Amended in Assembly April 20, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1153

Introduced by Assembly Member Calderon

February 27, 2015

An act to amend begin delete Section end delete begin insert Sections 52064 and end insert 52065 of the Education Code, relating to school accountability.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1153, as amended, Calderon. School accountability: local control and accountability plans: posting: evaluation begin delete rubrics data. end delete begin insert rubrics. end insert

Existing law begin delete required, end delete begin insert requires, end insert on or before July 1, 2014, the governing boards of school districts and county boards of education to adopt a local control and accountability plan using a state template adopted by the State Board of Education. Existing law requires the local control and accountability plan to include, among other things, a description of annual goals for all pupils and specified subgroups of pupils to be achieved for each state priority, as specified, and a description of the specific actions the school district or county superintendent of schools will take to achieve those goals. Existing law requires the state board, on or before October 1, 2015, to adopt evaluation rubrics begin delete to, end delete begin insert for purposes of, end insert among other things, begin delete assist end delete begin insert assisting end insert a school district, county office of education, or charter school in evaluating its strengths, weaknesses, and areas that require improvement.

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This bill would require, on or before January 31, 2017, the state board to consider a revision to the template to include a section or appendix sufficient to monitor actual progress on certain outcomes.

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Existing law requires governing boards of school districts and county boards of education to annually adopt or revise local control and accountability plans that align with the annual budget and contain specified elements. Existing law requires begin delete superintendents end delete begin insert the superintendent end insert of begin insert a end insert school begin delete districts end delete begin insert district end insert and begin insert a end insert county begin delete superintendents end delete begin insert superintendent end insert of schools to post on the Internet Web site of begin insert his or her end insert school begin delete districts end delete begin insert district end insert or county begin delete offices end delete begin insert office end insert of education, as begin delete appropriate, end delete begin insert applicable, the end insert local control and accountability begin delete plans end delete begin insert plan end insert approved by the governing board of the school district or the county board of education, as begin delete appropriate, end delete begin insert applicable, end insert and any updates or revisions to begin insert the end insert local control and accountability begin delete plans end delete begin insert plan end insert approved by the begin delete appropriate end delete begin insert applicable end insert governing bodies. begin delete Existing law also requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to post links to all local control and accountability plans approved by the governing boards of school districts and county boards of education. end delete

This bill would additionally require school begin delete districts, end delete begin insert districts and end insert county superintendents of begin delete schools, and the Superintendent end delete begin insert schools end insert to post begin insert their respective populated end insert evaluation begin delete rubric data end delete begin insert rubric end insert on their respective Internet Web sites, begin insert except end insert as specified. begin delete The bill also would require the Superintendent to post the evaluation rubrics adopted by the state board to its Internet Web site. end delete By imposing additional duties on school district and county office of education officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert Section 52064 of the end insert begin insert Education Code end insert begin insert is amended
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52064.  

(a) On or before March 31, 2014, the state board shall
adopt templates for the following purposes:

(1) For use by school districts to meet the requirements of
Sections 52060 to 52063, inclusive.

(2) For use by county superintendents of schools to meet the
requirements of Sections 52066 to 52069, inclusive.

(3) For use by charter schools to meet the requirements of
Section 47606.5.

(b) The templates developed by the state board shall allow a
school district, county superintendent of schools, or charter school
to complete a single local control and accountability plan to meet
the requirements of this article and the requirements of the federal
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 related to local educational
agency plans pursuant to Section 1112 of Subpart 1 of Part A of
Title I of Public Law 107-110. The state board shall also take steps
to minimize duplication of effort at the local level to the greatest
extent possible. The template shall include guidance for school
districts, county superintendents of schools, and charter schools
to report both of the following:

(1) A listing and description of expenditures for the 2014-15
fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, implementing the
specific actions included in the local control and accountability
plan.

(2) A listing and description of expenditures for the 2014-15
fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, that will serve the pupils
to whom one or more of the definitions in Section 42238.01 apply
and pupils redesignated as fluent English proficient.

(c) If possible, the templates identified in paragraph (2) of
subdivision (a) for use by county superintendents of schools shall
allow a county superintendent of schools to develop a single local
control and accountability plan that would also satisfy the
requirements of Section 48926.

(d) The state board shall adopt the template pursuant to the
requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5
(commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title
2 of the Government Code). The state board may adopt emergency
regulations for purposes of implementing this section. The adoption
of emergency regulations shall be deemed an emergency and
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace,
health, safety, or general welfare.

(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (d), the state board may adopt
the template in accordance with the requirements of the
Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with
Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of
the Government Code). When adopting the template pursuant to
the requirements of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, the state
board shall present the template at a regular meeting and may only
take action to adopt the template at a subsequent regular meeting.
This subdivision shall become inoperative on January 31, 2018.

(f) Revisions to a template or evaluation rubric shall be approved
by the state board by January 31 before the fiscal year during which
the template or evaluation rubric is to be used by a school district,
county superintendent of schools, or charter school.

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(g) On or before January 31, 2017, the state board shall
consider a revision to the template to include a section or appendix
sufficient to monitor actual progress on outcomes adopted pursuant
to subdivision (c) of Section 52064.5.

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(g)

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begin insert (h) end insert  The adoption of a template or evaluation rubric by the state
board shall not create a requirement for a governing board of a
school district, a county board of education, or a governing body
of a charter school to submit a local control and accountability
plan to the state board, unless otherwise required by federal law.
The Superintendent shall not require a local control and
accountability plan to be submitted by a governing board of a
school district or the governing body of a charter school to the
state board. The state board may adopt a template or evaluation
rubric that would authorize a school district or a charter school to
submit to the state board only the sections of the local control and
accountability plan required by federal law.

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Section 52065 of the Education Code is amended to
read:

52065.  

(a) The superintendent of a school district shall post
on the Internet Web site of the school district any local control and
accountability plan approved by the governing board of the school
district, any updates or revisions to a local control and
accountability plan approved by the governing board of the school
district, and begin insert , if available, end insert the school district’s begin insert populated end insert evaluation
rubric begin delete data. end delete begin insert unless the state board revises the template for the local
control and accountability plan pursuant to subdivision (g) of
Section 52064. end insert

(b) A county superintendent of schools shall do all of the
following:

(1) Post on the Internet Web site of the county office of
education any local control and accountability plan approved by
the county board of education, any updates or revisions to a local
control and accountability plan approved by the county board of
education, and begin insert , if available, end insert the county office of education’s
begin insert populated end insert evaluation rubric begin delete data. end delete begin insert unless the state board revises
the template for the local control and accountability plan pursuant
to subdivision (g) of Section 52064. end insert

(2) Post all local control and accountability plans submitted by
school begin delete districts and the school district’s evaluation rubric data, end delete
begin insert districts, end insert or links to those begin delete plans and data, end delete begin insert plans, end insert on the Internet
Web site of the county office of education.

(3) Transmit or otherwise make available to the Superintendent
all local control and accountability plans submitted to the county
superintendent of schools by school districts and the local control
and accountability plan approved by the county board of education.

(c) The Superintendent shall post links to all local control and
accountability plans approved by the governing boards of school
districts and county boards of begin delete education, the evaluation rubrics
adopted by the state board, and each school district’s and county
office of education’s evaluation rubric data end delete begin insert education end insert on the
Internet Web site of the department.

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If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.