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2 EDCAL June 19, 2017 ACSA continues tracking hundreds of education bills ACSA’s Governmental Relations Department has been tracking hundreds of bills that have the potential to impact education. Following is a look at some of the bills already under review by ACSA’s Legislative Advocates, with a brief synopsis found on leginfo.ca.gov of what each bill proposes so far, and where each bill currently resides in the Capitol. More bills could surface, and the bills listed here might also likely undergo changes through the amendment process. ACSA will keep members apprised as the legislative session continues and will alert members to any critical new bills surfacing. Accountability school districts to apply for a waiver to delay implementation. Status: Sent to Assembly ACSA position: Disapprove Bonds AB 776, Harper This bill would require the ballot label containing the statement of a school bond measure to direct voters to the voter infor- mation guide for information about the bond’s effects on property taxes. Status: Sent to Senate ACSA position: Oppose AB 1321, Weber This bill intends to enact legislation that would require, for purposes of transparency, the reporting of per-pupil expenditures of federal, state, and local funds, including actual personnel expenditures and actual non-personnel expenditures of federal, state, and local funds, disaggregated by source of funds, for each local educational agency and school in the state as required by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. Status: Moved to Senate ACSA position: Seek comment AB 1194, Dababneh This bill would require that the ballots used when voting upon a bond measure proposed by a local governing body or sub- mitted to the voters as an initiative measure include estimated examples of the average annual tax rate required to fund the pro- posed bond measure for the duration of its debt service, and to identify the final fiscal year in which the tax is anticipated to be collected. Status: Moved to Senate ACSA position: Oppose AB 1661, Limon This bill intends to remove statutory ref- erences to the prior accountability system, Academic Performance Index, and where appropriate, replace references to the API with the current multiple indicators system based on the state priorities established as part of the Local Control Funding Formula and the requirements of ESEA. Status: Has become a two-year bill ACSA position: Seek comment AB 1196, Harper This bill would specify that the term of a bond used for purposes of furnishing and equipping classrooms shall not exceed 120 percent of the average reasonably expected economic life of the furnishings. Status: Senate Education Committee ACSA position: Seek comment Assessments AB 830, Kalra This bill intends to repeal the California high school exit examination requirement and assessment as a graduation requirement. Status: Senate Education Committee ACSA position: Support SB 544, McGuire This bill would require the California Department of Education to identify and evaluate formative assessments and locally developed assessment resources aligned with NGSS and English language develop- ment standards. Status: Moved to Assembly ACSA position: Seek comment Attendance SB 328, Portantino This bill would prohibit middle and high schools from starting the schoolday before 8:30 a.m. It has been amended to allow rural AB 1253, Cooley This bill would require citizens’ over- sight committees to perform several func- tions that are optional under existing law, including receiving and reviewing copies of specified audit documents and plans, and performing specified inspections of school facilities and grounds. The bill would spe- cifically require a county office of educa- t ion, at the request of a citizens’ oversight committee, to review the school district’s employment of professional firms for the conduct of bond issues and expenditures of the proceeds of bond issues. Status: This bill is dead Charter schools AB 406, McCarty This bill would prohibit a charter school from operating as or being operated by a for-profit charter management organization after Jan. 1, 2019. Status: Sent to Senate ACSA position: Support AB 950, Rubio This bill would authorize a charter Education California | The official newspaper of the Association of California School Administrators EdCal® (USPS 684-390, ISSN 0740-0357) is published Weekly, except for the following dates in 2016-17: 7/11, 7/25, 8/8, 8/22, 9/12, 9/26, 10/10, 10/24, 11/14, 11/28, 12/12, 12/19, 12/26, 1/2, 1/30, 2/20, 4/3, 5/15 and 6/5, by the Association of California School Administrators, 1575 Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, CA 94010. Periodical postage paid at Bur lingame, CA 94010 and additional offices. Subscription price: $90 value to members; offered to non- members on a qualifying basis. For further information, contact the membership depart- ment at [phone]. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to EdCal, c/o ACSA, 1575 Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, CA 94010. 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Editorial Offices: 1029 J St., Suite 500, Sacramento, CA 95814; [phone] • Job ads: e-mail [email protected] • News: e-mail [email protected] ACSA Executive Director, Wesley Smith Senior Director, Communications/PIO, Naj Alikhan Senior Director, Educational Services, Barry Groves Chief Marketing Officer, Tatia Davenport Senior Directors, Governmental Relations, Edgar Zazueta and Adonai Mack Senior Director, Member Services, Margarita Cuizon Senior Director, Information Technology, Tony Baldwin EdCal Editor, London Roberts Assistant Editor/Reporter, Cary Rodda Advertising/Website Coordinator, Emily Senecal Communications Content Specialist, Darcy Totten ACSA CareerConnect Coordinator, Tracy Olmedo ACSA Board of Directors President, Ralph Gómez Porras President-elect, Lisa Gonzales Vice President, Holly Edds VP for Legislative Action, Linda Kaminski Past President, Tom Armelino Members: Eric Andrew, Mauricio Arellano, Randy Bangs, Angel Barrett, Ana Boyenga, Jonathon Brunson, Daryl Camp, Katherine Castleberry, Craig Helmstedter, Linda Hutcherson, Andrew Ishibashi, Darrien Johnson, Peter Johnson, Sue Kaiser, Jon LeDoux, Robert Martinez, Mary O’Neil Grace, Elsbeth Prigmore, Rob Stockberger, Roxanna Villaseñor, Craig Wheaton, Denise Wickham, Ron Williams school petitioner that has been granted its charter by appeal to the State Board of Education to submit a petition for renewal directly to the SBE. Status: This bill is dead ACSA position: Watch AB 1224, Weber This bill would establish the Chartering Authority Pilot Program under which the SBE would be authorized to select up to three county boards of education with demonstrated authorizing and oversight capacity to authorize and oversee up to five additional charter schools each. Status: Has become a two-year bill ACSA position: Watch AB 1478, Jones-Sawyer This bill would expressly state that char- ter schools and entities managing char- ter schools are subject to the Brown Act, unless the charter school is operated by an entity governed by the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, in which case the charter school would be subject to the Bagley- Keene Open Meeting Act. This bill would expressly state that charter schools and enti- ties managing charter schools are subject to the Political Reform Act of 1974, and must adopt a conflict-of-interest code. Status: Has become a two-year bill ACSA position: Support SB 808, Mendoza This bill would repeal those provisions authorizing a county board of education or the SBE to approve a petition to establish a charter school and would specify that a peti- tion may be submitted only to the school district the boundaries within which the charter school would be located. Status: Has become a two-year bill ACSA position: Watch Curriculum and instruction SB 583, Stone This bill would add a course in financial literacy to the list of one-semester courses a pupil is required to complete to receive a diploma of graduation from high school. Status: Sent to Assembly ACSA position: Approve English Learners AB 81, Gonzalez Fletcher This bill would require the notice of assessment of a child’s English proficiency to include specified additional informa- tion, including whether a child is a long- term English learner or is an EL at risk of becoming a long-term EL. The bill would require a school district to provide a notifi- cation letter to a pupil’s parent or guardian at the time a home language survey is pro- vided that explains the purpose of the home language survey and the procedures for identification and reclassification of ELs. Status: Senate Education Committee ACSA position: Support SB 463, Lara This bill would establish criteria for the reclassification of English language learners. It would include an assessment of English language proficiency; a teacher evaluation of a student’s curriculum mastery; a parental opinion and consultation; and a comparison of the student’s performance in basic skills against an established range of perfor- mance. It would also establish a teacher/ administrator team to meet regularly and assess the proficiency a nd performance of ELs; develop procedures to monitor stu- dent performance for four years after being reclassified as English proficient; and review the procedures in place for ELs in special education. Status: Sent to Assembly ACSA position: Seek comment AB 643, Frazier This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require high school sexual health education curriculum to teach pupils to recognize the signs of an abusive relationship. Status: Sent to Senate ACSA position: Watch Employer-employee relations LEADERS Council. Gregory Franklin – Superintendency Council. Continued from page 1 Kevin Silberberg/Devin Vodicka – Leadership Summit Committee. Mary Castner – Member Services Committee. Gayle Olsen – Retirement Committee. Mary Sieu – Urban Education Committee. Diana Batista – Adult Education Council. Susan Brioche – Career Technical Education Council. Jeanette McDonald – Classified Educational Leaders Council. Clarissa McNally – Co-administration Committee. Alain Guevara – Curriculum, Instruction and Accountability Council. Ron Tanimura – Elementary Education Council. Cynthia Rapaido – Secondary Education Council. John Porter – Student Services and Special Education Council. Continuing committee chairs/council presidents: Frank Tyrell/Teri Marcos – ACSA/ CAPEA Committee. Mark Sontag – Legislative Policy Committee. Mary Castner – Member Services Committee. Dawnlyn Murakawa-Leopard – Business Services Council. Don Clark – Small School Districts Committee. Erin Simon – Educational Options Council. David Robertson – Human Resources Council. Kelley Birch – Middle Grades Education AB 52, Cooper This bill would require public employers to provide all employees an orientation. The bill would also require these public employ- ers to permit the exclusive representative, if applicable, to participate. See BILLS, page 6 Outgoing region presidents: Region 1 – Chris Hartley Region 2 – Denny Rush Region 3 – Amy Slavensky Region 5 – Jammie Behrendt Region 6 – Steve Collins Region 7 – Jeffrey Santos Region 8 – Adora Fisher Region 9 – Robert Frausto Region 10 – Barbara Martinez Region 11 – David Bowling Region 12 – Kimberly Cavanagh Region 13 – Paul Bommersbach Region 14 – Brian Markarian Region 15 – Maria Thompson Region 18 – Amanda Brooke Region 19 – Karen Valdes Incoming region presidents: Region 1 – Mike Vincelli Region 2 – Christine McCormick Region 3 – Daniel Hernandez Region 5 – Michael Davis Region 6 – Essence Phillips Region 7 – Greg Leland Region 8 – Norma Rodriguez Region 9 – Efrain Guizar Region 10 – Jennifer Bernosky Region 11 – Donya Wheeler Region 12 – Cynthia Medeiros Region 13 – John Calandro Region 14 – Rhonda Buss Region 15 – Timothy Barker Region 18 – Kim Phifer Region 19 – Diane Perez Continuing region presidents: Region 4 – William Ewing Region 16 – Jack Bagwell Region 17 – Dennis Cole