BILL NUMBER: SB 885	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 7, 2011
	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:
longitudinal education  data  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.
   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: 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
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 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 preschool
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.