BILL NUMBER: SB 754	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 19, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 21, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 13, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 6, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Padilla

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

    An act to amend Section 435 of the Education Code,
relating to pupils.   An act to add Section 54029 to the
Education Code, relating to school funding. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 754, as amended, Padilla.  Pupils: English learners.
  School funding: economic impact aid.  
   Existing law provides economic impact aid funding to school
districts based on the number of economically disadvantaged pupils
and English learners enrolled in the school district. Existing law
requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to perform
specified calculations to determine the amount of economic impact aid
a school district receives for a fiscal year and further requires
each school district to expend these funds for specified programs and
activities.  
   This bill would require a school district, as a condition upon the
receipt of economic impact aid funds, to post online and in an
easily accessible location, its economic impact aid budget, as
specified. The bill also would require the State Department of
Education to determine, by July 1, 2017, whether each school district
receiving economic impact aid funds is using proven methods of
teaching English learners.  
   The English Learner and Immigrant Pupil Federal Conformity Act
requires a local educational agency to provide instructional services
to limited-English-proficient pupils and immigrant pupils in
conformity with specified provisions of federal law. Existing law
defines the term "English learner" for purposes of these provisions.
 
   This bill would additionally define the terms "long-term English
learner" and "reclassified English proficient" and would declare the
intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the
State Department of Education to provide information regarding
long-term English learners and reclassified-English-proficient
pupils. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 54029 is added to the 
 Education Code   , to read:  
   54029.  (a) As a condition upon the receipt of economic impact aid
funds, a school district shall post online and in an easily
accessible location the economic impact aid budget for the school
district and each school within the school district.
   (b) By July 1, 2017, the department shall determine whether each
school district receiving economic impact aid funds is using proven
methods of teaching English learners.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 435 of the Education Code is
amended to read:
   435.  For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (a) "English learner" or "pupil of limited English proficiency"
means a pupil who was not born in the United States or whose native
language is a language other than English or who comes from an
environment where a language other than English is dominant; and
whose difficulties in speaking, reading, writing, or understanding
the English language may be sufficient to deny the individual the
ability to meet the state's proficient level of achievement on state
assessments, the ability to successfully achieve in classrooms where
the language of instruction is English, or the opportunity to
participate fully in society.
   (b) "Federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" means Public Law
107-110 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6801 et seq.).
   (c) "Immigrant pupil" means a pupil who was born in a country
other than the United States and who has attended a kindergarten
class or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, in a school in the United
States for three or fewer years.
   (d) "Long-term English learner" means a pupil in any of grades 6
to 12, inclusive, who has been an English learner for five or more
years.
   (e) "Reclassified English proficient" means an English learner who
has been redesignated as English proficient pursuant to Section 313.
 
  SEC. 2.    It is the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation that would require the State Department of
Education to provide information regarding long-term English learners
and reclassified-English-proficient pupils.