Bill Text: CA SB789 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Public School Performance Accountability Program:

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-08-16 - Set, second hearing. Held in committee and under submission. [SB789 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB789-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 789	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 20, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 14, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 31, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Price

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 52052.61 to the Education Code, relating to
school accountability.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 789, as amended, Price. Public School Performance
Accountability Program: Creative and Innovative Education Index.
   The Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999 requires the
Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop an Academic
Performance Index (API)  , which measures   to
measure  the performance of schools and the academic performance
of pupils. Existing law requires the Superintendent to establish an
advisory committee to advise the Superintendent and the State Board
of Education on all appropriate matters relative to the creation of
the API and the implementation of an accountability system. Existing
law requires the Superintendent and the state board, in consultation
with the advisory committee, by July 1, 2013, to make recommendations
to the Legislature and the Governor on, among other things, the
establishment of a methodology for generating a measurement of group
and individual academic performance growth by using individual pupil
results from a longitudinally valid achievement assessment system.
   This bill would require the advisory committee to consult, as
appropriate, with individuals who are experts or have experience in
innovation in the fields of business, science, technology,
mathematics, engineering, and arts education on the development of a
voluntary Creative and Innovative Education Index, to be based in
part on the creative opportunities in each participating school, as
specified. The bill would require the advisory committee to make
recommendations by June 1,  2013   2014  ,
to the Superintendent on the extent to which this index 
should be part of the state's accountability system and methods
  may be used  to foster creative and innovative
education in the public schools.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 52052.61 is added to the Education Code,
immediately following Section 52052.6, to read:
   52052.61.  The advisory committee established pursuant to Section
52052.5 shall consult, as appropriate, with individuals who are
experts or have experience in innovation in the fields of business,
science, technology, mathematics, engineering, and arts education on
the development of a voluntary Creative and Innovative Education
Index. The index shall be based in part on the creative opportunities
in each participating school as measured by the availability of
classes and before and after school programs that provide creative
opportunities for pupils, including, but not necessarily limited to,
arts education, debate clubs, science fairs, theater performances,
concerts, and filmmaking. The advisory committee shall consider the
extent to which this index  should be part of the state's
accountability system and methods   may be used  to
foster creative and innovative education in the public schools. By
June 1,  2013   2014  , the advisory
committee shall make recommendations to the Superintendent on the
matters considered by the advisory committee regarding the index.