Pupils: California Healthy Kids Survey.

Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the State Board of Education, and the State Department of Education to provide to the State Chief Information Officer the individual nonpersonally identifiable or aggregate data related to, among other things, pupil assessment and accountability, including, but not limited to, data generated from, or related to, adequate yearly progress, graduation rates, pupils who drop out of school, and demographics of pupils and teachers. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, on or before August 1, 2011, and annually thereafter, to submit to the Governor, the Legislature, and the state board a report called the Annual Report on Dropouts in California. Existing law requires the report to include specified information and authorizes the report to include relevant data on school climate and pupil engagement from the California Healthy Kids Survey. This bill would establish the California Healthy Kids Survey, which would be intended to collect data on specified pupil perceptions. The bill would require a school district, to the extent that funding is made available, to administer the California Healthy Kids Survey on a biennial basis to pupils in grades 5, 7, 9, and 11, and would require a school district to comply with specified parent and guardian notification and consent provisions prior to administering the survey, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. The bill would also require that the data collected by the California Healthy Kids Survey be confidential and anonymous. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.