Bill Text: CA SB344 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2014-02-27 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. [SB344 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB344-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 344	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 8, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 17, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Padilla

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act to amend Section 52852 of, and to add Section 41976.3 to,
the Education Code, relating to English learners.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 344, as amended, Padilla. English learners: supplemental
funding: school district master plans.
   (1) Existing law, an initiative measure, requires that all
children in public schools, with certain exceptions, be taught
English by being taught in English, requires that all children be
placed in English language classrooms, and requires that children who
are English learners be educated through sheltered English immersion
during a temporary transition period not normally intended to exceed
one year.
   Existing federal law, the Limited English Proficient Student
Program, provides supplemental funding to state educational agencies
to provide grants to eligible local educational agencies for English
learners.
   This bill, commencing with the 2014-15 fiscal year, would require,
as a condition for receiving supplemental funds for English learners
under the Limited English Proficient Student Program, a school
district that applies to the State Department of Education for these
funds to adopt a master plan for how those supplemental funds will be
spent. The bill would require the master plan to cover expenditures
of these supplemental funds by the school district and at each
affected school within the district. The bill would specify the
information to be included in the master plans. The bill would
require school districts, in developing or renewing master plans
under the bill, to seek input from teachers, principals,
administrators, English learner advisory committees, schoolsite
councils, and parents, both districtwide and from each school.
   The bill, commencing with the 2014-15 school year, would require
schools and school districts receiving supplemental funding from the
Limited English Proficient Student Program to establish advisory
committees, with prescribed membership, to which proposed master
plans would be submitted for review and approval.
   (2) Existing law, the School-Based Program Coordination Act, among
other things, implements legislative intent to provide flexibility
for schools and school districts to coordinate the categorical funds
they receive. The act requires that a schoolsite council be
established at each school that participates in school-based program
coordination.
   This bill, commencing with the 2014-15 school year, would require
a school that is required to establish a schoolsite council, and that
receives supplemental funds for English learners under the Limited
English Proficient Student Program, to include parents and teachers
of English learners on its schoolsite council.
   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 41976.3 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   41976.3.  (a) Commencing with the 2014-15 fiscal year, as a
condition for receiving supplemental funds for English learners 
, including, but not limited to, economic impact aid pursuant to
Article 2 (commencing with Section 54020) of Chapter 1 of Part 29 of
Division 4,  under the Limited English Proficient Student
Program, a school district that applies to the department for these
funds shall adopt a master plan for how those supplemental funds will
be spent. The master plan shall cover expenditures from these
supplemental funds by the school district at each affected school
within the district. The master plan shall include, but not
necessarily be limited to, all of the following:
   (1) A requirement that the information described in Section 54029
be posted on the school district's Internet Web site.
   (2) A listing of the services provided for English 
learners and for a program of compensatory education within the
meaning of Section 54403,   learners,  categorized
by proficiency level.
   (3) A listing of the instructional materials provided for English
learners and for a program of compensatory education within
the meaning of Section 54403,   learners, 
categorized by proficiency level.
   (4) Names, positions,   Positions, 
credentials, and authorizations for each member of the school
district or schoolsite staff assigned to English  learners or
to programs of compensatory education within the meaning of Section
54403.   learners. 
   (5) A professional development plan for school district and
schoolsite staff, including principals, administrators, teachers, and
volunteers.
   (6) A description of how the school district and each school
within the school district will engage and involve parents in the
education of English learner pupils.
   (7) A calendar for the release of pupil data. The release of pupil
data shall allow parents to make informed decisions in a timely
manner.
   (8) A plan for the monitoring of reclassified English learners and
long-term English learners.
   (9) Benchmarks for progress for English  learners and
state compensatory education.   learners.  

   (10) A plan for the collection and publication of relevant data
relating to English  learners and state compensatory
education.   learners. 
   (b) A master plan developed and adopted under this section shall
be renewed annually. In developing or renewing its master plan under
this section, a school district shall seek input from teachers,
principals, administrators, English learner advisory committees,
schoolsite councils, and parents, both districtwide and from each
school.
   (c) A master plan developed and adopted under this section shall
be easily available to, and accessible by, the public.
   (d) Commencing with the 2014-15 school year:
   (1) Each school that receives supplemental funds for English
learners under the Limited English Proficient Student Program shall
establish a school English learner advisory committee composed of
parents of English learners, English learner pupils, and staff
working on English learner education.
   (2) Each school district that receives supplemental funds for
English learners under the Limited English Proficient Student Program
shall establish a district English learner advisory committee
composed of members from the school English learner advisory
committees established under paragraph (1).
   (e) Each school's contribution to the master plan shall be
submitted to, and reviewed and approved by, the school English
learner advisory committee established under paragraph (1) of
subdivision (d). A proposed school district master plan shall be
submitted to, and reviewed and approved by, the district English
learner advisory committee established under paragraph (2) of
subdivision (d).
  SEC. 2.  Section 52852 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   52852.  (a) A schoolsite council shall be established at each
school that participates in school-based program coordination. The
council shall be composed of the principal and representatives of:
teachers selected by teachers at the school; other school personnel
selected by other school personnel at the school; parents of pupils
attending the school selected by such parents; and, in secondary
schools, pupils selected by pupils attending the school. Commencing
with the 2014-15 school year, a school to which this section applies
that receives supplemental funds for English learners  ,
including, but not limited to, economic impact aid pursuant to 
 Article 2 (commencing with Section 54020) of Chapter 1 of Part
29   ,  under the Limited English Proficient Student
Program shall include parents and teachers of English learners on its
schoolsite council.
   (b) (1) At the elementary level, the council shall be constituted
to ensure parity between (A) the principal, classroom teachers, and
other school personnel; and (B) parents or other community members
selected by parents.
   (2) At the secondary level the council shall be constituted to
ensure parity between (A) the principal, classroom teachers, and
other school personnel; and (B) equal numbers of parents, or other
community members selected by parents, and pupils.
   (3) At both the elementary and secondary levels, classroom
teachers shall comprise the majority of persons represented under
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) and subparagraph (A) of paragraph
(2).
   (c) Existing schoolwide advisory groups or school support groups
may be utilized as the schoolsite council if those groups conform to
this section.
   (d) The Superintendent shall provide several examples of selection
and replacement procedures that may be considered by schoolsite
councils.
   (e) An employee of a school who is also a parent or guardian of a
pupil who attends a school other than the school of the parent's or
guardian's employment is not disqualified by virtue of this
employment from serving as a parent representative on the schoolsite
council established for the school that his or her child or ward
attends.