BILL NUMBER: AB 198 CHAPTERED 10/11/93 BILL TEXT CHAPTER 1031 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OCTOBER 11, 1993 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR OCTOBER 10, 1993 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 9, 1993 PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 8, 1993 AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 16, 1993 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Willie Brown JANUARY 25, 1993 An act to amend Section 33126 of the Education Code, relating to schools. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 198, W. Brown. School accountability. (1) Under the Classroom Instructional Improvement and Accountability Act (Proposition 98), in order to promote a model statewide standard of instructional accountability and conditions for teaching and learning, the Superintendent of Public Instruction is required to develop and present to the State Board of Education for adoption a statewide model school accountability report card that includes an assessment of specified school conditions. Under the act, the governing board of each school district is required to implement a school accountability report card for each school in the district that includes the conditions covered in the statewide model report card. This bill would require that the statewide model school accountability report card also include, as a school condition to be assessed, the degree to which students are prepared to enter the work force. The bill would require the superintendent to consult with representatives of business and organized labor in the development of this condition. Adding a condition to the statewide model report card would require local districts to similarly modify their school accountability report cards, thus imposing a state-mandated local program by creating a new duty. (2) The Classroom Instructional Improvement and Accountability Act, an initiative measure, provides that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act's purposes with a 2/3 vote of each house. This bill, which would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act, would therefore require a 2/3 vote. (3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement, including the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund to pay the costs of mandates which do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide and other procedures for claims whose statewide costs exceed $1,000,000. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that this bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to those statutory procedures and, if the statewide cost does not exceed $1,000,000, shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 33126 of the Education Code is amended to read: 33126. In order to promote a model statewide standard of instructional accountability and conditions for teaching and learning, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, by March 1, 1989, develop and present to the State Board of Education for adoption a statewide model school accountability report card. (a) The model school accountability report card shall include, but is not limited to, assessment of the following school conditions: (1) Student achievement in and progress toward meeting reading, writing, arithmetic and other academic goals. (2) Progress toward reducing drop-out rates. (3) Estimated expenditures per student and types of services funded. (4) Progress toward reducing class sizes and teaching loads. (5) Any assignment of teachers outside their subject areas of competence. (6) Quality and currency of textbooks and other instructional materials. (7) The availability of qualified personnel to provide counseling and other student support services. (8) Availability of qualified substitute teachers. (9) Safety, cleanliness, and adequacy of school facilities. (10) Adequacy of teacher evaluations and opportunities for professional improvement. (11) Classroom discipline and climate for learning. (12) Teacher and staff training, and curriculum improvement programs. (13) Quality of school instruction and leadership. (14) The degree to which students are prepared to enter the work force. (b) In developing the statewide model school accountability report, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall consult with a Task Force on Instructional Improvement, to be appointed by the superintendent, composed of practicing classroom teachers, school administrators, parents, school board members, classified employees, and educational research specialists. However, the majority of the task force shall consist of practicing classroom teachers. SEC. 2. In addition to the task force identified pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 33126 of the Education Code, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall consult with representatives of business and organized labor in the development of the components of the model school accountability report card required pursuant to paragraph (14) of subdivision (a) of Section 33126 of the Education Code. SEC. 3. The Legislature finds and declares that this act furthers the purposes of the Classroom Instructional Improvement and Accountability Act. SEC. 4. Notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code. If the statewide cost of the claim for reimbursement does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000), reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund. Notwithstanding Section 17580 of the Government Code, unless otherwise specified in this act, the provisions of this act shall become operative on the same date that the act takes effect pursuant to the California Constitution.