California Education Code Section 52055.605

(a) The Superintendent, with the approval of the state board, shall identify schools ranked in deciles 1 to 5, inclusive, of the Academic Performance Index (API). (b) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and if funds are available for this purpose, the Superintendent shall invite a second cohort of schools identified pursuant to subdivision (a) to participate in the High Priority Schools Grant Program beginning in the 2005-06 fiscal year. Schools that are receiving or have received funding pursuant to Section 52053, 52054.5, or 52055.600, and schools participating in the federal Comprehensive School Reform Program (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6511 et seq.) that did not receive funding under that federal program in the 2005-06 fiscal year are ineligible to participate in a second cohort of schools funded pursuant to subdivision (c). Schools that received funding pursuant to Section 52053 and are ineligible to participate under this subdivision may be eligible to participate in subsequent cohorts of the grant program. All schools receiving funding pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 52055.600 are subject to all terms and conditions applicable to the second cohort of the High Priority Schools Grant Program. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, schools eligible for funding under paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of, or paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of, Section 52055.600 shall not receive funds pursuant to more than one of those subdivisions. (c) First priority for participation in the High Priority Schools Grant Program shall be given to schools with a valid base API ranked in decile 1. Second priority shall be given to schools with a valid base API ranked in decile 2. Third priority shall be given to schools with a valid base API ranked in decile 3. Fourth priority shall be given to schools with a valid base API ranked in decile 4. Fifth priority shall be given to schools with a valid base API ranked in decile 5. Within each decile, priority shall be given to the lowest ranked schools on the most recent base API. (d) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), schools deemed state monitored pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 52055.650, subdivision (b) of Section 52055.5, or Section 52055.51 that have not exited state monitoring are not eligible to participate in the second cohort of the grant program.