(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that a primary goal of the Single Gender Academies Pilot Program is to increase the diversity of California`s public educational offering by making single gender academies available to those pupils of each gender who because of their unique educational needs will benefit from single gender education. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that single gender academies operated pursuant to this chapter shall be tailored to the differing needs and learning styles of boys as a group and girls as a group. It is further the intent of the Legislature that if a particular program or curriculum is available to one gender, it shall also be available to those pupils in the other gender who would benefit from the particular program or curriculum. (c) It is further the intent of the Legislature that single gender academies operated pursuant to this chapter offer the following: (1) Diversity in educational opportunity. (2) Equal opportunities at both boys` and girls` academies. (3) Equal funding and facilities at both boys` and girls` academies.
