BILL NUMBER: AB 1435	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 29, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member V. Manuel Perez
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano, Brownley, Solorio, and
Torlakson)

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 52052.7 to the Education Code, relating to
public school accountability.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1435, V. Manuel Perez. Public school accountability.
   Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
establish an advisory committee to advise on all appropriate matters
relative to the creation of the Academic Performance Index and the
implementation of the Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools
Program and the High Achieving/Improving Schools Program. Existing
law requires the committee to make recommendations to the
Superintendent, by July 1, 2005, on the appropriateness and
feasibility of a methodology for generating a measurement of academic
performance by using unique pupil identifiers and annual academic
achievement growth to provide a more accurate measure of a school's
growth over time.
   This bill would require the advisory committee, by July 1, 2010,
to make recommendations to the Superintendent regarding the inclusion
of the results of the English language development test or series of
tests developed or acquired pursuant to a specified provision and
the feasibility of including English learner proficiency as part of
the Academic Performance Index (API). The bill would require the
Superintendent, with the approval of the state board, to include the
results of the English language development test or series of tests
developed or acquired pursuant to a specified provision and English
language proficiency levels and growth of those levels in the API.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 52052.7 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   52052.7.  By July 1, 2010, the advisory committee established
pursuant to Section 52052.5 shall make recommendations to the
Superintendent regarding the inclusion of the results of the English
language development test or series of tests developed or acquired
pursuant to Section 60810 and the feasibility of including English
learner proficiency as part of the Academic Performance Index (API).
The Superintendent, with the approval of the state board, shall
include the results of the English language development test or
series of tests developed or acquired pursuant to Section 60810 and
English language proficiency levels and growth of those levels in the
API.