Public school accountability: statewide system of school support: English learners.

Existing law requires the State Department of Education, for purposes of complying with the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, to establish a statewide system of school support to provide a statewide system of intensive and sustained support and technical assistance for school districts, county offices of education, and schools in need of improvement. Existing law requires the regional consortia comprising the system to work collaboratively with, and provide technical assistance to, school districts and schools in need of improvement by doing specified tasks, including assisting the local educational agency or school in developing recommendations for improving pupil performance and school operations. This bill would additionally require that regional consortia to assist a local educational agency or school in efforts to provide the same course options to English learners enrolled in the school as are available to other pupils at the same school.