AB 943, as introduced, Travis Allen. Charter schools: California Collaborative for Educational Excellence.
Existing law establishes the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence to advise and assist school districts, county superintendents of schools, and charter schools in achieving their local control and accountability plan goals, and requires individuals and entities contracted by the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence for those purposes to have expertise, experience, and a record of success in certain areas. Existing law authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction to assign the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence to provide advice and assistance to a charter school that, for 3 out of 4 consecutive school years, fails to improve pupil outcomes for one or more priorities identified in the school’s charter, as specified.
This bill would require a contractor assigned by the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence pursuant to those provisions to have the experience, expertise, and a record of success in working with charter schools in improving pupil outcomes. The bill would also identify working with charter schools in improving pupil outcomes as one of the required areas of experience, expertise, and record of success for individuals and entities contracted by the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 47607.3 of the Education Code is
2amended to read:
(a) If a charter school fails to improve outcomes for
4three or more pupil subgroups identified pursuant to Section 52052,
5or, if the charter school has less than three pupil subgroups, all of
6the charter school’s pupil subgroups, in regard to one or more state
7or schoolbegin delete priorityend deletebegin insert prioritiesend insert identified in the charter pursuant to
8subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section
947605 or subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of
10Section 47605.6, in three out of four consecutive school years, all
11of the following shall apply:
12(1) Using an evaluation
rubric adopted by the state board
13pursuant to Section 52064.5, the chartering authority shall provide
14technical assistance to the charter school.
15(2) The Superintendent may assign, at the request of the
16chartering authority and with the approval of the state board, the
17California Collaborative for Educational Excellence to provide
18advice and assistance to the charter school pursuant to Section
1952074.begin insert A contractor assigned by the California Collaborative for
20Educational Excellence pursuant to this section shall have
21expertise, experience, and a record of success in working with
22charter schools in improving pupil outcomes.end insert
23(b) A chartering authority shall consider for revocation any
24charter school to which the California Collaborative for Educational
25Excellence has provided
advice and assistance pursuant to
26subdivision (a) and about which it has made either of the following
27findings, which shall be submitted to the chartering authority:
28(1) That the charter school has failed, or is unable, to implement
29the recommendations of the California Collaborative for
30Educational Excellence.
31(2) That the inadequate performance of the charter school, based
32upon an evaluation rubric adopted pursuant to Section 52064.5, is
33either so persistent or so acute as to require revocation of the
34charter.
P3 1(c) The chartering authority shall consider increases in pupil
2academic achievement for all pupil subgroups served by the charter
3school as the most important factor in determining whether to
4revoke the charter.
5(d) A chartering authority shall
comply with the hearing process
6described in subdivision (e) of Section 47607 in revoking a charter.
7A charter school may not appeal a revocation of a charter made
8pursuant to this section.
Section 52074 of the Education Code is amended to
10read:
(a) The California Collaborative for Educational
12Excellence is hereby established.
13(b) The purpose of the California Collaborative for Educational
14Excellence is to advise and assist school districts, county
15superintendents of schools, and charter schools in achieving the
16goals set forth in a local control and accountability plan adopted
17pursuant to this article.
18(c) The Superintendent shall, with the approval of the state
19board, contract with a local educational agency, or consortium of
20local educational agencies, to serve as the fiscal agent for the
21California Collaborative for Educational Excellence. The
22Superintendent shall apportion funds appropriated for the California
23Collaborative for
Educational Excellence to the fiscal agent.
24(d) The California Collaborative for Educational Excellence
25shall be governed by a board consisting of the following five
26members:
27(1) The Superintendent or his or her designee.
28(2) The president of the state board or his or her designee.
29(3) A county superintendent of schools appointed by the Senate
30Committee on Rules.
31(4) A teacher appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
32(5) A superintendent of a school district appointed by the
33Governor.
34(e) At the direction of the governing board of the California
35Collaborative
for Educational Excellence, the fiscal agent shall
36contract with individuals, local educational agencies, or
37organizations with the expertise, experience, and a record of
38success to carry out the purposes of this article. The areas of
39expertise, experience, and record of success shall include, but are
40not limited to, all of the following:
P4 1(1) State priorities as described in subdivision (d) of Section
252060.
3(2) Improving the quality of teaching.
4(3) Improving the quality of school district and schoolsite
5leadership.
6(4) Successfully addressing the needs of special pupil
7populations, including, but not limited to, English learners, pupils
8eligible to receive a free or reduced-price meal, pupils in foster
9care, and individuals with exceptional needs.
10(5) Working with charter schools in improving pupil outcomes.
end insert
11(f) The Superintendent may direct the California Collaborative
12for Educational Excellence to advise and assist a school district,
13county superintendent of schools, or charter school in any of the
14following circumstances:
15(1) If the governing board of a school district, county board of
16education, or governing bodybegin delete orend deletebegin insert ofend insert a charter school requests the
17advice and assistance of the California Collaborative for
18Educational Excellence.
19(2) If the county superintendent of schools of the
county in
20which the school district or charter school is located determines,
21following the provision of technical assistance pursuant to Section
2252071 or 47607.3 as applicable, that the advice and assistance of
23the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence is
24necessary to help the school district or charter school accomplish
25the goals described in the local control and accountability plan
26adopted pursuant to this article.
27(3) If the Superintendent determines that the advice and
28assistance of the California Collaborative for Educational
29Excellence is necessary to help the school district, county
30superintendent of schools, or charter school accomplish the goals
31set forth in the local control and accountability plan adopted
32pursuant to this article.
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