AB 1310: School accountability: school climate report.

Existing law requires the governing board of each school district and county board of education to adopt a local control accountability plan and to update its local control and accountability plan before July 1 of each year. Existing law requires a local control and accountability plan to include, among other things, a description of the annual goals to be achieved for each state priority, as specified, for all pupils and certain subgroups of pupils. The states delineated priorities include, among others, pupil engagement, as measured by specified attendance, dropout, and graduation rates, and school climate, as measured by pupil suspension and expulsion rates and other local measures, as provided.

This bill would require, bill, commencing with the 202627 school year, would require a school district, county office of education, or charter school that serves pupils in any of grades 5 to 12, inclusive, to administer the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) at least once every 2 years. If a local educational agency, pursuant to results from the CHKS, falls below an average of 70% in specified categories or has an average of more than 70% in specified categories for 2 consecutive administrations of the survey, the bill would require the local educational agency to develop a School Climate Improvement Report (SCIR), as provided. The bill would require an SCIR to include, among other things, specific additional measures the local educational agency will implement to address concerns, and annually (1) compile a school climate report detailing the pupil engagement and school climate data collected for purposes of their local control and accountability plan, and (2) if the local educational agency identifies any deficiencies in school climate, detail a plan to improve school climate to be included in the report. The bill would require the SCIR school climate report, including the plan to improve school climate, if applicable, to be presented at a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing board or body of the local educational agency, as provided. The bill would add as a measurement for determining school climate, for purposes of the above-described states delineated priorities, the results of the California Healthy Kids Survey, as provided. To the extent this bill would impose agency and made public accessibly on the local educational agencys internet website, as provided. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies or local officials, agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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 the statutory provisions noted above.