Amended in Assembly August 25, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 200

Introduced by Assembly Member Lopez

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Arambula, Atkins, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonta, Brown, Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Dababneh, Dahle, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gonzalez, Gordon, Hadley, Harper, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Quirk, Rendon, Rodriguez, Salas, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, and Wood)

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August 10, 2016

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 200—Relative to Parent Advocacy Day.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACR 200, as amended, Lopez. Parent Advocacy Day.

This measure would proclaim September 28, 2016, as Parent Advocacy Day.

Fiscal committee: no.

WHEREAS, A critical dimension of effective schooling is
parental involvement; and

WHEREAS, Research has shown conclusively that parent
involvement in a child’s education at home improves pupil
achievement, and when a parent is involved at school, his or her
child goes farther in school; and

WHEREAS, Regardless of family income or background, pupils
with involved parents are more likely to have higher grades and
test scores, attend school regularly, have better social skills, show
improved behavior, and adapt well to school; and

WHEREAS, The most accurate predictors of pupil achievement
in school are not family income or social status but the extent to
which the family creates a home environment that encourages
learning, communicates high yet reasonable expectations for the
child’s achievement, and becomes involved in the child’s education
at school; and

WHEREAS, When a parent is involved in school, the
performance of all children at school, not just the parent’s child,
tends to improve, and the more comprehensive and well planned
the partnership between school and home, the higher the pupil
achievement; and

WHEREAS, California’s school funding system, the Local
Control Funding Formula, requires all school districts to involve
parents in planning, decision making, and developing and
reviewing local control and accountability plans; and

WHEREAS, The State Board of Education recognizes that a
child’s education is a responsibility shared by school and family
during the entire period the child spends in school, and it is
important that school districts and schools, in collaboration with
parents, teachers, pupils, and school administrators, establish and
develop efforts that enhance parent involvement and reflect the
needs of pupils and families in the communities in which they
serve; and

WHEREAS, Parent involvement is fundamental to a healthy
system of public education and parent involvement roles require
a statewide effort that has the support and recognition of all; now,
therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby proclaims
September 28, 2016, as Parent Advocacy Day in recognition of
parental involvement in pupils’ success; and be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies
of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.