BILL NUMBER: AB 1015	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Brownley

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2007

   An act to amend Section 33126 of the Education Code, relating to
school accountability.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1015, as introduced, Brownley. School accountability report
card.
   (1) The Classroom Instructional Improvement and Accountability Act
requires the governing board of a school district to develop a
school accountability report card for each school in the district
that includes assessments of various school conditions, including an
assessment of estimated expenditures per pupil that includes a
reporting of the average of actual salaries paid to certificated
instructional personnel at the schoolsite. The act prohibits any
change to its provisions, except a change to further its purposes
enacted by a bill passed by a vote of 2/3 of the Legislature and
signed by the Governor.
   This bill instead would require that the assessment of estimated
expenditures per pupil include a reporting of the average of actual
salaries paid to fully credentialed teachers and teachers with
emergency teaching permits. By potentially requiring school districts
to include additional information or otherwise modify the existing
information in their school accountability report cards, this bill
would impose a state-mandated local program.
   (2) 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.
   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: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 33126 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   33126.  (a) The school accountability report card shall provide
data by which a parent can make meaningful comparisons between public
schools that will enable him or her to make informed decisions
 on which school   regarding the school in which
 to enroll his or her children.
   (b) The school accountability report card shall include, but is
not limited to, assessment of the following school conditions:
   (1) (A) Pupil achievement by grade level, as measured by the
standardized testing and reporting programs pursuant to Article 4
(commencing with Section 60640) of Chapter 5 of Part 33.
   (B) Pupil achievement in and progress toward meeting reading,
writing, arithmetic, and other academic goals, including results by
grade level from the assessment tool used by the school district
using percentiles when available for the most recent three-year
period.
   (C)  After the state develops a statewide assessment system
pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 60600) and Chapter 6
(commencing with Section 60800) of Part 33, pupil achievement by
grade level, as measured by the results of the statewide assessment.
   (D) Secondary schools with high school seniors shall list both the
average verbal and math Scholastic Assessment Test scores to the
extent provided to the school and the percentage of seniors taking
that exam for the most recent three-year period.
   (2) Progress toward reducing dropout rates, including the one-year
dropout rate listed in the California Basic  Education
  Educational  Data System or any successor data
system for the schoolsite over the most recent three-year period, and
the graduation rate, as defined by the State Board  of
Education  , over the most recent three-year period when
available pursuant to Section 52052.
   (3) Estimated expenditures per pupil and types of services funded.
The assessment of estimated expenditures per pupil shall reflect the
actual salaries of personnel assigned to the schoolsite. The
assessment of estimated expenditures per pupil shall be reported in
total, shall be reported in subtotal by restricted and by
unrestricted source, and shall include a reporting of the average of
actual salaries paid to  certificated instructional personnel
  fully credentialed teachers and teachers with
emergency teaching permits issued pursuant to Article 5.5 (commencing
with Section 44300) of Chapter 2 of Part 25  at that
schoolsite.
   (4) Progress toward reducing class sizes and teaching loads,
including the distribution of class sizes at the schoolsite by grade
level, the average class size, and, if applicable, the percentage of
pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, participating in
the Class Size Reduction Program established pursuant to Chapter
6.10 (commencing with Section 52120) of Part 28, using California
Basic  Education   Educational  Data System
or  any   a  successor data system
information for the most recent three-year period.
   (5) The total number of the school's fully credentialed teachers,
the number of teachers relying upon emergency credentials, the number
of teachers working without credentials,  any  
the  assignment of teachers outside their subject areas of
competence, misassignments, including misassignments of teachers of
English learners, and the number of vacant teacher positions for the
most recent three-year period.
   (A) For purposes of this paragraph, "vacant teacher position"
means a position to which a single-designated certificated employee
has not been assigned at the beginning of the year for an entire year
or, if the position is for a one-semester course, a position of
which a single-designated certificated employee has not been assigned
at the beginning of a semester for an entire semester.
   (B) For purposes of this paragraph, "misassignment" means the
placement of a certificated employee in a teaching or services
position for which the employee does not hold a legally recognized
certificate or credential or the placement of a certificated employee
in a teaching or services position that the employee is not
otherwise authorized by statute to hold.
   (6) (A) Quality and currency of textbooks and other instructional
materials, including whether textbooks and other materials meet state
standards and are adopted by the State Board  of Education
 for kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, and adopted
by the governing boards of school districts for grades 9 to 12,
inclusive, and the ratio of textbooks per pupil and the year the
textbooks were adopted.
   (B) The availability of sufficient textbooks and other
instructional materials, as  defined in  
determined pursuant to  Section 60119, for each pupil, including
English learners, in each of areas enumerated in clauses (i) to
(iii), inclusive. If the governing board determines, pursuant to
Section 60119 that there are insufficient textbooks or instructional
materials, or both, it shall include information for each school in
which an insufficiency exists, identifying the percentage of pupils
who lack sufficient standards-aligned textbooks or instructional
materials in each subject area. The subject areas to be included are
all of the following:
   (i) The core curriculum areas of reading/language arts,
mathematics, science, and history/social science.
   (ii) Foreign language and health.
   (iii) Science laboratory equipment for grades 9 to 12, inclusive,
as appropriate.
   (7) The availability of qualified personnel to provide counseling
and other pupil support services, including the ratio of academic
counselors per pupil.
   (8) Availability of qualified substitute teachers.
   (9) Safety, cleanliness, and adequacy of school facilities,
including any needed maintenance to ensure good repair as specified
in Section 17014, Section 17032.5, subdivision (a) of Section
17070.75, and subdivision (b) of Section 17089.
   (10) Adequacy of teacher evaluations and opportunities for
professional improvement, including the annual number of schooldays
dedicated to staff development for the most recent three-year period.

   (11) Classroom discipline and climate for learning, including
suspension and expulsion rates for the most recent three-year period.

   (12) Teacher and staff training, and curriculum improvement
programs.
   (13) Quality of school instruction and leadership.
   (14) The degree to which pupils are prepared to enter the
workforce.
   (15) The total number of instructional minutes offered in the
school year, separately stated for each grade level, as compared to
the total number of the instructional minutes per school year
required by state law, separately stated for each grade level.
   (16) The total number of minimum days, as specified in Sections
46112, 46113, 46117, and 46141, in the school year.
   (17) The number of advanced placement courses offered, by subject.

   (18) The Academic Performance Index, including the disaggregation
of subgroups as set forth in Section 52052 and the decile rankings
and a comparison of schools.
   (19) Whether a school qualified for the Immediate Intervention
Underperforming Schools Program pursuant to Section 52053 and whether
the school applied for, and received a grant pursuant to, that
program.
   (20) Whether the school qualifies for the Governor's Performance
Award Program.
   (21) When available, the percentage of pupils, including the
disaggregation of subgroups, as set forth in Section 52052,
completing grade 12 who successfully complete the high school exit
examination, as set forth in Sections 60850 and 60851, as compared to
the percentage of pupils in the district and statewide completing
grade 12 who successfully complete the examination.
   (22) Contact information pertaining to any organized opportunities
for parental involvement.
   (23) For secondary schools, the percentage of graduates who have
passed course requirements for entrance to the University of
California and the California State University pursuant to Section
51225.3 and the percentage of pupils enrolled in those courses, as
reported by the California Basic  Education  
Educational  Data System or any successor data system.
   (24) Whether the school has a college admissions test preparation
course program.
   (25) Career technical education data measures, including all of
the following:
   (A) A list of programs offered by the school district that pupils
at the school may participate in and that are aligned to the model
curriculum standards adopted pursuant to Section 51226, and program
sequences offered by the school district. The list should identify
courses conducted by a regional  occupation  
occupational  center or program  ,  and those
conducted directly by the school district.
   (B) A listing of the primary representative of the career
technical advisory committee of the school district and the
industries represented.
   (C) The number of pupils participating in career technical
education.
   (D) The percentage of pupils that complete a career technical
education program and earn a high school diploma.
   (E) The percentage of career technical education courses that are
sequenced or articulated between a school and institutions of
postsecondary education.
   (c) If the Commission on State Mandates finds a school district is
eligible for a reimbursement of costs incurred complying with this
section, the school district shall be reimbursed only if the
information provided in the school accountability report card is
accurate, as determined by the annual audit performed pursuant to
Section 41020. If the information is determined to be inaccurate, the
school district  is not ineligible   remains
eligible for reimbursement if the information is corrected by
May 15.
   (d) It is the intent of the Legislature that schools make a
concerted effort to notify parents of the purpose of the school
accountability report cards, as described in this section, and ensure
that all parents receive a copy of the report card; to ensure that
the report cards are easy to read and understandable by parents; to
ensure that local educational agencies with access to the Internet
make available current copies of the report cards through the
Internet; and to ensure that administrators and teachers are
available to answer  any  questions regarding the
report cards.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that the changes made
to Section 33126 of the Education Code by Section 1 of this act
further the purposes of the Classroom Instructional Improvement and
Accountability Act.
  SEC. 3.  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.