School employees: professional development: mathematics and science.

Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary education, with instruction provided by school districts at schoolsites throughout the state. The State Department of Education, under the administration of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, has numerous duties with respect to the funding and conduct of the instructional activities undertaken by school districts. This bill, subject to an appropriation for its purposes, and in order to strengthen the statewide infrastructure and capacity to support teacher professional development in science and mathematics, would require the Superintendent, in consultation with the executive director of the State Board of Education, to designate at least one county office of education to serve as the fiscal agent for the California Partnership for Math and Science Education (CAPMSE) and to allocate $62,000,000 over 3 fiscal years to CAPMSE to support professional development, as provided.