BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2089
Author: Coto (D), et al
Amended: 6/14/10 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 8-0, 6/30/10
AYES: Romero, Huff, Alquist, Emmerson, Hancock, Liu,
Price, Simitian
NO VOTE RECORDED: Wyland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 11-0, 8/12/10
AYES: Kehoe, Ashburn, Alquist, Corbett, Emmerson, Leno,
Price, Walters, Wolk, Wyland, Yee
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 6/2/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : American Indian Education Oversight Committee
SOURCE : Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
DIGEST : This bill extends the sunset date of the
California American Indian Education Center (Centers)
program by five years to January 1, 2017, and requires the
California Department of Education to conduct an evaluation
of the Centers by January 1, 2016.
ANALYSIS : Existing law:
1.Establishes the Center program to serve as
community-based educational resource centers to American
CONTINUED
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Indian pupils, parents, guardians, and public schools in
order to promote the academic and cultural achievement of
American Indian pupils.
2.Requires the California Department of Education (CDE), by
January 1, 2011, to conduct an evaluation of the Centers
to determine whether to renew the application of each
existing center or instead to approve a new center. The
Centers are required to annually report data determined
by the CDE to measure program performance.
3.Requires each Center to annually submit a report to the
CDE that includes appropriate data that reflects each
Center's ability to meet its stated objectives, measure
pupil academic performance, and meets the continued
educational and cultural needs of the community that the
Center serves.
4.Requires the CDE, by January 1, 2011, to report
consolidated results for all Centers and supply
information that is required for a comprehensive
evaluation of those results, and make recommendations for
program improvement.
5.Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI),
with input from existing Center directors, to appoint an
American Indian Education Oversight Committee (oversight
committee) by January 30, 2007, for the purpose of
providing input and advice to the SPI on all aspects of
American Indian education programs established by the
state. The membership of the oversight committee is to
include at least seven educators, four of whom must be
Center directors, and requires all members to have proven
knowledge of current educational policies relating to,
and issues faced by, American Indian communities in
California.
6.Sunsets the Center program on January 1, 2012.
This bill extends the sunset date of the California
American Indian Education Center program by five years, and
requires the CDE to conduct an evaluation of the Centers.
Specifically, this bill:
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1.Requires the CDE, by January 1, 2016, to conduct an
evaluation of the Centers to determine whether to renew
the application of each existing Center or instead to
approve an application to establish a new Center.
2.Requires the CDE, by January 1, 2016, to report
consolidated results for all Centers and supply
information that is required for a comprehensive
evaluation of those results, and make recommendations for
program improvement.
3.Sunsets the Centers on January 1, 2017.
4,Authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI)
to appoint to the American Indian Education Oversight
Committee an educator that is not a Center director to
fill a vacancy in one of the four positions designated
for Center directors, if the SPI is unable to find a
qualified individual to fill a vacancy within 30 days of
the vacancy arising.
5.Moves provisions relative to the annual report, technical
assistance, and the sunset date from the Evaluation and
Sunsetting of Programs section of the Education Code to
sections relating to California Indian Education Centers.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Fund
CAIEC $3600 $3600
General*
State ops $300 $300
General*
* Counts toward meeting the Proposition 98 minimum
funding guarantee
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SUPPORT : (Verified 8/16/10)
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (source)
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
Barona Band of Mission Indians
Big Sandy Rancheria Band of Western Mono Indians
California Nations Indian Gaming Association
California School Boards Association
California Teachers Association
California Valley Miwok Tribe
Greenville Rancheria
National Indian Education Association
Rincon Band of Luise?o Indians
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians
Smith River Rancheria
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office,
"American Indian Education Centers provide a vital link
between American Indian education and the California
Department of Education. In 2007, with input from existing
center directors, the SPI appointed 11 members to serve on
the American Indian Education Oversight Committee. Since
2008, two of the positions to be held only by American
Indian education center directors have been vacant. The
inability to fill the two vacancies has made it difficult
to obtain a quorum for the oversight committee and hampered
its ability to conduct business on a regular basis."
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter,
Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon,
DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong,
Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick,
Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,
Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Logue, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande,
Niello, Nielsen, Norby, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino,
Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio,
Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines,
Yamada, John A. Perez
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NO VOTE RECORDED: Tom Berryhill, Lieu, Audra Strickland,
Vacancy
PQ:kc 8/17/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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