In furtherance of its constitutional and legal requirement to offer special language assistance to children coming from backgrounds of limited English proficiency, the state shall encourage family members and others to provide personal English language tutoring to such children, and support these efforts by raising the general level of English language knowledge in the community. Commencing with the fiscal year in which this initiative is
enacted and for each of the nine fiscal years following thereafter, a sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) per year is hereby appropriated from the General Fund for the purpose of providing additional funding for free or subsidized programs of adult English language instruction to parents or other members of the community who pledge to provide personal English language tutoring to California school children with limited English proficiency.
Article 4Community-Based English Tutoring
Section § 315
The state encourages families and community members to help children who struggle with English by providing them personal English tutoring. To support this effort, California will spend $50 million each year for ten years on programs that teach English to adults in the community who promise to tutor these kids. This funding is meant to boost general English skills in the community and aid children with limited English proficiency.
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Section § 316
This section discusses funding for programs offered by schools or community organizations. The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction manages the funds, while local school boards decide how to spend them, following guidelines from the State Board of Education.
Programs funded pursuant to this section shall be provided through schools or community organizations. Funding for these programs shall be administered by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and shall be disbursed at the discretion of the local school boards, under reasonable guidelines established by, and subject to the review of, the State Board of Education.
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