BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 1153 Page 1 Date of Hearing: May 13, 2015 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Jimmy Gomez, Chair AB 1153 (Calderon) - As Amended April 20, 2015 ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Policy |Education |Vote:|6 - 0 | |Committee: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------+-------------------------------+-----+-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------+-------------------------------+-----+-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: YesReimbursable: Yes SUMMARY: This bill 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 AB 1153 Page 2 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. FISCAL EFFECT: 1)General Fund administrative costs to CDE and SBE staff of approximately $70,000 to revise the LCAP template and the instructions to the template. These costs include legal review, stakeholder and public meetings, and technology services workload related to revising the LCAP electronic template. 2)Unknown, likely minor, Proposition 98/GF reimbursable state mandated costs for school districts and COEs to post the populated evaluation rubric on the district or COE's website, to the extent a website is available. COMMENTS: Purpose. 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 their Internet Web site, if they have 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. AB 1153 Page 3 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. Analysis Prepared by:Misty Feusahrens / APPR. / (916) 319-2081