BILL NUMBER: AB 1668	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 16, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 16, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 20, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Carter

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2012

   An act to amend Section 52052.3 of the Education Code, relating to
school accountability.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1668, as amended, Carter. School accountability: academic
performance: dropout recovery high schools.
   Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction,
with approval of the State Board of Education, to develop an Academic
Performance Index (API), as part of the Public School Performance
Accountability Program, to measure the performance of schools,
especially the academic performance of pupils. Existing law requires
the Superintendent, with approval of the state board, to develop an
alternative accountability system for specified types of schools and
allows these schools to receive an API score, but prohibits them from
being included in the API rankings of schools. Existing law requires
the Superintendent and the state board, as part of the alternative
accountability system for schools, or any successor system, to allow
no more than 10 dropout recovery high schools to report the results
of an individual pupil growth model, as specified, instead of
reporting other indicators. Existing law defines a dropout recovery
high school as a school offering instruction in any of grades 9 to
12, inclusive, in which 50% or more of its pupils are designated as
dropouts, as specified, and the school provides specified
instruction.
   This bill would change the definition of a dropout recovery high
school to mean a school offering instruction in any of grades 9 to
12, inclusive, in which 50% or more of its pupils are either
designated as dropouts, as specified, or were not otherwise enrolled
for a period of at least  90   180  days
and the school provides specified instruction.
   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 52052.3 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   52052.3.  (a) As part of the alternative accountability system for
schools developed pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 52052, or
any successor system, the Superintendent and the state board shall
allow no more than 10 dropout recovery high schools, as defined in
subdivision (b), to report, in lieu of other indicators, the results
of an individual pupil growth model that is proposed by the school
and certified by the Superintendent pursuant to subdivision (c).
   (b) For purposes of this section, "dropout recovery high school"
means a school offering instruction in any of grades 9 to 12,
inclusive, in which 50 percent or more of its pupils are either
designated as dropouts pursuant to the exit and withdrawal codes
developed by the department or were not otherwise enrolled for a
period of at least  90   180  days and the
school provides instruction in partnership with any of the following:

   (1) The federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. Sec.
2801 et seq.).
   (2) Federally affiliated Youthbuild programs (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12899
et seq.).
   (3) Federal job corps training or instruction provided pursuant to
a memorandum of understanding with the federal provider.
   (4) The California Conservation Corps or local conservation corps
certified by the California Conservation Corps pursuant to Section
14406 or 14507.5 of the Public Resources Code.
   (c) The Superintendent shall review the individual pupil growth
model proposed by the dropout recovery high school and certify that
model if it meets all of the following criteria:
   (1) The model measures learning based on valid and reliable
nationally normed or criterion-referenced reading and mathematics
tests.
   (2) The model measures skills and knowledge aligned with state
standards.
   (3) The model measures the extent to which a pupil scored above an
expected amount of growth based on the individual pupil's initial
achievement score.
   (4) The model demonstrates the extent to which a school is able to
accelerate learning on an annual basis.
   (d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends
that date.