Amended IN Assembly March 16, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 278Introduced by Assembly Member ReyesJanuary 23, 2023 An act to add Article 4 (commencing with Section 54680) to Chapter 9 of Part 29 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, relating to pupil services.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 278, as amended, Reyes. High Schools: Dream Resource Centers. Center Grant Program.Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to provide a comprehensive educational counseling program for all pupils enrolled in the school district. Existing law provides that educational counseling may include counseling in developing pupil knowledge of financial aid planning for postsecondary education, including, among others, financial aid programs and resources for foster and homeless youth.This bill would establish the Dream Resource Center Grant Program for the purpose of providing pupils, including undocumented pupils, in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, with specified resources. The bill would require the State Department of Education, in administering the program, to review applications and award grants based off of a tiered point system that prioritizes applications for funding, as provided. The bill would authorize a school district, including those that have already established a Dream Resource Center at one or more schoolsites, to apply to the department to be eligible to receive a grant, as provided.The bill would require a school district that receives a grant under the program to use it for creating a Dream Resource Center or for supplementing, but not supplanting, an existing Dream Resource Center, as provided. The bill would require the department, on or before June 1, 2026, to submit a report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature detailing the successes, best practices, barriers or constraints, and outcomes of Dream Resource Centers funded with these grants.The bill would condition the implementation of these provisions on an appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes in the annual Budget Act or other statute.Existing law authorizes the governing board of any school district to initiate and carry on any program, activity, or to otherwise act in any manner which is not in conflict with or inconsistent with, or preempted by, any law and which is not in conflict with the purposes for which school districts are established.Existing law encourages the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California to establish Dream Resource Centers, on each of their respective campuses, that are authorized to offer support services, as provided.This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would require all schools that enroll pupils in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to have a Dream Resource Center.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Article 4 (commencing with Section 54680) is added to Chapter 9 of Part 29 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, to read: Article 4. Dream Resource Center Grant Program54680. (a) The Dream Resource Center Grant Program is hereby established with the goal of creating Dream Resource Centers at schoolsites that serve pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive.(b) The purpose of a Dream Resource Center is to provide pupils, including undocumented pupils, in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, with resources that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:(1) Financial aid support.(2) Social services support.(3) State-funded immigration legal services.(4) Academic opportunities.(5) Parent and family workshops.54681. (a) The department shall administer the Dream Resource Center Grant Program, which shall be a four-year grant program.(b) (1) A school district, including those that have already established a Dream Resource Center at one or more schoolsites, may apply for funds for one or more schoolsites within the school district.(2) An application shall demonstrate the need for a Dream Resource Center at one or more schoolsites within the school district or the need for supplemental funding at one or more schoolsites within the school district that has already established a Dream Resource Center.54682. The department shall perform all of the following functions in the administration of the Dream Resource Center Grant Program:(a) Review applications and award grants based off of a tiered point system that prioritizes applications for funding as follows:(1) School districts with a large number of schoolsites in need shall be given points based off of demonstrated need, as determined by the department.(2) School districts in underserved areas, including those in rural areas, shall be given additional points to ensure school districts across the state are given fair opportunities for funding.(3) Award no more than 5 percent of the total funding to supplementing the funding of existing Dream Resource Centers.(b) Identify data to be collected by grant recipients.(c) Identify how the department will collect data reported by grant recipients.54683. A grant recipient shall use the grant for either of the following purposes:(a) (1) To create a Dream Resource Center that provides pupils with the resources identified pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54680.(2) Schoolsites may choose to have the Dream Resource Center solely supported by the schoolsite or can choose to have the Dream Resource Center be supported through memorandums of understanding between the schoolsite and community-based organizations or institutions of higher education.(b) To supplement, but not supplant, funding for an existing Dream Resource Center that provides pupils with the resources identified pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54680.54684. On or before June 1, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature detailing the successes, best practices, barriers or constraints, and outcomes of Dream Resource Centers funded with grants pursuant to this article. The report shall include the data collected pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54682.54685. This article shall be implemented only upon an appropriation by the Legislature for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or other statute.SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would require all schools that enroll pupils in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to have a Dream Resource Center.
Amended IN Assembly March 16, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 278Introduced by Assembly Member ReyesJanuary 23, 2023 An act to add Article 4 (commencing with Section 54680) to Chapter 9 of Part 29 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, relating to pupil services.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 278, as amended, Reyes. High Schools: Dream Resource Centers. Center Grant Program.Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to provide a comprehensive educational counseling program for all pupils enrolled in the school district. Existing law provides that educational counseling may include counseling in developing pupil knowledge of financial aid planning for postsecondary education, including, among others, financial aid programs and resources for foster and homeless youth.This bill would establish the Dream Resource Center Grant Program for the purpose of providing pupils, including undocumented pupils, in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, with specified resources. The bill would require the State Department of Education, in administering the program, to review applications and award grants based off of a tiered point system that prioritizes applications for funding, as provided. The bill would authorize a school district, including those that have already established a Dream Resource Center at one or more schoolsites, to apply to the department to be eligible to receive a grant, as provided.The bill would require a school district that receives a grant under the program to use it for creating a Dream Resource Center or for supplementing, but not supplanting, an existing Dream Resource Center, as provided. The bill would require the department, on or before June 1, 2026, to submit a report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature detailing the successes, best practices, barriers or constraints, and outcomes of Dream Resource Centers funded with these grants.The bill would condition the implementation of these provisions on an appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes in the annual Budget Act or other statute.Existing law authorizes the governing board of any school district to initiate and carry on any program, activity, or to otherwise act in any manner which is not in conflict with or inconsistent with, or preempted by, any law and which is not in conflict with the purposes for which school districts are established.Existing law encourages the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California to establish Dream Resource Centers, on each of their respective campuses, that are authorized to offer support services, as provided.This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would require all schools that enroll pupils in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to have a Dream Resource Center.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly March 16, 2023
Amended IN Assembly March 16, 2023
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 278
Introduced by Assembly Member ReyesJanuary 23, 2023
Introduced by Assembly Member Reyes
January 23, 2023
An act to add Article 4 (commencing with Section 54680) to Chapter 9 of Part 29 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, relating to pupil services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 278, as amended, Reyes. High Schools: Dream Resource Centers. Center Grant Program.
Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to provide a comprehensive educational counseling program for all pupils enrolled in the school district. Existing law provides that educational counseling may include counseling in developing pupil knowledge of financial aid planning for postsecondary education, including, among others, financial aid programs and resources for foster and homeless youth.This bill would establish the Dream Resource Center Grant Program for the purpose of providing pupils, including undocumented pupils, in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, with specified resources. The bill would require the State Department of Education, in administering the program, to review applications and award grants based off of a tiered point system that prioritizes applications for funding, as provided. The bill would authorize a school district, including those that have already established a Dream Resource Center at one or more schoolsites, to apply to the department to be eligible to receive a grant, as provided.The bill would require a school district that receives a grant under the program to use it for creating a Dream Resource Center or for supplementing, but not supplanting, an existing Dream Resource Center, as provided. The bill would require the department, on or before June 1, 2026, to submit a report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature detailing the successes, best practices, barriers or constraints, and outcomes of Dream Resource Centers funded with these grants.The bill would condition the implementation of these provisions on an appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes in the annual Budget Act or other statute.Existing law authorizes the governing board of any school district to initiate and carry on any program, activity, or to otherwise act in any manner which is not in conflict with or inconsistent with, or preempted by, any law and which is not in conflict with the purposes for which school districts are established.Existing law encourages the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California to establish Dream Resource Centers, on each of their respective campuses, that are authorized to offer support services, as provided.This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would require all schools that enroll pupils in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to have a Dream Resource Center.
Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to provide a comprehensive educational counseling program for all pupils enrolled in the school district. Existing law provides that educational counseling may include counseling in developing pupil knowledge of financial aid planning for postsecondary education, including, among others, financial aid programs and resources for foster and homeless youth.
This bill would establish the Dream Resource Center Grant Program for the purpose of providing pupils, including undocumented pupils, in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, with specified resources. The bill would require the State Department of Education, in administering the program, to review applications and award grants based off of a tiered point system that prioritizes applications for funding, as provided. The bill would authorize a school district, including those that have already established a Dream Resource Center at one or more schoolsites, to apply to the department to be eligible to receive a grant, as provided.
The bill would require a school district that receives a grant under the program to use it for creating a Dream Resource Center or for supplementing, but not supplanting, an existing Dream Resource Center, as provided. The bill would require the department, on or before June 1, 2026, to submit a report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature detailing the successes, best practices, barriers or constraints, and outcomes of Dream Resource Centers funded with these grants.
The bill would condition the implementation of these provisions on an appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes in the annual Budget Act or other statute.
Existing law authorizes the governing board of any school district to initiate and carry on any program, activity, or to otherwise act in any manner which is not in conflict with or inconsistent with, or preempted by, any law and which is not in conflict with the purposes for which school districts are established.
Existing law encourages the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California to establish Dream Resource Centers, on each of their respective campuses, that are authorized to offer support services, as provided.
This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would require all schools that enroll pupils in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to have a Dream Resource Center.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Article 4 (commencing with Section 54680) is added to Chapter 9 of Part 29 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, to read: Article 4. Dream Resource Center Grant Program54680. (a) The Dream Resource Center Grant Program is hereby established with the goal of creating Dream Resource Centers at schoolsites that serve pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive.(b) The purpose of a Dream Resource Center is to provide pupils, including undocumented pupils, in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, with resources that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:(1) Financial aid support.(2) Social services support.(3) State-funded immigration legal services.(4) Academic opportunities.(5) Parent and family workshops.54681. (a) The department shall administer the Dream Resource Center Grant Program, which shall be a four-year grant program.(b) (1) A school district, including those that have already established a Dream Resource Center at one or more schoolsites, may apply for funds for one or more schoolsites within the school district.(2) An application shall demonstrate the need for a Dream Resource Center at one or more schoolsites within the school district or the need for supplemental funding at one or more schoolsites within the school district that has already established a Dream Resource Center.54682. The department shall perform all of the following functions in the administration of the Dream Resource Center Grant Program:(a) Review applications and award grants based off of a tiered point system that prioritizes applications for funding as follows:(1) School districts with a large number of schoolsites in need shall be given points based off of demonstrated need, as determined by the department.(2) School districts in underserved areas, including those in rural areas, shall be given additional points to ensure school districts across the state are given fair opportunities for funding.(3) Award no more than 5 percent of the total funding to supplementing the funding of existing Dream Resource Centers.(b) Identify data to be collected by grant recipients.(c) Identify how the department will collect data reported by grant recipients.54683. A grant recipient shall use the grant for either of the following purposes:(a) (1) To create a Dream Resource Center that provides pupils with the resources identified pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54680.(2) Schoolsites may choose to have the Dream Resource Center solely supported by the schoolsite or can choose to have the Dream Resource Center be supported through memorandums of understanding between the schoolsite and community-based organizations or institutions of higher education.(b) To supplement, but not supplant, funding for an existing Dream Resource Center that provides pupils with the resources identified pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54680.54684. On or before June 1, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature detailing the successes, best practices, barriers or constraints, and outcomes of Dream Resource Centers funded with grants pursuant to this article. The report shall include the data collected pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54682.54685. This article shall be implemented only upon an appropriation by the Legislature for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or other statute.SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would require all schools that enroll pupils in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to have a Dream Resource Center.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Article 4 (commencing with Section 54680) is added to Chapter 9 of Part 29 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, to read: Article 4. Dream Resource Center Grant Program54680. (a) The Dream Resource Center Grant Program is hereby established with the goal of creating Dream Resource Centers at schoolsites that serve pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive.(b) The purpose of a Dream Resource Center is to provide pupils, including undocumented pupils, in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, with resources that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:(1) Financial aid support.(2) Social services support.(3) State-funded immigration legal services.(4) Academic opportunities.(5) Parent and family workshops.54681. (a) The department shall administer the Dream Resource Center Grant Program, which shall be a four-year grant program.(b) (1) A school district, including those that have already established a Dream Resource Center at one or more schoolsites, may apply for funds for one or more schoolsites within the school district.(2) An application shall demonstrate the need for a Dream Resource Center at one or more schoolsites within the school district or the need for supplemental funding at one or more schoolsites within the school district that has already established a Dream Resource Center.54682. The department shall perform all of the following functions in the administration of the Dream Resource Center Grant Program:(a) Review applications and award grants based off of a tiered point system that prioritizes applications for funding as follows:(1) School districts with a large number of schoolsites in need shall be given points based off of demonstrated need, as determined by the department.(2) School districts in underserved areas, including those in rural areas, shall be given additional points to ensure school districts across the state are given fair opportunities for funding.(3) Award no more than 5 percent of the total funding to supplementing the funding of existing Dream Resource Centers.(b) Identify data to be collected by grant recipients.(c) Identify how the department will collect data reported by grant recipients.54683. A grant recipient shall use the grant for either of the following purposes:(a) (1) To create a Dream Resource Center that provides pupils with the resources identified pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54680.(2) Schoolsites may choose to have the Dream Resource Center solely supported by the schoolsite or can choose to have the Dream Resource Center be supported through memorandums of understanding between the schoolsite and community-based organizations or institutions of higher education.(b) To supplement, but not supplant, funding for an existing Dream Resource Center that provides pupils with the resources identified pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54680.54684. On or before June 1, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature detailing the successes, best practices, barriers or constraints, and outcomes of Dream Resource Centers funded with grants pursuant to this article. The report shall include the data collected pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54682.54685. This article shall be implemented only upon an appropriation by the Legislature for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or other statute.
SECTION 1. Article 4 (commencing with Section 54680) is added to Chapter 9 of Part 29 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
Article 4. Dream Resource Center Grant Program54680. (a) The Dream Resource Center Grant Program is hereby established with the goal of creating Dream Resource Centers at schoolsites that serve pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive.(b) The purpose of a Dream Resource Center is to provide pupils, including undocumented pupils, in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, with resources that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:(1) Financial aid support.(2) Social services support.(3) State-funded immigration legal services.(4) Academic opportunities.(5) Parent and family workshops.54681. (a) The department shall administer the Dream Resource Center Grant Program, which shall be a four-year grant program.(b) (1) A school district, including those that have already established a Dream Resource Center at one or more schoolsites, may apply for funds for one or more schoolsites within the school district.(2) An application shall demonstrate the need for a Dream Resource Center at one or more schoolsites within the school district or the need for supplemental funding at one or more schoolsites within the school district that has already established a Dream Resource Center.54682. The department shall perform all of the following functions in the administration of the Dream Resource Center Grant Program:(a) Review applications and award grants based off of a tiered point system that prioritizes applications for funding as follows:(1) School districts with a large number of schoolsites in need shall be given points based off of demonstrated need, as determined by the department.(2) School districts in underserved areas, including those in rural areas, shall be given additional points to ensure school districts across the state are given fair opportunities for funding.(3) Award no more than 5 percent of the total funding to supplementing the funding of existing Dream Resource Centers.(b) Identify data to be collected by grant recipients.(c) Identify how the department will collect data reported by grant recipients.54683. A grant recipient shall use the grant for either of the following purposes:(a) (1) To create a Dream Resource Center that provides pupils with the resources identified pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54680.(2) Schoolsites may choose to have the Dream Resource Center solely supported by the schoolsite or can choose to have the Dream Resource Center be supported through memorandums of understanding between the schoolsite and community-based organizations or institutions of higher education.(b) To supplement, but not supplant, funding for an existing Dream Resource Center that provides pupils with the resources identified pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54680.54684. On or before June 1, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature detailing the successes, best practices, barriers or constraints, and outcomes of Dream Resource Centers funded with grants pursuant to this article. The report shall include the data collected pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54682.54685. This article shall be implemented only upon an appropriation by the Legislature for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or other statute.
Article 4. Dream Resource Center Grant Program54680. (a) The Dream Resource Center Grant Program is hereby established with the goal of creating Dream Resource Centers at schoolsites that serve pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive.(b) The purpose of a Dream Resource Center is to provide pupils, including undocumented pupils, in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, with resources that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:(1) Financial aid support.(2) Social services support.(3) State-funded immigration legal services.(4) Academic opportunities.(5) Parent and family workshops.54681. (a) The department shall administer the Dream Resource Center Grant Program, which shall be a four-year grant program.(b) (1) A school district, including those that have already established a Dream Resource Center at one or more schoolsites, may apply for funds for one or more schoolsites within the school district.(2) An application shall demonstrate the need for a Dream Resource Center at one or more schoolsites within the school district or the need for supplemental funding at one or more schoolsites within the school district that has already established a Dream Resource Center.54682. The department shall perform all of the following functions in the administration of the Dream Resource Center Grant Program:(a) Review applications and award grants based off of a tiered point system that prioritizes applications for funding as follows:(1) School districts with a large number of schoolsites in need shall be given points based off of demonstrated need, as determined by the department.(2) School districts in underserved areas, including those in rural areas, shall be given additional points to ensure school districts across the state are given fair opportunities for funding.(3) Award no more than 5 percent of the total funding to supplementing the funding of existing Dream Resource Centers.(b) Identify data to be collected by grant recipients.(c) Identify how the department will collect data reported by grant recipients.54683. A grant recipient shall use the grant for either of the following purposes:(a) (1) To create a Dream Resource Center that provides pupils with the resources identified pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54680.(2) Schoolsites may choose to have the Dream Resource Center solely supported by the schoolsite or can choose to have the Dream Resource Center be supported through memorandums of understanding between the schoolsite and community-based organizations or institutions of higher education.(b) To supplement, but not supplant, funding for an existing Dream Resource Center that provides pupils with the resources identified pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54680.54684. On or before June 1, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature detailing the successes, best practices, barriers or constraints, and outcomes of Dream Resource Centers funded with grants pursuant to this article. The report shall include the data collected pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54682.54685. This article shall be implemented only upon an appropriation by the Legislature for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or other statute.
Article 4. Dream Resource Center Grant Program
Article 4. Dream Resource Center Grant Program
54680. (a) The Dream Resource Center Grant Program is hereby established with the goal of creating Dream Resource Centers at schoolsites that serve pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive.(b) The purpose of a Dream Resource Center is to provide pupils, including undocumented pupils, in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, with resources that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:(1) Financial aid support.(2) Social services support.(3) State-funded immigration legal services.(4) Academic opportunities.(5) Parent and family workshops.
54680. (a) The Dream Resource Center Grant Program is hereby established with the goal of creating Dream Resource Centers at schoolsites that serve pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive.
(b) The purpose of a Dream Resource Center is to provide pupils, including undocumented pupils, in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, with resources that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Financial aid support.
(2) Social services support.
(3) State-funded immigration legal services.
(4) Academic opportunities.
(5) Parent and family workshops.
54681. (a) The department shall administer the Dream Resource Center Grant Program, which shall be a four-year grant program.(b) (1) A school district, including those that have already established a Dream Resource Center at one or more schoolsites, may apply for funds for one or more schoolsites within the school district.(2) An application shall demonstrate the need for a Dream Resource Center at one or more schoolsites within the school district or the need for supplemental funding at one or more schoolsites within the school district that has already established a Dream Resource Center.
54681. (a) The department shall administer the Dream Resource Center Grant Program, which shall be a four-year grant program.
(b) (1) A school district, including those that have already established a Dream Resource Center at one or more schoolsites, may apply for funds for one or more schoolsites within the school district.
(2) An application shall demonstrate the need for a Dream Resource Center at one or more schoolsites within the school district or the need for supplemental funding at one or more schoolsites within the school district that has already established a Dream Resource Center.
54682. The department shall perform all of the following functions in the administration of the Dream Resource Center Grant Program:(a) Review applications and award grants based off of a tiered point system that prioritizes applications for funding as follows:(1) School districts with a large number of schoolsites in need shall be given points based off of demonstrated need, as determined by the department.(2) School districts in underserved areas, including those in rural areas, shall be given additional points to ensure school districts across the state are given fair opportunities for funding.(3) Award no more than 5 percent of the total funding to supplementing the funding of existing Dream Resource Centers.(b) Identify data to be collected by grant recipients.(c) Identify how the department will collect data reported by grant recipients.
54682. The department shall perform all of the following functions in the administration of the Dream Resource Center Grant Program:
(a) Review applications and award grants based off of a tiered point system that prioritizes applications for funding as follows:
(1) School districts with a large number of schoolsites in need shall be given points based off of demonstrated need, as determined by the department.
(2) School districts in underserved areas, including those in rural areas, shall be given additional points to ensure school districts across the state are given fair opportunities for funding.
(3) Award no more than 5 percent of the total funding to supplementing the funding of existing Dream Resource Centers.
(b) Identify data to be collected by grant recipients.
(c) Identify how the department will collect data reported by grant recipients.
54683. A grant recipient shall use the grant for either of the following purposes:(a) (1) To create a Dream Resource Center that provides pupils with the resources identified pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54680.(2) Schoolsites may choose to have the Dream Resource Center solely supported by the schoolsite or can choose to have the Dream Resource Center be supported through memorandums of understanding between the schoolsite and community-based organizations or institutions of higher education.(b) To supplement, but not supplant, funding for an existing Dream Resource Center that provides pupils with the resources identified pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54680.
54683. A grant recipient shall use the grant for either of the following purposes:
(a) (1) To create a Dream Resource Center that provides pupils with the resources identified pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54680.
(2) Schoolsites may choose to have the Dream Resource Center solely supported by the schoolsite or can choose to have the Dream Resource Center be supported through memorandums of understanding between the schoolsite and community-based organizations or institutions of higher education.
(b) To supplement, but not supplant, funding for an existing Dream Resource Center that provides pupils with the resources identified pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54680.
54684. On or before June 1, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature detailing the successes, best practices, barriers or constraints, and outcomes of Dream Resource Centers funded with grants pursuant to this article. The report shall include the data collected pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54682.
54684. On or before June 1, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature detailing the successes, best practices, barriers or constraints, and outcomes of Dream Resource Centers funded with grants pursuant to this article. The report shall include the data collected pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54682.
54685. This article shall be implemented only upon an appropriation by the Legislature for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or other statute.
54685. This article shall be implemented only upon an appropriation by the Legislature for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or other statute.
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would require all schools that enroll pupils in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to have a Dream Resource Center.