California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 247 — Pupil assessment: grade 2 diagnostic assessments.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 479, Statutes of 2013.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 12, 2013. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law, the Leroy Greene California Assessment of Academic Achievement Act, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to design and implement a statewide pupil assessment program that includes numerous elements, including, among other things, a plan for producing valid, reliable, and comparable individual pupil scores in grades 2 to 11, inclusive. The act also requires school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education to administer to each of its pupils in grades 2 to 11, inclusive, certain achievement tests, including a standards-based achievement test pursuant to the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program. Existing law makes all provisions of the act inoperative on July 1, 2014. Assembly Bill 484 of the 2013–14 Regular Session, if enacted, would, among other things, suspend the STAR Program achievement test for pupils in grade 2 commencing with the 2013–14 school year. This bill would require the State Department of Education, by November 1, 2014, to identify and make available to school districts information regarding existing assessments in language arts and mathematics aligned to the adopted common core academic content standards for pupils in grade 2 for diagnostic use by classroom teachers. The bill would require the savings realized from the elimination of the grade 2 standards-based achievement testing to be used by local educational agencies to administer the identified assessments. The bill would require the department to ensure that the selected grade 2 diagnostic assessments are valid for purposes of identifying particular knowledge or skills a pupil has or has not acquired, but the assessments would not be valid measures for purposes of pupil, personnel, or local educational agency accountability. This bill would become operative only if AB 484 of the 2013–14 Regular Session is also enacted and takes effect on or before January 1, 2014.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 479, Statutes of 2013.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 7 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 4. Page 2284.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 3014.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  9. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (August 30).

  10. Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. Referred to Com. on ED.

  13. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  14. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 1113.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  15. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  16. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1009.) (May 23).

  17. Set for hearing May 23.

  18. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  19. Set for hearing April 22.

  20. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 483.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  21. Set for hearing April 10.

  22. Referred to Com. on ED.

  23. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.

  24. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Liu · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 5 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Liu

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB247 Liu Concurrence

Passed 33 Yea · 4 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 30402
Democratic 3000
Total 33402
% of votes cast 85%10%0%5%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Hill — Yea
Knight — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Wyland — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Beall — Yea
Correa — Yea
Wright — Yea
De León — Yea
Evans — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Cannella — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Block — Yea
Lara — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Pavley — Not Voting
Roth — Yea
Torres — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wolk — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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SB 247 Liu Senate Third Reading By BONILLA

Passed 58 Yea · 17 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 541403
Democratic 4000
Republican 0300
Total 581703
% of votes cast 74%22%0%4%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Linder — Yea
Maienschein — Nay
Mansoor — Nay
Medina — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Holden — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Fong — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Hall — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Pan — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Hagman — Nay
Bocanegra — Yea
Logue — Nay
John A. Pérez — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Salas — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Chau — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Perea — Yea
Allen — Nay
Chesbro — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Wilk — Not Voting
Conway — Not Voting
Daly — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Fox — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gorell — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Jim Patterson — Not Voting
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 12 Yea · 1 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11104
Democratic 1000
Total 12104
% of votes cast 71%6%0%24%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Harkey — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Weber — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Holden — Yea
Linder — Not Voting
Pan — Yea
Wagner — Not Voting
Bigelow — Not Voting
Bradford — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

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3rd Reading

Passed 27 Yea · 11 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 251100
Democratic 2001
Total 271101
% of votes cast 69%28%0%3%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Block — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Liu — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wyland — Nay
Wright — Yea
Cannella — Nay
De León — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Beall — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Nay
Knight — Nay
Leno — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Roth — Yea
Torres — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Emmerson — Nay
Correa — Yea
Evans — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Not Voting

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4200
Democratic 1000
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Walters — Nay
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
De León — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 247 do?
Existing law, the Leroy Greene California Assessment of Academic Achievement Act, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to design and implement a statewide pupil assessment program that includes numerous elements, including, among other things, a plan for producing valid, reliable, and comparable individual pupil scores in grades 2 to 11, inclusive. The act also requires school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education to administer to each of its pupils in grades 2 to 11, inclusive, certain achievement tests, including a standards-based achievement test pursuant to the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program. Existing law makes all provisions of the act inoperative on July 1, 2014. Assembly Bill 484 of the 2013–14 Regular Session, if enacted, would, among other things, suspend the STAR Program achievement test for pupils in grade 2 commencing with the 2013–14 school year. This bill would require the State Department of Education, by November 1, 2014, to identify and make available to school districts information regarding existing assessments in language arts and mathematics aligned to the adopted common core academic content standards for pupils in grade 2 for diagnostic use by classroom teachers. The bill would require the savings realized from the elimination of the grade 2 standards-based achievement testing to be used by local educational agencies to administer the identified assessments. The bill would require the department to ensure that the selected grade 2 diagnostic assessments are valid for purposes of identifying particular knowledge or skills a pupil has or has not acquired, but the assessments would not be valid measures for purposes of pupil, personnel, or local educational agency accountability. This bill would become operative only if AB 484 of the 2013–14 Regular Session is also enacted and takes effect on or before January 1, 2014.
Who sponsors SB 247?
SB 247 is sponsored by Liu.
What is the current status of SB 247?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 12, 2013. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 247?
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