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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 911
Author: Hertzberg (D)
Amended: 3/17/16
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 8-0, 3/9/16
AYES: Liu, Block, Hancock, Leyva, Mendoza, Monning, Pan, Vidak
NO VOTE RECORDED: Runner
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: 7-0, 5/27/16
AYES: Lara, Bates, Beall, Hill, McGuire, Mendoza, Nielsen
SUBJECT: California American Indian education centers
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill deletes the January 1, 2017 repeal of the
California American Indian Education Center (Center) program
thereby extending the operation of the program indefinitely.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)Establishes the Center program to provide community-based
educational resource centers to American Indian pupils,
parents, guardians, and public schools in order to promote the
academic and cultural achievement of American Indian pupils.
(Education Code § 33381)
2)Requires each Center to submit an annual report to the
California Department of Education (CDE) and further requires
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the report to include appropriate data that reflects each
Center's ability to:
a) Meet its stated objectives.
b) Measure pupil academic performance.
c) Meet the continued educational and cultural needs of the
community that the Center serves. (EC § 33384)
3)Requires the CDE, by January 1, 2011 and again by January 1,
2016, to 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. (EC § 33384)
4)Sunsets the Center program on January 1, 2017. (EC § 33385)
This bill:
1)Deletes the January 1, 2017 sunset of the Center program
thereby extending the operation of the program indefinitely.
2)Requires the CDE to continue to report on the evaluation of
the program every five years, starting in January 2021, and to
make this information available to the appropriate committees
of the Legislature.
Comments
1)Need for the bill. The program is scheduled to sunset, on
January 1, 2017. According to the author, while American
Indian student performance has improved in recent years,
American Indian students continue to perform below state
averages at all levels of schooling. Additionally, these
centers, established in the 1970's, have a long history of
offering educational and cultural support to this group of
students. This bill aims to ensure that American Indian
students continue to receive services provided through Centers
by eliminating the program's sunset date.
2)American Indian Education Centers. There are currently 22
centers located in eighteen counties, including but not
limited to Alameda, Humboldt, Lake, Kern, Los Angeles and San
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Diego. Centers serve as educational resource centers to
students, parents and public schools in American Indian
communities. According to the CDE Internet Web site, Center
staff assist schools with professional development,
counseling, tutorial services, or parent education. They also
provide supplemental and extended day instructional programs
to meet the needs of American Indian students. Tribal
organizations or incorporated American Indian organizations
may apply to the CDE to establish a Center. Funding is
subject to the amount appropriated in the annual budget act.
Applications are approved for a period of five years.
3)Program evaluation. Current law requires CDE by, January 1,
2010 and again by January 1, 2016, to 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. This report is
pending.
This bill requires CDE to continue to report on the evaluation
of the program every five years, starting in January 2021, and
to make this information available to the appropriate
committees of the Legislature.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Budget Act
of 2015 provides $4.1 million Proposition 98 for this program
and removing the program's statutory sunset will likely result
in similar annual costs, indefinitely. The CDE indicates that it
currently spends about $77,000 General Fund between two
positions to administer this program. If this bill were
enacted, this support would continue to be needed.
SUPPORT: (Verified5/25/16)
Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
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California Teachers Association
OPPOSITION: (Verified 5/25/16)
None received
Prepared by:Olgalilia Ramirez / ED. / (916) 651-4105
5/28/16 17:15:06
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