BILL ANALYSIS Ó
AB 1099
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB
1099 (Olsen)
As Amended May 6, 2015
Majority vote
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|Committee |Votes |Ayes |Noes |
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|Education |7-0 |O'Donnell, Chávez, | |
| | |Kim, McCarty, | |
| | |Santiago, Thurmond, | |
| | |Weber | |
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|----------------+------+--------------------+----------------------|
|Appropriations |15-0 |Gomez, Bigelow, | |
| | |Bloom, Bonta, | |
| | |Calderon, Chang, | |
| | |Eggman, Gallagher, | |
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| | | | |
| | |Eduardo Garcia, | |
| | |Holden, Quirk, | |
| | |Rendon, Wagner, | |
| | |Weber, Wood | |
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AB 1099
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SUMMARY: Requires each school district and county office of
education (COE) to post information on its Internet Web site, if
it has one, regarding its procedures for evaluating teachers and
principals. Also requires the local control and accountability
plan (LCAP) of each school district and county office of education
to contain a listing and description of specified expenditures at
each schoolsite.
EXISTING LAW:
1)Requires school districts to evaluate and assess certificated
employee performance as it reasonable relates to:
a) The progress of pupils toward performance standards;
b) The instructional techniques and strategies used by the
employee;
c) The employee's adherence to curricular objectives; and
d) The establishment and maintenance of a suitable learning
environment within the scope of the employee's
responsibilities.
2)Requires school districts and COEs to adopt and annually update
an LCAP.
3)Requires the LCAP to include, among other things:
a) A listing and description of district expenditures for the
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fiscal year implementing the specific actions included in the
local control and accountability plan and the changes to the
specific actions made pursuant to the annual update; and
b) A listing and description of district expenditures for the
fiscal year that will serve the pupils who are in at least
one of the following categories:
i) Eligible for free or reduced-price meals;
ii) Foster youth;
iii) Limited English proficient; or
iv) Redesignated as English proficient.
4)Requires the district expenditures to be classified using the
California School Accounting Manual.
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, unknown, likely minor, Proposition 98 (1988)/General
Fund state mandated reimbursable costs for school districts and
COEs to compile schoolsite expenditure data and teacher evaluation
materials and post the information online. Many districts are
already be compiling this data per existing state and federal law.
Actual costs will vary by district depending on the number of
school sites and the complexity of data submitted.
COMMENTS: Existing law requires LCAPs to contain a description of
district and COE expenditures of the actions described in the LCAP
to achieve the goals specified in the LCAP. This bill extends
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that requirement to schoolsite expenditures for each school within
a district and COE. In addition, this bill requires each school
district and COE to provide detailed information on its procedures
for evaluation and how the evaluations include the progress of
pupils toward the locally adopted standards of achievement.
According to the author's office, this bill provides more
transparency in two areas - processes and procedures for teacher
and principal evaluation and the expenditure of funds at each
schoolsite to the specific actions described in LCAPs. This "can
make our education system more effective by providing more
information about how schools are measuring quality and spending
their resources." In addition, the author's office argues that
"we cannot hold our teachers or principals responsible for the
success or failure of schools if districts do not evaluate their
performance and invest in their continuing education."
Analysis Prepared by:
Rick Pratt / ED. / (916) 319-2087 FN: 0000520