BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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(Without Reference to File)
SENATE THIRD READING
SB
78 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review)
As Amended June 16, 2015
Majority vote. Budget Bill Appropriation Takes Effect
Immediately
SENATE VOTE: Vote not relevant
SUMMARY: Appropriates $5.9 billion for the purpose of the Local
Control Funding Formula (LCFF), and repeals and revises numerous
provisions of the Education Code to conform to the adoption of
the LCFF. Specifically, this bill:
1)Appropriates $5,994,417,000 for the purpose of the LCFF.
2)Repeals sections made obsolete by the LCFF, including:
a) Revenue limit deficit factor reductions;
b) Revenue limit equalization adjustments;
c) Revenue limit apportionment adjustments for attendance
reporting errors;
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d) Computation of revenue limits for Regional Occupational
Centers and Programs (ROC/P);
e) Revenue limit PERS adjustments to reflect decreased
employer contributions;
f) Adjustments to county office of education revenue limits
per unit of average daily attendance;
g) Revenue limit adjustments for small elementary school
districts;
h) Criteria for computation of base revenue limits for
specified elementary school districts;
i) Adjustments for 1993-94 and 1995-96 fiscal year revenue
limits;
j) Equalization adjustments for certain fiscal years
between 1995-96 and 2011-12.
1)Repeals sections relating to programs which have been rolled
into the LCFF, including:
a) Juvenile court schools operated by county
superintendents of schools;
b) Small community school categorical funding;
c) Pregnant minors programs operated by county
superintendents;
d) Instructional materials incentive program;
e) Allocations of funds for county office of education site
visits.
1)Adjusts timelines to better conform with the process of
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developing Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAPs) and
local educational agency budgets, including:
a) Adoption, public review, and approval by the
superintendent of the annual budget;
b) Budget review committee review of proposed budget;
c) Response to disapproval of budget by the review
committee.
1)Repeals sections that applied only to past fiscal years,
including:
a) Duties of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for
the 1988-89 fiscal year;
b) Employer retirement contributions for the 1994-95 fiscal
year;
c) Portion of attendance consisting of excused absences for
the 1996-97 and 1997-98 fiscal years.
1)Makes technical changes such as updating article titles,
removing references to repealed sections, and aligning
references to the LCFF, including:
a) Removing references to repealed instructional materials
program;
b) Removing references to repealed school library program.
EXISTING LAW:
1)Establishes the LCFF, which replaced the prior revenue limit
and categorical funding structure for K-12 education finance.
The formula is comprised of a base grant (general purpose
funding), supplemental grants (funding for English learners,
low income students, and students in foster care) and
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concentration grants (additional funding for local educational
agencies with high numbers of English learners, low income
students, and students in foster care).
2)Establishes accountability requirements through the
development and adoption of LCAPs, which require the reporting
of detailed student achievement data and information related
to the expenditure of LCFF allocations. Statute further
requires the State Board of Education to adopt a template for
use by local educational agencies in developing LCAPs.
Analysis Prepared by:
Nicole Vazquez / BUDGET / (916) 319-2099 FN: 0000968