California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 854 — Education.

Last action — Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Calderon.

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

This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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.

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Summary

(1) Existing law establishes the California Classified School Employee Teacher Credentialing Program for the purpose of recruiting classified school employees to participate in a program designed to encourage them to enroll in teacher training programs and to provide instructional service as teachers in the public schools. Subject to an appropriation for these purposes, existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, among other things, to adopt criteria for the selection of school districts, charter schools, or county offices of education to participate in the program. Existing law requires that criteria to include the extent to which the applicant's plan for recruitment attempts to meet the demand for teachers in shortage areas, as specified. This bill would add to that criteria the extent to which the applicant's plan for recruitment attempts to meet the demand for bilingual cross-cultural teachers. (2) Existing law, if a county superintendent of schools does not approve a local control and accountability plan or annual update to the local control and accountability plan approved by a governing board of a school district, or if the governing board of a school district requests technical assistance, requires the county superintendent of schools to provide technical assistance, including, among other things, requesting that the Superintendent of Public Instruction assign the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence to provide advice and assistance to the school district. Existing law, if the Superintendent does not approve a local control and accountability plan or annual update to the local control and accountability plan approved by a county board of education, or if the county board of education requests technical assistance, requires the Superintendent to provide technical assistance, including, among other things, the assignment of the collaborative to assist the county board of education in identifying and implementing effective programs that are designed to improve the outcomes for specified pupil subgroups. This bill would instead authorize the county superintendent of schools to directly request the collaborative to provide advice and assistance to the school district and would instead authorize the Superintendent to request the collaborative to provide assistance to the county board of education. (3) Existing law establishes, until January 1, 2020, the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine under the administration of the Office of Planning and Research in the Governor's Office for the purpose of developing, implementing, awarding funding to, and evaluating demonstration projects on precision medicine in collaboration with public, nonprofit, and private entities, as specified. This bill would exempt the office's implementation and interpretation of the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine from the Administrative Procedure Act. (4) Existing law requires the Regents of the University of California, except as provided, to let all contracts involving an expenditure of more than $100,000 annually for goods and materials or services to the lowest responsible bidder meeting certain specifications, or to reject all bids. Existing law requires the governing board of any community college district to let specified contracts involving an expenditure of more than $50,000 to the lowest responsible bidder meeting certain specifications, or else to reject all bids. Existing law provides that, before the repeal date of January 1, 2018, the bid evaluation and selection for these contracts may be determined by the best value for the University of California or community college district, as specified. Existing law requires the Legislative Analyst to report, on or before February 1, 2017, to the Legislature regarding the use of best value procurement by the University of California and community college districts. This bill would make that repeal date January 1, 2019, and would make the deadline for the reports regarding the University of California and a community college district's use of best value procurement on or before February 1, 2018. (5) The California Library Services Act establishes the California Library Services Board and provides that its duties include, among other things, adopting rules, regulations, and general policies relating to the implementation of the act. Existing law appropriates $3,000,000 from the General Fund to the California State Library for allocation, as specified. Existing law requires the California State Library, on or before September 1, 2017, to submit a specified report on the use of those funds to the Director of Finance and the Legislature. This bill would remove a redundant provision from that reporting law. (6) Existing law appropriates $18,000,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of Education for transfer by the Controller to Section A of the State School Fund for allocation by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Existing law requires the Superintendent to allocate the funds to local educational agencies as grants for dropout and truancy prevention programs pursuant to legislation enacted in the 2015–16 Regular Session. This bill would authorize the department to use up to $300,000, of the $18,000,000 appropriated, to contract with a local educational agency for the purpose of conducting regional meetings, training, and other technical assistance activities as needed to support the grantees receiving grant moneys for dropout and truancy prevention programs pursuant to legislation enacted in the 2015–16 Regular Session and pursuant to the development and submission of an expenditure plan, as specified. By expanding the purposes of an existing appropriation, the bill would make an appropriation. (7) Existing law establishes the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence for purposes of advising and assisting school districts, county superintendents of schools, and charter schools in achieving the goals set forth in a local control and accountability plan. Existing law requires the collaborative, commencing with the 2016–17 fiscal year, to establish, using a specified amount of appropriated moneys, a statewide process to provide specified professional development training to school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools for the purpose of successfully utilizing the evaluation rubrics adopted by the State Board of Education. Existing law requires the governing board of the collaborative to submit an implementation plan to the relevant policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, the Director of Finance, and the Legislative Analyst's Office within 30 days of the state board's adoption of the evaluation rubrics, as specified. This bill would require that implementation plan to additionally include information detailing the implementation timeline and budget for the program, as specified, would prohibit funds from being expended pursuant to the plan before the implementation plan is approved by the Department of Finance, and would require that any subsequent plan updates are subject to the approval of the Department of Finance. (8) Existing law requires the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence, during the 2016–17 and 2017–18 fiscal years, to implement a pilot program that will inform its long-term efforts to advise and assist school districts, county superintendents of schools, and charter schools in improving pupil outcomes. Existing law requires the governing board of the collaborative to submit to the relevant policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, the Director of Finance, and the Legislative Analyst's Office an implementation plan for the pilot program on or before August 15, 2016, as specified. This bill would extend that deadline for the implementation plan to be submitted until the earlier of October 15, 2016, or the 10th day after the next scheduled meeting of the governing board of the collaborative following the effective date of this act. The bill would require that implementation plan to additionally include information detailing the implementation timeline and budget for the program, as specified, would prohibit funds from being expended pursuant to the plan before the implementation plan is approved by the Department of Finance, and would require that any subsequent plan updates are subject to the approval of the Department of Finance. (9) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Calderon.

  2. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  3. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 1.) (August 10).

  4. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.

  5. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.

  6. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.

  7. Referred to Com. on BUDGET.

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

  9. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 3545.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  10. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  11. Ordered to second reading.

  12. Withdrawn from committee.

  13. Referred to Com. on B. & F.R.

  14. From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 7.

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

Sponsors

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Do pass.

Passed 24 Yea · 1 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 21101
Democratic 2000
Republican 1001
Total 24102
% of votes cast 89%4%0%7%
How each member voted (27)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harper — Yea
Campos — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kim — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Williams — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Not Voting
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading SB854 Committee On B. & F.R.

Passed 25 Yea · 11 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 241003
Democratic 1101
Total 251104
% of votes cast 63%28%0%10%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Hancock — Yea
Huff — Not Voting
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Cannella — Not Voting
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Hall — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Pan — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Wolk — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Not Voting
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay

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Subjects

education
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 854 do?
(1) Existing law establishes the California Classified School Employee Teacher Credentialing Program for the purpose of recruiting classified school employees to participate in a program designed to encourage them to enroll in teacher training programs and to provide instructional service as teachers in the public schools. Subject to an appropriation for these purposes, existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, among other things, to adopt criteria for the selection of school districts, charter schools, or county offices of education to participate in the program. Existing law requires that criteria to include the extent to which the applicant's plan for recruitment attempts to meet the demand for teachers in shortage areas, as specified. This bill would add to that criteria the extent to which the applicant's plan for recruitment attempts to meet the demand for bilingual cross-cultural teachers. (2) Existing law, if a county superintendent of schools does not approve a local control and accountability plan or annual update to the local control and accountability plan approved by a governing board of a school district, or if the governing board of a school district requests technical assistance, requires the county superintendent of schools to provide technical assistance, including, among other things, requesting that the Superintendent of Public Instruction assign the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence to provide advice and assistance to the school district. Existing law, if the Superintendent does not approve a local control and accountability plan or annual update to the local control and accountability plan approved by a county board of education, or if the county board of education requests technical assistance, requires the Superintendent to provide technical assistance, including, among other things, the assignment of the collaborative to assist the county board of education in identifying and implementing effective programs that are designed to improve the outcomes for specified pupil subgroups. This bill would instead authorize the county superintendent of schools to directly request the collaborative to provide advice and assistance to the school district and would instead authorize the Superintendent to request the collaborative to provide assistance to the county board of education. (3) Existing law establishes, until January 1, 2020, the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine under the administration of the Office of Planning and Research in the Governor's Office for the purpose of developing, implementing, awarding funding to, and evaluating demonstration projects on precision medicine in collaboration with public, nonprofit, and private entities, as specified. This bill would exempt the office's implementation and interpretation of the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine from the Administrative Procedure Act. (4) Existing law requires the Regents of the University of California, except as provided, to let all contracts involving an expenditure of more than $100,000 annually for goods and materials or services to the lowest responsible bidder meeting certain specifications, or to reject all bids. Existing law requires the governing board of any community college district to let specified contracts involving an expenditure of more than $50,000 to the lowest responsible bidder meeting certain specifications, or else to reject all bids. Existing law provides that, before the repeal date of January 1, 2018, the bid evaluation and selection for these contracts may be determined by the best value for the University of California or community college district, as specified. Existing law requires the Legislative Analyst to report, on or before February 1, 2017, to the Legislature regarding the use of best value procurement by the University of California and community college districts. This bill would make that repeal date January 1, 2019, and would make the deadline for the reports regarding the University of California and a community college district's use of best value procurement on or before February 1, 2018. (5) The California Library Services Act establishes the California Library Services Board and provides that its duties include, among other things, adopting rules, regulations, and general policies relating to the implementation of the act. Existing law appropriates $3,000,000 from the General Fund to the California State Library for allocation, as specified. Existing law requires the California State Library, on or before September 1, 2017, to submit a specified report on the use of those funds to the Director of Finance and the Legislature. This bill would remove a redundant provision from that reporting law. (6) Existing law appropriates $18,000,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of Education for transfer by the Controller to Section A of the State School Fund for allocation by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Existing law requires the Superintendent to allocate the funds to local educational agencies as grants for dropout and truancy prevention programs pursuant to legislation enacted in the 2015–16 Regular Session. This bill would authorize the department to use up to $300,000, of the $18,000,000 appropriated, to contract with a local educational agency for the purpose of conducting regional meetings, training, and other technical assistance activities as needed to support the grantees receiving grant moneys for dropout and truancy prevention programs pursuant to legislation enacted in the 2015–16 Regular Session and pursuant to the development and submission of an expenditure plan, as specified. By expanding the purposes of an existing appropriation, the bill would make an appropriation. (7) Existing law establishes the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence for purposes of advising and assisting school districts, county superintendents of schools, and charter schools in achieving the goals set forth in a local control and accountability plan. Existing law requires the collaborative, commencing with the 2016–17 fiscal year, to establish, using a specified amount of appropriated moneys, a statewide process to provide specified professional development training to school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools for the purpose of successfully utilizing the evaluation rubrics adopted by the State Board of Education. Existing law requires the governing board of the collaborative to submit an implementation plan to the relevant policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, the Director of Finance, and the Legislative Analyst's Office within 30 days of the state board's adoption of the evaluation rubrics, as specified. This bill would require that implementation plan to additionally include information detailing the implementation timeline and budget for the program, as specified, would prohibit funds from being expended pursuant to the plan before the implementation plan is approved by the Department of Finance, and would require that any subsequent plan updates are subject to the approval of the Department of Finance. (8) Existing law requires the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence, during the 2016–17 and 2017–18 fiscal years, to implement a pilot program that will inform its long-term efforts to advise and assist school districts, county superintendents of schools, and charter schools in improving pupil outcomes. Existing law requires the governing board of the collaborative to submit to the relevant policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, the Director of Finance, and the Legislative Analyst's Office an implementation plan for the pilot program on or before August 15, 2016, as specified. This bill would extend that deadline for the implementation plan to be submitted until the earlier of October 15, 2016, or the 10th day after the next scheduled meeting of the governing board of the collaborative following the effective date of this act. The bill would require that implementation plan to additionally include information detailing the implementation timeline and budget for the program, as specified, would prohibit funds from being expended pursuant to the plan before the implementation plan is approved by the Department of Finance, and would require that any subsequent plan updates are subject to the approval of the Department of Finance. (9) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
Who sponsors SB 854?
SB 854 is sponsored by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.
What is the current status of SB 854?
This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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.
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