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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
2018 CCIS FALL CONFERENCE
PRESENTED BY CAPITOL ADVISORS: Barrett Snider Caitlin Jung Partner Legislative Counsel barrett@capitoladvisors.org caitlin@capitoladvisors.org
Before we start… Some things we are hearing in Sacramento: • Teachers must be employees of the school agency - signing a contract with a curriculum provider or vendor that provides a teacher doesn’t make that teacher an employee of the school - significant audit exception applies • Independent Study is not homeschool - parents/guardians that sign affidavits make a choice to exit the public school system - CCIS does not
Presentation Overview • Legislative Update • Launch of New Accountability System for Alternative Schools • Election Update & Look towards 2019-20 Legislative Session • CCIS 2019 Priorities
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE CHANGES IN LAW
2017-18 Legislative Session
• Legislative business complete for 2018, end
of 2nd year of two-year session
• Key issues to return in 2019:
- Charter Schools
- Grade 11 testing
- School start time
- Increasing LCFF funding
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Charter School Oversight
• AB 276 (Medina) - Would have required
charter schools and entities managing charter
schools to comply with the same open
meeting, conflict-of-interest, and disclosure
laws as traditional schools.
- Fallout from June Primary elections results -
CCSA vs. CTA preferred Gubernatorial
candidates (Villaraigosa vs. Newsom)
- Stalled on Senate floor
- CTA working with Newsom in 2019
Charter Schools: New Requirements
• AB 1871 (Bonta) - Beginning in the 2019-20 school year,
requires a charter school to provide each needy pupil
with one nutritionally adequate free or reduced-price
meal during each school day
- For non-classroom-based charter schools, must
provide a meal to an eligible student on any day
where the student is scheduled to be on campus for
two or more hours
• AB 2601 (Weber) - Requires charter schools, beginning
with the 2019-20 school year, to provide all students in
grades 7 to 12 with comprehensive sexual health
education and HIV prevention education
• AB 1747 (Rodriguez) - Requires charter schools to
develop a school safety plan which includes procedures
for conducting tactical responses to criminal incidents
and requires the charter school to update the plan by
March 1 of every year
Students with Temporary Disabilities
• Current law entitles a student with a temporary disability to
receive individual instruction in a hospital provided by the the
school district in which the hospital is located
• AB 2109 (O’Donnell) - Allows an LEA to continue to enroll a
student with a temporary disability receiving instruction at a
hospital in order to:
1. Facilitate timely reentry into the student’s prior school
after hospitalization has ended; or
2. Provide a partial week of instruction to the student, for
fewer than five days of instruction per week, or the
equivalent
• Also authorizes an LEA to award an honorary high school
diploma to a student who is terminally ill
• Aimed at addressing situations where an LEA unenrolled a
student once they become a student of the hospital school
Pregnant and Parenting Students
• AB 2289 (Weber) - Entitles pregnant and parenting
students to accommodations that provide them
with the opportunity to succeed academically
while protecting their health and the health of their
children, including:
- Eight weeks of parental leave
- Right to return to the school and course of
study they were enrolled in before leaving
- Protection from academic penalty as a result of
taking leave
• Also requires LEAs to notify pregnant and
parenting students of their rights and options
available under the law through annual school
welcome packets and independent study packetsPupil Debt Collection
• AB 1974 (Gonzalez Fletcher) - Prohibits
students from owing debt to public schools,
unless emancipated at the time and prohibits
using activities like withholding a diploma from a
student as leverage against their parents/
guardians until debt is paid
- Still allows for debt collection for damaged,
lost, or vandalized school/district property,
unless the student is homeless or foster
youth
• Arose after reports of debt collectors being used
by a school district to collect unpaid
transportation feesHomeschool Oversight
• AB 2756 (Medina) - Would have required every private
school to specify the nature of the school on its Private
School Affidavit and required the CDE to publish that
info for any school with 6 or more students
• Bill arose following the Riverside County abuse case
where a couple tortured their 13 children
- Father had registered home as a private school
where he was the principal and his children were the
only students
• Stalled in Asm. Education Committee - may return in
2019
- Hundreds of homeschooling parents testified against
the bill in committeeMedicinal Marijuana on Campus • SB 1127 (Hill) - Would have allowed local school boards to adopt policies allowing parents/ guardians to administer medicinal CBD oil to child on campus with doctor’s recommendation • Result of compelling stories form children with certain seizure disorders aided by CBD oil vs. prescription drugs • Opposition centered on liability for school employees and potential ramifications from federal government • VETOED - may return in 2019
Grade 11 Testing Alternative • AB 1951 (O’Donnell) - Would have allowed local school districts to offer alternative state-approved test in Grade 11 • Currently required to administer Smarter Balanced assessment • Support from school districts and opposition from CTA, CDE, and State Board of Education President (Dr. Kirst) • VETOED - will return in 2019
Middle/High School Start Time
• SB 328 (Portantino) - Would have
prohibited middle and high schools from
starting earlier than 8:30 AM
- Excludes zero period and “rural” schools
- No definition of “rural” school in Ed
Code, several definitions at federal level
• A resurrection story and lesson in political
power
• VETOED - will return in 2019Aspirational LCFF Targets • 2018-19 budget saw full funding of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) • AB 2808 (Muratsuchi) - Would have set new targets for school funding under LCFF - increase the base for all • Base increases also increase supplemental and concentration grants • Importance of prioritizing funding • Stalled on Assembly floor - likely to return in 2019
ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL State Board of Education Update
ACCOUNTABILITYDashboard Alternative School Status (DASS)
• DASS will be launch for the first time as part of the 2018 Dashboard in Dec
• Replaces Alternative Schools Accountability Model (ASAM)
• Will hold alternative schools accountable for meeting all the same indicators
as required of non-alternative schools but use modified calculation measures
• Certain types of schools are automatically enrolled in the DASS (ex.
continuation, juvenile court)
• Alternatively, schools whose total unduplicated enrollment is comprised of at
least 70% identified high-risk groups (ex. expelled/suspended, recovering
dropouts, foster/homeless youth) can apply to be enrolledDASS: One-Year Graduation Rate
• Used for both the Graduation Rate Indicator, instead of the four-year graduation rate
used for non-alternative schools
- Recognition that DASS students are highly mobile, often not on track to graduate in
four-years
• Graduation Rate Indicator
- Will be combined with the four-year graduation rate on district level
- However, DASS charter school one-year graduation rates will not be be added to
their authorizer’s graduation rates
- Only schools with an n-size off 30 will receive a performance level (color) on the
Dashboard
‣ For schools that do not meet the n-size requirement but have between 11-29
students in the graduating class, data will be reported on the Dashboard at the
district level, but school will not receive a performance levelGraduation Rate Indicator, cont.
To be included as a graduate:
- Grade Requirement – A student must be in grade eleven or twelve OR have an adult status in CALPADs OR
have an un-graded secondary status in CALPADs.
- Certificate Requirements – A student must receive a standard diploma OR receive a high school
equivalency certificate OR receive a special education certificate of completion OR receive an adult
education high school diploma.
- Enrollment Days Requirement – A student must be enrolled in grade twelve for at least 90 consecutive
calendar days, with an enrollment gap of no more than 30 days OR be a graduate in July, August, or
September OR be an adult, ungraded secondary, Foster Youth, or grade 11 graduate and be enrolled at least
30 consecutive calendar days.
To be included as part of the graduation cohort:
- Graduates (including summer graduates)
- Grade twelve non-graduates who have been enrolled for at least 90 consecutive calendar days between July
1 to June 30 and did not receive an approved certificate, drop out, or transfer to another California school
(but did not show)POLITICS 2018 General Election
2019-20 State Budget Outlook
LAO 2019-20 fiscal outlook (released Nov 14)
- Project an additional $14.8 billion in resources
Prop. 98 (K-14) Outlook:
• 2019-20 minimum guarantee up $2.8 billion from 2018-19
• After funding 3.1% COLA (costs $2.3 billion) and previous commitments
($57 million), Gov and Legislature have $480 million to spend
• Project 2017-18 ($226 million) and 2018-19 ($461 million) guarantees lower
than budgeted due to declining enrollmentGovernor Newsom: What to Expect for K-12 • 2020 revenue - Split roll? Expanded school board taxing authority? Tax the rich? • Charter school reform • Early education expansion (0-3 years focus) • Improving educational data systems • College savings accounts for all kindergartners • Community schools • Expand access to STEM courses/apprenticeship programs
State Elections - State Legislature
• Power of supermajority - will Dems use it? Taxes, veto-override, Constitutional amendments, etc.?
• Senate Democrats regain supermajority - 27 seats (one Dem vacancy, 40 Senate seats total)
1. Anna Caballero (D) defeats Rob Poythress (R) - replaces Anthony Cannella (R)
2. Surprise pickup in SD 14 - Incumbent Andy Vidak (R) loses to Melissa Hurtado (D)
3. Impact of Senator Ricardo Lara winning Insurance Commissioner (Assembly Member O’Donnell?)
• Assembly Democrats hold supermajority - 56 seats (four races too-close-to-call)
1. Need 54 of 80 seats for 2/3 supermajority
2. Dems currently leading in three of four remaining races (Assembly Districts 16, 38, 40, 74)
3. Dems could have as many as 60 seats - large cushion
**Results current as of 11/14/18, 10:00 pmState Races Too Close to Call
• Approximately 3 million votes left to count statewide (as of November 14)
• Superintendent of Public Instruction
• Tony Thurmond leading Marshall Tuck 50.5 to 49.5%
• State Assembly
1. AD 16: Catharine Baker (R*) leading Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D) 50.1 to 49.9%
2. AD 38: Christy Smith (D) leading Dante Acosta (R*) 50.6 to 49.4%
3. AD 60: Sabrina Cervantes (D*) leading Bill Essayli (R) 50.7 to 49.3%
4. AD 74: Cottie Petrie-Norris (D) leading Matthew Harper (R*) 51.1 to 48.9%
* = incumbent
**Results current as of 11/14/18, 10:00 pmState Elections - Ballot Measures
1. Gas Tax repeal
• FAILED 55.5% to 44.5%
2. Rent Control
• FAILED 61.5% to 38.5%
3. Daylight Savings Time
• PASSED 60% to 40%
• Expands Legislature’s authority to modify law (requires Congressional
approval)U.S. House of Representatives
• Democrats regained majority in U.S. House (229-198)
- Have net pick up of 34 seats, could be more
• Flipped four seats in CA:
- CD 10: Josh Harder (D) defeated Jeff Denham (R*)
- CD 25: Katie Hill (D) defeated Steve Knight (R*)
- CD 48: Harley Rouda (D) defeated Dana Rohrabacher (R*)
- CD 49: Mike Levin (D) defeated Diane Harkey (R)
• Eight races still too-close-to call, including two in CA:
- CD 39: Young Kim (R) tied with Gil Cisneros (D), both with
50% (Kim leads with 122 votes)
- CD 45: Katie Porter (D) leads Mimi Walters (R*) 50.8 to
49.2%
**Results current as of 11/14/18, 10:00 pmU.S. Senate
Republicans retain control of U.S. Senate (51-47)
• Democrats needed to pick up at least two seats to
regain control
• Two seats still too-close-to call but both are
currently led by Republicans (FL and MS)
• In CA, incumbent Dianne Feinstein (D) defeated
former state Senate Pro Tem Kevin de León (D)
• West gets bluer: Nevada, Arizona flip to Dem
• Mid-west gets Redder: Missouri, North Dakota, and
Indiana flipped to Rep
• Mississippi run-off (Dem in play?)
**Results current as of 11/14/18, 10:00 pmMajor K-12 Issues in 2019 • 2020 ballot measure - raise revenue for schools • Charter School reform • Early Education • LCFF - base grant increase? • Special Ed • Pension costs
CCIS Priorities for 2019
• Digital Signatures
- Clarifying the allowance of digital signatures for audit purposes
• Better Data System
• How many IS students are there? Where are they? Who are they?
• Potential for better data system focus under new Governor and SPI
• Educating new policymakers
• Governor, State Superintendent, State Board of Education, Legislators
• Sacramento and local outreachQuestions…? Contact: • Barrett Snider - barrett@capitoladvisors.org • Caitlin Jung - caitlin@capitoladvisors.org Capitol Advisors Group - (916) 557-9745
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