BILL NUMBER: AB 465	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Coto

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2009

   An act to add Section 11505.5 to the Education Code, relating to
schools.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 465, as introduced, Coto. Schools: parent involvement.
   Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to
adopt a policy on parent involvement and to establish a parent
involvement program for each school in the district that receives
specified federal funds. The program is required to contain, among
other things, regular periodic programs throughout the school year
that provide for training, instruction, and information for parents
on ways to support and enhance the learning the of their children.
Existing law authorizes a school district, to the extent permitted by
federal law, to contract with nonprofit organizations and agencies
experienced in administering parent involvement programs to design or
implement, or both, the parent involvement program of a school.
   This bill would encourage school districts to review and, if
appropriate, contract with nonprofit community-based organizations
that have a proven track record and can provide external longitudinal
evaluations that demonstrate their success in educating parents and
building direct collaboration with school districts, administrators,
and educators. A nonprofit community-based organization that
contracts with a school district would be required to demonstrate and
provide a culturally and linguistically competent parent involvement
program using best practices that address the diversity of the
school district. A low-performing school district would be encouraged
to submit an annual report to the Superintendent of Public
Instruction that demonstrates its efforts to promote parent
engagement and the outcomes that result from contracting with the
nonprofit community-based organization.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 11505.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   11505.5.  School districts are encouraged to review and, if
appropriate, contract with nonprofit community-based organizations
that have a proven track record and can provide external longitudinal
evaluations that demonstrate their success in educating parents and
building direct collaboration with school districts, administrators,
and educators. A nonprofit community-based organization that
contracts with a school district shall demonstrate and provide a
culturally and linguistically competent parent involvement program
using best practices that address the diversity of the school
district. A low-performing school district is encouraged to submit an
annual report to the Superintendent that demonstrates its efforts to
promote parent engagement and the outcomes that result from
contracting with the nonprofit community-based organization.