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CONSENT
Bill No: SB 416
Author: Huff (R)
Amended: 4/20/15
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 8-0, 4/8/15
AYES: Liu, Huff, Block, Hancock, Leyva, Mendoza, Pan, Vidak
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT: Public schools: repeal of funding programs
SOURCE: California School Boards Association
DIGEST: This bill repeals numerous provisions of the Education
Code for categorical programs that are considered obsolete or
unnecessary in light of the passage of the Local Control Funding
Formula (LCFF).
ANALYSIS: Existing law authorizes the LCFF, a new funding
formula that provides base funding for the core educational
needs of all students and supplemental funding for the
additional educational needs of low-income students, English
learners, and foster youth. LCFF funds have limited spending
restrictions, allowing local educational agencies (LEAs)
considerable flexibility to direct resources to best meet their
students' needs.
This bill repeals numerous provisions of the Education Code for
categorical programs that are considered obsolete or unnecessary
in light of the passage of the LCFF. The bill sections and the
general subject matter of the proposed changes are as follows:
1) Youth conservation program (SEC. 1)
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2) Technical, agricultural, and natural resource conservation
schools (SEC. 2)
3) Cosmetology courses (SEC. 3)
4) Arts work visual and performing arts education (SEC. 4)
5) Schoolbus clean fuel and efficiency demonstration (SEC. 5)
6) Carl Washington School Safety and Violence Prevention Act
(SEC. 6)
7) School Safety Violence Protection Act (SEC. 7)
8) Revenue limit adjustments for State Teachers' Retirement and
unemployment insurance (SEC. 8)
9) Education technology staff development (SEC. 9)
10)Education technology (SEC. 10)
11)Impacted Languages Act (SEC. 11)
12)Mathematics improvement program (SEC. 12)
13)Single gender academies program (SEC. 13)
Background
The LCFF is a significant reform to the state's previous system
of financing K-12 public schools which was composed of revenue
limits and restricted funding for a multitude of categorical
programs. Although local educational agencies have considerably
more flexibility in how they spend their resources compared to
the previous funding system, the law requires a school district,
county office of education, or charter school:
"...to increase or improve services for unduplicated
pupils [low-
income students, English learners, and foster youth]
in proportion to
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the increase in funds apportioned on the basis of the
number and
concentration of unduplicated pupils in the school
district, county
office of education, or charter school."
Under the previous system, revenue limits provided LEAs with
discretionary funding for general education purposes, and
categorical program funding was provided for restricted or
specialized purposes, with each program having unique allocation
and spending requirements. Revenue limits made up about
two-thirds of state funding for schools, while categorical
program funding made up the remainder. For some time, that
funding system was criticized for being too state-driven,
bureaucratic, complex, inequitable, and based on outdated
allocation methods that did not reflect current student needs.
To ensure accountability for LCFF, the state also mandated that
each local educational agency develop a local control and
accountability plan (LCAP) that identifies locally determined
goals, actions, services, and expenditures of LCFF funds for
each school year in support of the state educational priorities
that are specified in statute, as well as any additional local
priorities. School district LCAPs are subject to review and
approval by county offices of education. Statute established a
process for districts to receive technical assistance related to
their LCAP. The Superintendent of Public Instruction is
authorized to intervene in a struggling school district under
certain conditions.
Comments
Need for the bill. According to the author's office, this bill
removes various Education Code Sections that remain on the books
despite being rendered obsolete by the enactment of the LCFF.
The LCFF removed funding for a number of categorical programs
which still remain codified in the Education Code.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
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SUPPORT: (Verified 5/5/15)
California School Boards Association (source)
OPPOSITION: (Verified 5/5/15)
None received
Prepared by:Lenin Del Castillo / ED. / (916) 651-4105
5/6/15 16:49:45
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