BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1741
Author: Coto (D)
Amended: 8/30/10 in Senate
Vote: 21
(VOTES MAY NOT BE RELEVANT)
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 5-0, 6/23/10
AYES: Romero, Alquist, Liu, Price, Simitian
NO VOTE RECORDED: Huff, Emmerson, Hancock, Wyland
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 49-27, 05/13/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Low performing schools: English learners
SOURCE : Californians Together
DIGEST : This bill requires that if a school district or
charter school authorizer intervenes to turn around a
persistently lowest-achieving school, including a charter
school, as specified, or if a school, including a charter
school, is eligible to be included in the
Immediate/Underperforming Schools Program, and that school
has pupils who are English learners, the school district or
authorizer take certain actions relating to the provision
of services for English learners. This bill also includes
a legislative finding and declaration that a school may
already have satisfied the requirements specified in the
bill by completing and obtaining approval of a school plan,
as specified, for purposes of allocating economic impact
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aid funds.
ANALYSIS : Existing law requires the governing board of a
school district, county superintendent of schools, or the
governing body of a charter school or its equivalent to
implement one of four specified intervention options for
schools identified by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction as persistently lowest-achieving, as specified.
Existing law establishes the Immediate
Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program, which is a
voluntary program in which underperforming schools may
participate for the purpose of improving pupil achievement.
This bill requires that if a school district or charter
school authorizer intervenes to turn around a persistently
lowest-achieving school, including a charter school, as
specified, or if a school, including a charter school, is
eligible to be included in the Immediate
Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program, and that
school has pupils who are English learners, the school
district or authorizer take certain actions relating to the
provision of services for English learners. This bill also
includes a legislative finding and declaration that a
school may already have satisfied the requirements
specified in the bill by completing and obtaining approval
of a school plan, as specified, for purposes of allocating
economic impact aid funds.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/31/10)
Californians Together (source)
Association of California School Administrators
California Charter Schools Association
California Council on Teacher Education
California Federation of Teachers
California School Employees Association
California Teachers Association
California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other
Languages
Los Angeles County Office of Education
Public Advocates
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Special Education Local Plan Area Administrators
United Teachers of Los Angeles
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Ammiano, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Block, Blumenfield,
Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Charles Calderon, Carter,
Chesbro, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, Eng, Evans,
Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Galgiani, Hall, Hayashi,
Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jones, Lieu, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Monning, Nava, Nestande, V.
Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana,
Solorio, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Yamada,
John A. Perez
NOES: Adams, Anderson, Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill,
Blakeslee, Conway, Cook, DeVore, Emmerson, Fletcher,
Fuller, Gaines, Garrick, Gilmore, Harkey, Jeffries,
Knight, Logue, Miller, Niello, Nielsen, Norby, Silva,
Smyth, Audra Strickland, Tran, Villines
NO VOTE RECORDED: Caballero, Hagman, Skinner, Vacancy
PQ:mw 8/31/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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