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AB-2087 School operations: multitrack year-round schedule.(2007-2008)

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Amended  IN  Assembly  April 10, 2008

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2007–2008 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 2087

Introduced  by  Assembly Member De La Torre

February 19, 2008

An act to amend and repeal Sections 37618 and Section 37670 of the Education Code, relating to school operations.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 2087, as amended, De La Torre. School operations: school calendar. multitrack year-round schedule.

Existing law authorizes a public school district to operate the educational program in one or more schools within the district under a continuous school program conducted throughout the entire school year. Existing law requires the governing board of a school district operating pursuant to those provisions to establish a school calendar that rotates teaching sessions and vacation periods, as specified.

This bill would repeal the provisions relating to the establishment of that school calendar on July 1, 2019.

Existing law authorizes a school district to operate a program of multitrack year-round scheduling at one or more schools, and authorizes that program to operate at a schoolsite for as few as 163 days in each fiscal year if specified requirements are met.
This bill would make these provisions inoperative on July 1, 2019, and would repeal them as of January 1, 2020.
By prohibiting school districts from operating multitrack year-round scheduling programs, the bill would require those school districts to convert those schools to traditional school calendars, thereby imposing 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   Local Program: YES  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.Section 37618 of the Education Code is amended to read:
37618.

(a)The governing board of a school district operating pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall establish a school calendar whereby the teaching sessions and vacation period during the school year are on a rotating basis.

(b)This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2019, and, as of January 1, 2020, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.

SEC. 2.SECTION 1.

 Section 37670 of the Education Code is amended to read:

37670.
 (a) Except as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 37680), a school district may operate a program of multitrack year-round scheduling at one or more schools within the district. A program of multitrack year-round scheduling may operate at a schoolsite for as few as 163 days in each fiscal year if the governing board of the school district adopts a resolution at a regularly scheduled board meeting certifying that both of the following criteria are met at the schoolsite:
(1) The number of annual instructional minutes is not less than that of schools of the same grade levels utilizing the traditional school calendar.
(2) It is not possible for the school to maintain a multitrack schedule containing the same number of instructional days as are provided in schools of the district utilizing the traditional school calendar given the facilities, program, class sizes, and projected number of pupils enrolled at the schoolsite.
(b) A certificated employee working under a program described in this section, except one serving under an administrative or supervisorial credential who is assigned full time to a school in a position requiring qualifications for certification, shall work the same number of days and shall increase the number of minutes worked daily on a uniform basis.
(c) A program conducted pursuant to this section is eligible for apportionment from the State School Fund.
(d) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2019, and, as of January 1, 2020, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.

SEC. 3.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.