BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB
943 (Travis Allen)
As Amended July 9, 2015
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |74-0 |(May 22, 2015) |SENATE: |38-0 |(August 20, |
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Original Committee Reference: ED.
SUMMARY: Requires the fiscal agent of the California
Collaborative for Educational Excellence (CCEE), when
contracting with an individual, local education agency, or other
organization to provide assistance to a charter school, to
consider whether the contractor has a record of success in
working with charter schools in improving pupil outcomes.
The Senate amendments strike the requirement that the CCEE give
priority to a contractor with success in working with charter
schools, provided all other requirements are met, and instead
require the CCEE to consider whether a potential contractor has
such experience.
EXISTING LAW:
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1)Establishes the CCEE to advise and assist school districts,
county superintendents of schools, and charter schools in
achieving the goals set forth in their Local Control and
Accountability Plans (LCAPs).
2)Authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction, at the
request of the chartering authority and with the approval of
the State Board of Education (SBE), to assign the CCEE to
provide advice and assistance to a charter school that fails
to achieve the goals set forth in its LCAP.
3)Requires the CCEE to contract with individuals, local
educational agencies, or organizations to provide advice and
assistance to local education agencies, including charter
schools, that have either requested the advice and assistance
or have been identified by the SPI and SBE as being in need of
it.
4)Requires contractors to have expertise, experience, and a
record of success in each of, but not limited to, the
following areas:
a) The eight state priorities that must be addressed by the
LCAP;
b) Improving the quality of teaching;
c) Improving the quality of school district and schoolsite
leadership; and
d) Successfully addressing the needs of special pupil
populations, including, but not limited to, English
learners, pupils eligible to receive a free or
reduced-price meal, pupils if foster care, and individuals
with exceptional needs.
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.
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COMMENTS: The purpose of this bill is to help ensure that a
contractor that is assigned by the CCEE to provide assistance to
a charter school has successful experience in working with
charter schools. As it left the Assembly, this bill required
the CCEE to give priority to a contractor with charter school
experience, provided the contractor met all of the other
requirements of a contractor. The author amended this bill in
the Senate to require the CCEE instead to consider whether a
potential contractor has charter school experience. According
to the author's office, this amendment is intended to give the
CCEE more flexibility to select the highest qualified
contractor.
Analysis Prepared by:
Rick Pratt / ED. / (916) 319-2087 FN: 0001360