AB 1701: California State University: Jump Start Grant Program.

This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California State University Jump Start Grant Program.

As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply:

(a)Chancellors office means the office of the Chancellor of the California State University.

(b)Program means the Jump Start Grant Program established pursuant to Section 89428.

(a)The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1)In response to the passage of Proposition 58, the California Education for a Global Economy Initiative, at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, promoting and supporting the establishment of bilingual and multilingual programs, the need for credentialed teachers with a bilingual authorization has increased.

(2)Before the passage of Proposition 227 at the June 2, 1998, statewide primary election, roughly 30 percent of English learners were served in bilingual classrooms. By 2008 participation declined to under 5 percent.

(3)Over time, this decline in participation led to a reduction of teachers with bilingual authorizations from approximately 1,200 to 1,800 teachers annually in the mid- to late 1990s to just 1,488 teachers in the 201516 school year.

(4)Currently, 42 of 80 teacher preparation programs offer a bilingual authorization. Californias teacher preparation programs must meet the demand for bilingual and multilingual programs and expand the number of California State Universities offering bilingual authorizations as part of teacher credentialing.

(5)Californias move to transform transitional kindergarten into a universal preschool program by 2025 for children who are four years of age will create the need for as many as 11,000 additional lead transitional kindergarten teachers.

(6)Increasing the number of tenured and limited term faculty members for the bilingual and multilingual programs in teacher preparation programs must take place to accommodate enrollment in new teacher preparation programs and expand existing teacher preparation programs to address the current and future shortage of bilingual teachers.

(b)It is the intent of the Legislature to accomplish both of the following:

(1)Increase the capacity of bilingual education teachers in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, classrooms and bilingual education teachers of dual language learners in transitional kindergarten programs by doing both of the following:

(A)Increasing the number of tenured and limited term faculty at teacher preparation programs offering bilingual authorization programs.

(B)Preparing full-time and part-time limited term faculty to move into tenured positions in the bilingual authorization programs of teacher preparation programs.

(2)Provide funding to the California State University targeted specifically for the recruitment and retention of tenure-track and full-time and part-time limited term faculty for bilingual authorization programs offered by teacher preparation programs.

(a)The Jump Start Grant Program is hereby established for the purpose of increasing the number of tenure-track and full-time and part-time limited term bilingual faculty for bilingual authorization programs of accredited schools of education maintained by the California State University.

(b)Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be provided annually for five consecutive fiscal years, commencing with the 202324 fiscal year, to the California State University to recruit and retain full-time or part-time limited term or tenure track bilingual faculty for bilingual authorization programs of accredited schools of education maintained by the California State University.

(c)The chancellors office shall do both of the following:

(1)Allocate the grant funds pursuant to this paragraph on a competitive basis to accredited schools of education with existing bilingual authorization programs or accredited schools of education that will establish a bilingual authorization program.

(2)On or before March 1, 2023, develop the grant application and selection process, including the criteria to be used for awarding grants.

(d)A school of education that applies for a grant pursuant to this chapter shall do all of the following:

(1)Demonstrate the need to increase the number of bilingual tenure-track faculty, bilingual limited-term faculty, or both.

(2)Increase the number of credentialed teachers with bilingual authorizations.

(3)Estimate in its grant application the number of students enrolled in a teacher preparation program to be served by a grant received under the program.

(4)Identify elementary and secondary schools with a total pupil enrollment of English learners of 15 percent or more, for preservice clinical experiences in bilingual, multilingual, or dual immersion programs.

(5)Provide a written commitment to support the awarded grant through matching funds or in-kind contributions.

(6)Provide assurances to sustain the new faculty and bilingual authorization programs after the grant funds have been expended.

(a)A school of education awarded a grant pursuant to this chapter, beginning one year after initially receiving the grant award, shall annually report its progress towards meeting the estimates included in its grant application to the chancellors office in a form and manner determined by the chancellors office.

(b)On or before July 1, 2028, the chancellors office shall submit a final report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature and the Department of Finance, disaggregated by the schools of education awarded the grants.

(c)The final report shall include all of the following information:

(1)The number of full-time and part-time limited term and tenure track bilingual faculty hired for the bilingual authorization programs of the schools of education.

(2)The number of full-time or part-time limited term faculty moved to tenure track positions for the bilingual authorization programs of the schools of education.

(3)A description of goals or targets, including both of the following:

(A)If the goals or targets were met, a description of how the goals or targets were met.

(B)If the goals or targets were unmet, a description of the challenges or barriers that prevented meeting the goals or targets.

(4)In addition to the grant funds, all other funds, disaggregated by fund source, used to support the program.

(5)A description of how limited-term and tenured-faculty positions will be maintained and funded after the grant funds have been expended.

(a)Grants awarded to schools of education pursuant to this chapter shall supplement, not supplant, state or federal funds appropriated to schools of education for the purpose of hiring tenure track and full-time or part-time limited term faculty.

(b)This chapter shall become operative only upon an appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or in another statute for purposes of this chapter.