AB 2259, as introduced, Medina. School accountability: dropout recovery high schools.
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with approval of the State Board of Education, to develop an Academic Performance Index (API), as part of the Public School Performance Accountability Program, to measure the performance of schools and school districts, especially the academic performance of pupils. The API consists of a variety of indicators including specified achievement test scores, attendance rates, and graduation rates. Existing law requires the Superintendent, with approval of the state board, to develop an alternative accountability system for specified types of schools, including, among others, community day schools and continuation schools. Existing law allows these schools to receive an API score, but prohibits them from being included in the API rankings of schools.
Existing law, until January 1, 2017, requires the Superintendent and the state board, as part of the alternative accountability system for schools, or any successor system, to allow no more than 10 dropout recovery high schools, as defined, to report the results of an individual pupil growth model that is proposed by the school and certified by the Superintendent pursuant to specified criteria instead of reporting other indicators.
This bill would extend the repeal date of that provision to January 1, 2020, and would update cross-references.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 52052.3 of the Education Code is
2amended to read:
(a) As part of the alternative accountability system
4for schools developed pursuant to subdivisionbegin delete (h)end deletebegin insert (g)end insert of Section
552052, or any successor system, the Superintendent and the state
6board shall allow no more than 10 dropout recovery high schools,
7as defined in subdivision (b), to report, in lieu of other indicators,
8the results of an individual pupil growth model that is proposed
9by the school and certified by the Superintendent pursuant to
10subdivision (c).
11(b) For purposes of this section, “dropout recovery high school”
12means a school offering instruction in any of grades 9
to 12,
13inclusive, in which 50 percent or more of its pupils are either
14designated as dropouts pursuant to the exit and withdrawal codes
15developed by the department or left a school and were not
16otherwise enrolled in a school for a period of at least 180 days and
17the school provides instruction in partnership with any of the
18following:
19(1) The federalbegin delete Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. begin insert Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
20Sec. 2801 et seq.).end delete
21(Public Law 113-128).end insert
22(2) Federally affiliated Youthbuild programsbegin delete (42 U.S.C. Sec. begin insert
(29 U.S.C. 3226 et seq.).end insert
2312899 et seq.).end delete
24(3) Federal job corps training or instruction provided pursuant
25to a memorandum of understanding with the federal provider.
26(4) The California Conservation Corps or local conservation
27corps certified by the California Conservation Corps pursuant to
28Section 14406 or 14507.5 of the Public Resources Code.
29(c) A dropout recovery high school shall submit to the
30Superintendent a certification that the high school meets the criteria
31specified in subdivision (b) and provide a summary of data derived
32from the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System
33pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 60900) of Part
P3 133 to support that designation. A dropout recovery high school
2shall also submit a proposed individual pupil growth model, and
3the Superintendent shall
review and certify that model if it meets
4all of the following criteria:
5(1) The model measures learning based on valid and reliable
6nationally normed or criterion-referenced reading and mathematics
7tests.
8(2) The model measures skills and knowledge aligned with state
9standards.
10(3) The model measures the extent to which a pupil scored above
11an expected amount of growth based on the individual pupil’s
12initial achievement score.
13(4) The model demonstrates the extent to which a school is able
14to accelerate learning on an annual basis.
15(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,begin delete 2017,end delete
16begin insert
2020,end insert and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
17that is enacted before January 1,begin delete 2017,end deletebegin insert 2020,end insert deletes or extends
18that date.
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