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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 828
Author: Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review
Amended: 6/12/16
Vote: 21
SENATE FLOOR: Not relevant
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: Not available
SUBJECT: School finance: education omnibus trailer bill
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill makes various statutory changes regarding
child care and early childhood education and K-14 education and
appropriates related funding necessary for the implementation of
the Budget Act of 2016.
Assembly Amendments delete the Senate version of the bill and
insert the current language.
ANALYSIS: This bill makes statutory changes to implement the
2016-17 Budget. Specifically, this bill:
K-14 Education Crosscutting Issues
1) Provides $1.4 billion in Proposition 98 one-time and settle
up funding to pay down the existing mandate backlog. Of this,
$1.28 billion is allocated to K-12 local educational agencies
(LEAs) and approximately $106 million is provided to
community colleges. Includes intent language that these funds
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be spent on professional development, teacher induction, and
supporting implementation of state-adopted academic content
standards.
2) Suspends the Proposition 98 split between K-12 education and
the California Community Colleges.
Child Care and Development, Early Childhood Education
3) Establishes, between January 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018, the
regional market rate (RMR), which is the reimbursement for
providers who accept vouchers, at the greater of: (a) the
75th percentile of the 2014 survey; (b) 104.5 percent of the
85th percentile of the 2009 survey, deficited by 10.11
percent; or (c) 104.5 percent of the 85th percentile of the
2005 survey.
4) Updates, effective, July 1, 2018, the RMR to the 75th
percentile of the 2014 RMR.
5) Increases the license-exempt rate for providers from 65
percent to 70 percent, effective January 1, 2017.
6) Increases the standard reimbursement rate, which is the
reimbursement for providers who contract with the Department
of Education, by 10 percent, beginning January 1, 2017.
7) Establishes the income eligibility threshold for families to
qualify for subsidized child care at 70 percent of the state
median income of 2007.
8) Declares legislative intent to reimburse child care
providers at the 85th percentile of the most recent RMR; to
update to the most recent RMR ceiling, based on available
funding; and to increase the RMR ceilings, through the
2018-19 fiscal year, to reflect increased costs to providers,
as a result of state minimum wage increases.
K-12 Education
9) Provides $2.9 billion for continued implementation of the
Local Control Funding Formula, which provides base funding
per student to school districts and charter schools and
additional funding per student for enrollment of low-income,
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English learner, or foster youth students.
10)Allocates $200 million in one-time Proposition 98 funds for
a college readiness block grant to provide funds for LEAs to
support and prepare high school students, particularly
low-income, English learner, and foster youth students, to be
eligible for admission into a postsecondary institution and
to increase the four-year college-going rates of these
students.
11)Allocates $24 million in one-time Proposition 98 funds for
the California Collaborative on Educational Excellence (CCEE)
to conduct statewide training on the evaluation rubrics under
development by the State Board of Education and the local
control and accountability plans. A portion of the funds
would also be used to support a pilot program for the CCEE to
assist LEAs in improving pupil outcomes. Amends the process
for referral of an LEA to the CCEE to specify the CCEE shall
consult with the Superintendent when accepting requests or
referrals from LEAs for technical assistance. Clarifies that
charter schools are required to annually complete a local
control and accountability plan and annual update to the
plan.
12)Allocates $20 million in one-time Proposition 98 funds for
the Classified Employee Teacher Credentialing Program which
would provide grants for LEAs to assist their classified
employees in obtaining teaching credentials.
13)Allocates $10 million in one-time General Fund to the
Commission on Teacher Credentialing to provide grants to
postsecondary institutions to create or expand four-year
integrated teacher preparation programs.
14)Appropriates $5 million in one-time Proposition 98 funds for
the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to contract with an
LEA to establish the California Center for Teaching Careers
for the purpose of recruiting individuals into the teaching
profession, particularly in shortage areas of math, science,
special education, and bilingual education.
15)Allocates $20 million in one-time Proposition 98 funding for
a new Charter School Start-up Grant program to provide
funding for new charter schools to support initial
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operations.
16)Allocates $20 million in one-time Proposition 98 funding to
be allocated to the Orange County Department of Education to
provide grants to LEAs for the purpose of funding services or
practices aligned to the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
framework under development. Of this, up to $1 million may be
used to support LEA grantees.
17)Allocates $18 million in one-time Proposition 98 funding for
dropout and truancy prevention programs to be allocated
pursuant the formula adopted for the distribution of
Proposition 47 Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Funds through
legislation adopted in the 2015-16 legislative cycle.
Includes intent language that Proposition 47 Safe
Neighborhoods and Schools Funds are distributed pursuant to
legislation.
18)Provides $9.5 million in one-time Proposition 98 funding for
the State Water Resources Control Board, in consultation with
the Department of Education, to award grants to LEAs to
improve access to, and quality of, drinking water in public
schools.
19)Establishes the Mathematics Readiness Challenge program that
would allocate $6.4 million in federal Title II carryover
funding for partnerships between LEAs and postsecondary
institutions for activities designed to reduce mathematics
remediation rates at the California State University.
20)Appropriates $6.6 million in one-time Proposition 98 funding
for the California School Information Services program.
21)Appropriates $3.5 million in one-time Proposition 98 funding
for the operations of the K-12 High Speed Network (HSN) and
requires that the Department of Education provide
three-quarters of the state's funding for the K-12 HSN by
August of each year.
22)Provides $3 million in one-time Proposition 98 funding for
the Department of Education to contract with an LEA to
initialize development of a new standardized account code
structure system.
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23)Allocates $2 million in one-time Proposition 98 funding for
the purpose of providing school breakfast program startup
grants in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 fiscal years.
24)Provides $1 million in one-time Proposition 98 funding to
the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) to
contract with Special Olympics of Northern and Southern
California to expand the Special Olympics Unified Strategy
for Schools.
25)Adjusts the Local Control Funding Formula for the San
Francisco Unified School District to include an additional
$3.5 million on an ongoing basis to contract with the
Exploratorium to provide statewide professional development
and resources for the implementation of the Next Generation
Science Standards.
26)Provides $500,000 annually for three years (2016-17,
2017-18, and 2018-19) for support and development of
evaluation rubrics and the School Accountability Report Card
through a contract between the Department of Education and
the San Joaquin County Office of Education.
27)Provides authority for the appropriation of Proposition 98
General Fund for support of special education programs if the
amount of property taxes provided for this purpose from the
dissolution of redevelopment agencies is less than the
estimated amount reflected in the Budget Act of 2016.
Appropriates up to $27.4 million in one-time Proposition 98
funds for support of special education programs to backfill
for a reduction in property taxes provided for this purpose
related to the elimination of the Triple Flip.
28)Provides an allocation formula for the Foster Youth Services
Coordinating Program funds commencing in the 2016-17 fiscal
year that includes a base grant of $75,000 for each
participating county office of education, with the formula
allocating 70 percent of funds based on the number of foster
youth in the county and 30 percent based on the number of
school districts.
29)Allows the Superintendent of Public Instruction flexibility
in allocating funding to LEAs for the Career Technical
Education Incentive Grant program and allows the Department
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of Education to determine if grantees met local match
requirements and reduce funding allocations, if necessary.
Appropriates $7.8 million in one-time Proposition 98 funding
for the Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program.
This is a technical adjustment and does not change the total
amount of funding provided for this program for use in
2016-17 ($300 million).
30)Eliminates a requirement that prohibits former employees of
LEAs from working for a non-public agency which provides
services such as mental health, behavior specialists, and
autism services to students through contracts with LEAs for
365 days.
31)Defines the term "electronic file", defines which records
can be maintained as electronic files, and specifies that
electronic files may be used for audit purposes.
32)Provides for a study to be completed on the costs of full
and part-day kindergarten programs and recommendations for
incentivizing full-day programs.
33)Extends the authority of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, with approval of the State Board of Education,
to suspend calculation of the Academic Performance Index for
the 2015-16 fiscal year.
34)Reflects anticipated changes in funding for the Out-of-Home
Care program for foster students with exceptional needs.
35)States legislative intent that the Department of Education,
where feasible, ensure that future California computer-based
assessments utilize the Smarter Balanced Technical Hosting
Solution as the technology platform and system for delivering
assessments.
California Community Colleges
36)Provides $23.8 million in 2009-10 Proposition 98 settle-up
funds for deferred maintenance, instructional materials, and
other activities.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: Yes Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: Yes
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According to the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, the
funding related to the changes in this bill is contained in the
2016-17 Budget. In addition, this bill appropriates funding for
K-14 education programs, totaling approximately $4.7 billion.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: Yes Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: Yes
SUPPORT: (Verified6/14/16)
None received
OPPOSITION: (Verified6/14/16)
None received
Prepared by: Elisa Wynne / B. & F.R. / (916) 651-4103
6/15/16 15:03:13
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