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CA AB117

Bill

Status

Engrossed

4/11/2019

Primary Sponsor

Philip Ting

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Origin

State Assembly

2019-2020 Session

AI Summary

  • Limits average daily attendance reporting for the 2019-20 school year to July 1, 2019 through February 29, 2020 for local educational agencies complying with Executive Order N-26-20.

  • Deems instructional day and minute requirements as met during school closures due to COVID-19, preventing loss of state funding related to instructional time penalties.

  • Extends English learner assessment deadlines by 45 days and extends testing windows for English learner assessments, CAASPP, and physical performance tests by the length of school closure due to COVID-19.

  • Waives or extends special education timelines established in Education Code sections 56043 and 56321 for schools closed due to COVID-19 until schools reopen, without waiving federal IDEA requirements.

  • Appropriates $100,000,000 from the General Fund to school districts for purchasing personal protective equipment and supplies or labor for cleaning schoolsites, with a minimum allocation of $250 per schoolsite.

Legislative Description

Education finance: average daily attendance and timeline waivers: protective equipment and cleaning appropriation: COVID –19.

Last Action

From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R.

3/16/2020

Committee Referrals

Budget and Fiscal Review4/24/2019
Rules4/11/2019
Budget1/24/2019

Full Bill Text

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