BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Senator Carol Liu, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: AB 2659
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|Author: |Committee on Education |
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|Version: |April 25, 2016 Hearing |
| |Date: June 15, 2016 |
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|Urgency: |No |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant:|Olgalilia Ramirez |
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Subject: Elementary and secondary education: omnibus revisions
SUMMARY
This bill, the education omnibus clean-up measure, would make
technical, non-controversial revisions to numerous provisions of
the Education Code.
BACKGROUND
Each year, there is typically a K-12 education clean-up bill and
a higher education clean-up bill that make various
non-controversial revisions to the Education Code. A majority
of the provisions for the K-12 education clean-up bill are
identified by the State Department of Education and propose
technical corrections to existing law, such as deleting an
obsolete reporting requirement for a program.
ANALYSIS
This bill would make numerous revisions to the Education Code.
Specifically, this bill
1) Eliminates various reporting requirements and program
evaluations that are either outdated or the information can
be provided upon request:
a) The number of site visits conducted of child
development programs.
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(Section 1)
b) Evaluation of the effectiveness of California
Department of Education's
(CDE's) School Safety and Security Resources Unit.
(Section 2)
c) Summary of actions taken by the CDE to eliminate
audit exceptions and
comply with management improvement recommendations.
(Section 38)
d) The status of school districts that have received
emergency
apportionments. (Section 39)
e) Review of a county office of education's fiscal
oversight of a school district
requiring an emergency loan and state receivership.
(Section 40)
f) Summary of school average daily attendance and
local property tax
revenues used in principal apportionment calculations.
(Section 42)
g) Summary of school districts that have not adopted
on-time budgets and
steps being taken to address the delays. (Section 44)
h) Evaluation of the California School Information
Services' oversight of the
California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System
(CALPADS)
project. (Section 49)
i) Summary of educational programs and workshops on
genetic diseases
and birth defects. (Section 50)
j) Agreements between state agencies regarding
special education services.
(Section 57)
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aa) Compilation of student physical fitness test
results. (Section 58)
bb) Evaluation of the CALPADS project. (Section 59)
cc) Update on implementation of the school
standardized account code
structure. (Section 60)
2) Clarifies that the parent advisory committee established to
provide advice in the development of local control and
accountability plans subject to provisions in current law
related to open and public meetings. (Section 3)
3) Makes clarifying changes in numerous terms and phrases,
conforming state statutes to federal regulations and update
cross-references to statutes and to state regulations.
(Sections 53-56)
4) Corrects cross references and makes minor changes to the
sections relation to school districts and reorganization.
(Sections 6-36)
5) Updates federal workforce investment act references.
(Sections 45, 47, 51 and 52)
6) Corrects references to the United States Military Code
defining active duty military personnel. (Section 48)
7) Clarifies the definition of "lapse" to mean dissolve a
school district, as described and the term "lapsation," to
mean an action to lapse. Makes a conforming change.
(Section 36)
8) Deletes "unexcused," absences to allow Saturday and Sunday
classes to received apportionment credit for makeup classes
for any absences rather than only for "unexcused,"
absences. (Section 37)
9) Removes obsolete references and makes other technical
changes to the education code.
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STAFF COMMENTS
1) Non-controversial amendments. This bill is the annual
education omnibus clean-up bill and proposes technical,
non-controversial amendments to existing law. By
tradition, if any affected agency, the Department of
Finance, or any of the four legislative caucuses objects to
a provision in the bill or one that is being considered,
that particular provision cannot be included.
SUPPORT
None received.
OPPOSITION
None received.
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