BILL NUMBER: AB 265	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 21, 1995
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 26, 1995
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 26, 1995
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MARCH 23, 1995

INTRODUCED BY  Assembly Member Alpert
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Caldera, Davis, Kuehl, Lee, and
Mazzoni)
   (Coauthor:  Senator Watson)

                        FEBRUARY 6, 1995

   An act to add Sections 1983.1 and 1983.2 to the Education Code,
relating to county community schools.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 265, as amended, Alpert.  County community schools.
    (1)  Existing law requires pupils enrolled in county
community schools to be assigned to classes or programs that are most
appropriate for reinforcing or reestablishing educational
development.  These classes and programs include, among others,
independent study requirements.
   This bill would define the minimum schoolday for pupils attending
county community schools, as specified, and would prohibit a pupil
enrolled in these schools from generating more than one day of
community school attendance credit in a schoolday.
   This bill would permit a pupil enrolled in a county community
school to be assigned to an instructor supervised education program
consisting of 20 contract hours of individualized study of which a
minimum of 10 contract hours per week is under immediate supervision,
as specified.  
   (2) Existing law requires that an individually planned educational
program be prescribed for each pupil enrolled in a county community
school.
   This bill would require the county superintendent of schools in
each county that operates a community school to adopt standards for
measuring pupil progress as it relates to the individually planned
educational programs of pupils enrolled in county community schools,
thereby imposing a state-mandated local program.  Commencing July 1,
1997, and annually thereafter, the county superintendent of schools
would be required to report to the county board of education by July
31, the proportion of pupils in county community schools who have met
the objectives of their individually planned education program.
  (3) 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. 
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:   no   yes  .


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 1983.1 is added to the Education Code, to read:

   1983.1.  (a) The minimum schoolday for pupils attending county
community schools is composed of both of the following:
   (1) Four hours of classroom instruction that meets the
requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 46300.
   (2) Sixty minutes of immediately supervised attendance, exclusive
of the lunch period.  Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section
46300, immediate supervision pursuant to this paragraph may be
provided by persons other than certificated employees of the county
office of education.  
   (3) The 60 minutes of immediately supervised attendance required
pursuant to paragraph (2) may include, but is not limited to, any of
the following:
   (A) Accelerated education programs.
   (B) Tutoring.
   (C) Study skills training.
   (D) Small group activities, including the following:
   (i) Conflict resolution skills.
   (ii) Personal responsibility and self-discipline.
   (iii) Avoiding substance abuse.
   (iv) Peer counseling.
   (E) Computer and technology instruction.
   (F) Fine arts.
   (G) Physical education.
   (H) Technical and vocational training.
   (I) Work experience or apprenticeship. 
   (b) A pupil enrolled in a community school may not generate more
than one day of community school attendance credit in a schoolday.
   (c) This section applies only to county community school programs
that are funded pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1982 and does
not apply to programs for which the county superintendent of schools
claims an average daily attendance of 20 or less.  
   (d) In each county that operates a community school, the county
superintendent of schools shall adopt standards for measuring pupil
progress as it relates to the individually planned educational
programs prescribed pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1983.
Measurable goals for each pupil shall include school attendance and
completion of school work assignments.  Commencing July 1, 1997, and
annually thereafter, the county superintendent of schools shall
report to the county board of education by July 31, the proportion of
pupils in community schools who have met the objectives of the
individually planned education program prescribed pursuant to
subdivision (c) of Section 1983. 
  SEC. 2.  Section 1983.2 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   1983.2.  (a)  A   Notwithstanding Section
1983.1, a  pupil enrolled in a county community school may be
assigned to an instructional strategy designated as an instructor
supervised education program.  An instructor supervised education
program is a program consisting of 20 contract hours of
individualized study under the supervision of a certificated employee
of the county office of education.  At least 10 of the 20 contract
hours per week shall be under the immediate supervision of a
certificated employee of the county office of education.  
Immediate supervision may include, but is not limited to, any of the
following:
   (1) Accelerated education programs.
   (2) Tutoring.
   (3) Study skills training.
   (4) Computer and technology instruction.
   (5) Fine arts.
   (6) Physical education.
   (7) Technical and vocational training.
   (8) Work experience or apprenticeship. 
   (b) A pupil enrolled in an independent study program that is not
an instructor supervised education program as that instructional
strategy is defined in subdivision (a) may not be funded at the level
for which the pupil's attendance is eligible pursuant to subdivision
(b) of Section 1982.  
   (c) In each county that operates a community school, the county
superintendent of schools shall adopt standards for measuring pupil
progress as it relates to the individually planned educational
programs prescribed pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1983.
Measurable goals for each pupil shall include school attendance and
completion of school work assignments.  Commencing July 1, 1997, and
annually thereafter, the county superintendent of schools shall
report to the county board of education by July 31, the proportion of
pupils in community schools who have met the objectives of the
individually planned education program prescribed pursuant to
subdivision (c) of Section 1983.
  SEC. 3.  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.
   Notwithstanding Section 17580 of the Government Code, unless
otherwise specified, the provisions of this act shall become
operative on the same date that the act takes effect pursuant to the
California Constitution.