BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 816
Author: Reyes (D)
Amended: 8/11/04 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 10-0, 6/24/04
AYES: Vasconcellos, McPherson, Alarcon, Alpert, Chesbro,
Denham, Karnette, Scott, Sher, Speier
NO VOTE RECORDED: Romero, Vincent
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Not relevant
SUBJECT : Consolidated application for categorical
programs
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill allows the Superintendent of Public
Instruction to add categorical programs to the consolidated
application and states legislative intent related to the
monitoring process.
ANALYSIS : Current law (SB 374, O'Connell, Chapter 724,
Statutes of 2001) requires the Superintendent of Public
Instruction (SPI) to establish the process and frequency
for conducting reviews of school district achievement and
compliance with state and federal categorical program
requirements. Current law requires the SPI to establish
the content of these instruments, including any criteria
CONTINUED
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for differentiating these reviews based on the achievement
of pupils, as demonstrated by the Academic Performance
Index and evidence of district compliance with state and
federal law. Current law requires the State Board of
Education (SBE) to review the content of these instruments
for consistency with SBE policy.
Current law establishes the Consolidated Application
through which school districts apply for participation in
eighteen categorical programs. Schools that receive
funding from consolidated application programs are required
to assure that schoolsite councils have developed and
approved a Single Plan for Pupil Achievement (SPPA) for
schools participating in programs funded through the
consolidated application process, and any other programs
that they chose to include.
The State Department of Education (SDE) currently operates
the Coordinated Compliance Review (CCR), a review of
compliance with laws authorizing 18 state and federal
categorical programs. Each local education agency is
reviewed once every four years by state staff and local
administrators trained to review one or more of these
programs.
This bill:
1.Expands the list of categorical programs covered by the
consolidated application provisions to include other
federal and state funded programs that the SPI is
required by law to monitor for compliance with program
requirements, as deemed necessary by the SPI, including
programs funded through a block grant.
2.States legislative intent that the SPI begin replacing
the coordinated compliance review of categorical programs
with a data-driven, results-based monitoring process, as
specified.
3.States that if the monitoring process is developed, the
SPI is authorized to conduct a pilot program of the
monitoring process during the 2004-05 fiscal year.
4.States legislative intent that the SPI evaluate the
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monitoring process once it is implemented and make
reports to the Legislature as it may request.
5.Eliminates a provision which states that the SPPA is
required in lieu of the Program Quality Review, which has
been eliminated.
Comments
SDE compliance monitoring system undergoing reform . The
SDE compliance monitoring system is in the process of being
redesigned, under the authority granted by SB 374. The new
system will differentiate monitoring of local educational
agencies based on compliance history and student outcomes,
and involve technical assistance with local educational
agencies to improve student outcomes through improved
implementation of categorical programs. According to the
author's office, SDE has conducted approximately twenty
regional and statewide orientation and input sessions on
the proposed new monitoring system, and plans to hold a
training on the new system this fall. The program is
expected to be implemented in January, 2005.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/9/04)
Superintendent of Public Instruction
OPPOSITION : (Verified 8/9/04)
Office of the Attorney General
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : Proponents argue this bill will
make the application process easier for schools and the
Department of Education.
ARGUMENTS IN OPPOSITION : Opponents argue the bill allows
the SPI sweeping authority to add any and all programs into
the consolidated application process without any
legislative input. They feel the legislative branch and
the public should have the opportunity to review the SPI's
decision as to what should be consolidated into one
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application and review process and why that consolidation
should occur.
NC:nl 8/11/04 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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