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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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