BILL ANALYSIS �
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GOVERNOR'S VETO
AB 2384 (Bradford)
As Amended August 21, 2004
2/3 vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |62-2 |(May 15, 2014) |SENATE: |33-0 |(August 26, |
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Original Committee Reference: ED.
SUMMARY : Authorizes schools to continue or establish schoolsite
councils, imposes specified requirements on schoolsite councils
that are established, and encourages schoolsite councils to
include specified members and undertake specified activities.
Specifically, this bill :
1)Requires schoolsite councils to include, but not be limited
to, representatives from the following groups:
a) Teachers, to be selected by teachers at the school;
b) School employees other than 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
d) In secondary schools, pupils, to be selected by pupils
attending the school.
2)Permits the schoolsite council or governing board of the
school district to expand the composition of the schoolsite
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council as follows:
a) For elementary schools, to ensure parity between school
employees (including the 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 (including the principal, teachers, and other
school employees, including, to the extent possible, at
least one classified employee) and an equal number of
parents and pupils.
3)Encourages schoolsite councils to include participation from
community organizations and provides that those members shall
not be included for purposes of ensuring parity and are not
required to be voting members.
4)Provides that a schoolwide advisory or a school support group
may also be used as a schoolsite council.
5)Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide
several examples of selection and replacement procedures that
may be considered by schoolsite councils.
6)Requires the school district governing board to set term
limits for schoolsite members other than the principal.
7)Requires schoolsite councils to maximize public input and
other means of advancing a democratic process.
8)Provides that a school employee who is also a parent or
guardian of a pupil who attends another school in the district
may serve on both schoolsite councils.
9)Requires school districts operating a schoolsite council to
provide training to members of the council on the purpose and
role of the schoolsite council.
10)Requires schoolsite councils to develop school plans that
include, but not be limited to, the following:
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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:
i) Pupils of limited English proficiency, including
instruction in a language these pupils understand;
ii) Educationally disadvantaged pupils;
iii) Pupils eligible for free or reduced-price meals;
iv) Foster youth;
v) Gifted and talented pupils; and
vi) Pupils with exceptional needs.
c) Ongoing evaluation of the educational program of the
school;
d) The proposed expenditure of funds available to the
school;
e) Mechanisms to ensure that the objectives in the school
district's local control and accountability plan (LCAP) are
being met, with specific focus on school climate, parent
engagement, and pupil engagement; and
f) Other activities and objectives, as established by the
schoolsite council.
11)Requires schoolsite councils to write and develop a
comprehensive school safety plan, as specified.
12)Encourages schoolsite councils to develop a professional
development program for teachers, other school employees, and
volunteers.
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13)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.
14)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, which shall make modifications
and resubmit the plan to the governing board.
15)Clarifies that, if the provisions of this bill conflict with
the provisions of the existing School-Based Program
Coordination Act, then the provisions of the School-Based
Program Coordination Act shall prevail.
The Senate amendments :
1)Clarify that representatives of community organizations are
not required to be voting members of the schoolsite council.
2)Add the requirement to focus on the school climate, parent
engagement, and pupil engagement portions of the district's
LCAP.
3)Add the requirement that the schoolsite council develop the
comprehensive school safety plan.
4)Add the clarification that the provisions of the School-Based
Program Coordinate Act shall prevail, if they conflict with
the provisions of this bill.
5)Add double-jointing language to avoid chaptering out issues
with AB 2380 (Weber) of the current legislative session.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, significant ongoing costs and cost pressures for
schools and school districts that have (or wish to establish)
schoolsite councils with activities and policies that would
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differ from the requirements of this bill.
COMMENTS : Most of the provisions of this bill replicate
provisions contained in Education Code Section 52852. Those
provisions are part of the School-Based Program Coordination
Act, which gave districts flexibility over the use of specified
categorical program funds in exchange for meeting certain
requirements. One of those requirements was to establish a
schoolsite council in each participating school along the lines
required by this bill. In other words, flexibility was the
"carrot" to get districts to establish schoolsite councils that
met specified requirements. However, that program is no longer
in effect, because the categorical programs have been replaced
by the local control funding formula (LCFF), which gives
districts even more flexibility.
This bill clarifies that districts operating schoolsite councils
under the School-Based Program Coordination Act may continue to
operate them. Further, the bill authorizes any schoolsite to
establish a schoolsite council. This bill also imposes specific
requirements on schoolsite councils, consistent with the
enactment of the LCFF, for those sites that choose to operate
councils.
GOVERNOR'S VETO MESSAGE :
"This bill would alter the role and composition of schoolsite
councils.
"In 2013, the Legislature passed the landmark Local Control
Funding Formula that refocused authority for public schools from
distant state administrators to local communities and their
elected school boards.
"This measure assumes that local communities now need further
state guidance. As the local control process is just beginning,
such an assumption seems unwarranted."
Analysis Prepared by : Rick Pratt / ED. / (916) 319-2087
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