BILL NUMBER: SB 1665 CHAPTERED 09/27/94 BILL TEXT CHAPTER 824 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 27, 1994 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 25, 1994 PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 31, 1994 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 31, 1994 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 22, 1994 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 14, 1994 INTRODUCED BY Senator Hart FEBRUARY 23, 1994 An act to amend Section 33126 of the Education Code, relating to schools. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1665, Hart. School Accountability Report Card. (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 total number of instructional minutes offered in the school year, separately stated for each grade level and the total number of minimum days in the school year, as specified. The bill, by adding conditions to the statewide model report card, thereby would require school districts to similarly modify their school accountability report cards, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. (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. (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) Pupil achievement in and progress toward meeting reading, writing, arithmetic, and other academic goals. (2) Progress toward reducing drop-out rates. (3) Estimated expenditures per pupil 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 pupil 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 pupils are prepared to enter the workforce. (15) The total number of instructional minutes offered in the school year, separately stated for each grade level, as compared to the total number of the instructional minutes per school year required by state law, separately stated for each grade level. (16) The total number of minimum days, as specified in Sections 46112, 46113, 46117, and 46141, in the school year. (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. The Legislature finds and declares that this act furthers the purposes of the Classroom Instructional Improvement and Accountability Act. SEC. 3. 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.