AB 2341,
as amended, Quirk-Silva. begin deleteEducation data systems: military children. end deletebegin insertCalifornia Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System: pupils of military families.end insert
Under existing law, the California Education Information System establishes, conducts, and keeps up to date a basic, integrated, statewide information system for education. The system includes, among other things, data from the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System and the California Basic Educational Data System.
end deleteExisting law establishes the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System, as provided, and requires the system to have specified characteristics, including, among other things, the capability to monitor pupil achievement on certain tests and the high school exit examination from year to year and school to school.
end insertExisting law also ratifies the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children with the purpose of removing barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families due to the frequent moves and deployment of their parents.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to assign an identifier for military children in education data systems.
end deleteThis bill would require, on or before July 1, 2015, the Superintendent of Public Instruction to add a reporting process within the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System requiring local educational agencies to report the enrollment of pupils of military families. The bill would prohibit this data from being used to compile reports required by specified federal provisions. By requiring local educational agencies to report this information, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
end insertbegin insertThe California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.
end insertVote: majority.
Appropriation: no.
Fiscal committee: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert.
State-mandated local program: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
begin insertSection 60902 is added to the end insertbegin insertEducation Codeend insertbegin insert,
2to read:end insert
(a) On or before July 1, 2015, the Superintendent shall
4add a reporting process within the California Longitudinal Pupil
5Achievement Data System requiring local educational agencies
6to report the enrollment of pupils of military families.
7(b) Data collected pursuant to this section shall not be used to
8compile reports required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act
9of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.), including, but not limited
10to, dropout and graduation rates.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
12this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
13local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
14pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
154 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
17legislation that would assign an identifier for military children in
18education data systems.
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