Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish an advisory committee to advise on all appropriate matters relative to the creation of the Academic Performance Index and the implementation of the Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program and the High Achieving/Improving Schools Program. Existing law requires the committee to make recommendations to the Superintendent on the appropriateness and feasibility of a methodology for generating a measurement of academic performance by using unique pupil identifiers and annual academic achievement growth to provide a more accurate measure of a school's academic achievement growth over time. This bill would require the committee, by January 1, 2011, to make recommendations to the Superintendent for the establishment of a methodology for measuring a school's academic achievement growth and a pupil's academic achievement growth more accurately and validly over time. This bill would require the committee to consider a specified pilot study of academic growth measures in making its recommendations to the Superintendent, and that the recommendations be consistent with specified federal laws. The Superintendent would be required to immediately forward the committee's recommendations to specified state entities. This bill would provide that specific provisions of the bill would not be implemented unless and until funds are appropriated by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
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Existing law, the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act, creates the California Department of Aging, with prescribed duties, including the development of the state plan on aging. This bill would require the department to report data from the Elder Economic Security Standard Index (Elder Index) , as defined, for each service area included in the state plan, if specified conditions are met. Existing law requires each area agency on aging to create a plan for its planning and service area that considers available data and population trends, assesses the need for services, identifies sources of funding for services, and develops and implements a plan for the delivery of services based on the need. This bill would also require that the plan utilize the Elder Index, specify the cost of meeting basic needs for elders in each planning and service area, and identify which elders are living at or below the Elder Index, as prescribed.
Existing law establishes a comprehensive statewide domestic violence program in the California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) and requires the agency to provide financial and technical assistance to local domestic violence centers. Existing law requires the Maternal and Child Health Branch of the State Department of Public Health to administer a comprehensive shelter-based services grant program to battered women's shelters, as prescribed. This bill would, among other things, require Cal EMA to administer the above-described grant program. This bill would require the Department of Finance, upon the enactment of this bill, to transfer $16,300,000 from the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund to the General Fund as a loan. The bill would require the full amount of the loan to be repaid, with interest at the rate earned by the Pooled Money Investment Account at the time of the transfer, on or before June 30, 2013. The bill would appropriate $16,300,000 from the General Fund to Cal EMA for the purpose of funding the above-described comprehensive shelter-based services grant program to shelters for victims of domestic violence. This bill would require grantees funded under the above-described grant program, during the 2008–09 fiscal year, to be funded by Cal EMA for a period of one fiscal year, retroactively, commencing July 1, 2009. The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to declare a fiscal emergency and to call the Legislature into special session for that purpose. The Governor issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal emergency, and calling a special session for this purpose, on December 19, 2008. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 19, 2008, pursuant to the California Constitution. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law requires various transportation planning activities by state and regional agencies, including preparation of sustainable communities strategies by metropolitan planning organizations. Existing law provides for the Department of Transportation to prepare the California Transportation Plan for submission to the Governor by December 1, 1993, as a long-range planning document that incorporates various elements and is consistent with specified expressions of legislative intent. This bill would require the department to update the California Transportation Plan by December 31, 2015, and every 5 years thereafter. The bill would require the plan to address how the state will achieve maximum feasible emissions reductions in order to attain a statewide reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. The bill would require the plan to identify the statewide integrated multimodal transportation system needed to achieve these results. The bill would require the department, by December 31, 2012, to submit to the California Transportation Commission and specified legislative committee chairs an interim report providing specified information regarding sustainable communities strategies and alternative planning strategies, including an assessment of how their implementation will influence the configuration of the statewide integrated multimodal transportation system. The bill would also specify certain subject areas to be considered in the plan for the movement of people and freight. The bill would require the department to consult with and coordinate its planning activities with specified entities and to provide an opportunity for public input. The bill would make additional legislative findings and declarations and require the plan to be consistent with that statement of legislative intent.
(1) Existing law prescribes the course of study a pupil is required to complete while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of graduation. Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to adopt rules specifying additional coursework requirements. This bill would require a school district to exempt a pupil in foster care from all coursework and other requirements adopted by the governing board of the district that are in addition to the statewide coursework requirements if the pupil, while he or she is in grade 11 or 12, transfers to the district from another school district or between high schools within the district, unless the district makes a finding that the pupil is reasonably able to complete the additional requirements in time to graduate from high school while he or she remains eligible for foster care benefits pursuant to state law. The bill would require a school district to notify a pupil in foster care who is granted an exemption, and, as appropriate, the person holding the right to make educational decisions for the pupil, if any of the requirements that are waived will affect the pupil's ability to gain admission to a postsecondary educational institution, and to provide information about transfer opportunities available through the California Community Colleges. By requiring school districts to perform additional duties in complying with the exemption requirement, 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, 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.
Under existing law, the segments of the public postsecondary education system in the state 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 are administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law authorizes these educational institutions to award various types of degrees. This bill would require the Trustees of the California State University and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and would request the Regents of the University of California, to work with their respective colleges and universities to confer an honorary degree upon each person, living or deceased, who was forced to leave his or her postsecondary studies as a result of federal Executive Order 9066 which caused the incarceration of individuals of Japanese ancestry during World War II.
Under existing law, the state, through the State Department of Social Services and county welfare departments, is required to establish and support a public system of statewide child welfare services. Existing law also establishes that a case plan, which is required to be adopted by the county for each child receiving child welfare services and which includes prescribed information, is the foundation and central unifying tool in child welfare services. This bill would require that the case plan include specified information, to the extent possible, about a parent's incarceration in determining the reasonable services to be offered or provided to that parent's children. The bill would also require social workers to make reasonable efforts to collect and update necessary data regarding a child's incarcerated parent or parents, once a consistent data entry field or fields have been designated in the statewide child welfare database. By expanding the duties of county officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 16501.1 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, proposed by SB 597, to be operative only if SB 597 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2010, and this bill is chaptered last. 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.
(1) Existing law requires the State Department of Mental Health to establish, by regulations, no later than December 31, 1994, program standards for any facility licensed as a community treatment facility. Under existing law, until January 1, 2010, the department shall not require a community treatment facility that meets certain requirements to have 24-hour onsite licensed nursing staff. This bill would extend applicability of the above provisions relating to onsite licensed nursing staff to January 1, 2013. (2) Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of foster family agencies, as defined, by the State Department of Social Services, including applicable personnel requirements. Violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor. This bill would require a foster family agency that provides treatment of children in foster families to employ one full-time social work supervisor for every eight social workers, or fraction thereof, in the agency. The bill would require the implementation of this provision to cease on and after January 1, 2011, without the enactment of subsequent statutory authorization. By changing the definition of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) Existing law requires the juvenile court to conduct a hearing for the initial disposition of a dependent child of the court, and subsequent hearings to review the status of the child, as specified. Existing law specifies the circumstances under which the court may schedule a hearing to terminate parental rights or take other specified actions with respect to placement of a child who was under 3 years of age on the date of initial removal or is a member of a sibling group, as specified. This bill would require the court, in determining whether to schedule the hearing described above for a child under these circumstances, to take into account barriers to a parent's ability to remain in contact with his or her child due to the parent's incarceration or institutionalization. (4) Existing law establishes the Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) program, under which counties provide payments to foster care providers on behalf of qualified children in foster care. The program is funded by a combination of federal, state, and county funds. Under existing law, AFDC-FC benefits are available, with specified exceptions, on behalf of qualified children under 18 years of age. Moneys from the General Fund are continuously appropriated to pay for the state's share of AFDC-FC costs. Under existing law, foster care providers licensed as group homes have rates established by classifying each group home program and applying a standardized schedule of rates. An adjusted schedule of rates is applicable to group home programs that receive AFDC-FC payments for services performed during the 2002–03 to 2009–10, inclusive, fiscal years. This bill would revise RCL point ranges for group home programs that receive AFDC-FC payments for services performed during the 2009–10 fiscal year, as specified. This bill would provide that no appropriation is made pursuant to the bill for the purpose of these provisions. Existing law reduces by 10% the standardized schedule of rates for foster family agencies, as defined, effective October 1, 2009. This bill would give the foster family flexibility in applying the rate reduction, but would prohibit more than 10% from being deducted from the child base and increment, as defined in departmental regulations. The bill, effective October 1, 2009, would apply similar rate reductions for foster family agency rates that are not determined by the schedule of rates set forth in the department's regulations. (5) Under existing law, the case plan is the foundation and central unifying tool in child welfare services. The components of the case plan include, when appropriate, a written description of the programs and services that will help a child, consistent with the child's best interests, prepare for the transition from foster care to independent living, for a child who is 16 years of age or older. Existing law requires, when a child is placed in foster care, that the child's case plan include a summary of the health and education information or records, including mental health information or records, of the child. This bill would require the State Department of Social Services, in consultation with pediatricians, health care experts, and experts in and recipients of child welfare services, to develop a plan for the ongoing oversight and coordination of health care services for a child in a foster care placement, consistent with specified federal law. (6) Existing law provides for the Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) , to be established and administered by the State Department of Social Services or the county, for the purpose of benefiting children residing in foster homes by providing the stability and security of permanent homes. The AAP provides for the payment by the department and counties, of cash assistance to eligible families that adopt eligible children, and bases the amount of the payment on the needs of the child and the resources of the family to meet those needs. Under existing law, at the time application for adoption of a child who is potentially eligible for AAP benefits is made, and at the time immediately prior to the finalization of the adoption decree, the department or the licensed adoption agency, whichever is appropriate, is required to provide the prospective adoptive family with designated information. This bill would additionally require the department or licensed adoption agency to provide information regarding the federal adoption tax credit for any individual who is adopting or considering adopting a child in foster care, in accordance with specified federal law. Existing law relating to adoption defines a special needs child as a child whose adoption without financial assistance would be unlikely because of specified characteristics or circumstances of the child. This bill would recast and revise the definition of a special needs child, and further would require the need for adoption subsidy to be evidenced by an unsuccessful search for an adoptive home to take the child without financial assistance, except under specified circumstances. The bill would make related changes to existing adoption assistance provisions. (7) Under existing law, the state, through the State Department of Social Services and county welfare departments, is required to establish and support a public system of statewide child welfare services. Existing law requires the case plan for a child 16 years of age or older to include a written description of the programs and services that will help the child prepare for the transition from foster care to independent living, as specified. This bill would require additional information pertaining to the child's transition to independent living to be provided in the 90-day period before the child attains 18 years of age, relating to, among other topics, housing, education, and employment services. By imposing additional duties upon each county, the bill would create a state-mandated local program. (8) (A) This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 16119 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, proposed by AB 154, to be operative only if AB 154 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2010, and this bill is chaptered last. (B) This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 16501.1 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, proposed by SB 118, to be operative only if SB 118 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2010, and this bill is chaptered last. (9) 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 with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law establishes the segments of public postsecondary education in the state, including the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges. Existing law establishes uniform residency requirements for purposes of ascertaining the amount of fees to be paid by students. Existing law establishes various exceptions to these uniform residency requirements, including, but not limited to, exceptions for a student who has been entirely self-supporting and actually present in California for more than one year immediately preceding the residence determination date, as specified, and for a student who is a full-time employee of an institution or of any state agency who is assigned to work outside of the state. This bill would allow an exception to the uniform residency requirements for a student 19 years of age or under at the time of enrollment, who resides in California and is a dependent or ward of the state through California's child welfare system, or was served by California's child welfare system and is no longer being served either due to emancipation or aging out of the system.
This measure would designate the month of October 2009, and every October thereafter, as Filipino American History Month.