BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
SB 429 (Jackson) - Instructional programs: Title IX
instructional videos
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|Version: April 15, 2015 |Policy Vote: ED. 7 - 1 |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: No |
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|Hearing Date: May 4, 2015 |Consultant: Jillian Kissee |
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This bill meets the criteria for referral to the Suspense File.
Bill Summary: This bill requires, to the extent one-time
funding is made available in the Budget Act of 2016, the
Superintendent of Public Instruction to designate a county
office of education to create an instructional video on Title IX
of the federal Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) to be
used for professional development, and a video on Title IX
students' rights video.
This bill also requires the California Department of Education
(CDE) to analyze the success of the Title IX compliance video
and establish a set of best practices to be made available to
school districts.
Fiscal
Impact:
Creation of videos: This bill results in costs estimated to
range from $10,000 to $18,000 to develop the two instructional
videos required by this bill.
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CDE administration: To collect the data prescribed in this
bill for determining and tracking data on the success of the
videos, to develop best practices, and managing the resources
posted on CDE's website, there is an estimated one-time cost
of $180,000 for two limited-term positions.
These activities would only be implemented to the extent
funding is made available in the Budget Act of 2016.
Background: Current federal law provides that, in part, "no person in the
United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from
participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to
discrimination under any educational program of activity
receiving Federal financial assistance." In order to be in
compliance with Federal Title IX, a school must show compliance
with one of these three parts: (1) athletic participation of
women and girls is proportionate to enrollment; (2) the school
has a history and continuing practice of program expansion for
women or girls; and (3) the school is fully meeting female
athletes' interests and abilities in its present athletic
program. (Title IX)
Each school district and county office of education, or a local
public or private agency that receives funding from the state or
federal government is required to designate a person to serve as
the Title IX compliance coordinator to enforce compliance at the
local level, including coordinating any complaints of
non-compliance. Enforcement of compliance is initiated upon the
filing of a complaint alleging a violation of Title IX.
(Title IX; California Code of Regulations, Title 5, Section
4910)
Proposed Law:
This bill requires, to the extent one-time funding is made
available in the Budget Act of 2016, the Superintendent of
Public Instruction to designate a county office of education to
create an instructional video to train school administrators,
designated Title IX coordinators, and other school personnel on
comprehensive compliance with Title IX. This bill requires that
the designated county office of education also be responsible
for the creation of a video on Title IX students' rights for
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students and parents. The videos are required to be made
available on the department's website.
This bill also requires the department to analyze the success of
the Title IX compliance video by tracking the number of times
the video was downloaded or viewed and the number of complaints
filed before the video was made available and one year after the
video was made available. Finally it requires CDE to establish
a set of best practices to be made available to school districts
to enhance understanding of Title IX compliance.
Related
Legislation: AB 1549 (Rendon, 2014) required the State Auditor
to audit public postsecondary educational institutions for
compliance with Title IX every three years. AB 1549 was held in
the Senate Rules Committee.
AB 2512 (Bonilla, 2014) would have authorized, beginning January
1, 2018, school districts and county offices of education to
include information relative to compliance with Title IX gender
equity in the "school climate" category of local control and
accountability plans. AB 2512 was vetoed by the Governor.
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