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2007 California Education Code Chapter 6.6. High School Pupil Success Act
CA Codes (edc:52070-52075)
EDUCATION CODESECTION 52070-52075
52070. (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited as, the High School Pupil Success Act. (b) The High School Pupil Success Act is hereby established. This chapter shall be jointly administered by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Secretary for Education, in consultation with an advisory committee consisting of representatives from the State Department of Education, the State Board of Education, the California School Boards Association, the Association of California School Administrators, teacher associations, the California Parent Teacher Association, the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association, and education nonprofit entities with proven expertise in systemic education reform as determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Secretary for Education. (c) The purpose of this chapter is to develop public-private partnerships on both the local and state levels to aid in the redesign and reformation of California's high schools for the 21st century. A school district that maintains a high school may apply to participate in the program established pursuant to this chapter. A school district that receives private funds for those purposes described in subdivision (e) shall not be eligible to receive funds under this chapter. (d) This chapter shall be implemented in two phases. In Phase I, school districts awarded grants pursuant to this chapter shall form a "district-community partnership" with a community-based organization. Together with the involvement of the whole school community including parents, teachers, and pupils, the district-community partnership shall develop a five-year reform and redesign plan for the development of effective high schools for all pupils in their districts. In Phase II, school districts shall implement their plan. (e) The reform and redesign plan developed for Phase I of the act may include strategies to accomplish any of the following: (1) Smaller learning communities within existing high schools. (2) Free-standing small high schools. (3) Flexible scheduling alternatives to meet the needs of high school pupils. (4) Rigorous academic curricula to prepare high school pupils for the 21st century workplace. (5) The involvement of business, local universities, parent groups, youth development organizations, community-based organizations, medical centers, financial institutions, and other segments of the local community to strengthen curriculum, increase pupil motivation and expand professional development opportunities for high school pupils and generally to improve the academic achievement of high school pupils. (6) The reformation of central office administration to meet the needs of schoolsites to improve academic achievement of high school pupils. (7) Increased alignment of programs between middle school and high school and providing support services for pupils making this transition. (f) The reform and redesign plan shall be systemic in nature and apply to all high schools within the district as well as the central administration functions needed to support reform at the site level. (g) The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Secretary for Education, in consultation with the advisory committee, shall develop a request for proposals no later than January 30, 2003. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall issue a request for proposals to all school districts with high schools for planning grants to implement Phase I of this chapter, no later than January 30, 2003. (h) To apply for a grant under subdivision (g), a school district shall create a district community partnership to assist the school district in both of the following: (1) Developing a reform and redesign plan for Phase I pursuant to subdivisions (d) and (e). (2) Implementing the grant in accordance with Phase II of this chapter pursuant to subdivision (d) and Section 52073. (i) The school district shall act as the administrative and fiscal agent for the grant. 52071. (a) Phase I grant proposals shall include the following components: (1) Proposal summary that describes the five-year reform and redesign plan to be developed. (2) Problem analysis and goals, that shall include, but are not limited to, the following: (A) How the pupils in the district have performed on the high school exit examination. (B) How this proposal will link reform efforts being implemented in the elementary and middle schools of that district to ensure progress toward pupil success on the high school exit examination. (C) How this proposal will link reform efforts being implemented in the district to ensure progress toward all of the following: (i) High schools meeting Academic Performance Index growth targets. (ii) Improved high school pupil assessment scores pursuant to Section 60640. (iii) Improved high school graduation rates. (iv) Decreased high school pupil suspension and expulsion rates. (3) Proposed membership in the district-community partnership. (4) Description of the proposed work-funding needs and the ability of the district-community partnership to leverage existing funds and to seek new funds to implement the reform and redesign plan that is developed in Phase I. (5) Administration and governance of the district-community partnership. (6) Budget summary delineating proposed expenditures of the planning grant funds received. (b) The criteria to be used by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Secretary for Education in consultation with the advisory committee to evaluate all grant proposals and to select eight participating school districts shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Quality of ideas, vision, and goals for effective high schools for all pupils. (2) Clarity of problem definition and analysis of structural and capacity barriers. (3) Strength of leadership within the district administration and the proposed community partnership for building effective high schools for all pupils. (4) Demonstrated willingness to engage constituencies at the schools including principals, teachers, pupils, and parents, and to engage constituencies in the communities in planning high school reform. (5) Capacity of the district-community partnership members individually and collectively to overcome system barriers and building public will. (6) Prior district progress in elementary and middle school change including pupil performance. (7) Capacity of the school district to manage the district-community partnership and the planning process. (8) Ability of the district-community partnership to work effectively with each other. (9) Alignment of the proposal with California state educational standards and preparation for the high school exit examination. (c) Priority for selection shall be given to those district proposals that contain all of the following: (1) Districts with one or more high schools ranked in the first or second decile on the Academic Performance Index. (2) Proposals that have one or more high schools participating in the Immediate Intervention/Underperforming School Program established by Article 3 (commencing with Section 52053) of Chapter 6.1 or the High Priority Schools Grant Program contained in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 52055.600) of Chapter 6.1, and have identified in their proposal strategies to integrate these reform efforts into the reform and redesign plan required pursuant to this chapter. (d) In consultation with the advisory committee, the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Secretary for Education shall select, based on the criteria pursuant to subdivision (b), from those school districts that submit proposals, eight school districts to each receive a planning grant to develop in Phase I of this chapter. The eight school districts selected to participate, when considered as a group, shall be representative of the various geographic regions and the demographics of the state. 52072. (a) A school district that is selected to receive a planning grant under this chapter for Phase I shall be awarded a one-year planning grant of fifty thousand dollars (,000) per each high school in the district with a maximum award of two hundred fifty thousand dollars (0,000) for the district. A participating school district shall target a minimum of fifty thousand dollars (,000) of the grant funds received toward developing strategies for improving those high schools in the district that are ranked in the lowest two deciles. If the district receives the maximum award of two hundred fifty thousand dollars (0,000), those funds shall first be utilized to develop a strategic plan that assists the lowest performing high schools in that district. (b)The planning grant awarded pursuant to subdivision (a) is intended to cover the costs of Phase I planning activities, including, but not limited to, data collection, consultations with pupils, teachers, parents, and other community stakeholders, meetings and planning retreats, consultant costs, travel costs of school district-community partnership representative visits to cities already implementing a strategy or design under consideration, and dissemination activities. A school district that receives a grant shall be known as a participating school district. (c) The school district-community partnership is required to provide a one dollar () match for every one dollar () of the Phase I grant money awarded. The matching funds may come from existing or new public funds, and local community, private and discretionary funds. The matching funds may only be used for Phase I planning activities. In-kind resources may not be used to fulfill the match requirement. 52073. (a) Proposals for Phase I grants shall be submitted to the Superintendent of Public Instruction on or before April 30, 2003. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall announce Phase I planning grant awards by June 30, 2003, and the grants shall be awarded by August 1, 2003. The high school reform and redesign plans developed in Phase I of this program shall be submitted to the Superintendent of Public Instruction by June 30, 2004. (b) Reform and redesign plans submitted by June 30, 2004, shall be evaluated by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Secretary for Education, in consultation with the advisory committee, using the criteria pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 52071, as well as all of the following criteria: (1) Clear delineation of a five-year reform and redesign plan that, at minimum, contains all of the following: (A) The specific actions necessary for the implementation of the reform and redesign plan. (B) Specified benchmarks that demonstrate successful implementation of the reform and redesign plan over the five-year period. (C) A five-year implementation timeline or schedule. (D) A clear demonstration of linking existing reform efforts being implemented in the school district to ensure progress toward all of the following: (i) Pupils being successful in the high school exit examination pursuant to Section 60850. (ii) High schools meeting API growth targets pursuant to Section 52052. (iii) High school pupils improving assessment scores pursuant to Section 60640. (iv) Improved high school graduation rates. (v) Decreasing high school pupil suspension and expulsion rates. (2) A five-year expenditure and revenue budget for the implementation of the reform and redesign plan that includes, but is not limited to, the following: (A) A one dollar () match for every one dollar () of grant funding received from the state. (B) Projected annual cost for implementing of the five-year plan. (C) Use of existing state and federal funds including, but not limited to, funds received under the Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program established by Article 3 (commencing with Section 52053) of Chapter 6.1, the High Priority Schools Grant Program contained in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 52055.600) of Chapter 6.1, and Title I and the Comprehensive School Reform Program of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.). (3) A listing of indicators that measure annual progress linked to those elements of the plan described in subdivision (e) of Section 52070. These indicators shall include, but are not limited, to the following: (A) Participating high schools meeting annual API growth targets. (B) Pupils being successful in the high school exit examination. (C) Improved high school pupil test scores as indicated on the annual assessments pursuant to Section 60640. (D) Improved high school graduation rates. (E) Decrease in high school pupil suspension and expulsion rates. (c) The Superintendent of Public Instruction and Secretary for Education, in consultation with the advisory committee, may develop additional criteria for evaluating Phase I reform and redesign plans prior to Phase II implementation. (d) School districts shall be notified no later than August 1, 2004, as to the acceptance of their reform and redesign plan for Phase II implementation. 52074. The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Secretary for Education, in consultation with the advisory committee, shall work with private donors to secure adequate funding for an evaluation of this program. This evaluation shall be provided to the Legislature and the Governor by no later than January 1, 2009. 52075. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2010, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2010, deletes or extends that date.
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