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                                                                  AB 2408
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          Date of Hearing:   May 7, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                     AB 2408 (Allen) - As Amended:  May 1, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                              EducationVote:7-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill expands the governing board of the California  
          Collaborative for Education Excellence (CCEE) from five to seven  
          members by adding a representative of charter schools appointed  
          by the Governor, and a parent of a California public school  
          pupil appointed by the Governor.  

           FISCAL EFFECT    

          Negligible state costs.

           COMMENTS   

           1)Purpose.  The CCEE was established as part of the  
            accountability component of the Local Control Funding Formula  
            (LCFF), enacted as part of the 2013 Budget Act.  The purpose  
            of the CCEE is to advise and assist local education agencies  
            (LEAs) in achieving the goals set forth in their local control  
            and accountability plans (LCAPs) required under LCFF.  LEAs  
            also may seek assistance from the CCEE on their own.  

            According to charter school supporters, the addition of a  
            charter school representative on the CCEE governing board is  
            important because the collaborative is intended to provide  
            support and high-stakes reviews of charter schools.

           2)Background  .  The only statutory function of the CCEE board is  
            to direct the fiscal agent to "contract with individuals,  
            local educational agencies, or organizations with the  
            expertise, experience, and a record of success" to provide  
            advice and assistance to LEAs.  The CCEE board does not have a  
            statutory role in evaluating LEA performance, determining  








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            which LEAs receive advice and assistance, or the delivery of  
            advice and assistance.  Those functions lay with the SPI,  
            county superintendents of schools, and the individuals and  
            organizations with whom the fiscal agent has contracted to  
            provide the services.  

            Currently, the board is comprised of five members: the SPI or  
            designee, two members appointed by the Governor, and two  
            members appointed by the Legislature.  By adding two  
            additional members, both of which would be appointed by the  
            Governor, this gives the Governor four appointees to the  
            Legislature's two.  

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Misty Feusahrens / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081