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California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2319

Introduced by Assembly Member Bonilla

February 21, 2014

An act to add begin insert Chapter 20 (commencing with Section 11900) to Part 7 of Division 1 of Title 1 of, and to add end insert Article 8 (commencing with Section 60130) to Chapter 1 of Part 33 of Division 4 of Title 2 begin delete of end delete begin insert of, end insert the Education Code, relating to school finance.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2319, as amended, Bonilla. School finance: begin insert Broadband Infrastructure Fund: end insert Innovation, Training, and Common Core Implementation Fund.

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(1) Existing law establishes the K-12 High-Speed Network for the purpose of enriching pupil educational experiences and improving pupil academic performance by providing high-speed, high-bandwidth Internet connectivity to the public schools.

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This bill would establish the Broadband Infrastructure Fund Program, to be implemented if funds are received in the annual Budget Act or another statute, for the purpose of providing schools with adequate Internet capacity to support new content standards and technology-based instruction and assessments, as specified. The bill would require the State Department of Education to administer the Broadband Infrastructure Fund, which would be established by the bill. The bill would require the department to consider specified objectives in evaluating any proposed use of the funds, and would specify the purposes for which the funds may be allocated and used.

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Existing

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begin insert (2) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Existing end insert law requires the Academic Content Standards Commission to develop, and the State Board of Education to adopt or reject, academic content standards in language arts and mathematics that are internationally benchmarked and built toward college and career readiness by high school graduation, and requires at least 85% of these standards to be the common core academic content standards developed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative consortium or any association or related interstate collaboration, except as specified.

This bill would establish the Innovation, Training, and Common Core Implementation Fund Act, to be implemented if funds are received in the annual Budget Act or another statute, as specified. The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to allocate funds for the 2014-15 fiscal year to local educational agencies, as defined, on the basis of an equal amount per pupil based on the prior year’s enrollment for specified purposes relating to the integration of common core academic content standards begin insert , Next Generation Science Standards, and English language development standards end insert in schools, including, among others, the professional development of teachers, administrators, and paraprofessional begin delete educators. end delete begin insert educators or other classified employees involved in the direct instruction of pupils that is aligned to specified academic content standards. end insert The bill would require a local educational agency that receives funds to meet specified requirements, including reporting detailed expenditure information to the State Department of Education, and would require the department to summarize and submit the information to the appropriate budget subcommittees and policy committees of the Legislature on or before July 3, 2016.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert Chapter 20 (commencing with Section 11900) is
added to Part 7 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the end insert begin insert Education Code end insert begin insert , to
read: end insert

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Chapter   begin insert 20. end insert Broadband Infrastructure Fund Program

 

begin insert 11900. end insert   

For purposes of assisting local educational agencies
in providing schools with adequate Internet capacity to support
new content standards, the California Assessment of Student
Performance and Progress, and technology-based instruction for
the purposes of improving the academic performance of pupils,
there is hereby established the Broadband Infrastructure Fund.

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(a) The Broadband Infrastructure Fund is established
to achieve the following objectives:

(1) To provide all local educational agencies with the minimum
level of broadband connectivity to support the implementation of
the common core academic content standards, Next Generation
Science Standards, English language development standards, and
the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress.

(2) To improve academic achievement through the integration
of technology-based instruction in schools.

(3) To ensure access for local educational agencies located in
hard-to-serve areas of the state.

(4) To encourage collaboration between local educational
agencies, postsecondary educational institutions, and other cultural
and educational research institutions for the purpose of leveraging
regional resources.

(5) To leverage existing statewide broadband infrastructure,
such as the K-12 High-Speed Network and the California Research
and Education Network, and other state, federal, and private
funding sources.

(6) To fund local educational agencies with planned last mile
fiber or other projects to increase Internet capacity that lack
requisite funding to complete installation.

(7) To establish fiber-based broadband solutions that will allow
local educational agencies to continue expanding Internet capacity
with minimal investments in the future.

(b) The department shall consider the objectives specified in
this section when evaluating any proposed use of the funds.

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The department shall allocate funds received pursuant
to this chapter to any of the following:

(a) Schoolsites that lack the minimum levels of broadband
connectivity to support the implementation of the common core
academic content standards, Next Generation Science Standards,
English language development standards, and the California
Assessment of Student Performance and Progress.

(b) Schools located in hard-to-serve areas or where competitive
fiber-based broadband options are limited or not available.

(c) Local educational agencies with planned last mile fiber or
other projects to increase Internet capacity that lack requisite
funding to complete installation.

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For purposes of this chapter, “local educational
agency” means a school district, county office of education, charter
school, or state special school.

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This chapter shall not be implemented unless funding
is provided for the Broadband Infrastructure Fund in the annual
Budget Act or another statute.

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begin insert SEC. 2. end insert   

Article 8 (commencing with Section 60130) is added
to Chapter 1 of Part 33 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education
Code, to read:

 

Article 8.  Innovation, Training, and Common Core
Implementation Fund

 

60130.  

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the
Innovation, Training, and Common Core Implementation Fund
Act.

60131.  

(a) For purposes of implementing the common core
academic content standards adopted pursuant to Sections 60605.8,
60605.85, as that section read on June 30, 2014, begin insert 60605.10,
60605.11, end insert and 60811.3, as that section read on June 30, 2013, there
is hereby established the Innovation, Training, and Common Core
Implementation Fund. It is the intent of the Legislature that local
educational agencies use funds allocated pursuant to subdivision
(b) to support the integration of common core academic content
begin insert standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and English
language development end insert standards in instruction for kindergarten
and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, for purposes of establishing quality
instructional programs for all pupils.

(b) For the 2014-15 fiscal year, subject to subdivision (d), the
Superintendent shall allocate funds to local educational agencies
on the basis of an equal amount per pupil based on the prior year’s
enrollment. The allocated funds shall be available for encumbrance
through the 2015-16 fiscal year.

(c) A local educational agency shall expend funds allocated
pursuant to this section for any of the following purposes:

(1) Professional development for teachers, administrators, and
paraprofessional educators begin insert or other classified employees involved
in the direct instruction of pupils end insert that is aligned to the begin delete common
core end delete academic content standards adopted as specified in subdivision
(a).

(2) Integration of the common core academic content begin insert standards,
Next Generation Science Standards, and English language
development end insert standards through technology-based instruction for
purposes of improving the academic performance of pupils,
including, but not limited to, administering computer-based
assessments.

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(3) Infrastructure upgrades to increase Internet bandwidth.

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(4)

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begin insert (3) end insert  Instructional materials aligned to the common core academic
content begin insert standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and English
language development end insert standards adopted pursuant to Sections
60605.8, 60605.85, as that section read on June 30, 2014, begin insert 60605.11, end insert
and 60811.3, as that section read on June 30, 2013, including, but
not limited to, supplemental instructional materials as provided in
Sections 60605.86, 60605.87, and 60605.88, as those sections read
on June 30, 2014.

(d) As a condition of receiving funds allocated pursuant to this
section, the governing board or body of the local educational
agency shall do both of the following:

(1) Develop and adopt a plan delineating how funds allocated
pursuant to this section shall be spent. The plan shall be explained
in a regularly scheduled public meeting of the governing board or
body of the local educational agency before its adoption in a
subsequent regularly scheduled public meeting.

(2) On or before January 1, 2016, report detailed expenditure
information to the department, including, but not limited to, specific
purchases made and the number of teachers, administrators, or
paraprofessional educators that received professional development.
The department shall determine the format for this report.

(e) The department shall summarize the information reported
pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) and shall submit the
summary to the appropriate budget subcommittees and policy
committees of the Legislature on or before July 3, 2016.

(f) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under
subdivision (e) is inoperative on January 1, 2019, pursuant to
Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.

60132.  

For purposes of this article, “local educational agency”
means a school district, county office of education, begin delete or end delete charter
begin delete school. end delete begin insert school, or state special school. end insert

60133.  

This article shall not be implemented unless funding
is provided for the Innovation, Training, and Common Core
Implementation Fund in the annual Budget Act or another statute.