Bill Text: CA AB2384 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2384 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Schoolsite councils.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2014-09-19 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB2384 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2384-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 2384	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bradford

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Sections 52852 and 52853 of the Education Code,
relating to school plans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2384, as introduced, Bradford. School plans: schoolsite
councils.
   (1) Existing law requires a schoolsite council to be established
at a school that participates in school-based program coordination.
Existing law requires the council to be composed of the principal and
representatives of teachers, other school personnel, parents, and in
secondary schools, pupils, as specified.
   This bill would add representatives of members of the community
focused on education and representatives of local service providers
working at the schoolsite, selected by the principal or the other
members the schoolsite council, to a schoolsite council. The bill
would authorize the schoolsite council or the governing board of the
school district to expand the composition of a schoolsite council
based on the operational structure of the school. The bill would
require the governing board of the school district to set term limits
for members of a schoolsite council, except for the principal.
   (2) Existing law requires, at the elementary level, a schoolsite
council to be constituted to ensure parity between (A) the principal,
classroom teachers, and other school personnel and (B) parents or
other community members selected by parents, and, at the secondary
level, existing law requires a schoolsite council to be constituted
to ensure parity between (A) the principal, classroom teachers, and
other school personnel and (B) parents, or other community members
selected by parents, and pupils.
   This bill would remove community members from the parity
calculations.
   (3) Existing law provides that an employee of a school who is also
a parent or guardian of a pupil who attends a school other than the
school of the parent's or guardian's employment, is not disqualified
by virtue of this employment from serving as a parent representative
on the schoolsite council established for the school that his or her
child or ward attends.
   This bill would prohibit an employee of a school who is also a
parent or guardian of a pupil who attends a school from serving as a
member of the schoolsite council at the school that the employee's
child or ward attends. The bill would authorize the employee to serve
on a schoolsite council at another school.
   (4) Existing law requires a schoolsite council to develop a school
plan that includes, among other things, instructional and auxiliary
services to meet the special needs of non-English-speaking or
limited-English-speaking pupils, including instruction in a language
these pupils understand, educationally disadvantaged pupils, gifted
and talented pupils, and pupils with exceptional needs.
   This bill would, among other things, add low-income pupils and
pupils in foster care to that list. The bill would require the school
plan to also include mechanisms to ensure that the objectives in the
school district's local control and accountability plan are being
adhered to. The bill would also require the governing board of a
school district to ensure that schoolsite council members receive
adequate training to implement the objectives contained in the school
district's local control and accountability plan and existing
provisions of law.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 52852 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   52852.   (a)    A schoolsite council shall be
established at each school  which   that 
participates in school-based program coordination. The council
 shall   shall, at a minimum,  be composed
of the principal and representatives  of: teachers 
 of the following: 
      (1)     Teachers  selected
by teachers at the  school;   school, 
other school personnel selected by other school personnel at the
 school;   school,  parents of pupils
attending the school selected by  such parents; and,
  the parents, and,  in secondary schools, pupils
selected by pupils attending the school. 
   (2) Community members focused on education and local service
providers working at the schoolsite selected by the principal or the
schoolsite council members selected pursuant to paragraph (1). 

   (b) The schoolsite council or the governing board of the school
district may expand the composition of a schoolsite council based on
the operational structure of the school. 
    (c)     (1)     At 
the elementary level the  schoolsite  council shall be
constituted to ensure parity between  (a)   :
(A)  the principal, classroom  teachers  
teachers,  and other school personnel; and  (b) parents
or other community members selected by   (B) 
parents.  Members selected pursuant to paragraph (2) of
subdivision (a) shall not be included in the parity calculation.
 
   At 
    (2)     At  the secondary level the
 schoolsite  council shall be constituted to ensure parity
between  (a)   : (A)  the principal,
classroom  teachers   teachers,  and other
school personnel; and  (b)   (B)  equal
numbers of  parents, or other community members selected by
parents,   parents  and pupils.  Members
selected pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a)  
  shall not be included in the parity calculation. 

   At 
      (3)     At  both the
elementary and secondary levels, classroom teachers shall comprise
the majority of persons represented under category  (a)
  (A)  . 
   Existing 
    (   d)     Existing 
schoolwide advisory groups or school support groups may be utilized
as the schoolsite council if those groups conform to this section.

   The 
    (e)     The  Superintendent 
of Public Instruction  shall provide several examples of
selection and replacement procedures that may be considered by
schoolsite councils. 
   An 
    (f)     (1)     An 
employee of a school who is also a parent or guardian of a pupil who
attends a school other than the school of the parent's or guardian's
employment, is not disqualified by virtue of this employment from
serving as a parent representative on the schoolsite council
established for the school that  his or her  
the employee's  child or ward attends. 
   (2) An employee of a school who is also a parent or guardian of a
pupil who attends a school shall not serve as a member of the
schoolsite council at the school that the employee's child or ward
attends. The employee may serve as a schoolsite council member at a
school other than the one that his or her child attends.  
   (g) Except for the principal, the governing board of the school
district shall set term limits for schoolsite council members. 
  SEC. 2.  Section 52853 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   52853.  (a)  The   A  schoolsite council
shall develop a school plan  which   that 
shall include all of the following:
   (1) Curricula, instructional  strategies  
strategies,  and materials responsive to the individual needs
and learning styles of each pupil.
   (2) Instructional and auxiliary services to meet the special needs
of non-English-speaking or limited-English-speaking pupils,
including instruction in a language these pupils  understand;
  understand,  educationally disadvantaged
 pupils;  pupils, low-income pupils, pupils in
foster care,  gifted and talented  pupils; 
 pupils,  and pupils with exceptional needs.
   (3) A staff development program for teachers, other school
personnel, paraprofessionals, and volunteers, including those
participating in special programs. Staff development programs may
include the use of program guidelines that have been developed by the
 superintendent   Superintendent  for
specific learning disabilities, including dyslexia, and other related
disorders. The strategies included in the guidelines and
instructional materials that focus on successful approaches for
working with pupils who have been prenatally substance exposed, 
suffered trauma,  as well as other at-risk pupils, may also be
provided to teachers.
   (4) Ongoing evaluation of the educational program of the school.
   (5) Other activities and objectives as established by the 
schoolsite  council.
   (6) The proposed expenditures of funds available to the school
through the programs described in Section 52851. For purposes of this
subdivision, proposed expenditures of funds available to the school
through the programs described in Section 52851 shall include, but
not be limited to, salaries and staff benefits for persons providing
services for those programs.
   (7) The proposed expenditure of funds available to the school
through the federal Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (IASA)
(20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.) and its amendments. If the school
operates a state-approved schoolwide program pursuant to Section 6314
of Title 20 of the United States Code in a manner consistent with
the expenditure of funds available to the school pursuant to Section
52851, employees of the schoolwide program may be deemed funded by a
single cost objective. 
   (8) (A) Mechanisms to ensure that the objectives in the school
district's local control and accountability plan are being adhered
to.  
   (B) The governing board of a school district shall ensure that
schoolsite council members receive adequate training to implement the
objectives contained in the school district's local control and
accountability plan and existing provisions of law. 
   (b) The schoolsite council shall annually review the school plan,
establish a new budget, and if necessary, make other modifications in
the plan to reflect changing needs and priorities.