Section 42923.

(a) Each school district providing foster children services pursuant to this chapter shall, by January 1 of each even-numbered year, report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction any information as may be required by the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the purpose of subdivision (b).

(b) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, by February 15 of each even-numbered year, report to the Legislature and the Governor on the foster children services provided by school districts. The report shall be prepared with the advice and assistance of providers of foster children services and shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) Recommendations regarding the continuation of services.

(2) Recommendations regarding the effectiveness of the services, unless program effectiveness is assessed in any other report covering the same time period.

(3) Recommendations regarding the broadening of the application of those services.

(4) Information which shall be sufficient to determine, at a minimum, whether these services have resulted in a major quantitative improvement or deterioration in any of the following indicators:

(A) Pupil academic achievement.

(B) The incidence of pupil discipline problems or juvenile delinquency.

(C) Pupil dropout rates or truancy rates.

(5) A discussion of the meaning and implications of the indicators contained in paragraph (4).

(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 160, Sec. 23.)