Bill Text: CA AB1834 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 1834 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Education finance: local control funding formula: supplemental and concentration grants.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-17 - Referred to Com. on ED. [AB1834 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB1834-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1834

Introduced by Assembly Members Weber and Quirk-Silva

January 06, 2020

An act to add Section 42238.08 to the Education Code, relating to education finance.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1834, as introduced, Weber. Education finance: local control funding formula: supplemental and concentration grants.

Existing law establishes a public school financing system that requires state funding for county superintendents of schools, school districts, and charter schools to be calculated pursuant to a local control funding formula, as specified. Existing law requires funding pursuant to the local control funding formula to include, in addition to a base grant, supplemental and concentration grant add-ons that are based on the percentage of pupils who are English learners, foster youth, or eligible for free or reduced-price meals, as specified, served by the county superintendent of schools, school district, or charter school. Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt regulations that govern the expenditure of funds apportioned pursuant to the supplemental and concentration grant add-ons.

This bill would require the State Department of Education to develop, on or before January 1, 2021, a tracking mechanism for school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to use to report the types of services on which they spend their supplemental and concentration grant funds. The bill would require each local educational agency, commencing July 1, 2021, to annually report to the department the types of services on which it spends its supplemental and concentration grant funds using the tracking mechanism developed by the department. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, 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 the statutory provisions noted above.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 42238.08 is added to the Education Code, to read:

42238.08.

(a) On or before January 1, 2021, the department shall develop a tracking mechanism for local educational agencies to use to report the types of services on which they spend their supplemental and concentration grant funds.

(b) Commencing July 1, 2021, each local educational agency shall annually report to the department the types of services on which it spends its supplemental and concentration grant funds using the tracking mechanism developed pursuant to subdivision (a).

(c) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or a charter school.

SEC. 2.

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.