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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 128
Author: Committee on Budget
Amended: 8/25/15 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE: 15-0, 8/27/15
AYES: Leno, Nielsen, Allen, Anderson, Beall, Block, Hancock,
Monning, Moorlach, Nguyen, Pan, Pavley, Roth, Stone, Wolk
NO VOTE RECORDED: Mitchell
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: Not relevant
SUBJECT: Education financeEducation finance.
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill provides statutory changes and clean-up
necessary to enact education-related provisions of the Budget
Act of 2015.
ANALYSIS: Makes statutory changes necessary to implement the
Budget Act of 2015. These changes provide clarification and
technical corrections to trailer bills enacted in June 2015.
Higher Education
1)Middle Class Scholarship. Existing law specifies the award
amounts for eligible students, with family incomes of $150,000
or less, to be 10 percent to 40 percent of the mandatory
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system-wide tuition and fees for an academic year for
students. The 2015 Budget Act adjusts the income eligibility
limits in future years based on inflation. This bill makes
similar adjustments to the tuition discount for students of
various income eligibility limits, and requires the California
Student Aid Commission to conduct an annual calculation to
ensure students receive tuition discounts between 40 percent
and 10 percent, based on their income.
2)Eligibility Study. This bill requires the Director of the
Office of Planning and Research (OPR) to conduct an
eligibility study to evaluate the admissions policies used by
the University of California (UC) and California State
University (CSU). Under this bill, the Director must convene a
workgroup that includes representatives from UC, CSU, the
Department of Education, Department of Finance, and the
Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) to consider the overall
approach of the study. In addition, this bill requires OPR to
submit a report by December 1, 2016, on various factors,
including the number of students eligible for admissions by
race, gender, ethnicity, region and income; a description of
whether the UC and CSU are admitting students as described in
the Master Plan for Higher Education, and any adjustments UC
and CSU have made, or plan to make, to their admissions
policies. The 2015 Budget Act appropriated $1 million for this
study but did not determine which entity would conduct the
study.
3)CSU Doctor of Nursing Practice Evaluation Report. Existing law
requires the CSU, Department of Finance, and the LAO to
jointly conduct a statewide evaluation of the CSU Doctor of
Nursing Practice Evaluation, and report to the Legislature and
the Governor by January 1, 2017, on various factors, including
the number of programs implemented, the extent to which they
are addressing state needs for training doctorally-prepared
nurses, and information on employment and job placement of
students and graduates, among others. This bill will implement
changes to the process and the timing of the report.
Specifically, it requires the CSU to conduct the evaluation
and report to the Legislature by March 1, 2016, and requires
the LAO to submit a report with recommendations to the
Legislature by January 1, 2017, for the degree pilot program,
including whether or not the program should be continued or
modified.
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4)California State University Early Start Program Report.
Existing law requires the LAO to report, starting on January
1, 2014, and every even-numbered year thereafter by July 1, on
the impact the CSU Early Start Program on student mathematics
and English proficiency. This report requirement sunsets on
July 1, 2018. This bill changes the reporting date for the
LAO's next analysis of the program from July 1, 2016, to
January 1, 2018, to allow for more time to collect data.
Child Care and Development, Early Childhood Education
5)San Mateo County Individualized Child Care Subsidy Plan. AB
260 (Gordon), Chapter 731, Statutes of 2013, extends, until
July 1, 2018, the San Mateo County individualized child care
subsidy plan, which allows Title 5 child care providers in the
county to supersede state requirements in factors such as
eligibility criteria, fees, reimbursement rates, and
interagency agreements that allow flexible transfer of funds
among agencies. Under existing law, and until January 1, 2018,
the county must submit an annual report to the Legislature,
Department of Social Services, and Department of Education
that summarizes the county's ability to maximize funds and
improve child care in the county. This bill eliminates the
January 1, 2018 sunset for the county's annual reporting
requirement, makes the reporting requirement permanent, and
makes the San Mateo County child care subsidy plan permanent.
K-12 Education
6)Educator Effectiveness Funding. Current statute, (AB 104
(Committee on Budget) Section 58, Chapter 13, Statutes of
2015) appropriated $490 million in one-time Proposition 98
General Fund to school districts, county offices of education,
charter schools and state special schools to be distributed in
an equal amount per certificated staff in the 2014-15 fiscal
year. These funds may be used for beginning teacher support
and mentoring, professional development, and improving teacher
quality and effectiveness. This bill would clarify the
formula for allocation of funds by specifying that they are to
be appropriated in an equal amount per full-time equivalent
certificated staff and using data counts from the California
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Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: Yes Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified8/28/15)
None received
OPPOSITION: (Verified8/28/15)
None received
Prepared by:Anita Lee, Elisa Wynne & Samantha Lui / B. & F.R. /
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