The commission shall assist and advise the State Board of Education in the evaluation of the program achievement of educational programs, in the determination of the relative cost effectiveness of educational programs, and shall make recommendations concerning the expanded use, modification, or replacement of educational programs so as to produce a higher degree of program achievement and cost effectiveness. The commission shall also serve as an advisory body to the State Board of Education on program budgeting and accounting systems for school districts.

(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)