BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 1624| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD READING Bill No: AB 1624 Author: Committee on Budget Amended: 8/9/16 in Senate Vote: 21 SENATE BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE: 14-2, 8/11/16 AYES: Leno, Nielsen, Allen, Beall, Block, Glazer, Mitchell, Monning, Moorlach, Nguyen, Pan, Pavley, Roth, Wolk NOES: Anderson, Stone NO VOTE RECORDED: Hancock ASSEMBLY FLOOR: Not relevant SUBJECT: Education SOURCE: Author DIGEST: This bill provides statutory changes and clean-up necessary to enact education-related provisions of the Budget Act of 2016. ANALYSIS: This bill makes statutory changes necessary to implement the Budget Act of 2016. These changes provide clarification and technical corrections to trailer bills enacted in June 2016. K-12 Education: 1)Requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, when adopting criteria for grant applications to the California Classified School Employee Teacher Credentialing Program, to AB 1624 Page 2 include a requirement that applicants specify their plans to meet the demand for bilingual cross-cultural teachers in addition the existing requirement for the applicant to address teacher shortage areas. The California Classified School Employee Teacher Credentialing Program will provide grants to local educational agencies to support classified staff in pursuing a teaching credential. 2)Provides $300,000, of the total appropriation of $18 million one-time Proposition 98 General Fund provided as part of the 2016 budget, pursuant to Senate Bill 828 (Committee on Budget, Chapter 29, Statutes of 2016), may be used for a local educational agency to conduct regional meetings, training, and support for grantees who receive funds for dropout and truancy prevention programs pursuant to pending legislation, AB 1014 (Thurmond) and SB 527 (Liu). These funds shall be available for expenditure no sooner than 30 days after the expenditure plan is provided to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. 3)Amends the date by which the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence (CCEE) must submit a plan for implementation of a pilot program from August to October 15, 2016, or within 10 days of the next regularly scheduled CCEE board meeting following the implementation of this statute. Requires the plan for the pilot program and for professional development and expenditure of funds pursuant to the plans to be subject to Department of Finance approval. Higher Education: 4)Extends the sunset date and Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) reporting date by one year on a program that allows the University of California and the California Community Colleges to use the best value procurement method when purchasing goods and materials. An LAO report analyzing the effectiveness of these programs will be due on February 1, 2018, instead of 2017, and the program will sunset on January 1, 2019, instead of 2018. This change is proposed to allow the LAO to address a requirement in the 2016 Budget Act requiring an extensive review of state financial aid programs this fall, before working on the review of the best value program. 5)Deletes redundant language included in AB 1602 (Committee on Budget, Chapter 24, Statutes of 2016), a higher education AB 1624 Page 3 trailer bill, regarding reporting requirements for funding distributed to the California State Library. This is a technical change. Other: 6)Authorizes the Governor's Office of Planning and Research to implement the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine without regulatory action. FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.:YesLocal: No According to the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee the funding related to the changes in this bill is contained in the 2016 budget. SUPPORT: (Verified8/11/16) None received OPPOSITION: (Verified8/11/16) None received Prepared by:Elisa Wynne / B. & F.R. / (916) 651-4103 8/15/16 19:36:05 **** END **** AB 1624 Page 4