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SB-789 Public School Performance Accountability Program: Creative and Innovative Education Index.(2011-2012)



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Amended  IN  Assembly  June 20, 2012
Amended  IN  Senate  April 14, 2011
Amended  IN  Senate  March 31, 2011

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2011–2012 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 789

Introduced  by  Senator Price

February 18, 2011

An act to add Section 52052.61 to the Education Code, relating to school accountability.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 789, as amended, Price. Public School Performance Accountability Program: Creative and Innovative Education Index.
The Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999 requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop an Academic Performance Index (API), which measures to measure the performance of schools and the academic performance of pupils. Existing law requires the Superintendent to establish an advisory committee to advise the Superintendent and the State Board of Education on all appropriate matters relative to the creation of the API and the implementation of an accountability system. Existing law requires the Superintendent and the state board, in consultation with the advisory committee, by July 1, 2013, to make recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor on, among other things, the establishment of a methodology for generating a measurement of group and individual academic performance growth by using individual pupil results from a longitudinally valid achievement assessment system.
This bill would require the advisory committee to consult, as appropriate, with individuals who are experts or have experience in innovation in the fields of business, science, technology, mathematics, engineering, and arts education on the development of a voluntary Creative and Innovative Education Index, to be based in part on the creative opportunities in each participating school, as specified. The bill would require the advisory committee to make recommendations by June 1, 2013 2014, to the Superintendent on the extent to which this index should be part of the state’s accountability system and methods may be used to foster creative and innovative education in the public schools.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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


SECTION 1.

 Section 52052.61 is added to the Education Code, immediately following Section 52052.6, to read:

52052.61.
 The advisory committee established pursuant to Section 52052.5 shall consult, as appropriate, with individuals who are experts or have experience in innovation in the fields of business, science, technology, mathematics, engineering, and arts education on the development of a voluntary Creative and Innovative Education Index. The index shall be based in part on the creative opportunities in each participating school as measured by the availability of classes and before and after school programs that provide creative opportunities for pupils, including, but not necessarily limited to, arts education, debate clubs, science fairs, theater performances, concerts, and filmmaking. The advisory committee shall consider the extent to which this index should be part of the state’s accountability system and methods may be used to foster creative and innovative education in the public schools. By June 1, 2013 2014, the advisory committee shall make recommendations to the Superintendent on the matters considered by the advisory committee regarding the index.