BILL NUMBER: AB 558	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cooley

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act to add Section 52124.4 to the Education Code, relating to
schools.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 558, as introduced, Cooley. Class size reduction.
   Existing law establishes the Class Size Reduction Program under
which a participating school district or county office of education
establishes a program to reduce class size in kindergarten and grades
1 to 3, inclusive, to 20 or fewer pupils. Existing law, provides
that, if a school district receives funding pursuant to those
provisions but has not implemented its class size reduction program
for all grades and classes for which it received funding, then an
amount equal to the amount received by the school district shall
pursuant to those provisions be deducted by the Controller from the
next principal apportionment to the district. Existing law, for the
2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2012-13, and 2013-14 fiscal years,
provides for an adjustment to the amount of the deduction pursuant to
a certain schedule based on the number of pupils greater than or
equal to 20.5 per class who were enrolled.
   This bill, for the 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18 fiscal
years, would provide for an adjustment to the deduction pursuant to a
certain schedule based on the number of pupils greater than or equal
to 20.5 per class who were enrolled.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
   (a) California has the largest class sizes in the country.
   (b) Small class sizes are key to improving a pupil's learning.
   (c) Smaller class sizes are especially necessary for the
educational development of high need pupils.
   (d) Small class sizes have helped to increase pupil test scores
and overall learning across the state.
  SEC. 2.  Section 52124.4 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   52124.4.  (a) For the 2014-15 fiscal year, the amounts deducted
pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 52124 shall be as follows:
   (1) Seven percent of the amount to which the school district would
otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual average
enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater than or
equal to 20.5 but less than 21.0.
   (2) Fifteen percent of the amount to which the school district
would otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual
average enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater
than or equal to 21.0 but less than 21.5.
   (3) Twenty percent of the amount to which the school district
would otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual
average enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater
than or equal to 21.5 but less than 21.9.
   (b) For the 2015-16 fiscal year, the amounts deducted pursuant to
subdivision (d) of Section 52124 shall be as follows:
   (1) Ten percent of the amount to which the school district would
otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual average
enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater than or
equal to 20.5 but less than 21.0.
   (2) Twenty-five percent of the amount to which the school district
would otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual
average enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater
than or equal to 21.0 but less than 21.5.
   (3) Forty percent of the amount to which the school district would
otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual average
enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater than or
equal to 21.5 but less than 21.9.
   (c) For the 2016-17 fiscal year, the amounts deducted pursuant to
subdivision (d) of Section 52124 shall be as follows:
   (1) Fifteen percent of the amount to which the school district
would otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual
average enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater
than or equal to 20.5 but less than 21.0.
   (2) Thirty-five percent of the amount to which the school district
would otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual
average enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater
than or equal to 21.0 but less than 21.5.
   (3) Sixty percent of the amount to which the school district would
otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual average
enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater than or
equal to 21.5 but less than 21.9.
   (d) For the 2017-18 fiscal year, the amounts deducted pursuant to
subdivision (d) of Section 52124 shall be as follows:
   (1) Twenty percent of the amount to which the school district
would otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual
average enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater
than or equal to 20.5 but less than 21.0.
   (2) Forty percent of the amount to which the school district would
otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual average
enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater than or
equal to 21.0 but less than 21.5.
   (3) Eighty percent of the amount to which the school district
would otherwise be eligible for each class for which the annual
average enrollment determined pursuant to Section 52124.5 is greater
than or equal to 21.5 but less than 21.9.