Bill Text: CA SB1248 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: California Collaborative for Educational Excellence.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-08-14 - Set, second hearing. Held under submission. [SB1248 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB1248-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1248	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 1, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 21, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 24, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lara
    (   Coauthor:   Senator   Wyland
  ) 

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1248, as amended, Lara. California Collaborative for
Educational Excellence.
   Existing law, on or before July 1, 2014, requires the governing
board of each school district and each county board of education to
adopt a local control and accountability plan and requires the
governing board of each school district and each county board of
education to update its local control and accountability plan on or
before July 1 of each year. Existing law requires of charter schools
something similar to a local control and accountability plan.
   Existing law establishes the California Collaborative for
Educational Excellence for the purpose of advising and assisting
school districts, county superintendents of schools, and charter
schools in achieving the goals set forth in a local control and
accountability plan.
   This bill would specify additional roles for the California
Collaborative for Educational Excellence, including providing ongoing
recommendations to the State Board of Education regarding how and if
school districts  , county offices of education, and charter
schools  are making progress in closing the  pupil 
achievement  gap   gaps  in their schools
 with respect to specified categories  , providing
recommendations as to the best practices being used  by
school districts  to close the achievement  gap
relative to pupils who are low income, English learners, or foster
youth, and collecting data relevant to monitoring the implementation
of the local control funding formula, including local control and
accountability plans and pupil achievement data   gap,
and providing recommendations on the collection and analysis of data
that can provide comparisons of local control and accountability
plans and pupil achievement data, and comparisons of schools of
comparable size, type, and pupil demographics  .
   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 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 do all of the following:
    (1) 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.
   (2) Provide ongoing recommendations to the state board regarding
how and if school districts  , county offices of education, and
charter schools  are making progress in closing the  pupil
 achievement  gap   gaps  in their
schools  identified and measured pursuant to paragraphs (4), (5),
(6), (7), and (8) of subdivision (d) of Section 52060, with respect
to school districts, paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8) of
subdivision (d) of Section 52066, with respect to county offices of
education, and similar provisions referenced in Section 47606.5, with
respect to charter schools, respectively  .
   (3) Provide recommendations  to the state board  as to
the best practices being used by school districts  , county
offices of education, and charter schools  to close the
achievement gap relative to  pupils who are low income,
English learners, or foster youth   pupil achievement as
measured pursuant to paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8) of
subdivision (d) of Section 52060, with respect to school districts,
paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8) of subdivision (d) of Section
52066, with respect to county offices of education, and similar
provisions referenced in Section 47606.5, with respect to charter
schools, respectively  .
   (4)  Collect data relevant to monitoring the
implementation of the local control funding formula, including local
control and accountability plans and pupil achievement data.
 Provide recommendations to the state board on the
collection and analysis of data that can provide comparisons of local
control and accountability plans and pupil achievement data for
school districts,   county superintendents of schools, and
charter schools, and comparisons of schools of comparable size, type,
and pupil demographics. 
   (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) 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:
   (1) State priorities as described in subdivision (d) of Section
52060.
   (2) Improving the quality of teaching.
   (3) Improving the quality of school district and schoolsite
leadership.
   (4) 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.
   (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 or 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.