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          Date of Hearing:   July 8, 2015


                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS


                                 Jimmy Gomez, Chair


          SB 232  
          (Hall) - As Amended March 19, 2015


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          Urgency:  No  State Mandated Local Program:  NoReimbursable:  No


          SUMMARY:


          This bill authorizes a state-appointed school district  
          administrator to request the advice and assistance of the  
          California Collaborative for Educational Excellence (CCEE).  









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          FISCAL EFFECT:


          Unknown, likely absorbable costs to the CCEE. The 2013-14 Budget  
          Act provided $10 million for the CCEE.  The CCEE has just begun  
          meeting and the majority of these funds have not been spent. 





          COMMENTS:


          1)Purpose. The CCEE was created as part of the accountability  
            structure under the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) to  
            advise and assist school districts, charter schools, and  
            county offices of education with the achievement of goals in  
            their local plans and petitions under the LCFF. This bill  
            seeks to clarify that a state-appointed administrator has the  
            authority to request the assistance of the CCEE. 



          2)Background.  Current law authorizes the governing board of a  
            school district to request an emergency apportionment through  
            the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) if the  
            governing board determines during a fiscal year that its  
            revenues are less than the amount necessary to meet its  
            current year expenditure obligations. As a condition of the  
            district's receipt of the emergency loan, the SPI must, among  
            other things, assume all the legal rights, duties, and powers  
            of the governing board and, in consultation with the county  
            superintendent of schools, appoint an administrator to act on  
            the SPI's behalf. 

            Since the SPI assumes all the legal rights, duties, and powers  
            of the governing board, it appears that the SPI currently has  








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            the authority to request technical assistance or the advice of  
            the CCEE on behalf of that district.  According to the  
            author's office, however, there is sufficient ambiguity in  
            existing law to warrant clarification.

          Analysis Prepared by:Misty Feusahrens / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081