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Can we use QEIA funding to pay substitute teachers who cover for QEIA funded teachers?

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Can we use QEIA funding to pay substitute teachers who cover for QEIA funded teachers?

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The QEIA statute does not prohibit hiring substitute teachers who cover for QEIA funded teachers. However, you should check with your business services office and local contracts office just to make sure that it meets any local rules and regulations. • EC Section 52055.760(c)(2) provides that one of the criteria for the ability to use an alternative program is that “the costs of complying with the proposed alternative requirements do not exceed the amount of funding received by the school district or chartering authority pursuant to this article.” Is this language intended to prevent districts from claiming additional funding from the state for alternative programs, or does it prohibit districts from spending some of their own resources to supplement state QEIA funding? If the latter, can districts draw a distinction between program “requirements,” which would be funded exclusively with QEIA funding, and other locally provided services that would support the goals of the alternative pr

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