Bill Text: CA SB1082 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: State Department of Education: parent resources Internet
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-23 - Held in committee and under submission. [SB1082 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB1082-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 1082 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 5, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 9, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 26, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Senator Huff
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
An act to add Section 33319.7 to the Education Code, relating to
state educational agencies.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1082, as amended, Huff. State Department of Education: parent
resources Internet Web site.
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction,
with the approval of the State Board of Education, to develop an
Academic Performance Index (API) to measure the performance of
schools and school districts, especially the academic performance of
pupils. Existing federal law, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001,
contains provisions generally requiring states to adopt performance
goals for their public elementary and secondary schools, and to
demonstrate that these public schools are making adequate yearly
progress, as measured by pupil performance on standardized tests as
well as other measures, to satisfy those goals. Existing law requires
the State Department of Education to report test results of all
state-mandated testing programs to the individual school districts by
a specified date. Existing law requires the department to compile an
attrition rate for high school pupils in the state. Existing law,
the Open Enrollment Act, authorizes the parent of a pupil enrolled in
a low-achieving school, as defined, to submit an application for the
pupil to attend a school in a school district of enrollment, as
defined, as specified.
This bill would require the department to create a parent
resources Internet Web site that provides specific information
relating to public school options, including , among other
things, information regarding the Open Enrollment Act,
Act and school district and school level
reports on pupil outcomes, including the API. The bill would also
require the department to provide a link to the parent resources
Internet Web site on its main Internet Web site. The bill would
require the Superintendent, prior to before
implementing this act, to make a determination whether the
implementation of this section, act, at
a minimum, is consistent with the Internet Web site
policy of the department and state and federal requirements for the
security and privacy of pupil data and department data.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 33319.7 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
33319.7. (a) The department shall create a parent resources
Internet Web site that provides all of the following information:
(1) Public school options for pupils that includes, but is not
limited to, information relating to the following:
(A) The Open Enrollment Act pursuant to Article 10 (commencing
with Section 48350) of Chapter 2 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2.
(B) School districts of choice, as that term is defined in Section
48300.
(C) Parent empowerment options, pursuant to Article 3 (commencing
with Section 53300) of Chapter 18 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title
2.
(D) Schools identified by the state board pursuant to the federal
Unsafe School Choice Option under Section 9532 of the federal No
Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.).
(E) Charter schools.
(F) Local control and accountability plans, including parental
involvement in the development, participation, and review of local
control and accountability plans, pursuant to Article 4.5 (commencing
with Section 52060) of Chapter 6.1 of Part 28 of Division 4.
(2) (A) School district and school level reports on pupil outcomes
that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(i) Standardized test scores, including, but not limited to,
scores from the Academic Performance Index, Adequate Yearly Progress,
Standardized Testing and Reporting, and Measurement of Academic
Performance and Progress.
(ii) Graduation rates.
(iii) School accountability report cards.
(B) The information required to be included pursuant to this
paragraph shall be included only to the extent that information is
not available in a local control and accountability plan, pursuant to
Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 52060) of Chapter 6.1 of Part
28 of Division 4.
(3) Information relating to eligibility for specific public school
options based on school of residence and school district of
residence.
(4) The state policy for interdistrict and intradistrict transfers
and how parents can apply for these transfers.
(5) Information on career education programs, including, but not
limited to, partnership academies, regional occupational centers and
programs, agricultural education programs, and linked learning
opportunities.
(6) Elementary and secondary schools honored by the United States
Department of Education as a National Blue Ribbon School or honored
by the department as a California Distinguished School.
(b) The information required to go on the Internet Web site
pursuant to subdivision (a) shall include relevant information to
individual schools that can be searched using an interactive
database.
(c) The department shall provide a link to the parent resources
Internet Web site on the department's main Internet Web site.
(d) The department is encouraged to provide the information
required pursuant to this section in both English and Spanish.
(e) Prior to Before implementing
this section, the Superintendent shall make a determination whether
the implementation of this section, at a minimum, is consistent with
both of the following:
(1) The Internet Web site policy of the department.
(2) State and federal requirements for the security and privacy of
pupil data and department data.
