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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1719
Author: Weber (D) and Buchanan (D), et al.
Amended: 8/19/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 4-2, 6/25/14
AYES: Liu, Correa, Hancock, Monning
NOES: Wyland, Huff
NO VOTE RECORDED: Block
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-0, 8/14/14
AYES: De León, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
NO VOTE RECORDED: Walters, Gaines
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 56-18, 5/28/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Kindergarten: evaluation and annual reporting
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill, commencing with the 2015-16 school year,
requires a local educational agency to provide an annual report
to the Department of Education (CDE) that contains information
on the type of kindergarten program offered by the local
educational agency, including part-day, full-day, or both, in a
manner determined by CDE. This bill, no later than July 1,
2017, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to
provide the Legislature with an evaluation of kindergarten
program implementation in the state, including part-day and
full-day kindergarten programs and requires the evaluation to
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include recommended best practices for providing full-day
kindergarten programs, as specified.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1.Requires a student to be admitted to kindergarten if the
student will be five-years old on or before September 1 of the
2014-15 school year and every year thereafter.
2.Authorizes school districts to admit to kindergarten, on a
case-by-case basis, a student who will be five-years old
during the school year, subject to the following conditions:
A. The governing board of the school district determines
that the admittance is in the best interests of the
student.
B. The parent is given information regarding the advantages
and disadvantages and any other explanatory information
about the effect of this early admittance.
1.Establishes the minimum school day for students in
kindergarten as 180 minutes, inclusive of recess. Prohibits a
student in kindergarten from being kept in school for more
than four hours per day, exclusive of recess.
2.Requires a single-session kindergarten class to meet all of
the following criteria:
A. The class is for a minimum of 180 minutes per
schooldays.
B. The kindergarten class teacher is assigned to only one
session of kindergarten daily as a principal teacher.
C. The kindergarten teacher is a full-time certificated
employee.
D. The kindergarten teacher must be available for
assistance or assignment in the instructional program of
the primary grades when not involved in the kindergarten
program.
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1.Authorizes the kindergarten school day in an early primary
program to exceed four hours if both of the following
conditions are met:
A. The extended-day kindergarten program does not exceed
the length of the primary school day.
B. The extended-day kindergarten program takes into account
ample opportunity for both active and quiet activities with
an integrated, experiential, and developmentally
appropriate educational program.
This bill:
1.Requires, commencing with the 2015-16 school year, a local
educational agency to provide an annual report to CDE that
contains information on the type of kindergarten program
offered by the local educational agency, including part-day,
full-day, or both, in a manner determined by CDE.
2.Requires, no later than July 1, 2017, the SPI to provide the
Legislature with an evaluation of kindergarten program
implementation in the state, including part-day and full-day
kindergarten programs and requires the evaluation to include
recommended best practices for providing full-day kindergarten
programs, as specified. Provides this requirement does not
become operative until the Legislature makes an appropriation
for these purposes in the annual Budget Act or in any other
statute, and sunsets this requirement on July 1, 2017.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Evaluation: Approximately $240,000 (General Fund) in one-time
contract costs for CDE to conduct a kindergarten program
evaluation, based on a diverse sampling of part-day and
full-day kindergarten programs, as specified. Potentially
significant workload increase to monitor contract over 10
months.
Minor workload increase to elementary schools to annually
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report on the type of kindergarten programs they run. This
activity is unlikely to result in significant enough costs to
file a mandate claim.
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/13/14) (Unable to reverify at time of
writing)
AFSCME
California Child Development Administrators Association
California State PTA
Compton Unified School District
Greater Sacramento Urban League
Los Angeles County Education Foundation
Los Angeles County Office of Education
Santa Clara County Office of Education
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 56-18, 5/28/14
AYES: Alejo, Ammiano, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta,
Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau,
Chesbro, Cooley, Dababneh, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman,
Fong, Fox, Frazier, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gray, Hall, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones-Sawyer, Levine,
Lowenthal, Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Pan, Perea,
John A. Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Weber,
Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NOES: Achadjian, Allen, Bigelow, Chávez, Conway, Dahle, Beth
Gaines, Grove, Hagman, Harkey, Jones, Linder, Maienschein,
Mansoor, Nestande, Patterson, Wagner, Wilk
NO VOTE RECORDED: Gorell, Logue, Melendez, Olsen, Waldron,
Vacancy
PQ:e 8/19/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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