BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: April 9, 2014
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Mike Gatto, Chair
AB 2167 (Muratsuchi) - As Amended: March 19, 2014
Policy Committee: EducationVote:5-1
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable: No
SUMMARY
This bill codifies the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS), to
collect data on pupil perceptions of school climate, school
safety, and pupil health. Specifically, this bill:
1)Authorizes a school district to administer the CHKS
bi-annually to pupils in grades 5, 7, 9 and 11. Further
authorizes the administration of two supplemental surveys: The
California School Parent Survey (CSPS) and the California
School Climate Survey (CSCS). Requires the CDE to administer
and make available to school districts the CSCS and the CSPS,
to the extent funds are appropriated to the CDE for these
purposes.
2)Requires a school district, prior to administering the CHKS,
to comply with parent and guardian notification and consent
provisions required in existing law and specifies data
collected is confidential.
3)Requires funds to be appropriated to the California Department
of Education (CDE) in the annual Budget Act or other statute
to administer and make available the CHKS, provide technical
assistance to school districts, and collect and analyze data
regarding local and statewide pupil health risks and
behaviors, school connectedness, pupil supports, and school
violence.
FISCAL EFFECT :
Ongoing/GF costs in the range of $500,000 to $1 million, to
administer the CHKS. Currently, the CHKS is supported with
Tobacco-Use Prevention Education Program (TUPE) and funding from
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the former Department of Alcohol and Drug Program. It is not
clear how long these funding sources will be available for this
purpose. Further, CDE intends to expand the scope of the CHKS to
include new tasks to support Local Control Accountability Plan
(LCAP) implementation.
COMMENTS :
1)Purpose. This bill codifies the CHKS, an existing data
collection tool used by nearly 600 school districts either
voluntarily or as a condition of receipt of certain grant
funding. The Superintendent of Public Instruction, the sponsor
of the bill, supports dedicated funding and expansion of the
CHKS to assist districts in meeting multiple state priorities
on their LCAP.
CDE currently contracts with WestEd, a nonprofit research
organization to collect, compile and report data from the
CHKS. The original contract was nearly $1 million. Funding
cuts have resulted in the elimination of several tasks from
the previous scopes of work. The current contract is
supported with $445,000 in TUPE funding. CDE anticipates
expanding the scope of CHKS to include new tasks to support
LCAP implementation. CDE estimates ongoing staff workload
costs of approximately $120,000.
The bill requires funds to be appropriated to CDE in the
annual Budget Act or other statute to administer and make
available the CHKS. The Governor's proposed budget does not
include an appropriation for this purpose.
2)Background . The original CHKS was developed in 1998 and
administered on a voluntary basis through 2003. As a
condition of receiving Title IV funding under the federal No
Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, states were required to
establish an information and reporting system. Beginning in
2003, the CHKS was used to meet this requirement and LEAs that
received Title IV funds were required to administer the CHKS.
California received approximately $28 million annually between
2001 and 2010 in Title IV funds. Of this funding,
approximately $26 million was allocated directly to LEAs to
implement the federal grant.
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The Title IV funds that triggered the survey requirement and
that were used to administer the CHKS expired in 2010.
Subsequently, the federal government established a new grant
program, the Safe and Supported Schools Grant (SSSG), to
support statewide measurement of school climate. California
was one of 11 states to receive the grant and awarded funds to
58 districts to collect data measuring school safety and
bullying, substance abuse, positive relationships, other
learning support, and student engagement. This four year
grant expires in September 2014.
The former Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs also has a
$100,000 contract to support the CHKS, though it is not clear
if that funding will continue
Districts that receive federal SSSG funds and TUPE funds are
required to administer the CHKS.
3)Prior legislation .
a) AB 1368 (Pan), held on this committee's Suspense File in
2011, was a similar bill that established the CHKS.
b) SCR 18 (Liu), Resolution Chapter 77, Statutes of 2011,
expresses the intent of the Legislature to pursue every
means necessary to ensure that the California School
Climate, Health, and Learning Survey System remains viable,
and urges the state to pursue federal funding, grants, or
other sources to ensure that school districts receive the
necessary funding to support the survey system.
Analysis Prepared by : Misty Feusahrens / APPR. / (916)
319-2081