School accountability: local control and accountability plans: posting: evaluation rubrics.

Existing law requires, on or before July 1, 2014, the governing boards of school districts and county boards of education to adopt a local control and accountability plan using a state template adopted by the State Board of Education. Existing law requires the local control and accountability plan to include, among other things, a description of annual goals for all pupils and specified subgroups of pupils to be achieved for each state priority, as specified, and a description of the specific actions the school district or county superintendent of schools will take to achieve those goals. Existing law requires the state board, on or before October 1, 2015, to adopt evaluation rubrics for purposes of, among other things, assisting a school district, county office of education, or charter school in evaluating its strengths, weaknesses, and areas that require improvement. This bill would require, on or before January 31, 2017, the state board to consider a revision to the template to include a section or appendix sufficient to monitor actual progress on certain outcomes. Existing law requires governing boards of school districts and county boards of education to annually adopt or revise local control and accountability plans that align with the annual budget and contain specified elements. Existing law requires the superintendent of a school district and a county superintendent of schools to post on the Internet Web site of his or her school district or county office of education, as applicable, the local control and accountability plan approved by the governing board of the school district or the county board of education, as applicable, and any updates or revisions to the local control and accountability plan approved by the applicable governing bodies. This bill would additionally require school districts and county superintendents of schools to post their respective populated evaluation rubric on their respective Internet Web sites, except as specified. By imposing additional duties on school district and county office of education officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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.