BILL NUMBER: SB 871 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Senators Liu and De León
JANUARY 14, 2016
An act to add Sections 52074.5 and 52074.6 to the Education Code,
relating to school accountability.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 871, as introduced, Liu. California Collaborative for
Educational Excellence: professional development training: pilot
program.
Existing law, on or before July 1, 2014, requires the governing
board of each school district and each county board of education to
adopt a local control and accountability plan and requires the
governing board of each school district and each county board of
education to update its local control and accountability plan on or
before July 1 of each year. Existing law requires the local control
and accountability plan to include certain elements, and requires the
charter for a charter school to include some of those same elements.
Existing law requires the State Board of Education, on or before
October 1, 2016, to adopt evaluation rubrics to, among other things,
assist a school district, county office of education, or charter
school in evaluating its strengths, weaknesses, and areas that
require improvement. Existing law establishes the California
Collaborative for Educational Excellence for purposes of advising and
assisting school districts, county superintendents of schools, and
charter schools in achieving the goals set forth in a local control
and accountability plan.
This bill would require the collaborative, commencing with the
2016-17 fiscal year, to establish a statewide infrastructure to
provide professional development training to school districts, county
offices of education, and charter schools for the purpose of
successfully implementing the evaluation rubrics adopted by the state
board. The bill would require the professional development training
to include, among other things, information of how the evaluation
rubrics are used for the development and implementation of the local
control and accountability plans and those similar elements in
charter petitions, and information on how the evaluation rubrics will
be used, in conjunction with local control and accountability plans,
to establish a system of continuous improvement. The bill would
require the collaborative to ensure that the professional development
training is provided in each region of the state and is available to
all school districts, county offices of education, and charter
schools. The bill also would require the collaborative, during the
2017-18 fiscal year, to conduct a survey of school districts, county
offices of education, and charter schools on how they used the
evaluation rubrics.
The bill would require the collaborative, during the 2016-17 and
2017-18 fiscal years, to implement a pilot program that will inform
its long-term efforts to advise and assist school districts, county
superintendents of schools, and charter schools in improving pupil
achievement. The bill would require the Superintendent of Public
Instruction to assign the collaborative to assist school districts,
county offices of education, and charter schools in the pilot
program, as provided, but participation in the pilot program by a
local educational agency would be voluntary. The bill would require
the governing board of the collaborative to submit to the relevant
policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, the Director of
Finance, and the Legislative Analyst's Office, an implementation plan
by on or before August 15, 2016, as specified, and a report about
lessons learned from the pilot program and its implications for the
ongoing work of the collaborative by on or before November 1, 2018.
The bill would make the implementation of its provisions
contingent upon funds being appropriated for its purposes in the
annual Budget Act or another enacted statute.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 52074.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
52074.5. (a) Commencing with the 2016-17 fiscal year, the
California Collaborative for Educational Excellence shall establish a
statewide infrastructure to provide professional development
training to school districts, county offices of education, and
charter schools for the purpose of successfully implementing the
evaluation rubrics adopted by the state board pursuant to Section
52064.5.
(b) The professional development training shall include, but shall
not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) Information of how the evaluation rubrics are used for the
development and implementation of the local control and
accountability plans required pursuant to Sections 52060 and 52066,
and the requirements of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5) of
subdivision (b) of Section 47605 and subparagraph (A) of paragraph
(5) of subdivision (b) of Section 47605.6.
(2) Information on how the evaluation rubrics will be used to
increase academic achievement, with emphasis on closing the
achievement gap for unduplicated pupils, as defined in Section
42238.02, and the pupil subgroups identified in Section 52052.
(3) The role of statewide and local data in using the evaluation
rubrics to inform the development of local control and accountability
plans and to communicate with stakeholders.
(4) Information on how the evaluation rubrics will be used, in
conjunction with local control and accountability plans, to establish
a system of continuous improvement, as identified in subdivision (c)
of Section 52064.5.
(c) The California Collaborative for Educational Excellence shall
ensure that the professional development training is provided in each
region of the state and available to all school districts, county
offices of education, and charter schools. The California
Collaborative for Educational Excellence may contract with one or
more entities to provide the professional development training.
(d) The California Collaborative for Educational Excellence shall
submit an implementation plan to the relevant policy and fiscal
committees of the Legislature, the Director of Finance, and the
Legislative Analyst's Office on or before August 15, 2016. The plan
shall include relevant expenditure and provider information, and a
timeline to commence training by no later than October 1, 2016.
(e) During the 2017-18 fiscal year, the California Collaborative
for Educational Excellence shall conduct a survey of school
districts, county offices of education, and charter schools on how
they used the evaluation rubrics to develop and implement their most
recent local control and accountability plan, or meet the
requirements of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (b)
of Section 47605 or subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5) of subdivision
(b) of Section 47605.6, as applicable.
(f) This section shall not be implemented unless funding is
provided for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or another enacted
statute.
SEC. 2. Section 52074.6 is added to the Education Code, to read:
52074.6. (a) (1) During the 2016-17 and 2017-18 fiscal years, the
California Collaborative for Educational Excellence shall implement
a pilot program that will inform its long-term efforts to advise and
assist school districts, county superintendents of schools, and
charter schools in improving pupil achievement pursuant to Section
52074.
(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that this pilot program be
used to advise the governing board of the California Collaborative
for Educational Excellence in their efforts to provide
research-based, quality advice and assistance to local educational
agencies. Nothing in this section prohibits the California
Collaborative for Educational Excellence from continuing to meet the
requirements of Section 52074 in the 2016-17 fiscal year or in future
fiscal years.
(b) On or before August 15, 2016, the governing board of the
California Collaborative for Educational Excellence shall submit a
plan for implementing the pilot program to the relevant policy and
fiscal committees of the Legislature, the Director of Finance, and
the Legislative Analyst's Office. At a minimum, the plan shall
describe all of the following:
(1) The goals of the pilot program, including, but not limited to,
improving pupil outcomes related to the state priorities identified
in Sections 52060 and 52066.
(2) The major implementation activities of the pilot program and
the means for assessing whether the goals are met.
(3) An implementation timeline and a program budget, with
anticipated expenditures and funding sources.
(c) (1) The Superintendent shall assign the California
Collaborative for Educational Excellence to assist school districts,
county offices of education, and charter schools in the pilot
program. In making those assignments, the Superintendent shall
consider input from the collaborative and any requests from school
districts, county superintendents of schools, or charter schools to
participate in the pilot program.
(2) To the extent possible, the pilot program shall include school
districts, county offices of education, and charter schools from
urban, suburban, and rural areas representing all regions of the
state, as well as those with enrollment of unduplicated pupils, as
defined in Section 42238.02, and the pupil subgroups identified in
Section 52052.
(3) Participation by a local educational agency in the pilot
program is voluntary and, notwithstanding Sections 52071 and 52071.5,
participating local educational agencies shall not pay for any
assistance provided pursuant to the pilot program.
(d) On or before November 1, 2018, the governing board of the
California Collaborative for Educational Excellence shall report to
the relevant policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, the
Department of Finance, and the Legislative Analyst's Office about
lessons learned from the pilot program and its implications for the
ongoing work of the California Collaborative for Educational
Excellence.
(e) This section shall not be implemented unless funding is
provided for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or another enacted
statute.