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AB-3106 School accountability: California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System.(2019-2020)

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Date Published: 05/01/2020 09:00 PM
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Amended  IN  Assembly  May 04, 2020

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 3106

Introduced by Assembly Member Limón

February 21, 2020

An act to amend Section 233 of add Section 60901.5 to the Education Code, relating to educational institutions. School accountability.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 3106, as amended, Limón. Educational institutions: hate violence prevention. School accountability: California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System.
Existing law establishes the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS), which is maintained by the State Department of Education and consists of pupil data regarding demographics, program participation, enrollment, and statewide assessments. Existing law requires a local educational agency to retain individual pupil records for pupils who take certain state assessments, including, among other records, a unique pupil identification number, as provided.
This bill would require the department to rebuild CALPADS so that the system allows for input from a variety of sources. The bill would require this rebuilding process to be completely implemented no later than January 1, 2023. The bill would also require the department to establish a working group to develop and implement the rebuilding process required by the bill. The bill would require the working group to include representatives from local educational agencies from diverse geographic areas of the state that have experience working with complex data systems, and also require the working group to be convened no later than March 31, 2021. The bill would require a state agency to direct any request for data from CALPADS to the department rather than to a local educational agency.

Existing law requires the State Board of Education, at the request of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to take certain actions aimed at discouraging the development of discriminatory attitudes in schools and at preventing and responding to hate violence as long as the actions do not result in a state mandate or an increase in costs to a state or local program. Existing law requires the State Department of Education, in accordance with related policies established by the state board, (1) to prepare guidelines for the design and implementation of local programs and instructional curricula, as specified, (2) to provide grants, from funds appropriated for that purpose, to school districts and county offices of education to develop programs and curricula consistent with the guidelines, and (3) to provide advice and direct services to school districts and county offices of education that implement the specified programs and curricula. Existing law requires that the state board do these things only if private funds are available in an amount that also covers the related department staff activities.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NOYES   Local Program: NO  

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


SECTION 1.

 It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a user-friendly, cost-effective K–12 longitudinal pupil data system to maintain individual-level data.

SEC. 2.

 Section 60901.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:

60901.5.
 (a) The department shall rebuild the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) so that the system allows for input from a variety of sources. This rebuilding process shall be phased in, and shall be completely implemented no later than January 1, 2023.
(b) The department shall establish a working group to develop and implement the rebuilding process described in subdivision (a). This working group shall include representatives from local educational agencies from diverse geographic areas of the state that have experience working with complex data systems, including, but not necessarily limited to, CALPADS. This working group shall be convened no later than March 31, 2021.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency shall direct any request for data from CALPADS to the department rather than to a local educational agency.

SECTION 1.Section 233 of the Education Code is amended to read:
233.

(a)At the request of the Superintendent, the state board shall do all of the following as long as the state board’s actions do not result in a state mandate or an increase in costs to a state or local program:

(1)Adopt policies directed toward creating a school environment in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, that is free from discriminatory attitudes and practices and acts of hate violence.

(2)Revise, as needed, and in accordance with the Schedule for Curriculum Framework Development and Adoption of Instructional Materials developed pursuant to Section 60200 and adopted by the state board, the state curriculum frameworks and guidelines and the moral and civic education curricula to include human relations education, with the aim of fostering an appreciation of the diversity of California’s population and discouraging the development of discriminatory attitudes and practices.

(3)Establish guidelines for use in teacher and administrator in-service training programs to promote an appreciation of diversity and to discourage the development of discriminatory attitudes and practices that prevent pupils from achieving their full potential.

(4)Establish guidelines for use in teacher and administrator in-service training programs designed to enable teachers and administrators to prevent and respond to acts of hate violence occurring on their school campuses.

(5)Establish guidelines designed to raise the awareness and sensitivity of teachers, administrators, and school employees to potentially prejudicial and discriminatory behavior and to encourage the participation of these groups in these programs.

(6)Develop guidelines relating to the development of nondiscriminatory instructional and counseling methods.

(7)Revise any appropriate guidelines previously adopted by the state board to include procedures for preventing and responding to acts of hate violence.

(b)The department, in accordance with policies established by the state board for purposes of this subdivision, shall do all of the following:

(1)Prepare guidelines for the design and implementation of local programs and instructional curricula that promote understanding, awareness, and appreciation of the contributions of people with diverse backgrounds and of harmonious relations in a diverse society. The guidelines shall include methods of evaluating the programs and curricula and suggested procedures to ensure coordination of the programs and curricula with appropriate local public and private agencies.

(2)Provide grants, from funds appropriated for that purpose, to school districts and county offices of education to develop programs and curricula consistent with the guidelines developed in paragraph (1).

(3)To the extent possible, provide advice and direct services, consistent with the guidelines developed in paragraph (1), to school districts and county offices of education that implement the programs and curricula developed in paragraph (2).

(c)The state board shall carry out this section only if private funds, in an amount sufficient to pay for related department staff activities on behalf of the state board, are made available.

(d)This section does not require the governing board of a school district to offer any ethnic studies or human relations courses in the school district.

(e)As used in this section, “hate violence” means any act punishable under Section 422.6, 422.7, or 422.75 of the Penal Code.