BILL NUMBER: SB 827	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 26, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 24, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 4, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 25, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator  Lowenthal   Simitian


                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

    An act to add Section 60902 to the Education Code,
relating to pupil data.   An act relating to public
employees' retirement. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 827, as amended,  Lowenthal   Simitian
 .  Pupil data: California Longitudinal Pupil
Achievement Data System Advisory Committee.   Public
employees' retirement.  
   The State Teachers' Retirement System, the Public Employees'
Retirement System, the Judges' Retirement System, and the Judges
Retirement System II provide pension benefits based in part upon
credited service. Under existing law, counties and districts, as
defined, may provide retirement benefits to their employees pursuant
to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937.  
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to convene a
conference committee to craft responsible, comprehensive legislation
to reform state and local pension systems in a manner that reflects
both the legitimate needs of public employees and the fiscal
circumstances of state and local governments.  
   Existing law establishes the California Education Information
System, which consists of the California Longitudinal Pupil
Achievement Data System (CALPADS) and the California Longitudinal
Teacher Integrated Data Education System. Existing law requires the
State Department of Education to contract for the development of
proposals that will provide for the retention and analysis of
longitudinal pupil achievement data, known as CALPADS. 

   This bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction
to establish a California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System
Advisory Committee to advise, and provide recommendations to, the
Governor, Superintendent, State Board of Education, and Legislature
on matters relating to CALPADS, as specified. The bill would require
the advisory committee to consist of 23 members, as specified, and to
be cochaired by the president of the state board and the
Superintendent, or their respective designees. The bill would provide
that advisory committee members shall serve without compensation or
reimbursement for travel or any other costs associated with service
on the advisory committee. The bill would require the advisory
committee to report its recommendations regarding CALPADS to the
Governor, Legislature, Superintendent, and state board by January 1,
2013. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  yes
  no  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature to
convene a conference committee to craft responsible, comprehensive
legislation to reform state and local pension systems in a manner
that reflects both the legitimate needs of public employees and the
fiscal circumstances of state and local governments.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 60902 is added to the
Education Code, to read:
   60902.  (a) The Superintendent shall establish a California
Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System Advisory Committee to
advise, and provide recommendations to, the Governor, Superintendent,
state board, and Legislature on all of the following:
   (1) The ability of CALPADS to serve local, state, and federal
pupil data needs and compliance.
   (2) The steps necessary to expand CALPADS to create a
comprehensive data system that tracks progress from preschool through
postsecondary education and employment.
   (3) A review of CALPADS' objectives, usefulness, long-term
implications, and compatibility with increasingly applicable federal
requirements.
   (4) If and how CALPADS has been useful to pupils and their
families, including, but not limited to, providing increased
eligibility for, and access to, pupil services such as free and
reduced-price lunches and pupil record transfers.
   (5) If and how CALPADS does or will save local educational
agencies and the state time and money and result in higher quality
pupil data.
   (b) The advisory committee shall consist of 23 members, as
follows:
   (1) The Superintendent, or his or her designee, shall be an ex
officio member.
   (2) The president of the state board, or his or her designee,
shall be an ex officio member.
   (3) Seven members shall be appointed by the Superintendent. The
members appointed by the Superintendent shall include, but are not
limited to, a department employee, a certificated teacher, a school
district or county office of education administrator, and a
researcher with experience using state, county, school district, and
pupil data.
   (4) Six members shall be appointed by the state board. The members
appointed by the state board shall include, but are not limited to,
a researcher with experience using state, county, school district,
and pupil data, and a representative from the California Technology
Agency.
   (5) Four members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
Assembly. The members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, to
the greatest extent possible, shall include, but are not limited to,
a parent and a certificated teacher.
   (6) Four members shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on
Rules. The members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, to the
greatest extent possible, shall include a parent, a certificated
teacher, a school district or county office of education
administrator, and a researcher with experience using state, county,
school district, and pupil data.
   (c) The advisory committee shall be cochaired by the president of
the state board and the Superintendent, or their respective
designees.
   (d) Members of the advisory committee shall serve without
compensation. Members of the advisory committee shall not be
reimbursed for travel or any other costs associated with serving on
the advisory committee.
   (e) Members appointed pursuant to subdivision (b) shall include
representatives of each of the stakeholder groups necessary to
consider the future of pupil data collection and the data and system'
s usefulness on a local, state, and federal level, including, but not
limited to, parents, teachers, school administrators, researchers,
the department, and the California Technology Agency.
   (f) On or before January 1, 2013, the advisory committee shall
report its recommendations developed pursuant to subdivision (a) to
the Governor, Legislature, Superintendent, and state board.
   (g) For purposes of this section, "CALPADS" means the California
Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System developed pursuant to
Section 60900.