Bill Text: CA AB1719 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Bill 1719 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Kindergarten: evaluation and annual reporting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 723, Statutes of 2014. [AB1719 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1719-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 1719	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  723
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 21, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 26, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 30, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 23, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 1, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 22, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Weber and Buchanan
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bonilla and Campos)
   (Coauthor: Senator Wolk)

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2014

   An act to add Section 48003 to, and to add and repeal Section
46116 of, the Education Code, relating to kindergarten.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1719, Weber. Kindergarten: evaluation and annual reporting.
   Existing law provides that school districts offering kindergarten
may maintain kindergarten classes at different schoolsites for
different lengths of time.
   This bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction
to provide the Legislature no later than July 1, 2017, with an
evaluation of kindergarten program implementation in the state,
including part-day and full-day kindergarten programs, as specified.
The bill would make these provisions operative only upon an
appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes.
   The bill would require a local educational agency, commencing with
the 2015-16 school year, to provide an annual report to the State
Department of Education that contains information on the type of
kindergarten program offered by the local educational agency, as
provided, in a manner determined by the department. By expanding the
duties of a local educational agency, the bill would create a
state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 46116 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   46116.  (a) No later than July 1, 2017, the Superintendent shall
provide the Legislature with an evaluation of kindergarten program
implementation in the state, including part-day and full-day
kindergarten programs. The evaluation shall include recommended best
practices for providing full-day kindergarten programs.
   (b) The evaluation shall include a sample of local educational
agencies' full day and part-day kindergarten programs from across the
state. It is the intent of the Legislature that this sample be
representative of the diversity of the state, and shall include both
urban and rural and small and large local educational agencies within
school districts.
   (c) The report required pursuant to this section shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
   (d) This section shall not become operative until the Legislature
makes an appropriation for these purposes in the annual Budget Act or
in any other statute.
   (e) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2017, and, as
of January 1, 2018, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2018, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
  SEC. 2.  Section 48003 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   48003.  Commencing with the 2015-16 school year, a local
educational agency shall provide an annual report to the State
Department of Education that contains information on the type of
kindergarten program offered by the local educational agency,
including part-day, full-day, or both, in a manner determined by the
department.
  SEC. 3.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.