BILL NUMBER: AB 2380 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 19, 2014
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 a single plan for pupil
achievement to be reviewed annually and updated by the schoolsite
council or, if the school does not have a schoolsite council, by
schoolwide advisory groups or school support groups to include
proposed expenditure of funds allocated to the school through the
consolidated application.
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 and to districtwide
advisory committees on bilingual education. The bill would no
longer authorize a specified action plan to satisfy the requirements
of a single plan for pupil achievement. 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 consistent 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
require, when a single plan for pupil achievement is being reviewed
annually and updated by the schoolsite council or, if the school does
not have a schoolsite council, by schoolwide advisory groups or
school support groups to additionally include alignment with the
school district's local control and accountability plan and a
minimization of the duplication of efforts.
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. 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
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 shall satisfy the requirements of
this section.
(f)
(e) 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 moneys
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.
(f) (1) The plan required by this section shall be reviewed
annually and updated 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, to include, but not be limited to, both of the following:
(A) Proposed expenditures of funds allocated to the school through
the consolidated application.
(B) Alignment with the school district's local control and
accountability plan and a minimization of the duplication of efforts.
(2) The plan shall be approved by the governing board of the
school district 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)
(g) 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)
(h) 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.