California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly

AB 342 — Online instruction and independent study.

Last action — From Senate committee without further action.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2013-2014 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

(1) Existing law establishes the public elementary and secondary school system in this state, and further establishes a funding system pursuant to which the state apportions funds to local educational agencies based on, among other factors, the average daily attendance of pupils at the schools operated by those agencies. Numerous statutes and regulations govern the calculation and reporting of average daily attendance. Existing law, commencing with the 2014–15 school year, authorizes, for purposes of computing average daily attendance, the inclusion of pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, under the immediate supervision and control of a certificated employee of the school district or county office of education who is delivering synchronous, online instruction, as defined, provided that this instruction meets specified criteria. Existing law requires, if a school district or county office of education elects to offer synchronous, online instruction, that the school district or county office of education provide all pupils who choose to enroll in a synchronous, online course access to the computer hardware or software necessary for the pupil to participate in the course. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish rules and regulations for purposes of implementing these provisions, and requires those rules and regulations to, at a minimum, address specified matters. Existing law also authorizes the Superintendent to provide guidance regarding the ability of a school district or county office of education to provide synchronous, online instruction. This bill would make these provisions applicable to technology-based synchronous instruction, as defined, rather than synchronous, online instruction. (2) Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district or a county office of education to offer independent study to meet the educational needs of pupils in accordance with prescribed criteria. Existing law requires that not more than 10% of the pupils participating in an opportunity school or program, or a continuation high school, calculated as specified by the State Department of Education, be eligible for apportionment credit for independent study. This bill, commencing July 1, 2014, would require the calculation to be based on the prior year average daily attendance reported to the department. (3) Existing law requires the ratio of average daily attendance for independent study pupils 18 years of age or less to full-time equivalent certificated employees responsible for independent study to not exceed a specified ratio. This bill, commencing July 1, 2014, would authorize a school district or a county office of education to establish a different ratio of average daily attendance for independent study pupils 18 years of age or less to full-time equivalent certificated employees responsible for independent study through a local collectively bargained agreement. (4) Existing law provides that a school district or county office of education is not eligible to receive apportionments for independent study pupils unless it has adopted and implemented certain policies, including, but not limited to, policies related to the maximum length of time that may elapse between the time an independent study assignment is made and the date by which the pupil must complete the assigned work, the number of missed assignments that will be allowed before an evaluation is conducted to determine whether it is in the best interests of the pupil to remain in independent study, the manner, time, frequency, and place for submitting a pupil's assignments and for reporting his or her progress, and requiring a written agreement for each independent study pupil to be maintained on file. This bill, commencing July 1, 2014, would require a school district or county office of education to adopt different policies to be eligible to receive apportionments for independent study pupils, including policies requiring periodic contact, as defined, between the certificated employee providing instruction and the pupil to assess whether satisfactory educational progress, as described, is made. The bill would require the written agreement for each independent study pupil that is maintained on file to include additional information, including a copy of the governing board of the school district's, county board of education's, or governing body of a charter school's independent study authorization, and would authorize the written agreement to be maintained in a paper or electronic copy, as defined. The bill would authorize independent study to commence upon receipt of an electronic copy of the agreement.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. From Senate committee without further action.

  2. Assembly Rule 47.1 invoked. (Blumenfield).

  3. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  4. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  5. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26).

  6. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  7. Referred to Com. on ED.

  8. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  9. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1738.)

  10. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  11. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  12. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 24).

  13. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  14. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  15. Re-referred to Com. on ED.

  16. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.

  17. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  18. Re-referred to Com. on ED.

  19. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.

  20. Referred to Com. on ED.

  21. From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

  22. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Blumenfield · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Blumenfield

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

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Votes

AB 342 BLUMENFIELD Assembly Third Reading

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 66002
Democratic 7000
Republican 3001
Total 76003
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Not Voting
Mansoor — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Stone — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Daly — Yea
Logue — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Hall — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Holden — Not Voting
Salas — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Medina — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Williams — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Fox — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Garcia, Robert Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11005
Democratic 1000
Total 12005
% of votes cast 71%0%0%29%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Ammiano — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Harkey — Not Voting
Pan — Yea
Hall — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Weber — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Campos — Yea
Linder — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Donnelly — Not Voting
Wagner — Not Voting
Eggman — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 342 do?
(1) Existing law establishes the public elementary and secondary school system in this state, and further establishes a funding system pursuant to which the state apportions funds to local educational agencies based on, among other factors, the average daily attendance of pupils at the schools operated by those agencies. Numerous statutes and regulations govern the calculation and reporting of average daily attendance. Existing law, commencing with the 2014–15 school year, authorizes, for purposes of computing average daily attendance, the inclusion of pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, under the immediate supervision and control of a certificated employee of the school district or county office of education who is delivering synchronous, online instruction, as defined, provided that this instruction meets specified criteria. Existing law requires, if a school district or county office of education elects to offer synchronous, online instruction, that the school district or county office of education provide all pupils who choose to enroll in a synchronous, online course access to the computer hardware or software necessary for the pupil to participate in the course. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish rules and regulations for purposes of implementing these provisions, and requires those rules and regulations to, at a minimum, address specified matters. Existing law also authorizes the Superintendent to provide guidance regarding the ability of a school district or county office of education to provide synchronous, online instruction. This bill would make these provisions applicable to technology-based synchronous instruction, as defined, rather than synchronous, online instruction. (2) Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district or a county office of education to offer independent study to meet the educational needs of pupils in accordance with prescribed criteria. Existing law requires that not more than 10% of the pupils participating in an opportunity school or program, or a continuation high school, calculated as specified by the State Department of Education, be eligible for apportionment credit for independent study. This bill, commencing July 1, 2014, would require the calculation to be based on the prior year average daily attendance reported to the department. (3) Existing law requires the ratio of average daily attendance for independent study pupils 18 years of age or less to full-time equivalent certificated employees responsible for independent study to not exceed a specified ratio. This bill, commencing July 1, 2014, would authorize a school district or a county office of education to establish a different ratio of average daily attendance for independent study pupils 18 years of age or less to full-time equivalent certificated employees responsible for independent study through a local collectively bargained agreement. (4) Existing law provides that a school district or county office of education is not eligible to receive apportionments for independent study pupils unless it has adopted and implemented certain policies, including, but not limited to, policies related to the maximum length of time that may elapse between the time an independent study assignment is made and the date by which the pupil must complete the assigned work, the number of missed assignments that will be allowed before an evaluation is conducted to determine whether it is in the best interests of the pupil to remain in independent study, the manner, time, frequency, and place for submitting a pupil's assignments and for reporting his or her progress, and requiring a written agreement for each independent study pupil to be maintained on file. This bill, commencing July 1, 2014, would require a school district or county office of education to adopt different policies to be eligible to receive apportionments for independent study pupils, including policies requiring periodic contact, as defined, between the certificated employee providing instruction and the pupil to assess whether satisfactory educational progress, as described, is made. The bill would require the written agreement for each independent study pupil that is maintained on file to include additional information, including a copy of the governing board of the school district's, county board of education's, or governing body of a charter school's independent study authorization, and would authorize the written agreement to be maintained in a paper or electronic copy, as defined. The bill would authorize independent study to commence upon receipt of an electronic copy of the agreement.
Who sponsors AB 342?
AB 342 is sponsored by Blumenfield.
What is the current status of AB 342?
This bill died with 2013-2014 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 342?
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