BILL ANALYSIS �
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB 971 (Huff)
As Amended August 14, 2014
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE :34-0
EDUCATION 6-0 APPROPRIATIONS 17-0
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|Ayes:|Buchanan, Olsen, |Ayes:|Gatto, Bigelow, |
| |Gonzalez, Nazarian, | |Bocanegra, Bradford, Ian |
| |Weber, Williams | |Calderon, Campos, |
| | | |Donnelly, Eggman, Gomez, |
| | | |Holden, Jones, Linder, |
| | | |Pan, Quirk, |
| | | |Ridley-Thomas, Wagner, |
| | | |Lowenthal |
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SUMMARY : Repeals or modifies the provisions of various
categorical programs that are no longer funded as a consequence
of the enactment of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF)
Specifically, this bill :
1)Repeals the following categorical programs:
a) Microcomputer software grants;
b) Education Technology Grant Program;
c) Year-round School Demonstration Project;
d) Categorical Education Block Grant funding;
e) Pupil Retention Block Grant;
f) School Safety Consolidated Competitive Grant;
g) Teacher Credentialing Block Grant;
h) Professional Development Block Grant;
i) School and Library Improvement Block Grant;
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j) Instructional Television;
aa) New Careers Program;
bb) Certificated Staff Mentoring Program;
cc) In-service Training - Personnel;
dd) Professional Development and Program Improvement Act of
1968;
ee) Certificated Staff Performance Awards for Improved
Student Achievement in Underachieving Schools;
ff) Classroom Teacher Instructional Improvement Program;
gg) Training for Teachers of Mathematics Who Teach Pupils in
Grades 4 to 12, Inclusive;
hh) Teaching as a Priority Block Grant;
ii) Teacher Reading Instruction Development Program:
Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 3, Inclusive;
jj) Program to Reduce Class Size in Two Courses in Grade 9;
aaa) Language Arts Enrichment Program in Grades 1 to 3,
Inclusive;
bbb) Class Size Reduction Program;
ccc) Gifted and Talented Pupil Program;
ddd) Digital High School Education Technology Grant Programs;
eee) Supplemental School Counseling Program;
fff) Summer Vocational education;
ggg) Institute for Computer Technology;
hhh) Physical Education Specialist Pilot Program;
iii) School-based Program Coordination Act;
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jjj) International Baccalaureate Diploma Program;
aaaa)Special Elementary School Reading Instruction Program;
bbbb)Tutoring and Homework Assistance Program;
cccc)State Instructional Materials Fund; and
dddd)Core Reading Program Instructional Materials.
2)Modifies requirements related to the following programs and
provisions:
a) Community-based English Tutoring (removes references to
budget act funding and to conditions for the receipt of
funds);
b) County Community Schools (removes references to revenue
limit funding);
c) California School Finance Authority (replaces references
to revenue limit and categorical block grant funding with a
reference to LCFF funding);
d) Deferred Maintenance and School Facilities Emergency
Repair Account (deletes references to categorical funding
apportionments);
e) School Safety Plans (removes references to grants);
f) School Maintenance (removes reference to state deferred
maintenance funding);
g) School Finance (removes reference to state deferred
maintenance funding);
h) Computation of Average Daily Attendance (ADA) (removes
reference to summer school ADA);
i) Charter School Operation (removes references to revenue
limit funding and the charter school categorical block
grant and replaces them with references to the LCFF); and
j) High School Exit Exam (removes a reference to summer
school categorical funding).
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3)Deletes no longer operative statutory provisions related to
the allocation of specified categorical funds to charter
schools.
4)Reorders provisions related to the calculation of average
daily attendance for community day schools.
5)Contains double-jointing language to avoid chaptering out
issues with AB 1979 (Nazarian) of the current legislative
session.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, negligible fiscal impact.
COMMENTS : Last year the Legislature enacted the LCFF as part of
the 2013-14 State Budget. The LCFF replaces the former system
of school finance, which was comprised mainly by general purpose
funding (provided through the revenue limit) and funding that
was targeted to specific purposes (categorical program funding).
Each categorical program had specific requirements with which
local education agencies (LEAs) had to comply as a condition of
receiving the funds. However, funding for nearly all of those
programs has been rolled into the LCFF, and LEAs now receive
them as unrestricted funds. Accordingly, the statutory
requirements for the affected categorical programs no longer
apply. This bill deletes provisions for some categorical
programs and modifies provisions for other categorical programs
that have become inoperative as a result of the enactment of the
LCFF. The modifications delete funding-related references or
change references to revenue limits to references to the LCFF.
Analysis Prepared by : Rick Pratt / ED. / (916) 319-2087
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