BILL ANALYSIS Ķ
AB 1668
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 1668 (Carter)
As Amended July 5, 2012
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |77-0 |(May 21, 2012) |SENATE: |36-0 |(August 9, |
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Original Committee Reference: ED.
SUMMARY : Revises the definition of "dropout recovery high school"
(DRHS) to include a school offering instruction in any of grades 9
to 12, inclusive, in which 50% or more of its pupils are either
designated as dropouts, as specified, or left a school and were not
otherwise enrolled for a period of at least 180 days.
The Senate amendments :
1)Require a DRHS to submit to the Superintendent of Public
Instruction (SPI) a certification that the high school meets the
criteria specified in the definition of DRHS and provide a summary
of data derived from the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement
Data System to support that designation.
2)Require a DRHS to submit a proposed individual pupil growth model
to the SPI for review and certification.
3)Revise the definition of DRHS in a section of the Education Code
that prohibits graduation rates for pupils in DRHSs from being
included in the Academic Performance Index (API).
EXISTING LAW :
1)Requires the SPI and the State Board of Education (SBE) to allow
DRHSs, numbering no more than 10, to report the results of an
individual pupil growth model that the SPI certifies as meeting
specified criteria, in lieu of other indicators under the state's
alternative accountability system. (Education Code (EC) Section
52052.3)
2)Defines a DRHS for this purpose, as a school offering instruction
in any of grades 9 to 12 in which 50% or more of its pupils are
designated as dropouts pursuant to the exit and withdrawal codes
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developed by the California Department of Education (CDE) and the
school provides instruction in partnership with any of the
following:
a) The federal Workforce Investment Act;
b) Federally affiliated Youthbuild programs;
c) Federal job corps training or instruction provided pursuant
to a memorandum of understanding with the federal provider; or,
d) The California Conservation Corp (CCC) or local conservation
corps certified by the CCC. (EC Section 52052.3)
3)Prohibits graduation rates for pupils in DRHSs from being included
in the API and defines DRHS for this purpose, as a high school in
which 50% or more of its pupils have been designated as dropouts
pursuant to the exit/withdrawal codes developed by the CDE. (EC
Section 52052)
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill revised the definition of
"dropout recovery high school" only for purposes of the alternative
individual pupil growth model for DRHSs.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations Committee,
pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.
COMMENTS : Last year the Legislature approved and the Governor
signed AB 180 (Carter), Chapter 669, Statutes of 2011, to allow up
to 10 DRHSs to propose and use, subject to the approval of the SPI
and SBE, an alternative individual pupil growth model. Passage of
AB 180 acknowledged that DRHSs should be able to measure and report
the growth of individual pupils from their own individual
pupil-based accountability model in lieu of other required
indicators so as to more appropriately reflect the progress that a
DRHS is making. AB 180 defined a "dropout recovery high school" for
this purpose, as a school offering instruction in any of grades 9 to
12 in which 50% or more of its pupils were designated as dropouts
pursuant to the exit and withdrawal codes developed by the CDE and
the school provided instruction in partnership with any of the
specified federal and state programs.
This bill revises the definition of DRHS for purposes of the
alternative accountability model to include a school offering
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instruction in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in which 50% or
more of its pupils are either designated as dropouts or were not
otherwise enrolled for a period of at least 180 days and the school
provides instruction in partnership with the specified programs.
Additionally, as amended in the Senate, this bill also makes the
conforming change to a separate section of the Education Code
relating to the API of DRHSs.
Need for the bill: Data made available by the CDE shows that only
six schools meet the existing definition of DRHS. The School for
Integrated Academics & Technologies (SIATech), the sponsor of this
bill and of AB 180, does not meet the existing definition of a
dropout recovery high school, because according to the
exit/withdrawal codes used in the California Longitudinal Pupil
Achievement Data System (CALPADS), SIATech does not enroll at least
50% dropouts. SIATech, however, is a widely known dropout recovery
high school. This bill seeks to capture, within the DRHS
definition, schools that enroll dropouts and/or pupils that have
reenrolled in school after having been out of school for 180 days or
more and may have instead been considered transfers for an extended
period of time.
According to information on the CDE's Internet Web site, for
state-level reporting purposes, any pupil that is reported by a
local educational agency (LEA) as transferring to another California
public school district and cannot be found subsequently enrolled in
a California public school district on or before Information Day
(the first Wednesday in October) is considered a lost transfer and
will be counted as a dropout. However, a pupil can be considered a
"lost transfer" for over a year before he or she is counted as a
dropout. While larger policy questions may emerge regarding the
period of time a pupil can be considered a lost transfer before he
or she is considered a dropout, the focus of this bill is limited to
the definition of DRHS.
Analysis Prepared by : Marisol Aviņa / ED. / (916) 319-2087
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