California Education Code Section 63054

(a) A school district approved for participation in the pilot project may expend the funds from the programs in the school improvement and staff development cluster to improve the quality of instruction and to improve pupil performance and shall expend those funds in a manner that is consistent with the intent of those programs taken as a whole. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 63052, a school district is not exempt from the program requirements concerning schoolsite plans and councils. (c) The schoolsite council and the governing board of the school district shall approve the schoolsite expenditure plans and budgets for the funds received for the purposes of the school improvement and staff development cluster.