BILL NUMBER: SB 232	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hall
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Burke)

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2015

   An act to amend Section 52074 of the Education Code, relating to
school accountability.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 232, as introduced, Hall. School accountability: local control
and accountability plans: California Collaborative for Educational
Excellence.
   Existing law, on or before July 1, 2014, requires the governing
board of each school district and each county board of education to
adopt a local control and accountability plan and requires the
governing board of each school district and each county board of
education to update its local control and accountability plan on or
before July 1 of each year. Existing law requires the local control
and accountability plan to include certain elements, and requires the
charter for a charter school to include some of those same elements.

   Existing law establishes the California Collaborative for
Educational Excellence for purposes of advising and assisting school
districts, county superintendents of schools, and charter schools in
achieving the goals set forth in a local control and accountability
plan. Existing law authorizes the Superintendent of Public
Instruction to direct the collaborative to advise and assist a school
district, county superintendent of schools, or charter school in
specified circumstances.
   This bill would also authorize the Superintendent to direct the
collaborative to advise and assist a school district if the
state-appointed trustee or administrator of the school district
requests that advice and assistance.
   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 52074 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   52074.  (a) The California Collaborative for Educational
Excellence is hereby established.
   (b) The purpose of the California Collaborative for Educational
Excellence is to advise and assist school districts, county
superintendents of schools, and charter schools in achieving the
goals set forth in a local control and accountability plan adopted
pursuant to this article.
   (c) The Superintendent shall, with the approval of the state
board, contract with a local educational agency, or consortium of
local educational agencies, to serve as the fiscal agent for the
California Collaborative for Educational Excellence. The
Superintendent shall apportion funds appropriated for the California
Collaborative for Educational Excellence to the fiscal agent.
   (d) The California Collaborative for Educational Excellence shall
be governed by a board consisting of the following five members:
   (1) The Superintendent or his or her designee.
   (2) The president of the state board or his or her designee.
   (3) A county superintendent of schools appointed by the Senate
Committee on Rules.
   (4) A teacher appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
   (5) A superintendent of a school district appointed by the
Governor.
   (e) At the direction of the governing board of the California
Collaborative for Educational Excellence, the fiscal agent shall
contract with individuals, local educational agencies, or
organizations with the expertise, experience, and a record of success
to carry out the purposes of this article. The areas of expertise,
experience, and record of success shall include, but are not limited
to, all of the following:
   (1) State priorities as described in subdivision (d) of Section
52060.
   (2) Improving the quality of teaching.
   (3) Improving the quality of school district and schoolsite
leadership.
   (4) Successfully addressing the needs of special pupil
populations, including, but not limited to, English learners, pupils
eligible to receive a free or reduced-price meal, pupils in foster
care, and individuals with exceptional needs.
   (f) The Superintendent may direct the California Collaborative for
Educational Excellence to advise and assist a school district,
county superintendent of schools, or charter school in any of the
following circumstances:
   (1) If the governing board of a school district, county board of
education, or governing body  or   of  a
charter school requests the advice and assistance of the California
Collaborative for Educational Excellence.
   (2) If the county superintendent of schools of the county in which
the school district or charter school is located determines,
following the provision of technical assistance pursuant to Section
52071 or  47607.3   47607.3,  as
applicable, that the advice and assistance of the California
Collaborative for Educational Excellence is necessary to help the
school district or charter school accomplish the goals described in
the local control and accountability plan adopted pursuant to this
article.
   (3) If the Superintendent determines that the advice and
assistance of the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence
is necessary to help the school district, county superintendent of
schools, or charter school accomplish the goals set forth in the
local control and accountability plan adopted pursuant to this
article. 
   (4) If a state-appointed trustee or administrator of a school
district requests the advice and assistance of the California
Collaborative for Educational Excellence.