AB 2384, as amended, Bradford. Schoolsite councils.
Under existing law, the School-Based Program Coordination Act, which is applicable only to school districts and schools that participate in school-based coordinated categorical programs, is established to provide flexibility to coordinate categorical funds. The act requires a school that participates in school-based program coordination to establish a schoolsite council, and requires the schoolsite council to establish a school plan that includes, among other things, curricula, instructional strategies, and materials responsive to the individual needs and learning styles of each pupil, and proposed expenditure of funds received through various categorical programs.
Existing law, enacted in 2013, revised provisions of the public school financing system, and requires state funding for schools to be calculated pursuant to a local control funding formula, and authorizes local educational agencies to expend for any local educational purpose funds previously required to be spent for various categorical education programs. Existing law requires the governing board of each school district to adopt a local control and accountability plan that includes, among other things, a description of the annual goals to be achieved for each of the state priorities identified pursuant to specified provisions.
This bill would repeal the School-Based Program Coordination Act, and would instead authorize any school to establish a schoolsite council. The bill would specify that schoolsite councils operating pursuant to the School-Based Program Coordination Act may continue in existence and operate pursuant to the bill’s provisions. The bill would enact provisions relating to the functions, composition, and duties of a schoolsite council that are similar, but not identical, to the provisions in the School-Based Program Coordination Act.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 52780)
2is added to Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code,
3to read:
4
Parent advisory committees and schoolsite councils
8operating pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section
952800), as that chapter existed on January 1, 2014, may continue
10in existence in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(a) A schoolsite council may be established at any
12school in accordance with this chapter. A schoolsite council shall
13include, but is not limited to, representatives from the following
14groups:
15(1) Teachers, to be selected by teachers at the school.
16(2) School employees other than teachers, to be selected by
17nonteaching school employees at the school.
18(3) Parents of pupils attending the school, to be selected by
19parents of pupilsbegin delete atend deletebegin insert
attendingend insert the school.
20(4) Community organizations that have a preexisting working
21relationship with the schoolsite, that
participate at the schoolsite,
22and that are focused on the educational outcomes of the school, to
P3 1be selected by the principal and other schoolsite council members
2selected pursuant to this section.
11 3(5)
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4begin insert(4)end insert In secondary schools, pupils, to be selected by pupils
5attending the school.
6(b) The schoolsite council or the governing board of the school
7district may expand the composition of a schoolsite council based
8on the operational structure of the school, in accordance with the
9following:
10(1) For an elementary school, the schoolsite council shall be
11composed to ensure parity between the following two groups:
12(A) The principal, classroom teachers, and other school
13employees. Classroom teachers shall comprise the majority of
14persons from this group. To the extent possible, the school shall
15ensure that at least one classified employee is part of this group.
16(B) Parents.
17(2) For a secondary school, the schoolsite council shall be
18composed to ensure parity between the following two groups:
19(A) The principal, classroom teachers, and other school
20employees. Classroom teachers shall comprise the
majority of
21persons from this group. To the extent possible, the school shall
22ensure that at least one classified employee is part of this group.
23(B) An equal number of parents and pupils. To the extent
24possible, the school shall ensure that socioeconomically
25disadvantaged pupils, foster youth, and English learners are
26represented on the schoolsite council.
27(c) Members selected pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision
28(a) shall not be included for purposes of ensuring parity pursuant
29to paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (b).
30(c) A schoolsite council is encouraged to include participation
31from community organizations that participate at the schoolsite
32and that are focused on the educational outcomes of the school.
33Members of this group shall not be included for purposes of
34ensuring parity pursuant to subdivision (b).
A schoolwide advisory group or a school support group
36 may also be used as a schoolsite council, in accordance with the
37provisions of this chapter.
The Superintendent shall provide several examples of
39selection and replacement procedures that may be considered by
40schoolsite councils.
The governing board of a school district shall set term
2limits for schoolsite council members other than the principal.
A schoolsite council shall maximize public input and
4other means of advancing a democratic process.
A school employee who is also a parent or guardian
6of a pupil who attends another school in the school district may
7serve on the schoolsite council of the school of his or her
8employment as a teacher or other school employee representative.
9The school employee may also serve on the schoolsite council of
10the school that his or her child or ward attends as a parent
11representative.
(a) A school district operating a schoolsite council
13shall provide training to members of the schoolsite council onbegin delete both
14of the following: end delete
15(1) Budget and funding.
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16(2) Implementing the objectives contained in the school district’s
17local control and accountability plan and other laws.
18begin delete(b)end deletebegin delete end deletebegin deleteThe school district shall also provide information on the begin insert
the
19schoolsite council selection process to the general public.end delete
20purpose and role of the schoolsite council.end insert
(a) A schoolsite council shall develop a school plan
22that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:
23(1) Curricula, instructional strategies, and materials that address
24the individual needs and learning styles of each pupil.
25(2) Instructional and auxiliary services to meet the special needs
26of the following pupils:
27(A) Pupils of limited English proficiency, including instruction
28in a language these pupils understand.
29(B) Educationally disadvantaged pupils.
30(C) Pupils eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
31(D) Foster youth.
32(E) Gifted and talented pupils.
33(F) Pupils with exceptional needs.
34(3) (A) A staff development program for teachers, other school
35employees, paraprofessionals, and volunteers, including those
36participating in special programs. Staff development programs
37may include the use of program guidelines that have been
38developed by the Superintendent for specific learning disabilities,
39including dyslexia, and other related disorders.
P5 1(B) The strategies included in the guidelines and instructional
2materials that focus on successful approaches for working with
3pupils who have been exposed to drugs or alcohol prenatally,
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suffered trauma, as well as other at-risk pupils, may also be
5provided to teachers.
8 6(4)
end delete7begin insert(3)end insert Ongoing evaluation of the educational program of the school.
10 8(5)
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9begin insert(4)end insert Other activities and objectives, as established by the
10schoolsite council.
12 11(6)
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12begin insert(5)end insert The proposed expenditure of funds available to the school,
13begin deleteincluding, but not limited to, salary and staff benefits, andend deletebegin insert includingend insert
14 funds available to the school through federalbegin delete programs, including, begin insert programs.end insert
15but not limited to, the federal Improving America’s Schools Act
16of 1994 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.). end delete
17 17(7)
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18begin insert(6)end insert Mechanisms to ensure that the objectives in the school
19district’s local control and accountability plan are being met.
20(b) A schoolsite council is encouraged to develop a professional
21development program for teachers, other school employees, and
22volunteers.
19 23(b)
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24begin insert(c)end insert The schoolsite council shall annually review
the school plan,
25establish a new budget, and, if necessary, make other modifications
26in the school plan to reflect changing needs and priorities.
The governing board of the school district shall review
28and approve or disapprove school plans. A school plan shall not
29be approved unless it was developed and recommended by the
30schoolsite council. If a plan is not approved by the governing board
31of the school district, specific reasons for that action shall be
32communicated to the schoolsite council. Modifications to any
33school plan shall be developed, recommended, and approved or
34disapproved in the same manner.
Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 52800) of Part
3628 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code is repealed.
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