BILL ANALYSIS �
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 2408 (Allen)
As Amended June 10, 2014
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |78-0 |(May 15, 2014) |SENATE: |35-0 |(July 3, 2014) |
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Original Committee Reference: ED.
SUMMARY : Expands the governing board of the California
Collaborative for Education Excellence (CCEE) from five to seven
members by adding a representative of charter schools and a
parent of a California public school pupil.
The Senate amendments strike the requirement that the charter
school representative and the parent be appointed by the
Governor and instead require the charter school representative
to be appointed by the Senate Rules Committee and the parent to
be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
EXISTING LAW :
1)Establishes the CCEE, whose purpose is to advise and assist
local education agencies (LEAs) in achieving the goals set
forth in their local control and accountability plans (LCAPs).
2)Requires the CCEE to be governed by a board consisting of the
following members:
a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) or his or
her designee;
b) The president of the State Board of Education (SBE) or
his or her designee;
c) A county superintendent of schools appointed by the
Senate Rules Committee;
d) A teacher appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly; and
e) A superintendent of a school district appointed by the
Governor.
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3)Requires the SPI, in consultation with the SBE, to contract
with an LEA to serve as the fiscal agent for the CCEE.
4)Requires the fiscal agent, at the direction of the CCEE
governing board, to contract with individuals, LEAs, or
organizations with the expertise, experience, and a record of
success to provide assistance to LEAs that are failing to meet
specified performance objectives.
5)Authorizes the SPI to direct the CCEE to advise and assist an
LEA in any of the following circumstances:
a) The governing board of the LEA requests the advice and
assistance of the CCEE;
b) The superintendent of schools in the county in which the
school district or charter school is located determines
that the advice and assistance of the CCEE is necessary to
help the school district or charter school accomplish the
goals it has set in its LCAP; or
c) The SPI determines the advice and assistance of the CCEE
is necessary to help an LEA accomplish the goals it has set
in its LCAP.
6)Requires LEAs to adopt an LCAP by July 1, 2014, using a
template adopted by the SBE and requires that the LCAP:
a) Be updated every year and renewed every three years;
b) Be developed in consultation with teachers, principals,
administrators, other school personnel, parents, and
pupils;
c) Include annual achievement goals for all pupils,
including specified pupil subgroups, and a description of
actions that will be taken to achieve those goals;
d) Address the following eight state priorities:
i) Requirements related to the Williams v. State of
California (2004) settlement agreement related to fully
credentialed teachers, instructional materials, and
school facilities;
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ii) Implementation of academic and performance
standards, including English language development
standards;
iii) Parental involvement;
iv) Pupil achievement, as measured by statewide
assessments;
v) Pupil engagement, as measured by attendance, dropout
and graduation rates, and expulsions/suspensions;
vi) School climate, as measured by suspension rates,
expulsion rates, and other local measures, such as
surveys;
vii) The extent to which pupils have access to and are
enrolled in a broad course of study; and
vii) Pupil outcomes, if available, for non-state-assessed
courses of study.
e) Be aligned with the district's budget and describe how
the district will "increase or improve services for
unduplicated pupils in proportion to its increase in funds
apportioned on the basis of the number and concentration of
unduplicated pupils in the district."
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.
COMMENTS : The CCEE and LCAP were both established as the
accountability component of the Local Control Funding Formula,
which was enacted with last year's budget. The purpose of the
CCEE is to provide advice and assistance to LEAs that
persistently fail to achieve specified pupil outcome goals.
LEAs also may seek assistance from the CCEE on their own.
Existing law requires the SPI, with the approval of the SBE, to
contract with an LEA or a consortium of LEAs to serve as the
CCEE's fiscal agent. In addition, existing law requires the
CCEE to be governed by a board consisting of the following:
1)The SPI or his or her designee;
2)The president of the SBE or his or her designee;
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3)A county superintendent of schools appointed by the Senate
Rules Committee;
4)A teacher appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly; and
5)A superintendent of a school district appointed by the
Governor.
The CCEE board has only one statutory function: 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 areas of expertise and experience required of the
individuals, LEAs, or organizations with whom the fiscal agent
contracts must include, but not necessarily be limited to, the
following:
1)The eight state priorities that must be addressed by the LCAP;
2)Improving the quality of teaching;
3)Improving the quality of school district and schoolsite
leadership; and
4)Successfully addressing the needs of special pupil
populations, including, but not limited to, English learners,
pupils eligible to receive a free or reduced-price meal,
pupils in foster care, and individuals with exceptional needs.
Need for the bill. Supporters focus on the additional seat for
a charter school representative and argue that "because the
Collaborative is intended to provide support and high-stakes
reviews of charter schools, we believe that it is essential to
include a charter school representative to the Collaborative."
There is no opposition on file.
Analysis Prepared by : Rick Pratt / ED. / (916) 319-2087
FN: 0004191
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