Amended in Assembly May 1, 2014

Amended in Assembly March 28, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2380

Introduced by Assembly Member Weber

February 21, 2014

An act to amend Section 64001 of the Education Code, relating to school plans.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2380, as amended, Weber. School plans: consolidated application for categorical programs: single plan for pupil achievement.

Existing law requires a school district that elects to apply for certain state and federal categorical program funds to submit to the State Department of Education a single consolidated application, referencing a duly adopted single plan for pupil achievement, for approval by the State Board of Education. Related onsite school and district compliance visits and reviews are conducted by the department.

Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish the process and frequency for conducting reviews of district achievement and compliance with state and federal categorical program requirements.

This bill would add to these provisions references to programs funded through the local control funding formula, districtwide advisory committees on bilingual education, and templates adopted for the development of local control and accountability plans. The bill would require school districts to develop local control and accountability plans and annual updates in consultation with schoolsite level advisory groups and ensure that the local control and accountability plan and its specific actions are consistent with, and reflective of, the goals and plans of begin delete the schoolsite end delete begin insert schoolsites end insert .

The bill would also make other nonsubstantive changes.

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

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

SECTION 1.  

Section 64001 of the Education Code is amended
to read:

64001.  

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a school district
shall not be required to submit to the department, as part of the
consolidated application, a school plan for categorical programs
that are subject to this part. A school district shall ensure, in the
consolidated application, that the single plan for pupil achievement
established pursuant to subdivision (d) has been prepared in
accordance with law, that schoolsite councils have developed and
approved a plan, to be known as the single plan for pupil
achievement, for schools participating in programs funded through
the consolidated application process begin delete or end delete begin insert and end insert through the local
control funding formula established pursuant to Section 42238.02,
begin delete or end delete begin insert and end insert any other school program they choose to include, and that
school plans were developed with the review, certification, and
advice of applicable school advisory committees, including
advisory committees established pursuant to Section 52176. The
single plan for pupil achievement may also be referred to as the
single plan for student achievement. The consolidated application
shall also include certifications by appropriate begin insert school end insert district
advisory committees, including advisory committees established
pursuant to Section 52176, that the application was developed with
review and advice of those committees.

(2) If a consolidated application does not include the necessary
certifications or assurances, the department shall initiate an
investigation to determine whether the consolidated application
and single plan for pupil achievement were developed in
accordance with law and with the involvement of applicable
advisory committees, including advisory committees established
pursuant to Section 52176, and schoolsite councils.

(b) Onsite school and district compliance reviews of categorical
programs shall continue, and school plans shall be required and
reviewed as part of these onsite visits and compliance reviews.
The Superintendent shall establish the process and frequency for
conducting reviews of begin insert school end insert district achievement and compliance
with state and federal categorical program requirements. In
addition, the Superintendent shall establish the content of these
instruments, including any criteria for differentiating these reviews
based on the achievement of pupils, as demonstrated by the
Academic Performance Index developed pursuant to Section 52052,
and evidence of begin insert school end insert district compliance with state and federal
law. The state board shall review the content of these instruments
for consistency with state board policy and with the template
adopted pursuant to Section 52064 for development of local control
and accountability plans.

(c) (1) A school district shall submit school plans whenever
the department requires the plans in order to effectively administer
any categorical program subject to this part. The department may
require submission of the school plan for any school that is the
specific subject of a complaint involving any categorical program
or service subject to this part.

(2) The department may require a school district to submit other
data or information as may be necessary for the department to
effectively administer any categorical program subject to this part.

(d) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, as a condition of
receiving state funding for a categorical program pursuant to
Section 64000, and instead of the information submission
requirements that were required by this section before January 1,
2002, a school district shall ensure that each school in its
jurisdiction that operates categorical programs subject to this part
consolidates the plans that are required by those programs into a
single plan. Schools may consolidate any plans that are required
by federal programs subject to this part into this plan, unless
otherwise prohibited by federal law. That plan shall be known as
the single plan for pupil achievement or may be referred to as the
single plan for student achievement.

(2) To facilitate the alignment of required activities and avoid
the duplication of effort, as referenced in Sections 52063 and 52064
with respect to school plans, local control and accountability plans,
and federal law, a school district shall develop the local control
and accountability plan and annual updates in consultation with
schoolsite level advisory groups and ensure that the local control
and accountability plan and its specific actions are consistent with,
and reflective of, the goals and plans of begin delete the schoolsite. end delete begin insert schoolsites. end insert

(e) Plans developed pursuant to subdivision (d) of former
Section 52054, as it read on June 30, 2013, and Section 6314 and
following of Title 20 of the United States Code, shall satisfy the
requirements of this section.

(f) Notwithstanding any other law, the content of a single plan
for pupil achievement shall be aligned with school goals for
improving pupil achievement. School goals shall be based upon
an analysis of verifiable state data, including the Academic
Performance Index developed pursuant to Section 52052 and the
English language development test developed pursuant to Section
60810, and may include any data voluntarily developed by school
districts to measure pupil achievement. The single plan for pupil
achievement shall, at a minimum, address how funds provided to
the school through any of the sources identified in Section 64000
will be used to improve the academic performance of all pupils to
the level of the performance goals, as established by the Academic
Performance Index developed pursuant to Section 52052. The plan
shall also identify the schools’ means of evaluating progress toward
accomplishing those goals and how state and federal law governing
these programs will be implemented. The plan shall also align with
the school district’s goals for unduplicated pupils in the state and
local priority areas identified pursuant to Section 52060.

(g) The plan required by this section shall be reviewed annually
and updated, including proposed expenditure of funds allocated
to the school through the consolidated application, by the schoolsite
council, or, if the school does not have a schoolsite council, by
schoolwide advisory groups or school support groups that conform
to the requirements of Section 52852. The plans shall be reviewed
and approved by the governing board of the local educational
agency at a regularly scheduled meeting whenever there are
material changes that affect the academic programs for pupils
covered by programs identified in Section 64000.

(h) The school plan and subsequent revisions shall be reviewed
and approved by the governing board of the school district. The
governing board of the school district shall certify that, to the extent
allowable under federal law, plans developed for purposes of this
section are consistent with district local improvement plans that
are required as a condition of receiving federal funding.

(i) This section does not prevent a school district, at its
discretion, from conducting an independent review pursuant to
subdivision (c) of this section as it read on January 1, 2001.