BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 1599 (Education Committee)
As Amended August 22, 2014
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |78-0 |(May 15, 2014) |SENATE: |34-0 |(August 26, |
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Original Committee Reference: ED.
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,
Statutes of 2013, 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
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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, and upon request, to another school district,
charter school, or county office of education that is serving
a pupil living in the same household as an enrolled pupil for
purposed related to free or reduced-price meal program
eligibility and for data used in local control formula
calculations. Requires the information to be released to
comply with specified pupil record and pupil confidentiality
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 Section
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
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and Progress (CAASPP) throughout the Education Code.
(Sections 17 - 25)
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 26)
15)Corrects cross references. (Sections 9 and 11)
The Senate amendments :
1)Add the provision authorizing school districts, charter
schools, and county offices of education to release
eligibility information on pupils enrolled in the free or
reduced-price meal program, upon request, to another school
district, charter school, or county office of education that
is serving a pupil living in the same household as an enrolled
pupil for purposed related to free or reduced-price meal
program eligibility and for data used in local control formula
calculations.
2)Strike two provisions that change "Measurement of Academic
Performance and Progress" to the "California Assessment of
Student Performance and Progress."
3)Add chaptering out amendments to avoid conflicts with SB 897
(Steinberg) of the current legislative session, and AB 2512
(Bonilla) of the current legislative session.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.
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.
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Analysis Prepared by : Sophia Kwong Kim / ED. / (916) 319-2087
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