2024-107 California Healthy Youth Act - California State Auditor

Audit Recommendations Disclosure

When an audit is completed and a report is issued, auditees must provide the State Auditor with information regarding their progress in implementing recommendations from our reports at three intervals from the release of the report: 60 days, six months, and one year. Additionally, Senate Bill 1452 (Chapter 452, Statutes of 2006), requires auditees who have not implemented recommendations after one year, to report to us and to the Legislature why they have not implemented them or to state when they intend to implement them. Below is a listing of each recommendation the State Auditor made in the report referenced and a link to the most recent response from the auditee addressing their progress in implementing the recommendation and the State Auditor’s assessment of auditee’s response based on our review of the supporting documentation.

Recommendations to the Legislature

Recommendation 1

If the Legislature wants greater consistency in CHYA instruction related to LGBTQ+ bodies and relationships, it should amend CHYA to require districts to include more specific information and to integrate the information throughout instruction and materials.

Agency response status:

Pending

Recommendation 2

To increase the likelihood that teachers provide instruction that complies with CHYA, the Legislature should amend CHYA to require teachers to receive regular training on CHYA’s requirements and the scope of what must be covered.

Agency response status:

Pending

Recommendation 11

To improve school districts’ compliance with CHYA statewide, the Legislature should require CDE to monitor school districts’ compliance with CHYA requirements and should also establish the minimum number of districts that CDE should review each year.

Agency response status:

Pending

Recommendation 12

If the Legislature wishes to better position school districts to select instructional materials that comply with CHYA, it should require CDE to at least biennially publish on its website reviews of commonly available instructional materials that contain the following:

A compliance score demonstrating how closely the materials align with CHYA.
Information about what content is noncompliant or missing from the materials.
Guidance explaining how school districts could supplement the materials in order to
comply with CHYA.

Agency response status:

Pending

Recommendations to Rocklin Unified School District

Recommendation 3

To improve compliance with CHYA, Rocklin should perform a detailed review of CHYA’s requirements and amend or supplement its instructional materials so that it addresses all required topics. Further, Rocklin should annually review the information in its instructional materials to ensure that it is accurate, up-to-date, and complies with any changes to state law.

Agency response status:

Pending

Recommendation 8

To ensure that it periodically trains all school district personnel who provide CHYA instruction, Rocklin should adopt policies and procedures that do the following:

Define the frequency and content of training for teachers who provide CHYA instruction. The defined frequency should ensure that teachers receive timely training on the most recent, medically accurate information and that no teacher provides CHYA instruction without having first received that training.
Track compliance with the required training.

Agency response status:

Pending

Recommendations to Sonoma Valley Unified School District

Recommendation 4

To improve compliance with CHYA, Sonoma should perform a detailed review of CHYA’s requirements and amend or supplement its instructional materials so that it addresses all required topics. Further, Sonoma should annually review the information in its instructional materials to ensure that it is accurate, up-to-date, and complies with any changes to state law.

Agency response status:

Pending

Recommendation 9

To ensure that it periodically trains all school district personnel who provide CHYA instruction, Rocklin should adopt policies and procedures that do the following:

Define the frequency and content of training for teachers who provide CHYA instruction. The defined frequency should ensure that teachers receive timely training on the most recent, medically accurate information and that no teacher provides CHYA instruction without having first received that training.
Track compliance with the required training.

Agency response status:

Pending

Recommendations to Tulare Joint Union High School District

Recommendation 5

To improve compliance with CHYA, Tulare should perform a detailed review of CHYA’s requirements and amend or supplement its instructional materials so that it addresses all required topics. Further, Tulare should annually review the information in its instructional materials to ensure that it is accurate, up-to-date, and complies with any changes to state law.

Agency response status:

Pending

Recommendation 10

To ensure that it periodically trains all school district personnel who provide CHYA instruction, Rocklin should adopt policies and procedures that do the following:

Define the frequency and content of training for teachers who provide CHYA instruction. The defined frequency should ensure that teachers receive timely training on the most recent, medically accurate information and that no teacher provides CHYA instruction without having first received that training.
Track compliance with the required training.

Agency response status:

Pending

Recommendations to Long Beach Unified School District

Recommendation 6

Long Beach should annually review the information in its instructional materials to ensure that it is accurate, up-to-date, and complies with any changes to state law.

Agency response status:

Pending

Recommendation 7

To ensure that it complies with the training requirements in CHYA, Long Beach should review its teacher training program and modify the program as necessary to align with CHYA’s requirements.

Agency response status:

Pending