BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Senator Carol Liu, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: SB 436
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|Author: |Committee on Education |
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|Version: |April 6, 2015 Hearing |
| |Date: April 8, 2015 |
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|Urgency: |No |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant:|Lenin Del Castillo |
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Subject: Education: omnibus bill
SUMMARY
This bill, the education omnibus clean-up measure, would make
technical, non-controversial revisions to numerous provisions of
the Education Code.
BACKGROUND
Each year, there is typically a K-12 education clean-up bill and
a higher education clean-up bill that make various
non-controversial revisions to the Education Code. A majority
of the provisions for the K-12 education clean-up bill are
identified by the State Department of Education and propose
technical corrections to existing law, such as deleting an
obsolete reporting requirement for a program.
ANALYSIS
This bill would make numerous revisions to the Education Code.
Specifically, this bill:
1. Replaces the California Department of Education with the
California School Finance Authority as the agency
responsible for providing a summary of loans made to
charter schools pursuant to the Charter School Revolving
Loan Fund Program. (SEC. 1)
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2. Clarifies that the three schoolsite representatives of
the K-12 High Speed Network advisory board serve a
renewable two-year term, consistent with the terms of the
other advisory board members. (SEC. 2)
3. Removes obsolete references regarding the State School
Deferred Maintenance Program, whose funding was removed
with the establishment of the Local Control Funding
Formula. (SEC. 3 through SEC. 9, inclusive)
4. Eliminates various reporting requirements and program
evaluations that no longer exist, including reporting
requirements for the following categorical programs:
A. Carl Washington School Safety and Violence
Prevention Act.
B. School Safety and Violence Prevention Strategy
Program.
C. Bilingual education programs.
D. State Bilingual Teacher Training Assistance
Program.
E. Digital High School Education Technology Grant
Program.
F. Programs funded using Economic Impact Aid.
(SEC. 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, and 18)
1. Corrects a drafting error in Chapter 800, Statutes of
2014 (AB 1584, Buchanan) by inserting a comma that was left
out in Education Code § 49073.1(d)(5)(B)(i), after
"educational products." (SEC. 14)
2. Replaces outdated references to the Standardized Testing
and Reporting (STAR) Program with the California Assessment
of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) System of
assessments. (SEC. 17 and 19)
STAFF COMMENTS
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1. Non-controversial amendments. This bill is the annual
education omnibus clean-up bill and proposes technical,
non-controversial amendments to existing law. By
tradition, if any affected agency, the Department of
Finance, or any of the four legislative caucuses objects to
a provision in the bill or one that is being considered,
that particular provision cannot be included.
SUPPORT
None received.
OPPOSITION
None received.
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