AB 2481, as amended, Bradford. Elementary and secondary education: length of schoolday and school year: analysis.
Existing law prescribes the minimum number of schooldays per year for public schools.
This bill would require thebegin delete Legislative Analyst’s Officeend deletebegin insert Superintendent of Public Instructionend insert, by December 1, 2015, to provide the Legislature with a cost-benefit analysis regarding various potential changes to the length or structure of schooldays or school years in public elementary and secondary schools with the objective of providing increased educational benefits and improved life outcomes to disadvantaged and underperforming pupils, as specified.begin insert The bill would require the Superintendent
to contract with an educational institution or research organization to perform the cost-benefit analysis.end insert
Vote: majority.
Appropriation: no.
Fiscal committee: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert.
State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Thebegin delete Legislative Analyst’s Officeend deletebegin insert Superintendent
2of Public Instructionend insert, on or before December 1, 2015, shall provide
3the Legislature with a cost-benefit analysis regarding various
4potential changes to the length or structure of schooldays or school
5years in public elementary and secondary schools with the objective
6of providing increased educational benefits and improved life
7outcomes to disadvantaged and underperforming pupils. The
8analysis shall weigh the potential benefits of these improvements
9compared to the potential costs of the improvements, including,
10but not limited to, increased school operating costs
for personnel
11and facilities, and may propose creative solutions in that regard.
12The analysis shall specifically consider the decline in academic
13achievement occurring each year during the summer vacation
14period from interruption of instruction.begin insert The Superintendent of
15Public Instruction shall contract with an educational institution
16or research organization to perform the cost-benefit analysis.end insert
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