BILL NUMBER: SB 911	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 17, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hertzberg

                        JANUARY 26, 2016

   An act  to amend Section 33384 of, and  to repeal Section
33385  of   of,  the Education Code,
relating to American Indian education programs.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 911, as amended, Hertzberg. California American Indian
education centers.
   Existing  law   law, to be repealed on
January 1, 2017,  provides for the establishment of a California
American Indian education center by any tribal group or incorporated
American Indian association to meet specified objectives, and
further provides for the administration of grants, upon application,
by the State Department of Education for those purposes in accordance
with specified provisions. Existing law  repeals those
provisions on January 1, 2017.  requires the department,
on or before January 1, 2011, and again on or before  
January 1, 2016, to report consolidated results for all California
American Indian education centers, provide information required to
evaluate the results, and make recommendations for program
improvement. 
   This bill would  instead require the department to report the
information on or before January 1, 2021, and every 5 years
thereafter, and would specify that the information shall be reported
to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature.
The bill would also  delete the January 1, 2017, repeal 
date, thereby extending the above-specified provisions indefinitely.
  date. 
   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 33384 of the  
Education Code   is amended to read: 
   33384.  (a) (1) Each center shall annually submit a report to the
department that includes appropriate data, presented in a format
developed jointly with the department, that reflects each center's
ability to meet its stated objectives, measure pupil academic
performance, and meets the continued educational and cultural needs
of the community that the center serves. 
   (2) On or before January 1, 2011, and again on or before January
1, 2016, the department shall report consolidated results for all
centers and supply information that is required for a comprehensive
evaluation of those results, and make recommendations for program
improvement.  
   (2) On or before January 1, 2021, and every five years thereafter,
the department shall report the following information to the
appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature: 

   (A) Consolidated results for all centers.  
   (B) Information required to evaluate the consolidated results.
 
   (C) Recommendations for program improvement. 
   (b) The centers shall maintain sound fiscal policies. The
department shall provide technical assistance and training to the
centers in order to assist the centers to maintain sound fiscal
policies. The department may require an annual program audit,
however, if the department deems it fiscally unsound for the centers
to provide an annual audit, a fiscal review shall suffice.
   (c) The department shall provide technical assistance and
professional development to the directors of the California American
Indian education centers throughout the year that shall include
timely documented responses and professional guidance meant to
improve center programs.
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 2.   Section 33385 of
the Education Code is repealed.