BILL NUMBER: SB 652	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 6, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Allen

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act  to amend Section 60200.9 of the Education Code, 
relating to  education finance.   instructional
materials. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 652, as amended, Allen.  Education finance: local
control funding formula: regional occupational centers or programs.
  Instructional materials: revised curriculum
frameworks: science.  
   Existing law requires the Instructional Quality Commission to
recommend, and the State Board of Education to adopt, curriculum
frameworks, as provided. Existing law requires the state board to
consider the adoption of a revised curriculum framework and
evaluation criteria for instructional materials in science on or
before January 31, 2016, as specified.  
   This bill would instead require the state board to consider the
above-specified adoption and evaluation criteria on or before January
31, 2017.  
   Existing law establishes a public school financing system that
requires state funding for county superintendents of schools, school
districts, and charter schools to be calculated pursuant to a local
control funding formula, as specified. As part of the local control
funding formula, existing law prohibits, for the 2013-14 and 2014-15
fiscal years only, a school district that received funds on behalf
of, or provided funds to, a regional occupational center or program
joint powers agency for purposes of providing instruction to
secondary pupils from redirecting that funding for another purpose,
except as provided.  
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation relating to the local control funding formula and
regional occupational centers or programs. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 60200.9 of the  
Education Code   is amended to read: 
   60200.9.   Notwithstanding Section 60200.7, on 
 On  or before January 31,  2016,  
2017,  the state board shall consider the adoption of a revised
curriculum framework and evaluation criteria for instructional
materials in science. The revised curriculum framework shall be based
on the science content standards adopted pursuant to  former
 Section  60605.85.   60605.85, as that
section read on June 30, 2014.  In adopting the revised
curriculum framework, the state board shall ensure both of the
following:
   (a) Inclusion of English language development strategies that are
aligned to the standards adopted pursuant to Section 60811.
   (b) Inclusion of strategies to address the needs of pupils with
disabilities. 
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation relating to the local control funding formula
and regional occupational centers or programs.