BILL NUMBER: AB 2445	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Furutani

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act relating to education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2445, as introduced, Furutani. Education: achievement gap.
   Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction,
with approval of the State Board of Education, to develop the
Academic Performance Index (API) consisting of a variety of
indicators currently reported to the State Department of Education to
track the achievement of schools and their pupils.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to improve education to close the achievement gap.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to improve education to close the achievement gap.