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AB-174 Pupil performance: Compton Unified School District.(2001-2002)



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AB174:v94#DOCUMENT

Assembly Bill No. 174
CHAPTER 382

An act to amend Section 41601.1 of, and to add Section 48200.8 to, the Education Code, and to amend Section 4 of Chapter 942 of the Statutes of 2000, relating to pupil performance.

[ Filed with Secretary of State  October 01, 2001. Approved by Governor  September 29, 2001. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 174, Oropeza. Pupil performance: Compton Unified School District.
Existing law requires, until January 1, 2002, the State Department of Education to identify the three lowest performing elementary schools in the Compton Unified School District for purposes of extending the school year for certain pupils who are performing in mathematics or English language arts at 2 or more grade levels below the grade level in which they are enrolled and authorizes, until January 1, 2002, the Compton Unified School District to identify additional schools in the district and extend their school year instruction. Existing law requires, until January 1, 2002, that the attendance of those pupils subject to the extended school year shall be excluded from the determination of average daily attendance. Existing law requires, until January 1, 2002, the district to test specified pupils at certain times and the department to review teacher compensation in certain low performing schools and, in conjunction with the Legislative Analyst, to contract for an independent evaluation to determine the effectiveness of the extended school year curriculum and related matters.
This bill would extend the repeal date of these provisions to January 1, 2003, thereby extending the application of these provisions and imposing a state-mandated local program. The bill would, in addition to the evaluation required pursuant to existing law, require a second independent evaluation to further determine the effectiveness of the extended school year curriculum and related matters. The bill would require that the results of the second evaluation be reported on or before January 1, 2003, as specified. 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, including the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund to pay the costs of mandates that do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide and other procedures for claims whose statewide costs exceed $1,000,000.
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.

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


SECTION 1.

 Section 41601.1 of the Education Code is amended to read:

41601.1.
 (a) The attendance of pupils subject to Section 48200.7 in extended year classes provided by a school district exclusively for those pupils shall be excluded from the determination of average daily attendance pursuant to Section 41601.
(b) The average daily extended year attendance of pupils subject to Section 48200.7 in classes provided by a school district exclusively for those pupils, and consistent with subdivision (a) of Section 46300, shall be determined by dividing the total number of days of extended year attendance by a divisor of 180.
(c) Units of average daily extended year attendance determined pursuant to this section, not to exceed 675 units, shall be deemed to be units of regular average daily attendance for the purposes of all calculations of funding based on average daily attendance, except that for the purposes of subdivision (d) of Section 41204, these units of average daily extended year attendance shall not be used for the purpose of calculating “changes in enrollment” pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
(d) As a condition to the receipt of funding based on pupil hours of extended year attendance determined pursuant to the provisions of this section, a school district shall provide to all pupils subject to Section 48200.7, while those pupils are attending extended year classes provided exclusively for them, at least an average of:
(1) Two hundred minutes per day in kindergarten.
(2) Two hundred eighty minutes per day in grades 1 to 3, inclusive.
(3) Three hundred minutes per day in grades 4 to 8, inclusive.
(4) Three hundred sixty minutes per day in grades 9 to 12, inclusive.
(e) A school district providing extended year classes pursuant to this section shall waive the right to conduct staff development days in lieu of instructional days that exceed the number of staff development days for which attendance was claimed during the 1997–98 school year, and shall waive any right to receive average daily attendance credit for any staff development days that exceed the number of staff development days for which attendance was claimed during the 1997–98 school year, including, but not limited to, staff development days authorized pursuant to Sections 44670.6, 52022, 52854, and 56242.
(f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2003, and as of that date is repealed unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2003, deletes or extends that date.

SEC. 2.

 Section 48200.8 is added to the Education Code, to read:

48200.8.
 Subsequent to the evaluation required pursuant to subdivision (j) of Section 48200.7, the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Legislative Analyst, shall contract, as necessary, for a second independent evaluation, or as determined by the department with concurrence by the Legislative Analyst may extend the original contract authorized in subdivision (j) of Section 48200.7, to conclusively determine the effectiveness of the extended school year curriculum, instructional program, and materials in improving pupil academic outcomes provided pursuant to that section. The subsequent evaluation and data collection necessary to incorporate results of the program through the 2001–02 school year and subsequent summer period shall be funded through funds authorized pursuant to Section 41601.1, as determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to ensure the Compton Unified School district shall be responsible for all costs incurred pursuant to this section. Testing and data collection conducted pursuant to this section shall be administered under the oversight of the independent evaluator, who shall be provided with copies of all test results. Results of the evaluation shall be reported on or before January 1, 2003, to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Legislative Analyst, the Director of Finance, and the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature.

SEC. 3.

 Section 4 of Chapter 942 of the Statutes of 2000 is amended to read:

Sec. 4.
 Notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, 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. If the statewide cost of the claim for reimbursement does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000), reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund.

SEC. 4.

 Notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, 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. If the statewide cost of the claim for reimbursement does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000), reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund.