CC SR 20220607 M - SB 830 School Enrollment Based Funding
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: 06/07/2022
AGENDA REPORT AGENDA HEADING: Consent Calendar
AGENDA TITLE:
Consideration and possible action to support Senate Bill No. (SB) 830 (Education
Finance).
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
(1) Authorize the Mayor to sign a letter of support for SB 830, which would provide
supplemental funding to local educational agencies based on a calculation of how
much additional funding the agency would receive if the student count
methodology of the funding formula were based on enrollment instead of
attendance.
FISCAL IMPACT: None
Amount Budgeted: N/A
Additional Appropriation: N/A
Account Number(s): N/A
ORIGINATED BY: McKenzie Bright, Administrative Analyst
REVIEWED BY: Karina Bañales, Deputy City Manager
APPROVED BY: Ara Mihranian, AICP, City Manager
ATTACHED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS:
A. Draft letter in support of SB 830 (page A-1)
B. Text of SB 830 (as amended April 18, 2022) (page B -1)
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
At the City Council meeting on May 3, Councilmember Alegria requested that the City’s
support of SB 830, which would incorporate enrollment into school funding allocations,
be placed on a future agenda.
On November 2, 2021, the City Council adopted the City’s 2022 Legislative Platform,
outlining the policy positions of the City.1 While the Legislative Platform does not detail
1 The 2022 Legislative Platform and a record of the bills the City Council has taken a position on during
the 2021-2022 legislative session is available at rpvca.gov/LegislationCorner.
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the City’s position on school funding, the platform is simply intended to help guide Staff
in bringing bills for the City Council’s consideration and codifying the policy positions the
City Council takes. The City works closely with the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School
District (PVPUSD), which serves most of the students in Rancho Palos Verdes.
Crestwood Elementary School and Dodson Middle School, located on the eastern side of
the City, are part of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), a co-sponsor of the
bill.
SB 830 was introduced by Senator Anthony Portantino (La Cañada Flintridge) and would
provide supplemental Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) funding to local educational
agencies (LEAs) based on a calculation of how much additional funding the LEA would
receive if the student count methodology of the LCFF were based on enrollment instead
of attendance.
In 2013, the LCFF was enacted, establishing per-pupil funding targets, with adjustments
to different student grade levels and includ ing supplemental funding for LEAs serving
students who are low-income, English learners, or foster youth. The largest component
of the LCFF is a base grant generated by each student — for each disadvantaged student
or a concentration of disadvantaged students, districts receive supplemental grants.
The LCCF funds LEAs based on their average daily attendance (ADA). Total ADA is
defined as the total days of student attendance divided by the total days of instruction.
This bill seeks to provide supplemental education funding, in addition to the LCFF
entitlement, equal to the difference between what the LEA would have received under the
LCFF if it were based on average daily membership instead of ADA, and what the LEA
received under the LCFF based on ADA for that fiscal year. Schools receiving this
supplement would be required to use at least 30% of the supplemental funds to address
chronic absenteeism and habitual truancy by providing services and supports that have
been determined to improve school attendance or addressing the root causes that
contribute to pupils being chronically absent or habitually truant.
If this bill were to pass, the California Department of Education estimates that the overall
cost of the LCFF would increase by up to 5% or about $3 billion each year, as typically
all LEAs have enrollment that is higher than actual attendance.
School districts are required to have the staff and resources to accommodate full
enrollment but only receive funding for average daily attendance and the current funding
structure inherently creates an inequitable system, as funding is missed when students
are absent, regardless of the fixed costs required to continue school operations. This bill
would transition from funding based on attendance to enrollment.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Staff reached out to the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District to verify it had no
concerns with the bill. As of the writing of this report, Staff has not heard back.
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CONCLUSION:
Staff recommends the City Council support SB 830, to include enrollment in school
funding allocations and authorize the Mayor to sign a letter of support.
ALTERNATIVES:
In addition to the Staff recommendation, the following alternative actions are available
for the City Council’s consideration:
1. Identify revised language to add to the letter.
2. Do not authorize the Mayor to sign the letter.
3. Take other action, as deemed appropriate.
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July 7, 2022 Via Email
The Honorable Anthony Portantino
California State Senate
1021 O Street, Suite 7630
Sacramento, CA 95814
SUBJECT: Notice of Support for SB 830
Dear Senator Portantino:
Students in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes are served by the Palos Verdes Unified
School District and Los Angeles Unified School District. I am writing on behalf of the City
to express our support for SB 830. This bill will include enrollment in the funding allocation
for schools, providing more equitable funding distribution.
California is one of only seven states that do not use enrollment information for funding
K-12 education. If a student’s classmate is habitually absent or truant, the school loses
funding that should be used to further education.
SB 830 lets school districts pursue a more equitable funding model based on enrollment,
allowing them to better meet students’ needs and address the root causes of
absenteeism, providing critical resources to ensure all students receive the necessary
supports to be in class.
For these reasons, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes supports SB 830.
Sincerely,
David L. Bradley
Mayor, City of Rancho Palos Verdes
cc: Ben Allen, Senator, 26th State Senate District
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Al Muratsuchi, Assemblymember, 66th State Assembly District
Dr. Alex Cherniss, Superintendent, Palos Verdes Unified School District
Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent, Los Angeles Unified School District
Jacki Bacharach, South Bay Cities Council of Governments
Jeff Kiernan, League of California Cities
Marcel Rodarte, California Contract Cities Association
Sharon Gonsalves, Renne Public Policy Group
Rancho Palos Verdes City Council and City Manager
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AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 18, 2022
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 9, 2022
SENATE BILL No. 830
Introduced by Senator Portantino
(Principal coauthor: Senator Rubio)
(Coauthors: Senators Dodd, Hueso, Limón, Newman, Stern, and
Wiener)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Mia Bonta, Bryan, Gray, Lackey,
Levine, Luz Rivas, Ting, and Valladares)
January 3, 2022
An act to add Section 41338 to the Education Code, relating to
education finance.
legislative counsel’s digest
SB 830, as amended, Portantino. Education finance: supplemental
education funding.
Existing law establishes a public school financing system that requires
state funding for county superintendents of schools, school districts,
and charter schools to be calculated pursuant to a local control funding
formula, as specified, that includes average daily attendance as a
component of that calculation for these local educational agencies.
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, on or
before February 20 of each year, to make a first principal apportionment
of funds and, on or before July 2 of each year, to make a 2nd principal
apportionment of funds to each local educational agency.
This bill would define “average daily membership” as the quotient
of the aggregate enrollment days for all pupils in a school district, county
office of education, or charter school, from transitional kindergarten to
grade 12, inclusive, as applicable, divided by the total number of
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instructional days for the local educational agency in an academic year.
The bill would require a local educational agency’s average daily
membership to be calculated using data from the same fiscal year or
years that the local educational agency used to calculate its average
daily attendance for purposes of state apportionment, as provided. For
any fiscal year before the 2022–23 fiscal year for which average daily
membership data is not available, the bill would require the
Superintendent to use a local educational agency’s census day
enrollment count, as provided. The bill, commencing with the 2022–23
fiscal year, would require a local educational agency that submits
enrollment data to the Superintendent and demonstrates a maintenance
of effort to address chronic absenteeism, as provided, to receive as
supplemental education funding the difference between what the local
educational agency would have received under the local control funding
formula based on average daily membership and what the local
educational agency received under the local control funding formula
based on average daily attendance for that fiscal year, as provided. The
bill would make that maintenance of effort requirement subject to an
annual audit and would provide that failure to meet the maintenance
of effort requirement shall result in the loss of the supplemental
education funding. The bill would require local educational agencies
to use at least 30% of their supplemental education funding to either
supplement or supplant existing for local educational agency
expenditures to address chronic absenteeism and habitual truancy, as
provided.
This bill would, for purposes of calculating a local educational
agency’s average daily membership, require the Superintendent to issue
directives and guidance on determining the date of withdrawal for a
pupil deemed habitually truant. The bill would require the Legislative
Analyst’s Office to submit a report to the Legislature, on or before
November 1, 2028, on the implementation of the average daily
membership funding in local educational agencies selected by the
Legislative Analyst’s Office, as provided. The bill would expressly
state that funds to implement these provisions would be continuously
appropriated in the annual Budget Act.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
line 1 SECTION 1. Section 41338 is added to the Education Code,
line 2 to read:
line 3 41338. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
line 4 have the following meanings:
line 5 (1) “Average daily membership” means the quotient of the
line 6 aggregate enrollment days for all pupils in a local educational
line 7 agency, from transitional kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, as
line 8 applicable, divided by the total number of instructional days for
line 9 the local educational agency in an academic year. A local
line 10 educational agency’s average daily membership shall be calculated
line 11 using data from the same fiscal year or years that the local
line 12 educational agency used to calculate its average daily attendance
line 13 for purposes of state apportionment under Sections 2574 and
line 14 42238.02, as applicable. For any fiscal year before the 2022–23
line 15 fiscal year for which average daily membership data is not
line 16 available, the Superintendent shall use a local educational
line 17 agency’s census day enrollment count, as certified in the California
line 18 Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System.
line 19 (2) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county
line 20 office of education, or charter school.
line 21 (b) Commencing with the 2022–23 fiscal year, and each fiscal
line 22 year thereafter, a local educational agency that complies with the
line 23 requirements of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) shall receive as
line 24 supplemental education funding funding, in addition to the amount
line 25 apportioned pursuant to Section 2574 or 42238.02, as applicable,
line 26 an amount equal to the difference between what the local
line 27 educational agency would have received under the local control
line 28 funding formula if the local funding formula were based on average
line 29 daily membership instead of average daily attendance, and what
line 30 the local educational agency received under the local control
line 31 funding formula based on average daily attendance for that fiscal
line 32 year. For the purpose of this calculation, the Superintendent shall
line 33 apply the funding difference to the local control funding formula
line 34 base, supplemental, and concentration grants for each local
line 35 educational agency pursuant to Sections 2574 and 42238.02, as
line 36 applicable. In no case shall a local educational agency’s
line 37 supplemental education funding be less than zero dollars ($0).
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line 1 (c) In order to be eligible for supplemental education funding
line 2 under this section, a local educational agency shall comply with
line 3 both of the following requirements:
line 4 (1) Submit to the Superintendent by January 15 the unduplicated
line 5 primary and short-term enrollments for their first term enrollment
line 6 totals. Local educational agencies shall submit final enrollment
line 7 data for the entire academic year as part of end-of-year submissions
line 8 under timeframes and procedures established by the
line 9 Superintendent. The Superintendent shall use the second data
line 10 submission to help settle-up final prior year funding for in the
line 11 following fiscal year.
line 12 (2) Demonstrate a maintenance of effort to address chronic
line 13 absenteeism and habitual truancy. To fulfill this requirement, a
line 14 local educational agency shall maintain at least the same per-pupil
line 15 spending level on staff who address chronic absenteeism and
line 16 habitual truancy as the local educational agency did in the 2019–20
line 17 school year. The requirement of this paragraph shall be subject
line 18 to the audit required pursuant to Section 41020. Failure to meet
line 19 this requirement shall result in the loss of supplemental funding
line 20 provided pursuant to this section.
line 21 (d) At least 30 percent of the funds allocated pursuant to this
line 22 section shall either supplement or supplant existing be used for
line 23 purposes of local educational agency expenditures to address
line 24 chronic absenteeism and habitual truancy by providing services
line 25 and supports that have been determined to improve school
line 26 attendance, or addressing the root causes that contribute to pupils
line 27 being chronically absent or habitually truant.
line 28 (e) Consistent with the requirements of Section 48240, local
line 29 educational agencies shall continue to implement a system to
line 30 accurately track pupil attendance in order to raise the awareness
line 31 of the effects of truancy and chronic absenteeism, identify and
line 32 address factors contributing to habitual truancy and chronic
line 33 absenteeism, and ensure that pupils with attendance problems are
line 34 identified as early as possible to provide applicable support services
line 35 and interventions.
line 36 (f) The Superintendent shall, for purposes of calculating a local
line 37 educational agency’s average daily membership pursuant to
line 38 paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), issue directives and guidance on
line 39 determining the date of withdrawal for a pupil deemed habitually
line 40 truant pursuant to Section 48262.
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line 1 (g) Nothing in this section shall supersede or otherwise modify
line 2 Section 48240, 48260, 52060, or 60901.
line 3 (h) On or before November 1, 2028, the Legislative Analyst’s
line 4 Office shall submit a report to the Legislature on the
line 5 implementation of the funding provisions of this section that
line 6 includes information from local educational agencies selected by
line 7 the Legislative Analyst’s Office. The local educational agencies
line 8 selected for this analysis shall provide the Legislative Analyst’s
line 9 Office any information necessary, including, but not limited to,
line 10 expenditure data, staffing information, and data on truancy and
line 11 chronic absenteeism that is disaggregated by school and pupil
line 12 subgroup.
line 13 (i) Funds to implement this section shall be continuously
line 14 appropriated in the annual Budget Act.
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