BILL ANALYSIS �
SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Carol Liu, Chair
2013-2014 Regular Session
BILL NO: SB 971
AUTHOR: Cannella
INTRODUCED: February 10, 2014
FISCAL COMM: Yes HEARING DATE: March 19, 2014
URGENCY: No CONSULTANT: Daniel Alvarez
SUBJECT : School finance: categorical programs.
SUMMARY
This bill repeals or modifies numerous provisions of the
Education Code that are considered obsolete or unnecessary
in light of the passage of the Local Control Funding
Formula / Local Control Accountability Plans (Chapters 47
and 357, Statutes of 2013).
BACKGROUND
Current law, the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF),
enacted as part of the 2013-14 State Budget is a
significant reform to the state's system of financing
K-12 public schools. The LCFF replaces the prior system of
revenue limits and restricted funding for a multitude of
categorical programs with a new funding formula that
provides base funding for the core educational needs of all
students and supplemental funding for the additional
educational needs of low-income students, English learners,
and foster youth. Because the LCFF funds have limited
spending restrictions, local education agencies have
considerable flexibility to direct LCFF resources to best
meet their students' needs.
Although local education agencies have considerably more
flexibility in how they spend their resources under LCFF
compared to the previous funding system, the law requires a
school district, county office of education, or charter
school:
"...to increase or improve services for
unduplicated pupils [low-
income students, English learners, and foster
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youth] in proportion to
the increase in funds apportioned on the basis of
the number and
concentration of unduplicated pupils in the
school district, county
office of education, or charter school."
Under the old system, revenue limits provided LEAs with
discretionary (unrestricted) funding for general education
purposes, and categorical program (restricted) funding was
provided for specialized purposes, with each program having
unique allocation and spending requirements. Revenue
limits made up about two-thirds of state funding for
schools, while categorical program funding made up the
remaining one-third portion. For some time, that system was
criticized as being too state-driven, bureaucratic,
complex, inequitable, and based on outdated allocation
methods that did not reflect current student needs.
To ensure accountability for LCFF funds, the state also
mandated that each local education agency develop a local
control and accountability plan (LCAP) that identifies
locally determined goals, actions, services, and
expenditures of LCFF funds for each school year in support
of the state educational priorities that are specified in
statute, as well as any additional local priorities.
The eight state priorities that must be addressed in the
LCAP, for all students and significant student subgroups in
a school district and at each school, are: (1) Williams
settlement issues (adequacy of credentialed teachers,
instructional materials, and school facilities); (2)
implementation of academic content standards; (3) parental
involvement; (4) pupil achievement (in part measured by
statewide assessments and the API); (5) pupil engagement
(as measured by attendance, graduation and dropout data;
(6) school climate (in part measured by suspension and
expulsion rates); (7) the extent to which students have
access to a broad course of study; and (8) pupil outcomes
for non-state assessed courses of study. The board is
charged with adopting a template, by March 31, 2014, that
will guide local education agencies' development of their
LCAPs.
School district LCAPs are subject to review and approval by
county offices of education. Statute established a process
for districts to receive technical assistance related to
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their LCAP. The Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI)
is authorized to intervene in a struggling school district
under certain conditions.
ANALYSIS
This bill repeals or modifies numerous provisions of the
Education Code that are considered obsolete or unnecessary
in light of the passage of the Local Control Funding
Formula / Local Control Accountability Plans (Chapters 47
and 357, Statutes of 2013). Below are the bill sections,
the impacted Education Code sections, and the general
subject matter of the proposed changes.
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|Bill |Code section |Subject / Notes |
|section | | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|1 |EC 315.5 |Repeal community based English tutoring |
| | |(CBET) |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|2 |EC 316.5 |Repeal community based English tutoring |
| | |(CBET) |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|3 |EC 317 |Repeal community based English tutoring |
| | |(CBET) |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|4 |EC 1830, et seq |Repeal 'Provision of Audiovisual Services' |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|5 |EC 1982.3 |Repeal community schools revenue limit |
| | |reference |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|6 |EC 1982.5 |Repeal juvenile court schools |
| | |apportionment reference |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|7 |EC 1983.5 |Repeal county community schools |
| | |apportionment reference |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|8 |EC 8820, et seq |Repeal Arts Work program |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|9 |EC 11200, et |Repeal microcomputers program |
| |seq | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|10 |EC 11600, et |Repeal education technology grants |
| |seq | |
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|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|11 |EC 17193.5 |Remove CSFA (STO) references to revenue |
| | |limits and charter block grants |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|12 |EC 17199.4 |Remove CSFA (STO) references to revenue |
| | |limits and charter block grants |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|13 |EC 17584.3 |Remove deferred maintenance funding |
| | |references |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|14 |EC 17586 |Remove deferred maintenance funding |
| | |references |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|15 |EC 17588 |Remove deferred maintenance extreme |
| | |hardship funding references |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|16 |EC 17592 |Remove deferred maintenance funding |
| | |references |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|17 |EC 17592.74 |Remove deferred maintenance funding |
| | |references |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|18 |EC 32228 |Repeal school safety block grants |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|19 |EC 32282 |Remove references to school safety block |
| | |grant funding |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|20 |EC 32285 |Repeal references to school safety plan |
| | |funding |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|21 |EC 35186 |Remove uniform complaint process refs to |
| | |repealed summer school article*** |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|22 |EC 35292 |Remove reference to deferred maintenance |
| | |categorical funding (no longer exists) |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|23 |EC 35294.10, et |Repeal School Safety Violence Protection |
| |seq |Act |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|24 |EC 37252, et |Repeal summer school categorical*** |
| |seq | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|25 |EC 37300, et |Repeal Year Round School Demonstration |
| |seq |Project |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|26 |EC 41003.3 |Remove reference to deferred maintenance |
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| | |hardship funding |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|27 |EC 41376 |Repeal class size reduction funding |
| | |reference |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|28 |EC 41378 |Repeal class size reduction funding |
| | |reference |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|29 |EC 41500, et |Repeal categorical block grant general |
| |seq |provisions |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|30 |EC 41505, et |Repeal pupil retention block grant |
| |seq | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|31 |EC 41510, et |Repeal school safety block grant |
| |seq | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|32 |EC 41520, et |Repeal teacher credentialing block grant |
| |seq | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|33 |EC 41530, et |Repeal professional development block |
| |seq |grant |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|34 |EC 41570, et |Repeal school & library improvement block |
| |seq |grant |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|35 |EC 41920, et |Repeal "instructional television" |
| |seq | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|36 |EC 44279.2 |Remove references to beginning teacher |
| | |support and assessment system (BTSA) |
| | |funding |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|37 |EC 44279.25 |Remove references to completed BTSA |
| | |reviews/reports and related funding |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|38 |EC 44279.7 |Remove references to BTSA funding |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|39 |EC 44320 |Remove references to teacher preparation |
| | |program funding |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|40 |EC 44328 |Remove references to district intern |
| | |funding |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|41 |EC 44380, et |Repeal alternative credentialing grants |
| |seq | |
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|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|42 |EC 44390, et |Repeal paraprofessional teacher training |
| |seq | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|43 |EC 44395, et |Repeal national board certification |
| |seq |incentives |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|44 |EC 44500, et |Repeal peer assistance and review (PAR) |
| |seq | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|45 |EC 44520, et |Repeal New Careers program (teacher |
| |seq |interns) |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|46 |EC 44560, et |Repeal certificated staff mentoring |
| |seq | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|47 |EC 44570, et |Repeal in-service training (high school) |
| |seq | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|48 |EC 44580, et |Repeal in-service training (elementary |
| |seq |school) |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|49 |EC 44630, et |Repeal Professional Development & Program |
| |seq |Improvement Act of 1968 |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|50 |EC 44645, et |Repeal in-service training (anabolic |
| |seq |steroids) |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|51 |EC 44650, et |Repeal certificated staff performance |
| |seq |awards |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|52 |EC 44681, et |Repeal administrator training |
| |seq | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|53 |EC 44700, et |Repeal classroom teacher instructional |
| |seq |improvement |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|54 |EC 44720, et |Repeal training for grade 4-12 math |
| |seq |teachers |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|55 |EC 44730, et |Repeal education technology staff |
| |seq |development |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|56 |EC 44735, et |Repeal teaching as a priority (TAP) block |
| |seq |grant |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
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|57 |EC 44755, et |Repeal teacher reading instruction |
| |seq |development |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|58 |EC 44760, et |Repeal Teacher Initiative Program of 1990 |
| |seq | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|59 |EC 45037 |Repeal penalties for LEAs who employ |
| | |teachers without specified credentials |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|60 |EC 45370, et |Repeal funding for readers for legally |
| |seq |blind teachers |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|61 |EC 46306 |Repeal reference to summer school ADA |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|62 |EC 47613.1 |Remove reference to charter school block |
| | |grant funding |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|63 |EC 47613.2 |Repeal reference to all-charter district |
| | |funding |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|64 |EC 47630 |Remove reference to charter school funding |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|65 |EC 47630.5 |Repeal calculation of charter school |
| | |operational funding |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|66 |EC 47633 |Repeal calculation of charter school |
| | |general-purpose funding |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|67 |EC 47634.1 |Repeal calculation of charter school |
| | |categorical block grant after 7-1-13 |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|68 |EC 47634.3 |Remove reference to repealed EC 47633 |
| | |(charter school funding) |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|69 |EC 47634.4 |Remove references to repealed categorical |
| | |programs |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|70 |EC 47650 |Remove references to charter school |
| | |funding and to non-existent EC section |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|71 |EC 47651 |Remove references to charter school |
| | |funding and to non-existent EC section |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|72 |EC 48660 |Remove reference to nonexistent EC section |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|73 |EC 48660.2 |Repeal community day school funding |
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| | |calculation |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|74 |EC 48663 |Repeal community day school funding |
| | |calculation |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|75 |EC 48664 |Repeal community day school funding |
| | |calculation |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|76 |EC 51870, et |Repeal education technology |
| |seq | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|77 |EC 52080, et |Repeal grade 9 class size reduction |
| |seq | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|78 |EC 52100, et |Repeal language arts enrichment |
| |seq | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|79 |EC 52120, et |Repeal K-3 class size reduction |
| |seq | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|80 |EC 52130, et |Repeal bilingual education |
| |seq | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|81 |EC 52200, et |Repeal gifted and talented education |
| |seq |(GATE) |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|82 |EC 52240, et |Repeal advanced placement |
| |seq | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|83 |EC 52250, et |Repeal digital high school education |
| |seq |technology grants |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|84 |EC 52270, et |Repeal education technology and |
| |seq |professional development grants |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|85 |EC 52378, et |Repeal supplemental school counselors |
| |seq | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|86 |EC 52381, et |Repeal summer vocational education |
| |seq |(obsolete reference per CDE) |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|87 |EC 52480, et |Repeal Institute for Computer Technology |
| |seq | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|88 |EC 52485, et |Repeal "Home Economics Careers & |
| |seq |Technology Career Technical Education" |
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|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|89 |EC 52750, et |Repeal physical education specialist pilot |
| |seq | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|90 |EC 52800, et |Repeal "School-based Program Coordination |
| |seq |Grants" |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|91 |EC 52920, et |Repeal International Baccalaureate |
| |seq | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|92 |EC 54000, et |Repeal Educationally Disadvantaged Youth |
| |seq |Programs |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|93 |EC 54100, et |Repeal Special Elementary School Reading |
| |seq |Instruction Program |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|94 |EC 54740, et |Repeal California School-Age Families |
| |seq |Education Program (CalSAFE) |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|95 |EC 58700, et |Repeal tutoring and homework assistance |
| |seq |program |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|96 |EC 60117 |Revise title of Pupil Textbook and |
| | |Instructional Materials Incentive Program |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|97 |EC 60117 |Repeal reference to title of Pupil |
| | |Textbook and Instructional Materials |
| | |Incentive Program Act |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|98 |EC 60118 |Repeal reference to COE textbook and |
| | |instructional materials funding |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|99 |EC 60119 |Remove references to instructional |
| | |materials funding |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|100 |EC 60240, et |Repeal State Instructional Materials Fund |
| |seq | |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|101 |EC 60350, et |Repeal Core Reading Program Instructional |
| |seq |Materials |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|102 |EC 60500, et |Repeal "Obsolete Materials" (instructional |
| |seq |materials) |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|103 |EC 60851 |Remove reference to repealed summer school |
| | |(Sec 25) |
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|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|104 |EC 62002 |Repeal blanket statutory authority to |
| | |continue funding programs after they |
| | |sunset |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|105 |EC 62002.5 |Repeal obsolete references to parent |
| | |advisory committees and site councils |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|106 |EC 62003 |Repeal requirement for CDE to apportion |
| | |funds to sunsetted programs and audit its |
| | |use |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|107 |EC 62004 |Repeal requirement for state auditor to |
| | |audit districts' use of funds provided for |
| | |sunsetted programs |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|108 |EC 62005 |Repeal penalties for LEAs who violate |
| | |requirements to spend $ for sunsetted |
| | |programs |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|109 |EC 62005.5 |Repeal SPI authority to terminate funding |
| | |to LEAs who fail to spend funding for |
| | |programs that have sunsetted |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|110 |EC 63000 |Remove references to repealed categorical |
| | |programs |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|111 |EC 63001 |Remove reference to repealed categorical |
| | |program |
|----------+----------------+-------------------------------------------|
|112 |EC 64000 |Remove references to repealed categorical |
| | |programs |
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STAFF COMMENTS
1) According to the author . This bill simply removes
Education Code Sections that remain on the books
despite being rendered obsolete by the enactment of
the Local Control Funding.
2) SB 587 (Emmerson, 2013) was the genesis of SB 971. SB
587 was amended at the end of last year's session to
incorporate changes to the Education Code in light of
the passage of LCFF. According to Senator Emmerson at
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the time, SB 587 was to begin the discussion amongst
all parties, to achieve consensus, about sections of
the Education Code that could possibly be repealed or
modified. The elements of SB 587 were originally
drafted by the Department of Finance (DOF), and were a
first attempt to "clean up" the Education Code;
however, these provisions were viewed through the
prism of DOFs perspective on implementation of LCFF
(generally from DOF perspective almost everything was
discretionary), and not on the merits of each statute
and the intent behind them. In late fall 2013; the
Department of Finance, California Department of
Education, and Senate legislative staff met multiple
times to discuss elements that could be part of SB
587.
As previously mentioned, multiple meetings took place
to determine, through a consensus approach, what code
sections could be repealed or changed in light of
LCFF. Most, but not all, of the Sections in SB 971
were discussed, section-by-section, in order to
ascertain (1) whether the actions proposed were
consistent with LCFF, (2) the bill does not impede
pending legislation or legislative discussions, (3)
the bill did not impact past or pending judicial
actions, and (4) determine whether any of the proposed
changes could lead to any unintended consequences at
either a programmatic, budget or auditing level.
3) SB 971 (Cannella), likely the first of many pieces of
legislation . The process of determining what sections
of the Education Code should remain in light of LCFF
will likely take many pieces of legislation over a
significant period of time. However daunting the
task, SB 971 is a solid first step in this arena.
Nevertheless, at this time, there are many proposals
embedded in SB 971 that need to be removed for further
discussion.
Building on the discussions of fall 2013, and various
other points of contact, staff recommends the
following be removed from the bill:
Sections : 8, 11, 18, 21, 23, 24, 27, 28, 36-44, 47,
50, 52, 55, 58, 59, 60, 64-66, 68, 69, 76, 80, 82, 88,
92, 94, 96-99, 104-112.
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SUPPORT
California Association of School Business Officials
California School Boards Association
Riverside County Superintendent of Schools
OPPOSITION
Californians Together