BILL NUMBER: AB 2680 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 13, 2016
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, and
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, implement, and, once adopted, post to its Internet Web
site, a plan that addresses at least one specified parent,
guardian, pupil, and family engagement element relating to active and
meaningful participation and training. strategic
plan, as provided. 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 a local
educational agency to request funding from the Superintendent of
Public Instruction and would require the local educational agency to
expend those funds between the 2016-17 fiscal year and the 2018-19
fiscal year, inclusive, and would require the funds to be intended to
supplement, not supplant, funds used by the local educational agency
for parent, guardian, pupil, and family engagement.
engagement and that the funds be allocated on the
basis of an equal amount per average daily attendance among
participating local educational agencies. 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, and 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 strategic
plan that addresses at least one of both of
the following:
(A) Active and meaningful participation and training of parents,
guardians, pupils, and families of children 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.
(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 served by 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.
(C) Programs and activities that promote parent and family
engagement of children served by the local educational agency in
school, support parents and guardians as their childrens' first
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.
(D) For county offices of education only, active and meaningful
participation, as described in subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive,
and activities for purposes of serving 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 outreach to
parents, guardians, and families who may benefit from countywide
training and support services offered by the county office of
education.
(A) Active and meaningful participation and training of parents,
guardians, pupils, and families of children served by local
educational agencies 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, involvement at the
schoolsite, school district, or county office of education level that
empowers parents and guardians to become active leaders on local
advisory bodies, and empowerment and support to advocate for a
complete education that includes a full curriculum and other services
to close the access, achievement, and opportunity gaps. The plan may
include activities to help teachers and other school personnel
improve teacher-parent or guardian and school-parent or guardian
communication and create a welcoming environment for parent and
guardian participation.
(B) Strategies, programs, and activities that promote parents,
guardians, and families to directly engage with their child or
children to promote pupil success academically, socially, and
emotionally, including, but not limited to, how to become your child'
s first teacher, shared reading, developing a strong teacher-parent
or guardian partnership, how to discuss and support your child's
activities, studies, and homework, and how to effectively navigate
and understand the public school system.
(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:
(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.
(B) The plan shall be developed using research-based family
engagement practices and standards.
(C) The plan shall include outreach in multiple 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, guardians, and families that are
underrepresented in the school, school district, or county office of
education, and outreach strategies that are diverse and innovative.
(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.
(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.
(d) If funds are appropriated for purposes of this section in the
annual Budget Act, a local educational agency may request funding
from the Superintendent on or before June 1, 2017, and shall expend
those funds between the 2016-17 fiscal year and the 2018-19 fiscal
year, inclusive. The funds shall be intended to supplement, not
supplant, funds used by the local educational agency for parent,
guardian, pupil, and family engagement.
engagement and shall be allocated on the basis of an equal amount per
average daily attendance among participating local educational
agencies.
(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.