BILL NUMBER: AB 180	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  669
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 9, 2011
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 9, 2011
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 30, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 14, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 25, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Carter
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano, Dickinson, Furutani, and V.
Manuel Pérez)
   (Coauthors: Senators Lowenthal and Negrete McLeod)

                        JANUARY 24, 2011

   An act to add and repeal Section 52052.3 of the Education Code,
relating to academic performance.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 180, Carter. Education: academic performance.
   Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction,
with approval of the State Board of Education, to develop an Academic
Performance Index (API), as part of the Public School Performance
Accountability Program, to measure the performance of schools,
especially the academic performance of pupils. The API consists of a
variety of indicators including specified achievement test scores,
attendance rates, and graduation rates. Existing law requires the
Superintendent, with approval of the state board, to develop an
alternative accountability system for specified types of schools,
including, among others, community day schools and continuation
schools. Existing law allows these schools to receive an API score,
but prohibits them from being included in the API rankings of
schools.
   This bill, until January 1, 2017, would require the Superintendent
and the state board, as part of the alternative accountability
system for schools, or any successor system, to allow no more than 10
dropout recovery high schools, as defined, to report the results of
an individual pupil growth model that is proposed by the school and
certified by the Superintendent pursuant to specified criteria
instead of reporting other indicators.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 52052.3 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   52052.3.  (a) As part of the alternative accountability system for
schools developed pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 52052, or
any successor system, the Superintendent and the state board shall
allow no more than 10 dropout recovery high schools, as defined in
subdivision (b), to report, in lieu of other indicators, the results
of an individual pupil growth model that is proposed by the school
and certified by the Superintendent pursuant to subdivision (c).
   (b) For purposes of this section, "dropout recovery high school"
means a school offering instruction in any of grades 9 to 12,
inclusive, in which 50 percent or more of its pupils are designated
as dropouts pursuant to the exit and withdrawal codes developed by
the department and the school provides instruction in partnership
with any of the following:
   (1) The federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. Sec.
2801 et seq.).
   (2) Federally affiliated Youthbuild programs (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12899
et seq.).
   (3) Federal job corps training or instruction provided pursuant to
a memorandum of understanding with the federal provider.
   (4) The California Conservation Corps or local conservation corps
certified by the California Conservation Corps pursuant to Section
14406 or 14507.5 of the Public Resources Code.
   (c) The Superintendent shall review the individual pupil growth
model proposed by the dropout recovery high school and certify that
model if it meets all of the following criteria:
   (1) The model measures learning based on valid and reliable
nationally normed or criterion-referenced reading and mathematics
tests.
   (2) The model measures skills and knowledge aligned with state
standards.
   (3) The model measures the extent to which a pupil scored above an
expected amount of growth based on the individual pupil's initial
achievement score.
   (4) The model demonstrates the extent to which a school is able to
accelerate learning on an annual basis.
   (d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends
that date.