BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: April 30, 2014
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Joan Buchanan, Chair
AB 1599 (Committee on Education) - As Amended: April 23, 2014
SUBJECT : Education: omnibus bill
SUMMARY : Makes technical non-controversial revisions to the
Education Code. Specifically, this bill :
1)Corrects an obsolete citation in the provision regarding
district reorganization. (Section 1)
2)Changes the term "mentally retarded" to "intellectually
disabled". (Section 2)
3)Incorporates the contents of AB 137 (Buchanan), Chapter 225,
and AB 700 (Gomez), Chapter 483, Statutes of 2013, regarding
history-social science framework, which were chaptered out by
AB 424 (Donnelly), Chapter 484, Statutes of 2013. (Section 3)
4)Changes the references from "building and equipment" and
"school lots or buildings" to "real property" in the section
regarding transfer of property from one district to another.
(Section 4)
5)Corrects a reference to when an election is to be conducted in
the provision requiring a county superintendent of schools to
call an election for the reorganization of a school district.
(Section 5)
6)Revises, for the purposes of initiating lapsation proceedings,
the dates and time period a county committee on district
organization must conduct public hearings, order a territory
annexed to one or more adjoining districts, and the date the
annexation takes effect. (Sections 6, 7, and 8)
7)Authorizes school districts, charter schools, and county
offices of education to release eligibility information on
pupils enrolled in the free or reduced-price meal program to
the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the purposes of
determining funding allocations under the local control
funding formula. Requires the information to be released to
comply with specified pupil record and pupil confidentiality
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requirements. (Section 10)
8)Repeals on obsolete provision requiring the individualized
education program to include a provision for a review, at
least every six month, by the full individualized education
program team, pursuant to Government Code 7572.5(c)(2), when
an individualized education program calls for a residential
placement. (Section 12)
9)Repeals a provision authorizing local educational agencies to
seek, either directly or through a pupil's parents or
guardians, reimbursement from insurance companies to cover the
costs of related services in accordance with federal
regulations. (Section 13)
10)Specifies that if an individual with exceptional needs is
covered by public benefits or insurance, a public agency may
use Medicaid, other public benefits, or insurance programs in
which a pupil participates, to provide or pay for required
services, if the public agency provides written notification
and obtains written parental consent. (Section 14)
11)Strikes the requirement for a nonpublic, nonsectarian school
or agency seeking certification to submit a form and requires
the California Department of Education to provide electronic
notification of the availability of renewal application
materials. (Section 15)
12)Strikes obsolete dates and requirements in the provisions
regarding special education local plan areas and the provision
of services to individuals with exceptional needs. (Section
16)
13)Changes "Measurement of Academic Performance and Progress
(MAPP) to the "California Assessment of Student Performance
and Progress (CAASPP) throughout the Education Code.
(Sections 18 - 27)
14)Requires the early literacy assessment of pupils whose
primary language is a language other than English to be
administered for a period of four years beginning after the
initial administration of the assessment or until July 1,
2017, whichever occurs last. (Section 28)
15)Corrects cross references. (Sections 9 and 11)
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EXISTING LAW assigns various duties to state and local
educational agencies and governs the operation of public
schools.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS :
This bill is the annual K-12 education clean-up bill that makes
various non-controversial revisions to the Education Code. The
majority of the provisions were identified by the California
Department of Education and make technical corrections to the
statute, such as correcting a section citation or striking
obsolete language. By tradition, objection to any provision by
the agency affected, the Department of Finance, or any of the
four legislative caucuses prevents that provision from being
included in this bill.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by : Sophia Kwong Kim / ED. / (916) 319-2087