Amended in Assembly March 21, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1214

Introduced by Assembly Member Muratsuchi

February 22, 2013

An act to begin delete amend Section 44663 of end delete begin insert add Section 52335.7 to end insert the Education Code, relating to begin delete teachers end delete begin insert regional occupational centers end insert .

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1214, as amended, Muratsuchi. begin delete Teachers: evaluation and assessment of performance. end delete begin insert Regional occupational centers: Southern California Regional Occupational Center. end insert

Existing law begin delete prescribes procedures for the evaluation and assessment of performance of certificated employees and requires that any evaluation and assessment conducted pursuant to those provisions be reduced to writing with a copy transmitted to the certificated employee not later than 30 days before the last schoolday scheduled on the school calendar adopted by the governing board of the school district for the school year in which the evaluation takes place. end delete begin insert authorizes the county superintendent of schools of each county, with the consent of the State Board of Education, to establish and maintain a regional occupational center, or regional occupational program, in the county to provide education and training in career technical courses. Existing law also authorizes the governing boards of any school district maintaining high schools in the county, with the consent of the state board and county superintendent of schools, to cooperate in the establishment and maintenance of a regional occupational center or program, except as specified, and authorizes the establishment and maintenance of a regional occupational center or program by 2 or more school districts end insert begin insert to be undertaken pursuant to a joint powers authority. Existing law also requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to calculate a revenue limit for each regional occupational center or program, as specified, and requires the Superintendent to apportion funds to the regional occupational center or program based on that calculation. end insert

This bill would begin delete make nonsubstantive changes in those provisions. end delete begin insert require the Southern California Regional Occupational Center, a joint powers authority, to receive an annual appropriation from the General Fund for purposes of providing career technical education services. The bill would require the appropriated funds to be apportioned directly to the Southern California Regional Occupational Center based on a formula agreed upon by the school districts participating in the joint powers authority. end insert

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This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Southern California Regional Occupational Center.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following: end insert

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(a) The Southern California Regional Occupational Center
(SoCal ROC) has been providing career technical education for
pupils in the greater Los Angeles area since 1967.

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(b) SoCal ROC operates as a joint powers authority pursuant
to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of
Title 1 of the Government Code, and is composed of multiple school
districts that require a unique funding formula.

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(c) SoCal ROC operates much the same as a stand-alone school
district, except that its sole function is to offer career technical
education programs.

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(d) SoCal ROC provides essential and valuable career technical
education programs and services to over 10,000 pupils annually.

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(e) SoCal ROC has prepared hundreds of thousands of pupils
for careers in California’s ever-changing economy.

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(f) It is critical that SoCal ROC remains open to continue to
provide valuable career technical education so it can prepare
California’s workforce and encourage economic growth within
the state.

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begin insert SEC. 2. end insert   

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begin insert Section 52335.7 is added to the end insert begin insert Education Code end insert begin insert , to
read: end insert

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begin insert 52335.7. end insert   

Notwithstanding any other law, the Southern
California Regional Occupational Center, a joint powers authority,
shall receive an annual appropriation from the General Fund for
purposes of providing career technical education services. The
appropriated funds shall be apportioned directly to the Southern
California Regional Occupational Center based on a formula
agreed upon by the school districts participating in the joint powers
authority.

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begin insert SEC. 3. end insert   

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The Legislature finds and declares that a special law
is necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable
within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California
Constitution because of the unique circumstances relating to the
funding of the Southern California Regional Occupational Center.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 44663 of the Education Code is amended
to read:

44663.  

(a) Evaluation and assessment made pursuant to this
article shall be put in writing and a copy thereof shall be transmitted
to the certificated employee not later than 30 days before the last
schoolday scheduled on the school calendar adopted by the
governing board for the school year in which the evaluation takes
place. The certificated employee shall have the right to initiate a
written reaction or response to the evaluation. This response shall
become a permanent attachment to the employee’s personnel file.
Before the last schoolday scheduled on the school calendar adopted
by the governing board for the school year, a meeting shall be held
between the certificated employee and the evaluator to discuss the
evaluation.

(b) In the case of a certificated noninstructional employee, who
is employed on a 12-month basis, the evaluation and assessment
made pursuant to this article shall be put in writing and a copy
thereof shall be transmitted to the certificated employee no later
than June 30 of the year in which the evaluation and assessment
is made. A certificated noninstructional employee, who is employed
on a 12-month basis, shall have the right to initiate a written
reaction or response to the evaluation. This response shall become
a permanent attachment to the employee’s personnel file. Before
July 30 of the year in which the evaluation and assessment takes
place, a meeting shall be held between the certificated employee
and the evaluator to discuss the evaluation and assessment.

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