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          Date of Hearing:   July 3, 2014

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                              Richard S. Gordon, Chair
                   ACR 166 (Atkins) - As Introduced:  July 1, 2014
           
          SUBJECT  :   Dropout Recovery Week.

           SUMMARY  :   Declares the week of August 4, 2014, to August 10,  
          2014, inclusive, as Dropout Recovery Week, and would state that  
          the Legislature intends to encourage the support of dropout  
          recovery high schools with creative teaching strategies,  
          alternative assessments, and adequate resources.  Specifically,  
           this resolution  makes the following legislative findings:

          1)The America's Promise Alliance found that pupils drop out of  
            high school because they are overwhelmed by the effects of  
            toxic living conditions such as homelessness, violent  
            surroundings, abuse or neglect, and catastrophic family health  
            events.

          2)The 2014 Building a GradNation Report found that the nation  
            cannot achieve its graduation goals without increasing  
            California's graduations rate for Latino and African American  
            pupils.

          3)The Alliance for Excellent Education concluded after research  
            that if only one-half of the dropouts from a single year were  
            to earn a diploma, the economic benefits to California would  
            include an additional $1.4 billion in earnings annually for  
            the pupils and an annual increase in state and local tax  
            revenues of $167 million.

          4)Research shows that reengaged learners demonstrate higher  
            levels of civic engagement, contribute to the cultural  
            strength of their communities, and are significantly less  
            likely to be unemployed, on public assistance, or arrested or  
            a violent crime.

          5)Successful dropout recovery high schools utilize multiple  
            strategies, including accelerated learning pedagogies,  
            competency-based instruction, and open entry-open exit  
            enrollment; and, these schools partner with the Workforce  
            Investment Act, the California Conservation Corps, and other  
            federal and state career technical education partners to  








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            provide social, economic, and academic benefits for their  
            pupils.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file

           Opposition 
           
          None on file
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800