{"id":229,"date":"2022-03-18T10:26:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T10:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/statutes-california-laws\/?page_id=229"},"modified":"2022-05-20T23:45:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T23:45:48","slug":"senate-bill-545","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/california-statutes\/california-statutes\/senate-bill-545\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Bill 545"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-e878f05c31dff72941bf1e49a00d9ff5 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Currrent as of February 4, 2022<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l0wa0zji-4b4290ff2492a0f41fc8d8b35051a390\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-l0wa0zji-4b4290ff2492a0f41fc8d8b35051a390 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:19px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l0wa0zji-4b4290ff2492a0f41fc8d8b35051a390 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>Senate Bill No. 545<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Introduced by Senator Wilk<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><br \/>\nFebruary\u00a018,\u00a02021<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">An act to add Section 48070.3 to the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL&#8217;S DIGEST<\/p>\n<p>SB 545, as amended, Wilk. Pupil retention: COVID-19 impact.<\/p>\n<p>Existing law requires the governing board of each school district and each county board of education to approve a policy regarding the promotion and retention of pupils between specified grades, and requires that policy to provide for the identification of pupils who should be retained or who are at risk of being retained in their current grade level on the basis of specified factors. Existing law requires that the policy provide for parental notification when a pupil is identified as being at risk of retention, and that the policy provide the pupil\u2019s parent or guardian the opportunity to consult with the teacher or teachers responsible for the decision to promote or retain the pupil. Existing law also requires, under specified circumstances, that the pupil\u2019s parent or guardian be provided the opportunity to discuss a teacher\u2019s recommendation with the teacher and the principal before any final determination of pupil retention or promotion is made. Existing law requires a pupil to be promoted or retained only as provided for in those policies.<\/p>\n<p><em>This bill would require school districts, upon receiving a request from a pupil\u2019s parent to retain the pupil for the 2021\u201322 school year, to offer to the pupil specified interventions and supports, offer to the pupil access to prior semester courses in which the pupil received a D or F letter grade or offer some other form of credit recovery, and provide to the parent information, made available by the State Department of Education, about research on the effects of pupil retention, and the types of interventions and supports that have been shown to be beneficial to pupils.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The bill would require the department to compile existing research on the effects of pupil retention on future academic outcomes, and on other outcomes as determined by the department, for pupils who were retained, and on the types of interventions and supports that have been shown to be beneficial to pupils. The bill would require the department to make this information available on its internet website commencing on or before August 1, 2021.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>By<\/em>\u00a0imposing new duties on school districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.<\/p>\n<p>Vote:\u00a02\/3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Appropriation:\u00a0no\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Fiscal Committee:\u00a0yes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Local Program:\u00a0yes<\/p>\n<p>THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>SECTION 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Section 48070.3 is added to the Education Code, to read:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>48070.3.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0(a)\u00a0A school district, upon receiving a request from the parent of an eligible pupil to retain the pupil for the 2021\u201322 school year, shall do all of the following:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(1)\u00a0Offer to the pupil specific interventions and supports pursuant to Part 24.6 (commencing with Section 43520) of Division 3.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(2)\u00a0Offer to the pupil access to prior semester courses in which the pupil received a D or F letter grade, or offer some other form of credit recovery.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(3)\u00a0Provide to the parent information, made available by the department, about research on the effects of pupil retention and the types of interventions and supports that have been shown to be beneficial to pupils.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(b)\u00a0The department shall compile existing research on both of the following, and make this information available on its internet website commencing on or before August 1, 2021:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(1)\u00a0The effects of pupil retention on future academic outcomes, and on other outcomes as determined by the department, for pupils who were retained.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(2)\u00a0The types of interventions and supports that have been shown to be beneficial to pupils.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">(b)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>(c)<\/em>\u00a0The following definitions apply to this section:<\/p>\n<p>(1)\u00a0\u201cEligible pupil\u201d means a pupil who, for the 2020\u201321 school year, was enrolled in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, in a school district.<\/p>\n<p>(2)\u00a0\u201cParent\u201d means the natural or adoptive parent or guardian, the person having legal custody, or other educational rights holder.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEC. 2.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEC. 3.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:<\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 global pandemic and associated school closures and shift to distance learning has resulted in significant learning loss among pupils in the state. Due to these factors, most pupils have missed a substantial proportion of the material covered in a typical school year. In order to timely prevent these hardships to pupils due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Senate Bill 545<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":2019,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-229","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Senate Bill 545 - California Statutes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/california-statutes\/california-statutes\/senate-bill-545\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senate Bill 545 - 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