Melissa schoonmaker

ACSA
Every Child Counts Symposium
January 17, 2014

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© 2014, Los Angeles County Office of Education

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Dr. Victor Thompson
Director II
Division of Student Support Services

Bills
Presented:
LCAP
AB 484
AB 547
AB 570

Thompson_Victor@lacoe.edu
(562) 922-6233

AB 631
SB 590
AB 256
AB 449


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School Climate
Student
Achievement

Course Access

Parental
Involvement

Student
Engagement

State
Priorities

Implementation
of Common
Core Standards

Basic Services

Other Student
Outcomes


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March 31
Prior to July 1

Adoption of the
LCAP template Budget/LCAP
public hearing

July 1
Adoption of
Budget/LCAP
Submit to
County Office
of Ed (COE)
within 5 days


August 15
COE approves
Budget/LCAP

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Examples of Rates
 Student attendance
 Chronic absenteeism
 Middle school dropout
 High school dropout
 High school graduation

Data
 School Accountability
Report Card
 Annual School
Attendance Review
Board report
 Health screenings
 CALPADS
 Single School Plan for
Student Achievement


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Examples of Rates

Measures

 Student suspension

 School Accountability

 Student expulsion
 Other local measures
 Emergency & Crisis

Response
 Child Abuse
 Mental Health
 Bullying (AB 9)

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Report Card
Health screenings
CALPADS
Emergency drill data
Child abuse reports
Uniform Complaint
Procedures complaints


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Pages 28-29
 Replaces the STAR program with the MAPP testing

program, to be fully operational in 2014-2015

 During the transition, students in grades 3-8 and 11

will participate in the Smarter Balanced field test
 Field tests will take place between 3/18/14—6/6/14
 No scores will be produced or reported

 The new assessments will be computer-based and

computer adaptive


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Pages 37-38
 Adds career exploration to the list of possible

activities that may satisfy the academic assistance
element

 “Career exploration” means activities that help

pupils develop the knowledge and skills that are
relevant to their career interests and reinforce
academic content


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Pages 40-41
 Requires the governing board that permits voluntary
enrollment in continuation schools to establish and adopt
policies and procedures governing the identification,
placement, and intake procedures, based on a finding that
the voluntary placement of the pupil will promote his/her
educational interests
 Voluntary placement can not be used as an alternative to expulsion
 No specific group of pupils is disproportionately enrolled
 Policies and procedures are provided to pupils, and to their parents

/legal guardians, whose voluntary transfer is under consideration
 Before the transfer, the pupil and his/her parent/legal guardian may
meet with a counselor, principal, or administrator from both the
transferor school and the continuation school to determine if
transferring is the best option for the pupil

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 Authorizes the county board of education to adopt and

enforce a course of study that enhances instruction in
mathematics and English language arts for pupils
attending juvenile court schools, as determined by
statewide assessment or objective local evaluations and
assessments as approved by the county superintendent of
schools.

 Requires an adopted enhanced course of study to meet

specified standards and be tailored to meet the needs of
the individual pupil to increase the pupil’s academic
literacy and reading fluency

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Pages 95-96
 Requires a LEA, if it expends funds for professional

development for any schoolsite staff, to consider
the needs of its classified school employees to
update their skills and to learn best practices in
various optional areas, including:
 Pupil learning and achievement
 Pupil and campus safety
 Special education


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Pages 15-16
Expands “electronic act” to mean the creation and
transmission originated on or off the schoolsite, by
means of an electronic device, including, but not limited
to, a telephone, wireless telephone, or other wireless
communication device, computer, or pager, of a
communication


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Pages 23-25
 Requires the superintendent of a school district or county
office of education, or the administrator of a charter
school, to report to CTC not later than 30 days after the
credential holder’s employment status changes as a result
of an allegation of misconduct or while an allegation of
misconduct is pending
 Failure to make the report unprofessional conduct, would
subject the superintendent or the administrator to adverse
action by CTC for failure to make the report, and would
make the refusal or willful neglect to make the report a
misdemeanor

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Melissa Schoonmaker
Consultant II
Child Welfare & Attendance Unit
Schoonmaker_Melissa@lacoe.edu
(562) 922-6247

Bills
Presented:
AB 309
AB 643
AB 1068
AB 652
SB 177
AB 216


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Pages 18-19
 Clarifies that there are no minimum age requirements
for CalFresh eligibility
 Adds CalFresh eligibility criteria and information
regarding the eligibility of homeless children and
youth to annual trainings to homeless shelter
operators
 Requires county welfare agencies to determine the
child or youth's eligibility, and his/her ability to apply
as the sole member of the household and screening
the application for entitlement to expedited services

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 Requires county welfare agencies to provide written

notice to an unaccompanied homeless child or youth if
his/her CalFresh application is denied
 Adds information about targeting expedited CalFresh
services to unaccompanied homeless children and
youth and requires that information to be provided to
LEA homeless liaisons, homeless shelters, emergency
food programs, and other community agencies that
provide services to homeless people


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 Aligns the exceptions created to the FERPA by the federal
Uninterrupted Scholars Act of 2013
 Permits the release of pupil records to an agency
caseworker or other representative of a state or local child
welfare agency, or tribal organization, that has legal
responsibility for the care and protection of the pupil
 Specifies that records, and the personally identifiable
information within, may be disclosed by that agency or
organization to an individual or entity who is engaged in
addressing the pupil's educational needs and is authorized
by that agency or organization to receive the disclosure

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Pages 58-61
 Prohibits the disclosure of directory information of a
homeless child or youth unless a parent, or pupil
accorded parent rights has provided written consent
for such release
 Permits a LEA to give access to a pupil's records to:
 The pupil, if he/she is 14 years of age or older and is both

a homeless child or youth and an unaccompanied youth
 An individual who completes the Caregiver's
Authorization Affidavit

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 Provides that the fact that a child is homeless or is
classified as an unaccompanied minor is not, in and of
itself, a sufficient basis for reporting child abuse or
neglect
 Does not limit a mandated reporter from making a
report whenever he/she has knowledge of or observes
an unaccompanied minor whom the mandated
reporter knows or reasonably suspects to be the victim
of abuse or neglect

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Pages 78-79
 Additionally provides that a homeless child or youth be
immediately deemed to meet all residency requirements
for participation in interscholastic sports or other
extracurricular activities
 CDE and the Department of Social Services are to develop
policies and practices to support homeless children and
youths and to ensure that child abuse and neglect
reporting requirements do not create barriers to the school
enrollment and attendance
 Emphasizes existing federal requirements that public
schools enroll homeless children and youth immediately
and post public notice of educational rights

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Pages 7-11
 Only the pupil and the educational rights holder may
request for the exemption from local graduation
requirements
 A foster youth may remain in school for a 5th year if the
school district determines that he/she can reasonably
complete the district’s graduation requirements within the
pupil’s 5th year of high school
 Presentation of option
 Impact on admission to postsecondary educational

institutions
 Transfer opportunities through the community college
 Agreement with the pupil 18 years of age or older or the
educational rights holder

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 Specifies that an eligible pupil shall not be required to

accept the exemption or be denied enrollment in or
the ability to complete courses for which he or she is
otherwise eligible


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Bills
Presented:

Jewel Forbes
Consultant II
Community Health & Safe Schools Unit

AB 406
AB 588
AB 2019
HR 2094
Insulin
SB 528

Forbes_Jewel@lacoe.edu
(562) 922-6789

AB 545
SB 751
AB 549
SB 141
SB 150
SB 330
SB 458


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Pages 21-22
 Provisions of WIC 18961.7 are to operate indefinitely
 Authorizes counties to establish a child abuse
multidisciplinary personnel team

 To share confidential information in order to investigate

reports of suspected child abuse or neglect
 For the purpose of child welfare agencies making
detention determinations
 Disclosure and exchange of information can occur
telephonically and electronically if there is adequate
verification of the identity of the multidisciplinary
personnel

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Pages 42
 Provisions of EC 49475 extended to athletes attending
charter and private schools that offer an athletic program
 An athlete suspected of sustaining a concussion or head
injury in an athletic activity shall be immediately removed
for the remainder of the day, and may not return to the
athletic activity until
 Evaluated by a licensed health care provider
 Receives written clearance from the licensed health care

provider

 On a yearly basis, a concussion and head injury

information sheet must be signed and returned by the
athlete and athlete’s parent/guardian before the athlete
initiates practice or competition

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Pages 66-67
 Requires the letter or affidavit to document which required
immunizations have been given and which have not been
given on the basis that they are contrary to the parent or
guardian’s or other specified person’s beliefs
 The letter or affidavit is required to be accompanied by a
prescribed form that includes a signed attestation from a
health care practitioner that indicates that the health care
practitioner provided information regarding the benefits
and risks of the immunization and the health risks of
specified communicable diseases
 Requires the form to include a written statement that the
information from the health care practitioner was received
 www.shotsforschool.org

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 Provides incentive to encourage state laws for

epinephrine at schools
 CDC Voluntary Guidelines for Managing Food
Allergies in Schools
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/foodallergies/pdf/13_24
3135_A_Food_Allergy_Web_508.pdf


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 California Supreme Court Decision
 Unlicensed school employees can volunteer to

administer medications, including insulin

 If physician delegates to unlicensed school employees
 If parent agrees


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Pages 91-92
 Protects rights of dependent minors to consent to
sensitive medical care for diagnosis and treatment
 Permits a social worker to

 Inform a dependent over the age of 12 of his/her right to

consent to and receive specific health care services
 Provide dependent children with age-appropriate,
medically accurate information on an ongoing basis

 Authorizes child welfare agencies to provide

dependents and non-minor dependents with access to
resources and to social workers or resource specialists
who are trained on the needs of parenting teens

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 Dependent children removed from their homes on the
basis of neglect or abuse may be placed within the
approved home of a nonrelative extended family
member
 The definition of a nonrelative extended family
member is expanded to include an adult caregiver who
has an established familial relationship with a relative
of the child
 Verification of the relationship will be established
through interviews with the parent and child or others
(i.e. relatives of the child, teachers, medical
professionals, clergy, neighbors, and family friends)

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Pages 101-102
 The Brown Act requires all meetings of the

legislative body of a local agency to be open and
public and prohibits the legislative body from
taking action by secret ballot, whether preliminary
or final

 It additionally requires the legislative body to

publicly report any action taken and the vote or
abstention on that action of each member present
for the action

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 As plans are reviewed and updated, school districts and
county offices of education are encouraged to include clear
guidelines for the roles of responsibilities of:
 Mental health & community intervention professionals
 School counselors
 School resource officers & police officers on campus

 Plans may include primary strategies to:

 Create and maintain a positive school climate, promote

school safety, and increase pupil achievement
 Prioritize mental health and intervention services, restorative
and transformative justice programs, and positive behavior
interventions and support

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 Additionally exempts a US citizen who resides in a foreign
county from paying nonresident tuition at California
Community Colleges and State Universities, if the student
meets all the following requirements:
 Demonstrates a financial need
 Has a parent who has been deported or was permitted to

depart voluntarily and moved abroad as a result
 Lived in CA immediately before moving abroad and attended
a public or private secondary school in CA for 3 or more years
 Upon enrollment, it will be his/her first academic year in
higher education, will be living in CA, and will file an affidavit
stating intent to establish residency as soon as possible

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Authorizes a community college district to exempt a
pupil attending a community college as a special parttime student from paying nonresident tuition at the
community college.


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Pages 83-84
 Requires the Instructional Quality Commission to
consider developing, and recommending for adoption
by the state board, a distinct category on mental
health instruction to educate pupils about all aspects
of mental health
 Requires the Commission to ensure that one or more
experts in the mental health and educational field
provides input in the development of the mental
health instruction

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Pages 89-90
 Requires, prior to a local law enforcement agency
designating, or submitting a document to the Attorney
General’s office for the purpose of designating, a person as
a gang member, associate, or affiliate in a shared gang
database, to provide written notice to the person and
his/her parent or guardian of the designation and the basis
for the designation if the person is under 18 years of age
 Authorizes the person or his/her parent or guardian to
submit written documentation contesting the designation
and requires the local law enforcement agency to provide
written verification of its decision within 60 day

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Tom Steele
Consultant II
Community Health & Safe Schools Unit

Bills
Presented:
AB 20
AB1121
AB1266
AB 514

Steele_Tom@lacoe.edu
(562) 922-6377

SB 145
SB 255
SB 326
AB 499


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Pages 2-3
Provides that a person convicted of a violation of
specified offenses relating to obscene matter
involving minors, in which the violation is
committed on, or via, a government-owned
computer or via a government-owned computer
network will also be punished by a fine not
exceeding $2,000


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 If a petition for a change of name is sought to conform the
petitioner’s name to his/her gender identity, and no timely
objection is filed, the court is required to grant the petition
without a hearing
 The action for a change of name is exempt from newspaper

publication requirements, and, at the request of the petitioner, the
petition and court order shall indicated the proposed name is
confidential instead of reciting the name
 The current legal name of the petitioner shall be kept confidential
by the court and not published in any court records or public forum
or media

 Requires the State Registrar to issue a new birth certificate

reflecting a change of sex without a court order for any person
born in CA who has undergone clinically appropriate treatment
for the purpose of gender transition and submits a signed
affidavit from the licensed physician

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Requires a pupil be permitted to participate in sexsegregated school programs, activities, and facilities
including athletic teams and competitions, consistent
with his/her gender identity, regardless of the gender
listed on the pupil's records
Guidelines
Definition
Resources

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 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction

to post on the State Department of Education’s
Internet Web site a list of statewide resources for
youth affected by gangs, gun violence, and
psychological trauma

 This is in addition to resources to support youth

who have been subjected to school-based
discrimination, harassment, or bullying, and their
families

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 It is a misdemeanor or a felony to distribute or

exhibit harmful matter to a minor

 Changes from “knowledge that another person is a

minor” to “person who knows, should have know,
or believes that another person is a minor”


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 It is a misdemeanor for any person who

photographs or records by any means the image of
the intimate body part of another identifiable
person where the parties agree or understand that
the image shall remain private, and the person
subsequently distributes the image taken
 With the intent to cause serious emotional distress
 The depicted person suffers serious emotional distress


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 A registered sex offender who is not a family
member of a pupil, may be granted permission to
come upon the school grounds to volunteer at the
school
 Requires written permission to indicate the date
or date range and time for which permission is
granted
 At least 14 days prior, the parent or guardian of
each child attending the school must be notified
of the permission

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Pages 30-34
 Extends the maximum duration period for injunctions
against harassment from 3 to 5 years
 Upon request of a party, it may be renewed for a duration of

not more than 5 additional years, without showing of any
further harassment
 If the injunction order does not expressly state an expiration
date, the order will default to a 3-year period
 Effective July 1, 2014


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