Existing law requires the governing board of each school district and each county superintendent of schools to adopt policies regarding pupil promotion and retention. Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the state board, and the department to provide to the State Chief Information Officer the individual nonpersonally identifiable or aggregate data related to adequate yearly progress, graduation rates, pupils who drop out of school, and demographics of pupils and teachers. This bill would require the Superintendent, on or before August 1, 2011, and annually thereafter, to submit to the Governor, the Legislature, and the state board, a report called the Annual Report on Dropouts in California. The bill would require, among other things, that the report contain specified information on dropout rates, graduation rates, pupil promotion rates, course enrollment patterns, and behavioral data. The bill would require that the report include data from the most recent year and, at a minimum, the two prior years. The bill would also require the Superintendent to make an oral presentation of the contents of the report to the state board and to make the contents of the report available on the department's Internet Web site. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature that the report be usable by specified groups for analyzing the high rate of dropouts in California. Existing law, operative only if local educational agencies receive a per pupil allocation prior to the 2010–11 fiscal year for implementation of the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System, as specified, requires, beginning July 1, 2011, that the Academic Performance Index (API) for a school or school district include test scores and other data from pupils who were referred to alternative education programs and include school and school district dropout rates, as specified. This bill would remove the requirement that local educational agencies receive the specified allocation in order for these provisions to become operative.
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(1) The Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) permits a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) with less than 3 years of service who enters employment as a member of another public retirement system supported, in whole or in part, by state funds, within 6 months of leaving state service to elect to leave accumulated contributions on deposit in the retirement fund. The law provides that failure to make an election to withdraw accumulated contributions shall be deemed an election to leave accumulated contributions on deposit in the retirement fund. This bill would require that a member who is permanently separated from all service covered by PERS, who is not in specified public service, and 70 years of age, be provided with an election to withdraw contributions or, if vested, an election to either apply for service retirement or withdraw contributions. The bill would require that failure to apply for service retirement or to make an election to withdraw contributions within 90 days be deemed an election to withdraw contributions. The bill would specify the method of distribution of contributions for members who cannot be located with reasonable diligence. The bill also would make technical changes. (2) The State Teachers' Retirement System, the Public Employees' Retirement System, and the Judges' Retirement System and the Judges Retirement System II provide pension benefits based in part upon credited service. The Public Employees' Retirement Law provides that credit for service generally is accrued based upon service rendered and compensated in a fiscal year, and that time during which a member is absent without compensation is not allowed for computing service. The State Teachers' Retirement Law provides that a member's creditable service is calculated in relation to his or her creditable compensation. The Judges' Retirement System II Law provides that service means the period of time that a judge received a salary and made contributions to the system by reason of holding office as a judge, as specified. Pursuant to various executive orders, state employees have been furloughed without compensation. Existing law, in effect until July 1, 2010, permits a judge or justice to elect to waive irrevocably a certain percentage of salary, and a judge or justice who does so is not obligated to appear for work on a day a court is closed pursuant to specified authority. That law prohibits this waiver from being deemed a reduction in salary or service for the purpose of providing retirement benefits, among others. This bill would require, for members of the State Teachers' Retirement System, that the calculations of a retirement allowance for a state employee subject to mandatory furloughs include earnings, contributions, and compensation earnable that would have been reported had the employee not been subject to mandatory furloughs, and would require that the employer pay the cost of the increased service credit that results from these inclusions. The bill would also require that, for all retirement purposes, credit for service and compensation earnable for members of the Public Employees' Retirement System employed by the state that are subject to mandatory furloughs be based on the amount that would have been credited had the employee not been subject to mandatory furloughs. The bill would define mandatory furloughs in these regards. The bill would further require, for the Judges' Retirement System and the Judges' Retirement System II, that calculations of retirement benefits and Extended Service Incentive Program benefits for any judge who voluntarily waives salary, as described above, include salary and contributions that would have been paid had the judge not done so, and that the state pay costs that result from the increased benefits and monetary credits.
(1) Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to issue an authorization to a teacher to provide specified services to limited-English-proficient pupils, and sets forth the minimum requirements for that authorization. This bill would also authorize the commission to issue the authorization to an applicant who possesses a valid teaching credential and who holds certain certificates issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. (2) Existing law requires the commission to issue district intern credentials authorizing persons employed by a school district to provide classroom instruction to pupils with mild and moderate disabilities in special education classes. This bill would delete the provision specifying the authorization is only for pupils with mild and moderate disabilities. (3) Existing law authorizes persons holding district intern credentials to teach in kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, in a self-contained program or in self-contained bilingual classes if they have either completed a commission-approved academic diversified or liberal arts subject matter program or have met the subject matter requirement by passing the subject matter examination approved by the commission. This bill would instead authorize those district intern credentialholders to teach in those grades and classes if they have met the subject matter requirement. (4) Existing law specifies that it is the intent of the Legislature that upon recommendation by the governing board, that district interns be issued professional credentials rather than preliminary credentials upon completion of successful service as a teacher pursuant to specified provisions. This bill would instead specify that district interns be issued preliminary credentials pursuant to those provisions. (5) Existing law requires the commission to issue a clear teaching credential to a teacher who is licensed to teach in a state other than California and who is certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, in the area in which the teacher has received the national certification. This bill would also require the commission to issue a clear services credential authorizing service in the area in which the person has received national certification. The bill would also delete obsolete provisions and make conforming changes.
(1) Existing law establishes bridge and highway districts and various regional transportation authorities and transit districts, including the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, and the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, and prescribes the powers and duties of each, including procedures for awarding contracts and procurement. Existing law, with respect to the purchases of supplies, equipment, and materials by bridge and highway districts that exceed $20,000, requires the contract to be let to the lowest responsible bidder, and, with respect to purchases by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority and the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District that exceed $25,000, requires the contract to be let to the lowest responsible bidder. Existing law requires the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority and the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District to publish a notice requesting bids to be published in a newspaper of general circulation, and requires bridge and highway districts to advertise bids as specified. This bill instead would require contracts of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, and the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, under which the expenditure for the purchase of supplies, equipment, and materials exceeds $100,000, to be let to the lowest responsible bidder or to the responsible bidder who submits a proposal that provides the best value, as defined. The bill would revise the notice requirement to require that notice requesting bids be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation and on the authority's or district's procurement Internet Web site. The bill also would require the authority or district, to the extent practicable, to obtain a minimum of 3 quotations, either written or oral, that permit prices and terms to be compared, whenever the expected expenditure required for the purchase of supplies, equipment, or materials exceeds $2,500, but does not exceed $100,000. Existing law requires contracts by the San Mateo County Transit District for the purchase of supplies, equipment, and materials in excess of $25,000 to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after competitive bidding, except in an emergency declared by the vote of 7 members of the board, and allows the board to authorize the general manager to act for the board when the contract is for less than $50,000. This bill would delete these provisions and would instead require a contract by the San Mateo County Transit District for the purchase of all supplies, equipment, and materials, when the expenditure required exceeds $100,000, to be by contract to the lowest responsible bidder or to the responsible bidder who submitted a proposal that provides the best value, as specified. The bill would require the district, to the extent practicable, to obtain a minimum of 3 quotations whenever the expected expenditure exceeds $2,500, but does not exceed $100,000, and would require notice requesting bids to be published, as specified. By expanding the duties of a local agency, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
(1) Existing law establishes the various segments of the higher education system in the state. These segments include the University of California, which is administered by the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, which is administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, which is administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, which together comprise the public postsecondary education system. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to refine higher education reporting requirements to provide for more effective, manageable, and transparent reporting by the higher education segments. (2) Existing law contains various reporting requirements of the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges both in statute and in Supplemental Report language to the annual Budget Act. The bill would codify these requirements by requesting the University of California, and requiring the California State University and the California Community Colleges, to report to the Legislature on institutional financial aid, campus enrollment and facilities, academic and research programs, and the capital outlay planning process, as specified. The bill would make conforming changes. The bill would additionally revise the deadlines for the submittal of reports by the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges. (3) Existing law requires the trustees and the board of governors to establish and convene a task force to develop a plan for integrating instruction in business ethics into their business and business administration programs and to submit a diversity paper concerning its own membership. The bill would delete these requirements. (4) Existing law requires the Trustees of the California State University and requests the Regents of the University of California to biennially report on state-funded services for students with disabilities. The bill would delete this requirement and this request. (5) Existing law requires the board of governors, every 3 years, to develop and submit a diversity paper concerning its own membership. The bill would delete this requirement. (6) Existing law requests the Regents of the University of California to establish the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program to support competitive grants to promote more research and education on sustainable agricultural practices, and to support the giving of instructions and practical demonstrations in agriculture. Existing law also provides for a program of demonstration projects designed to provide extension services, training, and financial incentives for participating farmers to implement biologically integrated farming systems. This bill would repeal the provisions providing for those programs. (7) Existing law creates the California State University, Channel Islands Site Authority, contingent on the acceptance of the land and improvements comprising the Camarillo State Hospital by the trustees, to be administered by that authority. Existing law requires the trustees, on behalf of the authority, to report to the Legislature and the Governor by July 31 of each year on all expenditures made during the prior fiscal year for facilities of the site. This bill would delete the reporting requirement.
This measure would recognize the pioneering work of promotores and community health workers in delivering vital and cost-effective health care services in communities throughout California and declare October 2009 as California Promotores Month.
This measure would make various statements regarding the importance of New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) to the California economy and would declare the necessity for the Legislature to utilize its vested powers to keep NUMMI in California.
This measure would proclaim October 23 to October 31, 2009, inclusive, as Red Ribbon Week, and would encourage all Californians to help build drug-free communities and participate in drug prevention activities.
This measure would recognize the importance of California Native American Day, celebrated this year on September 25, 2009, and the concurrent California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference to the enhancement of awareness of California Indian culture.
This measure would designate the month of October 2009, and every October thereafter, as Italian American Heritage Month. This measure would encourage public schools to highlight and include Italian American achievements and contributions to the culture of California and to take steps to promote the inclusion of the role and contributions of Italian Americans to the culture and history of California and the United States in elementary and secondary social science textbooks during the revision process for those textbooks.