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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 911
Author: Hertzberg (D), et al.
Amended: 8/15/16
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
SENATE FLOOR: 39-0, 5/31/16
AYES: Allen, Anderson, Bates, Beall, Berryhill, Block,
Cannella, De León, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani, Glazer, Hall,
Hancock, Hernandez, Hertzberg, Hill, Hueso, Huff, Jackson,
Lara, Leno, Leyva, Liu, McGuire, Mendoza, Mitchell, Monning,
Moorlach, Morrell, Nguyen, Nielsen, Pan, Pavley, Roth, Stone,
Vidak, Wieckowski, Wolk
NO VOTE RECORDED: Runner
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-0, 8/18/16 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT: California American Indian education centers
SOURCE: Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
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 and
requires the California Department of Education (CDE) to
continue to report on the evaluation of the program every five
years, starting in January 2021.
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Assembly Amendments clarify that the information reported by CDE
about the Center program be consistent with federal law
regarding the privacy of pupil information and to include
information on each Center's progress toward meeting its state
goals. The amendments also add a coauthor and make other
technical changes.
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 CDE and
further requires 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
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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.
3)Requires that information reported by the CDE about this
program:
a) Be consistent with federal law regarding the privacy of
pupil information.
b) Include information on each center's progress toward
meeting its state goals and any other objectives chosen by
the center.
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
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
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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)Related 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. The
recently released report of 2016 found the centers are meeting
stated goals and recommend that the program be reauthorized
and expanded to meet the needs of all the 38,616 American
Indian K-12 students in California (Approximately 4.03% of the
population in the state received services from this program).
Other key findings and recommendations from the 2016
evaluation include:
a) Findings:
i) All Centers reported that they provided academic
services with particular emphasis on reading and
mathematics.
ii) Over 92 percent of the Centers reported they
provided summer recreational and academic experiences to
participants.
iii) All Centers reported that they provided programs
that are designed to improve the self-concept of
participants.
iv) Over 90 percent of the Centers reported they
provided programs designed to increase the employment of
American Indian adults.
v) All of the Centers reported that they provided
services to American Indian students who are struggling
in school.
b) Recommendations:
i) The program should be reauthorized and expanded to
meet the needs of all the 38,616 American Indian K-12
students in California.
ii) Include data on student participation in Centers, as
well as metrics for associated student outcomes, in state
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data systems and projects.
iii) Provide funding to expand the provision of services
to American Indian parents to pursue on-site programs and
trainings that will prepare them to successfully join
California's competitive workforce.
iv) An American Indian Education Unit should be created
within the CDE.
v) At the state level, the CDE should begin to
collaborate with other state agencies that serve American
Indian students and their families.
This bill extends the operation of the American Indian Center
program indefinitely and requires CDE to continue to report on
the evaluation of the program and that the information include
each center's progress toward meeting its state goals.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
According to the Assembly Committee on Appropriation this bill
would impose the following costs:
Although this bill extends the AIEC program indefinitely,
funding for the program is still subject to an appropriation
in the annual Budget Act. The 2016-17 Budget Act provides
$4.1 million (Proposition 98) for the program. This level of
support is likely to be ongoing.
Ongoing costs of at least $70,000 (General Fund) to maintain
the existing .6 FTE position at the CDE to administer the AIEC
program
SUPPORT: (Verified8/19/16)
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (source)
State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Torlakson
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
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Bishop Indian Education Center
California Teachers Association
California School Boards Association
Campo Band of Mission Indians
Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians
Foothill Indian Education Alliance, Inc.
Grindstone Indian Rancheria
Indian Action Council of Northwestern California
Lake County Citizen's Committee on Indian Affairs
Local Indians for Education, Inc.
Morongo Band of Mission Indians
Northern California Indian Development Council, Inc.
Pala Band of Mission Indians
Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians
Resources for Indian Student Education, Inc.
Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians
Rincon Indian Education Center
Roundhouse Council Indian Education Center
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians
Southern California American Indian Resource Center
Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association
Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Nation
Tribal Alliance of Sovereign Indian Nations
Tule River Indian Tribe of California
OPPOSITION: (Verified8/19/16)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-0, 8/18/16
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, Baker,
Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke,
Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley,
Cooper, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines,
Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson,
Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Holden,
Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez,
Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez,
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Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson,
Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth,
Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk,
Williams, Wood, Rendon
NO VOTE RECORDED: Dababneh, Roger Hernández, Kim
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