BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Senator Carol Liu, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: SB 369
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|Author: |Block |
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|Version: |February 24, 2015 Hearing Date: |
| | April 8, 2015 |
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|Urgency: |No |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant:|Olgalilia Ramirez |
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Subject: California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data
System: pupils of military ???? families
SUMMARY
This bill requires that the Superintendent of Public
Instruction (SPI) add an indicator to the California
Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) to
identify pupils of military families.
BACKGROUND
Existing law establishes the CALPADS to accomplish all of the
following goals:
1. Provide school districts and the California Department
of Education (CDE) access to data necessary to comply
with the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) reporting
requirements.
2. Provide a better means of evaluating educational
progress and investments over time.
3. Provide local educational agencies information that
can be used to improve pupil achievement.
4. Provide an efficient, flexible, and secure means of
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maintaining longitudinal statewide pupil level data.
5. Facilitate the ability of the state to publicly report
data required by federal law.
6. Ensure compliance with the federal Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). (Education Code § 60900
et. seq.)
ANALYSIS
1. This bill adds an indicator to the California
Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) to
identify pupils of military families. More specifically,
this bill:
A. Requires the Superintendent of Public
Instruction (SPI) to add a reporting process within
CALPADS requiring local education agencies (LEAs) to
report the enrollment of pupils of military families
on or before July 1, 2016.
B. Requires the California Department of Education
(CDE) to include an
indicator for pupils of military families in
California Longitudinal Pupil
Achievement Data System (CALPADS).
C. Provides that the data collection
pursuant to this requirement shall be used to
compile reports required by the federal No Child
Left Behind Act (NCLB), including, but not limited
to, dropout and graduation rates.
D. Provides that upon implementation of
this bill, the CDE is not subject to the penalty
contained in provision 16 of Item 6110-001-0890 of
the 2015 Budget Act.
E. Defines "pupils of military families"
to mean pupils whose parent or legal guardian is an
active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United
States.
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F. Identifies the bill as potentially
creating unfunded state reimbursable mandated costs.
STAFF COMMENTS
1. Need for this bill. More than 60,000 school-aged
children of active duty service members attend California
schools. However, there is no method for identify this
student group or tracking their academic progress in
school. According to the author, creating an indicator
will help determine school attendance and educational
outcomes, as well as assist districts in identifying the
needs of military children including additional
counseling and academic services relative to the
deployment or relocation of a parent.
2. What currently exists? According to the Marine Corps
Installations West,
there are approximately 13 school districts currently
identifying military students within their local data systems.
These districts include: Travis Unified, San Diego Unified,
South Bay Unified, Murrieta Valley Unified, Coronado Unified,
Lakeside Union, Santee, La Mesa/Spring Valley, Lemon Grove,
Chula Vista Elementary, Poway Unified, Los Angeles Unified,
and Sweetwater Union High. It is unclear if any of the
remaining school districts identify military children using
internal resources.
3. California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System
(CALPADS). The CALPADS was created to enable California
to meet federal requirements delineated in the NCLB Act
2001, which increases accountability for student
achievement. CALPADs has been operational since 2009 and
contains information on student demographics, program
participation, grade level, enrollment, course enrollment
and completion, discipline, and statewide assessment
data.
The student level, longitudinal data in California
Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS)
enables the facilitation of program evaluation, the
assessment of student achievement over time, the
calculation of more accurate dropout and graduation
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rates, the efficient creation of reports to meet state
and federal reporting requirements, and the ability to
create ad hoc reports and responses to relevant
questions. CALPADS provides local educational agencies
(LEAs) with access to longitudinal data and reports on
their own students, and it gives LEAs immediate access to
information on new students, enabling the LEAs to place
students appropriately and to determine whether an
assessment is necessary.
4. Budget prohibits additional data elements. A
provision in the 2015 Budget Act, as a condition of
receiving funds, prohibits CDE from adding data elements
to California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System
(CALPADS), as specified. This bill includes a provision
to preclude California Department of Education (CDE) from
being subject to this penalty.
5. Prior legislation.
AB 2341 (Quirk-Silva, 2014) identical to SB 369, would
have added an indicator to CALPADS to identify pupils of
military families. The bill was held in Senate
Appropriations Committee Suspense file.
SUPPORT
American Legion - Department of California
AMVETS - Department of California
Department of Defense, Military Community and Family Policy
Military Officers Association of America, California Council
of Chapters
United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps Installations West
United States Navy, Navy Region Southwest
Vietnam Veterans of America - California State Council
OPPOSITION
None received.
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