WILLIAMS CLEANUP LEGISLATION AB 831 Prepared by: Susan K' Burr Deputy Executive Director California

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WILLIAMS CLEAN-UP LEGISLATIONAB 831Prepared
by Susan K. BurrDeputy Executive
DirectorCalifornia County Superintendents
Educational Services Association (CCSESA)August
2005
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AB 831 Annual CDE Technical Clean-Up Measure

• Contains various changes to Williams statutes
  related to
• County Superintendent oversight authority and
  school visits
• Eligible schools
• Classroom Notices and the Uniform Complaint
  Procedures
• Instructional Materials
• Teacher Misassignments
• The measure was signed by the Governor on July
  25, 2005 (Chapter 118)
• All changes take effect immediately upon enactment

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County Superintendents Authority and Visits to
Williams Schools

• Clarifies that, in general oversight of school
  districts in each county, the county
  superintendent shall enforce the use of state
  textbooks and instructional materials regularly
  adopted by the school board (in accordance with
  Education Code Section 51050)
• Authorizes County Superintendents in a county
  with more than 200 Williams eligible schools to
  use a combination of teacher surveys and visits
  to determine the sufficiency of instructional
  materials
• Specifies that changes to the statute become
  effective in the 2005-06 school year

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Change in the Definition of Williams-Eligible
Schools

• Contains language to eliminate county-operated
  special education programs from the list of
  schools ranked in deciles 1-3 on the 2003 base
  Academic Performance Index (API)
• NOTE CDE is concerned that the language is
  overly broad and may exclude some comprehensive
  high schools that were intended to be included in
  the Williams settlement
• Expect additional legislative action on this
  issue, but CDE agrees with objective to exclude
  COE programs

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Classroom Notices and Uniform Complaint Procedures

• Specifies that classroom notices, which are
  required to be posted in EVERY classroom in the
  state, must include teacher vacancies and
  misassignments
• NOTE although the original Williams
  legislation specified that parents could
  file a Uniform Complaint regarding teacher
  issues, the statute failed to include them on the
  required classroom notice
• Modifies notice to conform to instructional
  materials changes e.g. students must have access
  to materials in class and to take home

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Instructional Materials Changes

• Clarifies that textbooks and instructional
  materials adopted by governing boards must be
  aligned to the state content standards in math,
  science, history-social science and
  English/language arts
• Requires governing boards which declare an
  insufficiency in instructional materials to
  specify the percentage of students who lack
  sufficient materials
• Specifies that sufficiency of instructional
  materials is defined as providing a textbook or
  instructional material for each student to use in
  class AND to take home
• NOTE The practical effect of this change is to
  eliminate district/schools ability to use class
  sets of materials
• Clarifies that 138M appropriated in 04/05 may
  ONLY be used to purchase instructional materials
  for schools in deciles 1 and 2

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Teacher Misassignments Monitoring

• If the annual review finds that a Decile 1-3
  school has no teacher misassignments or teacher
  vacancies, the next review of that school is
  conducted with all other schools on a 4-year
  cycle
• NOTE The practical effect of this change is to
  potentially eliminate annual reviews of some
  Decile 1-3 schools if they have a clean review