Bill Text: CA AB1072 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Community development: California Promise Neighborhoods

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-08-25 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB1072 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB1072-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1072	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fuentes

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

    An act relating to education.   An act to
add Article 9 (commencing with Section 12092) to Chapter 1 of Part 2
of Division 3 of Title 1 of the Government Code, relating to
community development. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1072, as amended, Fuentes.  Education:  
Community development:  California Promise  Neighborhood
  Neighborhoods  Initiative. 
   Existing law provides for various community development programs
in the state.  
   Executive Order S-05-10 created the Office of Economic Development
in the Governor's office, for the purpose of coordinating economic
development activities in the state.  
   This bill would establish the California Promise Neighborhoods
Initiative in the Office of Economic Development. It would require
the office to establish 40 promise neighborhoods throughout the
state, according to specified criteria, to maximize collective
efforts within a community to improve the health, safety, education,
and economic development of each neighborhood. It would require the
office to use existing state resources and federal funds to implement
these provisions, and authorize the office to accept financial
support from other public or private sources for these purposes.
 
   Existing law establishes the public school system in this state
and, among other things, provides for the establishment of school
districts throughout the state and for their provision of instruction
at the public elementary and secondary schools they operate and
maintain.  
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would establish and support a California Promise
Neighborhood Initiative to develop a system of promise neighborhoods
in the most distressed communities throughout the state for the
purpose of improving the long-term educational and economic outcome
of pupils by, among other things, supporting efforts to improve
outcomes that are communicated and analyzed by the state and local
leaders and members of the community, identifying and increasing the
capacity of eligible entities to build a college and career-going
culture in the neighborhood, and building a continuum of academic,
family, and community supports with effective high schools at the
center. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    The Legislature hereby finds and
declares as follows:  
   (a) California continues to endure an unprecedented economic and
educational crisis that will have continuing ramifications on the
health, safety, education, and economic development of the most
underserved communities.  
   (b) The Harlem Children's Zone in New York has demonstrated the
lasting benefits of developing a network of support services to
revitalize an entire community focusing on the social, health, and
educational development of children.  
   (c) The federal Promise Neighborhoods Initiative, inspired by the
Harlem Children's Zone, seeks to develop a cradle-to-career pipeline
of support services in specific neighborhoods that will transform
communities.  
   (d) Central to the development of the Harlem Children's Zone and
the federal Promise Neighborhoods Initiative has been the use of data
to drive real-time decisionmaking and program improvement. 

   (e) More than 42 communities in California applied for the federal
Promise Neighborhoods Initiative grant. The three California
communities of Hayward, Pacoima, and Pico-Aliso were among the 21
communities selected nationwide.  
   (f) Many of the communities that were not selected by the federal
government continue to work on developing community plans, given that
cross-community planning provides lasting benefits in aligning and
maximizing resources in a given community.  
   (g) Establishing a network of services to serve specific families
breaks down many unnecessary barriers and silos in the effective
delivery of programs and services.  
   (h) The alignment of local, state, and federal resources can
maximize existing dollars and better serve specific communities.

   SEC. 2.    Article 9 (commencing with Section 12092)
is added to Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 1 of the 
 Government Code   , to read:  

      Article 9.  California Promise Neighborhoods Initiative


   12092.  (a) The California Promise Neighborhoods Initiative is
hereby established in the Office of Economic Development in the
Governor's office to develop a system of promise neighborhoods
throughout the state to support children's development from cradle to
career.
   (b) (1) The purpose of the promise neighborhoods shall be to
maximize collective efforts within a community to improve the health,
safety, education, and economic development of each neighborhood.
   (2) Participation by local agencies in the initiative shall be
voluntary.
   (c) Commencing July 2012, the office shall develop an application
process for eligible entities to apply for sites to become promise
neighborhoods pursuant to this article.
   (d) (1) The office shall establish 40 promise neighborhoods by
January 1, 2014. Except as provided in paragraph (2), the office
shall select promise neighborhoods from applicants that meet
eligibility criteria set forth in Section 12093, have developed cross
community plans, and have established alignment of resources with
local cities and counties.
   (2) The three communities selected for the federal Promise
Neighborhoods Initiative, Hayward, Pacoima, and Pico-Aliso, shall be
included among the 40 promise neighborhoods established pursuant to
paragraph (1).
   (e) The office shall work with the State Department of Education,
the Employment Development Department, the California Health and
Human Services Agency, the Business, Transportation and Housing
Agency, the California Children and Families Commission, the
California Community Colleges, the California State University, the
Student Aid Commission, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and
at its option, the University of California, in implementing this
article.
   (f) The office shall use existing state resources and available
federal funds to implement this article. If state or federal funds
are not available or sufficient, the office may apply for and accept
grants and receive donations, and other financial support from public
or private sources for purposes of this article.
   12093.  (a) A nonprofit organization that meets the requirements
of this section is eligible to apply for designation of a
neighborhood in which it operates as a promise neighborhood pursuant
to this article.
   (b) An eligible applicant shall have at least one the following
partners as part of its application:
   (1) Another community organization.
   (2) A child development organization.
   (3) A school district.
   (4) A postsecondary institution.
   (5) A city.
   (6) A county.
   (7) Business or industry.
   (c) An eligible applicant shall have a cross-community plan.
   (d) An eligible applicant shall establish geographic boundaries
for the promise neighborhood. The geographic area shall meet at least
all of the following criteria:
   (1) Contain one or more high schools and feeder schools, and have
low high school graduation rates.
   (2) Have high poverty rates.
   (3) Have high unemployment.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would establish and support a California
Promise Neighborhood Initiative to develop a system of promise
neighborhoods in the most distressed communities throughout the state
for the purpose of improving the long-term educational and economic
outcome of pupils by doing all of the following:
   (a) Supporting efforts to improve outcomes that are communicated
and analyzed by the state leaders, local leaders, and members of the
community.
   (b) Identifying and increasing the capacity of eligible entities
to build a college and career going culture in the neighborhood.
   (c) Building a continuum of academic, family, and community
supports with effective high schools at the center.
   (d) Integrating programs and breaking down silos between agencies,
departments, and institutions, including, but not limited to,
educational agencies, workforce agencies, health and human service
departments, educational institutions, housing departments, mental
health agencies, public safety departments, and business development
departments.
   (e) Working with local governments to sustain and "scale up"
proven solutions.
   (f) Learning about the overall impact of promise neighborhoods and
about the relationship between particular strategies in promise
neighborhoods and pupil outcomes.