Pupil instruction: credit recovery programs: report.

Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state, and authorizes local educational agencies throughout the state to operate schools and provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. 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. This bill would require the department, on or before July 1, 2021, to provide a report to the Governor and the Legislature regarding the use of programs that enable pupils to recover credits not earned due to unsuccessful attempts in courses in California public schools, including certain information about the operation of those programs and the pupils participating in those programs. Existing law authorizes a county board of education to establish and maintain one or more community schools. Existing law requires that pupils enrolled in community schools be assigned to classes or programs deemed most appropriate for reinforcing or reestablishing educational development, including, but not limited to, basic educational skill development, on-the-job training, school credit recovery assistance, tutorial assistance, and individual guidance activities. This bill, for purposes of those county community schools classes and programs, would define "school credit recovery assistance" to refer to a pupil passing, and receiving credit for, a course that the pupil previously attempted, but for which the pupil was unsuccessful in earning academic credit towards graduation.