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          Bill No:  SB 1060
          Author:   Liu (D)
          Amended:  6/19/14
          Vote:     21


           SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE  :  9-0, 4/30/14
          AYES:  Liu, Wyland, Block, Correa, Galgiani, Hancock, Hueso,  
            Huff, Monning

           SENATE FLOOR  :  35-0, 5/8/14
          AYES:  Anderson, Beall, Berryhill, Block, Cannella, Corbett,  
            Correa, De León, DeSaulnier, Evans, Fuller, Galgiani, Hancock,  
            Hernandez, Hill, Hueso, Huff, Jackson, Lara, Leno, Lieu, Liu,  
            Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nielsen, Padilla, Pavley, Roth,  
            Steinberg, Torres, Vidak, Walters, Wolk, Wyland
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Calderon, Gaines, Knight, Wright, Yee

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  55-15, 6/26/14 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    School employees:  professional growth

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill requires a local education agency (LEA),  
          when offering professional development for teachers and other  
          employees involved in the direct instruction of pupils, to  
          evaluate professional learning that meets specified criteria.

           Assembly Amendments  (1) add language to encourage LEAs to choose  
          professional learning that meets any of the listed criteria and  
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          (2) make minor and technical changes.

           ANALYSIS  :    Existing law authorizes the Professional  
          Development Block Grant, which supports professional development  
          activities allowed by the Staff Development Instructional  
          Support, Teaching as a Priority, and Intersegmental programs.   
          These activities include teacher recruitment and retention  
          incentives, staff development projects designed to improve  
          elementary teacher skills, and programs that promote development  
          of highly qualified teachers.  While the Budget Act of 2012  
          included $218.4 million for this block grant, the funds are  
          subject to categorical flexibility whereby school districts may  
          utilize the funds for any educational purpose.  With  
          implementation of the new Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF),  
          professional development activities are not specifically funded  
          nor are they required under existing law.

          The LCFF, enacted as part of the 2013-14 Budget Act, is a  
          significant reform to the state's system of financing K-12  
          public schools.  The LCFF replaces the prior system of revenue  
          limits and restricted funding for a multitude of categorical  
          programs with a funding formula that provides base funding for  
          the core educational needs of all students and supplemental  
          funding for the additional educational needs of low-income  
          students, English learners, and foster youth.  Under the LCFF,  
          there are limited spending restrictions and LEAs have  
          considerable flexibility to direct resources to best meet their  
          students' needs.  Although LEAs have considerably more  
          flexibility in how they spend their resources under LCFF  
          compared to the previous funding system, the law requires a LEA:

               "...to increase or improve services for unduplicated pupils  
               [low-income students, English learners, and foster youth]  
               in proportion to the increase in funds apportioned on the  
               basis of the number and concentration of unduplicated  
               pupils in the school district, county office of education,  
               or charter school."

          Under the previous system, revenue limits provided LEAs with  
          discretionary (unrestricted) funding for general educational  
          purposes, and categorical program (restricted) funding was  
          provided for specialized purposes, with each program having  
          unique allocation and spending requirements.  Revenue limits  
          made up about two-thirds of state funding for schools, while  

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          categorical program funding made up the remaining one-third  
          portion.

          This bill:

          1.Provides that if a LEA offers a program of professional growth  
            for teachers, administrators, paraprofessional educators, or  
            other classified employees involved in the direct instruction  
            of pupils, the LEA shall evaluate professional learning based  
            on all of the following criteria, and the LEA is encouraged to  
            choose professional learning that meets any of the following  
            criteria:

             A.   Helps attract, grow, and retain effective educators.

             B.   Is a part of every educator's experience in order to  
               accelerate instructional improvement and support pupil  
               achievement.

             C.   Is based on needs assessment of educators and tied to  
               pupil learning.

             D.   Emphasizes the importance of meeting the needs of all  
               pupils.

             E.   Is grounded in a description of effective practice as  
               articulated in the California Standards for the Teaching  
               Profession.

             F.   Affords educators opportunities to engage with others to  
               develop their craft, including but not limited to,  
               opportunities to increase their content knowledge.

             G.   Ensures educators have adequate time to learn about,  
               practice, reflect, adjust, critique, and share what  
               educators need to ensure that all pupils, especially  
               high-needs pupils, develop, knowledge, and lifelong  
               learning skills that will help the pupils to be successful.

             H.   Recognizes and utilizes expert teacher and leader  
               skills.

             I.   Attends to collective growth needs as well as educators'  
               individual growth needs.

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             J.   Contributes to a positive, collaborative, and supportive  
               adult learning environment.

             AA.  Contributes to cycles of inquiring and improvement.

             BB.  Is not limited to a single instance, but supports  
               educators through multiple iterations or engagements.

             CC.  Is based on coherent and focused plan.

          1.Provides that professional learning activities may also  
            include collaboration time for teachers to develop new  
            instructional lessons or analyze pupil data, mentoring  
            projects for new teachers, or extra support for teachers to  
            improve practice.

          2.Provides that appropriate professional learning may be part of  
            a coherent plan that combines school activities within the  
            school, including, but not limited to, lesson study or  
            co-teaching, and external learning opportunities that meet  
            certain criteria, as specified.

          3.Defines LEA as a school district, county office of education,  
            or charter school for purposes of this bill.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  No   Local:  
           No

           SUPPORT :   (Verified  6/27/14)

          California Federation of Teachers
          California School Employees Association
          California Teacher Association
          Education Trust-West 

           ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT  :    According to the author's office, with  
          the implementation of common core standards and the upcoming  
          roll out of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium  
          assessments in 2014-15, it is imperative more now than ever,  
          that teachers, administrators, and paraprofessionals have the  
          necessary, up-to-date training to adequately prepare students.   
          This bill encourages the use of proven professional training and  
          best practices for school districts when offering programs of  

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          professional growth for their teachers.


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  55-15, 6/26/14
          AYES:  Alejo, Ammiano, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta,  
            Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau,  
            Chesbro, Cooley, Dababneh, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox,  
            Frazier, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Hall,  
            Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Lowenthal,  
            Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Pan, Perea, John A.  
            Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,  
            Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Weber,  
            Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
          NOES:  Chávez, Dahle, Donnelly, Beth Gaines, Grove, Harkey,  
            Jones, Linder, 



            Mansoor, Nestande, Olsen, Patterson, Wagner, Waldron, Wilk
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Achadjian, Allen, Bigelow, Conway, Gorell,  
            Hagman, Logue, Maienschein, Melendez, Vacancy


          PQ:ek  6/27/14   Senate Floor Analyses 

                           SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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