BILL NUMBER: SCR 50	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  82
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 20, 2013
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 15, 2013
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 3, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 3, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hueso
   (Principal coauthors: Senators Beall, Cannella, Correa, Leno, Liu,
and Wright)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Alejo, Brown, Buchanan, Campos,
Dickinson, Lowenthal, Allen, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta,
Bradford, Ian Calderon, Chau, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dahle, Daly,
Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez,
Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger
Hernández, Jones, Levine, Linder, Logue, Maienschein, Mansoor,
Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian,
Nestande, Olsen, Patterson, John A. Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk,
Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski,
Wilk, and Yamada)

                        JUNE 4, 2013

   Relative to Dropout Recovery Week.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 50, Hueso. Dropout Recovery Week.
   This measure would declare the week of August 4, 2013, to August
10, 2013, inclusive, to be Dropout Recovery Week, and would state the
Legislature's intent to encourage the support of dropout recovery
high schools with creative teaching strategies, alternative
assessments, and adequate resources.



   WHEREAS, Research suggests that fewer than 73 percent of 9th grade
pupils in California, and in some school districts fewer than 50
percent, graduate from high school; and
   WHEREAS, Research by the Alliance for Excellent Education
concludes that if only one-half of the dropouts from a single year
were to earn a diploma, the economic benefits to California would be
staggering: those recovered dropouts would earn an additional $1.4
billion each year, increase home sales by $4.5 billion during their
careers, support an additional 8,700 jobs to the midpoint of their
careers, and increase state and local tax revenues by $167 million
every year; and
   WHEREAS, Research further shows that reengaged learners
demonstrate higher civic engagement, contribute to the cultural
strengths of their communities, and are significantly less likely to
be unemployed, on public assistance, or arrested for a violent crime;
and
   WHEREAS, There exist dropout recovery high schools in California
that provide significant social, economic, and academic benefits to
their pupils and to California's population as a whole by reenrolling
over 23,000 former dropouts; and
   WHEREAS, Dropout recovery high schools face significant challenges
in reengaging pupils, including: (1) dropouts often perform
significantly below grade level; (2) dropouts suffer years of
academic and behavioral difficulties, absenteeism, and stressful life
circumstances; and (3) pupils who have dropped out once are
significantly more likely to drop out again; and
   WHEREAS, Research by WestEd found that one-half of the dropouts
who return to school stay for one year or less, one-third of
returning dropouts fail to complete even one course after they
reenroll, and as few as 18 percent of returning dropouts graduate;
and
   WHEREAS, Successful dropout recovery high schools utilize multiple
strategies, including state-of-the-art technology, career technical
education to reach a variety of learning modalities, accelerated
learning pedagogies, competency-based, rather than seat-time-based,
instruction, and open entry and open exit enrollment; and
   WHEREAS, Successful dropout recovery high schools attract and
retain high-quality staff committed to meeting the instructional
needs of the whole pupil and transforming their pupils from being at
risk of failure to being successful; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved, by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby declares the week of
August 4, 2013, to August 10, 2013, inclusive, to be Dropout Recovery
Week, in honor of the schools and staff who work to reengage pupils
who have previously dropped out of school, and in honor of the pupils
who have overcome significant personal challenges to reengage in
high school and become transformed learners who continue to pursue
education in preparation for college and a future career; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Legislature intends to encourage the support of
dropout recovery high schools with creative teaching strategies,
alternative assessments, and adequate resources; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.