BILL NUMBER: AB 2380	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 1, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Weber

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 64001 of the Education Code, relating to
school plans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2380, as amended, Weber. School plans: consolidated application
for categorical programs: single plan for pupil achievement.
   Existing law requires a school district that elects to apply for
certain state and federal categorical program funds to submit to the
State Department of Education a single consolidated application,
referencing a duly adopted single plan for pupil achievement, for
approval by the State Board of Education. Related onsite school and
district compliance visits and reviews are conducted by the
department.
   Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
establish the process and frequency for conducting reviews of
district achievement and compliance with state and federal
categorical program requirements.
   This bill would add to these provisions references to programs
funded through the local control funding formula, districtwide
advisory committees on bilingual education, and templates adopted for
the development of local control and accountability plans. The bill
would require school districts to develop local control and
accountability plans and annual updates in consultation with
schoolsite level advisory groups and ensure that the local control
and accountability plan and its specific actions are consistent with,
and reflective of, the goals and plans of  the schoolsite
  schoolsites  .
   The bill would also make other nonsubstantive changes.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 64001 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   64001.  (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a school district
shall not be required to submit to the department, as part of the
consolidated application, a school plan for categorical programs that
are subject to this part. A school district shall ensure, in the
consolidated application, that the single plan for pupil achievement
established pursuant to subdivision (d) has been prepared in
accordance with law, that schoolsite councils have developed and
approved a plan, to be known as the single plan for pupil
achievement, for schools participating in programs funded through the
consolidated application process  or   and
 through the local control funding formula established pursuant
to Section 42238.02,  or   and  any other
school program they choose to include, and that school plans were
developed with the review, certification, and advice of applicable
school advisory committees, including advisory committees established
pursuant to Section 52176. The single plan for pupil achievement may
also be referred to as the single plan for student achievement. The
consolidated application shall also include certifications by
appropriate  school  district advisory committees, including
advisory committees established pursuant to Section 52176, that the
application was developed with review and advice of those committees.

   (2) If a consolidated application does not include the necessary
certifications or assurances, the department shall initiate an
investigation to determine whether the consolidated application and
single plan for pupil achievement were developed in accordance with
law and with the involvement of applicable advisory committees,
including advisory committees established pursuant to Section 52176,
and schoolsite councils.
   (b) Onsite school and district compliance reviews of categorical
programs shall continue, and school plans shall be required and
reviewed as part of these onsite visits and compliance reviews. The
Superintendent shall establish the process and frequency for
conducting reviews of  school  district achievement and
compliance with state and federal categorical program requirements.
In addition, the Superintendent shall establish the content of these
instruments, including any criteria for differentiating these reviews
based on the achievement of pupils, as demonstrated by the Academic
Performance Index developed pursuant to Section 52052, and evidence
of  school  district compliance with state and federal law.
The state board shall review the content of these instruments for
consistency with state board policy and with the template adopted
pursuant to Section 52064 for development of local control and
accountability plans.
   (c) (1) A school district shall submit school plans whenever the
department requires the plans in order to effectively administer any
categorical program subject to this part. The department may require
submission of the school plan for any school that is the specific
subject of a complaint involving any categorical program or service
subject to this part.
   (2) The department may require a school district to submit other
data or information as may be necessary for the department to
effectively administer any categorical program subject to this part.
   (d) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, as a condition of receiving
state funding for a categorical program pursuant to Section 64000,
and instead of the information submission requirements that were
required by this section before January 1, 2002, a school district
shall ensure that each school in its jurisdiction that operates
categorical programs subject to this part consolidates the plans that
are required by those programs into a single plan. Schools may
consolidate any plans that are required by federal programs subject
to this part into this plan, unless otherwise prohibited by federal
law. That plan shall be known as the single plan for pupil
achievement or may be referred to as the single plan for student
achievement.
   (2) To facilitate the alignment of required activities and avoid
the duplication of effort, as referenced in Sections 52063 and 52064
with respect to school plans, local control and accountability plans,
and federal law, a school district shall develop the local control
and accountability plan and annual updates in consultation with
schoolsite level advisory groups and ensure that the local control
and accountability plan and its specific actions are consistent with,
and reflective of, the goals and plans of  the schoolsite.
  schoolsites. 
   (e) Plans developed pursuant to subdivision (d) of former Section
52054, as it read on June 30, 2013, and Section 6314 and following of
Title 20 of the United States Code, shall satisfy the requirements
of this section.
   (f) Notwithstanding any other law, the content of a single plan
for pupil achievement shall be aligned with school goals for
improving pupil achievement. School goals shall be based upon an
analysis of verifiable state data, including the Academic Performance
Index developed pursuant to Section 52052 and the English language
development test developed pursuant to Section 60810, and may include
any data voluntarily developed by school districts to measure pupil
achievement. The single plan for pupil achievement shall, at a
minimum, address how funds provided to the school through any of the
sources identified in Section 64000 will be used to improve the
academic performance of all pupils to the level of the performance
goals, as established by the Academic Performance Index developed
pursuant to Section 52052. The plan shall also identify the schools'
means of evaluating progress toward accomplishing those goals and how
state and federal law governing these programs will be implemented.
The plan shall also align with the school district's goals for
unduplicated pupils in the state and local priority areas identified
pursuant to Section 52060.
   (g) The plan required by this section shall be reviewed annually
and updated, including proposed expenditure of funds allocated to the
school through the consolidated application, by the schoolsite
council, or, if the school does not have a schoolsite council, by
schoolwide advisory groups or school support groups that conform to
the requirements of Section 52852. The plans shall be reviewed and
approved by the governing board of the local educational agency at a
regularly scheduled meeting whenever there are material changes that
affect the academic programs for pupils covered by programs
identified in Section 64000.
   (h) The school plan and subsequent revisions shall be reviewed and
approved by the governing board of the school district. The
governing board of the school district shall certify that, to the
extent allowable under federal law, plans developed for purposes of
this section are consistent with district local improvement plans
that are required as a condition of receiving federal funding.
   (i) This section does not prevent a school district, at its
discretion, from conducting an independent review pursuant to
subdivision (c) of this section as it read on January 1, 2001.