BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 1186 (Bonilla)
As Amended May 24, 2013
Majority vote
EDUCATION 7-0 APPROPRIATIONS 12-0
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|Ayes:|Buchanan, Olsen, Campos, |Ayes:|Gatto, Bocanegra, |
| |Chávez, Nazarian, | |Bradford, |
| |Ammiano, Williams | |Ian Calderon, Campos, |
| | | |Eggman, Gomez, Hall, |
| | | |Ammiano, Pan, Quirk, |
| | | |Weber |
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SUMMARY: Establishes the Common Core Implementation Block Grant
and expresses the intent of the Legislature that school
districts, county offices of education, and charter schools use
block grant funds to support the integration of common core
academic content standards in instruction for kindergarten and
grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to establish quality instructional
programs for all pupils. Specifically, this bill :
1)Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to
allocate the block grant funds in 2013-14 on the basis of
2012-13 enrollment and provides that the funds shall be
available for encumbrance through the 2014-15 fiscal year.
2)Requires recipients to use the funds for the following
purposes:
a) Professional development for teachers, administrators,
and paraprofessional educators that is aligned to the
common core academic content standards;
b) Instructional materials aligned to the standards; and
c) Integration of the common core standards through
technology-based instruction, including, but not limited
to, administering computer-based assessments and providing
high-speed, high-bandwidth Internet connectivity for the
purpose of administering computer-based assessments.
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3)Requires recipients, as a condition of receiving funds, to do
the following:
a) Develop and adopt a plan delineating how block grant
funds will be spent;
b) Explain the plan in a regularly-scheduled meeting of its
governing body prior to adopting the plan in a subsequent
regularly-scheduled meeting; and
c) Report detailed expenditure information to the
California Department of Education (CDE) by January 1,
2015, specifying the specific purchases made and the number
of teachers, administrators, or paraprofessional educators
that received professional development.
4)Requires the CDE to determine the format for the expenditure
report, summarize the information it receives, and report to
the Legislature by July 3, 2015.
5)States that it provisions shall not be implemented unless
funding is provided in the annual Budget Act or another
statute.
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, one-time General Fund/Proposition 98 (GF/98) costs of
at least $1 billion to implement the Common Core (CC)
Implementation Block Grant. The 2013 May Revise allocates $1
billion GF/98 in one-time funds to school districts, county
offices of education, and charter schools for CC implementation.
COMMENTS: The Common Core State Standards Initiative is an
effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center
for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State
School Officers (CCSSO). The standards were developed in
collaboration with teachers, school administrators, and experts,
to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare students
for college and the workforce. To date, the standards have been
adopted by all but five states-Alaska, Minnesota, Nebraska,
Texas, and Virginia. California adopted the standards on August
2, 2010. Curriculum frameworks based on the new standards are
scheduled to be adopted in November 2103 for mathematics and in
May 2014 for English language arts. Computer-based assessments
aligned to the standards are currently being pilot tested and
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are scheduled to begin in the 2014-15 school year.
Concerns have been raised about the ability of California's
schools to transition to the new standards in the proposed time
frame. These concerns have focused on the areas of teacher
preparedness, the availability of standards-aligned
instructional materials, and the technical capacity needed to
administer the computer-based assessments. In his May Revision
of the 2013-14 budget proposal, the Governor proposes to
appropriate $1 billion in one-time Proposition 98 dollars to
support investments in professional development, instructional
materials, and technology. The Assembly Budget Committee
Subcommittee No. 2 on School Finance approved a one-time
appropriation of $1.5 billion (Proposition 98) for these
purposes, subject to implementing legislation.
Analysis Prepared by : Rick Pratt / ED. / (916) 319-2087
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