Bill Text: CA SB512 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Academic Performance Index: pupil subgroups: performance

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2012-03-01 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. Veto sustained. [SB512 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB512-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 512	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 30, 2011
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 18, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 30, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 13, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Price

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to add Section 52052.05 to the Education Code, relating to
school accountability.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 512, Price. Academic Performance Index: pupil subgroups:
performance data.
   Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction,
with the approval of the State Board of Education, to develop an
Academic Performance Index (API) to measure school and pupil
performance. Existing law requires a school to demonstrate comparable
improvement in academic achievement as measured by the API by all
numerically significant pupil subgroups at the school, including
ethnic subgroups, socioeconomically disadvantaged pupils, English
learners, and pupils with disabilities. For purposes of these
provisions, existing law defines a numerically significant pupil
subgroup as one that either consists of at least 50 pupils each of
whom has a valid test score, or one that constitutes at least 15% of
the total population of pupils at a school who have valid test
scores, except as specified.
   This bill would require that reporting conducted pursuant to these
provisions include performance data for pupil subgroups consisting
of 10 or more pupils with valid test scores. The bill would require
that reporting conducted pursuant to these provisions for any pupil
subgroup that is not numerically significant, as defined, be marked
with an asterisk that indicates less statistical certainty than data
based on a numerically significant subgroup. The bill would require
that this reporting be conducted in accordance with specified federal
privacy laws, and would state the Legislature's intent that this
data not be used for federal or state accountability purposes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 52052.05 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   52052.05.  (a) Reporting conducted pursuant to Section 52052 shall
include performance data for any pupil subgroup, pursuant to the
categories designated in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section
52052, that includes 10 or more pupils with valid test scores.
   (b) Reporting conducted pursuant to this section for any pupil
subgroup that is not numerically significant, as defined in paragraph
(3) of subdivision (a) of Section 52052, shall be marked with an
asterisk that indicates less statistical certainty than data based on
a numerically significant subgroup.
   (c) Reporting conducted pursuant to this section shall be in
accordance with both state and federal law protecting pupil privacy,
including, but not limited to, the federal Family Educational Rights
and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g), and any regulations adopted
pursuant to that act.
   (d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the reporting
conducted pursuant to this section be for reporting purposes only,
and not be used for purposes of federal and state accountability.
   (e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to modify any
reporting requirements pursuant to Section 52052 for numerically
significant pupil subgroups, as defined in paragraph (3) of
subdivision (a) of Section 52052.