BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW
Senator Mark Leno, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: AB 105 Hearing Date: June 18,
2015
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|Author: |Committee on Budget |
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|Version: |January 9, 2015 Introduced |
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|Urgency: |No |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant|Elisa Wynne |
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Subject: Budget Act of 2015.
Summary: Repeals and revises numerous provisions of the Education Code
to conform to the adoption of the Local Control Funding Formula
(LCFF), and appropriates $5.994 billion for the purpose of the
LCFF.
Proposed
Law:
1)Repeals sections made obsolete by the LCFF, including:
a) Revenue limit deficit factor reductions.
b) Revenue limit equalization adjustments.
c) Revenue limit apportionment adjustments for attendance
reporting errors.
d) Inflation adjustments for county office of education
programs.
e) Computation of revenue limits for Regional Occupational
Centers and Programs (ROC/P).
f) Revenue limit PERS adjustments to reflect decreased
employer contributions
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g) Adjustments to county office of education revenue limits
per unit of average daily attendance.
h) Revenue limit adjustments for small elementary school
districts.
i) Computation for concurrent enrollment in nonpublic high
schools and ROC/Ps.
j) Criteria for computation of base revenue limits for
specified elementary school districts.
aa) Adjustments for 1993-94 and 1995-96 fiscal year revenue
limits.
bb) Equalization adjustments for certain fiscal years
between 1995-96 and 2011-12.
1)Repeals sections relating to programs which have been rolled
into the LCFF, including:
a) Juvenile court schools operated by county
superintendents of schools.
b) Small community school categorical funding.
c) Pregnant minors programs operated by county
superintendents.
d) Instructional materials incentive program.
e) Allocations of funds for county office of education site
visits.
1)Adjusts timelines to better conform with the process of
developing Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAP) and
local educational agency budgets, including:
a) Adoption, public review, and approval by the
superintendent of the annual budget.
b) Budget review committee review of proposed budget.
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c) Response to disapproval of budget by the review
committee.
1)Repeals sections that applied only to past fiscal years,
including:
a) Duties of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for
the 1988-89 fiscal year.
b) Employer retirement contributions for the 1994-95 fiscal
year.
c) Portion of attendance consisting of excused absences for
the 1996-97 and 1997-98 fiscal years.
1)Makes technical changes such as updating article titles,
removing references to repealed sections, and aligning
references to the LCFF, including:
a) Removing references to repealed instructional materials
program.
b) Removing references to repealed school library program.
1)Appropriates $5.994 billion for the purpose of the LCFF.
Background:
Existing Law:
1.Establishes the LCFF, which replaced the prior revenue limit
and categorical funding structure for K-12 education finance.
The formula is comprised of a base grant (general purpose
funding), supplemental grants (funding for English learners,
low-income students, and students in foster care) and
concentration grants (additional funding for local educational
agencies with high numbers of English learners, low-income
students, and students in foster care).
2.Establishes accountability requirements through the
development and adoption of Local Control and Accountability
Plans (LCAPs), which require the reporting of detailed student
achievement data and information related to the expenditure of
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LCFF allocations. Statute further requires the State Board of
Education to adopt a template for use by local educational
agencies in developing LCAPs.
Support: Unknown
Opposed: Unknown
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