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          Date of Hearing:   May 7, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                 AB 2341 (Quirk-Silva) - As Amended:  April 10, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                              EducationVote:7-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          Yes    Reimbursable:              Yes

           SUMMARY  

          This bill requires the California Department of Education (CDE)  
          to add an indicator to the California Longitudinal Pupil  
          Achievement Data System (CALPADS) to identify pupils of military  
          families.   Specifically, this bill:  

          1)Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to add  
            a reporting process within CALPADS requiring local education  
            agencies (LEAs) to report the enrollment of pupils of military  
            families by July 1, 2015.

          2)Provides that the data collection pursuant to this requirement  
            shall not be used to compile reports required by the federal  
            No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), including, but not limited  
            to, dropout and graduation rates.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          1)GF administrative costs of approximately $15,000 to CDE to  
            modify CALPADS to include a new indicator for students of  
            military families. 

          2)Unknown GF/Proposition 98 state mandated costs for LEAs to  
            update user interface with CALPADS and collect and report this  
            data to CALPADS. For illustration, assuming all LEAs spent an  
            hour on the required activities, statewide costs of  
            approximately $380,000.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Purpose.   Supporters of the bill, including the Department of  
            Defense, argue that children in military families experience  








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            events that affect their education, such as moving frequently  
            and having a parent deployed away from the family.  Currently,  
            there is no method of tracking their attendance and progress  
            to evaluate programs and identify best practices.  Including  
            an indicator in CALPADS would build awareness of students that  
            may be affected by the deployment of a parent and facilitate  
            data-driven decision making to improve the distribution of  
            Department of Defense and local resources to offer appropriate  
            support.

           2)Budget conflict.   The CDE indicates that the change required  
            by this bill is relatively simple and could probably be  
            achieved in approximately one year. However, the Governor's  
            2014-15 budget proposes to continue budget language  
            prohibiting the CDE from adding additional data elements to  
            CALPADS.   Specifically, provisional language states, "As a  
            further condition of receiving these [federal] funds, the SDE  
            shall not add additional data elements to CALPADS, require  
            local educational agencies to use the data collected through  
            the CALPADS for any purpose, or otherwise expand or enhance  
            the system beyond the data elements and functionalities that  
            are identified in the most current approved Feasibility Study  
            and Special Project Reports and the CALPADS Data guide v4.1."   
            The Legislature has not yet acted on this issue. 


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Misty Feusahrens / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081