AB 839, as introduced, Travis Allen. School accountability: local control and accountability plans: California Collaborative for Educational Excellence.
Existing law, on or before July 1, 2014, required the governing board of each school district and each county board of education to adopt a local control and accountability plan. Existing law requires the governing board of each school district and each county board of education to update its local control and accountability plan on or before July 1 of each year. Existing law requires the local control and accountability plan to include certain elements, and requires the charter for a charter school to include some of those same elements.
Existing law establishes the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence for purposes of advising and assisting school districts, county superintendents of schools, and charter schools in achieving the goals set forth in a local control and accountability plan. Existing law requires the collaborative to be governed by a board consisting of 5 members, as specified.
This bill would add a representative of charter schools, appointed by the Governor, and a parent of a California public school pupil, appointed by the Joint Committee on Rules, to the governing board of the collaborative.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 52074 of the Education Code is amended
2to read:
(a) The California Collaborative for Educational
4Excellence is hereby established.
5(b) The purpose of the California Collaborative for Educational
6Excellence is to advise and assist school districts, county
7superintendents of schools, and charter schools in achieving the
8goals set forth in a local control and accountability plan adopted
9pursuant to this article.
10(c) The Superintendent shall, with the approval of the state
11board, contract with a local educational agency, or consortium of
12local educational agencies, to serve as the fiscal agent for the
13California Collaborative for Educational Excellence. The
14Superintendent shall apportion funds appropriated for the California
15Collaborative for
Educational Excellence to the fiscal agent.
16(d) The California Collaborative for Educational Excellence
17shall be governed by a board consisting of the followingbegin delete fiveend deletebegin insert sevenend insert
18 members:
19(1) The Superintendent or his or her designee.
20(2) The president of the state board or his or her designee.
21(3) A county superintendent of schools appointed by the Senate
22Committee on Rules.
23(4) A teacher appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
24(5) A superintendent of a school district appointed by the
25Governor.
26(6) A representative of charter schools, appointed
by the
27Governor.
28(7) A parent of a California public school pupil appointed by
29the Joint Committee on Rules.
30(e) At the direction of the governing board of the California
31Collaborative for Educational Excellence, the fiscal agent shall
32contract with individuals, local educational agencies, or
33organizations with the expertise, experience, and a record of
34success to carry out the purposes of this article. The areas of
P3 1expertise, experience, and record of success shall include, but are
2not limited to, all of the following:
3(1) State priorities as described in subdivision (d) of Section
452060.
5(2) Improving the quality of teaching.
6(3) Improving the quality of school district and schoolsite
7leadership.
8(4) Successfully addressing the needs of special pupil
9populations, including, but not limited to, English learners, pupils
10eligible to receive a free or reduced-price meal, pupils in foster
11care, and individuals with exceptional needs.
12(f) The Superintendent may direct the California Collaborative
13for Educational Excellence to advise and assist a school district,
14county superintendent of schools, or charter school in any of the
15following circumstances:
16(1) If the governing board of a school district, county board of
17education, or governing bodybegin delete orend deletebegin insert ofend insert a charter school requests the
18advice and assistance of the California Collaborative for
19Educational Excellence.
20(2) If the county superintendent of schools of the county in
21which the school district or charter school is located determines,
22following the provision of technical assistance pursuant to Section
2352071 orbegin delete 47607.3end deletebegin insert 47607.3,end insert as applicable, that the advice and
24assistance of the California Collaborative for Educational
25Excellence is necessary to help the school district or charter school
26accomplish the goals described in the local control and
27accountability plan adopted pursuant to this article.
28(3) If the Superintendent determines that the advice and
29assistance of the California Collaborative for Educational
30Excellence is necessary to help the school district, county
31superintendent of schools, or charter school accomplish the goals
32set forth in the local control and accountability plan adopted
33pursuant to this article.
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