BILL NUMBER: AB 2680 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 30, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bonilla
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
An act to add Section 51103 to the Education Code, relating to
parental engagement.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2680, as amended, Bonilla. Parent, guardian, pupil,
and family engagement support and services: plans.
Existing law states various legislative findings and declarations,
including that it is essential to our democratic form of government
that parents and guardians of schoolage children attending public
schools and other citizens participate in improving public education
institutions, that specifically involving parents and guardians of
pupils in the education process is fundamental to a healthy system of
public education, and that family and school collaborative efforts
are most effective when they involve parents and guardians in a
variety of roles at all grade levels, from preschool through high
school.
This bill would, subject to one-time funding being
provided for purposes of this act in the annual Budget Act, require
local educational agencies, including county offices of education,
charter schools, alternative education programs and schools, state
special schools, and state subsidized preschools and child
development programs, that elect to participate in family, parent,
guardian, and pupil engagement support and services to
develop develop, implement, and, once
adopted, post to its Internet Web site, a plan that addresses
at least one specified parent, guardian, pupil, and family
engagement elements element relating
to active and meaningful participation and training. If a local
educational agency accepts funds appropriated in the annual Budget
Act for purposes of those provisions, as a condition of receiving
those funds, the school district, county office of education, or
charter school would be required to develop and post to its
Internet Web site an additional plan that aligns to the school
district's or county office of education's local control and
accountability plan or specified elements of the charter school's
petition that delineates how funds apportioned for purposes of this
section, if they are apportioned, would be spent, as specified. If
funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act for these purposes,
the bill would authorize the school district, county office
of education, or charter school a local educational
agency to request funding from the Superintendent of Public
Instruction and would require the local educational agency to
expend those funds in between the
2016-17 fiscal year to and the 2018-19
fiscal year, inclusive, and would require the funds to be intended to
supplement, not supplant, funds used by the school
district, county office of education, or charter school
local educational agency for parent, guardian,
pupil, and family engagement. The bill would provide that the funds,
if appropriated, would be applied toward the minimum funding
requirements for school districts and community college districts
imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 51103 is added to the Education Code, to read:
51103. (a) (1) Subject to one-time
funding being provided for these purposes in the annual Budget
Act, local educational agencies, including county offices of
education, charter schools, alternative education programs and
schools, state special schools, and state subsidized preschools and
child development programs, that elect to participate in family,
parent, guardian, and pupil engagement support and
services funded pursuant to this section shall develop and
implement a plan that addresses at least one of the following:
(1)
(A) Active and meaningful participation and training of
parents, guardians, pupils, and families of children
from birth to 18 years of age, inclusive,
served by the local educational agency in the development and
updating of local control and accountability plans required pursuant
to Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 52060) of Chapter 6.1.
(2)
(B) Active and meaningful participation and training at
the schoolsite or program site and school district or county office
of education level that empowers parents, guardians,
pupils, and families of children from birth to 18 years of
age, inclusive, served b y the local
educational agency to become active leaders through diverse
channels for participation, including, but not limited to, schoolsite
committees and councils; school district or county office of
education committees and councils; English learner advisory
committees; parent, guardian, teacher, or pupil
associations; and other advisory bodies that involve parents,
guardians, pupils, or families.
(3)
(C) Programs and activities that promote parent and
family engagement of children from birth to 18 years of age,
inclusive, served by the local educational agency
in schools, school, support
parents and guardians as their childrens' first
teacher, teachers, develop parent and
guardian leaders, and encourage parents and
guardians to advocate for a complete education that includes a
full curriculum to close the access, achievement, and opportunities
gaps.
(4)
(D) For county offices of education only, active and
meaningful participation participation, as
described in subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, and
activities for purposes of serving parents
parents, guardians, and families in state subsidized infant and
toddler programs, early childhood education programs, state and
local preschools, and child care and development programs serving
children from birth to five years of age, inclusive, and active and
meaningful participation and activities for parents and
families who do not have children enrolled in a program but
outreach to parents, guardians, and families who may
benefit from countywide training and support services offered by the
county office of education.
(2) Once the plan is adopted, a local educational agency shall
post its plan on its Internet Web site.
(b) (1) If a local educational agency
accepts funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act for purposes of
this section, as a condition of receiving those funds, a school
district, county office of education, or charter school shall do all
of the following:
(1)
(A) Develop a plan that aligns to the local control and
accountability plans required pursuant to Article 4.5 (commencing
with Section 52060) of Chapter 6.1 or the requirements of clause (ii)
of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Sections
47605 and 47605.6 and all applicable deadlines that delineates how
funds apportioned for purposes of this section, if they are
apportioned, shall be spent.
(2)
(B) The plan shall be developed using research-based
family engagement practices and standards, including, but
not limited to, the National Standards for Family-School
Partnerships. standards.
(3)
(C) The plan shall include outreach in multiple
languages, languages if 15 percent or more of
the pupils enrolled in a public school that provides instruction in
kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, speak a single
primary language other than English, as determined pursuant to
Section 48985. The plan shall also include outreach to
parents parents, guardians, and families that
are underrepresented in the school, school district, or county office
of education, and outreach strategies that are diverse and
innovative.
(4)
(D) The plan shall also include the estimated
target for the number of parents, guardians, pupils,
and families who will receive training and support services.
(5)
(E) The plan shall be explained in a public meeting of
the governing board of the school district, county board of
education, or governing body of the charter school before its
adoption in a subsequent public meeting.
(2) Once the plan is adopted, a local educational agency shall
post its plan on its Internet Web site.
(c) Local educational agencies may use the funding received
pursuant to this section to support the development and
implementation of the plan pursuant to subdivision (a), including,
but not limited to, either of the following ways:
(1) Active and meaningful strategies related to the use of
computing devices and the Internet as a tool for accessing
information, training, and support relevant to the proposed
engagement plan.
(2) Active and meaningful participation and training for teachers,
classified employees, governing board members, and administrators to
develop a deeper understanding regarding effective parent, guardian,
and family engagement in order to work effectively with parents,
guardians, pupils, and families as partners.
(c)
(d) If funds are appropriated for purposes of this
section in the annual Budget Act, a school district, county
office of education, or charter school may local
educational agency may request funding from the Superintendent on or
before June 1, 2017, and shall expend those funds in
between the 2016-17 fiscal year to
and the 2018-19 fiscal year, inclusive. The
funds shall be intended to supplement, not supplant, funds used by
the school district, county office of education, or charter
school local educational agency for parent,
guardian, pupil, and family engagement.
(d)
(e) For purposes of making the computations required by
Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, if funds
are appropriated in the annual Budget Act for purposes of this
section, the funds shall be deemed to be "General Fund revenues
appropriated for school districts," as defined in subdivision (c) of
Section 41202, for the fiscal year in which they are appropriated,
and included within the "total allocations to school districts and
community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes
appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B," as defined in subdivision
(e) of Section 41202, for the fiscal year in which they are
appropriated.