BILL NUMBER: AB 2380	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 23, 2014
	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, 
 formula and to  districtwide advisory committees on
bilingual  education, and templates adopted for the
development of local control and accountability plans.  
education.  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
schoolsites.  The bill would require the department, if it makes
materials or information available to school districts to assist them
in the development of their single plan for pupil achievement, to
ensure that all materials and information emphasize that the plan be
consisten   t with and, to the extent possible, support the
goals and outcomes specified in the school district's local control
and accountability plan. 
   The bill would also make  conforming and  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 and through the local control
funding formula established pursuant to Section 42238.02, 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  the  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.   policy. If the department makes materials or
information available to school districts to assist them in the
development of their single plan for pupil achievement, the
department shall ensure that all materials and information emphasize
that the plan be consistent with and, to the extent possible, support
the goals and outcomes specified in the school district's local
control and accountability plan, required   pursuant to
Section 52060. 
   (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 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,   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.