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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  AB 2089
          Author:   Coto (D), et al
          Amended:  6/14/10 in Senate
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE  :  8-0, 6/30/10
          AYES:  Romero, Huff, Alquist, Emmerson, Hancock, Liu,  
            Price, Simitian
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Wyland

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  11-0, 8/12/10
          AYES:  Kehoe, Ashburn, Alquist, Corbett, Emmerson, Leno,  
            Price, Walters, Wolk, Wyland, Yee  

          ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  76-0, 6/2/10 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    American Indian Education Oversight Committee

           SOURCE  :     Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians


           DIGEST  :    This bill extends the sunset date of the  
          California American Indian Education Center (Centers)  
          program by five years to January 1, 2017, and requires the  
          California Department of Education to conduct an evaluation  
          of the Centers by January 1, 2016.

           ANALYSIS  :    Existing law:

          1.Establishes the Center program to serve as  
            community-based educational resource centers to American  
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            Indian pupils, parents, guardians, and public schools in  
            order to promote the academic and cultural achievement of  
            American Indian pupils. 

          2.Requires the California Department of Education (CDE), by  
            January 1, 2011, to conduct an evaluation of the Centers  
            to determine whether to renew the application of each  
            existing center or instead to approve a new center.  The  
            Centers are required to annually report data determined  
            by the CDE to measure program performance. 

          3.Requires each Center to annually submit a report to the  
            CDE that includes appropriate data that reflects each  
            Center's ability to meet its stated objectives, measure  
            pupil academic performance, and meets the continued  
            educational and cultural needs of the community that the  
            Center serves.  

          4.Requires the CDE, by January 1, 2011, to report  
            consolidated results for all Centers and supply  
            information that is required for a comprehensive  
            evaluation of those results, and make recommendations for  
            program improvement.  

          5.Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI),  
            with input from existing Center directors, to appoint an  
            American Indian Education Oversight Committee (oversight  
            committee) by January 30, 2007, for the purpose of  
            providing input and advice to the SPI on all aspects of  
            American Indian education programs established by the  
            state.  The membership of the oversight committee is to  
            include at least seven educators, four of whom must be  
            Center directors, and requires all members to have proven  
            knowledge of current educational policies relating to,  
            and issues faced by, American Indian communities in  
            California. 

          6.Sunsets the Center program on January 1, 2012. 

          This bill extends the sunset date of the California  
          American Indian Education Center program by five years, and  
          requires the CDE to conduct an evaluation of the Centers.   
          Specifically, this bill:








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          1.Requires the CDE, by January 1, 2016, to conduct an  
            evaluation of the Centers to determine whether to renew  
            the application of each existing Center or instead to  
            approve an application to establish a new Center.

          2.Requires the CDE, by January 1, 2016, to report  
            consolidated results for all Centers and supply  
            information that is required for a comprehensive  
            evaluation of those results, and make recommendations for  
            program improvement.

          3.Sunsets the Centers on January 1, 2017.

          4,Authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI)  
            to appoint to the American Indian Education Oversight  
            Committee an educator that is not a Center director to  
            fill a vacancy in one of the four positions designated  
            for Center directors, if the SPI is unable to find a  
            qualified individual to fill a vacancy within 30 days of  
            the vacancy arising.  

          5.Moves provisions relative to the annual report, technical  
            assistance, and the sunset date from the Evaluation and  
            Sunsetting of Programs section of the Education Code to  
            sections relating to California Indian Education Centers.

          FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes    
          Local:  No

          According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:

                         Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

           Major Provisions      2010-11     2011-12     2012-13     Fund  

          CAIEC                         $3600     $3600      
          General*

          State ops                     $300      $300       
          General*

          * Counts toward meeting the Proposition 98 minimum  
          funding guarantee








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           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  8/16/10)

          Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (source)
          Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
          Barona Band of Mission Indians
          Big Sandy Rancheria Band of Western Mono Indians
          California Nations Indian Gaming Association
          California School Boards Association
          California Teachers Association
          California Valley Miwok Tribe
          Greenville Rancheria
          National Indian Education Association
          Rincon Band of Luise?o Indians
          San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
          Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians
          Smith River Rancheria

           ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT  :    According to the author's office,  
          "American Indian Education Centers provide a vital link  
          between American Indian education and the California  
          Department of Education.  In 2007, with input from existing  
          center directors, the SPI appointed 11 members to serve on  
          the American Indian Education Oversight Committee.  Since  
          2008, two of the positions to be held only by American  
          Indian education center directors have been vacant.  The  
          inability to fill the two vacancies has made it difficult  
          to obtain a quorum for the oversight committee and hampered  
          its ability to conduct business on a regular basis."


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  : 
          AYES:  Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall,  
            Bill Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford,  
            Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter,  
            Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon,  
            DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong,  
            Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick,  
            Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,  
            Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Logue, Bonnie  
            Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande,  
            Niello, Nielsen, Norby, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino,  
            Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio,  
            Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines,  
            Yamada, John A. Perez







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          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Tom Berryhill, Lieu, Audra Strickland,  
            Vacancy


          PQ:kc  8/17/10   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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