Is an LEA required to spend some portion of its funding for SB 472 professional development?
LEAs may utilize all of their Mathematics and Reading Professional Development Program funds to provide services for the program or they may use all or part of their funds for other educational purposes and/or other categorical programs. LEAs will be deemed to be in compliance with program and funding requirements contained in statutory, regulatory, and provisional language.
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- Must schools in improvement spend 10% of their Title I, Part A funds on professional development, in addition to the district’s required set-aside of 20% for choice and supplemental services?
- If the LEA has already contracted with a SBE-approved AB 430 professional development provider to provide training, will the LEA be bound to the contract?
- If an LEA participates in AB 430 professional development, is it required to contract with an AB 430 SBE-approved provider for those services?