AB1310 - School accountability: school climate report.

Amended IN Assembly April 21, 2025 Amended IN Assembly March 24, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1310 Introduced by Assembly Member Pellerin February 21, 2025 An act to amend Sections 52060 and 52066 of, and to add Section 52064.7 to, to the Education Code, relating to school accountability. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1310, as amended, Pellerin. Local control and accountability plans: California School Dashboard: school climate: California Healthy Kids Survey: School Climate Improvement Report. School accountability: school climate report. Existing law requires the governing board of each school district and county board of education to adopt a local control accountability plan and to update its local control and accountability plan before July 1 of each year. Existing law requires a local control and accountability plan to include, among other things, a description of the annual goals to be achieved for each state priority, as specified, for all pupils and certain subgroups of pupils. The state’s delineated priorities include, among others, pupil engagement, as measured by specified attendance, dropout, and graduation rates, and school climate, as measured by pupil suspension and expulsion rates and other local measures, as provided. Existing law requires the State Department of Education, in collaboration with, and subject to the approval of, the executive director of the State Board of Education, to develop and maintain the California School Dashboard, a web-based system for publicly reporting performance data on the state and local indicators included in the evaluation rubrics. The department, pursuant to the requirement of developing the California School Dashboard, has included as one of several local indicators, school climate, as measured by a local climate survey. This bill would require, bill, commencing with the 2026–27 school year, would require a school district, county office of education, or charter school that serves pupils in any of grades 5 to 12, inclusive, to administer the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) at least once every 2 years. If a local educational agency, pursuant to results from the CHKS, falls below an average of 70% in specified categories or has an average of more than 70% in specified categories for 2 consecutive administrations of the survey, the bill would require the local educational agency to develop a School Climate Improvement Report (SCIR), as provided. The bill would require an SCIR to include, among other things, specific additional measures the local educational agency will implement to address concerns, and annually (1) compile a school climate report detailing the pupil engagement and school climate data collected for purposes of their local control and accountability plan, and (2) if the local educational agency identifies any deficiencies in school climate, detail a plan to improve school climate to be included in the report. The bill would require the SCIR school climate report, including the plan to improve school climate, if applicable, to be presented at a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing board or body of the local educational agency, as provided. The bill would add as a measurement for determining school climate, for purposes of the above-described state’s delineated priorities, the results of the California Healthy Kids Survey, as provided. To the extent this bill would impose agency and made public accessibly on the local educational agency’s internet website, as provided. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies or local officials, agencies, 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. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 52064.7 is added to the Education Code, to read: 52064.7. (a) Commencing with the 2026–27 school year, and annually thereafter, a local educational agency serving pupils in any of grades 5 to 12, inclusive, shall compile a school climate report detailing data collected pursuant to paragraphs (5) and (6) of subdivision (d) of Section 52060. If the local educational agency identifies any deficiencies in school climate, the local educational agency shall detail a plan to improve school climate, which shall be included in the school climate report. (b) A local educational agency shall present the school climate report, including the plan to improve school climate, if applicable, as its own agenda item at a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing board or body of the local educational agency for discussion and public input, and shall make the school climate report, including the plan to improve school climate, if applicable, publicly available on the local educational agency’s internet website within 30 days of being presented at the meeting. (c) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school. SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code. SECTION 1. Section 52060 of the Education Code is amended to read: 52060. (a) On or before July 1, 2014, the governing board of each school district shall adopt a local control and accountability plan using a template adopted by the state board. (b) A local control and accountability plan adopted by the governing board of a school district shall be effective for a period of three years, and shall be updated on or before July 1 of each year. (c) A local control and accountability plan adopted by the governing board of a school district shall include, for the school district and each school within the school district, all of the information specified in the template adopted by the state board pursuant to Section 52064. (d) All of the following are state priorities for purposes of a school district’s local control and accountability plan: (1) The degree to which the teachers of the school district are appropriately assigned in accordance with Section 44258.9, and fully credentialed in the subject areas, and, for the pupils they are teaching, every pupil in the school district has sufficient access to the standards-aligned instructional materials as determined pursuant to Section 60119, and school facilities are maintained in good repair, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 17002. (2) Implementation of the academic content and performance standards adopted by the state board, including how the programs and services will enable English learners to access the common core academic content standards adopted pursuant to Section 60605.8 and the English language development standards adopted pursuant to former Section 60811.3, as that section read on June 30, 2013, or former Section 60811.4, as that section read on June 30, 2016, for purposes of gaining academic content knowledge and English language proficiency. (3) (A) Parental involvement and family engagement, including efforts the school district makes to seek parent input in making decisions for the school district and each individual schoolsite, and including how the school district will promote parental participation in programs for unduplicated pupils and individuals with exceptional needs. (B) Family engagement may include, but need not be limited to, efforts by the school district and each individual schoolsite to apply research-based practices, such as welcoming all families into the school community, engaging in effective two-way communication, supporting pupil success, and empowering families to advocate for equity and access. Family engagement may include, but need not be limited to, treating families as partners to inform, influence, and create practices and programs that support pupil success and collaboration with families and the broader community, expand pupil learning opportunities and community services, and promote civic participation. (4) Pupil achievement, as measured by all of the following, as applicable: (A) Statewide assessments administered pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 60640) of Chapter 5 of Part 33 or any subsequent assessment, as certified by the state board. (B) The percentage of pupils who have successfully completed courses that satisfy the requirements for entrance to the University of California and the California State University. (C) The percentage of pupils who have successfully completed courses that satisfy the requirements for career technical education sequences or programs of study that align with state board-approved career technical education standards and frameworks, including, but not limited to, those described in subdivision (a) of Section 52302, subdivision (a) of Section 52372.5, or paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 54692. (D) The percentage of pupils who have successfully completed both types of courses described in subparagraphs (B) and (C). (E) The percentage of English learner pupils who make progress toward English proficiency as measured by the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California or any subsequent assessment of English proficiency, as certified by the state board. (F) The English learner reclassification rate. (G) The percentage of pupils who have passed an advanced placement examination with a score of 3 or higher. (H) The percentage of pupils who demonstrate college preparedness pursuant to the Early Assessment Program, as described in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 99300) of Part 65 of Division 14 of Title 3, or any subsequent assessment of college preparedness. (5) Pupil engagement, as measured by all of the following, as applicable: (A) School attendance rates. (B) Chronic absenteeism rates. (C) Middle school dropout rates. (D) High school dropout rates. (E) High school graduation rates. (6) School climate, as measured by all of the following, as applicable: (A) Pupil suspension rates. (B) Pupil expulsion rates. (C) The results of the California Healthy Kids Survey, as required by subdivision (a) of Section 52064.7. (D) Other local measures, including surveys of pupils, parents, and teachers on the sense of safety and school connectedness. (7) The extent to which pupils have access to, and are enrolled in, a broad course of study that includes all of the subject areas described in Section 51210 and subdivisions (a) to (i), inclusive, of Section 51220, as applicable, including the programs and services developed and provided to unduplicated pupils and individuals with exceptional needs, and the programs and services that are provided to benefit these pupils as a result of the funding received pursuant to Section 42238.02, as implemented by Section 42238.03. (8) Pupil outcomes, if available, in the subject areas described in Section 51210 and subdivisions (a) to (i), inclusive, of Section 51220, as applicable. (e) For purposes of the descriptions required by subdivision (b) of Section 52064, the governing board of a school district may consider qualitative information, including, but not limited to, findings that result from school quality reviews conducted pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 52052 or any other reviews. (f) To the extent practicable, data reported in a local control and accountability plan shall be reported in a manner consistent with how information is reported on the California School Dashboard maintained by the department pursuant to Section 52064.5. (g) The governing board of a school district shall consult with teachers, principals, administrators, other school personnel, local bargaining units of the school district, parents, and pupils in developing a local control and accountability plan. (h) A school district may identify local priorities, goals in regard to the local priorities, and the method for measuring the school district’s progress toward achieving those goals. SEC. 2. Section 52064.7 is added to the Education Code , to read: 52064.7. (a) Commencing with the 2026–27 school year, a local educational agency serving pupils in any of grades 5 to 12, inclusive, shall administer the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) at least once every two years. (b) A local educational agency shall develop a School Climate Improvement Report (SCIR) if the local educational agency meets the criteria described in paragraph (1) or (2), or both, pursuant to results from the CHKS, for two consecutive administrations of the survey: (1) Falls below an average of 70 percent across all grade levels tested in any of the following categories: (A) School connectedness. (B) Academic motivation. (C) Caring adult relationships. (D) Meaningful participation. (E) Promotion of parental involvement in school. (F) High expectations. (G) School perceived as very safe or safe. (2) Has an average of more than 70 percent across all grade levels tested in any of the following categories: (A) Chronic truancy. (B) Experienced any harassment or bullying. (C) Had mean rumors or lies spread about you. (D) Been afraid of being beaten up. (E) Been in a physical fight. (F) Seen a weapon on campus. (G) Current alcohol or drug use. (H) Current marijuana use. (I) Very drunk or “high” 7 or more times, ever. (J) Been drunk or “high” on drugs at school, ever. (K) Current cigarette smoking. (L) Current tobacco vaping. (c) (1) An SCIR shall include all of the following: (A) Key areas of concern based on survey responses and local school climate measures. (B) An outline of existing strategies and interventions used to address areas identified in survey results. (C) Specific additional measures the local educational agency will implement to address concerns. (2) A local educational agency shall present an SCIR at a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing board or body of the local educational agency for discussion and public input and shall be publicly accessible on the local educational agency’s internet website within 30 days of being presented at the meeting. (3) To the extent possible, a local educational agency may use the information from an SCIR to meet the requirements of the school climate local indicator developed for the California School Dashboard pursuant to Section 52064.5. (d) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, [Text truncated for display. Full text available on Congress.gov.]