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                                   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  








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            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  







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            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


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