BILL NUMBER: SB 1191	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wiggins

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend Section 52055.765 of the Education Code, relating
to education funding.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1191, as introduced, Wiggins. Education: minimum funding.
   Existing provisions of the California Constitution require the
state to apply a minimum amount of funding for each fiscal year for
the support of school districts and community college districts.
Existing law provides that, for purposes of those minimum funding
requirements for school districts and community college districts,
appropriations for deficiencies and prior year adjustments are deemed
appropriations in the fiscal year in which the deficiencies or prior
year adjustments occurred, unless otherwise provided by law.
   Existing law, the Quality Education Investment Act of 2006,
authorizes school districts and other local educational agencies to
apply to the Superintendent of Public Instruction to receive funding
to allocate to elementary and secondary schools and charter schools
that are performing as specified, to improve academic instruction and
pupil academic achievement. The department is required to perform,
or contract with an independent evaluator to perform, various reports
and evaluations, as specified, including a report to the Legislature
and the Governor regarding a final evaluation. In that report, the
department is required to make recommendations to continue, modify,
or terminate the program by January 1, 2014, based upon the results
in meeting the specified measurements.
   This bill would specify criteria for evaluating the effectiveness
of pupil-counselor ratios in that report.
   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 52055.765 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   52055.765.  (a) The department shall perform, or contract with an
independent evaluator to perform, all of the following:
   (1) Compose a progress report on or before January 1, 2010, and a
second progress report on or before January 1, 2012, on the
implementation of the program authorized under this article.
   (2) On or before January 1, 2014, conduct a final evaluation of
the implementation of the program authorized under this article.
   (3) Provide a report to the Legislature and the Governor regarding
the final evaluation completed under paragraph (2) and, in that
report, make recommendations to continue, modify, or terminate the
program by January 1, 2014, based upon the results in meeting the
measurements described in subdivision (b).
   (b) The evaluation of the effectiveness of the program shall be
based on effectiveness of strategies used by schools to implement the
program and meet its accountability requirements pursuant to this
article.  When evaluating the effectiveness of pupil-counselor
ratios, the department shall consider its impact on school and
district dropout rates, exit examination performance, the number of
pupils graduating with a postsecondary education or career plan, and
school and district Academic Performance Indices. 
   (c) The reports shall include pupil achievement data,
disaggregated by subgroups, as required by the Academic Performance
Index.
   (d) The department may use resources provided pursuant to
subdivision (j) of Section 52055.770, or funds allocated in the
annual Budget Act, for the purposes of carrying out the requirements
of this section.