(a) The sum of two hundred fifteen million dollars ($215,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Superintendent to augment the Literacy Coaches and Reading Specialists Grant Program established in Section 137 of Chapter 52 of the Statutes of 2022, as amended by Sections 104 and 115 of Chapter 48 of the Statutes of 2023. Funds appropriated for this purpose are available for encumbrance through June 30, 2029. (b) (1) Of the amount appropriated in subdivision (a), two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be allocated by the Superintendent to local educational agencies for eligible schoolsites to develop school literacy programs, including dual language immersion and other programs for multilingual learners, employ and develop literacy coaches and specialists, and develop and implement interventions for pupils in need of targeted literacy support, including English learners. A local educational agency may opt not to participate in the program pursuant to this subdivision by informing the department, by September 30, 2025, using a form provided by the department, of the local educational agencyâs intent to decline program funds for their eligible schoolsites and the local educational agency. A local educational agency that receives funding pursuant to this section may also be eligible for the Reading and Literacy Supplementary Authorization Incentive Grant Program. (2) The department shall allocate funding under paragraph (1) based on an amount per pupil enrolled in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 3, inclusive, at each eligible schoolsite, except that no local educational agency shall receive less than four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000) per eligible schoolsite. Grant amounts shall be determined using 2024â25 school enrollment data determined as of the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System Fall 1 Certification. For purposes of allocations and apportionments under this paragraph, a locally funded charter school shall be included with the chartering authority. (3) A local educational agency receiving grant funding pursuant to this subdivision is encouraged to use these funds over the full grant period, through June 30, 2029. (4) On or before June 30, 2027, and June 30, 2029, respectively, a recipient local educational agency shall submit an interim and final report to the department detailing how it used funds awarded pursuant to this subdivision using a reporting template developed by the department for the purposes of this requirement. Specifically for literacy, the report shall include all of the following: (A) How funds were used to employ literacy coaches and specialists for its eligible schoolsites. (B) How funds were used to develop, improve, and expand upon school literacy programs, including English Language Development and dual language immersion programs, and other programs for multilingual learners. (C) How expenditures impacted pupilsâ literacy achievement, including achievement of high need pupil groups. (D) How the local educational agency plans to continue to fund literacy coaches and reading and literacy and bilingual specialists past the award period. (E) Other metrics as determined by the department. (5) For purposes of this subdivision, the following definitions apply: (A) âEligible schoolsiteâ means a schoolsite with an unduplicated pupil percentage of 94 percent or greater for pupils enrolled in kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, based on 2024â25 Fall 1 census day pupil data submitted through the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System that did not receive funding pursuant to Section 137 of Chapter 52 of the Statutes of 2022, as amended by Section 104 of Chapter 48 of the Statutes of 2023, or Section 115 of Chapter 48 of the Statutes of 2023. The unduplicated pupil percentage for a schoolsite shall be calculated by dividing the sum of the number of unduplicated pupils, as defined in Section 42238.02, by each schoolsiteâ
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