School accountability: school conditions and climate surveys: technical design group.

Existing law requires, on or before July 1, 2014, the governing boards of school districts and county boards of education to adopt local control and accountability plans 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, including, among other state priorities, parental involvement and school climate. This bill would require, on or before March 1, 2019, the Superintendent to convene a technical design group to develop criteria for vetting and certifying school conditions and climate surveys, as provided. The bill would authorize, beginning in the 2019–20 school year, school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education to use one of the state's vetted school conditions and climate survey tools to survey pupils, families, teachers, classified staff, and administrators. The bill would make its provisions contingent upon an appropriation in the annual Budget Act for its purposes.