Supplemental Instruction: Low STAR/At Risk of Retention (Flexible Funds)

Funding Description

Funding for this program is unrestricted pursuant to SBX3 4 (Chapter 12, Statutes of 2009), enacted February 2009. For additional information, please refer to the Action on 2008 and 2009 Budget Acts Web page.

Before 2008-09, the funds were allocated to school districts, county offices of education and charter schools (local educational agencies) that provided programs of direct, systematic, and intensive supplemental instruction to pupils enrolled in second through sixth grade, inclusive, who have been identified as having a deficiency in mathematics, reading, or written expression based on the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) scores and/or identified as being at risk of retention.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Local educational agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	Local educational agencies (LEAs) that received funding in 2007-08 and direct-funded charter schools that began operation in 2008-09 and received funding at the Recertified First Principal Apportionment are eligible for funds.
Other Eligibility Considerations	Not applicable
Eligible Grade Level(s)	Not applicable
Eligible Age Level(s)	Not applicable

Funding

Legal Authority	Education Code Section 42605. Funds appropriated in item 6110-104-0001(3) of the Budget Act of 2009 (Chapter 1 of the 2009-10 Third Extraordinary Session) as amended by ABX4 1 (Chapter 1 of the 2009-10 Fourth Extraordinary Session), and in Section 38 of SBX3 4 (Chapter 12, Statutes of 2009).
Source / Type	State / Apportionment
State Fiscal Year	2009-10
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	0000 / 8590
Total Available	$16,924,000
Recipient Amount	See allocation formula.
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	Of the total $16,924,000 funding available, $12,234,000 is available in 2009-10 and $4,690,000 is deferred until 2010-11. Funding for this program from fiscal years 2008-09 through 2012-13 will be based on 2007-08 and 2008-09 (direct-funded charter schools that began operation in 2008-09) funding levels. LEAs will receive the same percentage of the available funding as they received from the allocated funds in 2007-08 or 2008-09 (direct-funded charter schools that began operation in 2008-09).

Important Dates

Date Application Available	Unavailable
Due Date	Unavailable
Expected Notification Date	February 20, 2010

Additional Information

Application	Unavailable
Background	Frequent Questions -- Supplemental Instruction  [http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/lr/pr/faqsi.asp]
Fiscal	Principal Apportionment [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/pa/]
Flexibility	Action on the 2008 and 2009 Budget Acts
Other	The funding for this program is now flexible pursuant to Education Code Section 42605. LEAs may utilize all of their program funds to provide services for the program or they may use all or part of their program funds for other educational purposes and/or other categorical programs. Funds are paid through the Principal Apportionment. Principal Apportionment amounts are calculated three times for each fiscal year: The First Principal Apportionment (P-1) is certified by February 20th, the Second Principal Apportionment (P-2) is certified by July 2nd, and the Annual calculation is certified by February 20th of the following year (at the same time as the following year's P-1 certification).

Contacts

Program	Elementary Education Office, 916-319-0839, PPRCDE@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Judy Gonzalez, 916-324-4557, JGonzalez@cde.ca.gov
Division	School Fiscal Services Division, 916-324-4541 (phone), 916-322-5102 (fax)