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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2384
Author: Bradford (D)
Amended: 8/21/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 7-0, 6/18/14
AYES: Liu, Wyland, Block, Correa, Hancock, Huff, Monning
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-0, 8/14/14
AYES: De Le�n, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
NO VOTE RECORDED: Walters, Gaines
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 62-2, 5/15/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Schoolsite councils
SOURCE : Alliance for Boys and Men of Color
DIGEST : This bill statutorily authorizes schoolsite councils
to be established at any school and imposes requirements, as
specified, on those schoolsite councils. This bill provides
that the requirements proposed to be added by this bill
regarding schoolsite councils shall prevail if the applicable
provisions in existing law are in conflict.
Senate Floor Amendments of 8/21/14 add double-jointing language
to avoid chapter out conflicts with AB 2380 (Weber).
ANALYSIS : Existing law authorizes the School-Based Program
Coordination Act (Act) which, prior to the implementation of the
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Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) in 2013, gave school
districts flexibility over the use of specified school-based
coordinated categorical program funds in exchange for meeting
specified requirements. As part of these requirements,
participating school districts were required to establish a
schoolsite council. The LCFF replaces almost all sources of
state funding, including most categorical programs, and uses new
methods to allocate these resources and future resources to
school districts, charter schools, and county offices of
education.
Schoolsite councils were previously required to, among other
things, develop a plan to meet specific criteria including,
curricula, instructional strategies, and materials that address
the individual needs and learning styles of each pupil,
instructional and auxiliary services to meet the special needs
of certain pupil populations, a staff development program for
teachers, other school personnel, paraprofessionals, and
volunteers, and the proposed expenditures of funds available to
the school, as specified. While the Act is no longer operative
as a categorical program due to the LCFF, school districts are
still authorized, but not required, to establish and/or operate
schoolsite councils.
This bill:
1. Provides that the provisions proposed to be added by this
bill regarding schoolsite councils shall prevail if the
applicable provisions in existing law are in conflict.
2. Provides that upon authorization by the governing board of a
school district, schoolsite council may be established at any
school and requires it to include, but not be limited to,
representatives from the following groups:
A. Classroom teachers, to be selected by teachers at the
school;
B. School employees other than classroom teachers, to be
selected by nonteaching school employees at the school;
C. Parents of pupils at the school; to be selected by
parents of pupils at the school; and
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D. In secondary schools, pupils, to be selected by pupils
attending the school.
3. Allows the schoolsite council or governing board of the
school district to expand the composition of the schoolsite
council based on the operational structure of the school as
follows:
A. For elementary schools, to ensure parity between
school employees (principal, teachers, and other school
employees, including, to the extent possible, at least one
classified employee) and parents; and
B. For secondary schools, to ensure parity between school
employees (principal, teachers, and other school
employees, including, to the extent possible, at least one
classified employee) and an equal number of parents and
pupils. To the extent possible, the school shall ensure
that socioeconomically disadvantaged pupils, foster youth,
and English learners are represented on the schoolsite
council.
4. Encourages a schoolsite council to include participation
from community organizations that participate at the
schoolsite and that are focused on the educational outcomes
of the school.
5. Provides that a schoolsite council that elects to include
participation from community organizations is not required to
have the community organization members be official voting
members of the council.
6. Provides that a schoolwide advisory or a school support
group may also be used as a schoolsite council.
7. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide
several examples of selection and replacement procedures that
may be considered by schoolsite councils.
8. Requires the school district governing board to mandate a
schoolsite counsel to establish by laws.
9. Requires schoolsite councils to maximize public input and
other means of advancing a democratic process.
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10.Provides that an employee of a school who is also a parent
or guardian of a pupil who attends a school other than the
school of the parent's or guardian's employment is not
disqualified by virtue of this employment from serving as a
parent representative on the schoolsite council established
at the school that his/her child or ward attends.
11.Requires school districts operating a schoolsite council to
provide training to members of the council on the purpose and
role of the schoolsite council.
12.Requires schoolsite councils to develop school plans that
include, but not be limited to, the following:
A. Curricula, instructional strategies, and materials
that address the individual needs and learning styles of
each pupil;
B. Instructional and auxiliary services to meet the
special needs of the following pupils:
(1) Pupils of limited English proficiency, including
instruction in a language these pupils understand;
(2) Educationally disadvantaged pupils;
(3) Pupils eligible for free or reduced-price meals;
(4) Foster youth;
(5) Gifted and talented pupils; and
(6) Pupils with exceptional needs.
A. Ongoing evaluation of the educational program of the
school.
B. Other activities and objectives, as established by the
schoolsite council.
C. The proposed expenditure of funds available to the
school, including funds available to the school through
federal programs.
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D. Mechanisms to ensure that the objectives in the school
district's local control and accountability plan are being
met with specific focus on the local control and
accountability plan goals around school climate, parent
engagement, and pupil engagement.
1. Encourages a schoolsite council to support professional
development programs for teachers, other school employees,
and volunteers.
2. Requires the schoolsite council to annually review the
school plan, establish a new budget, and, if necessary, make
other modifications in the school plan to reflect changing
needs and priorities.
3. Requires the governing board of the school district to
review and approve or disapprove school plans. A school plan
shall not be approved unless it was developed and recommended
by the schoolsite council. If a plan is not approved by the
governing board, specific reasons for the disapproval shall
be communicated to the schoolsite. Modifications to any
school plan shall be developed, recommended, and approved or
disapproved in the same manner.
4. Makes other, conforming cross-reference changes.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Schoolsite Councils: Significant ongoing costs and cost
pressures for schools that have (or wish to establish)
schoolsite councils with activities and policies that would
differ from the requirements of this bill.
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/22/14)
Alliance for Boys and Men of Color (source)
Advancement Project
Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network
Boys and Men of Color, Santa Ana
Brothers, Sons, Selves Coalition
Building Health Communities, Santa Ana
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California Center for Public Health Advocacy
Californians for Justice
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy
Centro CHA
Children's Defense Fund
Communities for a New California
Community Asset Development Redefining Education
Community Coalition
Dolores Huerta Foundation
Downtown Associated Youth Services
East Los Angeles Community Corporation
Families in Schools
Fathers & Families of San Joaquin
Gay-Straight Alliance Network of California
Greater Oakland Public Leadership Center
InnerCity Struggle
Khmer Girls in Action
Las Fotos Project
Legacy LA
Movement Strategy Center
Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance
Policy Link
Promesa Boyle Heights
Proyecto Pastoral
Public Counsel
Raices del Valle
RYSE Center
SEIU California
StudentsFirst
United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Urban Strategies Council
Volunteers of America, Los Angeles
Weingart YMCA
Youth Advocacy Network for Sustainable Communities
Youth Policy Institute
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office, "the
state fundamentally changed the funding mechanism for school
districts in order to provide greater funding for those that
have higher concentrations of low-income, English learners, and
foster care children. Consistent with this intent, several
school districts have decided to increase funding for individual
schools with higher concentrations of the targeted populations.
As a result, we are witnessing a greater role of schoolsite
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councils in overseeing dollars and priorities and yet they lack
adequate training and oversight. However, many of these
schoolsite councils lack adequate training and oversight." This
bill authorizes schoolsite councils while imposing specific
requirements, including the requirement for school districts to
provide training on the purpose and role of schoolsite councils.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 62-2, 5/15/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta,
Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez,
Chesbro, Cooley, Dababneh, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Medina,
Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Pan, Perea, John A.
P�rez, V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Weber,
Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NOES: Donnelly, Jones
NO VOTE RECORDED: Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Conway, Dahle,
Harkey, Linder, Logue, Mansoor, Nestande, Olsen, Patterson,
Wagner, Waldron, Wilk, Vacancy
PQ:k 8/22/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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