BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair
100 (Correa)
Hearing Date: 05/28/2009 Amended: 04/14/09
Consultant: Dan Troy Policy Vote: ED 6-0
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BILL SUMMARY: SB 100 require the State Board of Education
(SBE) and the Department of Education (SDE) to review and update
criteria, guidelines, and application processes for several
programs, including the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE)
program, to encourage the identification and provision of
services to gifted and talented pupils who are English language
learners and economically disadvantaged. The bill would also
require the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) to review
its criteria for the approval teacher and administrator
preparation programs to ensure that it includes training on the
identification and appropriate instruction of gifted and
talented students.
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Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Fund
Criteria review $200 to $400,
annually General
GATE identification Unknown, potentially in
the millions General*
*Counts toward meeting the Proposition 98 minimum funding
guarantee
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STAFF COMMENTS: SUSPENSE FILE.
Aside from the GATE program, this bill would also require SDE
and SBE to review the criteria and guidelines for the following
programs to encourage identification and service provision to
gifted and talented pupils from underrepresented populations:
afterschool programs, the pupil retention block grant, the
professional development block grant, the beginning teacher
support and assessment program (BTSA), the administrator
training program, the high priority schools grant program,
economic impact aid, and the math and reading professional
development program. Staff notes that funding for these
programs have been provided with broad flexibility over the next
five years pursuant to SBX3 4 (Ducheny, Chapter 12, Statutes of
2009).
The bill would require SDE to revise the relevant standards and
criteria of the programs cited in this bill. Additionally,
training modules would need to be established so that district
program staff will be able to identify GATE-eligible pupils from
underrepresented populations. As many of the reviews and update
are ongoing, it is likely that the state operations funding need
would also be ongoing. Staff estimates these new duties would
likely involve at least two full-time and costs of $200,000 to
$400,000.
Staff notes that current GATE legislation already requires
districts to identify students with diverse backgrounds, so this
bill may not result in much of a change in the
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composition of the program. If the bill does result in an
increase in demand for the program, there could be a
corresponding cost pressure to increase funding.
A similar bill, SB 736 (Correa, 2007), was held on the Assembly
Appropriations Committee's suspense file.