BILL NUMBER: AB 1178 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 8, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 23, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bocanegra
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
An act to add and repeal Chapter 18.5 (commencing with
Section 11750) to of Part 7 of Division
1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1178, as amended, Bocanegra. Pupil instruction: California
Promise Neighborhood Initiative.
Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and
secondary schools in this state, and authorizes local educational
agencies throughout the state to operate schools and provide
instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
Existing law also establishes a system of postsecondary education in
the state that consists of 4 segments: the University of California,
the California State University, the California Community Colleges,
and independent institutions of higher education.
This bill would express findings and declarations of the
Legislature about, among other things, the educational,
cultural, and health social, and health needs of
California's most distressed communities. The bill would establish
the California Promise Neighborhood Initiative to develop a system of
up to 40 California promise neighborhoods throughout the
state to support children's development. The bill would, commencing
in July 2014 2015 , require the State
Department of Education to develop an application process for
eligible entities to apply for sites to become promise neighborhoods.
The bill would require authorize the
State Department of Education to designate the
up to 40 California promise neighborhoods by January 1,
2016 2017 , and would specify that the
promise neighborhoods would be selected from areas that voluntarily
apply, as prescribed, for that designation. The bill would specify
items that would be required to be included in an application to be
designated as a California promise neighborhood. The bill would
specify the services to be provided to the participating
neighborhoods. The bill would also require promise neighborhood
designees to undergo a performance reviewevery 3 years
conducted by provide a report to the State
Department of Education and the community served by the
promise neighborhood , every 3 years, containing
specified data. These provisions would become operative only if the
Superintendent of Public Instruction finds that sufficient funding
for its purposes has been provided, as specified .
These provisions would be repealed as of January 1, 2026.
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. Chapter 18.5 (commencing with Section 11750) is added
to Part 7 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read:
CHAPTER 18.5. CALIFORNIA PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE
Article 1. Findings and General Provisions
11750. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the
following:
(a) All children throughout California, regardless of their
families' socioeconomic, English learning, or special education
status, or the neighborhoods in which they reside, deserve access to
a high-quality education, health services, and social services that
will prepare them to succeed in college and in their careers, and
that will allow them to become productive citizens contributing to
the wealth of our cities, state, and nation.
(b) Many children living in California's most distressed
communities lack access to opportunities that will ensure adequate
academic, social, and health preparation for achieving success and
helping to end family and neighborhood poverty.
(c) Innovative and comprehensive approaches to break the cycle of
poverty are necessary for creating opportunities for children to
succeed and ultimately to help turn around poor neighborhoods.
(d) Long-term investments in underserved children's academic,
social, and health development and the strengthening of a system of
family and community support shared by various stakeholders are also
needed to sustain the future of our communities.
(e) The Harlem Children's Zone in New York has demonstrated the
lasting benefits of developing a network of support services to
revitalize an entire community through focusing on the
educational, social, and health , and
educational development of children.
(f) The Federal Promise Neighborhood Initiative, inspired by the
Harlem Children's Zone, seeks to develop a cradle-to-career pipeline
of support services in specific neighborhoods that will transform
communities.
(g) Out of more than 50 communities in California that applied for
the Federal Promise Neighborhood Initiative grant, eight communities
in California were selected to receive planning or implementation
grants.
(h) Many of the communities that were not selected by the federal
government continue to work on developing community plans because
cross-community planning provides lasting benefits in aligning and
maximizing resources in a community.
(i) Establishing a network of services to serve specific families
breaks down many unnecessary barriers in the effective delivery of
programs and services.
(j) The alignment of local, state, and federal resources can
maximize existing dollars and better serve specific communities.
(k) Central to the development of the Harlem Children's Zone and
the Federal Promise Neighborhood Initiative has been the use of data
to drive real-time decisionmaking and program improvement.
11751. (a) The California Promise Neighborhood Initiative is
hereby established to develop a system of up to 40
"promise neighborhoods" throughout California to support children's
development from cradle to career. Participation in this initiative
is voluntary.
(b) The purpose of the California Promise Neighborhood Initiative
is to significantly improve the outcomes and opportunities for
children and their families living in California's most distressed
neighborhoods and to transform those communities. By using
results-driven accountability and leveraging federal, state, local,
and private resources, the state will seek to provide children and
their families in these neighborhoods with access to a
community-based continuum of high-quality services and practices
based on the best available evidence, which will address the needs of
children from birth through college and career.
(c) Commencing in July 2014 2015 ,
the department shall develop an application process for eligible
entities to apply for sites to become promise neighborhoods pursuant
to this article. The department shall may
designate up to 40 California promise neighborhoods
by January 1, 2016 2017 , selecting
from applicants that meet eligibility criteria, and have demonstrated
that they will implement a comprehensive, integrated continuum of
solutions or pipeline of services based on the best available
evidence to improve academic achievement, including early childhood
programs, child and youth social and health development, college and
career readiness, and efforts to build strong family and community
supports measured by common outcomes in neighborhoods with high
concentrations of low-income families, persistently low-achieving
schools, or schools with an achievement gap.
(d) A designee is responsible for , and shall be measured
by the department for, demonstrating progress in
all of the following common outcomes:
(1) Children enter kindergarten ready to succeed in school.
(2) Pupils are proficient in core academic subjects.
(3) Pupils successfully transition from middle school grades to
high school.
(4) Pupils graduate from high school.
(5) High school graduates obtain a postsecondary educational
degree, certification, or credential.
(6) Pupils are healthy.
(7) Pupils feel safe at school and in their community.
(8) Pupils live in stable communities.
(9) Families and community members support learning in promise
neighborhood schools.
(10) Pupils have access to 21st century learning tools.
(e) The department shall determine acceptable indicators to
illustrate progress in each of the above outcomes.
(e)
(f) The department shall begin the California Promise
Neighborhood Initiative selection process by guaranteeing eligibility
for the federally recognizedcommunities
recognized communities in California receiving either planning
or implementation grants.
11752. As used in this chapter:
(a) A "California promise neighborhood" is a specific geographic
area that represents a community focused on revitalization through
the establishment of a cradle-to-career network of services aimed at
improving the health, safety, education, and economic development of
the defined area.
(b) An "eligible applicant" is any of the following:
(1) A nonprofit organization, including a faith-based organization
to the extent permitted by law.
(2) A local educational agency.
(2)
(3) An institution of higher education.
(3)
(4) An Indian tribe or tribal organization, serving as
a lead agency representative of the proposed geographic area to be
served and in partnership with at least one public elementary or
secondary school, traditional or charter, located within the
identified geographic area.
(c) "Common outcomes" are the outcomes listed in subdivision (d)
of Section 11751.
Article 2. Program Provisions
11753. (a) The department shall work with the Employment
Development Department, the California Health and Human Services
Agency, the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, the
California Children and Families Commission, the California Community
Colleges, the California State University, the University of
California, the Student Aid Commission, the Department of Parks and
Recreation, and other agencies and departments selected by
the Governor deemed appropriate by the Superintendent
of Public Instruction to implement this chapter.
(b) The department shall work with the entities listed in
subdivision (a) to identify programs and opportunities for
grants suitable for prioritization and granting of bonus points in
promise neighborhoods existing progra ms
and grants for which an applicant that is designated a California
Promise Neighborhood would receive bonus points, additional
recognition, or weighted consideration when competing for those
grants .
(c) For purposes of implementing this chapter, the department may
use existing available state resources and federal funds. If state or
federal funds are not available or sufficient, the department may
apply for and accept grants and receive donations and other financial
support from public or private sources for purposes of this chapter.
(d) This chapter shall not be construed to require the development
or funding of any new programs or grants.
(d)
(e) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage
the Governor to give a high priority to California promise
neighborhoods in the expenditure of discretionary federal workforce
investment funds.
11754. (a) The department shall work with the California Health
and Human Services Agency and county health and human services
agencies to ensure, to the extent feasible, the maximum participation
of eligible populations within California promise neighborhoods in
the following programs:
(1) The CalFresh program pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with
Section 18900) of Part 6 of Division 9 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.
(2) The Medi-Cal program pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with
Section 14000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.
(b) The department shall have a participation goal of 90 percent,
and, beginning January 1, 2016, the department shall post
participation rates for these areas. The department shall explore
different methods of increasing participation, including, but not
necessarily limited to, a universal application and electronic data
sharing with schools and school districts.
11755. 11754. The department shall
work with the California Children and Families Commission (First 5
Commission), established pursuant to Division 108 (commencing with
Section 130100) of the Health and Safety Code, to ensure that, to the
extent feasible, eligible applicants residing within California
promise neighborhoods receive bonus points, additional recognition,
or weighted consideration for receiving funding for competitive
grants administered by that commission.
11756. 11755. (a) The department
shall work with the California Community Colleges, the California
State University, the University of California, the Student Aid
Commission, and the California Postsecondary Education Commission to
ensure that, to the extent feasible, eligible applicants residing
within California promise neighborhoods receive bonus points,
additional recognition, or weighted consideration, to the extent
feasible, when applying for funding for competitive grants.
(b) Schools, school districts, and institutions of higher
education within California promise neighborhoods shall, at a
minimum, for purposes of meeting the shared outcomes
common outcomes of the promise neighborhood
initiative, to the extent not in conflict with federal law or with an
initiative measure, receive bonus points, additional recognition, or
weighted consideration for receiving funding for the following
competitive grants:
(1) The After School Education and Safety Program established
pursuant to Section 8482.
(2) A California Partnership Academy established pursuant to
Article 5 (commencing with Section 54690) of Chapter 9 of Part 29 of
Division 4 of Title 2.
(3) The Immediate Intervention-Underperforming Schools Program
established pursuant to Section 52053.
(4)
(3) Career technical education pathways grants pursuant
to Section 88532.
(5)
(4) School improvement grants, to the extent that a
school within a promise neighborhood is presently low achieving and
is eligible for Title 1 funding pursuant to Chapter 70 (commencing
with Section 6301) of Title 20 of the United States Code.
11757. 11756. The department shall
work with the Employment Development Department, the California
Workforce Investment Board, and the Employment Training Panel to
ensure that, to the extent feasible, eligible applicants residing
within California promise neighborhoods receive bonus points,
additional recognition, or weighted consideration for receiving
funding for competitive grants.
11758. 11757. (a) The department
shall work with the Department of Parks and Recreation to ensure that
eligible applicants residing within California promise neighborhoods
receive, to the extent feasible, bonus points, additional
recognition, or weighted consideration for receiving funding for
competitive grants.
(b) Cities and counties in which California promise neighborhoods
are located shall, with the support of the promise neighborhoods,
demonstrate that multiple sources of block grant assistance are being
coordinated and invested in support of the planning, implementation,
and long-term results of their promise neighborhood program.
(c) Cities and counties in which California promise neighborhoods
are located shall receive, to the extent feasible, bonus points,
additional recognition, or weighted consideration for funding for the
creation of new parks and recreation activities in underserved
communities.
11759. 11758. (a) For purposes of
receiving a California promise neighborhood designation, an eligible
applicant shall submit an application to the department at a time, in
the manner, and containing the information, the department may
require.
(b) An eligible applicant shall submit a description of the
geographically defined area or neighborhood to be served and the
level of distress in that area based on indicators of need and other
relevant indicators.
(c) In order for an area to apply, the geographic area of the
proposed California promise neighborhood shall meet all of the
following minimum criteria:
(1) Contain a designated high school or schools and feeder schools
that use a transformation model that includes, but is not
necessarily limited to, full-service community schools, charter
schools, turnaround schools as defined by the federal government, and
career pathways.
(2)
(1) Contain a high school with a graduation rate below
70 percent.
(3)
(2) Have unemployment rates higher than the state as a
whole.
(4)
(3) Have more than 25 percent of households with annual
incomes below twenty-two thousand dollars ($22,000).
(d) An eligible applicant, at a minimum, shall include the
following partners as part of its application:
(1) Other community organizations.
(2) Child development organizations.
(3) Schools or school districts.
(4) Postsecondary educational institutions.
(5) City and county governments.
(6) Representatives of local business and industry.
(e) An eligible applicant shall submit a preliminary memorandum of
understanding, signed by representatives of each partner entity or
agency , that includes, but is not necessarily limited to,
all of the following:
(1) Each partner's commitment and contribution toward achieving
each common outcome at population level.
(2) Each partner's financial and programmatic commitment with
respect to the strategies described in the application, including an
identification of the fiscal agent.
(3) The governance structure proposed for the promise
neighborhood, including a system for how the eligible applicant will
hold partners accountable, the representation of geographical areas
on the eligible applicant's governing and advisory boards, and
resident engagement from the neighborhood in the organization's
decisionmaking process.
(4) Each partner's long-term commitment to providing pipeline
services that, at a minimum, account for the cost of supporting the
pipeline, including the period after grant funds are no
longer available, and potential changes in local government.
pipeline.
(5) Each partner's mission and plan that will govern the work that
partners do together.
(6) Each partner's long-term commitment to supporting the pipeline
through data collection, monitoring, reporting, and sharing.
(7) Each partner's commitment to ensure sound fiscal management
and controls, including evidence of a system of supports and
personnel.
(f) Eligible applicants shall submit a description of a plan to
significantly improve the academic, health, and social outcomes of
children living in an identified neighborhood and to support the
healthy development and well-being of children and youth in the
neighborhood by providing a continuum of solutions to address the
neighborhood's needs. The continuum of solutions proposed by the
eligible applicant shall be based on the best information available
to the applicant.
(g) An eligible applicant shall submit an analysis of community
assets within, or accessible to, the neighborhood, including, at a
minimum, a description of all of the following:
(1) Early learning programs and network
networks , including home visiting, high-quality child care,
Early Head Start programs, Head Start programs, and prekindergarten
programs.
(2) Community centers, after school programs, and other
opportunities for out-of-school activities.
(3) Transportation resources.
(4) Parks and recreational facilities.
(5) Available healthy food options and opportunities for physical
activity.
(6) Existing family and student support organizations.
(7) Businesses and employers located in the community.
(8) Postsecondary educational institutions located in or near the
community.
(h) A description of the process by which to develop, launch, and
implement a longitudinal data system that integrates student-level
data from multiple sources to measure progress on educational and
family and community support indicators for all children in the
neighborhood.
(i) Any funding received as a result of the promise neighborhood
designation shall only be used for the development of the promise
neighborhood common outcomes.
(j) (1) As used in this chapter, "full-service community school"
means a school that aligns the efforts and resources of school
leaders, public agencies, and community partners to create safe,
healthy, and supportive schools that provide equitable opportunities
for all children and youth to develop the skills needed for healthy
and successful transitions to college, careers, and life-long
learning. The principles of equity and academic excellence drive the
full-service community school to meet the needs of all pupils,
including, and most especially, those pupils identified as vulnerable
to social disconnection and dropping out of school.
(2) (A) The core elements of a full-service community school
include, but are not necessarily limited to, all of the following:
(i) A high-quality education plan that attends to the full range
of 21st century skills, including core subjects and themes such as
both of the following:
(I) Civics, health, and environmental literacy.
(II) Information, media, technology, career, and life skills
appropriate to each grade from prekindergarten to grade 12.
(ii) The alignment of school and community resources with the
needs of pupils and families.
(iii) A collaborative governance structure for the effective
braiding of school and community resources and family and community
engagement.
(iv) Expanded learning opportunities for all pupils, including
before and after school enrichment programs, workplace learning
opportunities, and postsecondary partnerships.
(v) Access to onsite, coordinated support services for pupils and
families, including physical and mental health services, social
services, and youth, family, and community engagement and
development.
(B) The services set forth in this paragraph are designed to
holistically address the mental, emotional, and physical health of
pupils and to support the acceleration of academic achievement.
11760. 11759. Every three years,
promise neighborhood designees shall
undergo a performance review conducted by the department and the
community served by the promise neighborhood. The review shall
examine performance in all of the following outcomes, as defined by
the department California promise neighborhoods shall
provide the department with a report. The department may
add requirements to the report, but the report shall include, but is
not necessarily limited to, all of the following information :
(a) Children enter kindergarten ready to succeed in school.
(b) Pupils are proficient in core academic subjects.
(c) Pupils successfully transition from middle school grades to
high school.
(d) Pupils graduate from high school.
(e) High school graduates obtain a postsecondary degree,
certification, or credential.
(f) Pupils are healthy.
(g) Pupils feel safe at school and in their community.
(h) Pupils live in stable communities.
(i) Families and community members support learning in promise
neighborhood schools.
(j) Pupils have access to 21st century learning tools.
(a) An assessment and discussion of the promise neighborhood's
progress on each of the common outcomes.
(b) A discussion of the data indicators, as determined by the
department under subdivision (e) of Section 11751, that demonstrates
critical analysis of the designated promise neighborhood's progress
on each of the common outcomes.
(c) A plan for updating strategies to continue the promise
neighborhood's progress on each of the common outcomes for children
and their families in promise neighborhoods.
11760. This chapter shall become operative only if the
Superintendent finds that sufficient funding for the purposes of this
chapter has been provided through a combination of state, federal,
or private funds. The Superintendent shall prominently post this
finding on the department's Web site.
11761. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2026, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2026, deletes or extends
that date.