Pupil instruction: Freedom School Summer Demonstration Pilot Program.

Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 1 to 6, inclusive, to include instruction in specified areas of study, including social sciences, health, and English, as provided. Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer courses in specified areas of study, including social sciences and English, as provided. This bill, which would become operative only upon appropriation by the Legislature for its purposes, would establish the Freedom School Summer Demonstration Pilot Program under the administration of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in consultation with the State Board of Education, to develop summer literacy and learning loss mitigation programs for public school pupils, as provided. The bill would establish the Freedom School Summer Demonstration Fund as the initial depository of all moneys appropriated, donated, or otherwise received for the program and would require the Superintendent, in collaboration with the state board, to distribute moneys in the fund to local educational agencies selected to participate in the program, as specified.