California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2645

Introduced by Assembly Member Mayes

February 19, 2016

An act to amend Section 53300 of the Education Code, relating to school intervention.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2645, as introduced, Mayes. School intervention: parent empowerment.

Existing law requires a local educational agency to implement one of several specified interventions for a school not identified as a persistently lowest-achieving school that, after one full school year, is subject to corrective action, as specified, and fails to meet specified criteria and has a specified percentage of parents and legal guardians of pupils sign a petition requesting the local educational agency to implement at least one of 5 specified interventions. Existing law requires a local educational agency to implement the intervention option requested by the petition unless the local educational agency makes a specified finding in a regularly scheduled public hearing.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes by updating cross-references and reorganizing language.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 53300 of the Education Code is amended
to read:

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53300.  

For any school not identified as a persistently
lowest-achieving school under Section 53201 which, after one full
school year, is subject to corrective action pursuant to paragraph
(7) of Section 1116(b) of the federal Elementary and Secondary
Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.) and continues to fail
to make adequate yearly progress, and has an Academic
Performance Index score of less than 800, and where at least
one-half of the parents or legal guardians of pupils attending the
school, or a combination of at least one-half of the parents or legal
guardians of pupils attending the school and the elementary or
middle schools that normally matriculate into a middle or high
school, as applicable, sign a petition requesting the local

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begin insert 53300. end insert   

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begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert A petition may be submitted to a local end insert educational
agency begin insert requesting the agency end insert to implement one or more of the
four interventions identified pursuant to paragraphs (1) to (4),
begin delete inclusive end delete begin insert inclusive, end insert of subdivision (a) of Section 53202 or the
federally mandated alternative governance arrangement pursuant
to Section begin delete 1116(b)(8)(B)(v) end delete begin insert 6316(b)(8)(B)(v) end insert of the federal
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301
et begin delete seq.), the end delete begin insert seq.), if both of the following criteria are satisfied: end insert

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(1) At least one-half of the parents or legal guardians of pupils
attending the school, or a combination of at least one-half of the
parents or legal guardians of pupils attending the school and the
elementary or middle schools that normally matriculate into the
middle or high school, as applicable, sign the petition.

end insert begin insert

(2) The school is not identified as a persistently lowest-achieving
school under Section 53201 which, after one full school year, is
subject to corrective action pursuant to Section 6316(b)(7) of the
federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec.
6301 et seq.), continues to fail to make adequate yearly progress,
and has an Academic Performance Index (API) score of less than
800.

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begin insert (b) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert A end insert local educational agency begin insert that receives a petition pursuant
to subdivision (a) end insert shall implement the option requested begin delete by the
parents end delete begin insert in the petition end insert unless, in a regularly scheduled public
hearing, the local educational agency makes a finding in writing
stating the reason it cannot implement the specific begin delete recommended end delete
begin insert requested end insert option and instead designates in writing which of the
other options described in this section it will implement in the
subsequent school year consistent with requirements specified in
federal regulations and guidelines for schools subject to
restructuring under Section begin delete 1116(b)(8) end delete begin insert 6316(b)(8) end insert of the federal
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301
et seq.) and regulations and guidelines for the four interventions.