School accountability: data systems: reporting.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on how the task force will be formed or who will be part of it.

School Data Reporting System

This law sets up a plan for reviewing and simplifying school data reporting in California.

What This Bill Does

• States the intention to create a task force that will look at what is needed for a single, centralized statewide data reporting system for local educational agencies.
• Requires the Legislative Analyst’s Office to review existing reports and planning documents from schools and make recommendations on how to reduce or remove conflicting or redundant reporting requirements.
• Requests the creation of a statewide data submission portal and an accountability calendar with all recommended deadlines.

Who It Names or Affects

• School districts in California
• The State Department of Education
• Local educational agencies

Terms To Know

LCAP

Local Control and Accountability Plan, a plan that school boards must create each year.

CalPADS

California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System, a system for collecting student data.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how the task force will be formed or who will be on it.
• It is unclear what specific changes will come from the recommendations made by the Legislative Analyst’s Office.

Official Summary Text

AB 2303, as amended, Muratsuchi.
School accountability: data
systems.
systems: reporting.
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 state the intent of the Legislature to enact
future legislation to create a task force to evaluate and provide recommendations to the Governor and Legislature related to the necessary components of a single, centralized statewide data reporting system for local educational agencies, on behalf of the pupils served by local educational agencies in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. The recommended statewide data reporting system would be used to submit required reports and data elements, including, but not limited to, those in CalPADS and LCAPs.
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 conflicting or redundant reports and reporting deadlines, as provided, recommendations for a statewide data
submission portal, as provided, and a statewide accountability calendar that identifies all recommended reporting deadlines. The bill would require the Legislative Analyst’s Office, on or before July 1, 2027, 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.

Current Bill Text

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