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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 943
Author: Travis Allen (R)
Amended: 7/9/15 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 7-0, 7/1/15
AYES: Liu, Runner, Leyva, Mendoza, Monning, Pan, Vidak
NO VOTE RECORDED: Block, Hancock
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 74-0, 5/22/15 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT: Charter schools: California Collaborative for
Educational Excellence
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill requires the fiscal agent for the California
Collaborative for Educational Excellence (CCEE), in selecting a
potential contractor for a charter school, to consider whether
that individual or organization has a record of success in
working with charter schools in improving pupil outcomes.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)Authorizes the CCEE to provide advice and assistance to local
educational agencies (LEAs) and charter schools in achieving
the goals set forth in a local control and accountability plan
(LCAP).
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2)Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI), with
approval of the State Board of Education (SBE), to contract
with an LEA to serve as the fiscal agent for the CCEE.
3)Specifies that the CCEE shall be governed by a board
consisting of the following five members:
a) The SPI or his/her designee;
b) The President of the SBE or his/her designee;
c) A superintendent of a county office of education
appointed by the Senate Rules Committee;
d) A teacher appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly; and
e) A superintendent of a school district appointed by the
Governor.
1)Provides that, at the direction of the board of the CCEE, the
fiscal agent shall contract with individuals, LEAs or
organizations with expertise, experience, and a record of
success to carry out the purposes of implementing the Local
Control Funding Formula (LCFF).
This bill requires the fiscal agent for the CCEE, in selecting a
potential contractor for a charter school, to consider whether
that individual or organization has a record of success in
working with charter schools in improving pupil outcomes.
Background
AB 97 (Committee on Budget , Chapter 47, Statutes of 2013)
created the LCFF, which consolidated most of the state's
categorical programs with general purpose revenue limit funding
and would be phased in over the coming years. One of the main
principles behind the LCFF is that English learners and
low-income students require more attention and resources in the
classroom than students who do not have these same challenges.
By providing more services and additional funding to these
student populations, it is widely believed that this will help
close the achievement gap and help all students perform better.
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In addition to the LCFF, the 2013 Budget Act established a new
system for school accountability. Under the new system, school
districts, county offices of education, and charter schools are
required to complete an LCAP. The LCAPs must include a
district's annual goals in each of the following eight state
priority areas:
1)Student achievement;
2)Student engagement;
3)Other student outcomes;
4)School climate;
5)Implementation of the Common Core State Standards;
6)Course access;
7)Basic services; and
8)Parental involvement.
The LCAPs must also include both district wide goals and goals
for specific subgroups. Districts are required to consult with
stakeholders on their plans and hold at least two public
hearings before adopting or updating their LCAP.
Comments
Need for the bill. According to the author's office, existing
law provides authority for the SPI to assign the CCEE to charter
schools to reach their goals, and ultimately authorizes the
chartering authority to close any charter school that does not
meet the standards of its LCAP. The author's office indicates
this bill ensures that our California students have experts in
their respective fields assisting their schools in helping them
reach their educational goals.
Purpose of the CCEE. Existing law specifies that the purpose of
the CCEE is to advise and assist school districts, county
superintendents of schools, and charter schools in achieving the
goals set forth in their LCAPs. However, the CCEE board itself
does not have a statutory role in evaluating LEA performance,
determining which LEAs receive advice and assistance, or the
delivery of advice and assistance. Those functions lay with the
SPI, county superintendents of schools, and the individuals and
organizations with whom the fiscal agent has contracted to
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provide those services. The advice and assistance may be
provided upon request of an LEA (in which case the LEA pays for
the cost). Alternatively, the CCEE may be assigned to an LEA
upon the recommendation of the SPI, if the SPI and the county
superintendent of schools in which the LEA exists, determine
that assistance is needed to help the LEA achieve the goals it
has specified for itself in its LCAP.
The 2013 Budget Act appropriated $10 million to establish this
new system of support through the CCEE. The State Department of
Education recommended, and the SBE approved, the selection of
Riverside County Office of Education as the fiscal agent for the
CCEE. Because the number of districts that will need assistance
is unknown and the role of the CCEE is still unclear, the cost
of the new support and intervention system going forward has yet
to be determined. The CCEE board met only for the first time on
February 25, 2015.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified8/17/15)
California Charter Schools Association
Charter Schools Development Center
EdVoice
StudentsFirst
OPPOSITION: (Verified8/17/15)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 74-0, 5/22/15
AYES: Achadjian, Travis Allen, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla,
Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau,
Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly,
Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina
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Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez,
Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden,
Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low,
Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin,
Nazarian, Obernolte, Patterson, Perea, Quirk, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark
Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Wilk, Williams, Wood, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Alejo, Jones, O'Donnell, Olsen, Waldron,
Weber
Prepared by:Lenin Del Castillo / ED. / (916) 651-4105
8/18/15 17:18:09
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