BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: April 29, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Patrick O'Donnell, Chair
AB 1153
(Calderon) - As Amended April 20, 2015
SUBJECT: School accountability: local control and
accountability plans: posting: evaluation rubrics data
SUMMARY: Requires the State Board of Education (SBE), by
January 31, 2017, to consider revising the template for the
local control and accountability plan (LCAP) to include a
section or appendix sufficient to monitor actual progress on
outcomes related to the evaluation rubric adopted by the SBE.
Also requires each school district and county office of
education (COE) to post on its Internet Web site its populated
evaluation rubric, if available.
EXISTING LAW:
1)Requires each school district and COE to adopt and annually
update an LCAP, using a template adopted by the SBE.
2)Requires the LCAP to be aligned with the district's or COE's
budget and describe how the district or COE will "increase or
improve services for unduplicated pupils in proportion to its
increase in funds apportioned on the basis of the number and
concentration of unduplicated pupils in the district."
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3)Defines "unduplicated pupil" as a pupil who is eligible for
free or reduced-price meals, an English learner, or in foster
care.
4)Requires the LCAP to address the following eight state
priorities:
a) Requirements related to the Williams v. State of
California settlement agreement related to fully
credentialed teachers, instructional materials, and school
facilities;
b) Implementation of academic and performance standards,
including English language development standards;
c) Parental involvement;
d) Pupil achievement, as measured by statewide assessments;
e) Pupil engagement, as measured by attendance, dropout and
graduation rates, and expulsions/suspensions;
f) School climate, as measured by suspension rates,
expulsion rates, and other local measures, such as surveys;
g) The extent to which pupils have access to and are
enrolled in a broad course of study; and
h) Pupil outcomes, if available, for non-state-assessed
courses of study.
5)Requires the SBE, by October 1, 2015, to adopt evaluation
rubrics to assist LEAs in identifying their own strengths and
weaknesses and to assist in the identification of LEAs in need
of assistance.
6)Requires the SBE, as part of the evaluation rubrics, to adopt
standards for school district and individual schoolsite
performance and expectations for improvement in regard to each
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of the eight state priorities.
FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown
COMMENTS: LCAPs and the evaluation rubrics provide
accountability under the local control funding formula (LCFF).
School districts and COEs are required to identify specific
performance goals in their LCAPs, then, in the updated LCAP for
the subsequent year, report on the extent to which they achieved
the prior year goals. Existing law requires each district and
COE to develop its LCAP using the SBE-adopted template and post
it on its Internet Web site, if it has one. Meanwhile, the SBE
is required to adopt standards for achievement and expectations
for improvement in each of the eight state priorities. However,
the goals in each LCAP are locally set and need not reflect the
state level standards and expectations adopted by the SBE.
This bill requires the SBE, by January 31, 2017, to consider a
revision to the LCAP template to include a section or appendix
to monitor each district's or COEs progress with respect to the
SBE-adopted standards and expectations for improvement. If the
SBE adopts such a revision, then the LCAP of each district and
COE will reflect how well it has performed relative to state
goals as well as to its own locally-set goals.
Existing law provides that LEAs may use the evaluation rubrics
for self-assessment and in identifying schools and districts in
need of technical assistance. Accordingly, there is no
requirement that districts or COEs use the evaluation rubrics on
a routine, annual basis to monitor their performance. This bill
provides that, if available, a school district or COE shall post
its populated evaluation rubric on its Internet Web site. If
the SBE revises the LCAP template to include this information,
then this provision would be redundant, because LCAPs are
already required to be posted online.
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Need for the bill. According to the author's office, "the
public reporting of the annual progress on all of the state
priorities and metrics is needed to ensure that baseline
performance on all of the legislatively established LCFF state
priorities is available somewhere?.Making this information
available will make for more informed needs assessments and
conversations as districts and communities prioritize local LCFF
goals and actions."
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
Alliance for Boys and Men of Color
American Civil Liberties Union
Bay Area Council
California School-Based Health Alliance
Children Now
Dolores Huerta Foundation
Education Trust-West
EdVoice
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Families in Schools
Fight Crime/Invest in Kids
PICO California
Opposition
None received
Analysis Prepared by:Rick Pratt / ED. / (916) 319-2087