School accountability: dropout recovery high schools.
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with approval of the State Board of Education, to develop an Academic Performance Index (API) , as part of the Public School Performance Accountability Program, to measure the performance of schools and school districts, especially the academic performance of pupils. The API consists of a variety of indicators including specified achievement test scores, attendance rates, and graduation rates. Existing law requires the Superintendent, with approval of the state board, to develop an alternative accountability system for specified types of schools, including, among others, community day schools and continuation schools. Existing law allows these schools to receive an API score, but prohibits them from being included in the API rankings of schools.
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California Legislature
20152016
AB 2259
California AB 2259 (20152016)
bill
School accountability: dropout recovery high schools.
California AB 2259 (20152016) — School accountability: dropout recovery high schools.
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with approval of the State Board of Education, to develop an Academic Performance Index (API) , as part of the Public School Performance Accountability Program, to measure the performance of schools and school districts, especially the academic performance of pupils. The API consists of a variety of indicators including specified achievement test scores, attendance rates, and graduation rates. Existing law requires the Superintendent, with approval of the state board, to develop an alternative accountability system for specified types of schools, including, among others, community day schools and continuation schools. Existing law allows these schools to receive an API score, but prohibits them from being included in the API rankings of schools.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2259 MEDINA Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB2259 Medina By Liu — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Medina — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2016-03-03 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2016-04-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-13 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-14 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4463.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-04-21 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-05-05 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2016-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-20 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2016-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5245.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-23 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2016-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2016-09-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 383, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/616b4a0e-4e99-4c4a-8c6e-4e2a00502fcb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).