Amended in Senate March 15, 2016

Senate Bill No. 871

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 amended, 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 begin delete implementing end delete begin insert utilizing end insert the evaluation rubrics adopted by the state board. The bill would require the professional development training to include, among other things, information begin delete of end delete begin insert on end insert 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. begin insert The bill would require the collaborative to submit an implementation plan to the relevant policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, the Director of Finance, and the Legislative Analyst’s Office within 30 days of the state board’s adoption of the evaluation rubrics, as specified. end insert 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 begin delete achievement. end delete begin insert outcomes. end insert 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 begin delete by end delete begin insert for the pilot program end insert 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 begin delete by end delete 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 begin delete implementing end delete begin insert utilizing end insert 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 begin delete of end delete begin insert on end insert 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
begin delete increase academic achievement, end delete begin insert improve pupil outcomes, end insert 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)  begin insert (1) end insert begin insert   end insert 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 begin delete on or before August 15, 2016. end delete
begin insert within 30 days of the state board’s adoption of the evaluation
rubrics. end insert The plan shall include relevant expenditure and provider
information, and a timeline to commence training by no later than
October begin delete 1, end delete begin insert 15, end insert 2016.

begin insert

(2) The implementation plan shall also include information on
how the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence will
determine the appropriate sequence of which local educational
agencies will receive the professional development training.

end insert

(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 begin delete achievement end delete
begin insert outcomes end insert 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
begin delete Department end delete begin insert Director end insert 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.