BILL NUMBER: AB 2481	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 13, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bradford

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act relating to elementary and secondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   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 the  Legislative Analyst's Office
  Superintendent of Public Instruction  , 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.  The bill would require the
Superintendent   to contract with an educational
institution or research organization to perform the cost-benefit
analysis. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  The  Legislative Analyst's Office 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction  , on or before
December 1, 2015, shall 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. The analysis shall weigh the potential
benefits of these improvements compared to the potential costs of the
improvements, including, but not limited to, increased school
operating costs for personnel and facilities, and may propose
creative solutions in that regard. The analysis shall specifically
consider the decline in academic achievement occurring each year
during the summer vacation period from interruption of instruction.
 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall contract with an
educational institution or research organization to perform the
cost-benefit analysis.