BILL NUMBER: AB 2555	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bocanegra

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to add and repeal Section 33134 of the Education Code,
relating to cradle-to-career initiatives.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2555, as introduced, Bocanegra. Cradle-to-career initiatives:
report.
   Existing law establishes the Superintendent of Public Instruction
and requires the Superintendent to develop, and submit to the State
Board of Education for approval, information to strengthen and
promote the opportunities for quality involvement by parents and
guardians in schoolsite councils.
   This bill would require the Superintendent, in conjunction with
specified entities, to develop a report exploring the feasibility of
establishing and expanding cradle-to-career initiatives that are
collective-impact strategies containing specified tenets. The bill
would require the Superintendent to provide the Legislature with an
interim status report by July 1, 2016, and to submit to the
Legislature a final report by December 1, 2016. The bill would repeal
these provisions on January 1, 2021.
   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 33134 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   33134.  (a) The Superintendent, in conjunction with the State
Department of Social Services, the Employment Development Department,
the California Health and Human Services Agency, the Business,
Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, the Department of
Transportation, the California Children and Families Commission, the
Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the Chancellor of
the California State University, the President of the University of
California, the Department of Parks and Recreation, teacher
organizations, chambers of commerce, industry representatives,
research centers, parent organizations, school administrators,
representatives of regional occupational centers and programs,
community-based organizations, labor organizations, and other
interested parties deemed appropriate by the Superintendent, shall
develop a report that explores the feasibility of establishing and
expanding cradle-to-career initiatives that are collective-impact
strategies with all of the following tenets:
   (1) Aligning local, state, federal, and private resources to
maximize existing dollars and better serve children and their
families.
   (2) Focusing coordinated efforts in one geographic location to
target a specific scope of children and their families.
   (3) Sharing a focus on pupil success and mobilizing senior
community leaders around a policy, program, and quality-improvement
agenda.
   (4) Providing for partnerships among schools, government, and
community-based organizations.
   (5) Providing for collaborative leadership structures that play an
essential function in the alignment of planning, resource
development, and implementation at both the school and community
levels.
   (6) Coordinating improvements across multiple sectors, such as
housing, education, employment, transportation, and health.
   (7) Selecting and targeting research-informed milestones, such as
kindergarten readiness, third grade reading levels, and high school
graduation rates, and focusing on the collective effort of partners
in attaining these goals.
   (8) Providing for a results-driven focus on improving the
educational and life outcomes of children, both to ensure brighter
futures for young people and to create healthier, safer neighborhoods
with greater access to employment opportunities.
   (9) Using the principles of equity and academic excellence to
drive the initiative to meet the needs of all pupils, including those
pupils identified as vulnerable to social disconnection and dropping
out of school.
   (10) Reflecting local employment opportunities, needs, and
objectives with input from, and coordination with, residents,
community leaders, and local institutions.
   (b) In developing the cradle-to-career initiatives, the
Superintendent shall consider approaches that include, but are not
limited to, community schools, promise neighborhoods, and healthy
communities efforts in the state.
   (c) The report shall include all of the following components:
   (1) Methods for developing and sharing models of cradle-to-career
initiatives.
   (2) Strategies for effective implementation of the
cradle-to-career initiatives.
   (3) Recommendations for supporting regional coalitions in planning
and developing the cradle-to-career initiatives.
   (d) (1) The Superintendent shall, upon appropriation by the
Legislature, use state and federal funds to implement this section.
   (2) To the extent that funding pursuant to paragraph (1) is
insufficient, the Superintendent may apply for and accept grants, and
receive donations and other financial support from public or private
sources.
   (e) On or before July 1, 2016, the Superintendent shall, pursuant
to Section 9795 of the Government Code, report to the Legislature on
the status of completing the report.
   (f) On or before December 1, 2016, the Superintendent shall,
pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code, submit a final
report developed pursuant to subdivision (a) with recommendations to
the Legislature.
   (g) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this
section shall become inoperative on December 1, 2020, and, as of
January 1, 2021, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
becomes operative on or before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends
the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.