BILL ANALYSIS ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 2089| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ 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 CONTINUED AB 2089 Page 2 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: AB 2089 Page 3 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 AB 2089 Page 4 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 AB 2089 Page 5 NO VOTE RECORDED: Tom Berryhill, Lieu, Audra Strickland, Vacancy PQ:kc 8/17/10 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END ****