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AB-2776 The Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999: advisory committee.(2007-2008)



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Amended  IN  Assembly  May 23, 2008
Amended  IN  Assembly  April 22, 2008

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2007–2008 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 2776

Introduced  by  Assembly Member Mullin
 (Coauthor(s): Assembly Member Brownley, Eng, Hancock, Karnette)

February 22, 2008

An act to amend Section 52052.5 of the Education Code, relating to the Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 2776, as amended, Mullin. The Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999: advisory committee.
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish an advisory committee to advise on all appropriate matters relative to the creation of the Academic Performance Index and the implementation of the Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program and the High Achieving/Improving Schools Program. Existing law requires the committee to make recommendations to the Superintendent on the appropriateness and feasibility of a methodology for generating a measurement of academic performance by using unique pupil identifiers and annual academic achievement growth to provide a more accurate measure of a school’s academic achievement growth over time.
This bill would require the committee, by July 1, 2010, to make recommendations to the Superintendent for the establishment of a methodology for generating a measurement of academic performance using unique pupil identifiers and for developing a longitudinally valid assessment system in which annual academic growth can provide a more accurate and valid measure of a school’s academic achievement growth and a student’s academic achievement growth over time.
This bill would require the committee, by July 1, 2009, to make recommendations to the Superintendent regarding the inclusion of the California English Language Development Test (CELDT) and the feasibility of including English learner proficiency as part of the Academic Performance Index (API). The bill would require the Superintendent, with the approval of the state board, to include CELDT results and English language proficiency levels and growth of those levels in the API to forward the recommendations to the state board for its approval.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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


SECTION 1.

 Section 52052.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:

52052.5.
 (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish a broadly representative and diverse advisory committee to advise the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education and the state board on all appropriate matters relative to the creation of the Academic Performance Index and the implementation of the Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program and the High Achieving/Improving Schools Program. Members of the advisory committee shall serve without compensation for terms not to exceed two years. The State Department of Education department shall provide staff to the advisory panel.
(b) By July 1, 2010, the advisory committee established pursuant to this section shall make recommendations to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the establishment of a methodology for generating a measurement of academic performance utilizing unique pupil identifiers for pupils in kindergarten and any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and for developing a longitudinally valid assessment system in which annual academic growth can provide a more accurate and valid measure of a school’s academic achievement growth and a student’s academic achievement growth over time. The Superintendent of Public Instruction, with the approval of the State Board of Education, shall thereafter implement this measurement of academic performance. The advisory committee shall use the pilot study of academic growth measures, pursuant to Provision 10 of Item 6110-113-0890 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2007, in making recommendations to the Superintendent for this purpose. The Superintendent shall forward the recommendations of the advisory committee to the state board, the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, and the Department of Finance. The Superintendent shall include a cost estimate for each recommendation and a timeline for implementation.
(c) By July 1, 2009, the advisory committee established pursuant to this section shall make recommendations to the Superintendent of Public Instruction regarding the inclusion of the California English Language Development Test (CELDT) and the feasibility of including English learner proficiency as part of the Academic Performance Index (API). The Superintendent, with the approval of the state board, shall include CELDT results and English language proficiency levels and growth of those levels in the API. shall forward the recommendations to the state board for its approval. The Superintendent shall include a cost estimate for each recommendation and a timeline for implementation.