BILL NUMBER: AB 430 CHAPTERED 09/28/05 CHAPTER 364 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2005 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 28, 2005 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 7, 2005 PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 6, 2005 AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 30, 2005 AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 6, 2005 AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 20, 2005 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 26, 2005 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 11, 2005 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 4, 2005 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 29, 2005 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Nava (Coauthors: Assembly Members Coto, Dymally, Frommer, Shirley Horton, Laird, and Ruskin) (Coauthors: Senators Romero, Scott, and Torlakson) FEBRUARY 15, 2005 An act to amend Sections 44510, 44511, 44512, 44515, 44516, and 44517 of, and to amend the heading of Article 4.6 (commencing with Section 44510) of Chapter 3 of Part 25 of, the Education Code, relating to public school administrators. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 430, Nava Principal Training Program. Existing law establishes the Principal Training Program administered by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with the approval of the State Board of Education. Existing law requires the Superintendent to award incentive funding to local educational agencies to provide schoolsite administrators, as defined, with instruction and training in specified areas. Existing law makes the program inoperative on July 1, 2006, and repeals it as of January 1, 2007. This bill would change the name of the program to the Administrator Training Program and would change the reference "schoolsite administrator" to "school administrator." The bill would require the State Department of Education, by July 1, 2008, and subject to review and approval by the state board, to develop an interim report concerning the program, as specified, for submission to the Legislature. The bill would require the department, by January 30, 2013, and subject to review and approval by the state board, to develop a final report concerning the program, as specified, for submission to the Legislature. The bill would additionally make related, conforming, and technical changes. This bill would extend the date on which the program becomes inoperative to July 1, 2012, and the repeal date to January 1, 2013. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The heading of Article 4.6 (commencing with Section 44510) of Chapter 3 of Part 25 of the Education Code is amended to read: Article 4.6. Administrator Training Program SEC. 2. Section 44510 of the Education Code is amended to read: 44510. (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Administrator Training Program. (b) The Administrator Training Program is hereby created. The Superintendent, with the approval of the State Board of Education, shall administer the program. (c) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) "Hard-to-staff school" means a school in which teachers holding emergency permits or credential waivers make up 20 percent or more of the teaching staff. (2) "Local educational agency" means a school district, a county office of education, or a charter school. (3) "High-priority school" means a school in the bottom half of all schools based on the Academic Performance Index rankings established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 52056. (4) " School administrator" means a person employed on a full-time or a part-time basis as a principal or a vice principal at a public school or state special school in which kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, are taught. (5) "Coaching" means the provision of mentoring or individualized support to school administrators pursuant to this article by a person who has received professional development in coaching strategies and techniques by a local educational agency, professional development organization, or institution of higher education. SEC. 3. Section 44511 of the Education Code is amended to read: 44511. (a) From funds appropriated for the purpose of this article, the Superintendent shall award incentive funding to provide school administrators with instruction and training in areas that include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) School financial and personnel management. This training shall specifically provide instruction related to personnel management, including hiring, recruitment, and retention practices and misassignments of certificated personnel. (2) Core academic standards. (3) Curriculum frameworks and instructional materials aligned to the state academic standards, including ensuring the provisions of textbooks and instructional materials as defined in Section 60119. (4) The use of state and local pupil assessment instruments, specific ways of mastering the use of assessment data from the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program, including analyzing achievement of specific subgroups including English language learners and individuals with exceptional needs, and school management technology to improve pupil performance. (5) The provision of instructional leadership and management strategies regarding the use of instructional technology to improve pupil performance. (6) Extension of the leadership knowledge, skills, and abilities acquired in the preliminary administrative preparation program that are designed to strengthen the ability of school administrators to effectively and efficiently lead an organization and build the capacity of staff to enhance the academic performance of all pupils, including special emphasis on providing additional support to pupils identified as English language learners and individuals with exceptional needs. (b) Leadership training to improve the academic achievement of pupils shall include, but not be limited to, capacity building in all of the following areas: (1) Pedagogies of learning. (2) Motivating pupil learning. (3) Instructional strategies, to teach essential content in ways that address the varied learning needs of pupils, with special emphasis on English language learners and individuals with exceptional needs. (4) Collaboration. (5) Conflict resolution, including reduction of racial tensions. (6) Respect for diversity. (7) Parental involvement. (8) Staff relations. (9) Creation of an effective, safe, and inclusive learning environment. (10) Single plan for pupil achievement. (c) All local educational agencies are eligible to apply for funds appropriated for the purpose of this article. SEC. 4. Section 44512 of the Education Code is amended to read: 44512. (a) To receive incentive funding for the purpose of this article, a local educational agency, individually or in partnership with one or more institutions of higher education or other educational entities, shall submit a program proposal to the State Board of Education. The program proposal shall contain an expenditure plan and shall specify how the training program for which funding is being requested addresses the program goals specified in paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 44511 and how the local educational agency plans to continue ongoing school administrator professional development. (b) The State Board of Education shall approve or disapprove a local educational agency's plan. (c) Training programs offered pursuant to this article shall have a duration of no fewer than 80 hours and shall involve a minimum of 80 hours of intensive individualized support and professional development in the areas specified in subdivision (a) of Section 44511. The additional 80 hours of intensive individualized support and professional development may be completed over a period of up to two years once the initial 80 hours of training commences. To the extent practicable, the institute training portion of Modules 1, 2, and 3 shall be held outside of the regular schoolday. (d) Training plans may include professional development leadership activities, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Coaching, mentorship, assistance, and intensive support customized to meet the individual needs of school administrators. (2) Activities that assist school administrators to analyze subgroup achievement data and focus support on those subgroups whose academic achievement is not meeting state and local goals. SEC. 5. Section 44515 of the Education Code is amended to read: 44515. (a) Program funding is intended to serve all school administrators. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that a local educational agency give highest priority to training school administrators assigned to, and practicing in, high-priority or hard-to-staff schools. SEC. 6. Section 44516 of the Education Code is amended to read: 44516. (a) By July 1, 2004, the department shall develop, subject to review and approval by the State Board of Education, an interim report for submission to the Legislature regarding the status of the program established pursuant to this article. The interim report shall, at a minimum, detail the following: (1) The number of school administrators who received training offered pursuant to this article. (2) The entities that received funds for the purpose of offering training pursuant to this article and the number of school administrators that each has trained. (3) A comparison of the Academic Performance Index scores for schools within participating local educational agencies for the year before the school's administrators receive training pursuant to this article and for the first year after the school's administrators complete the training provided pursuant to this article. (4) Relevant data required to be included in the school accountability report card pursuant to Section 33126. (b) By July 1, 2005, the department shall develop, subject to review and approval by the State Board of Education, a second report for submission to the Legislature regarding the program established pursuant to this article. The second report shall, at a minimum, detail the following: (1) The number of school administrators who received training offered pursuant to this article. (2) The entities that received funds for the purpose of offering training pursuant to this article and the number of school administrators that each has trained. (3) Information detailing the effectiveness of the program established pursuant to this article. This information, at a minimum, shall incorporate survey data concerning program effectiveness that has been gathered from program participants. (4) Information detailing the retention rate of school administrators who participated in training offered pursuant to this article. (5) A comparison of the Academic Performance Index scores for schools within participating local educational agencies for the year before the school's administrators receive training pursuant to this article and for the second year after the school's administrators complete the training provided pursuant to this article. (6) Relevant data required to be included in the school accountability report card pursuant to Section 33126. (c) By July 1, 2008, the department shall develop, subject to review and approval by the State Board of Education, an interim report for submission to the Legislature regarding the program established pursuant to this article. The interim report shall, at a minimum, detail the following: (1) The number of school administrators who received training offered pursuant to this article. (2) The entities that received funds for the purpose of offering training pursuant to this article and the number of school administrators that each has trained. (3) Information detailing the effectiveness of the program established pursuant to this article. This information, at a minimum, shall incorporate survey data concerning program effectiveness that has been gathered from program participants. (4) Information detailing the retention rate of school administrators who participated in training offered pursuant to this article. (5) A comparison of the Academic Performance Index scores for schools within participating local educational agencies for the year before the school's administrators receive training pursuant to this article and for the second year after the school's administrators complete the training provided pursuant to this article. (6) Relevant data required to be included in the school accountability report card pursuant to Section 33126. (d) By January 30, 2013, the department shall develop, subject to review and approval by the State Board of Education, a final report for submission to the Legislature regarding the program established pursuant to this article. The final report shall, at a minimum, detail the following: (1) The number of school administrators who received training offered pursuant to this article. (2) The entities that received funds for the purpose of offering training pursuant to this article and the number of school administrators that each has trained. (3) Information detailing the effectiveness of the program established pursuant to this article. This information, at a minimum, shall incorporate survey data concerning program effectiveness that has been gathered from program participants. (4) Information detailing the retention rate of school administrators who participated in training offered pursuant to this article. (5) A comparison of the Academic Performance Index scores for schools within participating local educational agencies for the year before the school's administrators receive training pursuant to this article and for the second year after the school's administrators complete the training provided pursuant to this article. (6) Relevant data required to be included in the school accountability report card pursuant to Section 33126. SEC. 7. Section 44517 of the Education Code is amended to read: 44517. This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2012, and, as of January 1, 2013, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.