BILL ANALYSIS �
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 2341 (Quirk-Silva)
As Amended April 10, 2014
Majority vote
EDUCATION 7-0 APPROPRIATIONS 17-0
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|Ayes:|Buchanan, Olsen, Ch�vez, |Ayes:|Gatto, Bigelow, |
| |Gonzalez, Nazarian, | |Bocanegra, Bradford, Ian |
| |Weber, Williams | |Calderon, Campos, |
| | | |Donnelly, Eggman, Gomez, |
| | | |Holden, Jones, Linder, |
| | | |Pan, Quirk, |
| | | |Ridley-Thomas, Wagner, |
| | | |Weber |
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SUMMARY : Adds 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)Requires the California Department of Education (CDE) to
include an indicator for pupils of military families in
CALPADS.
3)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.
4)Defines "pupils of military families" to mean pupils whose
parent or legal guardian is an active duty member of the Armed
Forces of the United States.
5)Provides for the reimbursement of mandated local costs through
the existing reimbursement process, if the Commission on State
Mandates determine that this bill contains mandates costs.
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EXISTING LAW establishes CALPADS to accomplish all of the
following goals:
1)Provide school districts and the CDE access to data necessary
to comply with NCLB reporting requirements.
2)Provide a better means of evaluating educational progress and
investments over time.
3)Provide local educational agencies information that can be
used to improve pupil achievement.
4)Provide an efficient, flexible, and secure means of
maintaining longitudinal statewide pupil level data.
5)Facilitate the ability of the state to publicly report data
required by federal law.
6)Ensure compliance with the federal Family Educational Rights
and Privacy Act (FERPA).
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee:
1)General Fund (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 and Proposition 98 (1988) 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 : The CALPADS was created to enable California to meet
federal requirements delineated in the NCLB Act of 2001, which
increases accountability for student achievement. CALPADS has
been operational since 2009 and contains information on student
demographics, program participation, grade level, enrollment,
course enrollment and completion, discipline, and statewide
assessment data. The student-level, longitudinal data in
CALPADS enables the facilitation of program evaluation, the
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assessment of student achievement over time, the calculation of
more accurate dropout and graduation rates, the efficient
creation of reports to meet state and federal reporting
requirements, and the ability to create ad hoc reports and
responses to relevant questions. CALPADS provides local
educational agencies (LEAs) with access to longitudinal data and
reports on their own students, and it gives LEAs immediate
access to information on new students, enabling the LEAs to
place students appropriately and to determine whether any
assessments are necessary. The CDE indicates that the change
required by this bill is relatively simple and could probably be
achieved in approximately one year.
Arguments in support. Supporters argue that children in
military families experience 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 for the children
of military families would permit such tracking over time.
Supporters argue that collecting this information would build
awareness at the school and classroom level 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.
Analysis Prepared by : Rick Pratt / ED. / (916) 319-2087
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