Bill Text: CA ACR96 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Dropout Recovery Month.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 50-25-1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-09-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 175, Statutes of 2015. [ACR96 Detail]

Download: California-2015-ACR96-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 96	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  175
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 31, 2015
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 24, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 24, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Weber
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Atkins, Baker,
Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos,
Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd,
Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo
Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Grove, Hadley,
Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim,
Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes,
McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell,
Olsen, Patterson, Perea, Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez,
Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner,
Waldron, Wilk, Williams, and Wood)

                        JULY 8, 2015

   Relative to Dropout Recovery Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 96, Weber. Dropout Recovery Month.
   This measure would declare the month of August 2015 as Dropout
Recovery Month, and would state that the Legislature intends to
encourage the support of dropout recovery high schools with creative
teaching strategies, alternative accountability metrics, and adequate
resources.




   WHEREAS, The 2013 and 2014 Building a Grad Nation reports found
that the nation cannot achieve its graduation goals without
increasing California's graduation rate for Latino and African
American pupils; and
   WHEREAS, The America's Promise Alliance found, in 2014, that
pupils drop out of high school because they are overwhelmed by the
effects of toxic living conditions such as homelessness, violent
surroundings, abuse or neglect, and catastrophic family health
events; and
   WHEREAS, The California Dropout Research Project found, in 2008,
that approximately 20 percent of the variability in dropout rates can
be attributed to key characteristics in schools, including the
resources, policies, and practices at schoolsites; and
   WHEREAS, Research by the Alliance for Excellent Education
concludes that if only one-half of the dropouts from a single year
were to earn a diploma, the economic benefits to California would
include an additional $1.4 billion in earnings annually for the
reengaged pupils and an annual increase in state and local tax
revenues of $167 million; and
   WHEREAS, Research further shows that reengaged learners
demonstrate higher levels of civic engagement, contribute to the
cultural strength of their communities, and are significantly less
likely to be unemployed, on public assistance, or arrested for a
violent crime; and
   WHEREAS, Research by WestEd demonstrates the challenges faced by
schools seeking to reengage dropouts in that one-half of the dropouts
who return to school stay for one year or less, one-third of
returning dropouts fail to complete even one course after they
reenroll, and as few as 18 percent of returning dropouts graduate;
and
   WHEREAS, Successful dropout recovery high schools in California
are operating under Section 47612.1 of the Education Code in
partnership with federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
organizations, the California Conservation Corps, and other federal
and state career technical education partners to provide significant
social, economic, and academic benefits for their pupils and for
California's population as a whole; and
   WHEREAS, Research calls for alternative strategies and
accountability metrics for demonstrating the success of dropout
recovery programs, including accelerated learning pedagogies,
competency-based instruction, inclusion of noncognitive indicators,
and alternative graduation rate cohorts; and
   WHEREAS, These successful dropout recovery high schools attract
and retain high-quality staff committed to transforming their pupils
from being at risk of failure to being at promise of success; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby declares the month of
August 2015 as Dropout Recovery Month, in honor of the schools and
staff who work to reengage pupils who have previously dropped out of
school, and in honor of the pupils who overcome significant personal
challenges to reengage in high school and become transformed learners
in preparation for college and a future career; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature intends to encourage the support of
dropout recovery high schools with creative teaching strategies,
alternative accountability metrics, and adequate resources; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.