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2 EDCAL April 24, 2017 ACSA tracking hundreds of K-12 related 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 scrutiny by ACSA’s Legislative Advocates, with a brief synopsis found on leginfo.ca.gov of what each bill proposes so far, where each bill currently resides in the Capitol, as well as ACSA’s position. More bills could surface, and the bills listed here might also undergo changes through the amendment process. Accountability 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 person- nel 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: Assembly Education Committee ACSA position: Seek comment AB 1661, Limon: This bill intends to remove statutory references to the prior accountability system, Academic Performance Index, and where appropri- CTC Continued from page 1 47.8 percent. •  General Education Limited Assignment Teaching Permits increased. • Waivers increased by 124.8 percent between 2014-15 and 2015-16. Traditionally, most teachers are or were prepared by CSU teacher preparation pro- grams. However, in recent years that trend has changed. In the most recent report prepared by CTC staff, more than half (54.6 percent) of the total enrollment in 2014-15 was in private/independent colleges and universi- ties; 39.6 percent were enrolled in the CSU system; 3.6 percent were UC enrolled; and 2.2 percent were enrolled in district intern programs. “This data reflects the willingness of candidates to take out loans and pay higher tuition fees to private institutions in order to complete the credential requirements sooner rather than complete the CSU prep- aration program,” Gephart said. ate, 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 ESSA. Status: Assembly Education Committee ACSA position: Support Assessments AB 830, Kalra: This bill intends to repeal the California high school exit examination requirement and assessment as a graduation requirement. Status: Assembly Appropriations 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, and intends to establish a regional network for the implementation of the CAASPP System. Status: Suspense file ACSA position: Seek comment Attendance SB 328, Portantino: This bill would require the schoolday for middle schools and high schools to begin no earlier than 8:30 a.m. Status: Senate Education Committee Alternative preparation programs tend to provide greater flexibility with their program offerings and are more accommo- dating to the scheduling needs of teacher candidates , he said. This is supported by recent action by the commission to approve requests by school districts to provide their own induction and teacher credential programs. The teacher shortage has the attention of the state Legislature, with the following bills of particular interest to the CTC: • Assembly Bill 410 (Cervantez) exempts new teachers from induction costs. This bill would prohibit a school district, county office of education, or charter school from charging a fee to a beginning teacher to participate in an induction program, begin- ning with the 2017-18 school year. The bill defines a beginning teacher for purposes of this provision as one holding a preliminary credential. Status: Referred to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. • Senate Bill 533 (Portantino) would authorize the governor to declare an “urgent state of need” in response to a teacher shortage in one or more school districts 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 ACSA position: Disapprove Bonds AB 776, Harper: This bill would require the ballot label containing the statement of a school bond measure to include an estimate of the total cost of the bond to taxpayers and an estimate of the increase to each taxpayer’s annual property tax. Status: Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee ACSA position: Disapprove AB 1194, Dababneh: This bill would require that the ballots used when voting upon a bond measure proposed by a local governing body or submitted to the voters as an initiative measure include a specified statement related to average property value and property taxes. Status: Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee ACSA position: Oppose AB 1196, Harper: This bill would speci- fy 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 and equipment. Status: Assembly floor ACSA position: Approve AB 1253, Cooley: This bill would require citizens’ oversight committees to conduct for teachers in specific subject areas or a shortage of teachers with an authorization to provide bilingual instruction to limited English proficient pupils. The bill would authorize a school district to employ a person without a valid credential, certificate or permit otherwise necessary to provide instruction to pupils. After five consecutive years of such service, that individual would be eligible to receive a credential in the appropriate subject matter. • SB 807 (Stern) would create an induc- tion cost tax deduction under the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act of 2017. This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2017 and before Jan. 1, 2027, would allow a tax credit under the Personal Income Tax Law in an amount equal to the costs paid or incurred by a teacher to earn a clear credential, as specified. The bill would also exclude the gross income earned from teaching in a position where at least 50 percent of the time is spent instructing students. Induction and credential programs California Education Code Section 44372(c) provides the Commission on Teacher Credentialing with the authority to accredit institutions to offer programs that lead to a credential to serve as an educator in California’s public schools. “Institutions” are normally associat- ed with public and private institutions of higher learning; however, the designation also applies to county offices of education, as well as public and private school dis- tricts. Therefore, the CTC has established the Initial Institutional Approval process whereby an institution seeking to offer educator preparation program in California must first be approved for initial accredita- tion as a new program sponsor. There are five stages to the approval process: • Stage 1: prerequisites-accreditation 101 registration information. •  Stage 2: eligibility requirements. • Stage 3: review to determine align- ment with applicable standards and pre- conditions. •  Stage 4: provisional approval. • Stage 5: granting full institutional approval. Institutional approval • Turlock Unified School District sub- mitted its application seeking Provisional Approval from the CTC for eligibility as a program sponsor to offer a General Education (Multiple Subject/Single Subject) Induction program. Turlock USD previously completed Stage 1: “prerequi- sites” and Stage 2: “eligibility requirements.” During the most recent CTC meeting, active and in-depth investigations concern- ing the expenditure of bond revenues. The bill would require citizens’ oversight com- mittees to perform several functions 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 specifically require citi- zens’ oversight committees to review the school district’s employment of professional firms for the conducting of bond issues and expenditures of the proceeds of bond issues. Status: Assembly floor ACSA position: Oppose unless amended Charter schools AB 406, McCarty: This bill would pro- hibit a charter school from entering into a contract or agreement with a for-profit entity to manage or operate a charter school. Status: Assembly Education Committee ACSA position: Seek comment AB 950, Rubio: This bill would autho- rize a charter 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: Assembly Education Committee ACSA position: Watch See BILLS, page 8 Turlock submitted its Stage 3: “program standards and pre-conditions” and was approved for three years. •  Las Virgenes Unified School District was approved for Stage 2 and now will move on to “common standards and pre- conditions.” Approval of Stage 2 does not authorize the district to offer an educator preparation program that leads to a creden- tial or license. Credential programs will be offered in a hybrid model, 70 percent face- to-face instruction and 30 percent instruc- tion through an online learning manage- ment system. LVUSD reports no outside organizations are providing any direct edu- cational services at this time •  Santa Barbara Unified School District was approved for Stage 2 to offer a teacher induction program, and now will move on to Stage 3. The district plans to use a hybrid model consisting of direct instruction via seminars and workshops held at the dis- trict office and schools within the district. Digital learning platforms will be created for online instruction. Most services will be provided by a com- bination of efforts from SBUSD adminis- trators, teachers on special assignment and staff. Candidates may register to purchase post-graduate continuing education units via a partnership with UC Santa Barbara Extension. • Burton School District was approved for Stage 2 to offer a teacher induction pro- gram. The district plans to use both online and in-person training and instructional delivery. The induction program will be offered at the district training facility and at nine school sites. Burton SD will partner with Tulare County Office of Education, Fresno Pacific University, and outside experts to provide professional learning in the areas of technology, English Language Development, classroom management, cur- riculum and best practices. • High Tech High Graduate School of Education is a private, not-for-profit school with a separate Board of Directors. Students are selected for the High Tech High from a blind zip code lottery. The GSE was approved for Stage 2 to offer a preliminary multiple subject/single sub- ject credential program. Instruction will be delivered in person with one online summer course. Fieldwork placements and profes- sional development will be offered at 13 High Tech High Schools and partnerships with other San Diego area charter school sites and districts. The GSE candidates will be provided on-site professional develop- ment at the 13 high schools. ACSA will keep members apprised on CTC action as it occurs.