From the Office of State Senator Carol Liu: Information Fact Sheet on Senate Bill 69

7/28/2019 From the Office of State Senator Carol Liu: Information Fact Sheet on Senate Bill 69

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May23,2Ot3

SenateApproach o the Administration's roposed"LocalControlFunding ormula"

fn hisJanuary 0 budget, he Governor roposed majorrestructuring f statefundingor school istricts,harter chools,ndcountyoff ices f education,knownas he "LocalControlFundingFormula" LCFF).TheLCFF ould replace he existingRevenue imit and Categorical rogramfunding tructure-partof Cali fornia'sducat ioninance tructureor decades-with a streamlinedormula,with uniformper-pupil atesand supplementalfunding or educotionatly isadvantaged tudents-students rom low incomeILl] amil ies, ngl ishanguageearnersEL], nd oster outh.

TheSenate pproacho SB69 s he Senate'spproacho the LCFF.r ltsauthors re:senators iu chair f hesenate ducationommittee),SteinbergProTem),Block chair f theeducation udget ubcommittee),Hancock, il l(Democraticaucus hair), ara chair f the Latino aucus),eno(chair f theBudget ommittee),e Leon chair f heAppropriationsCommittee), onning, ndPadilla.o SB69washeard ndapproved samended y he Senate ducation ommitteeon May1,Thebillwas eleasedrom he Senate ppropriationsommittee suspenseile"May23,with several mendments,ncludinghe nsert ion f targetbase rantamounts ndsupplementalates or disadvantagedtudentshat arebothhigherhan heGovernor's.At full mplementationn 2019-20,he Senate CFF evotes 4 bill ionmore othe ormula han he Governor y ncreasingothbase rants ndsupplementalgrants or low-income, nglishearner, nd osterstudents.

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Supplementalrants:SB59 ncludeshe Governor'sroposalo adda"supplementalrant" o the base rant or each ducationallyisadvantagedstudent Ll,EL,ostercare), ut ncreaseshe percentageo 40%from heproposed35%.Concentrat ionrants:SB69doesnot ncludeheGovernor'sroposalo addanadditional oncentrationrantbecauset has he effectof makingensofthousands f disadvantagedtudentsn lower-povertychool istrictsinvisible"in he undingormula. nstead,he bil ldevoteshose oncentrat ionollars(SZ.S il l ion t ful l mplementat ion)o increasingothbase ndsupplementalgrants. t full mplementationn 201,9-20,B69devotesS13.7 il l ionof a S55bil l ionotalcoston supplementalrants ndbasencreasesor disadvantagedstudents,omparedo theadministrat ion's12bil l ionor supplementalndconcentrat ionrants ombined.

Howmuch texibititywould schoot istricts oveunder he Senote'sproposolvs. heAdministrotion's roposal?Under he Senate's roposal, istricts ouldenjoy lexibilityovermanycotegoricalrogroms. heAdministrat ion'sroposalakes similar pproach.Themaindifferences hat he Senate ouldrequire chooldistrictso spendtransportation ollars n tronsporting tudentso school, ndwould ike he, 'gradespan"dollars l locatedor studentsn grades to !2to bespent nprogromshatpreparestudentsor college ndcareers, uchascareer echnicaleducat ion.In addit ion, B69continuesedicatedunding treamsor AdultEducation,Regional ccupationalenters ndPrograms,artnershipcademies,osteryouthServices,griculturalocational ducationndSpecializedecondaryProgra s.

Whatare thenew provisionselated o school istrictoccountobility?o SB69 ncludes:

o provisionshatensurehatsupplementalundsgenerated y Ll ,EL, ndfosterstudentsareused o improveserviceso thosestudents, nd not tosupplontexistingesourcesedicatedo them.At the same iff i, he bil l


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allows chools ith highconcentrationsf disadvantagedtudentsoinvest n programshat benefit he wholeschool.

o Authority or state and/orcountyeducation ntities o intervenen andsupport districts hat do not demonstratemprovements, cross ubgroupsof students,owardachievement f the CommonCore tandards ndotherstatestandardsndgoals.

o Smaller subgroup" izesor Englishearners, pecial ducation tudents,fosteryouth,and he state'sdiverse thnicities,o ensu e strongeroversightof achievement-gap losingeffortswithin the stateaccou tabi ity system.

o More robust data collectionso improvestateand localoversight.o More detaileddistrictplans o meet heneeds f Englishearners.

Whatore thenew provisionsor foster outh?o SB69preserveshe Foster outhServicesct,which he administrationadproposedo rePea'.o Achievementf fosteryouthwill be ncludedor the irst ime n he calculationof theAcademicerformancendexAPl). ecausef theiroftensmall umberswithindistrict ndschool opulations,heirsubgroupizeor reportingndaccountabilityurposesssetat 15'o TheDepartmentf Educationnd he Departmentf Social ervicesrerequi ed o shae data o ensu e thot foste youtha e i dentified for needed

servicest the ocal evel.Are thereother changeso the Administrotion's roposal?

. Among therchanges,he billwil lalso xpressegislativentent o considerremediesor other unding llocationshataredistributedccordingoinequitable,istoricallyasedormulas.naddition,t willexpressntentoprovide ome evelof supplementalupportor EL tudents eyondhe 5-yeartime imit n heAdministration'sroposal'When would the newformula take effect?


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. Thesenateproposalakeseffectoneyeor oter thon he Governor's,torting n2014-75. hisgives chool istrictsmore ime o planandmakea smoothtransitiono the new ormulaandaccountabilityystems'

How did the Senate onsider he Administration's CFFroposal?o The ull SenateBudgetCommittee eard he proposal n February 8 and

BudgetSubcomrhittee(education)ad wo additional earings n Apri l18andMay21. In addit ion,he ul lSenate ada discussionndpresentat ionn heLCFFroposal y PPIC n March5 dur ing he wo-daySenate ducation ol icyConferencen LongBeach.TheSenateDemocratic aucus ashad wo in-depthdiscussionsn the ssue. heSenate ducation ommittee eard he bi l lMay1,and he Senate ppropriations ommittee n May20.

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From the Office of State Senator Carol Liu: Information Fact Sheet on Senate Bill 69