Cal. EDC § 2582

(a) The sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the department for allocation to the Kern County Superintendent of Schools to augment the Mathematics Professional Learning Partnership, established by Section 114 of Chapter 38 of the Statutes of 2024 and augmented by Section 95 of Chapter 8 of the Statutes of 2025, to further support educator training, including mathematics coaches, teachers, and school administrators for implementation of the new mathematics curriculum framework in local educational agencies.

(1) The Mathematics Professional Learning Partnership shall continue to support the California Mathematics Project along with its other existing partners and shall expand upon collaborations with the Rural Math Collaborative to provide training in and support mathematics coaching in local educational agencies in rural areas. These support providers shall also train coaches who can be deployed to provide mathematics coaching in schools and local educational agencies with the highest need of support.

(2) The Kern County Superintendent of Schools shall use these funds to build upon the expenditure plan submitted to the Department of Finance pursuant to Section 95 of Chapter 8 of the Statutes of 2025 and shall submit a revised expenditure plan to the Department of Finance for approval by October 1, 2026.

(b) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the appropriation made by subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be “General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts,” as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202, for the 2025–26 fiscal year, and included within the “total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B,” as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the 2025–26 fiscal year.