BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: May 14, 2014
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Mike Gatto, Chair
AB 2380 (Weber) - As Amended: May 1, 2014
Policy Committee: EducationVote:7-0
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable: No
SUMMARY
This bill adds additional requirements for districts that elect
to prepare a single plan for pupil achievement. Specifically,
this bill:
1)Requires a single plan for pupil achievement to include
programs funded through the local control funding formula
(LCFF) among the programs it addresses.
2)Requires participating school districts to ensure that
schoolsite single plans for pupil achievement were developed
with the review, certification, and advice of the schoolsite
English learner advisory committees.
3)Requires the State Board of Education (SBE) to review the
content of instruments that are used for onsite visits and
compliance reviews for consistency with the local control and
accountability plan (LCAP) template.
4)Requires participating school districts to develop their LCAPs
and annual updates in consultation with schoolsite level
advisory groups and ensure that the LCAP and its specific
actions are consistent with, and reflective of, the goals and
plans of the schoolsite.
5)Requires single plans for pupil achievement to be aligned with
the district's goals for English learners, pupils eligible for
free and reduced price meals, and foster youth in specified
performance areas.
FISCAL EFFECT
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General Fund administrative costs to the California Department
of Education (CDE) in the range of $800,000 to $1.7 million to
assist the SBE with review of the content of instruments that
are used for onsite visits and compliance reviews for
consistency with the local control and accountability plan
(LCAP) template.
The existing Compliance Review unit is supported with $1.7
million federal funds. The unit transitioned to federal
compliance when the state eliminated dedicated funding for state
categorical programs. This bill imposes new state requirements.
Therefore, this bill cannot be implemented unless state funding
is dedicated to the Compliance Review unit.
The 2013-14 Budget Act provided $2 million to CDE to support the
implementation of LCFF. Of this amount, $1.1 million was
provided for implementation of an accountability system. It may
be possible some of the costs of this bill could be offset with
these additional resources.
COMMENTS :
Purpose . Existing law authorizes school districts to use a
single consolidated application to apply for specified state and
federal categorical programs funds. Funds for state programs
that were a part of the consolidated application have been
rolled into the local control funding formula (LCFF). The
consolidated application process, however, can still be used for
federal categorical programs. Districts that elect to use the
consolidated application process are required to have schoolsite
councils and involve them in the development and approval of the
single plan for pupil achievement
According to the author's office, the provisions of law
governing the consolidated application and associated
requirements needs to be updated to reflect the enactment of the
LCFF and the LCAP. This bill requires the school site plans
developed and approved by the schoolsite councils to address
programs funded through the LCFF and provides that those plans
must also be developed and approved by the English learner
advisory committee. In addition, this bill requires the
district LCAP to be developed in consultation with the
schoolsite advisory groups and ensure that it is consistent with
the goals and plans of the school site.
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Analysis Prepared by : Misty Feusahrens / APPR. / (916)
319-2081