The law would require districts that now use more than 10 percent of classroom space for such programs to maintain them.

The plan also required local districts to hold increases in their new budgets to 3 percent.

A policy to promote high achievement for all could require districts that wanted to spend more than the target amount to share their resources.

The California Supreme Court required the district to come up with a plan in 1977.

The state Department of Education requires each district to have a dress code, though there are no particular guidelines.

The grant required the district to develop a lengthly literacy plan, which included outreach into the community.

The state's tenure law requires the district to keep paying the teachers salaries and benefits, amounting to about $45,000 each a year.

The state requires each district to have a three year special education plan to meet the unique needs of its special education students.

Since its passage, the governor said, the law has often required districts to clear cumbersome bureaucratic hurdles.

To qualify for the money, the State passed a law requiring districts to adopt teacher evaluation systems, but gave the unions veto authority.