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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 2585
Author: Daly (D)
Amended: 3/25/14 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 6-0, 6/11/14
AYES: Liu, Wyland, Block, Correa, Hancock, Huff
NO VOTE RECORDED: Monning
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0, 5/8/14 (Consent) - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : School finance: annual budgets
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill eliminates the dual budget adoption option
for school districts and county offices of education (COEs),
revises and recasts provisions related to approval of
conditional or disapproved budgets, and makes other technical
and clarifying changes.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1.Provides for external financial oversight of COEs by the
Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI), and of school
districts by county superintendents.
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2.Requires local educational agency's (LEAs) to adopt a budget
prior to July 1 of each year, and requires that budget to be
approved by the county superintendent (for districts) or the
SPI (for COEs) by August 15. Under the dual budget cycle an
LEA needs to file a revised and readopted budget, at a public
hearing, based on projected income and expenses budget by
September 8; this differs from a single budget cycle where the
budget is readopted only if it is disapproved or as needed,
and no later than 45 days after the Governor signs the Budget
Act. Both single and dual budget cycles processes require
specified oversight and interventions if the budget is not
approved by specified dates.
3.Requires all LEAs to provide two interim reports each fiscal
year by specified due dates, and requires each LEA to
self-certify as to whether the LEA will meet or may not meet
its financial obligations for the current and two subsequent
fiscal years, or will be unable to do so for the current and
one subsequent year; also requires specified oversight and
interventions if a LEA may not meet or will be unable to meet
its financial obligations.
This bill eliminates the dual budget adoption option for school
districts and COEs, revises and recasts provisions related to
approval of conditional or disapproved budgets, and makes other
technical and clarifying changes.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/5/14)
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Torlakson
California Federation of Teachers
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office, the
number of school districts and county offices of education
electing to use the dual budget adoption option has been
dwindling for many years. For fiscal year 2014-15, only 13 of
the approximately 1,100 school districts and COEs that elected
to use this budget adoption option. Eliminating the dual budget
adoption option will not create new responsibilities for
districts or COEs, nor will it prohibit school districts or COEs
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from modifying their budgets throughout the year. In addition,
this bill does not prevent districts or COEs from holding
additional public hearings to elicit feedback from parents,
community leaders, and other important stakeholders.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0, 5/8/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Grove, Hagman, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein,
Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande,
Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner,
Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A.
P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Eggman, Gorell, Gray, Hall, Mansoor, V.
Manuel P�rez, Vacancy
PQ:k 8/5/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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