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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 18
Author: Liu (D)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SENATE RULES COMMITTEE : 3-1, 6/8/11
AYES: Steinberg, Alquist, de Leon
NOES: Harman
NO VOTE RECORDED: Fuller
SUBJECT : Public schools: pupil, teacher, and parent
surveys
SOURCE : Children Now
DIGEST : This resolution states the intent of the
Legislature to pursue every means necessary to ensure that
the California School Climate, Health and Learning
(CAL-SCHLS) survey remains viable and urges the state to
pursue federal funding, grants, or other sources to ensure
that school districts receive the necessary funding to
support the CAL-SCHLS.
ANALYSIS :
This resolution finds:
1.School climate and safety are an important priority and
significantly contribute to, or detract from, the overall
success of pupils, schools, and the general well-being of
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our children.
2.The California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) is an
anonymous, comprehensive, confidential, and self-reported
data collection system that addresses youth resiliency,
school climate, health risks, and behaviors, and is
administered to pupils in grades 5, 7, 9, and 11.
3.The California School Climate Survey (CSCS) is an online
staff survey that provides a means to confidentially
obtain staff perceptions about learning and teaching
conditions for both general and special education, in
order to regularly inform decisions about professional
development, instruction, the implementation of learning
supports, and school reform.
4.The California School Parent Survey (CSPS) assesses the
perceptions of parents related to school climate, parent
outreach, and pupil achievement, and is designed to
provide teachers, administrators, and other school staff
with information directly from parents that can be used
to foster positive learning and teaching environments,
parent involvement, and pupil achievement, health, and
well-being.
5.Together, the CHKS, CSCS, and CSPS form the CAL-SCHLS
comprised of three interrelated surveys that secure the
critical information with respect to pupil, staff, and
parental perceptions of the teaching and learning
environments in California public schools.
6.These surveys provide all of the following: a critical
lens into the environments and outcomes of our schools,
an important tool for planning, addressing, and
monitoring problematic conditions, a meaningful tool for
transparency and accountability, and an important
mechanism to support parental, civic, and community-based
engagement efforts.
7.These surveys provide all of the following: a critical
lens into the environments and outcomes of our schools,
an important tool for planning, addressing, and
monitoring problematic conditions, a meaningful tool for
transparency and accountability, and an important
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mechanism to support parental, civic, and community-based
engagement efforts.
8.These surveys provide all of the following: a critical
lens into the environments and outcomes of our schools,
an important tool for planning, addressing, and
monitoring problematic conditions, a meaningful tool for
transparency and accountability, and an important
mechanism to support parental, civic, and community-based
engagement efforts.
9.Funding received pursuant to the federal Safe and
Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act, or for tobacco use
prevention education, has been curtailed, and absent
reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary
Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.), the
collection of this critical information will no longer be
required.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/8/11)
Children Now (source)
Boys & Girls Club, California Alliance
California Family Resources Association
California School Health Centers
California State PTA
Equality California
Fight Crime Invest in Kids
Partnership for Children and Youth
PICO California
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office,
"In addition to providing useful information on trends at
the state and county levels, the data collected also allows
local education agencies to measure the learning
environment and target interventions to improve learning
conditions. Given the high correlation between academic
performance and learning conditions, this data is
especially useful to districts that wish to improve school
and community supports based on data."
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CPM:cm 6/8/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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