2023 MAY -4 ~M \Q: 06
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. 8 9 7 1 7 C.M.S.
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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER KALB AND COUNCILMEMBER REID ADOPT A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF SB 98 (PORT ANTINO)
WHICH WOULD CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF "AVERAGE DAILY
MEMBERSHIP" IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
FUNDING TO LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCIES OF WHICH THIRTY
PERCENT SHALL BE USED FOR PURPOSES OF LOCAL EDUCATION
AGENCY EXPENDITURES TO ADDRESS CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM
AND HABITUAL TRUANCY BY PROVIDING SERVICES AND
SUPPORTS THAT HA VE BEEN DETERMINED TO IMPROVE SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE OR ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF ABSENTEEISM
WHEREAS , California is one of six states that does not co nsider enrollment figures for determining state aid to school districts; and
WHEREAS , California funds schools based on average daily attendance (ADA) instead , which is calculated as the total attendance divided by the number of school days in session; and WHEREAS , Districts plan their budgets and operations based on enrollment but receive fund s based on attendance ; and
WHEREAS , this bill defines ''ave rage daily membership " as the quotient of the aggregate enrollment days for all pupil s in a school district or co unty office of education, from transitional kindergarten to grade 12, divided by the total number of instructional days for the local educational agency (L EA) in an academic year; and
WHEREAS , LEA include s school district s, co unty office of education s and charter sc hools ; and
WHEREAS , this bill would req uire LEAs to direct at least 30% of their additional educatio n fundin g to ex isting LEA expe nditur es to addre ss chronic absentee ism and habitual truancy ; and
WHEREAS , this bill is spon so red by the Ca lifornia School Emplo yees Assoc iation, the Los Ange les Unified Sc hoo l District , and the State Superint endent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond ; now, therefore , be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council directs the City Administrator or his designee to immediately distribute this Resolution upon its adoption to Governor Gavin Newsom and State Senator Portantino.
IN COUNCIL , OAKLAND , CALIFORNIA ,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
MAY 1 6 2023
A YES - FIFE, GALLO , JENKINS , KALB , KAPLAN , RAMACHANDRAN , REID, AND PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS ·- ~
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