Amended in Assembly March 30, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2680

Introduced by Assembly Member Bonilla

February 19, 2016

An act to add Section 51103 to the Education Code, relating to parental engagement.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2680, as amended, Bonilla. Parent, begin insert guardian, end insert pupil, and family engagement support and services: plans.

Existing law states various legislative findings and declarations, including that it is essential to our democratic form of government that parents and guardians of schoolage children attending public schools and other citizens participate in improving public education institutions, that specifically involving parents and guardians of pupils in the education process is fundamental to a healthy system of public education, and that family and school collaborative efforts are most effective when they involve parents and guardians in a variety of roles at all grade levels, from preschool through high school.

This bill would, subject to begin insert one-time end insert funding being provided for purposes of this act in the annual Budget Act, require local educational agencies, including county offices of education, charter schools, alternative education programs and schools, state special schools, and state subsidized preschools and child development programs, that elect to participate in family, parent, begin insert guardian, end insert and pupil engagement support and services to begin delete develop end delete begin insert develop, implement, and, once adopted, post to its Internet Web site, end insert a plan that addresses at least one specified parent, begin insert guardian, end insert pupil, and family engagement begin delete elements end delete begin insert element end insert relating to active and meaningful participation and training. If a local educational agency accepts funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act for purposes of those provisions, as a condition of receiving those funds, the school district, county office of education, or charter school would be required to develop begin insert and post to its Internet Web site end insert an additional plan that aligns to the school district’s or county office of education’s local control and accountability plan or specified elements of the charter school’s petition that delineates how funds apportioned for purposes of this section, if they are apportioned, would be spent, as specified. If funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act for these purposes, the bill would authorize begin delete the school district, county office of education, or charter school end delete begin insert a local educational agency to request funding from the Superintendent of Public Instruction and would require the local educational agency end insert to expend those funds begin delete in end delete begin insert between end insert the 2016-17 fiscal year begin delete to end delete begin insert and end insert the 2018-19 fiscal year, inclusive, and would require the funds to be intended to supplement, not supplant, funds used by the begin delete school district, county office of education, or charter school end delete begin insert local educational agency end insert for parent, begin insert guardian, end insert pupil, and family engagement. The bill would provide that the funds, if appropriated, would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.

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

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

SECTION 1.  

Section 51103 is added to the Education Code,
to read:

51103.  

(a)  begin insert (1) end insert begin insert   end insert Subject to begin insert one-time end insert funding being provided for
these purposes in the annual Budget Act, local educational
agencies, including county offices of education, charter schools,
alternative education programs and schools, state special schools,
and state subsidized preschools and child development programs,
that elect to participate in family, parent, begin insert guardian, end insert and pupil
engagement support and services funded pursuant to this section
shall develop begin insert and implement end insert a plan that addresses at least one of
the following:

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(1)

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begin insert (A) end insert  Active and meaningful participation and training of parents,
begin insert guardians, end insert pupils, and families of children begin delete from birth to 18 years
of age, inclusive, end delete begin insert served by the local educational agency end insert in the
development and updating of local control and accountability plans
required pursuant to Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 52060)
of Chapter 6.1.

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(2)

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begin insert (B) end insert  Active and meaningful participation and training at the
schoolsite or program site and school district or county office of
education level that empowers parents, begin insert guardians, end insert pupils, and
families of children begin delete from birth to 18 years of age, inclusive, end delete begin insert served
by the local educational agency end insert to become active leaders through
diverse channels for participation, including, but not limited to,
schoolsite committees and councils; school district or county office
of education committees and councils; English learner advisory
committees; parent, begin insert guardian, end insert teacher, or pupil associations; and
other advisory bodies that involve parents, begin insert guardians, end insert pupils, or
families.

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(3)

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begin insert (C) end insert  Programs and activities that promote parent and family
engagement of children begin delete from birth to 18 years of age, inclusive, end delete
begin insert served by the local educational agency end insert in begin delete schools, end delete begin insert school, end insert support
parents begin insert and guardians end insert as their childrens’ first begin delete teacher, end delete begin insert teachers, end insert
develop parent begin insert and guardian end insert leaders, begin insert and end insert encourage parents begin insert and
guardians end insert to advocate for a complete education that includes a
full curriculum to close the access, achievement, and opportunities
gaps.

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(4)

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begin insert (D) end insert  For county offices of education only, active and meaningful
begin delete participation end delete begin insert participation, as described in subparagraphs (A) to
(C), inclusive, end insert and activities for purposes of serving begin delete parents end delete
begin insert parents, guardians, end insert and families in state subsidized infant and
toddler programs, early childhood education programs, state and
local preschools, and child care and development programs serving
children from birth to five years of age, inclusive, and active and
meaningful begin delete participation and activities for parents and families
who do not have children enrolled in a program but end delete begin insert outreach to
parents, guardians, and families end insert who may benefit from countywide
training and support services offered by the county office of
education.

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(2) Once the plan is adopted, a local educational agency shall
post its plan on its Internet Web site.

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(b)  begin insert (1) end insert begin insert   end insert If a local educational agency accepts funds appropriated
in the annual Budget Act for purposes of this section, as a condition
of receiving those funds, a school district, county office of
education, or charter school shall do all of the following:

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(1)

end delete

begin insert (A) end insert  Develop a plan that aligns to the local control and
accountability plans required pursuant to Article 4.5 (commencing
with Section 52060) of Chapter 6.1 or the requirements of clause
(ii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of
Sections 47605 and 47605.6 and all applicable deadlines that
delineates how funds apportioned for purposes of this section, if
they are apportioned, shall be spent.

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(2)

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begin insert (B) end insert  The plan shall be developed using research-based family
engagement practices and begin delete standards, including, but not limited to,
the National Standards for Family-School Partnerships. end delete begin insert standards. end insert

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(3)

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begin insert (C) end insert  The plan shall include outreach in multiple begin delete languages, end delete
begin insert languages if 15 percent or more of the pupils enrolled in a public
school that provides instruction in kindergarten or any of grades
1 to 12, inclusive, speak a single primary language other than
English, as determined pursuant to Section 48985. The plan shall
also include end insert outreach to begin delete parents end delete begin insert parents, guardians, end insert and families
that are underrepresented in the school, school district, or county
office of education, and outreach strategies that are diverse and
innovative.

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(4)

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begin insert (D) end insert  The plan shall also include the begin insert estimated target for the end insert
number of parents, begin insert guardians, end insert pupils, and families who will receive
training and support services.

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(5)

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begin insert (E) end insert  The plan shall be explained in a public meeting of the
governing board of the school district, county board of education,
or governing body of the charter school before its adoption in a
subsequent public meeting.

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(2) Once the plan is adopted, a local educational agency shall
post its plan on its Internet Web site.

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(c) Local educational agencies may use the funding received
pursuant to this section to support the development and
implementation of the plan pursuant to subdivision (a), including,
but not limited to, either of the following ways:

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(1) Active and meaningful strategies related to the use of
computing devices and the Internet as a tool for accessing
information, training, and support relevant to the proposed
engagement plan.

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(2) Active and meaningful participation and training for
teachers, classified employees, governing board members, and
administrators to develop a deeper understanding regarding
effective parent, guardian, and family engagement in order to work
effectively with parents, guardians, pupils, and families as partners.

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(c)

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begin insert (d) end insert  If funds are appropriated for purposes of this section in the
annual Budget Act, a begin delete school district, county office of education,
or charter school may end delete begin insert local educational agency may request
funding from the Superintendent on or before June 1, 2017, and
shall end insert expend those funds begin delete in end delete begin insert between end insert the 2016-17 fiscal year begin delete to end delete
begin insert and end insert the 2018-19 fiscal year, inclusive. The funds shall be intended
to supplement, not supplant, funds used by the begin delete school district,
county office of education, or charter school end delete begin insert local educational
agency end insert for parent, begin insert guardian, end insert pupil, and family engagement.

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(d)

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begin insert (e) end insert  For purposes of making the computations required by Section
8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, if funds are
appropriated in the annual Budget Act for purposes of this section,
the funds shall be deemed to be “General Fund revenues
appropriated for school districts,” as defined in subdivision (c) of
Section 41202, for the fiscal year in which they are appropriated,
and included within the “total allocations to school districts and
community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes
appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B,” as defined in subdivision
(e) of Section 41202, for the fiscal year in which they are
appropriated.