CA AB2273

Adds the California Education Opportunity (CEO) Index to the Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999 to measure school performance and offerings in preparing students for graduation and civic participation.

Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish a diverse advisory committee, with a majority of public classroom teachers, to advise on creation and reporting of the CEO Index.

The CEO Index shall include indicators such as academic performance, attendance rates, graduation rates, college and career preparation opportunities, civic engagement opportunities, enrichment coursework, and student fitness and health data.

Advisory committee must make recommendations by July 1, 2012 on the format for annual data updating and reporting, feasibility of using existing data sources, development of new data collection strategies, and methodology for scoring education opportunities.

Adds legislative findings that the school reporting system should focus on broad factors impacting student learning, graduation, and post-graduation success, and should be used for public transparency rather than federal or state sanctions.