Section 48200.7.

(a) The State Department of Education shall identify the three lowest performing elementary schools in the Compton Unified School District for purposes of extending the school year for pupils enrolled in kindergarten or grades 1 and 2 and for those pupils in any of grades 3 to 5, inclusive, who are performing in mathematics or English language arts two or more grade levels below the grade in which those pupils are enrolled as determined under subdivision (d).

(b) Beginning with the 1998–99 school year, the Compton Unified School District may identify schools of the district, in addition to those identified pursuant to subdivision (a), that are among the lowest performing schools in the district, and may provide extended school year instruction pursuant to Section 41601.1 to any pupil enrolled in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, in a school identified pursuant to this subdivision who is performing in mathematics or English language arts at a grade level that is two or more grade levels below the grade in which that pupil is enrolled as determined pursuant to subdivision (d).

(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of this section and Section 41601.1, the amount of funding claimed by the district for extended year instruction shall not in any year exceed twice the amount claimed pursuant to this section in the 1997–98 fiscal year as adjusted each year by the inflation adjustment determined pursuant to Section 42238.1.

(d) The determination that a pupil is performing two or more grade levels below the grade in which that pupil is enrolled shall be based on any combination of the following:

(1) The California Achievement Test-Form E.

(2) The Spanish assessment of basic education.

(3) Proficiency tests required for graduation.

(4) District criterion reference tests based on state curriculum guides.

(5) The STAR test.

(e) The Compton Unified School District shall test all pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, in its lowest performing schools identified pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) prior to those pupils beginning an extended school year program under this section. At the end of the school year the school district shall again test the pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to determine the grade level at which those pupils are performing.

(f) The department shall approve each of the following areas in each elementary school identified as high-priority pursuant to subdivision (a):

(1) Curricula.

(2) Testing instruments.

(3) Schoolday length.

(4) Teacher selection, teacher mentoring, and staff development processes.

(g) The department shall review teacher compensation, including salary and benefits, in each elementary school identified as high-priority pursuant to subdivision (a).

(h) The department shall collect data as to each of the following items for each school in subdivisions (a) and (b):

(1) Instructional materials used by, and made available to, the school.

(2) Teacher capacity.

(3) Any other baseline data deemed necessary by the department.

(i) Instruction provided to pupils subject to this section during schooldays in excess of schooldays offered to other pupils shall be devoted to instruction in basic skills in mathematics and English language arts.

(j) In conjunction with the Legislative Analyst, the department shall contract for an independent evaluation to determine the effectiveness of the extended school year curriculum, instructional program, and materials provided pursuant to this section and funded pursuant to Section 41601.1 in improving pupil academic outcomes. Testing and data collection conducted pursuant to this section shall be administered under the oversight of the independent evaluator, who shall be provided with copies of all test results. Results of the evaluation shall be reported on or before January 1, 2002, to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Legislative Analyst, the Director of Finance, and the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature. The Compton Unified School District shall be responsible for all costs incurred pursuant to this subdivision.

(k) A percentage of funding appropriated for purposes of this section, in an amount to be determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall be used for purposes of testing and data collecting pursuant to this section.

(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 183, Sec. 69. Effective January 1, 2005.)