QEIA Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
About QEIA ...
SB1133 established the Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA) of 2006 for the purpose of implementing the Prop 98 settlement agreement between CTA, et al. v. Schwarzenegger, et al. SB1133 will provide $3 billion over the next seven years to 488 low performing schools in California. These schools, ranked in the lowest two deciles by the state's 2005 Academic Performance Index, have high percentages of low-income, minority and English learners.
QEIA schools will receive $500 for each K-3 pupil, $900 for each student in grades 4-8, and $1000 for each student in grades 9-12. For the 2007-2008 year, schools will receive two-thirds of this amount to assist them in planning and preparing for implementation in 2008-09. QEIA funds will assist schools in closing the achievement gap by reducing class size, improving teacher and principal training, and adding counselors to high schools.
The Kern High School District has six school that applied for and were awarded QEIA funding. Those six schools are:
- Arvin High School
- East Bakersfield High School
- Foothill High School
- Highland High School
- North High School
- West High School