California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: In Committee

AB 2319 — School finance: Broadband Infrastructure Fund: Innovation, Training, and Common Core Implementation Fund.

Last action — From committee without further action.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 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 “In Committee” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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 K–12 High-Speed Network for the purpose of enriching pupil educational experiences and improving pupil academic performance by providing high-speed, high-bandwidth Internet connectivity to the public schools. This bill would establish the Broadband Infrastructure Fund Program, to be implemented if funds are received in the annual Budget Act or another statute, for the purpose of providing schools with adequate Internet capacity to support new content standards and technology-based instruction and assessments, as specified. The bill would require the State Department of Education to administer the Broadband Infrastructure Fund, which would be established by the bill. The bill would require the department to consider specified objectives in evaluating any proposed use of the funds, and would specify the purposes for which the funds may be allocated and used. (2) Existing law requires the Academic Content Standards Commission to develop, and the State Board of Education to adopt or reject, academic content standards in language arts and mathematics that are internationally benchmarked and built toward college and career readiness by high school graduation, and requires at least 85% of these standards to be the common core academic content standards developed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative consortium or any association or related interstate collaboration, except as specified. This bill would establish the Innovation, Training, and Common Core Implementation Fund Act, to be implemented if funds are received in the annual Budget Act or another statute, as specified. The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to allocate funds for the 2014–15 fiscal year to local educational agencies, as defined, on the basis of an equal amount per pupil based on the prior year's enrollment for specified purposes relating to the integration of common core academic content standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and English language development standards in schools, including, among others, the professional development of teachers, administrators, and paraprofessional educators or other classified employees involved in the direct instruction of pupils that is aligned to specified academic content standards. The bill would require a local educational agency that receives funds to meet specified requirements, including reporting detailed expenditure information to the State Department of Education, and would require the department to summarize and submit the information to the appropriate budget subcommittees and policy committees of the Legislature on or before July 3, 2016.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. From committee without further action.

  2. In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission.

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

  4. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

  6. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  7. Read second time and amended.

  8. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 9).

  9. Re-referred to Com. on ED.

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

  11. Referred to Com. on ED.

  12. Read first time.

  13. From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.

  14. Introduced. To print.

Sponsors

  • Bonilla · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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Sponsors (1)

  • Bonilla

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2319 do?
(1) Existing law establishes the K–12 High-Speed Network for the purpose of enriching pupil educational experiences and improving pupil academic performance by providing high-speed, high-bandwidth Internet connectivity to the public schools. This bill would establish the Broadband Infrastructure Fund Program, to be implemented if funds are received in the annual Budget Act or another statute, for the purpose of providing schools with adequate Internet capacity to support new content standards and technology-based instruction and assessments, as specified. The bill would require the State Department of Education to administer the Broadband Infrastructure Fund, which would be established by the bill. The bill would require the department to consider specified objectives in evaluating any proposed use of the funds, and would specify the purposes for which the funds may be allocated and used. (2) Existing law requires the Academic Content Standards Commission to develop, and the State Board of Education to adopt or reject, academic content standards in language arts and mathematics that are internationally benchmarked and built toward college and career readiness by high school graduation, and requires at least 85% of these standards to be the common core academic content standards developed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative consortium or any association or related interstate collaboration, except as specified. This bill would establish the Innovation, Training, and Common Core Implementation Fund Act, to be implemented if funds are received in the annual Budget Act or another statute, as specified. The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to allocate funds for the 2014–15 fiscal year to local educational agencies, as defined, on the basis of an equal amount per pupil based on the prior year's enrollment for specified purposes relating to the integration of common core academic content standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and English language development standards in schools, including, among others, the professional development of teachers, administrators, and paraprofessional educators or other classified employees involved in the direct instruction of pupils that is aligned to specified academic content standards. The bill would require a local educational agency that receives funds to meet specified requirements, including reporting detailed expenditure information to the State Department of Education, and would require the department to summarize and submit the information to the appropriate budget subcommittees and policy committees of the Legislature on or before July 3, 2016.
Who sponsors AB 2319?
AB 2319 is sponsored by Bonilla.
What is the current status of AB 2319?
This bill died with 2013-2014 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” 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 2319?
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