Pupils: data reporting: American Indian and Alaska Native pupils.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify how enforcement will occur or if there are specific penalties for non-compliance.

Reporting Tribal Affiliation of American Indian and Alaska Native Students

This law requires schools in California to collect tribal affiliation information for new students who identify as American Indian or Alaska Native starting from the 2027-28 school year, and for all enrolled American Indian and Alaska Native students by July 1, 2027.

What This Bill Does

• Requires schools to record the tribal affiliation of new students who are American Indian or Alaska Native starting in the 2027-28 school year.
• Asks schools to report the tribal affiliations of all enrolled American Indian and Alaska Native students by July 1, 2027.
• Provides help from the state education department for schools to follow these new rules.

Who It Names or Affects

• School districts
• County offices of education
• Charter schools
• American Indian and Alaska Native students in California

Terms To Know

CALPADS

California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System, a system used by the state to collect student data.

Tribal affiliation

The specific tribe or Native American group that a person belongs to.

Limits and Unknowns

• It is not clear how this new requirement will be enforced.
• Local educational agencies may need extra funding to comply with the new data collection rules.

Official Summary Text

AB 1581, as amended, Ramos.
Pupils: data reporting: American Indian and Alaska Native pupils.
Existing law establishes the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS), which is maintained by the State Department of Education and consists of pupil data from elementary and secondary schools, as specified, relating to demographic, program participation, enrollment, and statewide assessments, among other things. Existing law requires the system to be used to accomplish specified goals, including to provide school districts and the department access to data, including demographic data, necessary to comply with federal reporting requirements.
This bill would require the department to, beginning with the 2027–28 school year,
require,
define and collect,
as part of CALPADS, a record of the tribal affiliation of each pupil
new to a school district, county office of education, or charter school
who identifies as American Indian or Alaska Native, as provided. The bill would require a school district, county office of education, or charter
school to, on or before July 1, 2027,
school, beginning with the 2027–28 school year, to
collect and report in CALPADS the tribal affiliation of each pupil
enrolled in the 2026–27 school year
who identifies as American Indian or Alaska Native, as provided. The bill would require the department to provide technical assistance to
school districts, county offices of education,
and charter schools
those local educational agencies
in implementing these provisions. To the extent this bill imposes additional duties on local educational agencies in collecting and reporting additional data through CALPADS, 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.

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