BILL NUMBER: AB 519	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mendoza

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2007

   An act to add Section 52052.3 to the Education Code, relating to
pupil achievement.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 519, as introduced, Mendoza. Pupil achievement: Academic
Performance Index.
   Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction,
with approval of the State Board of Education, to develop the
Academic Performance Index (API), which consists of a variety of
indicators currently reported to the State Department of Education,
to track the achievement of schools and their pupils.
   This bill would require the department to prepare and submit to
the Legislature a plan to include dropout data in the API, develop a
definition of the term "dropout" for that purpose, and include
statistics and data in the API regarding the availability at public
high schools of prerequisite courses required for admission to the
California State University and the University of California.
   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 52052.3 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   52052.3.  The department shall do all of the following:
   (a) Prepare and submit to the Legislature a plan to include
dropout data in the Academic Performance Index (API).
   (b) Develop a definition of the term "dropout" for purposes of
subdivision (a).
   (c) Include statistics and data in the API regarding the
availability at public high schools of prerequisite courses required
for admission to the California State University and the University
of California.