BILL NUMBER: AB 465	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Coto
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Block,   Fuentes,  Gilmore,  
Portantino,   Price,   and Torlakson   )


                        FEBRUARY 24, 2009

   An act to add Section 11505.5 to the Education Code, relating to
schools.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 465, as amended, Coto. Schools: parent involvement.
   Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to
adopt a policy on parent involvement and to establish a parent
involvement program for each school in the district that receives
specified federal funds. The program is required to contain, among
other things, regular periodic programs throughout the school year
that provide for training, instruction, and information for parents
on ways to support and enhance the learning  the  of
their children. Existing law authorizes a school district, to the
extent permitted by federal law, to contract with nonprofit
organizations and agencies experienced in administering parent
involvement programs to design or implement, or both, the parent
involvement program of a school.
   This bill would encourage school districts to review and, if
appropriate, contract with nonprofit community-based organizations
that have a proven track record and can  provide external
longitudinal evaluations that  demonstrate their success in
educating parents and building direct collaboration with school
districts, administrators, and educators. A nonprofit community-based
organization that contracts with a school district would be required
to demonstrate and provide a culturally and linguistically competent
parent involvement program using best practices that address the
diversity of the school district. A low-performing school district
would be encouraged to submit an annual report to the Superintendent
of Public Instruction that demonstrates its efforts to promote parent
engagement and the outcomes that result from contracting with the
nonprofit community-based organization.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 11505.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   11505.5.  School districts are encouraged to review and, if
appropriate, contract with nonprofit community-based organizations
that have a proven track record and can  provide external
longitudinal evaluations that  demonstrate their success in
educating parents and building direct collaboration with school
districts, administrators, and educators. A nonprofit community-based
organization that contracts with a school district shall demonstrate
and provide a culturally and linguistically competent parent
involvement program using best practices that address the diversity
of the school district. A low-performing school district is
encouraged to submit an annual report to the Superintendent that
demonstrates its efforts to promote parent engagement and the
outcomes that result from contracting with the nonprofit
community-based organization.