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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  AB 2178
          Author:   Torlakson (D)
          Amended:  5/28/10 in Assembly
          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  :  10-0, 8/2/10
          AYES:  Kehoe, Alquist, Ashburn, Corbett, Emmerson, Leno,  
            Price, Wolk, Wyland, Yee
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Walters
           
          ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  76-0, 6/2/10 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    After School Education and Safety Program

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill authorizes the sharing of pupil data  
          between schools and After School Education and Safety  
          programs with which that school contracts, and requires the  
          California Department of Education to collect and maintain  
          after school program data that readily links to the  
          California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System.

           ANALYSIS  :    

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          Current law:

          1. Requires the After School Education and Safety (ASES)  
             program to have an educational and literacy element in  
             which tutoring or homework assistance is provided in  
             specified content areas, and an educational enrichment  
             element that may include fine arts, career technical  
             education, recreation, physical fitness, and prevention  
             activities. 

          2. Requires ASES program providers to submit annual  
             outcome-based data for evaluation, including  
             research-based indicators and measurable pupil outcomes  
             for academic performance, attendance, and positive  
             behavioral changes.  The California Department of  
             Education (CDE) may consider these outcomes when  
             determining eligibility for grant renewal.  CDE is  
             required to develop standardized procedures and tools to  
             collect the indicators and to consult with the  
             evaluation committee of the Advisory Committee on Before  
             and After School Programs.  

          The federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act  
          (FERPA) protects the privacy of pupil records.  The FERPA  
          specifically allows schools to disclose pupil records,  
          without parental consent, to contractors, consultants,  
          volunteers, and other outside parties to whom an  
          educational agency or institution has outsourced  
          institutional services or functions.  

          This bill authorizes the sharing of pupil data between  
          schools and ASES programs with which that school contracts,  
          and requires CDE to collect and maintain after school  
          program data that readily links to the California  
          Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CalPADS).   
          Specifically, this bill:

          1. Authorizes ASES grantees that are local education  
             agencies (schools that contract with CDE to administer  
             after school programs) to submit the following pupil  
             data, to the extent consistent with federal and state  
             privacy laws, to an operator of an after school program  
             with which the school has a contract.  








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             A.    Schoolday attendance data.

             B.    Standardized Testing and Reporting test scores,  
                and scores on individual California Standards Tests.

             C.    High school exit exam scores.

             D.    English language development test placement or  
                reclassification scores.

             E.    California Healthy Kids Survey result data.  

          2. Requires:

             A.    CDE to collect and maintain existing after school  
                program data in a way that allows for the analysis of  
                all ASES programs and the aggregation of state  
                reports.

             B.    This data to readily link to CalPADS.  

             C.    CDE to consult with the evaluation committee of  
                the Advisory Committee on Before and After School  
                Programs and the CalPADS advisory board.

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

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  8/4/10)

          Aspiranet
          California Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs
          California Association for Health, Physical Education,  
            Recreation and Dance 
          Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
          League of California Afterschool Providers


           ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT  :    According to the author, "Some  
          after school providers have difficulty obtaining student  
          academic performance data.  California After School Network  
          polled after school providers in February 2010 regarding  
          their data sharing experience with school districts.  The  
          survey concluded that an overwhelmingly high number of  







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          districts do not share data with after school providers.   
          One of the primary concerns cited in the report was student  
          privacy.  AB 2178 addresses the student privacy concerns by  
          conforming to FERPA."


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


          PQ:mw  8/4/10   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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