School accountability: local control and accountability plans: California Collaborative for Educational Excellence.

Existing law, on or before July 1, 2014, requires the governing board of each school district and each county board of education to adopt a local control and accountability plan and requires the governing board of each school district and each county board of education to update its local control and accountability plan on or before July 1 of each year. Existing law requires the local control and accountability plan to include certain elements, and requires the charter for a charter school to include some of those same elements. Existing law establishes the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence for purposes of advising and assisting school districts, county superintendents of schools, and charter schools in achieving the goals set forth in a local control and accountability plan. Existing law requires the collaborative to be governed by a board consisting of 5 members, as specified. This bill would add one governing board member of a school district with greater than 2,500 total pupils, and one governing board member of a school district with fewer than 2,500 total pupils, appointed by a majority of the board members of the collaborative to the governing board of the collaborative. Existing law authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction to direct the collaborative to advise and assist a school district, county superintendent of schools, or charter school in specified circumstances. This bill would also authorize the Superintendent to direct the collaborative to advise and assist a school district if the state-appointed trustee or administrator of the school district requests that advice and assistance.