Amended IN Assembly March 15, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2498Introduced by Assembly Member EggmanFebruary 14, 2018 An act to amend Section 44874 of add and repeal Article 14 (commencing with Section 33480) of Chapter 3 of Part 20 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the Education Code, relating to school employees. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2498, as amended, Eggman. School employees: school psychologists and social workers. School Social Worker Pilot Program.Existing law establishes the State Department of Education, under the administration of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and assigns to the department numerous duties relating to the financing, governance, and guidance of the public elementary and secondary schools in this state. Existing law authorizes a school district to employ and compensate psychologists and social workers who meet specified qualifications.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this law.This bill, subject to an appropriation of moneys by the Legislature, would establish a pilot program, the School Social Worker Pilot Program, under the administration of the department to provide a multiyear grant award to one school district in each of the Counties of Alameda, Riverside, San Benito, San Joaquin, and Shasta to fund a social worker at each eligible school, as defined, within the school district for the 201920 fiscal year to the 202324 fiscal year, inclusive. The bill would require the department to develop an application process and criteria for determining grant recipients on a competitive basis, as provided. The bill would make the pilot program inoperative on July 1, 2024, and would repeal it on January 1, 2025.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Article 14 (commencing with Section 33480) is added to Chapter 3 of Part 20 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the Education Code, to read: Article 14. School Social Worker Pilot Program33480. (a) Subject to moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of this section, the department shall administer the School Social Worker Pilot Program. Under the pilot program, the department shall provide a multiyear grant award to one school district in each of the Counties of Alameda, Riverside, San Benito, San Joaquin, and Shasta to fund a social worker at each eligible school within the school district for the 201920 fiscal year to the 202324 fiscal year, inclusive.(b) A school district within the Counties of Alameda, Riverside, San Benito, San Joaquin, and Shasta may apply for the grant pursuant to subdivision (c).(c) The department shall develop an application process and criteria for determining grant recipients on a competitive basis, including that priority should be given to school districts with higher pupil dropout and absenteeism rates and higher percentage of pupils eligible for free or reduced-price meals.(d) For purposes of this section, eligible school means a school that meets both of the following:(1) The school has higher pupil dropout and absenteeism rates than the state average, as determined by the department.(2) The school has a higher percentage of pupils eligible for free or reduced-price meals than the state average, as determined by the department.33481. This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2024, and, as of January 1, 2025, is repealed.SECTION 1.Section 44874 of the Education Code is amended to read:44874.The qualifications for a psychologist or a social worker are (a) a valid certificate issued by the appropriate California agency authorized by law to certify persons who practice in those fields and (b) a services credential with a specialization in health. A school district may employ and compensate psychologists and social workers meeting the foregoing qualifications.
Amended IN Assembly March 15, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2498Introduced by Assembly Member EggmanFebruary 14, 2018 An act to amend Section 44874 of add and repeal Article 14 (commencing with Section 33480) of Chapter 3 of Part 20 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the Education Code, relating to school employees. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2498, as amended, Eggman. School employees: school psychologists and social workers. School Social Worker Pilot Program.Existing law establishes the State Department of Education, under the administration of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and assigns to the department numerous duties relating to the financing, governance, and guidance of the public elementary and secondary schools in this state. Existing law authorizes a school district to employ and compensate psychologists and social workers who meet specified qualifications.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this law.This bill, subject to an appropriation of moneys by the Legislature, would establish a pilot program, the School Social Worker Pilot Program, under the administration of the department to provide a multiyear grant award to one school district in each of the Counties of Alameda, Riverside, San Benito, San Joaquin, and Shasta to fund a social worker at each eligible school, as defined, within the school district for the 201920 fiscal year to the 202324 fiscal year, inclusive. The bill would require the department to develop an application process and criteria for determining grant recipients on a competitive basis, as provided. The bill would make the pilot program inoperative on July 1, 2024, and would repeal it on January 1, 2025.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly March 15, 2018
Amended IN Assembly March 15, 2018
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 2498
Introduced by Assembly Member EggmanFebruary 14, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Eggman
February 14, 2018
An act to amend Section 44874 of add and repeal Article 14 (commencing with Section 33480) of Chapter 3 of Part 20 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the Education Code, relating to school employees.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2498, as amended, Eggman. School employees: school psychologists and social workers. School Social Worker Pilot Program.
Existing law establishes the State Department of Education, under the administration of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and assigns to the department numerous duties relating to the financing, governance, and guidance of the public elementary and secondary schools in this state. Existing law authorizes a school district to employ and compensate psychologists and social workers who meet specified qualifications.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this law.This bill, subject to an appropriation of moneys by the Legislature, would establish a pilot program, the School Social Worker Pilot Program, under the administration of the department to provide a multiyear grant award to one school district in each of the Counties of Alameda, Riverside, San Benito, San Joaquin, and Shasta to fund a social worker at each eligible school, as defined, within the school district for the 201920 fiscal year to the 202324 fiscal year, inclusive. The bill would require the department to develop an application process and criteria for determining grant recipients on a competitive basis, as provided. The bill would make the pilot program inoperative on July 1, 2024, and would repeal it on January 1, 2025.
Existing law establishes the State Department of Education, under the administration of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and assigns to the department numerous duties relating to the financing, governance, and guidance of the public elementary and secondary schools in this state. Existing law authorizes a school district to employ and compensate psychologists and social workers who meet specified qualifications.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this law.
This bill, subject to an appropriation of moneys by the Legislature, would establish a pilot program, the School Social Worker Pilot Program, under the administration of the department to provide a multiyear grant award to one school district in each of the Counties of Alameda, Riverside, San Benito, San Joaquin, and Shasta to fund a social worker at each eligible school, as defined, within the school district for the 201920 fiscal year to the 202324 fiscal year, inclusive. The bill would require the department to develop an application process and criteria for determining grant recipients on a competitive basis, as provided. The bill would make the pilot program inoperative on July 1, 2024, and would repeal it on January 1, 2025.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Article 14 (commencing with Section 33480) is added to Chapter 3 of Part 20 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the Education Code, to read: Article 14. School Social Worker Pilot Program33480. (a) Subject to moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of this section, the department shall administer the School Social Worker Pilot Program. Under the pilot program, the department shall provide a multiyear grant award to one school district in each of the Counties of Alameda, Riverside, San Benito, San Joaquin, and Shasta to fund a social worker at each eligible school within the school district for the 201920 fiscal year to the 202324 fiscal year, inclusive.(b) A school district within the Counties of Alameda, Riverside, San Benito, San Joaquin, and Shasta may apply for the grant pursuant to subdivision (c).(c) The department shall develop an application process and criteria for determining grant recipients on a competitive basis, including that priority should be given to school districts with higher pupil dropout and absenteeism rates and higher percentage of pupils eligible for free or reduced-price meals.(d) For purposes of this section, eligible school means a school that meets both of the following:(1) The school has higher pupil dropout and absenteeism rates than the state average, as determined by the department.(2) The school has a higher percentage of pupils eligible for free or reduced-price meals than the state average, as determined by the department.33481. This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2024, and, as of January 1, 2025, is repealed.SECTION 1.Section 44874 of the Education Code is amended to read:44874.The qualifications for a psychologist or a social worker are (a) a valid certificate issued by the appropriate California agency authorized by law to certify persons who practice in those fields and (b) a services credential with a specialization in health. A school district may employ and compensate psychologists and social workers meeting the foregoing qualifications.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Article 14 (commencing with Section 33480) is added to Chapter 3 of Part 20 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the Education Code, to read: Article 14. School Social Worker Pilot Program33480. (a) Subject to moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of this section, the department shall administer the School Social Worker Pilot Program. Under the pilot program, the department shall provide a multiyear grant award to one school district in each of the Counties of Alameda, Riverside, San Benito, San Joaquin, and Shasta to fund a social worker at each eligible school within the school district for the 201920 fiscal year to the 202324 fiscal year, inclusive.(b) A school district within the Counties of Alameda, Riverside, San Benito, San Joaquin, and Shasta may apply for the grant pursuant to subdivision (c).(c) The department shall develop an application process and criteria for determining grant recipients on a competitive basis, including that priority should be given to school districts with higher pupil dropout and absenteeism rates and higher percentage of pupils eligible for free or reduced-price meals.(d) For purposes of this section, eligible school means a school that meets both of the following:(1) The school has higher pupil dropout and absenteeism rates than the state average, as determined by the department.(2) The school has a higher percentage of pupils eligible for free or reduced-price meals than the state average, as determined by the department.33481. This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2024, and, as of January 1, 2025, is repealed.
SECTION 1. Article 14 (commencing with Section 33480) is added to Chapter 3 of Part 20 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the Education Code, to read:
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Article 14. School Social Worker Pilot Program33480. (a) Subject to moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of this section, the department shall administer the School Social Worker Pilot Program. Under the pilot program, the department shall provide a multiyear grant award to one school district in each of the Counties of Alameda, Riverside, San Benito, San Joaquin, and Shasta to fund a social worker at each eligible school within the school district for the 201920 fiscal year to the 202324 fiscal year, inclusive.(b) A school district within the Counties of Alameda, Riverside, San Benito, San Joaquin, and Shasta may apply for the grant pursuant to subdivision (c).(c) The department shall develop an application process and criteria for determining grant recipients on a competitive basis, including that priority should be given to school districts with higher pupil dropout and absenteeism rates and higher percentage of pupils eligible for free or reduced-price meals.(d) For purposes of this section, eligible school means a school that meets both of the following:(1) The school has higher pupil dropout and absenteeism rates than the state average, as determined by the department.(2) The school has a higher percentage of pupils eligible for free or reduced-price meals than the state average, as determined by the department.33481. This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2024, and, as of January 1, 2025, is repealed.
Article 14. School Social Worker Pilot Program33480. (a) Subject to moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of this section, the department shall administer the School Social Worker Pilot Program. Under the pilot program, the department shall provide a multiyear grant award to one school district in each of the Counties of Alameda, Riverside, San Benito, San Joaquin, and Shasta to fund a social worker at each eligible school within the school district for the 201920 fiscal year to the 202324 fiscal year, inclusive.(b) A school district within the Counties of Alameda, Riverside, San Benito, San Joaquin, and Shasta may apply for the grant pursuant to subdivision (c).(c) The department shall develop an application process and criteria for determining grant recipients on a competitive basis, including that priority should be given to school districts with higher pupil dropout and absenteeism rates and higher percentage of pupils eligible for free or reduced-price meals.(d) For purposes of this section, eligible school means a school that meets both of the following:(1) The school has higher pupil dropout and absenteeism rates than the state average, as determined by the department.(2) The school has a higher percentage of pupils eligible for free or reduced-price meals than the state average, as determined by the department.33481. This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2024, and, as of January 1, 2025, is repealed.
Article 14. School Social Worker Pilot Program
Article 14. School Social Worker Pilot Program
33480. (a) Subject to moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of this section, the department shall administer the School Social Worker Pilot Program. Under the pilot program, the department shall provide a multiyear grant award to one school district in each of the Counties of Alameda, Riverside, San Benito, San Joaquin, and Shasta to fund a social worker at each eligible school within the school district for the 201920 fiscal year to the 202324 fiscal year, inclusive.(b) A school district within the Counties of Alameda, Riverside, San Benito, San Joaquin, and Shasta may apply for the grant pursuant to subdivision (c).(c) The department shall develop an application process and criteria for determining grant recipients on a competitive basis, including that priority should be given to school districts with higher pupil dropout and absenteeism rates and higher percentage of pupils eligible for free or reduced-price meals.(d) For purposes of this section, eligible school means a school that meets both of the following:(1) The school has higher pupil dropout and absenteeism rates than the state average, as determined by the department.(2) The school has a higher percentage of pupils eligible for free or reduced-price meals than the state average, as determined by the department.
33480. (a) Subject to moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of this section, the department shall administer the School Social Worker Pilot Program. Under the pilot program, the department shall provide a multiyear grant award to one school district in each of the Counties of Alameda, Riverside, San Benito, San Joaquin, and Shasta to fund a social worker at each eligible school within the school district for the 201920 fiscal year to the 202324 fiscal year, inclusive.
(b) A school district within the Counties of Alameda, Riverside, San Benito, San Joaquin, and Shasta may apply for the grant pursuant to subdivision (c).
(c) The department shall develop an application process and criteria for determining grant recipients on a competitive basis, including that priority should be given to school districts with higher pupil dropout and absenteeism rates and higher percentage of pupils eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
(d) For purposes of this section, eligible school means a school that meets both of the following:
(1) The school has higher pupil dropout and absenteeism rates than the state average, as determined by the department.
(2) The school has a higher percentage of pupils eligible for free or reduced-price meals than the state average, as determined by the department.
33481. This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2024, and, as of January 1, 2025, is repealed.
33481. This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2024, and, as of January 1, 2025, is repealed.
The qualifications for a psychologist or a social worker are (a) a valid certificate issued by the appropriate California agency authorized by law to certify persons who practice in those fields and (b) a services credential with a specialization in health. A school district may employ and compensate psychologists and social workers meeting the foregoing qualifications.