AB 117: Education finance: average daily attendance and timeline waivers: protective equipment and cleaning appropriation: COVID –19.
- Session Year: 2019-2020
- House: Assembly
- Latest Version Date: 2020-03-16
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2019.
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2019.
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| Mar 16, 2020 | From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. |
| Sep 10, 2019 | In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. |
| Sep 9, 2019 | Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 29. Noes 7.) |
| Aug 30, 2019 | In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. |
| Aug 26, 2019 | In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. |
| Apr 24, 2019 | Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. |
| Apr 11, 2019 | In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. |
| Apr 11, 2019 | Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. |
| Apr 8, 2019 | Read second time. Ordered to third reading. |
| Apr 4, 2019 | Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 15.) |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Referred to Com. on BUDGET. |
| Dec 4, 2018 | From printer. May be heard in committee January 3. |
| Dec 3, 2018 | Read first time. To print. |
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| Apr 11, 2019 | AB 117 Ting Assembly Third Reading | Assembly Floor |
Passed |
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
ATR Bill Id:AB 117
Author:(Ting)
As Amended Ver:March 16, 2020
Majority vote
SUMMARY:
This bill makes changes to education programs adopted as part of the Budget Act of 2019 in response to COVID-19.
Major Provisions
The 2019 Budget Act included various changes to education programs; SB 117 contains changes for education programs that ensure local educational agencies continue to receive funding during the COVID-19 emergency and allow for flexibility for local educational agencies to continue to provide educational options to their students.
- Specifies that for the purposes of local educational agencies claiming attendance for the 2019-20 school year for purposes of school funding, the school year shall include only full school months between July 1, 2019 and February 29, 2020. This section would also waive other code sections necessary to make this change. This section would ensure that local educational agencies continue to receive funding for the school year, regardless of the closure of schools in response to COVID-19.
- Waives the requirements in education code for instructional days and minutes for local educational agencies during a school closure that is in response to COVID-19.
- Specifies that charter schools that do not currently have an independent study program or distance learning program in their currently approved petition shall not be required to submit a material revision to its authorizer in order to offer those types of programs in response to closure due to COVID-19.
- Specifies that for the purposes of funding After School Education and Safety Programs, a closure due to COVID-19 qualifies as an event that prevents a program from operating its entire program, and grantees shall be credited for their entire average annual attendance as if the program had operated the full program. This provision ensures that grantees running after school programs do not lose funding due to COVID-19 closures.
- Provides that attendance and reporting requirement for payment for child care and development programs, including California State Preschool, General Child Care, CalWORKS child care, and Alternative Payment Programs, are waived for agencies complying with Executive Orders and pursuant to guidance provided by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
- Specifies that for the 2019-20 school year, the testing window for the English language proficiency assessment required by statute is extended by 45 days and the testing window for all other assessments, including the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress assessments required under statute is extended by the length of the school closure due to COVID-19 or the end of the state's testing window, whichever comes first.
- Specifies that timelines for the Uniform Complaint Procedures are extended by the length of a school's closure due to COVID-19.
- Specifies that the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall consider the days following the schools closure due to COVID-19 as days between a pupils' regular school session, until the school reopens and regular session convenes when determining local educational agency compliance with special education timelines and service provision. Does not affect federal Individual with Disabilities Education Act requirements.
- Provides $100 million in one-time Proposition 98 General fund to the Superintendent of Public Instruction to apportion to local educational agencies on the basis of average daily attendance for classroom based education programs, with a minimum of $250 per schoolsite. These funds may be used for purchasing personal protective equipment or for supplies and labor costs of cleaning schoolsites.
COMMENTS:
According to the Author:
Arguments in Support:
Arguments in Opposition:
FISCAL COMMENTS:
Appropriates an additional $100 million in one-time Proposition 98 General Fund to local education agencies for purposes of purchasing personal protective equipment and for schoolsite cleaning. Holds LEAs harmless from apportionment and state service contracts requirements for attendance, and assumes budgeted expenditures for LEA employees and contractors.
VOTES:
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 54-13-13
YES: Aguiar-Curry, Bauer-Kahan, Bloom, Boerner Horvath, Bonta, Burke, Calderon, Carrillo, Cervantes, Chau, Chu, Cooper, Daly, Eggman, Frazier, Friedman, Gabriel, Cristina Garcia, Gipson, Gloria, Gonzalez, Gray, Grayson, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Kamlager-Dove, Limón, Maienschein, McCarty, Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, O'Donnell, Petrie-Norris, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Ramos, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Robert Rivas, Rodriguez, Blanca Rubio, Salas, Santiago, Smith, Mark Stone, Ting, Weber, Wicks, Wood, Rendon
NO: Bigelow, Brough, Dahle, Flora, Fong, Gallagher, Kiley, Mathis, Melendez, Obernolte, Patterson, Voepel, Waldron
ABS, ABST OR NV: Arambula, Berman, Chen, Chiu, Choi, Cooley, Cunningham, Diep, Eduardo Garcia, Lackey, Levine, Low, Mayes
UPDATED:
VERSION: March 16, 2020
CONSULTANT: Erin Gabel / BUDGET / (916) 319-2099 FN: 0002739
ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
ATR Bill Id:AB 117
Author:(Ting)
As Introduced Ver:December 3, 2018
Majority vote. Budget Bill Appropriation Takes Effect Immediately
SUMMARY:
This bill expresses the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2019.
Major Provisions
COMMENTS:
According to the Author:
Arguments in Support:
Arguments in Opposition:
FISCAL COMMENTS:
VOTES:
UPDATED:
VERSION: December 3, 2018
CONSULTANT: Christian Griffith / BUDGET / (916) 319-2099 FN: 0000160
Bill Author
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