BILL NUMBER: SB 687	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 1, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 27, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 11, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Simitian

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2005

   An act to amend Section 33126 of, and to add Section 33126.15 to,
the Education Code, relating to school accountability.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 687, as amended, Simitian.   State  
School  accountability report card: reporting requirements:
standardized template: review and revisions.
   The Classroom Instructional Improvement and Accountability Act
requires each school district to develop and implement a school
accountability report card, as prescribed. The act prohibits any
change to its provisions, except a change to further its purpose
enacted by a bill passed by a vote of 2/3 of the Legislature and
signed by the Governor.
   The act requires that the school accountability report card
provide data by which a parent can make meaningful comparisons
between public schools that will enable him or her to make informed
decisions on which school to enroll his or her children, including
providing an assessment of estimated expenditures per pupil, among
other assessments.
   This bill would impose a state-mandated local program by
specifying reporting requirements for the assessment of estimated
expenditures per pupil, and would require that assessment of
estimated expenditures per pupil include salaries of personnel at the
schoolsite, as specified.
    Existing law also requires the State Department of Education to
develop and recommend for adoption by the State Board of Education a
standardized template intended to simplify the process for completing
the school accountability report card and to make the school
accountability report card more meaningful to the public.
   This bill would require that the department, by July 1, 
2006   2007  , recommend for adoption by the State
Board of Education a revision to the standardized template, described
above.
    The bill would require that the revision to the standardized
template recommended by the department include a field for reporting
the actual restricted funding, per pupil, allocated for the specific
benefit of the school or for the benefit of all schools in the
district equally. The bill would also require that this revision to
the standardized template include a comparison of the actual
unrestricted funding per pupil allocated for the specific benefit of
the school or for the benefit of all schools in the district equally,
compared to the districtwide average and the state average of the
same computation, and also a comparison of the average of actual
salaries paid to certificated instructional personnel, compared to
the districtwide average and state average of the same computation.

   This bill would declare that these provisions further the purposes
of the Classroom Instructional Improvement and Accountability Act.

  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 33126 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   33126.
   (a) The school accountability report card shall provide data by
which a parent can make meaningful comparisons between public schools
that will enable him or her to make informed decisions on which
school to enroll his or her children.
   (b) The school accountability report card shall include, but is
not limited to, assessment of the following school conditions:
   (1) (A) Pupil achievement by grade level, as measured by the
standardized testing and reporting programs pursuant to Article 4
(commencing with Section 60640) of Chapter 5 of Part 33.
   (B) Pupil achievement in and progress toward meeting reading,
writing, arithmetic, and other academic goals, including results by
grade level from the assessment tool used by the school district
using percentiles when available for the most recent three-year
period.
   (C) After the state develops a statewide assessment system
pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 60600) and Chapter 6
(commencing with Section 60800) of Part 33, pupil achievement by
grade level, as measured by the results of the statewide assessment.

   (D) Secondary schools with high school seniors shall list both the
average verbal and math Scholastic Assessment Test scores to the
extent provided to the school and the percentage of seniors taking
that exam for the most recent three-year period.
   (2) Progress toward reducing dropout rates, including the one-year
dropout rate listed in the California Basic Education Data System or
any successor data system for the schoolsite over the most recent
three-year period, and the graduation rate, as defined by the State
Board of Education, over the most recent three-year period when
available pursuant to Section 52052.
   (3) Estimated expenditures per pupil and types of services funded.
The assessment of estimated expenditures per pupil shall reflect the
actual salaries of personnel assigned to the schoolsite. The
assessment of estimated expenditures per pupil shall be reported in
total, shall be reported in subtotal by restricted and by
unrestricted source, and shall include a reporting of the average of
actual salaries paid to certificated instructional personnel at that
schoolsite.
   (4) Progress toward reducing class sizes and teaching loads,
including the distribution of class sizes at the schoolsite by grade
level, the average class size, and, if applicable, the percentage of
pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, participating in
the Class Size Reduction Program established pursuant to Chapter
6.10 (commencing with Section 52120) of Part 28, using California
Basic Education Data System or any successor data system information
for the most recent three-year period.
   (5) The total number of the school's fully credentialed teachers,
the number of teachers relying upon emergency credentials, the number
of teachers working without credentials, any assignment of teachers
outside their subject areas of competence, misassignments, including
misassignments of teachers of English learners, and the number of
vacant teacher positions for the most recent three-year period.
   (A) For purposes of this paragraph, "vacant teacher position"
means a position to which a single designated certificated employee
has not been assigned at the beginning of the year for an entire year
or, if the position is for a one-semester course, a position of
which a single designated certificated employee has not been assigned
at the beginning of a semester for an entire semester.
   (B) For purposes of this paragraph, "misassignment" means the
placement of a certificated employee in a teaching or services
position for which the employee does not hold a legally recognized
certificate or credential or the placement of a certificated employee
in a teaching or services position that the employee is not
otherwise authorized by statute to hold.
   (6) (A) Quality and currency of textbooks and other instructional
materials, including whether textbooks and other materials meet state
standards and are adopted by the State Board of Education for
kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, and adopted by the
governing boards of school districts for grades 9 to 12, inclusive,
and the ratio of textbooks per pupil and the year the textbooks were
adopted.
   (B) The availability of sufficient textbooks and other
instructional materials, as defined in Section 60119, for each pupil,
including English learners, in each of the following areas:
   (i) The core curriculum areas of reading/language arts,
mathematics, science, and history/social science.
   (ii) Foreign language and health.
   (iii) Science laboratory equipment for grades 9 to 12, inclusive,
as appropriate.
   (7) The availability of qualified personnel to provide counseling
and other pupil support services, including the ratio of academic
counselors per pupil.
   (8) Availability of qualified substitute teachers.
   (9) Safety, cleanliness, and adequacy of school facilities,
including any needed maintenance to ensure good repair as specified
in Section 17014, Section 17032.5, subdivision (a) of Section
17070.75, and subdivision (b) of Section 17089.
   (10) Adequacy of teacher evaluations and opportunities for
professional improvement, including the annual number of schooldays
dedicated to staff development for the most recent three-year period.

   (11) Classroom discipline and climate for learning, including
suspension and expulsion rates for the most recent three-year period.

   (12) Teacher and staff training, and curriculum improvement
programs.
   (13) Quality of school instruction and leadership.
   (14) The degree to which pupils are prepared to enter the
workforce.
   (15) The total number of instructional minutes offered in the
school year, separately stated for each grade level, as compared to
the total number of the instructional minutes per school year
required by state law, separately stated for each grade level.
   (16) The total number of minimum days, as specified in Sections
46112, 46113, 46117, and 46141, in the school year.
   (17) The number of advanced placement courses offered, by subject.

   (18) The Academic Performance Index, including the disaggregation
of subgroups as set forth in Section 52052 and the decile rankings
and a comparison of schools.
   (19) Whether a school qualified for the Immediate Intervention
Underperforming Schools Program pursuant to Section 52053 and whether
the school applied for, and received a grant pursuant to, that
program.
   (20) Whether the school qualifies for the Governor's Performance
Award Program.
   (21) When available, the percentage of pupils, including the
disaggregation of subgroups as set forth in Section 52052, completing
grade 12 who successfully complete the high school exit examination,
as set forth in Sections 60850 and 60851, as compared to the
percentage of pupils in the district and statewide completing grade
12 who successfully complete the examination.
   (22) Contact information pertaining to any organized opportunities
for parental involvement.
   (23) For secondary schools, the percentage of graduates who have
passed course requirements for entrance to the University of
California and the California State University pursuant to Section
51225.3 and the percentage of pupils enrolled in those courses, as
reported by the California Basic Education Data System or any
successor data system.
   (24) Whether the school has a college admissions test preparation
course program.
   (25) When available from the department, the claiming rate of
pupils who earned a Governor's Scholarship Award pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 69997 for the most recent two-year period.
This paragraph applies only to schools that enroll pupils in grade
9, 10, or 11.
   (c) If the Commission on State Mandates finds a school district is
eligible for a reimbursement of costs incurred complying with this
section, the school district shall be reimbursed only if the
information provided in the school accountability report card is
accurate, as determined by the annual audit performed pursuant to
Section 41020. If the information is determined to be inaccurate, the
school district is not ineligible for reimbursement if the
information is corrected by May 15.
   (d) It is the intent of the Legislature that schools make a
concerted effort to notify parents of the purpose of the school
accountability report cards, as described in this section, and ensure
that all parents receive a copy of the report card; to ensure that
the report cards are easy to read and understandable by parents; to
ensure that local educational agencies with access to the Internet
make available current copies of the report cards through the
Internet; and to ensure that administrators and teachers are
available to answer any questions regarding the report cards.
  SEC. 2.  Section 33126.15 is added to the Education Code, to read:

   33126.15.
   (a) By July 1,  2006   2007  , the
department shall develop, and shall recommend for adoption by the
State Board of Education, a revision to the standardized template
required pursuant to Section 33126.1.
   (b) The revision to the standardized template recommended by the
department shall include a comparison of the actual unrestricted
funding per pupil allocated for the specific benefit of the school or
for the benefit of all schools in the district equally, compared to
the districtwide average and to the state average of the same
computation.  The comparison shall include the percentage by which
the school is above or below the districtwide average and the state
average.
   (c) The revision to the standardized template recommended by the
department shall include a field for reporting the actual restricted
funding, per pupil, allocated for the specific benefit of the school
or for the benefit of all schools in the district equally.
   (d) The revision to the standardized template recommended by the
department shall include a comparison of the average of actual
salaries paid to certificated instructional personnel, compared to
the districtwide average and to the state average of the same
computation. This comparison shall include the percentage by which
the school is above or below the districtwide average and the state
average.
  SEC. 3.
   The Legislature finds and declares that Sections 1 and 2 of this
act further the purposes of the Classroom Instructional Improvement
and Accountability Act.
  SEC. 4.
   If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act
contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies
and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part
7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the
Government Code.