The State Board of Education has given Harvard $40,012 to aid in the desegregation of Roxbury High School in accordance with Phase II of Judge W. Arthur Garrity's desegregation program.

Under the plan, 23 Boston colleges have received funds to plan integration-oriented curricula for high schools they have been paired with. Harvard's grant was based on a proposal by the office of Paul N. Ylvisaker, dean of the Graduate School of Education.

Kenneth W. Haskins, a lecturer on Education and coordinator of the program, said yesterday that the funds will be used for preliminary planning only.

'Honest Process'

"We really don't know what we are going to do," he said. "The most important thing is that an honest process be carried out. We must sit down with parents, teachers and students. We'll plan with them--we won't work with preconceived ideas."

Some of the proposed projects include instituting technical courses not currently offered in public schools and starting ethnic and bilingual programs.

Too Early To Tell

"It is hard at this point to say what will be implemented." Haskins said, "but by the middle of August we'll at least have an idea of the way we'll begin in September."

Carl Fuller, a spokesman at the State Board of Equal Educational Opportunity, said that the Massachusetts Legislature is currently debating a bill that would provide $3 million to carry out the universities' suggested programs.

"There are a lot of variables," Fuller said, referring to the pairing of colleges and high schools. "At this time we can't see whether this will be the answer."