BILL NUMBER: SB 511	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Price

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act relating to low-performing schools.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 511, as introduced, Price. Low-performing schools.
   Existing law establishes various programs and procedures for the
purposes of identifying and assisting low-performing schools and
school districts.
   This bill would state the Legislature's intent to enact
legislation that would develop policies to target resources and
assistance for the purposes of improving instruction and educational
outcomes at persistently low-performing schools through the
utilization of best practices and strategies.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would develop policies to target resources and
assistance for the purposes of improving instruction and educational
outcomes at persistently low-performing schools through the
utilization of best practices and strategies.