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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1014
Author: Thurmond (D), et al.
Amended: 8/15/16 in Senate
Vote: 21
PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 9-0, 6/29/16
AYES: Liu, Block, Hancock, Huff, Leyva, Mendoza, Monning, Pan,
Vidak
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: 6-0, 8/11/16
AYES: Lara, Bates, Beall, Hill, McGuire, Mendoza
NO VOTE RECORDED: Nielsen
SUBJECT: Education finance: Safe Neighborhoods and Schools
Fund: Learning Communities for School Success
Program
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill establishes the Learning Communities for
School Success Program, which requires the California Department
of Education (CDE) to administer grants for local educational
agencies to implement programs and services that further the
purpose of Proposition 47 to improve outcomes for students by
reducing truancy and supporting students who are at risk of
dropping out of school or are victims of crime.
ANALYSIS:
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Existing law:
1) Establishes the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, pursuant
to Proposition 47, which reduces the penalties for specified
drug and property crimes. Savings resulting from reduced
inmate population are required to be used for mental health
and substance use services, truancy and dropout prevention,
and victim services. (Government Code § 7599, et seq.)
2) Requires school districts and county offices of education to
adopt and annually update a local control and accountability
plan, which must include a description of annual goals to
meet eight state priorities for all students and for all
numerically significant subgroups, including ethnic
subgroups, socioeconomically disadvantaged students, English
learners, students with disabilities, and foster youth.
(Education Code § 52060 and § 52066)
This bill:
1) Establishes the Learning Communities for School Success
Program to implement the K-12 education portion of the Safe
Neighborhoods and Schools Act (Proposition 47).
2) Requires the CDE to administer a grant program and
coordinate assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) in
identifying and implementing evidence-based, non-punitive
programs and practices that are aligned with the goals for
students contained in each LEA's local control and
accountability plan (LCAP).
Application
3) Requires a LEA that chooses to apply for funding to submit
an application to the CDE, in a format and by a date
determined by the CDE. This bill requires the application to
include, at a minimum, all of the following:
a) Information about the student and school needs within
the LEA.
b) The activities the LEA will undertake with the grant
funding.
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c) How the activities support the LEA's goals for
students contained in its LCAP.
d) How the LEA will measure outcomes associated with the
proposed activities and metrics reported in the LEA's
LCAP.
4) Requires the CDE to issue application guidelines that
include, at a minimum, information about the CDE's plans for
overall evaluation of the program considering the objectives
in #13. This bill requires the CDE, in consultation with the
executive director of the State Board of Education, for
purposes of facilitating program evaluation, to identify a
set of measures and associated data sources that are deemed
valid and reliable for measuring student and school outcomes
and assessing the benefits of the program.
5) Requires CDE to consult with stakeholders, including but not
limited to, representatives of LEAs, teachers and other
school personnel, parents, advocacy organizations with
experience working with target vulnerable populations, and
parent- and youth-serving community-based organizations. This
bill states legislative intent that stakeholders provide
input to the CDE on the design of the application and review
process, including the size of the grant awards, but not in
determining who will be awarded grants.
Grant awards
6) Requires the CDE to determine eligibility for grants and the
distribution of grant funding based on all of the following
factors:
a) Student and school needs the LEA will address with the
grant funds.
b) Number of students to be served with the grant funds.
c) Number, size, and type of participating schools within
the LEA.
d) Any challenges the LEA experiences in building
capacity for fulfilling the purposes of this bill.
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e) The unique characteristics of small school districts,
given their challenges with economies of scale and access
to services in rural locations.
7) Requires the CDE, before the initial application deadline,
to conduct targeted outreach to LEAs that are likely to be
given priority for funding and offer the LEAs technical
assistance as they develop their grant applications. This
bill authorizes the CDE to provide technical assistance with
application development, which may include assistance from
external entities the CDE may contract with to provide
training and technical assistance.
8) Provides that an application is to be for three years of
funding and authorizes the CDE to establish requirements for
grantees to meet at the end of the first and second years of
funding in order to receive funding for the remaining grant
period.
Use of grant funds
9) Requires a LEA that receives a grant to use the grant funds
for planning, implementation, and evaluation of activities in
support of evidence-based, non-punitive programs and
practices to keep the state's most vulnerable students in
school. This bill requires these activities to complement or
enhance the actions and services identified to meet the LEA's
goals as identified in its LCAP. This bill authorizes these
activities to include but not be limited to, all of the
following:
a) Establishing a community school, as defined.
b) Implementing activities or programs to improve
attendance and reduce chronic absenteeism, including but
not limited to, early warning systems or early
intervention programs.
c) Implementing restorative practices, restorative
justice models, or other programs to improve retention
rates, reduce suspensions and other school removals, and
reduce the referral of students to law enforcement
agencies.
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d) Implementing activities that advance social-emotional
learning, positive behavior interventions and supports,
culturally responsive practices, and trauma-informed
strategies.
e) Establishing partnerships with community-based
organizations or other relevant entities to support the
implementation of evidence-based, non-punitive approaches
to further the goals of the program.
f) Adding or increasing staff within a LEA whose primary
purpose is to address ongoing chronic attendance problems,
including but not limited to, conducting outreach to
families and children currently, or at risk of becoming,
chronically truant.
Priority for funding
10)Authorizes the CDE, in selecting grant recipients, to give
priority to a LEA that meets any of the following criteria:
a) Has a high rate of chronic absenteeism, out-of-school
suspension, or school dropout for the general student
population or for a numerically significant student
subgroup, as identified in the LCAP. This bill defines
"high rate" as a rate that exceeds the state average.
b) Is located in a community with a high crime rate.
c) Has a significant representation of foster youth among
its student enrollment.
Other requirements
11)Requires a LEA that receives a grant to comply with the
following:
a) Provide a local contribution of matching expenditures
equal to at least 20% of the total grant award. This bill
authorizes the local contribution to be from cash
expenditures or in-kind contributions, and encourages a
LEA to exceed the 20% match requirement to enable the LEA
to sustain the activities or programs beyond the
three-year grant period.
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b) Use the grant funds to increase or improve services
that the LEA currently provides for purposes specified in
this bill.
c) Not use grant funds to pay for law enforcement
activities, including personnel or equipment.
Training and technical assistance
12)Requires CDE to establish a structure to deliver training
and technical assistance to grantees using regional workshops
and technical assistance providers that have expertise on
student engagement, school climate, truancy reduction, and
supporting students who are at risk of dropping out of school
or who are victims of crime. This bill authorizes CDE to
contract with those providers to assist the grantees as well
as to serve as a resource for other LEAs that may use their
own funding sources to engage in this community of practice.
This bill requires technical assistance provided pursuant to
this bill to be consistent with the technical assistance
provided to a LEA by the county superintendent of schools or
the Superintendent of Public Instruction in the development
of the LCAP.
Evaluation and report
13)Requires a LEA that receives grant funding to evaluate and
report to the governing board of the school district, the
county board of education, or its chartering authority, and
the CDE the results of the activities it undertakes with the
grant funds. This bill requires CDE to compile information
from grantee reports as part of an overall evaluation of the
grant program implementation, assess the benefits of
participation in the program, and identify the student and
school outcomes associated with the strategies and programs
implemented by grantees. This bill requires CDE to submit an
interim report of preliminary evaluation findings to the
Legislature by January 31, 2019, and a final evaluation
report to the Legislature by January 31, 2020.
Miscellaneous
14)Authorizes 5% of the funds to be used for the administrative
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costs of implementing this bill, including but not limited
to, administering grant awards, coordinating the training and
technical assistance structure, and completing the
evaluation.
15)Establishes the following definitions:
a) "Community school" means a public school that
participates in a community-based effort to coordinate and
integrate educational, developmental, family, health, and
other comprehensive services through community-based
organizations and public and private partnerships with one
or more community partners for the delivery of community
services that may be provided at a school site to
students, families, and community members.
b) "Local educational agency" means a school district,
county office of education, or charter school.
16)Prohibits the provisions of this bill from becoming
operative unless funds are appropriated in the annual Budget
Act or another statute to the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools
Fund in accordance with the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools
Act for the purposes specified in this bill.
17)Provides that this bill is contingent upon the passage of SB
527 (Liu).
Comments
Package deal. This bill is the result of an agreement on a
framework between both Houses of the Legislature, in
collaboration with the CDE, Department of Justice, Department of
Finance, and stakeholders. This bill implements the framework,
along with SB 527 (Liu), which is identical to this bill.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
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The implementation of this bill is contingent upon funds
appropriated in the budget act or another statute. The Budget
Act of 2016 includes a total of $27.9 million for this
purpose. Specifically, the budget includes $9.4 million of
estimated Proposition 47 savings, with an additional $18
million in one-time Proposition 98 to be spent over three
years, and $493,000 General Fund for CDE state operations.
The CDE anticipates costs of almost $720,000 in the first year
for start-up and program administration costs, including
contracting with consultants to provide technical assistance,
conducting stakeholder meetings and program monitoring, and
funding for CDE support staff. This translates to an
additional need of $227,000 over the amount provided in the
budget act. Second year costs (2017-18) are anticipated to be
$763,000.
SUPPORT: (Verified8/12/16)
None received
OPPOSITION: (Verified8/12/16)
None received
Prepared by:Lynn Lorber / ED. / (916) 651-4105
8/16/16 8:58:12
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