School plans: consolidated application for categorical programs: single plan for pupil achievement.

Existing law requires a school district that elects to apply for certain state and federal categorical program funds to submit to the State Department of Education a single consolidated application, referencing a duly adopted single plan for pupil achievement, for approval by the State Board of Education. Related onsite school and district compliance visits and reviews are conducted by the department. Existing law requires a single plan for pupil achievement to be reviewed annually and updated by the schoolsite council or, if the school does not have a schoolsite council, by schoolwide advisory groups or school support groups to include proposed expenditure of funds allocated to the school through the consolidated application. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish the process and frequency for conducting reviews of district achievement and compliance with state and federal categorical program requirements. This bill would add to these provisions references to programs funded through the local control funding formula and to districtwide advisory committees on bilingual education. The bill would no longer authorize a specified action plan to satisfy the requirements of a single plan for pupil achievement. The bill would require school districts to develop local control and accountability plans and annual updates in consultation with schoolsite level advisory groups and ensure that the local control and accountability plan and its specific actions are consistent with, and reflective of, the goals and plans of schoolsites. The bill would require the department, if it makes materials or information available to school districts to assist them in the development of their single plan for pupil achievement, to ensure that all materials and information emphasize that the plan be consistent with and, to the extent possible, support the goals and outcomes specified in the school district's local control and accountability plan. The bill would require, when a single plan for pupil achievement is being reviewed annually and updated by the schoolsite council or, if the school does not have a schoolsite council, by schoolwide advisory groups or school support groups, the single plan to additionally include alignment with the school district's local control and accountability plan and a minimization of the duplication of efforts. The bill would also make conforming and other nonsubstantive changes. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 64001 of the Education Code proposed by AB 2384 that would become operative if this bill and AB 2384 are both enacted and this bill is enacted last.