BILL NUMBER: SB 885	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 24, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Simitian

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act  to amend Sections 10801 and 10807 of the Education
Code,   relating to public education accountability.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 885, as amended, Simitian. Public education accountability:
 delivery of services.   longitudinal education
system. 
   Existing law establishes a system of public education in this
state. This system includes public elementary and secondary schools,
which provide instruction to pupils from preschool through grade 12,
as well as the institutions that comprise the 3 segments of higher
education, which are the California Community Colleges, the
California State University, and the University of California.

   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would improve the delivery of public education
services from preschool through grade 12 and all levels of higher
education.  
   Existing law expresses the intent of the Legislature that the
design and implementation of a high-quality, comprehensive, and
longitudinal education data system for California should meet
specified goals. Existing law authorizes the State Department of
Education, the University of California, the California State
University, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the
Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the Employment Development
Department, and the California School Information Services to enter
into interagency agreements to facilitate the implementation of a
comprehensive longitudinal education data system for California, the
transfer of data from one educational segment to another, and the
transfer of workforce data to the educational segments.  
   This bill would amend the expression of intent of the Legislature
referenced above to state that the design and implementation of a
high-quality, comprehensive, and longitudinal preschool through
higher education (P-20) statewide data system should meet specified
goals. The bill would also authorize the California Postsecondary
Education Commission and the State Board of Education, in addition to
the entities referenced above, to enter into a joint powers
agreement, rather than interagency agreements, to facilitate the
implementation of the comprehensive longitudinal preschool through
higher education (P-20) statewide data system referenced by the bill.

   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 10801 of the  
Education Code   is amended to read: 
   10801.  It is the intent of the Legislature that the design and
implementation of a high-quality, comprehensive, and longitudinal
 education   preschool through higher education
(P-20) statewide  data system for California will do the
following:
   (a) Support a system of continuous learning by delivering timely,
reliable, user-friendly, and relevant information to schoolsite and
district leaders, county offices of education, higher education
leaders, teachers and faculty, education program providers,
policymakers, researchers, parents, pupils, and the public at large.
   (b) Provide educators and parents with the tools, reports, and
assistance needed to inform instruction and learning.
   (c) Integrate data from disparate sources.
   (d) Anticipate and provide the technological capacity for the
sharing of appropriate noneducation data from other state sources
such as health, welfare, juvenile justice, corrections, and
employment agencies, the analysis of which is necessary to fully
understand critical education policy and education finance questions.

   SEC. 2.    Section 10807 of the   Education
Code   is amended to read: 
   10807.  The department, the University of California, the
California State University, the Chancellor of the California
Community Colleges, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing,  the
California Postsecondary Education Commission, the state board,
 the Employment Development Department, and the California
School Information Services established in Section 49081 may enter
into  interagency agreements  a joint powers
agreement pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of
Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code  in order to
facilitate all of the following:
   (a) The implementation of a comprehensive longitudinal 
education   p   reschool through higher
education (P-20) statewide  data system for California.
   (b) The transfer of data from one educational segment to another.
   (c) The transfer of workforce data to the educational segments.

  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would improve the delivery of public
education services from preschool through grade 12 and all levels of
higher education.