Local control and accountability plans: schoolsite councils.

Existing law requires the governing board of each school district and county board of education to adopt a local control and accountability plan and to update its respective local control and accountability plan before July 1 of each year. Existing law requires the governing board of a school district, before considering the adoption of a plan or an annual update to the plan in a public meeting, to consult with specified persons in developing the plan, present the plan or annual update to the plan to specified committees, and hold a public hearing, as specified. This bill would require a school district to present the plan or annual update to the plan to schoolsite councils, as described, and would require a majority of schoolsite councils to vote to approve the plan or annual update to the plan before it is considered for adoption by the governing board of the school district. By imposing new duties on school districts, the bill would constitute 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 the statutory provisions noted above.