BILL NUMBER: AB 2384 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 1, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 21, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bradford
FEBRUARY 21, 2014
An act to add Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 52780) to Part
28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of, and to repeal Chapter 12 (commencing
with Section 52800) of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of, the
Education Code, relating to schoolsite councils.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2384, as amended, Bradford. Schoolsite councils.
Under existing law, the School-Based Program Coordination Act,
which is applicable only to school districts and schools that
participate in school-based coordinated categorical programs, is
established to provide flexibility to coordinate categorical funds.
The act requires a school that participates in school-based program
coordination to establish a schoolsite council, and requires the
schoolsite council to establish a school plan that includes, among
other things, curricula, instructional strategies, and materials
responsive to the individual needs and learning styles of each pupil,
and proposed expenditure of funds received through various
categorical programs.
Existing law, enacted in 2013, revised provisions of the public
school financing system, and requires state funding for schools to be
calculated pursuant to a local control funding formula, and
authorizes local educational agencies to expend for any local
educational purpose funds previously required to be spent for various
categorical education programs. Existing law requires the governing
board of each school district to adopt a local control and
accountability plan that includes, among other things, a description
of the annual goals to be achieved for each of the state priorities
identified pursuant to specified provisions.
This bill would repeal the School-Based Program Coordination Act,
and would instead authorize any school to establish a schoolsite
council. The bill would specify that schoolsite councils operating
pursuant to the School-Based Program Coordination Act may continue in
existence and operate pursuant to the bill's provisions. The bill
would enact provisions relating to the functions, composition, and
duties of a schoolsite council that are similar, but not identical,
to the provisions in the School-Based Program Coordination Act.
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. Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 52780) is added
to Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, to read:
CHAPTER 11.5. SCHOOLSITE COUNCILS
52780. Parent advisory committees and schoolsite councils
operating pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 52800), as
that chapter existed on January 1, 2014, may continue in existence in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
52781. (a) A schoolsite council may be established at any school
in accordance with this chapter. A schoolsite council shall include,
but is not limited to, representatives from the following groups:
(1) Teachers, to be selected by teachers at the school.
(2) School employees other than teachers, to be selected by
nonteaching school employees at the school.
(3) Parents of pupils attending the school, to be selected by
parents of pupils at attending the
school.
(4) Community organizations that have a preexisting working
relationship with the schoolsite, that participate at the schoolsite,
and that are focused on the educational outcomes of the school, to
be selected by the principal and other schoolsite council members
selected pursuant to this section.
(5)
(4) In secondary schools, pupils, to be selected by
pupils attending the school.
(b) The schoolsite council or the governing board of the school
district may expand the composition of a schoolsite council based on
the operational structure of the school, in accordance with the
following:
(1) For an elementary school, the schoolsite council shall be
composed to ensure parity between the following two groups:
(A) The principal, classroom teachers, and other school employees.
Classroom teachers shall comprise the majority of persons from this
group. To the extent possible, the school shall ensure that at least
one classified employee is part of this group.
(B) Parents.
(2) For a secondary school, the schoolsite council shall be
composed to ensure parity between the following two groups:
(A) The principal, classroom teachers, and other school employees.
Classroom teachers shall comprise the majority of persons from this
group. To the extent possible, the school shall ensure that at least
one classified employee is part of this group.
(B) An equal number of parents and pupils. To the extent possible,
the school shall ensure that socioeconomically disadvantaged pupils,
foster youth, and English learners are represented on the schoolsite
council.
(c) Members selected pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a)
shall not be included for purposes of ensuring parity pursuant to
paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (b).
(c) A schoolsite council is encouraged to include participation
from community organizations that participate at the schoolsite and
that are focused on the educational outcomes of the school. Members
of this group shall not be included for purposes of ensuring parity
pursuant to subdivision (b).
52782. A schoolwide advisory group or a school support group may
also be used as a schoolsite council, in accordance with the
provisions of this chapter.
52783. The Superintendent shall provide several examples of
selection and replacement procedures that may be considered by
schoolsite councils.
52784. The governing board of a school district shall set term
limits for schoolsite council members other than the principal.
52785. A schoolsite council shall maximize public input and other
means of advancing a democratic process.
52786. A school employee who is also a parent or guardian of a
pupil who attends another school in the school district may serve on
the schoolsite council of the school of his or her employment as a
teacher or other school employee representative. The school employee
may also serve on the schoolsite council of the school that his or
her child or ward attends as a parent representative.
52787. (a) A school district operating a schoolsite council shall
provide training to members of the schoolsite council on
both of the following:
(1) Budget and funding.
(2) Implementing the objectives contained in the school district's
local control and accountability plan and other laws.
(b) The school
district shall also provide information on the schoolsite council
selection process to the general public. the purpose
and role of the schoolsite council.
52788. (a) A schoolsite council shall develop a school plan that
includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Curricula, instructional strategies, and materials that
address the individual needs and learning styles of each pupil.
(2) Instructional and auxiliary services to meet the special needs
of the following pupils:
(A) Pupils of limited English proficiency, including instruction
in a language these pupils understand.
(B) Educationally disadvantaged pupils.
(C) Pupils eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
(D) Foster youth.
(E) Gifted and talented pupils.
(F) Pupils with exceptional needs.
(3) (A) A staff development program for teachers, other school
employees, paraprofessionals, and volunteers, including those
participating in special programs. Staff development programs may
include the use of program guidelines that have been developed by the
Superintendent for specific learning disabilities, including
dyslexia, and other related disorders.
(B) The strategies included in the guidelines and instructional
materials that focus on successful approaches for working with pupils
who have been exposed to drugs or alcohol prenatally, suffered
trauma, as well as other at-risk pupils, may also be provided to
teachers.
(4)
(3) Ongoing evaluation of the educational program of
the school.
(5)
(4) Other activities and objectives, as established by
the schoolsite council.
(6)
(5) The proposed expenditure of funds available to the
school, including, but not limited to, salary and staff
benefits, and including funds available to the
school through federal programs, including, but not limited
to, the federal Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C.
Sec. 6301 et seq.). programs.
(7)
(6) Mechanisms to ensure that the objectives in the
school district's local control and accountability plan are being
met.
(b) A schoolsite council is encouraged to develop a professional
development program for teachers, other school employees, and
volunteers.
(b)
(c) The schoolsite council shall annually review the
school plan, establish a new budget, and, if necessary, make other
modifications in the school plan to reflect changing needs and
priorities.
52789. The governing board of the school district shall review
and approve or disapprove school plans. A school plan shall not be
approved unless it was developed and recommended by the schoolsite
council. If a plan is not approved by the governing board of the
school district, specific reasons for that action shall be
communicated to the schoolsite council. Modifications to any school
plan shall be developed, recommended, and approved or disapproved in
the same manner.
SEC. 2. Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 52800) of Part 28 of
Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code is repealed.