Bill Text: CA AB2443 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Local control and accountability plans: state priorities: school climate: school psychologists or counselors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From committee without further action. [AB2443 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB2443-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2443 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 21, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Baker
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
An act to amend Section 52060 of the Education Code, relating to
school accountability.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2443, as amended, Baker. Local control and accountability
plans: state priorities: school climate: school
psychologists. psychologists or counselors.
Existing law requires the governing board of each school district
to adopt a local control and accountability plan and requires the
governing board of a school district to update its local control and
accountability plan before July 1 of each year. Existing law requires
a local control and accountability plan to include, among other
things, a description of the annual goals to be achieved for each of
the state's delineated priorities, as specified, for all pupils and
certain subgroups of pupils. Existing law includes school climate, as
measured by certain factors, among the state priorities.
This bill would add to those factors the number of
practicing school psychologists working on school climate issues.
extent to which pupils have access to school
psychologists or counselors to address issues including, but not
limited to, mental health concerns, conflict resolution, and
bullying.
To the extent the bill would impose additional duties on school
districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 52060 of the Education Code is amended to read:
52060. (a) On or before July 1, 2014, the governing board of each
school district shall adopt a local control and accountability plan
using a template adopted by the state board.
(b) A local control and accountability plan adopted by the
governing board of a school district shall be effective for a period
of three years, and shall be updated on or before July 1 of each
year.
(c) A local control and accountability plan adopted by the
governing board of a school district shall include, for the school
district and each school within the school district, both of the
following:
(1) A description of the annual goals, for all pupils and each
subgroup of pupils identified pursuant to Section 52052, to be
achieved for each of the state priorities identified in subdivision
(d) and for any additional local priorities identified by the
governing board of the school district. For purposes of this article,
a subgroup of pupils identified pursuant to Section 52052 shall be a
numerically significant pupil subgroup as specified in paragraphs
(2) and (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 52052.
(2) A description of the specific actions the school district will
take during each year of the local control and accountability plan
to achieve the goals identified in paragraph (1), including the
enumeration of any specific actions necessary for that year to
correct any deficiencies in regard to the state priorities listed in
paragraph (1) of subdivision (d). The specific actions shall not
supersede the provisions of existing local collective bargaining
agreements within the jurisdiction of the school district.
(d) All of the following are state priorities:
(1) The degree to which the teachers of the school district are
appropriately assigned in accordance with Section 44258.9, and fully
credentialed in the subject areas, and, for the pupils they are
teaching, every pupil in the school district has sufficient access to
the standards-aligned instructional materials as determined pursuant
to Section 60119, and school facilities are maintained in good
repair, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 17002.
(2) Implementation of the academic content and performance
standards adopted by the state board, including how the programs and
services will enable English learners to access the common core
academic content standards adopted pursuant to Section 60605.8 and
the English language development standards adopted pursuant to former
Section 60811.3, as that section read on June 30, 2013, or Section
60811.4, for purposes of gaining academic content knowledge and
English language proficiency.
(3) Parental involvement, including efforts the school district
makes to seek parent input in making decisions for the school
district and each individual schoolsite, and including how the school
district will promote parental participation in programs for
unduplicated pupils and individuals with exceptional needs.
(4) Pupil achievement, as measured by all of the following, as
applicable:
(A) Statewide assessments administered pursuant to Article 4
(commencing with Section 60640) of Chapter 5 of Part 33 or any
subsequent assessment, as certified by the state board.
(B) The Academic Performance Index, as described in Section 52052.
(C) The percentage of pupils who have successfully completed
courses that satisfy the requirements for entrance to the University
of California and the California State University, or career
technical education sequences or programs of study that align with
state board-approved career technical education standards and
frameworks, including, but not limited to, those described in
subdivision (a) of Section 52302, subdivision (a) of Section 52372.5,
or paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 54692.
(D) The percentage of English learner pupils who make progress
toward English proficiency as measured by the California English
Language Development Test or any subsequent assessment of English
proficiency, as certified by the state board.
(E) The English learner reclassification rate.
(F) The percentage of pupils who have passed an advanced placement
examination with a score of 3 or higher.
(G) The percentage of pupils who participate in, and demonstrate
college preparedness pursuant to, the Early Assessment Program, as
described in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 99300) of Part 65 of
Division 14 of Title 3, or any subsequent assessment of college
preparedness.
(5) Pupil engagement, as measured by all of the following, as
applicable:
(A) School attendance rates.
(B) Chronic absenteeism rates.
(C) Middle school dropout rates, as described in paragraph (3) of
subdivision (a) of Section 52052.1.
(D) High school dropout rates.
(E) High school graduation rates.
(6) School climate, as measured by all of the following, as
applicable:
(A) Pupil suspension rates.
(B) Pupil expulsion rates.
(C) Number of practicing school psychologists working on school
climate issues.
(C) The extent to which pupils have access to school psychologists
or counselors to address issues including, but not limited to,
mental health concerns, conflict resolution, and bullying.
(D) Other local measures, including surveys of pupils, parents,
and teachers on the sense of safety and school connectedness.
(7) The extent to which pupils have access to, and are enrolled
in, a broad course of study that includes all of the subject areas
described in Section 51210 and subdivisions (a) to (i), inclusive, of
Section 51220, as applicable, including the programs and services
developed and provided to unduplicated pupils and individuals with
exceptional needs, and the programs and services that are provided to
benefit these pupils as a result of the funding received pursuant to
Section 42238.02, as implemented by Section 42238.03.
(8) Pupil outcomes, if available, in the subject areas described
in Section 51210 and subdivisions (a) to (i), inclusive, of Section
51220, as applicable.
(e) For purposes of the descriptions required by subdivision (c),
the governing board of a school district may consider qualitative
information, including, but not limited to, findings that result from
school quality reviews conducted pursuant to subparagraph (J) of
paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 52052 or any other
reviews.
(f) To the extent practicable, data reported in a local control
and accountability plan shall be reported in a manner consistent with
how information is reported on a school accountability report card.
(g) The governing board of a school district shall consult with
teachers, principals, administrators, other school personnel, local
bargaining units of the school district, parents, and pupils in
developing a local control and accountability plan.
(h) A school district may identify local priorities, goals in
regard to the local priorities, and the method for measuring the
school district's progress toward achieving those goals.
SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.
