels to be targeted; the potential number of classes within the grade levels and number of pupils who would use the instructional school gardens; and the intended items of expenditure for any funds received. The application also shall include an explanation of the six-month three-month reporting requirement specified in Section 51796.5.(b) The Superintendent shall distribute the grants applied for pursuant to subdivision (a) to school districts, charter schools, or county offices of education. Each grant shall be not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per schoolsite, except that a school district, charter school, or county office of education that applies on behalf of at least one schoolsite with an enrollment of 1,000 or more pupils may receive a grant of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) per schoolsite with an enrollment of 1,000 or more pupils.
51796.2. (a) A school district, charter school, or county office of education may apply to the Superintendent for funding for a three-year grant under this article in a manner determined by the Superintendent, in order to develop and maintain an instructional school garden. The application, at a minimum, shall indicate the school or schools at which the instructional school gardens are, or are to be, located; the grade level or grade levels to be targeted; the potential number of classes within the grade levels and number of pupils who would use the instructional school gardens; and the intended items of expenditure for any funds received. The application also shall include an explanation of the six-month three-month reporting requirement specified in Section 51796.5.
(b) The Superintendent shall distribute the grants applied for pursuant to subdivision (a) to school districts, charter schools, or county offices of education. Each grant shall be not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per schoolsite, except that a school district, charter school, or county office of education that applies on behalf of at least one schoolsite with an enrollment of 1,000 or more pupils may receive a grant of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) per schoolsite with an enrollment of 1,000 or more pupils.
SEC. 2. Section 51796.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:51796.5. As a condition of the receipt of funds pursuant to this article, a school district, charter school, or county office of education, within six three months of the final expenditure of funds received, shall report to the Superintendent, in conjunction with the interagency working group convened pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51796, in a manner prescribed by the Superintendent, regarding the use of funds and the manner in which the instructional school garden or gardens are used to complement the academic program of the participating school or schools. A school district or county office of education may submit one report for all of the schools that have received grants that are under the jurisdiction of the school district or county office. office of education.
SEC. 2. Section 51796.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:
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51796.5. As a condition of the receipt of funds pursuant to this article, a school district, charter school, or county office of education, within six three months of the final expenditure of funds received, shall report to the Superintendent, in conjunction with the interagency working group convened pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51796, in a manner prescribed by the Superintendent, regarding the use of funds and the manner in which the instructional school garden or gardens are used to complement the academic program of the participating school or schools. A school district or county office of education may submit one report for all of the schools that have received grants that are under the jurisdiction of the school district or county office. office of education.
51796.5. As a condition of the receipt of funds pursuant to this article, a school district, charter school, or county office of education, within six three months of the final expenditure of funds received, shall report to the Superintendent, in conjunction with the interagency working group convened pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51796, in a manner prescribed by the Superintendent, regarding the use of funds and the manner in which the instructional school garden or gardens are used to complement the academic program of the participating school or schools. A school district or county office of education may submit one report for all of the schools that have received grants that are under the jurisdiction of the school district or county office. office of education.
51796.5. As a condition of the receipt of funds pursuant to this article, a school district, charter school, or county office of education, within six three months of the final expenditure of funds received, shall report to the Superintendent, in conjunction with the interagency working group convened pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51796, in a manner prescribed by the Superintendent, regarding the use of funds and the manner in which the instructional school garden or gardens are used to complement the academic program of the participating school or schools. A school district or county office of education may submit one report for all of the schools that have received grants that are under the jurisdiction of the school district or county office. office of education.
51796.5. As a condition of the receipt of funds pursuant to this article, a school district, charter school, or county office of education, within six three months of the final expenditure of funds received, shall report to the Superintendent, in conjunction with the interagency working group convened pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51796, in a manner prescribed by the Superintendent, regarding the use of funds and the manner in which the instructional school garden or gardens are used to complement the academic program of the participating school or schools. A school district or county office of education may submit one report for all of the schools that have received grants that are under the jurisdiction of the school district or county office. office of education.