Official Summary Text
AB 2303, as amended, Muratsuchi.
School accountability:
data systems: reporting.
local educational agencies: required plans and reports.
Existing law requires the governing board of each school district to adopt a local control and accountability plan (LCAP) using a template adopted by the State Board of Education. Existing law requires the governing board of each school district to update its LCAP before July 1 of each year and requires that annual update to be developed using a template adopted by the state board.
Existing law establishes the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CalPADS) and requires, among other things, the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Finance and the Legislative Analyst’s Office, to include data on a quarterly rate of pupil attendance in the system, if federal funds are received for this purpose.
This bill would require the Legislative Analyst’s Office to
review existing required reports, planning documents, and deadlines associated with those reports and documents, and to
prepare a report that includes recommendations
to reduce and remove
for (1) reducing and removing
conflicting or redundant reports and reporting deadlines, as provided,
recommendations for
(2)
a statewide data submission portal, as provided, and
(3)
a statewide
accountability
calendar that identifies
all recommended reporting deadlines.
the deadlines of all plans and reports required to be submitted by school districts, county offices of education, or charter schools, as provided.
The bill would require the Legislative Analyst’s Office, on or before
July 1, 2027,
January 1, 2028,
to submit the report to the appropriate budget and policy committees of the Legislature and to the
Governor. The bill would also require the State Department of Education, on or before July 1 of each year thereafter, to update the statewide accountability calendar.
Governor
and, in preparing the report, to solicit and incorporate feedback from statewide organizations, as provided.