BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: August 10, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON BUDGET
Philip Ting, Chair
SB
854 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) - As Amended August
8, 2016
SENATE VOTE: 25-11
SUBJECT: Budget Act of 2016
SUMMARY: This bill makes changes to the 2016-17 budget trailer
bills related to K-12 and higher education. Specifically, this
bill:
1) Allows the California Department of Education (CDE) to
use up to $300,000 of the $18 million in Proposition 98
General Fund provided in the 2016-17 budget to contract
with a local educational agency to provide regional
trainings and technical assistance for grant recipients of
Proposition 47 related dropout and truancy prevention
programs. This bill also requires the CDE to submit an
expenditure plan for these funds to the Joint Legislative
Budget Committee.
The 2016-17 education trailer bill, SB 858 (Chapter 29,
Statutes of 2016), provided $18 million in one-time
Proposition 98 General Fund for dropout and truancy related
programs, in addition to the $9.9 million provided for this
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purpose through Proposition 47 related savings. Proposition
47 allows the CDE to use up to five percent of the
education related Proposition 47 funds to administer the
program and provide technical assistance. However, no funds
were provided for technical assistance for the additional
$18 million.
2) Requires applicants of the California Classified School
Employee Teacher Credentialing Program to include a plan
for recruiting bilingual cross-cultural teachers, in
addition to teachers in shortage areas, in their
application. This was a requirement of the previous
California School Paraprofessional Teacher Training
Program.
3) Extends the sunset date and Legislative Analyst's Office
reporting date by one year on a program that allows the
University of California and the California Community
Colleges to use the best value procurement method when
purchasing goods and materials. An LAO report analyzing
the effectiveness of these programs will be due on Feb. 1,
2018, instead of 2017, and the program will sunset on Jan.
1, 2019, instead of 2018. This change is proposed to allow
the LAO to address a requirement in the 2016 Budget Act
requiring an extensive review of state financial aid
programs this fall, before working on the review of the
best value program.
4) Deletes redundant language included in AB 1602 (the
Higher Education Trailer Bill as part of the 2016 Budget
Act) regarding reporting requirements for funding
distributed to the California State Library. This is a
technical change.
5) Clarifies that the process for awarding funds for
Precision Medicine grants is not subject to the provisions
of the Government Code Section 11340.
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REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
None on file.
Analysis Prepared by:Mark Martin / BUDGET / (916) 319-2099,
Katie Hardeman / BUDGET / (916) 319-2099