Pupil achievement: closing the achievement gap: accountability report.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify that the Legislative Analyst’s Office needs to consult with education stakeholders, although it is implied by best practices.

Closing Achievement Gaps: Accountability Report

This law requires an annual report from the Legislative Analyst's Office on California's progress in closing academic achievement gaps and includes recommendations for actions to support local educational agencies.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Legislative Analyst’s Office to make an annual report by December 1st each year starting from 2028, assessing the state's progress in closing pupil academic achievement gaps.
• Includes recommendations of actions that the state can take to meet specific goals and benchmarks for local educational agencies.
• The report is part of the assessment of the state budget.

Who It Names or Affects

• Students who have achievement gaps in their academic performance.
• Schools and local educational agencies responsible for closing these gaps.
• The Legislative Analyst’s Office which will create the reports.
• State officials like the Governor and members of the Legislature who receive the report.

Terms To Know

Achievement gap

A difference in academic performance between groups of students, often based on factors such as race or income level.

Legislative Analyst’s Office

An office that provides nonpartisan analysis and advice to the California Legislature.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if goals are not met.
• It is unclear how much funding will be provided for implementing recommendations in the report.
• The exact details of future performance targets have not been established yet.

Official Summary Text

AB 2149, as amended, Garcia.
Pupil achievement: closing the achievement gap: accountability report.
Existing law establishes the State Board of Education and requires the state board to study educational conditions and needs of the state and to make plans for the improvement of the administration and efficiency of the public schools of the state. Existing law establishes the State Department of Education under the administration of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and assigns to the department numerous responsibilities relating to the governance of the public elementary and secondary schools in the state.
This bill would require the Legislative Analyst’s Office, on or before December
1 of each year,
1, 2028, and annually thereafter,
and as a
component of the assessment of the state budget, to assess and publicly report to the Legislature and the Governor the state’s progress in closing pupil academic achievement gaps and to include recommendations of actions that the state can take to meet its
performance targets
specific goals and benchmarks to support local educational agencies in closing the achievement gap
proposed to be established by
____.
AB 2225 of the 2025–26 Regular Session.
The bill would require the Legislative Analyst’s Office to consult with education stakeholders to develop
the
each
annual report.

Current Bill Text

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