BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SB 416| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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) SB 416 Page 2 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 SB 416 Page 3 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 SB 416 Page 4 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 **** END ****