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Governor Gavin Newsom today signed a $6.6 billion package to accelerate the safe return to in-person instruction across California and empower schools to immediately expand academic, mental health and social-emotional supports, including over the summer. The package was passed by the Legislature with overwhelming, bipartisan support after it was announced earlier this week.
The Governor signed AB 86 in a virtual ceremony joined by Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, State Board of Education President Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, Senators Nancy Skinner, John Laird and Connie Leyva and Assemblymembers Phil Ting and Kevin McCarty.
Under AB 86, public schools throughout the state will be allocated $6.6 billion in total – $2 billion will fund safety measures to support in-person instruction, such as personal protective equipment, ventilation upgrades and COVID-19 testing, while $4.6 billion will fund expanded learning opportunities such as summer school, tutoring and mental health services. Together, the funds empower schools to develop and execute comprehensive strategies to both reopen and expand programs to address the social-emotional, mental health and academic needs of students.
All public schools are required to offer in-person instruction to grades K-2 for all students and for high-needs students in all grades by the end of the month, losing 1 percent of eligible funds every day thereafter if they do not. Schools in the state’s Red Tier or better are required to offer in-person instruction to all students in all elementary grades and at least one middle or high school grade, or risk the same penalty. Together, these requirements help ensure schools begin to reopen as soon as possible, in order to build trust and confidence to continue phased reopenings.
To meet the needs of the whole child, the Expanded Learning Opportunities Grants allocate $4.6 billion to local educational agencies based on the equity-based Local Control Funding Formula, with an additional $1,000 for each homeless student. These funds will be used for supplemental instruction and support for social and emotional well-being. Schools will be able to use the funds for providing more instructional time, such as summer school, and accelerating progress to close learning gaps through tutoring, learning recovery programs, mental health services, access to school meal programs, programs to address pupil trauma and social-emotional learning, supports for credit-deficient students and more.
The package also codifies multiple successful state programs to support safe school reopenings:
* Vaccine Prioritization for K-12 School Staff. The package codifies the Governor’s commitment to set aside 10 percent of vaccines for education workers. This commitment ensures that the state prioritization of school staff, in place since January, is made real in all 58 counties. Since the Governor’s announcement, the state has collaborated with county health departments, the Biden Administration and providers such as Kaiser Permanente to accelerate vaccine access for K-12 school staff starting March 1.
* Data Reporting. The package codifies data reporting requirements, including requirements for schools to report reopening status and COVID-19 safety measures. These statutory requirements will help build on efforts to increase transparency, including interactive geospatial maps displayed on the Safe Schools Hub.
* State Safe Schools Team. The package also allocates $25 million to the State Safe Schools Team, which serves to provide technical assistance, oversight and accountability to the over 10,000 public schools in the state. The capacity will enhance the Team’s reach, and the Team will conduct a safety review of any school with two or more COVID-19 outbreaks.
Recorded March 5, 2021.
For more information regarding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Cupertino, please visit https://www.cupertino.org/coronavirus
C
B
Princess
cruise
ship,
in
port
in
oakland,
some
case
counts,
began
to
rise
on
the
ship
and
in
the
states,
schools
were
rapidly
closed
in
march
and
with
multiple
coveted
spikes.
Since
then,
most
of
them
are
still
struggling
to
reopen
fully
for
in-person
learning,
we've
learned
so
much
since
then.
Our
public
schools
have
been
heroic
in
getting
meals
and
technology
to
students
and
families
and
learning
how
to
teach,
digitally
and
finding
new
ways
to
wrap
around
many
of
our
most
vulnerable
students.
B
We
can
free
ourselves
of
the
constraints
of
the
traditional
agrarian
calendar
and
traditional
school
structures,
to
focus
on
enriching,
engaging
and
joyful
learning
opportunities
that
we
attach
students
to
school
to
each
other
and
to
their
teachers
and
that
wrap
around
them
with
social
and
emotional
and
mental
health
supports,
as
well
as
effective
tutoring
to
accelerate
their
learning.
This
can
launch
us
on
a
path
to
reimagining
schools
so
that
they
focus
on
the
needs
of
the
child,
rather
than
the
amount
of
seat
time
they
experience.
E
You're
on
me,
thank
you.
I
was
trying
to
do
it
by
by
mime
thanks,
linda
the
bill.
The
governor
signing
today
is
an
important
accomplishment.
Nevertheless,
it's
not
a
final
accomplishment.
Instead,
it
is
more
like
passing
a
key
class
on
the
road
to
graduation.
Now
we
can
envision
the
end
already.
We
are
starting
to
see
the
news
stories
in
which
district
by
district
parents
can
learn
about
the
return
to
schools
that
officials
are
planning
for
their
children.
E
E
It
takes
a
lot
of
people
to
get
a
student
to
graduate
and
it
has
taken
many
people
to
get
this
bill
to
this
point.
Once
again,
I
thank
the
governor
and
the
pro
tem
for
the
collaboration
that
brought
us
here.
Senator
atkins
has
been
a
strong
ally
and
an
effective
leader
since
we
worked
together
in
the
assembly.
E
Once
again,
I
thank
the
assembly
leaders
on
budget
and
education,
phil
ting,
patrick
o'donnell
and
kevin
mccarty.
We
can
be
proud
of
what
we
have
done
with
this
legislation
and
even
more
proud
of
what
will
what
it
will
do
in
the
future.
As
always,
the
work
continues
now
I'm
proud
to
introduce
my
good
friend
and
partner
senate
pro
tem
leader,
tony
atkins.
F
Well,
thank
you,
speaker,
rendon,
and
let
me
also
say
thank
you
for
your
incredible
partnership.
I
gotta
commend
the
governor
on
figuring
out
how
to
get
these
bills
onto
our
floors
on
your
birthday,
so
that
was
that
was
strategic.
Mr
governor,
you
know
as
a
seamstress,
my
mom
was
an
expert
on
knots
and
that
sometimes
came
in
handy
when
she
was
trying
to
get
my
sister,
my
twin
sister,
and
I
out
the
door
knotted
shoelaces,
knotted,
straps,
knotted
hair.
Believe
me
with
enough
perseverance.
F
She
could
always
get
through
them
all
and
one
of
the
biggest
knots
I
think
the
legislature
and
the
governor
have
ever
had
to
unravel
frankly
is
how
to
get
our
kids,
our
california
kids,
safely
back
in
schools
following
the
science
and
in
the
wake
of
covid19,
and
today
we
have
an
answer
and,
as
has
already
been
said,
it's
not
the
perfect
answer.
It's
also
not
the
final
answer,
but
it's
an
answer.
That's
going
to
let
our
kids
learn,
let
teachers
teach
and
let
parents
well
let
them
breathe.
F
I'd
like
to
thank
my
colleagues,
as
the
speaker
did,
senate
in
the
senate,
especially
senators,
nancy
skinner,
connie
leyva,
john
laird,
richard
penn,
for
their
leadership
and
guidance
and
again
acknowledge
speaker,
rendon
and
the
members
of
the
assembly
for
their
commitment
to
get
this
done
today.
We
author,
a
path
forward
to
help
california,
kids
get
back
on
their
own
paths,
and
I
want
to
emphasize
here
in
doing
so.
It's
really
important
that
we're
recognizing
and
addressing
the
very
real
learning
loss
that
has
occurred
this
past
year.
F
F
An
easy
not
to
unravel
and
there's
no
easy
one
size
fits
all
as
we
keep
telling
everyone,
but
with
perseverance
and
goodwill.
We
are
here
and
now
we're
going
to
get
these
kids
off
to
school,
and
with
that
I
want
to
turn
it
over
to
one
of
my
senate
colleagues:
who's
been
working
day
and
night
for
weeks
and
a
few
months
I
might
add,
senator
connie
leyva.
C
Thank
you,
madam
pro
tem.
Good
morning
I
am
thrilled
to
be
here.
We
know
that
our
children
are
our
future.
We
know
that
they're,
our
future
leaders-
and
we
know
that
this
past
year
during
the
pandemic,
has
been
hard
on
everyone
on
teachers,
on
parents
and
certainly
on
our
children.
It
is
undisputed
that
our
children
learn
best
when
they're
in
the
classroom.
What
is
disputed
is
how
do
we
make
that
happen?
How
do
we
do
it
safely?
How
do
we
make
sure
school
districts
have
what
they
need?
C
The
parents
feel
comfortable
sending
their
children
back,
and
I
think
that
we
have
taken
the
first
step
in
that
direction.
Working
with
my
senate
colleagues,
the
assembly
and
the
governor's
office,
we
offer
this
bill,
which
is
being
signed
into
law
today,
as
a
first
step
to
getting
our
kids
back
to
school.
This,
as
I
said
yesterday,
this
is
my
first
pandemic
and
I
think
it's
everyone
else's
first
pandemic
and
we're
all
just
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
do
this
in
the
best
way
possible.
G
I
have
two
children
in
san
francisco,
public
schools
and
they've
been
zooming
since
last
march,
and
I've
seen
the
effects
on
them
firsthand
whether
it
is
their
their
drop
in
their
desire
to
learn
their
withdrawal,
their
inability
to
connect
with
friends
I
mean
we've
seen
the
devastating
effects
and
that's
why,
as
as
so
many
of
us,
we've
really
wanted
to
have
pushed
this
issue
so
urgently
and
to
move
it
as
fast
as
possible.
We
really
appreciate
the
leadership
that
everyone's
shown
and
frankly,
it
is
so
difficult.
G
We
have
over
a
thousand
school
districts,
we
have
urban
schools,
rural
schools,
every
everything
that
we
were
doing
was
trying
to
assist
everyone,
but
also
trying
to
make
sure
we
didn't
slow
anybody
down,
and
it's
so
difficult
when
you're
trying
to
make
something
work
for
la
as
well
as
for
shasta,
and
so
this
is
really
the
best
that
we
could
do
for
the
entire
state.
Given
this
amazing
pandemic,
which
hasn't
frankly,
impacted
everybody
equally,
and
so
our
school
districts
have
been
haven't,
been
impacted
equally
and
so
again.
G
To
echo
my
thanks,
let
me
just
thank
the
governor
and,
of
course,
all
our
senate
colleagues,
who
really
have
been
just
phenomenal.
I
think
a
lot
of
late
night
phone
calls
a
lot
of
weekend
conference
calls.
We
even
had
a
you
know.
We
even
had
a
conference
call
meeting
before
the
super
bowl,
so
the
work
was
tireless
for
this
effort.
Let
me
also
just
thank
you
know
my
speaker,
speaker
rendon,
as
well
as
assembly
members,
mccarty
and
o'donnell,
and
a
real
special
thanks
to
our
budget.
G
Staffer
aaron
gable,
who
really
you
know,
gave
up
birthday
parties
and
worked
weekends
and
everything
every
hour
was
spent
on
making
sure
that
our
kids
got
back
to
school.
So
we're
we're
going
to
take
this
as
a
first
step
and
we're
going
to
go
home
to
all
our
districts
and
beg
all
our
districts
to
open
up,
use
this
money
and
do
everything
possible.
I
know
I
got
a.
G
I
got
a
big
hurdle
with
my
own
district
in
san
francisco,
but
I'm
so
excited
to
be
able
to
offer
these
resources
to
open
up,
as
well
as
to
help
with
the
learning
loss
starting
this
summer.
Through
next
year,
and
with
that,
I'm
going
to
go
turn
over
to
my
senate
counterpart,
nancy
skinner
and
one
fun
fact
between
the
two
of
us.
H
Thank
you,
budget,
chair
assembly,
member
ting
and,
of
course,
my
colleague
so
far
speaker,
rendon,
pro-tem,
atkins
senator
levin.
Of
course,
the
governor,
you
know
in
a
pandemic
details
matter,
covid
is
still
raging
and
as
many
parents
who
legitimately
want
their
children
back
into
the
classroom
as
soon
as
possible.
H
And
I
want
to
thank
the
governor
very
much
for
helping
our
educators
and
our
school
staff
have
that
extra
reassurance
of
safety
by
your
setting
aside
a
good
amount
of
supply,
10
percent
of
the
supply
of
our
vaccine
vaccines
to
get
in
the
arms
of
our
educators.
And
I
just
really
really
thank
you
for
that.
It's
not
a
requirement
for
getting
those
getting
our
kids
back
in
the
classroom,
but
at
least
it's
available
for
them.
H
Now
it's
up
to
our
educational
professionals
from
teachers,
staff,
principals,
superintendents
and
their
school
boards
to
move
expeditiously,
but
cautiously
to
reopen
in
the
ways
that
reflect
their
unique
circumstances
and
the
public
health
needs
of
their
students,
staff
and
communities.
So
I'm
really
happy
to
be
part
of
this
and
thank
you
all.
I
Thank
you,
senator
skinner.
Look.
It
was
hard
to
get
here.
It
was
a
bit
elusive
to
get
to
the
finish
line,
to
put
eb
86
together,
because
it's
hard
this.
This
isn't
easy.
As
was
mentioned
earlier,
we
don't
have
a
playbook
we've
never
done
this
before
and
I
was
you
know
pleased
yesterday
that
we
saw
bipartisan
support.
We
saw
members
from
urban
districts
and
rural
districts
talking
about
how
this
will
make
a
difference.
It's
not
perfect.
We
have
a
long
way
to
go.
We
know
that,
but
we
have
40
million
californians.
I
I
I'm
counting
on
my
school
district
to
step
up
and
do
what's
right.
We
know
we
have
some
challenges
like
in
others,
across
the
state
who
aren't
quite
there
yet,
but
it's
it's
it's
right
to
do.
What's
what's
right
for
our
kids,
I
just
want
to
pivot
real
quick
and
say
this
is
not
the
panacea
in
our
district.
I
It
is
tremendous,
especially
with
our
our
most
struggling
students,
our
english
language,
learners,
our
low
income
communities.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
stay
at
it
and
address
this
learning
loss,
not
just
this
summer,
but
next
year
and
the
following
year
as
well.
So
this
is
the
first
step
we're
going
to
stay
at
it,
but
this
is
an
important
step
that
california's
wanted
us
to
work
together
and
we
did.
We
have
a
bill
we're
signing
a
day.
I
J
Thank
you
very
much
kevin
and
thank
you
governor
and
pro
tem,
atkins
and
and
speaker
rendon
and
fellow
colleagues.
This
was
a
really
productive,
cooperative
effort
between
everybody
and
today
the
schools
win,
and
I
have
to
say
there
must
be
something
about
staff
members
and
birthdays,
because
kimberly
gonzalez
of
the
senate
staff
that
really
supported
us
in
this
had
a
birthday
smack
in
the
middle
of
it,
and
we
are
very
grateful
for
the
fact
that
she
put
this
first
and
really
helped
us
get
to
the
end.
J
When
the
governor
first
proposed
this,
the
pandemic
was
surging
and
as
we
finalized
it,
we
are
really
on
the
upswing
and
the
bill
is
divided
into
two
parts
and
it
addresses
each
of
those
situations.
So
there's
two
billion
to
really
incent
schools
to
open
to
really
give
them
the
confidence
to
do
it
and
there's
4.6
billion.
That
really
says
we
will
address
the
learning
loss
and
what
our
students
lost
in
this
period
of
time
in
bringing
them
back
to
school.
J
In
our
debate
there
was
a
call
for
uniform
standards
and
there
is
a
uniform
standard
in
this
bill,
its
flexibility,
so
that
the
over
thousand
districts
in
california
can
open
in
the
way
that
works
for
them,
and
there
was
pressure
on
us
to
legislate
public
health
guidance.
We
didn't
with
the
vaccines.
We
followed
the
cdc.
J
They
said
that
teacher
and
school
employee
vaccinations
are
recommended,
but
not
mandated,
and
we
did
that,
and
so
not
everybody
got
what
they
wanted,
but
people
mostly
got
what
they
asked
for,
and
we
made
this
workable
and
in
the
senate
it
was
unanimous
in
the
committee
and
on
the
floor,
which
is
a
tribute
to
that.
So
I'm
really
pleased
that
we
got
to
this
today.
I
think
it's
really
going
to
help
our
schools
reopen,
and
it's
a
tribute
to
everybody.
That's
on
this
call.
J
K
Senator
laird
good
morning,
everyone
today,
I'm
joining
you
from
the
california
school
up
for
the
deaf
and
riverside
go
cubs.
This
is
one
of
the
three
schools
that
the
california
department
of
education,
oversees
directly
and
like
all
of
the
10
000
schools
in
our
state.
We
are
working
with
our
school
to
also
figure
out
how
to
open
in
a
timeline
that
is
very
similar
to
what
is
laid
out
by
the
bill
that
is
being
signed
today.
In
our
case,
because
we
have
students
who
live
at
the
school
and
then
go
home
on
weekends.
K
These
are
gaps
that
we've
been
trying
to
deal
with
for
years
that
have
been
exacerbated
by
the
pandemic,
and
we
know
that
many
of
our
low-income
students
and
students
of
color
have
experienced
these
challenges
in
a
disproportionate
way,
and
this
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
do
the
things
that
will
help
them.
We
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
still
in
many
places
in
our
state.
K
While
we're
seeing
numbers
go
down,
we
still
know
that
there's
still
high
risk
for
many
communities,
in
particular
communities
of
color,
in
particular,
communities
where
people
have
underlying
health
conditions
and
and
in
places
where
it's
just
tough
to
get
access
to
resources.
It's
not
anybody's
fault,
but
there
are
places
in
the
state
where
it's
hard
to
get
access
to
vaccines
where
it's
hard
to
get
access
to
coba
tests,
and
so
we
have
a
lot
of
work
ahead
of
us.
K
I'm
thankful
to
our
governor
who's.
Leaned
all
the
way
in
on
how
to
help
our
schools
get
the
resources
they
need
to
open
how
to
open
our
businesses
and
our
communities
and
to
use
creative
resources
like
medicaid
to
make
sure
that
we
have
additional
dollars
to
pay
for
cova
testing
and
so
with.
That
is
a
pleasure
to
turn
this
over
to
our
40th
governor
governor
gavin
newsom.
Thank
you.
D
10
million
vaccines
administered
more
than
all,
but
five
nations
in
the
world
to
be
where
we
are
today
a
week
or
so
away
or
less
than
a
week
away
with
many
more
counties
moving
into
less
restrictive
tiers.
This
is
the
right
time
to
sign
this
bill.
That's
the
right
time
to
safely
reopen
for
in-person
instruction
our
schools
focusing
on
those
cohorts
that
are
both
impacted
by
this
pandemic,
most
impacted
by
the
challenges
associated
with
distance
learning
kate
through
two
three
to
six
cohorts
that
include
our
most
vulnerable
at-risk
youth.
D
I
think
that's
just
something
that
needs
to
be
repeated,
overwhelming
support
from
both
political
parties
in
this
state
and
from
as
as
some
of
our
tanks
had
people
that
represent
districts
that
are
completely
different
from
other
members
districts
in
this
state,
and
so
when
you
look
at
58
counties
thousand
plus
school
districts.
This
truly
is
a
challenge
at
scale
that
no
other
state
in
the
country
is
faced
with
and
so
again
just
applaud
each
and
every
one
of
you,
particularly
the
speaker
and
the
pro
tem.
D
I
I
just
personally
want
to
express
my
gratitude
to
both
of
you.
We've
had
the
opportunity
to
meet
on
a
consistent
basis
over
the
course
of
the
last
many
weeks
and
that
commitment
that
resolved,
not
the
passing
interest.
The
commitment
and
resolve
to
get
to
this
moment
was
demonstrable
and
all
of
those
interactions
and
all
the
hard
work
that
the
two
of
you
did,
and
I
just
personally
want
to
extend
that
gratitude
to
both
of
you,
because
we
wouldn't
be
here
without
you
and
so
to
everybody
watching
we're.
D
Also
mindful
we're
doing
this
virtually
despite
signing
a
bill
about
in-person
instruction,
just
want
to
obvi
make
that
obvious
point.
It's
not
lost
on
me,
but,
as
you
see,
we
are
in
many
different
parts
of
the
state.
We
don't
want
to
delay
this
any
further,
and
so
let
me
not
delay
this
any
further,
but
I
do
before
I
pull
this
at
this
bill
and
sign
it.
I
want
to
acknowledge,
linda
darling,
hammond.
J
D
Her
team
and
brooks
for
their
hard
work.
I
want
to
acknowledge
ben
cheetah,
ana
monte,
santos,
so
many
members
of
my
staff
that
worked
long
and
hard
on
this
to
all
of
the
advocates
representing
myriad
of
different
interests
in
our
school
system.
I
want
to
thank
each
and
every
one
of
them
and
I
just
want
to
be
mindful-
and
I
think
some
of
our
mccarty
made
this
point.
This
is
a
big
day
for
working
women.
D
As
well
and
also
this
is
a
predicate
to
safely
reopen
our
economy
as
well,
and
so
thank
you
to
each
and
every
one
of
you
and
with
that,
let's
just
get
this
thing
signed
and
let's
get
these
6.6
billion
dollars.
We
didn't
wait
for
the
federal
government,
we're
moving
forward,
we're
going
to
get
the
benefit
of
the
federal
government's
additional
support
coming
soon.
D
We're
exceeding
expectations
on
the
sign
ups,
we're
going
to
give
you
those
numbers
in
terms
of
the
prioritization
of
our
educators,
educators,
broadly
defined
not
just
teachers
but
counselors,
providing
opportunities
for
bus
drivers
and
cafeteria
workers
as
well
as
custodial
staff,
and
we're
seeing
them
sign
up,
and
that's
really
encouraging.
So
I'm
here
in
the
spirit
of
not
just
gratitude
but
optimism
that
this
bill
is
going
to
really
accelerate
openings
all
across
the
state
and
with
that.
D
Let's
get
that
6.6
billion
dollars
out
into
the
districts.
Thank
you
all
of
you
for
your
incredible
work
and
leadership.
Thank
you
for
the
privilege
of
being
being
able
to
sign
this
bill
and
thank
you,
mr
superintendent,
for
holding
all
of
us
to
account
throughout
this
process.
Appreciate
each
and
every
one
of
you.