BILL NUMBER: AB 2089	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Coto

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act relating to public education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2089, as introduced, Coto. Education Governance Commission.
   Existing law establishes various state and local governmental
agencies to govern the operation of the public elementary and
secondary school system, and prescribes the powers and duties of
those agencies.
   This bill would establish the Education Governance Commission,
composed of 12 members to be appointed as specified, and require the
commission to convene on February 1, 2011, and meet until October 1,
2011, in order to create a plan for the governance of the state's
public elementary and secondary school system. The bill would require
the commission to complete and present its plan to the Legislature
in time for legislative action during the 2nd year of the 2011-12
Regular Session of the Legislature.
   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.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) California's public elementary and secondary education
governance structure has frequently been described as fragmented, and
has evolved without clear roles and responsibilities. From the state
level to the local level, there are numerous offices and entities
involved in education governance. The lines of accountability are
often unclear.
   (b) In 2002, the Legislature established the Joint Committee to
Develop a Master Plan for Education that includes working groups and
resulted in more than 40 recommendations for education reform.
   (c) In November 2007 the Governor's Committee on Educational
Excellence, composed of statewide education, business, and community
leaders, issued its recommendations to reform education governance in
this state.
   (d) "Getting Down to Facts," an independent research project
requested by the Governor, the President pro Tempore of the Senate,
the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, and conducted by the Institute for Research on Education
Policy and Practice at Stanford University, found a fragmented state
education governance system and recommended realigning the system to
better define roles and responsibilities.
   (e) As part of the ongoing effort to reform the governance,
budgetary, and finance systems of this state, this act seeks a path
to statutory change in the state's public elementary and secondary
education governance structure.
  SEC. 2.  (a) The Education Governance Commission is hereby
established. The commission shall be composed of 12 members to be
appointed as follows:
   (1) Six members appointed by the Governor.
   (2) Three members appointed by a concurrent resolution adopted by
the Legislature.
   (3) Three members appointed by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
   (b) (1) The commission shall convene on February 1, 2011, and meet
until October 1, 2011, in order to create a plan for the governance
of the state's public elementary and secondary school system. The
commission shall complete its plan, and present the plan to the
Legislature in time for legislative action during the second year of
the 2011-12 Regular Session of the Legislature.
   (2) The plan shall replace the study on educational governance
completed by the Institute for Research on Education Policy and
Practice in November 2006 as the basis for policy decisions regarding
education governance in this state.
   (3) The plan shall include a comprehensive organizational chart of
the proposed governance structure and clear definitions of the
roles, responsibilities, and scope of authority of each office or
entity. The plan also may include the elimination of offices and
roles, the consolidation of offices and roles, and intervention
strategies as necessary.