BILL ANALYSIS
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Date of Hearing: April 28, 2010
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Felipe Fuentes, Chair
AB 2445 (Furutani) - As Amended: April 8, 2010
Policy Committee: Education
Vote:6-3
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable: No
SUMMARY
This bill requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction
(SPI), by December 31 of each year, to report to the Legislature
on the status of the advisory board proposed to be established
pursuant to AB 2172 (Carter) to review recommendations of the
multiple pathways report. Specifically, this bill:
Sunsets this reporting requirement on December 31, 2015.
FISCAL EFFECT
GF administrative costs of at least $125,000 to the SDE to
annually report to the Legislature on the status of the advisory
board established pursuant AB 2172 (Carter), as specified.
COMMENTS
1)Purpose . AB 2172 (Carter), pending in this committee,
requires the SPI to convene an advisory board composed of
leaders from education, business, labor, civic organizations,
and the community to review the recommendations of the
multiple pathways report required by AB 2648 (Bass), Chapter
681, Statutes of 2008, and advise the SPI on the
implementation issues.
Chapter 681 defined "multiple pathway" programs as multi-year,
comprehensive high school programs of integrated academic and
technical study organized around a broad theme, interest area,
or industry sector. This program ensures that all pupils have
curriculum choices to prepare them for career entry and a full
range of postsecondary options, including two and four year
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colleges, apprenticeship, and formal employment training,
Chapter 681 also required the SPI to develop a report that
explores the feasibility of establishing and expanding
multiple pathway programs in high schools, including the costs
and merits associated with expansion of these programs. On
January 5, 2010, the SPI released a draft of this report. The
public has until January 15, 2010 to provide formal comments
to the SPI on the draft report. The final report is expected
in the spring of 2010. This measure, sponsored by the SPI and
the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, is a vehicle to implement
final report recommendations.
2)Spot bill . The committee understands this bill is a
placeholder to implement recommendations of the multiple
pathway report required by Chapter 681 that is expected to be
released in the coming months.
The committee may wish to consider whether it is appropriate
to pass a spot bill that in the future may have significant
fiscal and policy implications regarding the education of high
school pupils.
3)Related legislation .
a) AB 2172 (Carter), pending in this committee, requires
the SPI to convene an advisory board composed of leaders
from education, business, labor, civic organizations, and
the community to review the recommendations of the multiple
pathways report required by AB 2648 (Bass), Chapter 681,
Statutes of 2008, and advise the SPI on the implementation
issues.
b) AB 1223 (Block), pending in the Senate, encourages the
Commission on Teacher Credentialing to convene a workgroup
to develop program standards to recognize linked learning
competence for holders of a single subject teaching
credential. Proponents of multiple pathway programs have
developed a new term, "linked learning," to refer to these
programs.
Analysis Prepared by : Kimberly Rodriguez / APPR. / (916)
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