Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt a state master plan for services to migrant children. Existing law also requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to take the steps necessary to ensure effective parental involvement throughout the state migrant education program, which include establishing a statewide parent advisory council, as specified, to participate in the planning, operation, and evaluation of the state migrant education program. Existing law requires the Superintendent to sponsor an annual State Parent Advisory Council Conference. Existing law requires the statewide parent advisory council to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature, the state board, the Superintendent, and the Governor regarding the status of the migrant education program.

This bill would require the statewide parent advisory council to prepare and submit this report every 3 years. The bill would require the State Parent Advisory Council Conference to be held biennially and would authorize the Superintendent to sponsor regional conferences to take the place of the state conference if the Superintendent determines that regional conferences will increase parent participation.

Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt a state master plan for services to migrant children. Existing law also requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to take the steps necessary to ensure effective parental involvement throughout the state migrant education program, which include establishing a statewide parent advisory council, as specified, to participate in the planning, operation, and evaluation of the state migrant education program. Existing law requires the Superintendent to sponsor an annual State Parent Advisory Council Conference. Existing law requires the statewide parent advisory council to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature, the state board, the Superintendent, and the Governor regarding the status of the migrant education program.

This bill would require the statewide parent advisory council to prepare and submit this report every 3 years. The bill would require the State Parent Advisory Council Conference to be held biennially and would authorize the Superintendent to sponsor regional conferences to take the place of the state conference if the Superintendent determines that regional conferences will increase parent participation.

Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt a state master plan for services to migrant children. Existing law also requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to take the steps necessary to ensure effective parental involvement throughout the state migrant education program, which include establishing a statewide parent advisory council, as specified, to participate in the planning, operation, and evaluation of the state migrant education program. Existing law requires the Superintendent to sponsor an annual State Parent Advisory Council Conference. Existing law requires the statewide parent advisory council to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature, the state board, the Superintendent, and the Governor regarding the status of the migrant education program.

This bill would require the statewide parent advisory council to prepare and submit this report every 3 years. The bill would require the State Parent Advisory Council Conference to be held biennially and would authorize the Superintendent to sponsor regional conferences to take the place of the state conference if the Superintendent determines that regional conferences will increase parent participation.

Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt a state master plan for services to migrant children. Existing law also requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to take the steps necessary to ensure effective parental involvement throughout the state migrant education program, which include establishing a statewide parent advisory council, as specified, to participate in the planning, operation, and evaluation of the state migrant education program. Existing law requires the statewide parent advisory council to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature, the state board, the Superintendent, and the Governor regarding the status of the migrant education program.

This bill would require the statewide parent advisory council to prepare and submit this report every 3 years.

CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS

CSA1 Bill Id:AB 192

Author:(Medina)

As Amended Ver:May 10, 2017

Majority vote

Original Committee Reference: ED.

SUMMARY: Modifies meeting and reporting requirements for the statewide parent advisory council (SPAC) of the Migrant Education Program (MEP).

The Senate amendments:

1. Require the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to sponsor a conference of the SPAC every two years, instead of every year.
2. Authorizes the SPI to sponsor regional conferences in lieu of the SPAC conference if he determines that regional conferences will increase participation.

EXISTING LAW:

1. Requires the SPI to establish a SPAC that will participate in the planning, operation, and evaluation of the state MEP, and specifies its membership.
2. Requires the SPI to sponsor a SPAC conference during the spring of each year.
3. Requires the SPAC to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature, the SBE, the SPI, and the Governor regarding the status of the MEP within 120 days of the conclusion of a training program on preparing the report provided by the SPI.

FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, per Senate rule 28.8, negligible state costs.

COMMENTS:

Need for the bill. This bill seeks to improve the quality of the existing evaluation process by changing the state's reporting requirement from once every year to once every three years and align the SPAC report with the State Services Delivery Plan (SSDP). This bill also seeks to boost parent attendance and participation in the Statewide SPAC conference by holding biennial conferences and regional meetings.

Analysis Prepared by: Tanya Lieberman / ED. / (916) 319-2087 FN: 0001076

 CONSENT  

Bill No: AB 192

Author:

:

Vote:

SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 7-0, 6/7/17

AYES: Allen, Wilk, Galgiani, Leyva, Mendoza, Pan, Vidak

SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8

ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 74-0, 4/20/17 (Consent) - See last page for vote

SUBJECT:

SOURCE: Author

DIGEST:

This bill modifies meeting and reporting requirements for the statewide parent advisory council (SPAC) of the migrant education program (MEP).

ANALYSIS:

Existing law:

1. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to take necessary steps to ensure effective parental involvement throughout the state MEP, including the adoption of rules and regulations requiring each program to actively solicit parental involvement in the planning, operation, and evaluation of its programs through the establishment of, and consultation with, a parent advisory council.
2. Requires that each parent advisory council be comprised of members who are knowledgeable of the needs of migrant children and shall be elected by the parents of migrant children enrolled in the operating agency’s programs. Specifies the means by which the councils’ composition is determined.
3. Requires the SPI to establish a SPAC that shall participate in the planning, operation, and evaluation of the state MEP and specifies its membership.
4. Requires the SPI to sponsor a SPAC conference during the spring of each year.
5. Requires the SPAC to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature, the State Board of Education (SBE), the SPI, and the Governor regarding the status of the MEP within 120 days of the conclusion of a training program on preparing the report provided by the SPI.
6. Requires that the report include an evaluation of the MEP, a review of annual needs, and a year-end assessment.
7. Requires the SPI to furnish, without charge, parent advisory councils with a copy of all applicable state and federal migrant education statutes, rules and regulations, guidelines, and copies of all applicable state and federal audits, monitoring reports, and evaluations.
8. Requires the SPI to establish and implement training programs for members of the statewide and operating agency parent advisory councils to enable them to carry out their responsibilities. (Education Code § 54444.2.)

This bill:

1. Requires the statewide parent advisory council to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature, Governor, SBE and SPI already required under existing law every three years instead of annually.
2. Requires the SPAC Conference to be held biennially, instead of annually.
3. Authorizes the SPI to sponsor regional conferences to take the place of the state conference if the SPI determines that regional conferences will increase parent participation.

Comments

1. Need for the bill. The SPAC is composed of migrant parents elected from their respective region in California. According to the author, the annual reporting requirement has made it difficult and nearly impossible for the MEP to consider recommendations from the report because of the overlap in developing the current-year report and the previous-year report. Recently, the SPAC voted to align the SPAC report with the federally-required State Service Delivery Plan (SSDP) which serves to identify the state’s targeted program service areas, measurable outcomes for the MEP and is conducted every three years.

This bill seeks to improve the quality of the existing evaluation process by changing the state’s reporting requirement from once every year to once every three years and align the SPAC report with the SSDP. This bill also seeks to boost parent attendance and participation in the statewide SPAC conference by holding biennial conferences and regional meetings.

1. MEP. MEP was created by the federal government in 1966, to address the educational needs of children whose family members are employed doing seasonal agricultural work. Children are eligible to participate in the MEP if they or their parents or guardians are migrant workers in the agricultural, dairy, lumber, or fishing industries, and their family has moved for the purpose of finding temporary or seasonal employment during the past three years. Migrant students are eligible for program services from age three until they (a) attain a high school diploma or its equivalent or (b) turn 21.

According to information provided by the author, California serves the largest number of migrant students in any state. In 2014-15, there were over 102,000 migrant students identified in California.

1. Recent SPAC report. In SPAC’s Annual report for 2014-15, members reviewed the data compiled by the MEP subgrantees. They identified and analyzed common experiences and recommendations provided by migrant parents throughout the state. This bill proposes that SPAC issue this report every three years. SPAC members created a list of priority recommendations for each of the major components of the California MEP. The recommendations include all of the following:

• Improve access to preschool by:
  • Prioritizing early childhood development and providing more funding for preschool programs for children of migrant families.
  • Opening and supporting more preschool programs to increase accessibility and alleviate transportation challenges.
  • Assising with transportation to preschool programs.
  • Encouraging parents to get involved in their children’s academic success with workshops offered in their native language on child development and techniques to help their children’s learning.
  • Improving children’s academic success in preschool by hiring qualified teachers, offering bilingual/biliteral preschool programs, training parents, strengthening the use and development of the first language and supporting parents in their literacy and English-learning efforts.
• Provide additional academic support for migrant students through:
  • Increasing individualized tutoring programs.
  • Continuing and expanding offerings of intensive and specialized courses that support migrant students’ academic performance in focus areas such as algebra, science, and critical thinking.
  • Continuing to offer Saturday classes in which parents can participate together with their children.
  • Increasing parent training that enables them to support their children’s academic success.
• Address the concerns of migrant parents with out-of-school youth by:
  • Improving communication with migrant families about programs and services for out-of-school youth.
  • Continuing efforts to recruit out-of-school youth where they work.
  • Bringing out-of-school programs and services to youths working in the fields.
  • Increasing efforts to provide motivational programs, counseling, and assistance to connect out-of-school youth with mental health services and other support services.
• Increase parental involvement by:
  • Continuing to train parents to understand and navigate the education system.
  • Continuing and expanding training of teachers and MEP staff in cultural competence.
  • Continuing to train parents already engaged in their children’s education to inform and encourage other parents to become involved.
  • Continuing and strengthening workshops and education programs for parents, including literacy classes and English as a second language.
  • Improving MEP communication with migrant parents.
• Acknowledging the importance of good health for children’s academic competence and performance by:
  • Increasing training to inform parents about nutrition and exercise.
  • Providing nutrition classes for students as well as parents.
  • Expanding the availability of healthy food in schools.
  • Continuing to support the availability of regular health examinations by qualified professionals.

Senate Education Committee staff notes that several of these recommendations are relative to improving parent involvement. Similarly, this bill proposes to increase parent participation at the statewide level by reducing the frequency of the statewide conference and in its place the SPI may host regional meetings to boost attendance and parental involvement.

FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: Fiscal Com.: Local:

SUPPORT: (Verified 6/26/17)

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson

California Immigrant Policy Center

OPPOSITION: (Verified 6/26/17)

None received

ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 74-0, 4/20/17

AYES: Acosta, Aguiar-Curry, Travis Allen, Arambula, Baker, Berman, Bigelow, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonta, Burke, Caballero, Calderon, Cervantes, Chau, Chávez, Chen, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Cunningham, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Eggman, Flora, Fong, Frazier, Friedman, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gloria, Gomez, Gonzalez Fletcher, Gray, Grayson, Harper, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Kiley, Lackey, Levine, Limón, Low, Maienschein, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Reyes, Rodriguez, Rubio, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Voepel, Waldron, Weber, Wood, Rendon

NO VOTE RECORDED: Brough, Choi, Gallagher, Mathis, Patterson, Ridley-Thomas

Prepared by:

6/27/17 16:46:30

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SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Senator Benjamin Allen, Chair

2017 - 2018 Regular

Bill No: AB 192 Hearing Date: June 7, 2017

Subject: Migrant education: statewide parent advisory council: reports

SUMMARY

This bill modifies meeting and reporting requirements for the statewide parent advisory council (SPAC) of the Migrant Education Program (MEP).

BACKGROUND

Existing law:

1. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to take necessary steps to ensure effective parental involvement throughout the state migrant education program, including the adoption of rules and regulations requiring each program to actively solicit parental involvement in the planning, operation, and evaluation of its programs through the establishment of, and consultation with, a parent advisory council.
2. Requires that each parent advisory council be comprised of members who are knowledgeable of the needs of migrant children and shall be elected by the parents of migrant children enrolled in the operating agency’s programs. Specifies the means by which the councils’ composition is determined.
3. Requires the SPI to establish a SPAC that shall participate in the planning, operation, and evaluation of the state migrant education program and specifies its membership.
4. Requires the SPI to sponsor a SPAC conference during the spring of each year.
5. Requires the SPAC to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature, the State Board of Education, the SPI, and the Governor regarding the status of the migrant education program within 120 days of the conclusion of a training program on preparing the report provided by the SPI.
6. Requires that the report include an evaluation of the migrant education program, a review of annual needs, and a year-end assessment.
7. Requires the SPI to furnish, without charge, parent advisory councils with a copy of all applicable state and federal migrant education statutes, rules and regulations, guidelines, and copies of all applicable state and federal audits, monitoring reports, and evaluations.
8. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to establish and implement training programs for members of the statewide and operating agency parent advisory councils to enable them to carry out their responsibilities. (Education Code § 54444.2.)

ANALYSIS

This bill:

1. Requires the statewide parent advisory council to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature, Governor, State Board of Education and SPI already required under existing law every three years instead of annually.
2. Requires the State Parent Advisory Council (SPAC) Conference to be held biennially, instead of annually.
3. Authorizes the SPI to sponsor regional conferences to take the place of the state conference if the Superintendent determines that regional conferences will increase parent participation.

STAFF COMMENTS

1. Need for the bill. The SPAC is composed of migrant parents elected from their respective region in California. According to the author the annual reporting requirement has made it difficult and nearly impossible for the Migrant Education Program (MEP) to consider recommendations from the report because of the overlap in developing the current-year report and the previous-year report. Recently, the SPAC voted to align the SPAC report with the federally-required State Service Delivery Plan (SSDP) which serves to identify the state’s targeted program service areas, measurable outcomes for the MEP and is conducted every three years.

This bill seeks to improve the quality of the existing evaluation process by changing the state’s reporting requirement from once every year to once every three years and align the SPAC report with the SSDP. This bill also seeks to boost parent attendance and participation in the Statewide SPAC conference by holding biennial conferences and regional meetings.

1. Migrant Education Program (MEP). MEP was created by the federal government in 1966, to address the educational needs of children whose family members are employed doing seasonal agricultural work. Children are eligible to participate in the MEP if they or their parents or guardians are migrant workers in the agricultural, dairy, lumber, or fishing industries, and their family has moved for the purpose of finding temporary or seasonal employment during the past three years. Migrant students are eligible for program services from age 3 until they (1) attain a high school diploma or its equivalent or (2) turn 21.

According to information provided by the author, California serves the largest number of migrant students in any state. In 2014-15, there were over 102,000 migrant students identified in California.

1. Recent State Parent Advisory Council (SPAC) report. In the Annual SPAC report for 2014-15, SPAC members reviewed the data compiled by the Migrant Education Program (MEP) subgrantees. They identified and analyzed common experiences and recommendations provided by migrant parents throughout the state. This bill proposes that SPAC issue this report every three years. SPAC members created a list of priority recommendations for each of the major components of the California MEP. The recommendations include all of the following:
   • • • Improve access to preschool by:
         • Prioritizing early childhood development and providing more funding for preschool programs for children of migrant families.
         • Opening and supporting more preschool programs to increase accessibility and alleviate transportation challenges.
         • Assising with transportation to preschool programs.
         • Encouraging parents to get involved in their children’s academic success with workshops offered in their native language on child development and techniques to help their children’s learning.
         • Improving children’s academic success in preschool by hiring qualified teachers, offering bilingual/biliteral preschool programs, training parents, strengthening the use and development of the first language and supporting parents in their literacy and English-learning efforts.

• Provide additional academic support for migrant students through:
  • Increasing individualized tutoring programs.
  • Continuing and expanding offerings of intensive and specialized courses that support migrant students’ academic performance in focus areas such as algebra, science, and critical thinking.
  • Continuing to offer Saturday classes in which parents can participate together with their children.
  • Increasing parent training that enables them to support their children’s academic success.
• Address the concerns of migrant parents with out-of-school youth by:
  • Improving communication with migrant families about programs and services for out-of-school youth.
  • Continuing efforts to recruit out-of-school youth where they work.
  • Bringing out-of-school programs and services to youths working in the fields.
  • Increasing efforts to provide motivational programs, counseling, and assistance to connect out-of-school youth with mental health services and other support services.
• Increase parental involvement by:
  • Continuing to train parents to understand and navigate the education system.
  • Continuing and expanding training of teachers and MEP staff in cultural competence.
  • Continuing to train parents already engaged in their children’s education to inform and encourage other parents to become involved.
  • Continuing and strengthening workshops and education programs for parents, including literacy classes and English as a second language.

• • Improving MEP communication with migrant parents.
• Acknowledging the importance of good health for children’s academic competence and performance by:
  • Increasing training to inform parents about nutrition and exercise.
  • Providing nutrition classes for students as well as parents.
  • Expanding the availability of healthy food in schools.
  • Continuing to support the availability of regular health examinations by qualified professionals.

Staff notes that several of these recommendations are relative to improving parent involvement. Similarly, this bill proposes to increase parent participation at the statewide level by reducing the frequency of the statewide conference and in its place the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) may host regional meetings to boost attendance and parental involvement.

SUPPORT

Tom Torlakson, Superintendent of Public Instruction

OPPOSITION

None received.

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Date of Hearing: April 5, 2017

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, Chair

ABPCA Bill Id:AB 192

Author:(Medina) – As Introduced Ver:January 19, 2017

Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: No Reimbursable: No

SUMMARY:

This bill changes the frequency, from once every year to once every three years, of a report which the Migrant Education Program (MEP) statewide parent advisory council (SPAC) is required to submit to the Legislature, the State Board of Education (SBE), the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI), and the Governor.

FISCAL EFFECT:

Minor savings to CDE by changing the report requirement from annual to every three years.

COMMENTS:

1. Purpose. AB 192 requires the SPAC to prepare and submit a report, every three years, to the Legislature, SBE, Superintendent, and Governor on the status and evaluation of the migrant education program, including policy recommendations. The annual requirement in current statute has made it difficult and nearly impossible for the MEP Program to consider recommendations from the report because of the overlap in developing the current-year report and the previous-year report. At their January 7, 2017 meeting, the SPAC unanimously voted in support of aligning the SPAC report with the federally-required State Service Delivery Plan (SSDP).
2. Background. The California MEP is a federally authorized and funded program intended to provide supplemental educational programs for migrant children, ages three to twenty-one. State law establishes additional state rules governing the administrative framework for delivering local MEP services throughout the state by subgrantees, program service areas, and parental involvement duties. According to the California Department of Education (CDE), the California MEP serves the largest number of migrant students in the country. In 2013-14, there were more than 112,000 migrant children identified in California.
3. Staff Comments. California is federally required to develop its SSDP every three years. This bill would allow the state to align its state reporting requirement with the three year cycle of the SSDP development and better incorporate state data on targeted program service areas and measurable outcomes in the plan. In lieu of producing the report annually, CDE states that program staff will be directed to develop training materials on best practices for engaging parents, conduct additional monitoring visits of local parent advisory councils and review expenditure reports from other subgrantees.

Analysis Prepared by: Daisy Gonzales / APPR. / (916) 319-2081

Date of Hearing: March 15, 2017

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Patrick O'Donnell, Chair

ABPCA Bill Id:AB 192 (

Author:Medina) – As Introduced Ver:January 19, 2017

SUBJECT: Migrant education: statewide parent advisory council: reports

SUMMARY: Changes the frequency, from once every year to once every three years, of a report which the Migrant Education Program (MEP) statewide parent advisory council (SPAC) is required to submit to Legislature, the State Board of Education (SBE), the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI), and the Governor.

EXISTING LAW:

1. Requires the SPI to take necessary steps to ensure effective parental involvement throughout the state migrant education program, including the adoption of rules and regulations requiring each program to actively solicit parental involvement in the planning, operation, and evaluation of its programs through the establishment of, and consultation with, a parent advisory council.
2. Requires that each parent advisory council be comprised of members who are knowledgeable of the needs of migrant children and shall be elected by the parents of migrant children enrolled in the operating agency’s programs. Specifies the means by which the councils’ composition is determined.
3. Requires the SPI to establish a SPAC that shall participate in the planning, operation, and evaluation of the state migrant education program and specifies its membership.
4. Requires the SPI to sponsor a SPAC conference during the spring of each year.
5. Requires the SPAC to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature, the SBE, the SPI, and the Governor regarding the status of the migrant education program within 120 days of the conclusion of a training program on preparing the report provided by the SPI.
6. Requires that the report include an evaluation of the migrant education program, a review of annual needs, and a year-end assessment.
7. Requires the SPI to furnish, without charge, parent advisory councils with a copy of all applicable state and federal migrant education statutes, rules and regulations, guidelines, and copies of all applicable state and federal audits, monitoring reports, and evaluations.
8. Requires the SPI to establish and implement training programs for members of the statewide and operating agency parent advisory councils to enable them to carry out their responsibilities.

FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown

COMMENTS:

Need for the bill. According to the author’s office, “Currently, the SPAC is required to prepare and submit an annual report to the Legislature, State Board of Education, Superintendent, and Governor on the status of the Migrant Education Program. The annual requirement has made it difficult and nearly impossible for the Migrant Education Program to consider recommendations from the report because of the overlap in developing the current-year report and the previous-year report.

AB 192 would require the SPAC to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature, SBE, Superintendent, and Governor every three years on the status and evaluation of the migrant education program, including policy recommendations. By changing the reporting requirement to every three years, this bill would help improve the Migrant Education Program in several ways. First, the SPAC, with assistance from the department, would be able to develop and prepare a higher quality report on the status and evaluation of the migrant education program. Second, the report would be aligned to the federally-required State Service Delivery Plan (SSDP) such that recommendations from the SPAC can be considered and incorporated in the SSDP to improve services and outcomes to the migrant education program.

At their January 7, 2017 meeting, the SPAC unanimously voted in support of aligning the SPAC report with the federally-required State Service Delivery Plan (SSDP). The SSDP is developed at least every three years and identifies the state’s targeted program service areas and measurable outcomes for the migrant education program.”

Migrant Education Program. The California Migrant Education Program is a federally authorized and funded program intended to provide supplemental educational programs for migrant children, ages three to 21. State law establishes additional state rules governing the administrative framework for delivering local MEP services throughout the state by subgrantees, program service areas, and parental involvement duties.

According to the California Department of Education (CDE), the California MEP serves the largest number of migrant students in the country. In 2013-14, there were more than 112,000 migrant children identified in California.

The MEP is intended to mitigate the effect of educational disruption resulting from the repeated moves of migrant families who follow harvest cycles. CDE notes that as families relocate in search of qualifying work such in agriculture, dairy, and fishing, students face challenges completing high school graduation requirements and often miss key instructional periods, assessment windows, and opportunities to make friends and join extra-curricular activities. In addition to the instructional and social challenges caused by repeated moves, migrant children often live in extreme poverty, which can lead to significant health disparities, particularly in the areas of dental health, vision, and mental health.

The federal law requires the MEP to provide educational and support services to the children of migrant farmworkers, ages 3–21 in order to:

1. support high quality comprehensive programs
2. ensure migrant children are not penalized by disparities among states in curriculum, graduation requirements, and student achievement standards
3. provide appropriate educational services to address their unique needs
4. ensure that migrant children receive the same opportunities to meet the same challenging state academic content standards that all children are expected to meet
5. design programs to help migrant children overcome cultural and language barriers, social isolation, and various health related problems
6. ensure migrant children benefit from state and local systemic reforms

To address the federal requirements, each state is required to develop an SSDP that identifies the targeted program service areas and measurable outcomes. In California, the SSDP requires services to address needs in the following areas: preschool, English language arts, mathematics, out-of-school youth (OSY), high school graduation, and parental involvement.

According to the CDE, in 2014-15, the CDE had 20 subgrantees located in areas where there are high numbers of migrant farmworkers. There were 15 regions comprised of a single or several county offices of education and five directly funded districts. Each subgrantee provides comprehensive programs to address the unique needs of migrant children as set forth in the California SSDP. All subgrantees offer educational programming and deliver services primarily through after-school programs, tutoring, Saturday classes, and intersession programs offered during breaks and during the summer time. The SSDP identifies the state priorities and requires subgrantees to provide services to preschool children, instructional intervention programs on English language arts and mathematics, instructional programs to support high school graduation, educational and support services for out-of-school youth, and support services to assist with parental involvement and health-related needs, such as dental services, vision needs, and other social welfare needs.

Annual SPAC report and alignment with federal SSDP. Current law requires the SPAC to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature, the SBE, the SPI, and the Governor regarding the status of the migrant education program within 120 days from the conclusion of a training program on preparing the report provided by the SPI.

According to the CDE, the SPAC annual report is based on data collected from migrant parents regarding their experiences with the programs and services provided by the MEP each year. To compile the report, the MEP subgrantees survey migrant parents and conduct focus groups to collect this data. The SPAC members analyze the data and identify recurring issues, observations, and recommendations for strengthening and improving programs addressing the five major components of the MEP.

According to the CDE, California is federally required to develop its SSDP every three years. This bill would allow the state to align its state reporting requirement with the three year cycle of the SSDP development and better incorporate state data on targeted program service areas and measurable outcomes in the plan.

According to the CDE, at the January 7, 2017 meeting of the SPAC the members voted to support moving the reporting requirement from a one year to a three year cycle.

Migrant education needs identified in last report. The most recent SPAC report, issued in September, 2016, made a number of recommendations based on the surveys and feedback of participants in the program.

In the area of preschool for migrant students in grades K-12, the SPAC members recommended:

• Prioritizing early childhood development and providing more funding for preschool programs for children of migrant families
• Opening and supporting more preschool programs in more places to increase accessibility and alleviate transportation challenges
• Assisting with transportation to preschool programs
• Encouraging parents to get involved in their children’s academic success with workshops offered in their native language on child development and techniques to help their children’s learning
• Hiring qualified teachers with preschool credentials
• Offering more bilingual/biliteral preschool programs
• Training parents
• Strengthening the use and development of the children’s first language
• Supporting parents in their literacy and English-learning efforts

In the areas of ELA, reading, and mathematics for migrant students in grades K-12, the SPAC members recommended:

• Increasing individualized tutoring programs, where possible, that include home visits and individual meetings
• Continuing and expanding offerings of intensive and specialized courses that support migrant students’ academic performance in focus areas such as algebra, science, and critical thinking
• Continuing to offer Saturday classes in which parents can participate together with their children
• Increasing parent training that enables them to support their children’s academic success

In the area of OSY (defined as 16–21 year old migrant children who have not graduated from high school and have not received a high school equivalency diploma or passed the high school equivalency examination), SPAC members made the following recommendations:

• Improving communication with migrant families about programs and services for OSY students
• Continuing efforts to recruit OSY students where they work
• Bringing OSY programs and services to youths working in the fields
• Increasing efforts to provide motivational programs, counseling, and assistance to connect OSY with mental health services and other support services in their community because these measures are reported as highly effective

In the area of parent involvement, the SPAC members recommended:

• Continuing to train parents to understand and navigate the education system
• Continuing and expanding the training of teachers and MEP staff in cultural competency
• Continuing to prepare and provide training for parents already engaged in their children’s education to inform and encourage other parents to become involved
• Continuing and strengthening workshops and education programs for parents, including literacy classes and English as a second language
• Improving MEP communication with migrant parents to make them feel welcome and valued
• Ensuring timely provision of a calendar of events and meetings so that parents can plan to attend, learn, and participate

In the area of healthcare and other services, the SPAC members recommended:

• Increasing training to inform parents about nutrition and exercise
• Providing nutrition classes for students as well as parents
• Expanding the availability of healthy food in schools
• Continuing to support the availability of regular health examinations by qualified professionals

REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:

Support

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson (sponsor)

California Faculty Association

Opposition

None on file

Analysis Prepared by: Tanya Lieberman / ED. / (916) 319-2087