California State University: Jump Start Grant Program.

Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The California State University comprises 23 institutions of higher education located throughout the state. This bill would establish the California State University Jump Start Grant Program to increase the number of tenure-track and full-time and part-time limited term bilingual faculty for bilingual authorization programs of accredited schools of education. The bill would require the office of the Chancellor of the California State University and schools of education to take certain actions related to the program, and would require the chancellor's office and each school of education awarded a grant under the program to report program information, as specified. The bill would require funds awarded to schools of education to supplement any other state or federal funds appropriated to schools of education for the purpose of hiring tenure track and full-time or part-time limited term faculty. The bill would make these provisions operative only upon an appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or in another statute for purposes of the program.