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 to submit to the Governor, the Legislature, and the state board a report called the Annual Report on Dropouts in California that includes data on school climate and pupil engagement from the California Healthy Kids Survey. This bill would establish the California Healthy Kids Survey as a voluntary, comprehensive pupil self-report data collection system that addresses school climate, campus safety, and pupil health risks and behaviors. The bill would authorize school districts to administer the survey to pupils in certain grades, and would also authorize a school district to conduct 2 supplemental surveys, the California School Parent Survey and the California School Climate Survey. The bill would specify that funds shall be appropriated to the department in the annual Budget Act or other statute to administer the survey, provide technical assistance, and collect data, as specified. The bill would specify that, to the extent that funds are appropriated to the department for these purposes, the department also shall administer and make available to school districts the California School Climate Survey and the California School Parent Survey. The bill would specify various findings and declarations of the Legislature, including that school districts should administer the California Healthy Kids Survey biennially or annually, as specified.