BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB
854 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review)
As Amended August 9, 2016
Majority vote. Budget Bill Appropriation Takes Effect
Immediately
SENATE VOTE: 25-11
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|Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes |
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|Budget |24-1 |Ting, Obernolte, |Travis Allen |
| | |Bloom, Bonta, Campos, | |
| | |Chávez, Chiu, Cooper, | |
| | |Gordon, Harper, | |
| | |Holden, Irwin, Kim, | |
| | |Lackey, McCarty, | |
| | |Melendez, Mullin, | |
| | |Nazarian, O'Donnell, | |
| | |Patterson, Rodriguez, | |
| | |Thurmond, Wilk, | |
| | |Williams | |
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SB 854
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SUMMARY: 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 828 (Committee on
Budget and Fiscal Review), 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 purpose through Proposition 47
related savings. Proposition 47 allows the CDE to use up to
5% 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 the California Collaborative for Educational
Excellence (CCEE) to receive Department of Finance approval
prior to expending funds provided in the 2016-17 budget. SB
828 provided $24 million in one-time Proposition 98 funding
for the CCEE to implement statewide professional development
and training on the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF)
evaluation rubrics and to conduct a pilot program for
assisting schools in improving student outcomes.
Specifically, $20 million is dedicated for statewide training
and $4 million for a pilot program.
3)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.
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4)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. A Legislative Analyst's Office (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.
5)Deletes redundant language included in AB 1602 (Committee on
Budget), Chapter 24, Statutes of 2016, (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.
6)Clarifies that the process for awarding funds for Precision
Medicine grants is not subject to the provisions of the
Government Code Section 11340.
FISCAL EFFECT: The funding provided in this bill is consistent
with the overall funding included in the 2016-17 budget.
COMMENTS: This bill makes changes to the 2016-17 budget trailer
bills related to K-12 and higher education. These changes are
necessary to implement the 2016 Budget Act.
The bill provides a portion of funding provided in the 2016-17
budget for the CDE to implement truancy and dropout prevention
programs, requires the CCEE to receive Department of Finance
approval prior to expending funds and requires applicants for
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the Classified School Employee Teacher Credentialing Program to
include a plan for recruiting bilingual cross-cultural teachers.
This bill also extends the sunset date and reporting dates
related to a University of California and California Community
College procurement program, eliminates redundant language
regarding funding for the California State Library, clarifies
that grant awards for the Precision Medicine program are not
subject to Government Code 11340.
Analysis Prepared by:
Mark Martin, Katie Hardeman / BUDGET / (916)
319-2099 FN: 0004063