Bill Text: CA AB943 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Charter schools: California Collaborative for

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2016-01-15 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. [AB943 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB943-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 943	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 20, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 24, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 9, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 4, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Travis Allen

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to amend Section 52074 of the Education Code, relating to
charter schools.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 943, Travis Allen. Charter schools: California Collaborative
for Educational Excellence.
   Existing law establishes the California Collaborative for
Educational Excellence to advise and assist school districts, county
superintendents of schools, and charter schools in achieving their
local control and accountability plan goals, and requires individuals
and entities contracted by the fiscal agent of the California
Collaborative for Educational Excellence for those purposes to have
expertise, experience, and a record of success in certain areas.
   This bill would require the fiscal agent of the California
Collaborative for Educational Excellence to also consider, for
charter schools, whether a potential contractor has a record of
success in working with charter schools in improving pupil outcomes.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 52074 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   52074.  (a) The California Collaborative for Educational
Excellence is hereby established.
   (b) The purpose of the California Collaborative for Educational
Excellence is to advise and assist school districts, county
superintendents of schools, and charter schools in achieving the
goals set forth in a local control and accountability plan adopted
pursuant to this article.
   (c) The Superintendent shall, with the approval of the state
board, contract with a local educational agency, or consortium of
local educational agencies, to serve as the fiscal agent for the
California Collaborative for Educational Excellence. The
Superintendent shall apportion funds appropriated for the California
Collaborative for Educational Excellence to the fiscal agent.
   (d) The California Collaborative for Educational Excellence shall
be governed by a board consisting of the following five members:
   (1) The Superintendent or his or her designee.
   (2) The president of the state board or his or her designee.
   (3) A county superintendent of schools appointed by the Senate
Committee on Rules.
   (4) A teacher appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
   (5) A superintendent of a school district appointed by the
Governor.
   (e) (1) At the direction of the governing board of the California
Collaborative for Educational Excellence, the fiscal agent shall
contract with individuals, local educational agencies, or
organizations with the expertise, experience, and a record of success
to carry out the purposes of this article. The areas of expertise,
experience, and record of success shall include, but are not limited
to, all of the following:
   (A) State priorities as described in subdivision (d) of Section
52060.
   (B) Improving the quality of teaching.
   (C) Improving the quality of school district and schoolsite
leadership.
   (D) Successfully addressing the needs of special pupil
populations, including, but not limited to, English learners, pupils
eligible to receive a free or reduced-price meal, pupils in foster
care, and individuals with exceptional needs.
   (2) For charter schools, the fiscal agent shall also consider
whether a potential contractor has a record of success in working
with charter schools in improving pupil outcomes.
   (f) The Superintendent may direct the California Collaborative for
Educational Excellence to advise and assist a school district,
county superintendent of schools, or charter school in any of the
following circumstances:
   (1) If the governing board of a school district, county board of
education, or governing body of a charter school requests the advice
and assistance of the California Collaborative for Educational
Excellence.
   (2) If the county superintendent of schools of the county in which
the school district or charter school is located determines,
following the provision of technical assistance pursuant to Section
52071 or 47607.3, as applicable, that the advice and assistance of
the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence is necessary
to help the school district or charter school accomplish the goals
described in the local control and accountability plan adopted
pursuant to this article.
   (3) If the Superintendent determines that the advice and
assistance of the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence
is necessary to help the school district, county superintendent of
schools, or charter school accomplish the goals set forth in the
local control and accountability plan adopted pursuant to this
article.