Bill Text: CA AB1153 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: School accountability: local control and accountability plans: posting: evaluation rubrics.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Senate committee without further action. [AB1153 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB1153-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1153 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 20, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Calderon
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
An act to amend Section Sections 52064 and
52065 of the Education Code, relating to school
accountability.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1153, as amended, Calderon. School accountability: local
control and accountability plans: posting: evaluation
rubrics data. rubrics.
Existing law required, requires, on
or before July 1, 2014, the governing boards of school districts and
county boards of education to adopt a local control and
accountability plan using a state template adopted by the State Board
of Education. Existing law requires the local control and
accountability plan to include, among other things, a description of
annual goals for all pupils and specified subgroups of pupils to be
achieved for each state priority, as specified, and a description of
the specific actions the school district or county superintendent of
schools will take to achieve those goals. Existing law requires the
state board, on or before October 1, 2015, to adopt evaluation
rubrics to, for purposes of, among
other things, assist assisting a school
district, county office of education, or charter school in
evaluating its strengths, weaknesses, and areas that require
improvement.
This bill would require, on or before January 31, 2017, the state
board to consider a revision to the template to include a section or
appendix sufficient to monitor actual progress on certain outcomes.
Existing law requires governing boards of school districts and
county boards of education to annually adopt or revise local control
and accountability plans that align with the annual budget and
contain specified elements. Existing law requires
superintendents the superintendent of a
school districts district and
a county superintendents
superintendent of schools to post on the Internet Web site of
his or her school districts
district or county offices office
of education, as appropriate, applicable,
the local control and accountability plans
plan approved by the governing board of the school
district or the county board of education, as appropriate,
applicable, and any updates or revisions to
the local control and accountability plans
plan approved by the appropriate
applicable governing bodies. Existing law also
requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to post links to
all local control and accountability plans approved by the governing
boards of school districts and county boards of education.
This bill would additionally require school districts,
districts and county superintendents of
schools, and the Superintendent schools to post
their respective populated evaluation rubric
data rubric on their respective Internet Web
sites, except as specified. The bill also would
require the Superintendent to post the evaluation rubrics adopted by
the state board to its Internet Web site. By imposing
additional duties on school district and county office of education
officials, the bill would impose 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.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 52064 of the
Education Code is amended to read:
52064. (a) On or before March 31, 2014, the state board shall
adopt templates for the following purposes:
(1) For use by school districts to meet the requirements of
Sections 52060 to 52063, inclusive.
(2) For use by county superintendents of schools to meet the
requirements of Sections 52066 to 52069, inclusive.
(3) For use by charter schools to meet the requirements of Section
47606.5.
(b) The templates developed by the state board shall allow a
school district, county superintendent of schools, or charter school
to complete a single local control and accountability plan to meet
the requirements of this article and the requirements of the federal
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 related to local educational agency
plans pursuant to Section 1112 of Subpart 1 of Part A of Title I of
Public Law 107-110. The state board shall also take steps to minimize
duplication of effort at the local level to the greatest extent
possible. The template shall include guidance for school districts,
county superintendents of schools, and charter schools to report both
of the following:
(1) A listing and description of expenditures for the 2014-15
fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, implementing the
specific actions included in the local control and accountability
plan.
(2) A listing and description of expenditures for the 2014-15
fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, that will serve the
pupils to whom one or more of the definitions in Section 42238.01
apply and pupils redesignated as fluent English proficient.
(c) If possible, the templates identified in paragraph (2) of
subdivision (a) for use by county superintendents of schools shall
allow a county superintendent of schools to develop a single local
control and accountability plan that would also satisfy the
requirements of Section 48926.
(d) The state board shall adopt the template pursuant to the
requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5
(commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of
the Government Code). The state board may adopt emergency
regulations for purposes of implementing this section. The adoption
of emergency regulations shall be deemed an emergency and necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety,
or general welfare.
(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (d), the state board may adopt the
template in accordance with the requirements of the Bagley-Keene
Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of
Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
When adopting the template pursuant to the requirements of the
Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, the state board shall present the
template at a regular meeting and may only take action to adopt the
template at a subsequent regular meeting. This subdivision shall
become inoperative on January 31, 2018.
(f) Revisions to a template or evaluation rubric shall be approved
by the state board by January 31 before the fiscal year during which
the template or evaluation rubric is to be used by a school
district, county superintendent of schools, or charter school.
(g) On or before January 31, 2017, the state board shall consider
a revision to the template to include a section or appendix
sufficient to monitor actual progress on outcomes adopted pursuant to
subdivision (c) of Section 52064.5.
(g)
(h) The adoption of a template or evaluation rubric by
the state board shall not create a requirement for a governing board
of a school district, a county board of education, or a governing
body of a charter school to submit a local control and accountability
plan to the state board, unless otherwise required by federal law.
The Superintendent shall not require a local control and
accountability plan to be submitted by a governing board of a school
district or the governing body of a charter school to the state
board. The state board may adopt a template or evaluation rubric that
would authorize a school district or a charter school to submit to
the state board only the sections of the local control and
accountability plan required by federal law.
SECTION 1. SEC. 2. Section 52065 of
the Education Code is amended to read:
52065. (a) The superintendent of a school district shall post on
the Internet Web site of the school district any local control and
accountability plan approved by the governing board of the school
district, any updates or revisions to a local control and
accountability plan approved by the governing board of the school
district, and , if available, the school district's
populated evaluation rubric data.
unless the state board revises the template for the local
control and accountability plan pursuant to subdivision (g) of
Section 52064.
(b) A county superintendent of schools shall do all of the
following:
(1) Post on the Internet Web site of the county office of
education any local control and accountability plan approved by the
county board of education, any updates or revisions to a local
control and accountability plan approved by the county board of
education, and , if available, the county office of
education's populated evaluation rubric data.
unless the state board revises the template for the
local control and accountability plan pursuant to subdivision (g) of
Section 52064.
(2) Post all local control and accountability plans submitted by
school districts and the school district's evaluation rubric
data, districts, or links to those
plans and data, plans, on the Internet Web site
of the county office of education.
(3) Transmit or otherwise make available to the Superintendent all
local control and accountability plans submitted to the county
superintendent of schools by school districts and the local control
and accountability plan approved by the county board of education.
(c) The Superintendent shall post links to all local control and
accountability plans approved by the governing boards of school
districts and county boards of education, the evaluation
rubrics adopted by the state board, and each school district's and
county office of education's evaluation rubric data
education on the Internet Web site of the department.
SEC. 2. 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.
