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School Finance
SB 205* (Hancock-D) Education finance: federal tax credit bond volume cap
Provides statutory authority for the California Department of Education and the California School Finance Authority to administer the federal Qualified School Construction Bond tax credit program authorized by the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Chapter 11, Statutes of 2010
SB 450* (Lowenthal-D) Class size reduction: Long Beach Unified School District
Authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction to approve kindergarten through grade 3 class size reduction funding for the Long Beach Unified School District despite exceeding required teacher-to-pupil ratios, if the increases in teacher-to-pupil ratios are due to a fire in May 2007.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
SB 698 (Negrete McLeod-D) Juvenile court schools: funding
Exempts funding for juvenile court school apportionments from the deficit factors established for the 2008-09 and 2009-10 fiscal years and replaces average daily attendance with average daily enrollment as the basis for funding.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 798 (DeSaulnier-D) Before and after school programs
Specifies that in any fiscal year in which the total state appropriation for the federal 21st Century Community Learning Center program exceeds the total state appropriation for fiscal year 2008-09, the excess amount shall be allocated on a priority basis for direct grants to community learning centers through a specified formula.
Chapter 479, Statutes of 2010
SB 847* (Steinberg-D) Education finance
Appropriates $1,201,534,585 from the Federal Trust Fund to the Office of Planning and Research for the 2010-11 fiscal year upon notification to the state of a funding award pursuant to the federal Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act of 2010.
Chapter 220, Statutes of 2010
SB 851* (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Proposition 98: suspension
Suspends the Proposition 98 minimum funding guarantee for school districts and community colleges for the fiscal year 2010-11.
Chapter 715, Statutes of 2010
SB 898 (Ashburn-R) After School Education and Safety Program
Establishes a minimum grant for small schools that provide before or after school programs through the After School Education and Safety Program.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1136* (Cox-R) Education finance: revenue limit apportionments
Limits the amount of General Fund Proposition 98 funding the state can defer within a fiscal year (intra-year deferrals) from small school districts and sunsets this limitation on 9/1/11, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1161 (Lowenthal-D) Education: school finance
Removes the statutory definition of material inaccuracy for the purposes of state school bond funds and, instead, requires the Office of Public School Construction to notify the State Allocation Board if certified eligibility or funding application information is found to contain a material inaccuracy.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1191 (Wiggins-D) Education: minimum funding
Requires consideration of the effectiveness of pupil-counselor ratios when the California Department of Education evaluates the Quality Education Investment Act of 2006.
Vetoed
SB 1396 (Lowenthal-D) Maximum categorical education flexibility pilot program
Establishes the Maximum Categorical Flexibility Pilot Program for implementation in up to three school districts from the 2011-12 to 2013-14 fiscal years. Sunsets this program on 7/1/14.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1X5 (Steinberg-D) Federal Race to the Top funding eligibility
Make changes to state law making California eligible for the federal Race to the Top monies. Addresses the four Race to the Top policy reform areas of standards and assessments, data systems to support instruction, great teachers and leaders and turning around the lowest-achieving schools. Contingent on the passage of SB 4 X5 (Romero-D), Chapter 3, Statutes of 2009-10, 5th Extraordinary Session.
Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009-10, Fifth Extraordinary Session
SCA 6 (Simitian-D) Schools: parcel taxes
Lowers, from 2/3 to 55%, the threshold of voter approval necessary for school districts to enact parcel taxes.
(Died on Senate Floor)
SCA 1X3 (Steinberg-D) Education finance
Provides, commencing with the 2011-12 fiscal year, that school districts and community college districts are to receive supplemental education payments in the total amount of $9.3 billion, and requires the Legislature to annually appropriate that amount from a specified account until the full amount of the supplemental education payments has been allocated. Provides that the payments are in lieu of the maintenance factor amounts, if any, that otherwise would be determined for the 2007-08 or 2008-09 fiscal years.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
SCR 47 (DeSaulnier-D) Education funding: child development centers and preschools
States the intent of the Legislature to increase the funding of child development centers and preschools in future years, as resources become available, in order to provide staff with adequate salaries and benefits, provide adequate resources to support program quality for children, and keep programs open to serve parents and children.
Resolution Chapter 78, Statutes of 2010
AB 60 (Coto-D) Education finance: pupil funding
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to enter into an agreement for the completion of a comprehensive study of key factors to be considered in the creation of weights within the concept of a weighted formula for funding pupil learning.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 71 (Duvall-R) Categorical education funding: block grants
Repeals various block grants and establishes the following block grants, composed of funding for specified categorical education programs: the Supplemental Professional and Staff Development Block Grant, the Supplemental Academic Support for At-Risk Pupils Block Grant, the Supplemental Academic Support Block Grant, the Supplemental Operational Support Block Grant, the Supplemental Career Technical Education Block Grant, and the Supplemental Pupil Support Block Grant.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 142* (Hayashi-D) Education finance: lottery revenue
Modifies the allocation formula of revenue generated from the California State Lottery, and contains language to require the repeal of the modified formula if the State Controller determines that the revenue allocated to benefit public education is less than a specified amount.
Chapter 13, Statutes of 2010
AB 185 (Buchanan-D) Education: federal funds
Appropriates $903,840,000 from the Federal Trust Fund to the California Department of Education, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the University of California, and the California State University for the 2009-10 fiscal year.
Chapter 221, Statutes of 2010
AB 191* (Assembly Budget Committee) Education agencies: state cash resources
Makes substantive changes to cash payments for K-12 local education agencies in 2009-10. Addresses technical problems in the cash management bills (AB 5 X8 [Assembly Budget Committee], Chapter 1, Statutes of 2009-10, Eighth Extraordinary Session and AB 14 X8 [Assembly Budget Committee], Chapter 10, Statutes of 2009-10, Eighth Extraordinary Session) related to K-12 education and transportation cash deferrals.
Chapter 29, Statutes of 2010
AB 317* (Solorio-D) School attendance: H1N1 virus
Deems, for the 2009-10 and 2010-11 fiscal years, any pupil absence related to the H1N1 (2009) influenza virus in any public school as an epidemic for the purposes of school districts receiving apportionments.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 434 (Block-D) After school programs
Specifies that for the After School Education and Safety Program, the cost of a program site supervisor may be included as direct services, provided that at least 85% of the site supervisor's time is spent at the program site.
Chapter 229, Statutes of 2010
AB 548* (Chesbro-D) Education finance: Class Size Reduction Program
Allows local education agencies to receive K-3 Class Size Reduction (CSR) funding for the 2008-09 fiscal year under the rules existing prior to the adoption of AB 2 X4 (Evans-D), Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009-10, Fourth Extraordinary Session (AB 2). Allows the Riverside Unified School District to claim CSR funding for the 2009-10 school year under the rules existing prior to the adoption of AB 2.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 683* (Chesbro-D) Local educational agencies: program improvement
Specifies that the amount of a grant for a local educational agency that is identified for corrective action and subject to sanctions, that does not have a school identified for program improvement pursuant to federal law, shall be based on the overall proportion of schools identified for program improvement of all local educational agencies determined to be within one of three categories, multiplied by the number of schools in the local educational agency, multiplied by the grant amount that would be appropriate to the local educational agency based upon the pervasiveness and severity of its performance problems, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 788 (Swanson-D) Education finance: Oakland Unified School District
Prohibits the Superintendent of Public Instruction or his/her appointed administrator or trustee from transferring or allocating to a charter school located within the territorial jurisdiction of the Oakland Unified School District any funds appropriated or allocated to that school district.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 837 (Torlakson-D) School attendance: online education
Establishes that a school district or county office of education may claim average daily attendance on the basis of a pupil's attendance at a class(es) in the classroom-based setting on that day, for the purpose of learning online, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 844 (Villines-R) School districts: mandated programs
Establishes an alternative system for determining and providing reimbursements for costs associated with local school district programs mandated by the state.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 871 (Nestande-R) Education finance: Year-Round School Grant Program
Requires a school district that did not receive Year Round School Program funding in the 2007-08 fiscal year (the Menifee Union School District in Riverside County) to be eligible for this funding in the 2008-09 fiscal year only, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 972 (Audra Strickland-R) School district administrative costs
Requires a school district with annual enrollment greater than 300,000 pupils to limit expenditures for administrative costs in each fiscal year to no more than 5% of its total budget, including monies from all fund sources.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 980 (Swanson-D) Emergency loan repayment: charter schools
Requires a charter school located within the geographic boundaries of a school district that is repaying an emergency loan to pay a prorated amount of the annual payment made by the district on that loan.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
AB 1226 (Huber-D) School apportionment: workplace learning
Allows a school district to report for state apportionments average daily attendance in classes that are not open to the general public if the classes are held in the workplace, are intended primarily to help pupils with attainment of a General Education Development credential or high school diploma, and are offered by an employee of the district appropriately credentialed for the course being offered.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 1583 (Assembly Education Committee) Education finance: school safety
Revises provisions establishing the School Safety Consolidated Competitive Grant to authorize the expenditure of funds previously apportioned for other purposes.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 1610* (Assembly Budget Committee) Education finance: K-12: 2009-10 Budget Trailer Bill
Among other provisions, provides the necessary statutory changes in the area of education in order to enact modifications to the fiscal year 2009-10 and 2010-11 Budget Acts.
Chapter 724, Statutes of 2010
AB 1673 (Mendoza-D) Adult education: finance
Revises the Legislative Analyst's Office, subject to an appropriation for this purpose, to provide a report to the Legislature by 1/1/12, detailing specified information regarding the effects of categorical budget flexibility on adult education programs.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1683 (Torres-D) Education: finance
Defines school districts to include county offices of education and "other agencies" so that the county offices and other agencies will be eligible for federal funding distributed by the State Board of Education.
Vetoed
AB 1716 (Torlakson-D) Education: developer fees: reimbursement
Provides that if a governing board chooses to reimburse developer fees, the reimbursement includes any interest for the supplemental amount accrued during the period prior to a district receiving state funds for the construction project for which those fees were provided, as determined by the school district.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
AB 1724* (Chesbro-D) Necessary small schools funding
Allows two elementary schools in the Del Norte County Unified School District and one elementary school in the Calaveras Unified School District to receive necessary small schools funding, as specified, even though the districts' enrollment exceeds caps to quality for this funding.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1754 (Swanson-D) Oakland Unified School District: emergency apportionments
Extends, from 20 years to 30 years, the period within which the General Fund portion of the emergency loan provided to the Oakland Unified School District must be repaid.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 1839 (Torrico-D) Schools: safety
Establishes the Safe Schools Initiative, under which the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall award grants to school districts with high schools located in areas with the highest crime rates. Increases the vehicle license fee to fund the Safe Schools Initiative program.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 1849 (Norby-R) School districts: cities exchange revenue
Allows a city to exchange amounts of its sales tax for ad valorem property taxes of the revenues of the school districts located within that city.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 1874 (Evans-D) Education finance: Vallejo City Unified School District
Extends the time period the Vallejo City Unified School District is authorized to sell property and use the proceeds to reduce or retire its emergency loan from the state.
Chapter 147, Statutes of 2010
AB 1876 (Torlakson-D) Education: After School Education and Safety Program
Authorizes state-funded after school programs to operate on the weekends, within existing grant funds, and gives priority for federal after school funds to existing programs that have met specified pupil outcomes.
Vetoed
AB 1988* (Hagman-R) Chino Valley Unified School District: minimum school day
Deems the Chino Valley Unified School District to have offered the minimum number of days of instruction for the 2008-09 fiscal year if the district operates 10 additional school days for pupils in grades four through six for two consecutive years at two district elementary schools, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2027 (Blumenfield-D) Online education: school attendance
Authorizes, commencing in the 2012-13 fiscal year, local education agencies to claim attendance counting toward average daily attendance for apportionment purposes through online synchronous and asynchronous instruction, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2090 (Coto-D) Education finance: supplemental instruction
Requires that a school district receive supplemental instruction funding based on the amount the district received in the 2008-09 fiscal year, if the district can substantiate to the satisfaction of the California Department of Education that the 2007-08 school year, for purposes of hours of supplemental instruction provided at a school under its jurisdiction, was a startup year.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 2265 (Salas-D) California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System
Establishes a grant program to support local education agencies direct-funded charter schools.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2272 (Block-D) Education: class size
Modifies, for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 fiscal years, the K-3 Class Size Reduction program flexibility enacted in SB 4 X3 (Ducheny), Chapter 12, Statutes of 2009-10, Third Extraordinary Session (part of the February 2009 budget deal).
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2335 (Brownley-D) School-based financial reporting system
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to recommend modifications to the format of, and requirements on, school district accounting in order to support school-level financial reporting.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 2366 (Brownley-D) Education finance: revenue limits
Delays a statutory revision to the school district Meals for Needy Pupils revenue limit adjustment until the 2013-14 fiscal year.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2552 (Nestande-R) Education finance: cash out refinancing
Authorizes a portion of the proceeds of the state of refunding bonds to be set aside and applies solely to the purposes for which the bonds to be refunded were authorized to be issued by the voters and limits that amount to the net present value if the amount by which the total debt service to maturity on the bonds to be refunded exceeds the total debt service to maturity on the refunding bonds. Authorizes those bonds as specified rates when the assessed valuation of the taxable property is projected to increase, instead, at an annual rate no greater than the average annual rate of growth in assessed value in the issuing district over a 20-year period preceding the issuance.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 2560* (Brownley-D) Education finance: federal tax credit bond volume cap
Authorizes the California Department of Education and the California School Finance Authority to distribute the state's 2010 volume cap for the Qualified School Construction Bonds tax credit program authorized through the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Chapter 266, Statutes of 2010
AB 5X8* (Assembly Budget Committee) School finance: cash deferral
Provides statutory authorization to defer specific cash payments to schools to ensure sufficient cash resources of the state for the remainder of the 2009-10 fiscal year and the 2010-11 fiscal year. The deferral is limited to the current fiscal year and budget year only, and the deferral maybe triggered-off by findings of the Director of Finance and the State Treasurer.
Chapter 11, Statutes of 2009-10, Eighth Extraordinary Session
AB 6X8* (Assembly Budget Committee) School finance
Requires the Director of the Department of Finance to adjust "the percentage of General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts and community college districts, respectively, in fiscal year 1986-87" for purposes of applying Proposition 98 in a manner that ensures that the shift in General Funds revenues. This bill shall not have no net fiscal impact upon the amounts that are otherwise required to be applied by the state for the support of school districts and community college districts.
Chapter 11, Statutes of 2009-10, Eighth Extraordinary Session
AB 14X8* (Assembly Budget Committee) Education finances: state cashflow: deferred allocation
Gives K-12 schools more time to apply for a hardship waiver to be exempt from cash deferrals under AB 5 X8 (Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter 1, Statutes of 2009-10, 8th Extraordinary Session.
Chapter 10, Statutes of 20009-10, Eighth Extraordinary Session
School Facilities
SB 252 (Denham-R) School facilities: deferred maintenance
Expands the uses of deferred maintenance funding to include the use of these funds for internal connections for education technology wiring.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 363 (Hancock-D) School facilities: energy conservation
Authorizes the creation of a new account for deposit of funds for school energy efficiency and solar energy installation projects.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 365 (Ducheny-D) State Allocation Board: Office of Public School Construction
Changes the composition of the State Allocation Board (SAB) and transfers the duties and staff of the Office of Public School Construction, which operates under the Department of General Services, to the SAB on or after 7/1/10, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 375 (Hancock-D) School facilities
Authorizes the State Allocation Board to review and adopt regulations for apportioning funds provided under the Seismic Mitigation Program. Specifies that apportionments from the Program shall fund repair, reconstruction, or replacement of school buildings determined to be seismically at risk, and further allows the use of apportionments to fund structural evaluations and interim housing costs for displaced pupils.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 378 (Romero-D) Charter School Facility Grant Program
Expands eligibility for the Charter School Facility Grant Program, under specified conditions, and requires funds to be provided in advance of current year expenses rather than as reimbursed for prior year expenses.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1157 (DeSaulnier-D) School facilities: pest management program
Requires, commencing 1/1/14, all schoolsites to adopt an integrated pest management program.
Vetoed
SB 1193* (Lowenthal-D) School facilities funding: high performance schools
Augments a new construction project by $150,000, or modernization project by $250,000, per schoolsite for a school district that incorporates the use of high performance design and materials.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
SB 1227 (Runner-R) School facilities: construction
Authorizes the Department of General Services (DGS) to grant a request, as it deems appropriate, by a school district or community college district that has submitted a school construction application for review and requested that the documents be referred to a qualified plan review firm under contract with the DGS. Prohibits the use or occupancy of a school building that has been constructed, reconstructed, altered, or added to, except as specified, until DGS has issued a certification that the school building complies with specified statutory requirements.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
SB 1380 (Hancock-D) School facilities: construction
Adds new requirements and conditions to be met by districts that apply for and receive Career Technical Education Facilities Program (CTEFP) funding, and requires the California Department of Education to review and make recommendations on specified elements of the CTEFP.
Vetoed
SB 1432 (Hancock-D) School facilities
Establishes the inclusion of specified certifications regarding the provision of facilities and infrastructure for students who are individuals with exceptional needs, as a condition for approval of a school district or county office of education new construction project by the California Department of Education.
Vetoed
SB 1473 (Wyland-R) School facilities bond proceeds: performance audits
Requires that the constitutionally required performance audit established by initiative measure (Proposition 39, November 2000) be conducted in accordance with Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States.
Chapter 294, Statutes of 2010
AB 211 (Mendoza-D) School facilities: classroom security locks
Requires new construction projects submitted to the Division of the State Architect, on or after 7/1/10, to include locks that allow classrooms, or any room with occupancy of more than five persons, to be locked from the inside, as specified. Requires the locks to meet Title 24 regulations of the California Building Standards Code. Exempts restrooms and rooms locked from the outside at all times from the requirement.
Chapter 430, Statutes of 2010
AB 220* (Brownley-D) Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act
Authorizes the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2010 and provides for the issuance of $6.1 billion in general obligation bonds for the construction and modernization of public education facilities, subject to approval of the voters in November 2010.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 629 (Krekorian-D) School facilities: water
Requires a school district, by 1/1/12, to conduct a one-time analysis of the level of lead in water in schools that were constructed before 1/1/93 (except for those schools whose plumbing has been completely replaced after 1993).
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 635* (Assembly Accountability And Administrative Review Committee) Roof projects: public contracts
Adds a new article to the Public Contract Code to promote competition and enhance bidding practices for the replacement or repair of roofing projects for public schools and community colleges.
Chapter 438, Statutes of 2010
AB 747 (Emmerson-R) School facilities: recycling programs
Authorizes and encourages school districts and each campus of the University of California, California State University, and the California Community Colleges to establish and maintain a beverage container recycling program in all classrooms, administrative offices, and other areas owned or leased by the school district or college campus where a significant quantity of beverage containers is generated or may be collected.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 821 (Brownley-D) School facilities: maintenance
Establishes the Clean and Healthy Schools Act, which requires all school districts and non-public elementary schools (with 50 or more pupils) to purchase and use only environmentally preferable cleaning and cleaning maintenance products, if these products exist. Specifies that school districts and non-public schools are required to comply by the 2011-12 school year or when it is "economically feasible."
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1099 (Fuller-R) School facilities: construction
Eliminates the requirement that a notice of completion be filed before the Department of General Services issues certification that the proposed school building complies with the Field Act.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
AB 1127 (Solorio-D) School facilities: fire sprinklers
Requires all school modernization projects, on or after 7/1/10, that are structural in nature and are a part of a multistory building or building with exits that open to an enclosed hallway to include an automatic fire detection, alarm, and sprinkler system approved by the State Fire Marshal. Authorizes the State Allocation Board (SAB) to waive this requirement, if the cost of the automatic sprinkler system is greater than 20% of the replacement cost of the building. Requires the SAB to adopt regulations to implement this waiver.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1476 (Cook-R) School facilities: repayment of penalties
Authorizes the State Allocation Board to extend the repayment period by an additional five years for school districts found to be falsely certifying state school construction funding eligibility or application if specified conditions exist.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1605 (Coto-D) School facilities: plan review
Exempts an employee funded by a state school construction program filing fee from any furlough implemented by any state, agency, board, or commission in order to facilitate a faster review of state school construction plans, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1950 (Brownley-D) Charter School Facility Grant Program
Establishes various academic and fiscal accountability standards related to charter schools.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
AB 2048 (Torlakson-D) School facilities
Prohibits the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development from issuing a building permit for any construction absent certification by a school district of compliance with any fee, charge, dedication, or other requirement levied by the governing board of the school district, and makes other conforming changes.
Chapter 541, Statutes of 2010
AB 2161 (Fong-D) School facility: construction
Requires the governing board of a school district, for the purposes of securing bids for the construction of school facilities, to post a bid notice on the district's Internet Web site.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
Bilingual Education/English Learners
SB 930 (Ducheny-D) English learners: pupil assessments
Modifies California's public school assessment and accountability system with respect to English learner pupils, including expanding the number of limited-English proficient students who are tested on the state's content standards in their primary language, and other changes related to the testing of English learner pupils and inclusion of their test scores in accountability measures.
Vetoed
AB 272 (Solorio-D) Leadership for English Learner Success Program
Authorizes an institution of higher education, a nonprofit organization specializing in English learner research or professional development, or a county office of education with demonstrated success in establishing and implementing English learner professional development programs to offer a Leadership for English Learner Success Program for school administrators or counselors, or both, under contract or other cooperative arrangement with a school district.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1741 (Coto-D) English learners: low-performing schools
Requires that if a school district or charter school authorizer intervenes to turn around a persistently lowest-achieving school, including a charter school, as specified, or if a school, including a charter school, is eligible to be included in the Immediate/Underperforming Schools Program, and that school has pupils who are English learners, the school district or authorizer take certain actions relating to the provision of services for English learners. Includes a legislative finding and declaration that a school may already have satisfied the requirements specified in the bill by completing and obtaining approval of a school plan, as specified, for purposes of allocating economic impact aid funds.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 1831 (Solorio-D) English learner: after school programs
Requires an application and an approved program plan (part of renewal) for the After School Education and Safety program, which serves 15% or more English language learners, to include a description of the manner in which the program will support English language development and language acquisition for English language learners.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2095 (Brownley-D) English language development: instructional materials
Requires the State Board of Education to ensure K-12 curriculum frameworks and K-8 instructional materials include the needs of pupils with disabilities, English language development standards, and English language development strategies in the four core subjects of mathematics, science, history/social science, and English language arts.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2370 (Hernandez-D) English learners: school districts of choice
Establishes a second tier priority for attendance in a district of choice for English learners, pupils with exceptional needs, and pupils who are eligible for free and reduced price meals.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
Charter Schools
SB 108 (Walters-R) Charter schools: government tort claims
Provides that no joint powers authority for risk-pooling shall refuse to admit to membership or provide coverage to a charter school, including a charter school organized pursuant to Section 47604 of the Education Code, or a school district which operates a charter school, solely on the basis that it operates as a charter school.
(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
SB 378 (Romero-D) Charter School Facility Grant Program
Expands eligibility for the Charter School Facility Grant Program, under specified conditions, and requires funds to be provided in advance of current year expenses rather than as reimbursed for prior year expenses.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 438 (Yee-D) Charter schools: freedom of speech and of the press
Clarifies that provisions regarding freedom of speech and expressive activities in schools apply to the state's charter schools.
Chapter 142, Statues of 2010
AB 272 (Solorio-D) Leadership for English Learner Success Program
Establishes the Leadership for English Learner Success Program to authorize an institution of higher education, a non-profit organization specializing in English learner research, or a county office of education, to offer professional development for school administrators and counselors until 7/1/15.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 284 (Garrick-R) Community colleges: charter schools: petitions
Allows the governing board of a community college district to authorize a petition to establish a charter school within the county in which the district maintains a campus.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
AB 572 (Brownley-D) Charter schools
Makes charter schools, like public school districts, subject to open meeting laws, the California Public Records Act, Government Code conflict of interest laws, and the Political Reform Act. Thus, charter school board meetings would be made open to the public, charter school records would be available for public inspection, and charter schools would be required to adopt more stringent conflict of interest policies. Operative on 7/1/11.
Vetoed
AB 980 (Swanson-D) Charter schools: emergency loan repayment
Requires a charter school located within the geographic boundaries of a school district that is repaying an emergency loan to pay a prorated amount of the annual payment made by the district on the loan.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
AB 1146 (Knight-R) Charter schools
Authorizes a charter school to establish one or more resource centers, meeting spaces, or other satellite facilities located in the county in which the charter school is authorized if each of the facilities is used exclusively for the educational support of pupils who are enrolled in nonclassroom-based independent study of the charter school.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 1741 (Coto-D) Low-performing schools: English learners
Requires that if a school district or charter school authorizer intervenes to turn around a persistently low-achieving school including a charter school, as specified, or if a school, including a charter school, is eligible to be included in the Immediate/Underperforming Schools Program, and that school has pupils who are English learners, the school district or authorizer take certain actions relating to the provision of services for English learners. Also, includes a legislative finding and declaration that a school may already have satisfied the requirements specified in the bill by completing and obtaining approval of a school plan, as specified, for purposes of allocation economic impact aid funds.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 1907 (Cook-R) Charter schools: instruction
Exempts nonclassroom based charter schools offering real-time synchronized instruction from the requirements in the Education Code and regulations pertaining to independent study, commencing in the 2011-12 fiscal year, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 1909 (Nestande-R) Charter schools: authorization: petition
Allows the governing board of a community college district (CCD) to authorize a petition to establish a charter school within the county in which the district maintains a campus. Specifies that a charter school petition shall be eligible for consideration by a CCD if the petition encourages a partnership between a charter school and the CCD. Allows a maximum of 10 charter schools be authorized statewide by the California Community Colleges. Requires these charter schools to be funded directly. Requires the California Department of Education to prepare an analysis of the program by 1/1/14.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 1950 (Brownley-D) Charter schools accountability
Establishes various academic and fiscal accountability standards related to charter schools.
(Died in Assembly Appropriation Committee)
AB 1982 (Ammiano-D) Charter schools
Establishes, until 12/31/16, a statewide cap of 1,450 on the number of charter schools that can operate and prohibits charter schools personnel with hiring authority from employing relatives.
(Failed passage in Senate Education Committee)
AB 1991 (Arambula-IN) Charter schools: renewal: accountability standards
Requires charter school petitions to be granted for five years; authorizes charter school renewals to be granted for five to 10 years. Establishes an alternative renewal process for charter schools identified as persistently lowest achieving and schools that do not meet specified academic criteria. Authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish alternative academic accountability standards for charter schools. Combines the renewal appeals process with the revocation appeals process.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 2265 (Salas-D) Pupil achievement: California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement
Establishes a grant program to support local educational agencies direct-funded charter schools.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2320 (Swanson-D) Charter schools: accountability
Adds new requirements to the charter school petition process, deletes the authority of a charter school petitioner to submit a petition to a county board of education to serve pupils that would otherwise be served by the county office of education, and eliminates the ability of the State Board of Education to approve charter school petition appeals.
(Failed passage in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2363 (Mendoza-D) Charter schools: authorization
Expands existing signature requirements for conversion charter school petitions to include classified employees and requires the signature petition to prominently display a statement that the classified employees signing the petition have a meaningful interest in working at the charter school.
(Failed passage in Senate Education Committee)
AB 2543 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) Charter schools: renewal
Requires a charter school to submit a renewal petition to the chartering authority no later than September 15 prior to the expiration of the charter, or by an earlier or later date if mutually agreed upon by the chartering authority and the charter school to accommodate local circumstances. Requires the governing board of a school district or a county board of education to approve or deny a renewal petition submitted by a charter school authorized by that board no later than December 15 prior to the expiration of the charter. Requires a charter school that elects to appeal the denial of its renewal application to submit the application to the county board or the state board, as applicable, within 30 days of the date of the denial.
Vetoed
AB 2685 (De La Torre-D) Charter schools: criminal background checks
Requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to make available to each private school, a listing of all credential holders who have had final adverse action taken against their credential.
Chapter 169, Statutes of 2010
School Safety
AB 1522 (V. Manuel Perez-D) School zones: vehicles
Authorizes a local authority in a "rural area", as defined, that establishes a prima facie speed limit in a school zone to include a state highway if the highway is within 1,000 feet of a school building or the grounds of a school building, including school grounds that are not separated from the highway by a fence, gate, or other physical barrier while the grounds are in use by children and the highway is posted with a school warning sign that indicates the posted speed limit.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 1583 (Assembly Education Committee) School safety: education finance
Revises provisions establishing the School Safety Consolidated Competitive Grant to authorize the expenditure of funds previously apportioned for other purposes.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 1721 (Swanson-D) Safety zones: pesticides
Provides, subject to exceptions, that restricted materials shall not be applied by specified methods for purposes of commercial agriculture, as defined, or a state agricultural pest eradication or control program within 1.2 miles of a "school safety zone," as defined, and that other pesticides shall not be applied by specified methods aerial applications likely to cause off-site movement of pesticides for purposes of commercial agriculture or a state agricultural pest eradication or control program within 1.4 miles of a "school safety zone," as defined, and as provided. Exempts from these provisions the Department of Public Health, local vector control agencies, and mosquito abatement and vector control districts, as provided.
(Died in Assembly Agriculture Committee)
AB 1839 (Torrico-D) Schools: safety.
Establishes the Safe Schools Initiative, under which the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall award grants to school districts with high schools located in areas with the highest crime rates. Increases the vehicle license fee to fund the Safe Schools Initiative program.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 1893 (Hayashi-D) High school spirit activities
Requires, beginning 7/1/11, all high school spirit activities (HSSA) coaches to have a valid certification in CPR and first aid and, establishes several requirements for HSSA coaches and pupils including, but not limited to requiring pupils participating in HSSA to have an annual medical examination and receive proper training, and requiring HSSA coaches to develop an emergency plan, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 2147 (V. Manuel Perez-D) Safe Routes to School construction program
Modifies the Safe Routes to School (SR2S) program to authorize schools to apply for SR2S grants and to require the Department of Transportation to establish an advisory body.
Vetoed
AB 2178 (Torlakson-D) After School Education and Safety Program
Authorizes the sharing of pupil data between schools and After School Education and Safety programs with which that school contracts.
Chapter 462, Statutes of 2010
AB 2310 (Hayashi-D) California Student Safety and Violence Prevention
Declares that nothing in the California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000 requires the exclusion of any curriculum, textbook, presentation, or other material in any program or activity conducted by an educational institution or postsecondary educational institution.
(Died in Assembly being unassigned to a committee)
AB 2478 (Mendoza-D) Causing a disturbance at a school
Defines a new misdemeanor that would be committed where a person creates a disruption at preschool, kindergarten or grade school with the intent to threaten the physical safety of a pupil, as specified, arriving at, attending or leaving the school.
Vetoed
AB 2501 (Lieu-D) School safety plans
Makes a number of changes to the provisions relating to comprehensive school safety plans.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
ACR 82 (Hall-D) Public education: discrimination free zones
Encourages public education institutions (pre-kindergarten through university campuses) to develop and enact appropriate procedures that meaningfully address acts of discrimination that occur on campus and support tolerance and acceptance of others regardless of their race or ethnicity, religion, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, nationality, or any other characteristic that is contained in the definition of hate crimes set forth in Section 422.55 of the Penal Code.
Resolution Chapter 6, Statues of 2010
Child and Day Care
SB 244 (Wright-D) Children's services: high-risk children
Creates additional supports for foster youth and families with at-risk children.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
Provides the following children the right to continuous enrollment in a state preschool program or a child care and development program if their family relocates: (a) neglected or abused children who are recipients of CPS; (b) children who are at risk of being neglected or abused; and (c) children of a foster youth.
SB 379 (Huff-R) Heritage schools
Defines "heritage schools" in the Health and Safety Code and establishes requirements for these schools in lieu of child care licensing requirements.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1099 (Correa-D) Foster care funds: subsidized child care for foster parents
Allows state child care funds to be counted as a match for federal funds for subsidized child care for foster children.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1109* (Cox-R) California Children and Families Program: funding
Eliminates existing allocations of tobacco tax revenue under Proposition 10 to state and local county children and family's commission accounts and, instead, requires those funds to be used for the Healthy Families and Medi-Cal programs.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
SB 1196 (DeSaulnier-D) Child care: trustline provider
Provides that, commencing 1/1/11, a person 18 years of age or over who provides care or supervision in an ancillary day care center, shall be registered as a trustline provider.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
SB 1225 (Yee-D) Individualized county child care subsidy
Extends an existing pilot project that authorizes the City and County of San Francisco to implement an individualized child care subsidy plan for an additional five and one-half years. Sunsets the pilot on 6/30/16 rather than on 1/1/11.
(Died in Senate Appropriation Committee)
These provisions of this bill were placed in AB 1610 (Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter 724, Statutes of 2010.
SCR 44 (Corbett-D) Child care: subsidized
Requests the Legislature to hold one or more joint legislative hearings and requests the California Department of Education (CDE) to participate in the hearing(s), on or before 4/1/10, to review California's current regional market rate methodology and implementation guidelines for subsidized child care. Requests that all vested stakeholders be included in the planning and implementation process being undertaken by CDE to establish new rates or a new rate structure.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
SCR 47 (DeSaulnier-D) Child development centers: funding
States the intent of the Legislature to increase the funding of child development centers and preschools in future years, as resources become available, in order to provide staff with adequate salaries and benefits, provide adequate resources to support program quality for children, and keep programs open to serve parents and children.
Chapter 78, Statutes of 2010
AB 222* (Adams-R) Child care: trustline provider
Allows, because one must be an adult to have a criminal records clearance, persons under 18 years of age to be employees of ancillary day care centers without being registered as a trustline provider. Allows, because all employees of ancillary day care centers are required to have a criminal records clearance and be registered in the trustline program, employees whose clearance is pending to continue to work until the Department of Social Services (DSS) denies their trustline application and any right to appeal has been exhausted or expired. Sets the fee for each trustline application to equal and not exceed the total amount required by the DSS to process applications and maintain the trustline registry for these providers.
Chapter 431, Statutes of 2010
AB 304 (Price-D) Child care and development
Requires that by 1/1/11, all child care alternative payment providers offer their child care providers the option of receiving state subsidy reimbursements via electronic banking.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 495 (Davis-D) Preschool: data collection
Requires the California Department of Education, by 7/1/11, to post, at a minimum, statewide and county-level data on the availability and need of child care and child development programs for infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children on its Internet Web site, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 932 (Torlakson-D) Child care facilities
Expands the purposes of the Child Care Facilities Revolving Loan Fund to authorize funds to be used for purchase, site development, construction, and expansion of licensed child care facilities, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 997 (Krekorian-D) Child care facilities: sex offenders
Requires the Department of Justice, the Department of Social Services, and the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs to coordinate with one another to develop an approach that allows these departments to generate information identifying all sex offenders living in child care facilities.
(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1195 (Brownley-D) Child care and development programs: advisory committee
Requires the Child Development Policy Advisory Committee to assist the California Department of Education in the development of a plan to implement any new federal child care or early childhood education grant funds made available after 3/1/09.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1610* (Assembly Budget Committee) Child care and development: budget trailer bill
Among other provisions, limits child care development contractors' reserves to 5% of reimbursable contract amounts. (Previously, there had been no limit on the size of the reserve for child care development contractors.) Extends the City and County of San Francisco's child care subsidy pilot program until 7/1/15. Reduces the maximum reimbursement for license-exempt providers from 90% to 80% of the 85th percentile using the 2005 regional market rate survey. Reduces the Alternative Payment agencies' administrative allotment from 19% of original contract amount to 17.5%.
Chapter 724, Statutes of 2010
AB 1979 (Adams-R) Child day care centers: inspections
Requires the Department of Social Services to make annual unannounced visits of all licensed child day care centers.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 1990* (Anderson-R) Child care costs: income taxes: credit: unemployed workers
Allows a personal income tax credit to unemployed taxpayers for 100% of specified child care costs.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 2084 (Brownley-D) Child day care facilities: nutrition
Creates minimum standards for beverages that are served in licensed child day care facilities.
Chapter 593, Statutes of 2010
AB 2252 (Torrico-D) California state preschool programs: funding
Requires a continuous General Fund/Proposition 98 appropriation to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, commencing with the 7/1/12 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, in an amount sufficient to enroll all income-eligible three and four-year-old children in the state preschool program.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2323 (Torlakson-D) Child care contractor: direct service contracts
Authorizes a center-based child care contractor to carry forward reimbursable expenses that exceed earnings based on a contract issued by the California Department of Education and continue providing the same program services, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2463 (Brownley-D) Child care resource and referral programs
Codifies and updates the activities and responsibilities of child care resource and referral programs.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2553 (Brownley-D) Kindergarten readiness
Requires the California Department of Education, if it commences a process for the creation of a school readiness data tool, to establish guidelines and a plan regarding the creation of this tool.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
Special Education
SB 682 (Padilla-D) Pupils with exceptional needs
Authorizes a county office of education (COE) or consortium of COEs to establish and administer, to the extent federal funds are available, a pilot program to provide combined academic and occupational training to secondary school pupils with autism spectrum disorders and other exceptional needs. Sunsets 1/1/15 and requires a COE or consortium of COEs that establishes a pilot program to submit an evaluation to the California Department of Education and the Legislature by 1/1/14, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 701 (Correa-D) Special education: local plans
Requires that the governance structure of a multi-district special education local plan area include one school board member from each school district within that special education local plan area.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 184* (Block-D) Special education funding
Continues the current special education incidence factor formula through the 2010-11 fiscal year. Makes the adjustment inoperative on 7/1/11, and repeals it on 1/1/12.
Chapter 403, Statutes of 2010
AB 661* (Torlakson-D) Special education: behavioral intervention plans
Implements the Behavioral Intervention Plan mandate claim settlement by allocating one-time and ongoing General Fund/Proposition 98 funding via the special education funding model to special education local plan areas.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 826 (Buchanan-D) Special education: local plan areas: funding
Makes changes, commencing in 2009-10, in calculations made by the Superintendent of Public Instruction related to the treatment of property taxes and federal funds in determining funding allocations for special education local plan areas.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 1124 (Yamada-D) Special education: due process hearings
Requires a local education agency to continue providing early intervention services to a child with exceptional needs between the ages of three and five years in a preschool program (if the child is no longer eligible for services under federal law), pending the resolution of a due process hearing, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1742 (Coto-D) Special education
Specifies the required standards-based, core curriculum and instructional materials used to provide the special education and related services including technology-based materials, as specified.
Chapter 146, Statutes of 2010
AB 1841 (Buchanan-D) Special education: parental consent
Conforms state law to federal law by specifically prohibiting schools from initiating due process procedures against a parent of a student with special needs if the parent revokes consent for special education.
Chapter 243, Statutes of 2010
AB 2721 (Blakeslee-R) Special education disputes: report
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in consultation with specified stakeholders, to prepare a report identifying options for reducing administrative and legal costs borne by local education agencies and parents resulting from disputes and litigation over the adequacy and administration of individualized education programs.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AJR 31 (Buchanan-D) Special education funding
Memorializes the Congress and the President of the United States to enact one of the bills pending before Congress that would fully fund the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Resolution Chapter 41, Statutes of 2010
School Accountability and Testing
SB 264 (Wyland-R) High school exit examination: American history
Requires that a reading section that is used as part of the administration of the California High School Exit Exam relate to American history.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
SB 521 (Romero-D) Pupil testing: English language development test
Requires that the California English Language Development Test be administered at least 65% of the way into the school year and that a pupil's scores be reported to his/her parent in their home language.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 742 (Romero-D) School accountability: low-performing public schools
Requires, commencing 11/1/10, the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education to identify 10 historically low-performing public schools in the state and ensure the schools' districts are complying with federal requirements for notification to parents and employees of the school.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 800 (Hancock-D) Pupil assessment
Ends the testing of second grade pupils with California Standards Tests in the Standardized Testing and Reporting program after the 2009-10 school year.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
SB 930 (Ducheny-D) Pupil assessments
Modifies California's public school assessment and accountability system with respect to English learner pupils, including expanding the number of limited-English proficient students who are tested on the state's content standards in their primary language, and other changes related to the testing of English learner pupils and inclusion of their test scores in accountability measures.
Vetoed
SB 1357 (Steinberg-D) California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System
Requires the California Department of Education to include pupil attendance data on chronic absentees in the Annual Report on Dropouts in California and in the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System, and to provide related reports to local educational agencies on demand.
Chapter 704, Statutes of 2010
SB 1448 (Price-D) School accountability: low-performing schools
Requires the California Department of Education, subject to an appropriation for this purpose, to contract for the development of a new indicator that measures pupil-level growth in academic achievement over time using specified statewide tests.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
SB 1X5 (Steinberg-D) School accountability/testing
Defines "low-achieving schools" and "persistently low-achieving schools" and sets forth intervention strategies to be followed in conformity to the Race to the Top regulations. Extends authorization of state testing programs by two years, requires state involvement in the national academic content standards project and reestablishes a Standards Commission in order to revise California standards so that at least 85% will match the national standards.
Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009-10, Fifth Extraordinary Session
AB 173 (Price-D) Low-performing schools
Requires the California Department of Education to contract for the development of a new indicator that measures pupil-level growth in academic achievement over time.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 391 (Torlakson-D) Pupil assessment: STAR Program
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, on or before 4/1/11, to contract with an independent evaluator to evaluate the Standardized Testing and Reporting program. The report is due by 11/1/11, and is intended to help guide consideration of reauthorizing the program prior to its scheduled sunset in July 2013.
Vetoed
AB 518 (Mendoza-D) Public School Performance Accountability Program
Requires that members of school assistance and intervention teams and school district assistance and intervention teams to possess a high degree of knowledge, skills, and expertise in order to meet the needs of the students they serve.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 683* (Chesbro-D) Local educational agencies: program improvement
Provides a one-year, non-renewable federal improvement grant to local education agencies (LEAs) that are identified for corrective action and sanctions under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, but that have no schools in Program Improvement status. Also requires that the amount of the grant for such an LEA be based on the median grant award for LEAs in the least severe of the categories defined by California Department of Education and the State Board of Education developed objective criteria.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 976 (Arambula-IN) Public schools: alternative education: accountability
Requires a school district, when it refers a pupil to an alternative education program, to provide the pupil and his/her parent/guardian with a listing of all alternative education options and a description of the requirements the pupil must fulfill in order to return to his/her school of origin.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1741 (Coto-D) Low-performing schools: English learners
Requires that if a school district or charter school authorizer intervenes to turn around a persistently lowest-achieving school, including a charter school, as specified, or if a school, including a charter school, is eligible to be included in the Immediate/Underperforming Schools Program, and that school has pupils who are English learners, the school district or authorizer take certain actions relating to the provision of services for English learners. Also includes a legislative finding and declaration that a school may already have satisfied the requirements specified in the bill by completing and obtaining approval of a school plan, as specified, for purposes of allocating economic impact aid funds.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 1991 (Arambula-IN) Charter schools: renewal: accountability standards
Requires charter school petitions to be granted for five years; authorizes charter school renewals to be granted for five to 10 years; establishes an alternative renewal process for charter schools identified as persistently lowest achieving and schools that do not meet specified academic criteria; authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish alternative academic accountability standards for charter schools; and combines the renewal appeals process with the revocation appeals process.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 2013 (Arambula-IN) Education: alternative school performance
Requires schools that enroll 100% of their pupils in independent study (programs to be included in the state's alternative accountability system) and makes changes to require mandatory participation by all alternative schools, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2083 (Assembly Education Committee) School accountability
Clarifies that the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education use the closest possible approximation of high school graduation rate information, calculated for each of the previous three years, using existing data for purposes of determining high schools on the persistently lowest-achieving schools list.
Vetoed
AB 2265 (Salas-D) Pupil achievement: California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement
Establishes grant program to support local data management activities required of local educational agencies and direct-funded charter schools as part of the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2273 (Torlakson-D) Education: performance accountability
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop a California Education Opportunity Index to measure the performance and offerings of both elementary and secondary schools in preparing students for graduation and to become responsible and contributing members after graduation.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2307 (Carter-D) Education: academic performance
Defines dropout recovery high schools and require the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to certify an individual pupil growth model proposed by such a school for use in the Public School Performance Accountability Program, if the proposed model meets specified criteria.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
Higher Education
SB 15 (Cedillo-D) Student financial aid: Armed Forces
Entitles a student who is a member or former member of the Armed Forces and is enrolled in a qualifying undergraduate certificate or degree program, to receive a Cal Grant A or B award, provided they enroll within two years of leaving active duty and meet other specified criteria.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 82 (Hancock-D) Community colleges: transportation fees
Increases the maximum amounts that the governing board of a community college district is authorized to charge for transportation services.
Chapter 619, Statutes of 2010
SB 155 (Wright-D) Student financial aid: nurses
Establishes a new program within the State Nursing Assumption Program of Loans for Education under which a student enrolled in a qualified program and who agrees to work as a school nurse in an eligible school or school district as specified, would be eligible for a conditional loan assumption agreement.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 160 (Cedillo-D) Institutional financial aid eligibility
Requests the University of California and requires the California State University and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to establish procedures and forms to enable students who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition, as specified, to be eligible to receive institutional financial aid awards.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
Similar bills were SB 1440 (Cedillo-D) and AB 1413 (Fuentes-D) both of which were vetoed.
SB 182 (Ashburn-R) Community college nursing faculty
Removes several existing statutory employment restrictions related to community college temporary clinical nursing faculty, thereby allowing such faculty who work more than 60% of a full-time assignment to be employed without such restrictions through 6/30/14.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
SB 195 (Florez-D) Equity in Higher Education Act
Requires a postsecondary institution to include additional information to an existing annual assurance relating to the institution's compliance with laws concerning discrimination on the basis of sex. Subjects chief administrative officials to a civil penalty of up to $50,000 for declaring true anything in the assurance that is known to be false, or anything that with due diligence should reasonably have been known to be false, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 199 (Ducheny-D) Postsecondary education: instructional strategies
Eliminates the sunset date of the California Subject Matter Projects and adds the California Arts Project, the California Foreign Language Project, and the California Physical Education-Health Project to those projects authorized under current law.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 216 (Liu-D) Public postsecondary education: textbooks
Requires the Trustees of the California State University and the Board of Governors of the California Community College, and requests the Regents of the University of California, to post a list of required textbooks for each course on the Internet at least 30 days prior to the first day of class, including the price charged for each textbook, commencing on 7/1/10. Also requires each instructor or academic department to confirm the intent to use each individual item sold as part of a bundled package of instructional materials before the final adoption of the material.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 217 (Yee-D) Higher education: executive officer compensation
Prohibits the Trustees of the California State University from increasing the monetary compensation or approving payment of a bonus for any executive officer in any year in which the amount of General Fund monies appropriated to that segment is less than or equal to the amount appropriated in the immediately preceding fiscal year. Requests the Regents of the University of California to follow this prohibition.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 271 (Ducheny-D) Higher Education Facilities Bond Act of 2010
Enacts the Higher Education Facilities Bond Act of 2010 for the purpose of issuing $8.63 billion in general obligation bonds for the support of constructing and modernizing education facilities at the Community Colleges, the University of California, the Hastings College of Law, and the California State University.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 323 (Oropeza-D) Tuition: taxation: income tax refunds
Authorizes a taxpayer to direct any portion of their personal income tax refunds into a qualified tuition program account.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 330 (Yee-D) Higher education: auxiliary organizations: public records
Redefines "local agency" and "state agency" to include auxiliary organizations of a California State University, the California Community Colleges, or the University of California, for purposes of the California Public Records Act (CPRA). Expressly rejects the court's decision in California State University, Fresno Assn., Inc. v. Superior Court (2001) 90 Cal.App.4th 810 (CSU Fresno Assn.), relating to the application of the CPRA to auxiliary bodies such as the CSU Fresno Association that was the subject of the case. Also exempts from disclosure under the CPRA the name of an auxiliary organization donor or volunteer who requests anonymity, unless the donor or volunteer receives, in a quid pro quo arrangement, anything with value of $500 or more for the service or donation.
Vetoed
SB 386 (Runner-R) Postsecondary education: textbooks
Requires a faculty member at the California Community Colleges or the California State University who adopts a new edition of a textbook within three years after the adoption of a previous edition of that textbook to prepare a justification for the adoption of the new edition. Requests the University of California to comply. Sunsets on 1/1/16.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 574 (Hancock-D) Community colleges: inmate education
Waives "open course" provisions for community college courses offered in state correctional facilities and allows attendance hours generated by credit courses at all correctional facilities to be funded at the full credit rate. Provides that community college districts may not claim state apportionments for instruction in correctional facilities if the district is fully compensated by another entity for the costs of direct instructional services. Requires districts to deduct any partial compensation for correctional facility education from their apportionment.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 611 (Correa-D) Student financial aid: Cal Grant A Entitlement Awards
Authorizes a student whose tuition and/or fees are paid in full by a grant-in-aid, including education benefits received through federal programs for veterans, to use a Cal Grant A Entitlement Award for costs other than tuition or fees, but not to exceed $1,551.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 646 (Denham-R) Student financial aid: veterans and dependents
Prohibits the University of California, the California State University and the California Community Colleges from charging mandatory systemwide tuition or fees to California members of the armed services who were honorably discharged and have used all of their Montgomery Bill GI benefits. Specifies that these provisions apply to University of California only to the extent that the Regents adopt a resolution to do so.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 650 (Yee-D) UC: disclosure of improper governmental activities
Overturns the California Supreme Court's decision in Miklosy v. The Regents of the University of California (2008) 44 Cal.4th 876, which held that an employee of the University of California who is a whistleblower cannot sue for damages or retaliation where the University of California timely decided a retaliation complaint. Authorizes an available action for damages or other legal remedies arising on or after 1/1/11, for a University of California employee of applicant for employment under the same procedure.
Chapter 104, Statutes of 2010
SB 775 (Liu-D) Higher education accountability
Requires that the state establish an accountability framework to assess the ongoing collective contribution of each of the state's postsecondary education segments in meeting specified educational and economic goals, and requires the California Postsecondary Education Commission to convene a workgroup to develop and publish a specific set of performance outcomes related to the goals.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
SB 917 (Denham-R) Mandatory systemwide fees: Student Protection Act
Prohibits mandatory systemwide student fees adopted by the Trustees of the California State University from exceeding a cumulative 10% over the immediately preceding academic year, and becoming effective before 180 days have elapsed from date of adoption by the Trustees.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
SB 957 (Price-D) Student financial aid: Cal Grant C awards
Requires that Cal Grant C awards be prioritized for students seeking training in fields based on specified criteria.
Vetoed
SB 969 (Liu-D) Public postsecondary education: student fee policy
Establishes various findings, declarations and policies regarding mandatory systemwide undergraduate resident student fees.
(Died on Assembly Floor)
SB 1011 (Calderon-D) Student fees: special sessions
Prohibits summer session fees at the University of California and the California State University from exceeding the fees charged per credit unit for any other academic term, except for courses taken solely for the purpose of career enhancement or job retraining and not taken for credit towards a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree.
(Died on Assembly Floor)
SB 1045 (Alquist-D) Donahoe Higher Education Act: textbooks
Clarifies that the electronic version of any textbook produced and offered for sale at the public segments of higher education, or a private postsecondary educational institution in the state, contain, at a minimum, the same content as the printed version and permits the electronic versions to be copy-protected. Requires the Legislative Analyst's Office to submit a report to the Legislature by 6/1/11, with key findings on certain matters relating to electronic textbooks, including the degree to which state and federal copyright protection laws may complicate the implementation of the provisions relating to electronic versions of textbooks.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
SB 1046 (Cogdill-R) California State University: government tort claims
Removes the California State University from the jurisdiction of the Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board by allowing the California State University to process its own claims.
Chapter 636, Statutes of 2010
SB 1075 (Correa-D) Higher education: military service: benefits
Requires academic institutions to reasonably accommodate and assist students who are called to active military duty so they can meet any and all coursework requirements missed due to military service.
Chapter 284, Statutes of 2010
SB 1122 (Wright-D) University of California: competitive bidding and employment
Increases the threshold above which the University of California is required to competitively bid contracts for materials, goods and services from $50,000 to $100,000, and expands an exemption from conflict of interest provisions to include student employees engaged in multiple campus employment positions.
Chapter 638, Statutes of 2010
SB 1126 (Liu-D) Higher education: early childhood education: courses
Requires the Academic Senates of the California Community Colleges (CCC) and the California State University (CSU), and requests the Academic Senate of the University of California, to review the eight common core lower division courses in child development or early education to improve articulation. Prohibits the CSU from requiring more total units in child development or early education for students who complete the eight common core lower division and general education requirements at a CCC.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1143 (Liu-D) CA Community Colleges: student success and completion
Establishes legislative findings that the California Community Colleges Board of Governors shall adopt a plan for promoting and improving California Community Colleges student success after convening a taskforce to examine best practices within the colleges and effective models throughout the nation that accomplish this objective.
Chapter 409, Statutes of 2010
SB 1199 (Liu-D) Mandatory systemwide resident student fee policy
Establishes a state policy regarding mandatory systemwide resident fees and financial aid by (1) prescribing that students pay an amount equal to a percentage (yet to be determined) of the cost of instruction (undefined), (2) prohibiting the increase of student fees by an amount or percentage (yet to be determined) on an annual basis, (3) tying any annual adjustment to changes in the Consumer Price Index, and (4) laying out the process that the University of California and the California State University must follow prior to the adoption of fee increases.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
SB 1243 (Romero-D) University of California: use of student fees
Urges the Regents of the University of California to use educational fees, as defined, only for purposes that would be permissible uses of monies from the General Fund.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
SB 1382 (Senate Veterans Affairs Committee) Student financial aid: Cal Grant Program: methodology
Deletes the provision of law requiring, for all new Cal Grant awards, the California Student Aid Commission reduce "calculated financial need" by a veterans' education benefit.
Chapter 113, Statutes of 2010
SB 1440 (Padilla-D) California Community Colleges: student transfer
Establishes the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act.
Chapter 428, Statutes of 2010
SB 1460 (Cedillo-D) California Dream Act of 2010
Establishes, beginning 7/1/11, the California Dream Act for the purposes of expanding eligibility for state-administered financial aid to students exempted from paying nonresident tuition through specified provisions of law, and extends the nonresident tuition exemption to graduates of adult education and technical schools, provided the individual spent at least one year in a California high school.
Vetoed
Similar legislation was SB 160 (Cedillo-D) which died in Senate Appropriation Committee and AB 1413 (Fuentes-D) which was vetoed.
SB 22X3 (Benoit-R) Community colleges: contracting: noninstructional services
Authorizes community college districts to contract for any noninstructional services of any type, if awarded pursuant to certain provisions of existing law governing public contracts, and if the governing board of the school district or community college determines that the contract will provide a benefit for the community college district. Prohibits the contract from being invalidated for specified circumstances relating to food service functions and positions.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
SCA 21 (Yee-D) University of California
Repeals the constitutional provisions relating to the University of California and the Regents and requires the University and the Regents to be continued in existence subject to legislative control as may be provided by statute.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
SCA 26 (Denham-R) University of California: mandatory systemwide fees
Prohibits mandatory systemwide student fees adopted by the Regents of the University of California from exceeding a cumulative 10% over the immediately preceding fiscal year, and becoming effective before 180 days have elapsed from the date of adoption by the Regents.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
SCR 11 (Wright-D) College sports
Recognizes the actions of Samuel Cunningham Jr. and John Papadakis in the integration of college sports, and urges all citizens to join in celebrating the accomplishments of African Americans in communities throughout California and beyond during Black History Month and throughout the year.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
SJR 2 (Liu-D) Postsecondary education: college textbook affordability
Commends the Congress and the President of the United States for including the American Opportunity Tax Credit in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 enabling California to make college affordable for students. Expresses the intent of the Legislature to adopt similar higher education tax credits when the state's economic conditions improve.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SJR 16 (Denham-R) Educational benefits: veterans
Requests that the President and the Congress of the United States pass H.R. 2474 that restores funding for California veterans pursuing higher education.
(Died in Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee)
AB 35* (Furutani-D) Career technical education and workforce development
Requires the California Workforce Investment Board to assist the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the Board of Governors to develop a strategic plan for connecting education and workforce development in the state. Adds career technical education as an option for fulfilling one course requirement necessary for high school graduation, and requires the California Department of Education to report on the number of pupils who took career technical education to fulfill this graduation requirement, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 36 (Furutani-D) Higher education: public education: basic skills training
Requires the California Postsecondary Education Commission, in consultation with the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, to submit a report to the Legislature providing recommendations for basic skills training and contextualized learning programs in the public education system.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
AB 38 (Salas-D) Postsecondary education: resident classification: veterans
Requires that veterans of the Armed Forces who become students at one of the state's public higher education institutions within one year after moving to California are immediately eligible for in-state tuition and fees, provided that these veterans are also eligible for receiving federal education assistance benefits.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 53 (Portantino-D) University of California: non-civil service employees
Urges the University of California system to adopt the policy prohibiting certain employees whose annual base salary is over $150,000, from receiving a salary increase or overtime pay until 1/1/12.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
A similar bill was AB 1XX (Portantino-D) which died being unassigned to a committee.
AB 67 (Nava-D) CA State University: Doctor of Nursing Practice degree
Authorizes the California State University to award the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
A similar bill was AB 867 (Nava-D), Chapter 416, Statutes of 2010.
AB 69 (Duvall-R) Postsecondary education: enrollment growth
Requires the California State University and requests the University of California to include specified information pertaining to graduation and retention in their annual enrollment reports and requires the Department of Finance to base higher education enrollment projects on the projected number of high school students who are expected to graduate in the ensuing fiscal year.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
AB 70* (Norby-R) Public postsecondary education: genetic testing
Requires, until 1/1/15, that the California State University and the University of California refrain from making "unsolicited requests" of DNA samples from enrolled or prospective students and requires the reversion of unexpended appropriations from the General Fund in an amount equal to amounts expended for judgments or settlements resulting from informed consent violations related to these "unsolicited requests."
(Failed passage in Senate Education Committee)
AB 78 (Portantino-D) Community colleges: enrollment
Removes certain restrictions on concurrent enrollment and authorizes school districts to enter into partnerships with community college districts to provide high school pupils opportunities for advanced scholastic work, career technical or other coursework at a community college campus.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 95 (Torlakson-D) Student athletes: recruiting: disclosure
Requires a collegiate athletic recruiter representing a postsecondary educational institution in the State of California or outside the State to provide California student athletes in elementary, junior high, high school, or college with certain information relating to the college athletic program within one week of initiating personal contact with the student athlete for purposes of athletic recruiting.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
AB 218 (Portantino-D) Postsecondary education
Establishes a state accountability framework for the purpose of biennially assessing the collective progress of the state's system of postsecondary education in meeting specified educational and economic goals.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 279* (Duvall-R) Scholarship: tax credits
Allows a tax credit in an amount equal to any contribution made by a taxpayer to scholarship granting organizations.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 284 (Garrick-R) Charter schools: petitions
Allows the governing board of a community college district to authorize a petition to establish a charter school within the county in which the community college district maintains a campus.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 336 (Yamada-D) Nonresident tuition: firefighters exemption
Expands the nonresident tuition fees exemption to a student hired by a public agency who enrolls in firefighting training courses.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
AB 360 (Ma-D) Community colleges: teacher's retirement
Encourages the California State Teachers' Retirement System to conduct a study to examine the feasibility of either creating a new program for part-time community college instructors or modifying current programs to make retirement benefits more equitable for part-time instructors.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 385 (Block-D) Community colleges: funding
Eliminates the 2% cap on the amount of unemployment exceeding 5% that the California Community Colleges must use for purposes of calculating its annual state funding request for growth.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
AB 492 (Conway-R) Community colleges: nursing faculty
Removes temporarily (for three and one-half years) several existing statutory employment restrictions related to community college temporary clinical nursing faculty, thereby allowing such faculty who work more than 60% of a full-time assignment to be employed, essentially, for more than four consecutive semesters through 6/30/14.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
AB 500 (Conway-R) California State University: high desert campus
Requires the Trustees of the California State University (CSU), by 1/1/11, to conduct a study regarding the feasibility of a CSU satellite program, and ultimately, an independent CSU campus, in the "high desert", as defined.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
AB 529* (Blumenfield-D) Golden State Scholarshare Savings Trust
Authorizes, for taxable years beginning on or after 1/1/10, a deduction under the law for the amount, not to exceed $5,000 or $2,500, as specified, contributed to the Golden State Scholarshare Savings Trust during the taxable year.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 551 (Furutani-D) Community colleges: funding study
Requires the Legislative Analyst's Office to calculate the amount of General Fund dollars and the amount of property tax revenues allocated to the California Community Colleges for the 1989-90 through 2009-10 fiscal years and to analyze whether General Fund dollars or property tax revenues provide the most stable funding source for the California Community Colleges.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 555 (Portantino-D) Community colleges: enrollment
Establishes a pilot project, through January 2015, that removes restrictions on a student's ability to concurrently enroll in a K-12 public school and the Kern, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Los Rios, or San Jose-Evergreen Community College Districts.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 581 (Torlakson-D) Community colleges: classroom instructors
Requires the California Community Colleges (CCC) Chancellor's Office to conduct random audits of five CCC districts each year to encourage and determine compliance with existing law requiring CCC districts to expend 50% of their expense of education on the salaries of classroom instructors, and makes other technical changes.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
AB 649 (Nestande-R) University of California: contracts
Establishes statutory procedures for administration of change orders and claims on University of California construction projects for contracts entered into after 1/1/10.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 656* (Torrico-D) Higher education: oil severance tax
Requires the Board of Equalization, on or before November 1 of each year, to report to the Legislature, the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University, and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges the estimated amount of revenue that would be raised if an oil and natural gas severance tax were imposed upon any producer for the privilege of severing oil or gas from the earth or water in the state at the rate of 12.5% per barrel. Requires the report to include a summary of the estimated amount of revenues that would be distributed to specified institutions of higher education, as provided.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
AB 675* (Gilmore-R) 529 college savings plans: tax deductions
Allows a deduction under the Personal Income Tax Law for contributions made to a qualified tuition program, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 747 (Emmerson-R) Higher education facilities: recycling programs
Authorizes and encourages school districts and each campus of the University of California, California State University, and the California Community Colleges to establish and maintain a beverage container recycling program in all classrooms, administrative offices, and other areas owned or leased by the school district or college campus where a significant quantity of beverage containers is generated or may be collected.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 757* (Niello-R) Education savings account
Allows any amount to be deposited in an "education savings account", as defined, established for purposes of paying for "qualified education expenses", as defined.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 867 (Nava-D) California State University: Nursing degree
Authorizes the California State University to award a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree pilot program at three campuses chosen by the Board of Trustees to award the DNP degree. Requires the DNP degree pilot program to be designed to enable professionals to earn the degree while working full time, train nurses for advance practice, and prepare clinical faculty to teach in postsecondary nursing programs. Requires initial funding to come from existing budgets, without diminishing the quality of undergraduate programs or reducing enrollment therein.
Chapter 416, Statutes of 2010
A similar bill was AB 67 (Nava-D) which died in Assembly Rules Committee.
AB 868 (V. Manuel Perez-D) Community colleges: degree audit system
Requires every community college district to develop and implement an online degree audit system to provide students and counselors the ability to monitor student progress toward completion of a degree, a certification, or the credits required to transfer to the California State University or the University of California. Requires every community college office of admissions to perform an inquiry before the beginning of a semester or a quarter to identify students who are within 15 semester units or 22.5 quarter units of completing a degree, a certification, or transfer requirements and notify those students by e-mail and mail of the courses they still need for completion.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
AB 1089 (Villines-R) Public postsecondary education: student financial aid
Requires the California State University and the California Community Colleges, and requests the University of California, to provide tuition and fee waivers to qualified members of the California National Guard.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1095 (Hill-D) Community colleges: full-time instruction
Declares legislative intent that, by 6/30/14, 75% of the hours of credit instruction in every community college district be taught by full-time faculty (75/25 standard). Provides that the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges may not waive requirements designed to achieve the 75/25 standard if funding is deemed adequate by the Board.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1112 (Blakeslee-R) California State University: service contracts
Authorizes the Trustees of the California State University (CSU) to enter into a contract with the government of a foreign country to provide the services of CSU staff or personnel in that foreign country. Requires that any contract entered into by the trustees and the government of a foreign country, to the extent permitted by federal law, contain (1) a clause requiring that a contractor and its subcontractors be required to maintain a workplace that is free from harassment and discrimination against any employee on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, race, color, ancestry, religious creed, national origin, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, age, marital status, or use of family care leave, (2) a clause requiring that a contractor and its subcontractors provide written assurance that they will comply with specified nondiscrimination laws and regulations in the contract, (3) a clause requiring that a contractor and any subcontractor subject to the requirements of the bill shall provide specified written notice to any labor organizations with which the contractor or subcontractor has a collective bargaining or other labor agreement, and (4) a clause requiring either that the foreign country make a specified waiver or that the contract is subject to specified laws.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
AB 1140* (Niello-R) California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009
Provides that a one-year delay in implementation of the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009, beginning 7/1/10, for institutions that offer flight instruction or an institution that offers Federal Aviation Administration certified educational programs in aircraft maintenance.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 1157 (Block-D) Community college districts: counselors
Defines "classroom instructors" for community colleges to include counselors, and requires that 52% of each district's current expense of education be expended for payment of salaries of classroom instructors.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
AB 1180 (Nestande-R) University of California employees: compensation
Requires the Regents of the University of California (UC), on or before July 1 of each year, to submit a report to the Legislature describing expenditures on compensation packages and retirement benefits for employees and officers of the UC and identifying the sources of funds for those expenditures.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
AB 1207 (Logue-R) Nonresident student tuition
Prohibits a person without lawful immigration status from qualifying for resident tuition at the California State University and the California Community Colleges, under the provisions of AB 540 (Firebaugh-D), Chapter 814, Statutes of 2001.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
AB 1230 (Torrico-D) Postsecondary education: online harassment
Requires the adoption of policies regarding online harassment within the state's public higher education institutions.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1413 (Fuentes-D) California Dream Act of 2010
Establishes, beginning 7/1/11, the California Dream Act for the purposes of expanding eligibility for state-administered financial aid to students exempted from paying nonresident tuition through specified provisions of law. Extends the nonresident tuition exemption to graduates of adult education and technical schools, provided the individual spent at least one year in a California high school.
Vetoed
A similar bill was SB 160 (Cedillo-D) which died in Senate Appropriations Committee and SB 1460 (Cedillo-D) which was vetoed.
AB 1420 (V. Manuel Perez-D) Postsecondary education: technology assessment
Requests the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) and the California Spaceport Authority (CSA) to seek funding to expand their assessment of the state's innovation infrastructure capacity including university research facilities, private research parks, manufacturers and incubators. Authorizes the CCST and the CSA to collaborate with public and private colleges and universities, corporations with research capacity, economic development organizations, investment and finance professionals, and the California Community Colleges. Provides that the final assessment be presented in a format that allows for its display on the Internet and facilitates its use by potential applicants for green and other innovation-based federal funding.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 1436 (Portantino-D) Postsecondary educational institutions: meetings: live audio
Requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the Trustees of the California State University, the California Postsecondary Education Commission, and the California Student Aid Commission, including any auxiliary organization, and requests the University of California, to make a live audio transmission of each of its open public meetings available on the Internet, as specified.
Chapter 233, Statutes of 2010
AB 1610* (Assembly Budget Committee) Higher education finance: 2009-10 Budget Trailer Bill
Among other provisions, provides for the necessary statutory changes in the area of higher education in order to enact modifications to the fiscal year 2009-10 and 2010-11 Budget Acts.
Chapter 724, Statutes of 2010
AB 1702 (Swanson-D) Community colleges: inmate education programs
Waives "open course" provisions for community college courses offered in state correctional facilities and allows attendance hours generated by credit courses at all correctional facilities to be funded at the full credit rate. Provides that community college districts may not claim state apportionments for instruction in correctional facilities if the district is fully compensated by another entity for the costs of direct instructional services. Requires districts to deduct any partial compensation for correctional facility education from their apportionment.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1703 (Knight-R) State Nursing Assumption Program of Loans for Education
Increases the maximum loan assumption payment for registered nurses participating in the State Nursing Assumption Program of Loans for Education -- Nurses in State Facilities who become employed full-time in a state-operated veterans' home from $20,000 for four-years of service to $40,000. Expands the conditions under which a participant may receive a one-year extension for completing the required four years of service to include military service.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1713 (Furutani-D) Community colleges: reporting requirements
Deletes, consolidates, and modifies specified reports that are statutorily required of the California Community Colleges.
Chapter 236, Statutes of 2010
AB 1761 (Fong-D) Cal Grant B awards: award amount
Phases in elimination of the restriction in the Cal Grant B program that, in the first year of enrollment, denies tuition benefits and, instead, provides only a stipend for "access costs" (i.e., costs for books, supplies, living expenses, and transportation) to 98% of Cal Grant B recipients.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1807 (Fong-D) California Community Colleges: temporary employees
Requires community college districts, through collective bargaining, to establish and implement reemployment preference lists for part-time faculty, based on specified criteria.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1889 (Portantino-D) California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009
Enacts several changes to the California Private Postsecondary Education Act and the related oversight provided by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education.
Vetoed
AB 1890 (Assembly Higher Education Committee) Higher education: property: lost and unclaimed
Requires a period of three months that unclaimed, lost, or abandoned property must be held, as well as establishing a value threshold of at least $300, before that property can be placed for sale at public auction. Specifies that these requirements would be applicable to the California State University and the University of California.
Chapter 199, Statutes of 2010
AB 1891 (Assembly Higher Education Committee) UC: sustainable agriculture research and education
Restores, in statute, the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program operated by the University of California, which was inadvertently deleted from statute in 2009, as part of an overall higher education technical cleanup measure.
Chapter 200, Statutes of 2010
AB 1892 (Mendoza-D) Community colleges: part-time faculty: health insurance
Expresses legislative intent that, commencing with the 2011-12 fiscal year, sufficient funds be appropriated to reimburse California Community College districts for the costs incurred from participation in the Part-Time Community College Faculty Health Insurance Program, deletes language providing that provisions of the Program shall only be operative in years where funds are appropriated, and makes other related changes.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
AB 1895 (Ruskin-D) Public postsecondary education: residence
Revises existing law pertaining to residency for tuition purposes at a California public postsecondary education institution, to be gender neutral.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
AB 1901 (Ruskin-D) Postsecondary education: Master Plan for Higher Education
Codifies the findings and principles that emerged from the 2010 Review of the Master Plan for Higher Education, and declares the Legislature's intent to outline in statute the clear, concise statewide goals and outcomes for effective implementation of the Master Plan for Higher Education, as well as the expectation of the higher education system as a whole to be accountable for attaining those goals.
Chapter 201, Statutes of 2010
AB 1909 (Nestande-R) Community colleges: charter schools: authorization
Allows the governing board of a community college district to authorize a petition to establish a charter school within the county in which the district maintains a campus; specifies that a charter school petition shall be eligible for consideration by a community college district if the petition encourages a partnership between a charter school and the community college district; allows a maximum of ten charter schools be authorized state-wide by the California Community Colleges; requires these charter schools to be funded directly; and, requires the California Department of Education to prepare an analysis of the program by 1/1/14.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 1917 (Davis-D) Community colleges: transfer rate improvement
Requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to develop and adopt a statewide system for improving transfer rates among community college students by 1/1/12. Requires the Board of Governors to consult with the Trustees of the California State University and the Regents of the University of California in developing and adopting this system. Requires that the system developed and adopted under the bill be implemented throughout the California Community Colleges commencing with the 2012-13 academic year.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
AB 1971 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) Higher education: alumni: disclosure
Extends the sunset date on current law which permits the California State University and the University of California to disclose the names, addresses, and e-mail addresses of alumni to their "affinity partners" (nonaffiliated businesses with whom the university has a contractual agreement to, among other things, offer commercial products and services to alumni), subject to specified privacy requirements. Deletes the Hastings College of Law from these provisions.
Chapter 204, Statutes of 2010
AB 1997 (Portantino-D) Community colleges: student financial aid: pilot program
Requires the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office to establish a voluntary pilot program to increase student participation in state and federal financial aid programs, outlines the parameters of the pilot, and requires the Legislative Analyst's Office to report to the Legislature on the results of the pilot program and to make recommendations for its statewide expansion.
Vetoed
AB 2021 (Fletcher-R) UC: fire protection: Designated Campus Fire Marshal
Grants the State Fire Marshal the authority to allow campus fire marshals to inspect and enforce fire and life safety standards on all University of California campuses and properties.
Chapter 370, Statutes of 2010
AB 2026 (Arambula-IN) Higher education: Matricula Consular: valid identification
Requires a test sponsor to accept the Matricula Consular de Alta Seguridad issued by the government of Mexico through one of its consular offices within the last five years as a valid form of identification for purposes of admitting a test subject to take a standardized test and provides that no other identification shall be required for persons who present a valid Matricula Consular.
Vetoed
AB 2047 (Hernandez-D) Public postsecondary education: admissions policies
Authorizes the California State University (CSU) and the University of California (UC) to consider geographic origin, household income, race, gender, ethnicity and national origin along with other relevant factors, in undergraduate and graduate admissions, and requires the CSU and requests the UC respectively, to report on the implementation of these provisions to the Legislature and the Governor by 11/1/12, as specified.
Vetoed
AB 2075 (Assembly Higher Education Committee) CSU: public contracts: bidding procedures
Increases the time-frame for submission of required pre-qualification documents for purposes of bidding on a California State University construction contract from five calendar days to 10 business days prior to a bid opening.
Vetoed
AB 2079 (Torlakson-D) Student athletes: scholarships
Requires California postsecondary education institutions that offer athletic scholarships to provide specified information regarding athletic scholarships and renewals, medical expenses, and athletic releases on their Internet Web sites, beginning 1/1/12.
Chapter 592, Statutes of 2010
AB 2086 (Coto-D) Cal Grant: publication of license examination passage rates
Expands the requirements that must be met by all postsecondary educational institutions for purposes of participation in the Cal Grant program to include a requirement that provides information on where to access license examination passage rates for the most recently available year for graduates of its program if that data is electronically available through the Internet Web site of a state licensing or regulatory agency, as specified.
Chapter 248, Statutes of 2010
AB 2109 (Ruskin-D) California Community Colleges: employees: appointments
Removes the California Community Colleges from the definition of "state agency" for all legislation enacted after 1/1/11, and provides the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office expanded personnel hiring authority.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
AB 2133 (Niello-R) University of California at Berkeley: geologic hazards
Deletes, in existing law, an exemption from the Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act for any structure owned and operated by the state that is listed on the California Register of Historical Resources or the National Register of Historic Places, including the California Memorial Stadium, and instead, provides a specific exemption from the Act for the California Memorial Stadium located on the University of California, Berkeley campus.
Chapter 251, Statutes of 2010
AB 2159 (Anderson-R) Student residency requirements
Requires that veterans of the Armed Forces who become students at one of the state's public higher education institutions, within one year after moving to California, are immediately eligible for in-state tuition and fees, provided that these veterans are also eligible for receiving federal education assistance benefits.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2203 (Solorio-D) Public postsecondary education: college textbooks
Requires the Trustees of the California State University and requests the Regents of the University of California to review and revise their respective transfer policies to ensure that students may continue to use a textbook selected for a transfer or general education course for as long as the information contained is current and reflects contemporary thinking in the discipline.
Chapter 549, Statutes of 2010
AB 2297 (Brownley-D) Community colleges: nonresident fees
Extends the options available to a local community college governing board for setting nonresident tuition fees.
Chapter 259, Statutes of 2010
AB 2302 (Fong-D) Postsecondary education: student transfer
Makes changes to current law regarding transfer admissions to support the transfer pathway proposed by SB 1440 (Padilla-D), Chapter 428, Statutes of 2010.
Chapter 427, Statutes of 2010
AB 2318 (Yamada-D) Public postsecondary education: student fees
Requires the Trustees of the University of California and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and requests the Regents of the University of California, to develop processes for the internal allocation of budget reductions that identify and prioritize alternatives to increasing mandatory systemwide student fees.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
AB 2344 (Nielsen-R) Nursing: approved schools
Clarifies that "institution of higher education," for the purposes of the Board of Registered Nursing approval of nursing schools, includes community colleges and private postsecondary institutions offering an Associate of Arts (AA) or an Associate of Science (AS) degree. Clarifies that a nursing school that is not an "institution of higher education" may affiliate with an institution of higher education offering either an AA or an AS degree to individuals who graduate from the nursing school.
Chapter 208, Statutes of 2010
AB 2382 (Blumenfield-D) Doctor of Physical Therapy degrees
Authorizes the California State University (CSU) to award a Doctor of Physical Therapy, establishes constraints on the funding and fees for these degree programs, requires their joint evaluation by the CSU, Department of Finance and the Legislative Analyst's Office by 1/1/15, and sunsets on 1/1/19.
Chapter 425, Statutes of 2010
AB 2385 (John Perez-D) Higher education: nursing and Allied Health Care
Establishes the Pilot Program for Innovative Nursing and Allied Health Care Profession Education at the California Community Colleges (CCC) within the CCC Chancellor's Office to facilitate innovation in allied health and nursing educational program delivery.
Chapter 679, Statutes of 2010
AB 2393 (Ammiano-D) California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009
Requires institutions subject to the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009 and the related oversight provided by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education comply with various placement rate calculations for specified programs.
Vetoed
AB 2400 (Block-D) Community colleges: baccalaureate degree pilot program
Authorizes three specified California Community Colleges districts to offer baccalaureate degrees as part of a pilot program.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
AB 2401 (Block-D) Public postsecondary education: admissions policy
Requires the California State University, within the existing categories of admission priority delineated in law, to grant applicants who reside in the campus' "local service area", as defined, and who meet relevant admissions criteria, priority admission over other California residents or out of state-applicants applying as first-time freshmen or sophomores.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
AB 2402 (Block-D) California State University: admissions
Requires the Trustees of the California State University to ensure that any changes in the admission criteria for campus admission comply with specified consultation, public meeting, notification and disclosure requirements, and prohibits any change from becoming effective until one year has elapsed, or six months, if the change is based upon the resources of the local service area of the affected campus.
Chapter 262, Statutes of 2010
AB 2447 (Furutani-D) Student financial aid: Cal Grant Program
Requires the Cal Grant C award to be adjusted annually upward to the change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the prior year, and provides that the award amount shall not be decreased when there is a decrease in the CPI. Requires the maximum Cal Grant A and B awards for students attending non-public institutions and the Cal Grant B access award to be adjusted for inflation.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2448 (Furutani-D) Community college districts: public contracts: purchases
Authorizes a community college district to, until 1/1/16, award contracts for supplies and materials over $50,000 to the bidder offering the best value at the lowest cost (best value contracting). Allows the governing board of a community college district to authorize a contractor to proceed with one or more changes or alterations to a contract without securing bids if the cost of all changes or alterations does not exceed defined amounts.
Vetoed
AB 2449 (Furutani-D) California community colleges: course completion rates
Declares legislative intent to enact legislation to establish a framework of financial incentives to reward California Community Colleges districts for improved course completion rates. Requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to report to the Legislature by 7/1/11, on course completion rates for the period of 1/1/90 to 12/31/10.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
AB 2450 (Furutani-D) Community colleges: economic and workforce development
Requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, in coordination with the Legislative Analyst's Office and industry stakeholders, to provide a study to improve and implement these accountability measures.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
AB 2451 (Furutani-D) Community colleges: transfer course requirements: report
Requires the Legislative Analyst's Office to produce a report evaluating course alignment in the California Community Colleges and the differing course requirements for transfer to the California State University and University of California and requires the report to be submitted, pursuant to existing law requirements, to the Legislature on or before 7/1/11.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
AB 2482 (Furutani-D) Community colleges: consultation process
Requires that the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges include two classified employees among the membership of the Consultation Council established pursuant to current law requirements that the Board of Governors consult with institutional representatives in the development and review of policy.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
AB 2542 (Conway-R) Accelerating Student Success College Initiative of 2010
Creates a pilot program, the Accelerating Student Success College Initiative of 2010, authorizing the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to select up to five community colleges for this designation, which provides relief from specified statutes, regulations, and funding methods in return for meeting specified student success goals.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
AB 2656 (De Leon-D) Postsecondary education: contracts for academic research
Places requirements on academic research by employees of postsecondary educational institutions conducted under contract with the state.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
AB 2682 (Block-D) California Community Colleges Common Assessment
Requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to establish a pilot program to develop a centrally delivered student assessment system for purposes of community college placement and advisement, specifies its objectives, establishes an advisory committee for the pilot, as specified, and requires a report on the progress of the pilot by 2/28/11.
Vetoed
AB 2752 (Blakeslee-R) Public postsecondary education: transfer requirements
Requires the California State University to develop a lower division common core curriculum comprised of 60 units instead of 45 units per current law.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
AB 2753 (Furutani-D) Los Angeles Community College District
Establishes a design-assist contract pilot program that authorizes the governing board of the Los Angeles Community College District to enter into no more than eight "design-assist contracts", as defined, with each project not to exceed an estimated cost of $2.5 million.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
AB 5X8* (Assembly Budget Committee) Higher education finance: cashflow deferrals
Defers specific cash payments to universities and community colleges to ensure sufficient cash reserves at the state, for the remainder of the 2009-10 fiscal year and the 2010-11 fiscal year.
Chapter 1, Statutes of 2009-10, Eighth Extraordinary Session
AB 14X8* (Assembly Budget Committee) State cash: deferral allocation
Gives community colleges more time to apply for a hardship waiver to be exempt from the cash flow deferrals under AB 5 X8 (Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter 1, Statutes of 2009-10, 8th Extraordinary Session.
Chapter 10, Statutes of 2009-10, Eighth Extraordinary Session
ACA 7 (Hernandez-D) University of California
Deletes the University of California from the constitutional provision which prohibits the state from discriminating against, or granting preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting.
(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
ACA 17 (Nestande-R) University of California: severance and early retirement
Proposes amending the state Constitution to prohibit an employee of the University of California (UC) who receives any financial benefit exceeding $50,000 as part of a temporary voluntary separation program from UC from ever being employed by, or under contract with, the UC, unless the person returns the entire financial benefit to the UC.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
ACA 23 (Hernandez-D) Postsecondary education: students
Establishes an exemption from the California constitutional prohibition granting preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public education for the purposes of implementing student recruitment and selection programs at public postsecondary education institutions that are permissible under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution.
(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
ACA 24 (Nestande-R) University of California
Repeals the constitutional provisions relating to the University of California and the Regents, and requires the University and the Regents to be continued in existence subject to legislative control as may be provided by statute.
(Died in Assembly being unassigned to a committee)
ACR 4 (Anderson-R) University of California: divestment from Iran
Calls upon the University of California to fully implement the California Public Divest from Iran Act which prohibits the investment of public employee retirement funds in foreign companies with business activities in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
(Died in Assembly being unassigned to a committee)
ACR 55 (Torlakson-D) University of California: workplace bullying classes
Urges the University of California to provide two hours of workplace bullying, abuse, and harassment training and education to all of its supervisory employees by 1/1/11, and every two years thereafter. Urges that this training be incorporated into training for new supervisory employees.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
ACR 138 (Nava-D) California Community Colleges: faculty
States legislative intent that part-time and temporary faculty receive pay and benefits that are equal to those of specified tenure-track faculty, to the extent funding is provided, and that the California Community Colleges increase the percentage of full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty.
Resolution Chapter 142, Statutes of 2010
ACR 184 (Ruskin-D) Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education
Expresses the Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education's recommendation that its existence be extended into the 2011-12 Regular Session, until 11/30/12, to continue the work it has accomplished thus far.
Resolution Chapter 163, Statutes of 2010
School Employees
SB 100 (Correa-D) Teacher programs: gifted and talented pupils
Requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to review its criteria for the approval teacher and administrator preparation programs to ensure that it includes training on the identification and appropriate instruction of gifted and talented students.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 129* (Huff-R) Heritage schools: personnel
Requires heritage schools to file an affidavit with the California Department of Education detailing information concerning personnel and the course of study and also requires employees to be fingerprinted.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 192 (Hancock-D) California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Program
Requires the following to apply to individuals who must obtain a designated subjects adult education (DSAE) teaching credential in order to provide instruction as part of the California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Program: (1) completion of the training instructor course adopted by the State Fire Marshal meets the clear DSAE credential requirements for completion of a program of personalized preparation and the study of computer-based technology, and (2) certification as an Emergency medical Technician-I, an Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic, meets clear DSAE credential requirements to study health education.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
SB 199 (Ducheny-D) School employees: instructional strategies
Eliminates the sunset date of the California subject matter projects and adds the California Arts Project, the California Foreign Language Project, and the California Physical Education-Health Project to those projects authorized under current law. Modifies the composition of the advisory committee and extends training eligibility to career technical education teachers.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 280 (Calderon-D) State teachers' retirement
Authorizes teachers who have returned to service during the five-year prohibited period after receiving a Defined Benefit Program retirement incentive (golden handshake), to have previously forfeited benefits reinstated, upon terminating their current employment.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 688 (Romero-D) Education: teacher evaluations: pupil surveys
Permits school districts serving pupils in grades 9-12 to establish a committee of teachers and pupils for the purpose of providing pupil feedback to district teachers. Requires districts that choose to establish these committees to develop and administer a survey of pupils that solicits information on different aspects of a class and the effectiveness of the teacher. Information from the survey would be confidential and shall only be released to the teacher.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 691 (Yee-D) Education employment
Requires school districts to ensure the proportion of classroom teachers at a school ranked in deciles one to three of the Academic Performance Index receiving layoff notices or ultimately laid off due to a reduction in force is not greater than the proportion of classroom teachers receiving layoff notices or laid off districtwide, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations)
SB 955* (Huff-R) School districts and personnel
Reenacts the requirement that the governing board of a school district establishes a uniform system of evaluation and assessment and requires it to be a rigorous, transparent, and fair multiple measures evaluation system for both teachers and principals. Subjects the requirement to develop and implement the evaluation system to specified annual audits commencing with the 2012-13 fiscal year and requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to institute fiscal penalties, as specified, for noncompliance. Makes various changes to statutes governing staffing notification deadlines, layoff and dismissal procedures, and reemployment preferences pertaining to certificated educators.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
SB 956 (Romero-D) California School Paraprofessional Teacher Training Program
Requires $5 million appropriated from federal Workforce Investment Act funds to be made available to local education agencies to train teachers who have been laid off or who are teaching out of field to become qualified to teach science, math, or industrial and technology education.
(Died in Assembly Labor and Employment Committee)
SB 1135 (Cox-R) School employees: school district reorganization
Repeals the law that prohibits the reorganization of a school district(s) from affecting the classification of certificated employees already employed by a school district affected by the reorganization and from affecting the rights of persons employed in positions not requiring certification qualifications to retain the salary, leaves, and other benefits that they would have had if the reorganization had not occurred. Repeals the law requires that persons employed in positions not requiring certification qualifications in a school district whose territory is included in a unification of districts to continue as employees of the unified school district for not less than two years and prohibits those persons from being deprived, by reason of the unification, of any benefit that they would have had if the unification had not taken place.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
SB 1183 (Maldonado-R) Teachers: mandated reporting
Requires the holder of a teaching or services credential issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) to complete an approved training program by 1/1/12, and every two years thereafter, in the duties imposed on mandated reporters, as specified. Requires the holder of the credential to submit verification that he/she has complied with the training requirement and, on and after 1/1/12, prohibits the CTC from renewing a credential of a person who has not complied with the requirement. Requires the Office of Child Abuse Prevention in the Department of Social Services (DSS) or another agency approved by the DSS to make resources it may have for training for mandated reporters available to all school districts and school district personnel.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
SB 1285 (Steinberg-D) Education employment
Makes various changes to the procedures school district must follow when hiring, terminating, and reappointing teachers; requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to force school districts to comply with teacher termination rules in low-performing schools; and requires the county superintendent of schools to compare the percentage of first and second year teachers at low-performing schools with the rest of the district.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
SB 1422 (Romero-D) Teachers: pupil survey
Authorizes the student government of a high school to establish a committee to develop a survey to solicit student opinions of different class aspects and teacher effectiveness, and establishes requirements for the administration and results of the survey.
Chapter 186, Statutes of 2010
SB 1X5 (Steinberg-D) School employees
Makes change to state law which will allow California to be eligible for the federal Race to the Top (RTTT) monies. Addresses the four RTTT policy reform areas of standards and assessments, data systems to support instruction, great teachers and leaders, and turning around the lowest-achieving schools.
Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009-10, Fifth Extraordinary Session
SCR 42 (Negrete McLeod-D) Classified School Employee Week
Recognizes the week of 5/17/09 to 5/23/09 as Classified School Employee Week, and encourages the public to give recognition to classified school employees for their numerous contributions and invaluable services to California's public schools and community colleges.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
SCR 94 (Harman-R) Schoolbus Drivers' Day
Designates 4/27/10, as Schoolbus Drivers' Day in California, in order to draw special attention to schoolbus drivers for their continued and excellent services to pupils in California.
Chapter 14, Statutes of 2010
AB 160 (Hayashi-D) Registered nurses: education program
Includes registered nursing students in the Registered Nurse Education Program who agree to serve in a K-12 school.
(Died in Assembly Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Committee)
AB 164 (Mendoza-D) School district superintendents: compensation
Limits the authority of school governing boards to buy-out district superintendent contracts, and authorizes school governing boards to provide the superintendent an alternate position in the district until the end of the contract term.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 272 (Solorio-D) School administrators/counselors
Establishes the Leadership for English Learner Success Program to authorize an institution of higher education, a nonprofit organization specializing in English learner research, or a county office of education, to offer professional development for school administrators and counselors until 7/1/15.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 346* (Conway-R) Schools: Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate
Extends the same authority to a noncertificated candidate who is assuming a paid or volunteer position that is currently granted to a single district or county superintendent for the purposes of performing criminal background checks, defines a nonteaching volunteer to include parents volunteering in a classroom or on a field trip or a community member providing noninstructional services, and specifies the Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate requirement does not apply to individuals who have already cleared a criminal background check for the school district.
Chapter 52, Statutes of 2010
AB 364 (Torlakson-D) After school teacher pipeline
Establishes the California After School Teacher Pipeline Program, until 7/1/16, to recruit qualified after school instructors to participate on a pilot basis in the California Paraprofessional Teacher Training Program.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 379 (Torlakson-D) Classified employees: personnel commissions: director
Requires both school and community college district personnel commissions to determine compensation for, evaluate, and supervise the commission's personnel director, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 406 (Yamada-D) School personnel
Establishes the Classified School Employee Training Program, administered by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to provide classified school employees with instruction and training in specified areas.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 533 (Hayashi-D) High school coaches
Amends the existing California High School Coaching Education and Training Program to require coaches be trained in a basic understanding of the signs and symptoms of specified injuries, including those related to the head and neck.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1223 (Block-D) Linked learning
Defines "linked learning" to mean multiple pathway programs and authorizes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to convene a workgroup to develop standards for programs that prepare candidates to teach in linked learning programs.
Vetoed
AB 1231 (Portantino-D) Part-time adult school teachers: collective bargaining
Requires the right of part-time adult school teachers to earn and retain annual reappointment rights to be a mandatory subject of collective bargaining with respect to a new or successor contract between school districts and the exclusive bargaining representative of the certificated employees of that district on or after 1/1/10.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1267 (Eng-D) Teachers' retirement system: credited service
Eliminates the 12/31/10 sunset date for eligibility for the State Teachers' Retirement System's longevity bonus.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1430 (Swanson-D) Pupil health: health care professionals
Requires any necessary medication to be administered to a student by a licensed health care professional operating within the scope of his/her practice.
(Died in Assembly Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Committee)
AB 1477 (Krekorian-D) Classified school employees: retirement
Increases the postretirement death benefit paid to the beneficiary of a classified school member of the Public Employees' Retirement System from $2,000 to $6,163, bringing it into line with the benefit paid by the State Teachers' Retirement System.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1646 (Hayashi-D) High school athletics: training for coaches
Amends the existing California High School Coaching Education and Training Program to require coaches be trained in a basic understanding of the signs and symptoms of specified injuries, including those related to the head and neck.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1665 (Swanson-D) School employees: scope of representation
Requires public school employers to provide reasonable written notice and an opportunity to meet and negotiate with the exclusive representative of a classified school employee group of their intent to make any changes to matters within the scope of representation.
(Died in Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
AB 1712 (Furutani-D) School employees: leaves of absence
Requires a school or community college district to grant a leave of absence to any permanent classified employee elected to the Legislature.
Vetoed
AB 1802 (Hall-D) School employees: insulin injections
Permits a parent or guardian to designate a school employee to administer insulin during school, as specified.
(Failed passage in Assembly Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Committee)
AB 1862 (Eng-D) Teachers' Retirement Board: members
Eliminates the Governor's retiree-member appointee and replaces that member with a retiree who is elected by the retired members of the Defined Benefit Program and retired participants of the Cash Balance Benefit Program, rather than appointed by the Governor. Specifies that the term for this elected member of the board is four years commencing on 1/1/12.
Vetoed
AB 1893 (Hayashi-D) Pupil safety: high school spirit activities
Requires, beginning 7/1/11, all high school spirit activities (HSSA) coaches to have a valid certification in CPR and first aid and, establishes several requirements for HSSA coaches and pupils including, but not limited to requiring pupils participating in HSSA to have an annual medical examination and receive proper training, and requiring HSSA coaches to develop an emergency plan, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 1937* (Fletcher-R) Health care practitioners: immunizations
Expands the health care practitioners who are authorized to administer immunizations to students with a written parental consent to include physician assistances, nurse practitioners, licensed vocational nurses, and nursing students acting under the supervision of a Registered Nurse, and applies existing requirements that apply to nurses in the administration of immunizations to these health care practitioners.
Chapter 203, Statutes of 2010
AB 2005 (Arambula-IN) Classified school employees
Provides a school district, under conditions as specified, with discretion as to whether or not to employ persons in those classified positions pursuant to the merit system provisions of the city and county charter.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 2034 (Knight-R) Public school volunteers
Prohibits school districts, county offices of education, or charter schools that elect to fingerprint volunteers from allowing individuals who have been convicted of specific violent, sex, or drug offenses to volunteer in schools.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
AB 2040 (Brownley-D) Teacher leaders
Requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) to convene an advisory panel of stakeholders with expertise in the field of teacher leadership to explore the recognition of leadership roles within a teaching pathway. The CTC will be required to consider the advisory panel's findings and report to the Governor and the Legislature by 1/1/12.
Vetoed
AB 2160 (Bass-D) Teacher credentialing: instruction to pupils with autism
Extends, until 10/1/13, employment options that allow teachers who hold a credential authorizing them to teach students with mild to moderate disabilities to also serve students with autism spectrum disorders.
Chapter 134, Statutes of 2010
AB 2219 (Fuentes-D) School employees
Makes clarifying changes to the provision of law that provides a certificated employee of a school district who is subject to a dismissal or suspension proceeding with the right to demand a hearing conducted by a Commission on Professional Competence and specifies the procedural requirements for conducting the hearing.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 2260 (Assembly Public Employees, Retirement And Social Security Committee) State teachers' retirement: administration: benefits
Makes several technical, clarifying and non-controversial changes to various sections of the Education Code administered by the State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS) to improve and continue effective administration of STRS.
Chapter 207, Statutes of 2010
AB 2306 (Blakeslee-R) Teachers: California Teaching Fellowship
Establishes the California Teaching Fellowship and requires the California Department of Education to establish a highly competitive application process for professionals with a background in mathematics and science to teach in those fields.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 2337 (Ammiano-D) Public retirement system: investments: predatory investment
Prohibits California public retirement systems from participating in "predatory real estate investment practices," as defined. Requires public pension or retirement boards to develop and implement a policy on or before 6/30/11 that prohibits the investment of public employee retirement funds in predatory investment practices. Requires public pension or retirement boards to provide an annual report to the legislature regarding implementation, compliance and any policy adopted regarding these provisions.
(Died in Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
AB 2454 (Torlakson-D) School nurses: pupil health
Commencing 7/1/20, requires the governing board of a school district to employ at least one school nurse, registered nurse, or licensed vocational nurse for every 750 pupils.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2584 (Torlakson-D) Schools district employees
Requires school and community college district personnel commissions to determine the compensation for their personnel directors and to supervise the personnel director.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2621 (Norby-R) Classified school employees: personal services contracting
Repeals provisions in current law permitting the use of personal services contracts in school districts and community colleges for all services currently or customarily performed by classified school employees only when certain conditions are met.
(Died in Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 5X8* (Assembly Budget Committee) Teacher's: retirement system
Changes statutorily required payment dates to the State Teachers' Retirement System from April 1 to April 15, until a corresponding change in other payment states forward by 15 days.
Chapter 1, Statutes of 2009-10, Eighth Extraordinary Session
ACR 99 (Buchanan-D) Day of the Special Educator
Proclaims 12/3/10, to be the Day of the Special Educator, and urges Californians to recognize the dedication and hard work of special educators in teaching pupils with unique needs.
Resolution Chapter 72, Statutes 2010
ACR 111 (Buchanan-D) California Civics Day for Teachers
Proclaims the first Friday in December as California Civics Day for Teachers, and urges all local educational agencies to encourage teachers to participate in professional development opportunities focused on civics on that day.
Resolution Chapter 73, Statutes of 2010
School Curriculum
SB 129* (Huff-R) Heritage school instruction
Establishes and defines "heritage schools" in the Education Code as entities that are not full-time day schools that offer foreign language education or training and/or education on the culture, traditions, or history of a country other than the United States. Requires heritage schools to file an affidavit with the California Department of Education detailing information concerning personnel and the course of study and also requires employees to be fingerprinted.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 223 (Wyland-R) School curriculum framework: financial literacy
Requires the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission, as part of its regular process of developing and revising curriculum frameworks, to consider and vote on whether to include a unit on financial literacy in the proposed changes to the 2015 history-social science curriculum framework.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 234 (Wyland-R) School curriculum: oral histories: genocide
Requires the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission, as part of its regular process of developing and revising curriculum frameworks, to consider and vote on whether to include an oral history component specifically related to genocides in the proposed changes to the 2015 history-social science curriculum framework.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 381 (Wright-D) Instruction: course of study
Prohibits a school district from adopting graduation requirements that include the completion of additional coursework that meets or exceeds the A-G requirements unless the district also requires the pupil to complete a sequence of at least three career and technical education courses.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 426 (Yee-D) Public school instruction: curriculum frameworks
Requires the Senate Rules Committee to inform the California Department of Education regarding each concurrent resolution adopted by the Legislature that proposes changes to curriculum frameworks that are currently under review by the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 552 (Padilla-D) Schools: health education
Requires a school district that offers health classes to grade 9 and 10 pupils to provide at least 15 minutes of instruction on organ procurement and tissue donation, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 621 (Florez-D) Career technical education curriculum
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to include guidance for adapting work-based learning for individuals with exceptional needs when coordinating the next revision of the career technical education curriculum framework.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1290 (Kehoe-D) Physical education: self-defense and safety instruction
Requires the State Board of Education and the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission to include "self-defense instruction," as defined, and "safety instruction," as defined, in the next revision of the physical education framework for pupils in grades 7, 8, 9, 11, and 12.
Chapter 703, Statutes 2010
SB 1444 (Hancock-D) Pupil instruction: science/technology/engineering/math
Defines "science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education" and specifies that STEM education for grades 1 to 12, inclusive, may include, but is not limited to, specified courses.
Vetoed
SB 1451 (Yee-D) Education: instructional materials
Requires the State Board of Education to (1) notify the Chairpersons of the Assembly and Senate Education Committees, and the Secretary for Education, of content it interprets as a result of changes to the Texas Administrative Code, and (2) ensure that the next revision of the history-social science curriculum is consistent with provisions governing instructional materials.
Vetoed
SR 31 (Wyland-R) Genocide oral history
Encourages schools to include an oral history of genocides, including, but not necessarily limited to, the Darfur, Rwandan, Cambodian, Jewish Holocaust, and Armenian genocides, in the history-social science curriculum component.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 97 (Torlakson-D) School curriculum: content standards
Establishes the Academic Content Standards Commission for purposes of reviewing and revising the history-social science and science academic content standards, as specified.
Vetoed
AB 156 (Jeffries-R) High school curriculum: CPR course
Authorizes the governing board of a school district to offer one credit towards the required number of credits required for graduation from high school for training and certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation or use of an automatic external defibrillator, or both.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 554 (Furutani-D) Graduation requirements
Increases the number of courses required for high school graduation from 13 to 14 and offers pupils a choice between a course in visual performing arts, foreign language, or career technical education to fulfill the additional course requirement.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
A similar bill was AB 2446 (Furutani-D) which was vetoed.
AB 1922 (Davis-D) Civil rights education
Establishes the California Civil Rights Education Advisory Committee within the California Department of Education for purposes of advising the State Board of Education and the Curriculum Development Commission on the inclusion of civil rights education in the history-social science curriculum framework and criteria for evaluating instructional materials.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2095 (Brownley-D) Instructional materials: English language development
Requires the State Board of Education to ensure K-12 curriculum frameworks and K-8 instructional materials include the needs of pupils with disabilities, English language development (ELD) standards, and ELD strategies in the four core subjects of mathematics, science, history/social science, and English language arts.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2265 (Salas-D) Pupil achievement: CA Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data
Establishes a grant program to support local educational agencies direct-funded charter schools.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2434 (Hernandez-D) Advanced placement program
Commencing with the 2012-13 school year, requires a school district maintaining any of grades 9-12, inclusive, to offer advanced placement (AP) courses in math and science at each high school in the district that did not offer any AP courses during the 2011-12 school year.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2446 (Furutani-D) Graduation requirements
Adds, commencing with the 2011-12 school year, "career technical education," as defined, as an option for pupils to fulfill the existing high school graduation requirement to complete a course in visual or performing arts or foreign language.
Vetoed
A similar bill was AB 554 (Furutani-D) which died in Assembly Appropriations Committee.
AB 2751 (Ammiano-D) Schools: health education
Beginning with the 2010-11 school year, requires school districts that offer health classes to grade 9 or 10 students to offer at least 15 minutes of instruction on organ procurement and tissue donation, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AJR 39 (Torlakson-D) Common state education standards
Calls upon the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers to develop common core state standards in the core academic disciplines of English-language arts, mathematics, history-social science, and science, and to replicate the process used to develop English-language arts and mathematics common core state standards to develop common core state standards for social studies and science.
Resolution Chapter 63, Statutes of 2010
Vocational Education/Career Technical Education
SB 192 (Hancock-D) California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Program
Requires the following to apply to individuals who must obtain a designated subjects adult education (DSAE) teaching credential in order to provide instruction as part of the California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Program: (1) completion of the training instructor course adopted by the State Fire Marshal meets the clear DSAE credential requirement for completion of a personalized preparation and the study of computer-based technology, (2) certification as an Emergency Medical Technician-I, an Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic, meets the clear DSAE credential requirement to study health education.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
SB 253 (Wyland-R) Career technical education: recognition certificates
Authorizes a school district or county office of education to offer a pupil a career technical education certificate if the pupil meets specified requirements.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
SB 307* (Alquist-D) Regional occupational centers or programs
Requires, for the 2009-10 fiscal year (FY) to the 2012-13 FY, a regional occupational center program, maintained by a joint powers authority, to receive its operating funds directly from the county office of education of the county in which it is located, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 515 (Hancock-D) Career technical education
Requires school districts, regional occupational centers or programs, and community college districts that receive specified federal funds to demonstrate that at least one-half of the course sequences offered are linked to state or regional high priority workforce needs.
Vetoed
SB 621 (Florez-D) Career technical education curriculum
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to include guidance for adapting work-based learning for individuals with exceptional needs when coordinating the next revision of the career technical education curriculum framework.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 725 (Hancock-D) Occupational centers: apprenticeship program
Authorizes regional occupational centers or programs, upon certification from the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to offer a California Apprenticeship Preparation Program and establishes criteria for the establishment of those programs.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 747 (Romero-D) Career technical education: aerospace career program
Establishes a pilot pre-apprentice aerospace machining program, administered by the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, to provide career technical education to high school pupils until 1/1/15.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1298 (Hancock-D) Regional occupational centers and programs
For the 2011-12 to the 2012-13 fiscal year, authorizes school districts that receive funds for the regional occupational center or programs maintained by a joint powers authority to withdraw from operating these programs only if the county board of education determines the withdrawal does not negatively impact career technical education services offered by the center or program to high school pupils of other school districts or charter schools in the region.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1376* (Romero-D) Career technical education
Establishes a pilot preapprenticeship machinist program, to be administered by the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, for the purposes of preparing high school students for work in the field of aerospace industry.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SJR 32 (DeSaulnier-D) Technical education
Urges the United States Congress and the President of the United States to include career technical education coursework and programs in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
AB 35* (Furutani-D) Education: workforce preparation
Requires the California Workforce Investment Board to assist the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the Board of Governors to develop a strategic plan for connecting education and workforce development in the state. Also adds career technical education (CTE) as an option for fulfilling one course requirement necessary for high school graduation, and requires the California Department of Education to report on the number of pupils who took CTE to fulfill this graduation requirement, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 345 (Torlakson-D) Regional occupational centers or programs: foster youth
Exempts former dependents or wards of the juvenile court who reached the age of majority while in foster care (i.e., emancipated foster youth) from the regional occupational center or program adult participation cap of 10%, which is operative in the 2011-12 fiscal year.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 553 (Furutani-D) Regional occupational centers: funding
Extends the date that a regional occupational center or program may claim no more than 10% of the state-funded average daily attendance for which the center or program is eligible, for services provided to students who are not enrolled in grades 9 to 12.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 2172 (Carter-D) Career technical education: multiple pathways report
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to convene an advisory board composed of leaders from education, business, labor, civic organizations, and the community to review the recommendations of the multiple pathways report required by AB 2648 (Bass-D), Chapter 681, Statutes of 2008, and advise the SPI on the implementation issues.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2211* (Fuentes-D) Education: work-based learner: instruction
Authorizes school districts to provide instruction by means of work-based learning. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in conjunction with specified education stakeholders, to develop principles and guidelines for the establishment of work-based learning programs. Encourages school districts to submit specified information relating to work-based learning to the California Department of Education, as specified.
Chapter 254, Statutes of 2010
AB 2445 (Furutani-D) Career technical: education: achievement gap
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, by December 31 of each year, to report to the Legislature on the status of the advisory board proposed to be established pursuant to AB 2172 (Carter-D) to review recommendations of the multiple pathways report.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2446 (Furutani-D) Career technical education: graduation requirements
Adds, commencing with the 2011-12 school year, "career technical education," as defined, as an option for pupils to fulfill the existing high school graduation requirement to complete a course in visual or performing arts or foreign language.
Vetoed
Miscellaneous
SB 129* (Huff-R) Heritage schools
Establishes and defines "heritage schools" in the Education Code as entities that are not full-time day schools that offer foreign language education or training and/or education on the culture, traditions, or history of a country other than the United States.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
A similar bill was SB 1116 (Huff-R), which became Chapter 286, Statutes of 2010.
SB 258 (Oropeza-D) School Districts: public contracts: bidding requirements
Requires school districts to prequalify contractors on public works projects exceeding $1 million, pursuant to specified procedures.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 293 (Runner-R) Pupil admission: kindergarten and 1st grade
Changes the required birthday for kindergarten and 1st grade admission to November 1 for the 2010-11 school year, October 1 for the 2011-12 school year, and September 1 for the 2012-13 school year and each school year thereafter. Requires an elementary school, until and including the 2012-13 school year, to admit a child to the 1st grade if the child has completed one school year of kindergarten.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
SB 331 (Romero-D) Migrant education
Requires the state master plan and state services delivery plan for services to migrant children, beginning with the next adoption cycle, to be developed and revised as necessary by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the statewide parent advisory council.
Chapter 274, Statutes of 2010
SB 416 (Florez-D) Pupil nutrition: poultry treated with antibiotics
Allows a school district to make every effort to purchase poultry and meat products that have not been treated with nontherapeutic antibiotics. Provides that each school district that purchases poultry or meat products that have not been treated with nontherapeutic antibiotics may report annually to the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI), as specified. Requires the SPI to request specified information from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and requires the SPI to provide the Legislature, no later than 7/1/11, with a copy of any information provided by the USDA including information relating to any lack of response to the request for information by the SPI.
(Failed passage on the Senate Floor)
SB 497 (Correa-D) School recycling programs
Requires school districts to maintain a sufficient number of beverage container recycling bins at each campus and public office of the district, but only to the extent that the district incurs no costs.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 738 (Hancock-D) Education: prison inmates
Recasts the existing, statutorily required advisory committee for prison education as the "Robert E. Burton Correctional Education Committee," with identified membership, duties and powers. Requires certain duties to be performed by the Deputy Director of Correctional Education, in consultation with this newly created committee. Revises the position of Superintendent of Correctional Education into a Deputy Director position and requires that this Deputy Director oversee and administer all prison education programs in conjunction with the newly-created committee.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 944 (Runner-R) Public education: Ronald Reagan Day
Designates February 6 of each year as Ronald Reagan Day and calls for the day to be observed by the public schools as a day of special significance. Also requires the Governor to annually proclaim February 6 as Ronald Reagan Day.
Chapter 114, Statutes of 2010
A similar bill was AB 2412 (Tran-R) which died in Senate Education Committee.
SB 1051 (Huff-R) Pupil health: emergency medical assistance
Authorizes a school district, until 1/1/16, to provide nonlicensed school employees with voluntary training for the provision of emergency medical assistance to a pupil suffering from an epileptic seizure, in the absence of licensed personnel.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1059 (Liu-D) Local educational agencies: districts of residence
Clarifies which local educational agency is responsible for the provision and payment of special education services for pupils with disabilities in the foster care system that have been detained in a juvenile hall and who are subsequently placed in a residential treatment facility.
Vetoed
SB 1116* (Huff-R) Heritage school instruction
Requires heritage schools to file an electronic registration form with the Superintendent of Public Instruction detailing specific information relative to personnel and the course of study; and, requires heritage school employees to be fingerprinted. Defines a "heritage school" as a school that serves children who are between the ages of four years and nine months and 18 years, who attend a public or private full-time day school, as specified.
Chapter 286, Statutes of 2010
A similar bill was SB 129 (Huff-R), Chapter 686, Statutes of 2010.
SB 1148 (Alquist-D) Pupil attendance: chronic truancy
Defines as a "chronic truant" any K-12 pupil subject to compulsory education who is absent from school without a valid excuse for 10 percent or more of the schooldays in a given school year. Requires these pupils to be identified as chronic truants in their permanent records.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1186 (Liu-D) Education governance
Establishes the Secretary of Education as a cabinet-level officer in statute for the purposes of advising the Governor on matters of education policy and to develop and recommend policies and programs and fiscal and governance incentives that promote sharing and consolidation of educational services among local education agencies, expansion of K-12 education to include early childhood education, and an increase in the ratio of school counselors to middle and high school pupils. Revises the role of the State Board of Education (SBE) to that of an advisory body and require the membership to be geographically diverse and represent the array of disciplines active in education, including teachers, administrators, classified employees, parents, and others. Specifies that the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) is responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality education for pupils from preschool through grade 12, and specifies that the SPI does not work under the direction of the SBE.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1200 (Leno-D) Students: health care coverage: timeliness of care
Requires the Department of Managed Health Care and the Department of Insurance to update timely access to care regulations to include care for students during the school day. Specifies the regulations require health plans and insurers (carriers) to ensure the availability of licensed health professionals to provide services to school children during the school day.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1255 (Padilla-D) Schools: nutrition: beverages
Beginning on 7/1/11, prohibits an electrolyte replacement beverage that contains no more than 42 grams of added sweetener per 20-ounce serving from being sold to middle and high school pupils from one-half hour before the start of the schoolday until one-half hour after the end of the schoolday.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1256 (Hancock-D) Day of school significance: Ed Roberts Day
Makes various findings and declarations concerning the life and contributions of Ed Roberts. Designates January 23 of each year as Ed Roberts Day, to be a day having special significance when all public schools and educational institutions are encouraged to conduct exercises remembering the life of Ed Roberts, recognizing his accomplishments as well as the accomplishments of other Californians with disabilities, and familiarizing pupils with the contributions that Ed Roberts and other Californians with disabilities have made to the state. Requires the Governor to annually proclaim January 23 as Ed Roberts Day.
Chapter 115, Statutes of 2010
SB 1278* (Wyland-R) Instructional materials: adoption
Requires the State Board of Education to adopt a revised curriculum framework and evaluation criteria for instructional materials in history/social science in 2011.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1300 (Correa-D) Pupils: teen dating violence prevention
Establishes the California Teen Dating Violence Prevention Education Act and authorizes a school district to provide teen dating violence prevention education, as specified.
(Failed passage in Assembly Education Committee)
SB 1301 (Simitian-D) Pupil records
Requires the State Board of Education to ensure that permanent K-12 pupil records include a unique student identifier.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1317 (Leno-D) Truancy
Enacts a new misdemeanor for parents of K-8 children who are chronically truant, as specified, and authorizes courts to establish a deferred entry of judgment program to handle cases involving parents or guardians of elementary school pupils who are chronically truant, with specified features.
Chapter 647, Statutes of 2010
SB 1353 (Wright-D) Education: foster youth
Requires consideration to be given to specified factors in making educational and school placement decisions for children and youth in foster care.
Chapter 557, Statutes of 2010
SB 1354 (Hancock-D) Partnership academies
Revises the criteria for identifying pupils that are "at risk" for purposes of enrollment in California Partnership Academies (CPA) and requires a school district to provide an assurance that each CPA pupil will be provided with career technical education courses that are part of an occupational course sequence that targets comprehensive skills and meets specified requirements. Becomes operative on 7/1/11, and requires its provisions to be implemented commencing with the 2011-12 school year.
Chapter 650, Statutes of 2010
SB 1381 (Simitian-D) Kindergarten: age of admission
Moves the dates by which a child must turn five to enroll in kindergarten and six to enroll in the first grade.
Chapter 705, Statutes of 2010
A similar bill was AB 1967 (Mendoza-D) which died in Assembly Appropriations Committee.
SB 1413 (Leno-D) Schools: pupil nutrition: availability of tap water
Requires school district to provide students with access to free drinking water beginning 7/1/11.
Chapter 558, Statutes of 2010
SB 22X3 (Benoit-R) School contracting: noninstructional services
Authorizes school districts to contract for any noninstructional services of any type, if awarded pursuant to certain provisions of existing law governing public contracts, and if the governing board of the school district determines that the contract will provide a benefit for the school district or community college district. Prohibits the contract from being invalidated for specified circumstances relating to food service functions and positions.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
SB 4X4 (Ducheny-D) Budget Act of 2009: education: open enrollment
Establishes an Open Enrollment Program, which authorizes a pupil enrolled in a "low-achieving school," as defined, to attend any higher achieving school in the state, and establishes a Parent Empowerment Program that authorizes parents of specified schools to sign a petition requiring a local educational agency to implement a school intervention model, as specified. Establishes the Open Enrollment Act to allow any pupil enrolled in one of 1,000 schools identified by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to enroll in a higher-performing school anywhere in the state, as specified.
(Died on Assembly Floor)
SCR 61 (Price-D) National Mentoring Month
Proclaims the month of January 2010 as National Mentoring Month.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
SCR 78 (Wolk-D) National Library Week
Declares 4/11/10 to 4/17/10, inclusive, as National Library Week, and commends California's public libraries, librarians, and all library workers for enriching the lives of California residents and helping to make our state an exceptional place to live, learn, and work.
Resolution Chapter 19, Statutes of 2010
SCR 93 (DeSaulnier-D) Summer Learning and Wellness Month
Designates July 2010 as Summer Learning and Wellness Month.
Chapter 80, Statues of 2010
AB 7 (Huffman-D) Interscholastic athletics: High School Baseball Safety Act
Enacts the High School Baseball Safety Act of 2010. Prohibits the use of nonwooden baseball bats during practice and competitive games at private and public high schools in California. Sunsets the provisions on 1/1/12, to coincide with the implementation of new baseball bat standards.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 78 (Portantino-D) Pupils: enrollment
Removes restrictions on a pupil's ability to concurrently enroll in a K-12 public school and a California community college.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 95 (Torlakson-D) Student athletes: recruiting: disclosure
Requires a collegiate athletic recruiter representing a postsecondary educational institution in the State of California or outside the State to provide California student athletes in elementary, junior high, high school, or college with certain information relating to the college athletic program within one week of initiating personal contact with the student athlete for purposes of athletic recruiting.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
AB 100 (Price-D) Pupil Athletic Access and Safety Program
Extends the Pupil Athletic Access and Safety Program, and specifies the Program shall be implemented only to the extent that funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act for this purpose.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 148 (Coto-D) Education
Enacts the California K-12 Education Policymaking Reorganization Act of 2010 requiring the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI), using the resources of local educational agencies, county offices of education, and the California Department of Education to provide a biennial report to the Governor on the progress of education, as specified. Requires the Governor, the State Board of Education, and the Secretary for Education to draft a set of objectives, a plan to achieve those objectives, and an evaluation scheme to demonstrate success in achieving those objectives using the report provided by the SPI.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 296 (Solorio-D) Supplemental educational services
Requires local educational agencies that are required to offer supplemental educational services, pursuant to the No Child Left Behind Act, to take specific actions that are currently only suggested to be undertaken or required to be undertaken only under specified circumstances.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 314 (Brownley-D) Instructional materials
Makes various changes to the state instructional materials adoption process for kindergarten and grades one through eight and requires school districts to provide pupils with newly adopted materials within three years rather than the two years currently required.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 351 (Salas-D) Physical education
Authorizes the governing board of a school district that provides the following courses or programs, as part of the regular course of study or as part of the regular school-sponsored extra curricular activities, to exempt any high school pupil participating in such a course or program from attending courses of physical education: California Cadet Corps, cheer team or dance team, color guard or drill team, Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, and marching band.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 352 (Audra Strickland-R) California Interscholastic Federation: public records
Adds a requirement to the Education Code that the California Interscholastic Federation shall comply with the California Public Records Act, as specified.
Chapter 72, Statutes of 2010
AB 426 (Hall-D) Pupil health
Requires the California Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, the California Diabetes Program, and the Department of Health Care Services, to recommend to the Legislature ways to address specific health-related needs of pupils on a school campus.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 465 (Coto-D) Schools: parent involvement
Encourages school districts to review and, if appropriate, contract with nonprofit community-based organizations that meet specified criteria to increase parent involvement in schools.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 534 (Duvall-R) Pupils: career fairs
Requires a school that offers a career fair to its pupils to allow military recruiters access to that career fair to the same extent that it allows other persons and entities access to the fair.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 554 (Furutani-D) Graduation requirements
Increases the number of courses required for high school graduation from 13 to 14 and offers pupils a choice between a course in visual performing arts, foreign language, or career technical education to fulfill the additional course requirement.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 555 (Portantino-D) Secondary school pupils
Establishes a pilot project, through January 2015, that removes restrictions on a student's ability to concurrently enroll in a K-12 public school and the Kern, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Los Rios, or San Jose-Evergreen Community College Districts.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 678 (Hall-D) Education technology: cyberbullying
Requires the inclusion of cyberbullying, content control software, and the use of mobile communications technology to the existing guidelines and criteria relating to school district education technology plans.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 701 (Fong-D) School districts: contracts
Requires school district governing boards to post a notice for bids on its Internet Web site or through an electronic portal and sunsets the current requirement for districts to post this information in a newspaper of general circulation on 7/1/14, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 736 (Huber-D) Dropout Prevention Specialist: Certificate program
Requires that an outreach consultant who enrolls in a Dropout Prevention Specialist Certificate program complete that program within nine months of hire.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 791 (Swanson-D) Oakland Unified School District: governance
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, by July 1 of each year, to return authority to the governing board of the Oakland Unified School District for each operational area recommended by the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team in its annual progress reports.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
AB 1039 (Audra Strickland-R) Interscholastic sports
Authorizes the appeal of a final decision of the California Interscholastic Federation to suspend or terminate a pupil from participation in a sport for a violation of its codes and regulations to the county board of education, which would be the final arbiter in the matter.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 1154 (Audra Strickland-R) California Interscholastic Federation: notice of sanctions
Encourages the California Interscholastic Federation and its sections, if they impose a sanction on an interscholastic team of a member school, to post online the name of the school, the team that has been penalized, the violation that has occasioned the sanction, and a description of the sanction.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 1213 (Skinner-D) Superintendent of Public Instruction
Adds the Superintendent of Public Instruction as a member of the California Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities.
Vetoed
AB 1238 (Hernandez-D) Schools: advanced placement program
Requires school districts maintaining any of grades 9-12 to offer advanced placement courses in English, history, foreign language, mathematics, and science at each school in the district maintaining grades 9-12.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1374 (Brownley-D) Teaching credentials: adult education
Recasts and streamlines requirements for the preliminary and clear Designated Subjects Adult Education teaching credentials and clarifies that the changes imposed by this bill do not apply to individuals who have already earned those credentials.
Chapter 36, Statutes of 2010
AB 1377 (Swanson-D) School districts: state receivership: audits
Provides that, if a trustee has been appointed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to monitor and review the operation of a school district receiving an emergency apportionment, and the State Controller, or his/her designee, is required to cause an audit to be conducted of the books and accounts of the district instead of the annual audit, the SPI is required to allow the district 180 days before penalties are assessed against the district for discrepancies that are discovered by the audit.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1407* (Huffman-D) School district of choice
Extends the school district of choice program from 7/1/09 to 7/1/14.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1419 (Smyth-R) School districts: reorganization
Requires, by 7/1/13, the reorganization of a unified school district with an annual enrollment of more than 500,000 pupils into multiple school districts enrolling no more than 50,000 pupils.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 1522 (V. Manuel Perez-D) School zones: vehicles
Authorizes a local authority in a "rural area," as defined, that establishes a prima facie speed limit under current law to designate a school zone to include a state highway if the highway is within 1,000 feet of a school building or the grounds of a school building, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 1538 (Ma-D) Pupil discipline: restraint
Prohibits the use of specified types of restraint techniques on pupils with disabilities, and allows for the use of physical restraint, as specified.
(Died on Assembly Floor)
AB 1654 (Conway-R) School districts: emergency vehicles
Authorizes school district governing boards that do not operate security or police departments to provide and maintain motor vehicles for the use of the district in emergency situations. Provides that these vehicles would be "authorized emergency vehicles," as defined, when operated in an emergency situation by an authorized district employee.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 1673 (Mendoza-D) Adult education
Requires the Legislative Analyst's Office, subject to an appropriation for this purpose, to provide a report to the Legislature by 1/1/12 detailing specified information regarding the effects of categorical budget flexibility on adult education programs.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1732 (Hall-D) Los Angeles Unified School District: parkland
Allows the City of Los Angeles to transfer to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) parkland acquired with park bond funds and in exchange, LAUSD will provide replacement parkland facilities.
Chapter 191, Statues of 2010
AB 1775 (Furutani-D) Public schools: Fred Korematsu Day
Requires the Governor to annually proclaim January 30 as Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution and designates that day as a day having special significance in which public schools and educational institutions are encouraged to conduct exercises remembering the life of Fred Korematsu.
Chapter 241, Statutes of 2010
AB 1854 (Ammiano-D) School attendance: residency requirements
Requires school districts to accept reasonable evidence that a pupil meets residency requirements for school attendance within the district and specifies certain types of documents that shall be considered reasonable evidence.
Vetoed
AB 1933 (Brownley-D) Education: foster children
Extends the right of foster youth to remain in their school of origin from the remainder of the school year (after changing residential placement) to the duration of the jurisdiction of the court.
Chapter 563, Statutes of 2010
AB 1937* (Fletcher-R) Pupil health: immunizations
Expands the health care practitioners who are authorized to administer immunizations to students with a written parental consent to include physician assistances, nurse practitioners, licensed vocational nurses, and nursing students acting under the supervision of a Registered Nurse, and applies existing requirements that apply to nurses in the administration of immunizations to these health care practitioners.
Chapter 203, Statutes of 2010
AB 1967 (Mendoza-D) Pupil admission: kindergarten and first grade
Commencing with the 2012-13 school year, moves the kindergarten start date back to September 1, which requires a child to turn five years old on or before September 1 of that school year.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
A similar bill was SB 1381 (Simitian-D) which became Chapter 705, Statutes of 2010.
AB 1988* (Hagman-R) Chino Valley Unified School District: minimum school day
Deems the Chino Valley Unified School District to have offered the minimum number of days of instruction for the 2008-09 fiscal year if the district operates 10 additional school days for pupils in grades four through six for two consecutive years at two district elementary schools, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1989 (Mendoza-D) County boards of education: election
Sunsets statute providing charter counties the ability to appoint their county board of education on 7/1/14 and requires county board of education in cities and counties (regardless of charter status) to be elected.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2019 (Torlakson-D) Education: education technology
Authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction to convene a task force for education technology for purposes of developing recommendations for a comprehensive statewide plan to increase and enhance the level of technology used to deliver instruction in California public schools.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 2069 (Carter-D) Education: educational material
Commencing with the 2013-14 school year, establishes a timeline for the adoption of instructional materials.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2081 (Assembly Education Committee) Education
Makes technical non-controversial revisions to the Education Code to delete obsolete references and language, correct technical errors and oversights, and update references, as specified.
Chapter 89, Statutes of 2010
AB 2082 (Assembly Education Committee) Local educational agencies: reimbursable state mandates
Implements three changes related to the state's reimbursement process for educational mandates by (1) shifting the process for hearing incorrect reduction claims, as specified, (2) providing for future legislative review of new mandates, and (3) clarifying the information on educational mandates that the Legislative Analyst's Office is required to provide the Legislature.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
AB 2089 (Coto-D) American Indian Education Oversight Committee
Extends the sunset date of the California American Indian Education Center Program by five years to 1/1/17, and requires the California Department of Education to conduct an evaluation of the Centers by 1/1/16.
Chapter 249, Statutes of 2010
AB 2161 (Fong-D) School districts: contracts: formal bids: school facilities
Requires the governing board of a school district, for the purposes of securing bids for the construction of school facilities, to post a bid notice on the district's Internet Web site.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2178 (Torlakson-D) After School Education and Safety Program
Authorizes the sharing of pupil data between schools and After School Education and Safety programs with which that school contracts.
Chapter 462, Statutes of 2010
AB 2266 (Bradford-D) School district records
Modifies requirements for the maintenance and destruction of original school district documents.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2298 (Torlakson-D) Education: physical education
Requires the California Department of Education to periodically update rules and regulations in physical education (PE), compile a manual in PE for distribution teachers that is consistent with statute and with the content standards adopted by the State Board of Education, and also requires high school PE instruction to be consistent with the PE model content standards.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2370 (Hernandez-D) School districts of choice
Establishes second-tier priorities for attendance in a district of choice, and requires that pupils who transfer into the district be enrolled in a school with an Academic Performance Index score that is higher than the school in which the pupil was previously enrolled.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
AB 2412 (Tran-R) Public education: Ronald Reagan Day
Designates February 6 of each year as Ronald Reagan Day, a day of special significance.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
A similar bill was SB 944 (Runner-R) which became Chapter 114, Statutes of 2010.
AB 2444 (Furutani-D) School districts: interdistrict attendance
Provides that a pupil who has been granted an interdistrict transfer does not have to reapply for that transfer, and authorizes a school district of residence to rescind existing transfer permits if it receives a qualified or negative fiscal certification.
Chapter 263, Statutes of 2010
AB 2553 (Brownley-D) Kindergarten readiness
Requires the California Department of Education, if it commences a process for the creation of a school readiness data tool, to establish guidelines and a plan regarding the creation of this tool.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2592 (Buchanan-D) Early Learning Quality Improvement Rating Scale
Requires the California Department of Education to implement an early learning quality rating scale, including a pilot program, that measures the quality of early child care and education providers and facilities until 6/30/17.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 2694 (Blumenfield-D) Instructional materials
Expands the definition of "supplementary instructional materials" to include current, relevant technology, and authorizes schools to include relevant technology-based materials when adopting instructional materials.
Chapter 269, Statutes of 2010
AB 2705 (Hall-D) Education: physical education
Requires specified time periods to be spent on specific physical fitness activities in the After School Education and Safety Program and as part of physical education instruction in grades 1-12 by the beginning of the 2013-14 school year, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
ACA 7 (Hernandez-D) Public education
Deletes the Public School System and the University of California from the scope of the California constitutional provision prohibiting the state from discriminating against, or granting preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin.
(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
ACR 82 (Hall-D) Public education: Discrimination-Free Zones
Encourages public education institutions to designate each campus as a "Discrimination-Free Zone" to provide a safe haven from intolerance or discrimination, to enact appropriate procedures that meaningfully address acts of discrimination that occur on campus, to notify parents and the campus community of existing policies and procedures that encourage tolerance of others, and to use existing resources to identify themselves as "Discrimination-Free Zones" to create a campus climate that welcomes diversity and supports the tolerance of others.
Resolution Chapter 6, Statutes of 2010
ACR 88 (Torlakson-D) STEM Education
Establishes the California Task Force on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education to promote the improvement of STEM education across the state.
Resolution Chapter 84, Statutes of 2010
ACR 116 (Hill-D) California Lab Day
Proclaims 5/12/10, as California Lab Day.
Resolution Chapter 77, Statutes of 2010
ACR 120 (Mendoza-D) Read Across America Day
Recognizes 3/2/10, as "Read Across America Day."
Resolution Chapter 88, Statues of 2010
ACR 128 (Emmerson-R) School districts: recycling programs
Encourages school districts to engage in recycling programs and to promote awareness of available state resources that schools may utilize to establish and maintain recycling programs.
Resolution Chapter 48, Statues of 2010
ACR 137 (Carter-D) Latino Education and Advocacy Week
Declares the last week of March, every year, as a statewide week of advocacy for Latino education.
Resolution Chapter 90, Statutes of 2010
ACR 145 (Brownley-D) California Healthy Schools Day
Recognizes 4/26/10, as California Healthy Schools Day.
Resolution Chapter 13, Statutes of 2010
ACR 167 (Ma-D) Students with Epilepsy Month
Recognizes September 2010, and each September thereafter, as Students with Epilepsy Month.
Resolution Chapter 154, Statutes of 2010
| Bill | Author and Bill Title | Reference Links |
|---|---|---|
| SB 15 | Cedillo-D Student financial aid: Armed Forces | Higher Education |
| SB 82 | Hancock-D Community colleges: transportation fees | Higher Education |
| SB 100 | Correa-D Teacher programs: gifted and talented pupils | School Employees |
| SB 108 | Walters-R Charter schools: government tort claims | Charter Schools |
| SB 129* | Huff-R Heritage schools: personnel | School Employees School Curriculum Miscellaneous |
| SB 155 | Wright-D Student financial aid: nurses | Higher Education |
| SB 160 | Cedillo-D Institutional financial aid eligibility | Higher Education |
| SB 182 | Ashburn-R Community college nursing faculty | Higher Education |
| SB 192 | Hancock-D California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Program | School Employees Vocational Education/Career Technical Education |
| SB 195 | Florez-D Equity in Higher Education Act | Higher Education |
| SB 199 | Ducheny-D Postsecondary education: instructional strategies | Higher Education School Employees |
| SB 205* | Hancock-D Education finance: federal tax credit bond volume cap | School Finance |
| SB 216 | Liu-D Public postsecondary education: textbooks | Higher Education |
| SB 217 | Yee-D Higher education: executive officer compensation | Higher Education |
| SB 223 | Wyland-R School curriculum framework: financial literacy | School Curriculum |
| SB 234 | Wyland-R School curriculum: oral histories: genocide | School Curriculum |
| SB 244 | Wright-D Children's services: high-risk children | Child and Day Care |
| SB 252 | Denham-R School facilities: deferred maintenance | School Facilities |
| SB 253 | Wyland-R Career technical education: recognition certificates | Vocational Education/Career Technical Education |
| SB 258 | Oropeza-D School Districts: public contracts: bidding requirements | Miscellaneous |
| SB 264 | Wyland-R High school exit examination: American history | School Accountability and Testing |
| SB 271 | Ducheny-D Higher Education Facilities Bond Act of 2010 | Higher Education |
| SB 280 | Calderon-D State teachers' retirement | School Employees |
| SB 293 | Runner-R Pupil admission: kindergarten and 1st grade | Miscellaneous |
| SB 307* | Alquist-D Regional occupational centers or programs | Vocational Education/Career Technical Education |
| SB 323 | Oropeza-D Tuition: taxation: income tax refunds | Higher Education |
| SB 330 | Yee-D Higher education: auxiliary organizations: public records | Higher Education |
| SB 331 | Romero-D Migrant education | Miscellaneous |
| SB 363 | Hancock-D School facilities: energy conservation | School Facilities |
| SB 365 | Ducheny-D State Allocation Board: Office of Public School Construction | School Facilities |
| SB 375 | Hancock-D School facilities | School Facilities |
| SB 378 | Romero-D Charter School Facility Grant Program | School Facilities Charter Schools |
| SB 379 | Huff-R Heritage schools | Child and Day Care |
| SB 381 | Wright-D Instruction: course of study | School Curriculum |
| SB 386 | Runner-R Postsecondary education: textbooks | Higher Education |
| SB 416 | Florez-D Pupil nutrition: poultry treated with antibiotics | Miscellaneous |
| SB 426 | Yee-D Public school instruction: curriculum frameworks | School Curriculum |
| SB 438 | Yee-D Charter schools: freedom of speech and of the press | Charter Schools |
| SB 450* | Lowenthal-D Class size reduction: Long Beach Unified School District | School Finance |
| SB 497 | Correa-D School recycling programs | Miscellaneous |
| SB 515 | Hancock-D Career technical education | Vocational Education/Career Technical Education |
| SB 521 | Romero-D Pupil testing: English language development test | School Accountability and Testing |
| SB 552 | Padilla-D Schools: health education | School Curriculum |
| SB 574 | Hancock-D Community colleges: inmate education | Higher Education |
| SB 611 | Correa-D Student financial aid: Cal Grant A Entitlement Awards | Higher Education |
| SB 621 | Florez-D Career technical education curriculum | School Curriculum Vocational Education/Career Technical Education |
| SB 646 | Denham-R Student financial aid: veterans and dependents | Higher Education |
| SB 650 | Yee-D UC: disclosure of improper governmental activities | Higher Education |
| SB 682 | Padilla-D Pupils with exceptional needs | Special Education |
| SB 688 | Romero-D Education: teacher evaluations: pupil surveys | School Employees |
| SB 691 | Yee-D Education employment | School Employees |
| SB 698 | Negrete McLeod-D Juvenile court schools: funding | School Finance |
| SB 701 | Correa-D Special education: local plans | Special Education |
| SB 725 | Hancock-D Occupational centers: apprenticeship program | Vocational Education/Career Technical Education |
| SB 738 | Hancock-D Education: prison inmates | Miscellaneous |
| SB 742 | Romero-D School accountability: low-performing public schools | School Accountability and Testing |
| SB 747 | Romero-D Career technical education: aerospace career program | Vocational Education/Career Technical Education |
| SB 775 | Liu-D Higher education accountability | Higher Education |
| SB 798 | DeSaulnier-D Before and after school programs | School Finance |
| SB 800 | Hancock-D Pupil assessment | School Accountability and Testing |
| SB 847* | Steinberg-D Education finance | School Finance |
| SB 851* | Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee Proposition 98: suspension | School Finance |
| SB 898 | Ashburn-R After School Education and Safety Program | School Finance |
| SB 917 | Denham-R Mandatory systemwide fees: Student Protection Act | Higher Education |
| SB 930 | Ducheny-D English learners: pupil assessments | Bilingual Education/English Learners School Accountability and Testing |
| SB 944 | Runner-R Public education: Ronald Reagan Day | Miscellaneous |
| SB 955* | Huff-R School districts and personnel | School Employees |
| SB 956 | Romero-D California School Paraprofessional Teacher Training Program | School Employees |
| SB 957 | Price-D Student financial aid: Cal Grant C awards | Higher Education |
| SB 969 | Liu-D Public postsecondary education: student fee policy | Higher Education |
| SB 1011 | Calderon-D Student fees: special sessions | Higher Education |
| SB 1045 | Alquist-D Donahoe Higher Education Act: textbooks | Higher Education |
| SB 1046 | Cogdill-R California State University: government tort claims | Higher Education |
| SB 1051 | Huff-R Pupil health: emergency medical assistance | Miscellaneous |
| SB 1059 | Liu-D Local educational agencies: districts of residence | Miscellaneous |
| SB 1075 | Correa-D Higher education: military service: benefits | Higher Education |
| SB 1099 | Correa-D Foster care funds: subsidized child care for foster parents | Child and Day Care |
| SB 1109* | Cox-R California Children and Families Program: funding | Child and Day Care |
| SB 1116* | Huff-R Heritage school instruction | Miscellaneous |
| SB 1122 | Wright-D University of California: competitive bidding and employment | Higher Education |
| SB 1126 | Liu-D Higher education: early childhood education: courses | Higher Education |
| SB 1135 | Cox-R School employees: school district reorganization | School Employees |
| SB 1136* | Cox-R Education finance: revenue limit apportionments | School Finance |
| SB 1143 | Liu-D CA Community Colleges: student success and completion | Higher Education |
| SB 1148 | Alquist-D Pupil attendance: chronic truancy | Miscellaneous |
| SB 1157 | DeSaulnier-D School facilities: pest management program | School Facilities |
| SB 1161 | Lowenthal-D Education: school finance | School Finance |
| SB 1183 | Maldonado-R Teachers: mandated reporting | School Employees |
| SB 1186 | Liu-D Education governance | Miscellaneous |
| SB 1191 | Wiggins-D Education: minimum funding | School Finance |
| SB 1193* | Lowenthal-D School facilities funding: high performance schools | School Facilities |
| SB 1196 | DeSaulnier-D Child care: trustline provider | Child and Day Care |
| SB 1199 | Liu-D Mandatory systemwide resident student fee policy | Higher Education |
| SB 1200 | Leno-D Students: health care coverage: timeliness of care | Miscellaneous |
| SB 1225 | Yee-D Individualized county child care subsidy | Child and Day Care |
| SB 1227 | Runner-R School facilities: construction | School Facilities |
| SB 1243 | Romero-D University of California: use of student fees | Higher Education |
| SB 1255 | Padilla-D Schools: nutrition: beverages | Miscellaneous |
| SB 1256 | Hancock-D Day of school significance: Ed Roberts Day | Miscellaneous |
| SB 1278* | Wyland-R Instructional materials: adoption | Miscellaneous |
| SB 1285 | Steinberg-D Education employment | School Employees |
| SB 1290 | Kehoe-D Physical education: self-defense and safety instruction | School Curriculum |
| SB 1298 | Hancock-D Regional occupational centers and programs | Vocational Education/Career Technical Education |
| SB 1300 | Correa-D Pupils: teen dating violence prevention | Miscellaneous |
| SB 1301 | Simitian-D Pupil records | Miscellaneous |
| SB 1317 | Leno-D Truancy | Miscellaneous |
| SB 1353 | Wright-D Education: foster youth | Miscellaneous |
| SB 1354 | Hancock-D Partnership academies | Miscellaneous |
| SB 1357 | Steinberg-D California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System | School Accountability and Testing |
| SB 1376* | Romero-D Career technical education | Vocational Education/Career Technical Education |
| SB 1380 | Hancock-D School facilities: construction | School Facilities |
| SB 1381 | Simitian-D Kindergarten: age of admission | Miscellaneous |
| SB 1382 | Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Student financial aid: Cal Grant Program: methodology | Higher Education |
| SB 1396 | Lowenthal-D Maximum categorical education flexibility pilot program | School Finance |
| SB 1413 | Leno-D Schools: pupil nutrition: availability of tap water | Miscellaneous |
| SB 1422 | Romero-D Teachers: pupil survey | School Employees |
| SB 1432 | Hancock-D School facilities | School Facilities |
| SB 1440 | Padilla-D California Community Colleges: student transfer | Higher Education |
| SB 1444 | Hancock-D Pupil instruction: science/technology/engineering/math | School Curriculum |
| SB 1448 | Price-D School accountability: low-performing schools | School Accountability and Testing |
| SB 1451 | Yee-D Education: instructional materials | School Curriculum |
| SB 1460 | Cedillo-D California Dream Act of 2010 | Higher Education |
| SB 1473 | Wyland-R School facilities bond proceeds: performance audits | School Facilities |
| SCA 6 | Simitian-D Schools: parcel taxes | School Finance |
| SCA 21 | Yee-D University of California | Higher Education |
| SCA 26 | Denham-R University of California: mandatory systemwide fees | Higher Education |
| SCR 11 | Wright-D College sports | Higher Education |
| SCR 42 | Negrete McLeod-D Classified School Employee Week | School Employees |
| SCR 44 | Corbett-D Child care: subsidized | Child and Day Care |
| SCR 47 | DeSaulnier-D Education funding: child development centers and preschools | School Finance Child and Day Care |
| SCR 61 | Price-D National Mentoring Month | Miscellaneous |
| SCR 78 | Wolk-D National Library Week | Miscellaneous |
| SCR 93 | DeSaulnier-D Summer Learning and Wellness Month | Miscellaneous |
| SCR 94 | Harman-R Schoolbus Drivers' Day | School Employees |
| SJR 2 | Liu-D Postsecondary education: college textbook affordability | Higher Education |
| SJR 16 | Denham-R Educational benefits: veterans | Higher Education |
| SJR 32 | DeSaulnier-D Technical education | Vocational Education/Career Technical Education |
| SR 31 | Wyland-R Genocide oral history | School Curriculum |
| SB 22X3 | Benoit-R Community colleges: contracting: noninstructional services | Higher Education Miscellaneous |
| SCA 1X3 | Steinberg-D Education finance | School Finance |
| SB 4X4 | Ducheny-D Budget Act of 2009: education: open enrollment | Miscellaneous |
| SB 1X5 | Steinberg-D Federal Race to the Top funding eligibility | School Finance School Accountability and Testing School Employees |
| AB 7 | Huffman-D Interscholastic athletics: High School Baseball Safety Act | Miscellaneous |
| AB 35* | Furutani-D Career technical education and workforce development | Higher Education Vocational Education/Career Technical Education |
| AB 36 | Furutani-D Higher education: public education: basic skills training | Higher Education |
| AB 38 | Salas-D Postsecondary education: resident classification: veterans | Higher Education |
| AB 53 | Portantino-D University of California: non-civil service employees | Higher Education |
| AB 60 | Coto-D Education finance: pupil funding | School Finance |
| AB 67 | Nava-D CA State University: Doctor of Nursing Practice degree | Higher Education |
| AB 69 | Duvall-R Postsecondary education: enrollment growth | Higher Education |
| AB 70* | Norby-R Public postsecondary education: genetic testing | Higher Education |
| AB 71 | Duvall-R Categorical education funding: block grants | School Finance |
| AB 78 | Portantino-D Community colleges: enrollment | Higher Education Miscellaneous |
| AB 95 | Torlakson-D Student athletes: recruiting: disclosure | Higher Education Miscellaneous |
| AB 97 | Torlakson-D School curriculum: content standards | School Curriculum |
| AB 100 | Price-D Pupil Athletic Access and Safety Program | Miscellaneous |
| AB 142* | Hayashi-D Education finance: lottery revenue | School Finance |
| AB 148 | Coto-D Education | Miscellaneous |
| AB 156 | Jeffries-R High school curriculum: CPR course | School Curriculum |
| AB 160 | Hayashi-D Registered nurses: education program | School Employees |
| AB 164 | Mendoza-D School district superintendents: compensation | School Employees |
| AB 173 | Price-D Low-performing schools | School Accountability and Testing |
| AB 184* | Block-D Special education funding | Special Education |
| AB 185 | Buchanan-D Education: federal funds | School Finance |
| AB 191* | Assembly Budget Committee Education agencies: state cash resources | School Finance |
| AB 211 | Mendoza-D School facilities: classroom security locks | School Facilities |
| AB 218 | Portantino-D Postsecondary education | Higher Education |
| AB 220* | Brownley-D Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act | School Facilities |
| AB 222* | Adams-R Child care: trustline provider | Child and Day Care |
| AB 272 | Solorio-D Leadership for English Learner Success Program | Bilingual Education/English Learners Charter Schools School Employees |
| AB 279* | Duvall-R Scholarship: tax credits | Higher Education |
| AB 284 | Garrick-R Community colleges: charter schools: petitions | Charter Schools Higher Education |
| AB 296 | Solorio-D Supplemental educational services | Miscellaneous |
| AB 304 | Price-D Child care and development | Child and Day Care |
| AB 314 | Brownley-D Instructional materials | Miscellaneous |
| AB 317* | Solorio-D School attendance: H1N1 virus | School Finance |
| AB 336 | Yamada-D Nonresident tuition: firefighters exemption | Higher Education |
| AB 345 | Torlakson-D Regional occupational centers or programs: foster youth | Vocational Education/Career Technical Education |
| AB 346* | Conway-R Schools: Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate | School Employees |
| AB 351 | Salas-D Physical education | Miscellaneous |
| AB 352 | Audra Strickland-R California Interscholastic Federation: public records | Miscellaneous |
| AB 360 | Ma-D Community colleges: teacher's retirement | Higher Education |
| AB 364 | Torlakson-D After school teacher pipeline | School Employees |
| AB 379 | Torlakson-D Classified employees: personnel commissions: director | School Employees |
| AB 385 | Block-D Community colleges: funding | Higher Education |
| AB 391 | Torlakson-D Pupil assessment: STAR Program | School Accountability and Testing |
| AB 406 | Yamada-D School personnel | School Employees |
| AB 426 | Hall-D Pupil health | Miscellaneous |
| AB 434 | Block-D After school programs | School Finance |
| AB 465 | Coto-D Schools: parent involvement | Miscellaneous |
| AB 492 | Conway-R Community colleges: nursing faculty | Higher Education |
| AB 495 | Davis-D Preschool: data collection | Child and Day Care |
| AB 500 | Conway-R California State University: high desert campus | Higher Education |
| AB 518 | Mendoza-D Public School Performance Accountability Program | School Accountability and Testing |
| AB 529* | Blumenfield-D Golden State Scholarshare Savings Trust | Higher Education |
| AB 533 | Hayashi-D High school coaches | School Employees |
| AB 534 | Duvall-R Pupils: career fairs | Miscellaneous |
| AB 548* | Chesbro-D Education finance: Class Size Reduction Program | School Finance |
| AB 551 | Furutani-D Community colleges: funding study | Higher Education |
| AB 553 | Furutani-D Regional occupational centers: funding | Vocational Education/Career Technical Education |
| AB 554 | Furutani-D Graduation requirements | School Curriculum Miscellaneous |
| AB 555 | Portantino-D Community colleges: enrollment | Higher Education Miscellaneous |
| AB 572 | Brownley-D Charter schools | Charter Schools |
| AB 581 | Torlakson-D Community colleges: classroom instructors | Higher Education |
| AB 629 | Krekorian-D School facilities: water | School Facilities |
| AB 635* | Assembly Accountability And Administrative Review Committee Roof projects: public contracts | School Facilities |
| AB 649 | Nestande-R University of California: contracts | Higher Education |
| AB 656* | Torrico-D Higher education: oil severance tax | Higher Education |
| AB 661* | Torlakson-D Special education: behavioral intervention plans | Special Education |
| AB 675* | Gilmore-R 529 college savings plans: tax deductions | Higher Education |
| AB 678 | Hall-D Education technology: cyberbullying | Miscellaneous |
| AB 683* | Chesbro-D Local educational agencies: program improvement | School Finance School Accountability and Testing |
| AB 701 | Fong-D School districts: contracts | Miscellaneous |
| AB 736 | Huber-D Dropout Prevention Specialist: Certificate program | Miscellaneous |
| AB 747 | Emmerson-R School facilities: recycling programs | School Facilities Higher Education |
| AB 757* | Niello-R Education savings account | Higher Education |
| AB 788 | Swanson-D Education finance: Oakland Unified School District | School Finance |
| AB 791 | Swanson-D Oakland Unified School District: governance | Miscellaneous |
| AB 821 | Brownley-D School facilities: maintenance | School Facilities |
| AB 826 | Buchanan-D Special education: local plan areas: funding | Special Education |
| AB 837 | Torlakson-D School attendance: online education | School Finance |
| AB 844 | Villines-R School districts: mandated programs | School Finance |
| AB 867 | Nava-D California State University: Nursing degree | Higher Education |
| AB 868 | V. Manuel Perez-D Community colleges: degree audit system | Higher Education |
| AB 871 | Nestande-R Education finance: Year-Round School Grant Program | School Finance |
| AB 932 | Torlakson-D Child care facilities | Child and Day Care |
| AB 972 | Audra Strickland-R School district administrative costs | School Finance |
| AB 976 | Arambula-IN Public schools: alternative education: accountability | School Accountability and Testing |
| AB 980 | Swanson-D Emergency loan repayment: charter schools | School Finance Charter Schools |
| AB 997 | Krekorian-D Child care facilities: sex offenders | Child and Day Care |
| AB 1039 | Audra Strickland-R Interscholastic sports | Miscellaneous |
| AB 1089 | Villines-R Public postsecondary education: student financial aid | Higher Education |
| AB 1095 | Hill-D Community colleges: full-time instruction | Higher Education |
| AB 1099 | Fuller-R School facilities: construction | School Facilities |
| AB 1112 | Blakeslee-R California State University: service contracts | Higher Education |
| AB 1124 | Yamada-D Special education: due process hearings | Special Education |
| AB 1127 | Solorio-D School facilities: fire sprinklers | School Facilities |
| AB 1140* | Niello-R California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009 | Higher Education |
| AB 1146 | Knight-R Charter schools | Charter Schools |
| AB 1154 | Audra Strickland-R California Interscholastic Federation: notice of sanctions | Miscellaneous |
| AB 1157 | Block-D Community college districts: counselors | Higher Education |
| AB 1180 | Nestande-R University of California employees: compensation | Higher Education |
| AB 1195 | Brownley-D Child care and development programs: advisory committee | Child and Day Care |
| AB 1207 | Logue-R Nonresident student tuition | Higher Education |
| AB 1213 | Skinner-D Superintendent of Public Instruction | Miscellaneous |
| AB 1223 | Block-D Linked learning | School Employees |
| AB 1226 | Huber-D School apportionment: workplace learning | School Finance |
| AB 1230 | Torrico-D Postsecondary education: online harassment | Higher Education |
| AB 1231 | Portantino-D Part-time adult school teachers: collective bargaining | School Employees |
| AB 1238 | Hernandez-D Schools: advanced placement program | Miscellaneous |
| AB 1267 | Eng-D Teachers' retirement system: credited service | School Employees |
| AB 1374 | Brownley-D Teaching credentials: adult education | Miscellaneous |
| AB 1377 | Swanson-D School districts: state receivership: audits | Miscellaneous |
| AB 1407* | Huffman-D School district of choice | Miscellaneous |
| AB 1413 | Fuentes-D California Dream Act of 2010 | Higher Education |
| AB 1419 | Smyth-R School districts: reorganization | Miscellaneous |
| AB 1420 | V. Manuel Perez-D Postsecondary education: technology assessment | Higher Education |
| AB 1430 | Swanson-D Pupil health: health care professionals | School Employees |
| AB 1436 | Portantino-D Postsecondary educational institutions: meetings: live audio | Higher Education |
| AB 1476 | Cook-R School facilities: repayment of penalties | School Facilities |
| AB 1477 | Krekorian-D Classified school employees: retirement | School Employees |
| AB 1522 | V. Manuel Perez-D School zones: vehicles | School Safety Miscellaneous |
| AB 1538 | Ma-D Pupil discipline: restraint | Miscellaneous |
| AB 1583 | Assembly Education Committee Education finance: school safety | School Finance School Safety |
| AB 1605 | Coto-D School facilities: plan review | School Facilities |
| AB 1610* | Assembly Budget Committee Education finance: K-12: 2009-10 Budget Trailer Bill | School Finance Child and Day Care Higher Education |
| AB 1646 | Hayashi-D High school athletics: training for coaches | School Employees |
| AB 1654 | Conway-R School districts: emergency vehicles | Miscellaneous |
| AB 1665 | Swanson-D School employees: scope of representation | School Employees |
| AB 1673 | Mendoza-D Adult education: finance | School Finance Miscellaneous |
| AB 1683 | Torres-D Education: finance | School Finance |
| AB 1702 | Swanson-D Community colleges: inmate education programs | Higher Education |
| AB 1703 | Knight-R State Nursing Assumption Program of Loans for Education | Higher Education |
| AB 1712 | Furutani-D School employees: leaves of absence | School Employees |
| AB 1713 | Furutani-D Community colleges: reporting requirements | Higher Education |
| AB 1716 | Torlakson-D Education: developer fees: reimbursement | School Finance |
| AB 1721 | Swanson-D Safety zones: pesticides | School Safety |
| AB 1724* | Chesbro-D Necessary small schools funding | School Finance |
| AB 1732 | Hall-D Los Angeles Unified School District: parkland | Miscellaneous |
| AB 1741 | Coto-D English learners: low-performing schools | Bilingual Education/English Learners Charter Schools School Accountability and Testing |
| AB 1742 | Coto-D Special education | Special Education |
| AB 1754 | Swanson-D Oakland Unified School District: emergency apportionments | School Finance |
| AB 1761 | Fong-D Cal Grant B awards: award amount | Higher Education |
| AB 1775 | Furutani-D Public schools: Fred Korematsu Day | Miscellaneous |
| AB 1802 | Hall-D School employees: insulin injections | School Employees |
| AB 1807 | Fong-D California Community Colleges: temporary employees | Higher Education |
| AB 1831 | Solorio-D English learner: after school programs | Bilingual Education/English Learners |
| AB 1839 | Torrico-D Schools: safety | School Finance School Safety |
| AB 1841 | Buchanan-D Special education: parental consent | Special Education |
| AB 1849 | Norby-R School districts: cities exchange revenue | School Finance |
| AB 1854 | Ammiano-D School attendance: residency requirements | Miscellaneous |
| AB 1862 | Eng-D Teachers' Retirement Board: members | School Employees |
| AB 1874 | Evans-D Education finance: Vallejo City Unified School District | School Finance |
| AB 1876 | Torlakson-D Education: After School Education and Safety Program | School Finance |
| AB 1889 | Portantino-D California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009 | Higher Education |
| AB 1890 | Assembly Higher Education Committee Higher education: property: lost and unclaimed | Higher Education |
| AB 1891 | Assembly Higher Education Committee UC: sustainable agriculture research and education | Higher Education |
| AB 1892 | Mendoza-D Community colleges: part-time faculty: health insurance | Higher Education |
| AB 1893 | Hayashi-D High school spirit activities | School Safety School Employees |
| AB 1895 | Ruskin-D Public postsecondary education: residence | Higher Education |
| AB 1901 | Ruskin-D Postsecondary education: Master Plan for Higher Education | Higher Education |
| AB 1907 | Cook-R Charter schools: instruction | Charter Schools |
| AB 1909 | Nestande-R Charter schools: authorization: petition | Charter Schools Higher Education |
| AB 1917 | Davis-D Community colleges: transfer rate improvement | Higher Education |
| AB 1922 | Davis-D Civil rights education | School Curriculum |
| AB 1933 | Brownley-D Education: foster children | Miscellaneous |
| AB 1937* | Fletcher-R Health care practitioners: immunizations | School Employees Miscellaneous |
| AB 1950 | Brownley-D Charter School Facility Grant Program | School Facilities Charter Schools |
| AB 1967 | Mendoza-D Pupil admission: kindergarten and first grade | Miscellaneous |
| AB 1971 | Bonnie Lowenthal-D Higher education: alumni: disclosure | Higher Education |
| AB 1979 | Adams-R Child day care centers: inspections | Child and Day Care |
| AB 1982 | Ammiano-D Charter schools | Charter Schools |
| AB 1988* | Hagman-R Chino Valley Unified School District: minimum school day | School Finance Miscellaneous |
| AB 1989 | Mendoza-D County boards of education: election | Miscellaneous |
| AB 1990* | Anderson-R Child care costs: income taxes: credit: unemployed workers | Child and Day Care |
| AB 1991 | Arambula-IN Charter schools: renewal: accountability standards | Charter Schools School Accountability and Testing |
| AB 1997 | Portantino-D Community colleges: student financial aid: pilot program | Higher Education |
| AB 2005 | Arambula-IN Classified school employees | School Employees |
| AB 2013 | Arambula-IN Education: alternative school performance | School Accountability and Testing |
| AB 2019 | Torlakson-D Education: education technology | Miscellaneous |
| AB 2021 | Fletcher-R UC: fire protection: Designated Campus Fire Marshal | Higher Education |
| AB 2026 | Arambula-IN Higher education: Matricula Consular: valid identification | Higher Education |
| AB 2027 | Blumenfield-D Online education: school attendance | School Finance |
| AB 2034 | Knight-R Public school volunteers | School Employees |
| AB 2040 | Brownley-D Teacher leaders | School Employees |
| AB 2047 | Hernandez-D Public postsecondary education: admissions policies | Higher Education |
| AB 2048 | Torlakson-D School facilities | School Facilities |
| AB 2069 | Carter-D Education: educational material | Miscellaneous |
| AB 2075 | Assembly Higher Education Committee CSU: public contracts: bidding procedures | Higher Education |
| AB 2079 | Torlakson-D Student athletes: scholarships | Higher Education |
| AB 2081 | Assembly Education Committee Education | Miscellaneous |
| AB 2082 | Assembly Education Committee Local educational agencies: reimbursable state mandates | Miscellaneous |
| AB 2083 | Assembly Education Committee School accountability | School Accountability and Testing |
| AB 2084 | Brownley-D Child day care facilities: nutrition | Child and Day Care |
| AB 2086 | Coto-D Cal Grant: publication of license examination passage rates | Higher Education |
| AB 2089 | Coto-D American Indian Education Oversight Committee | Miscellaneous |
| AB 2090 | Coto-D Education finance: supplemental instruction | School Finance |
| AB 2095 | Brownley-D English language development: instructional materials | Bilingual Education/English Learners School Curriculum |
| AB 2109 | Ruskin-D California Community Colleges: employees: appointments | Higher Education |
| AB 2133 | Niello-R University of California at Berkeley: geologic hazards | Higher Education |
| AB 2147 | V. Manuel Perez-D Safe Routes to School construction program | School Safety |
| AB 2159 | Anderson-R Student residency requirements | Higher Education |
| AB 2160 | Bass-D Teacher credentialing: instruction to pupils with autism | School Employees |
| AB 2161 | Fong-D School facility: construction | School Facilities Miscellaneous |
| AB 2172 | Carter-D Career technical education: multiple pathways report | Vocational Education/Career Technical Education |
| AB 2178 | Torlakson-D After School Education and Safety Program | School Safety Miscellaneous |
| AB 2203 | Solorio-D Public postsecondary education: college textbooks | Higher Education |
| AB 2211* | Fuentes-D Education: work-based learner: instruction | Vocational Education/Career Technical Education |
| AB 2219 | Fuentes-D School employees | School Employees |
| AB 2252 | Torrico-D California state preschool programs: funding | Child and Day Care |
| AB 2260 | Assembly Public Employees, Retirement And Social Security Committee State teachers' retirement: administration: benefits | School Employees |
| AB 2265 | Salas-D California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System | School Finance Charter Schools School Accountability and Testing School Curriculum |
| AB 2266 | Bradford-D School district records | Miscellaneous |
| AB 2272 | Block-D Education: class size | School Finance |
| AB 2273 | Torlakson-D Education: performance accountability | School Accountability and Testing |
| AB 2297 | Brownley-D Community colleges: nonresident fees | Higher Education |
| AB 2298 | Torlakson-D Education: physical education | Miscellaneous |
| AB 2302 | Fong-D Postsecondary education: student transfer | Higher Education |
| AB 2306 | Blakeslee-R Teachers: California Teaching Fellowship | School Employees |
| AB 2307 | Carter-D Education: academic performance | School Accountability and Testing |
| AB 2310 | Hayashi-D California Student Safety and Violence Prevention | School Safety |
| AB 2318 | Yamada-D Public postsecondary education: student fees | Higher Education |
| AB 2320 | Swanson-D Charter schools: accountability | Charter Schools |
| AB 2323 | Torlakson-D Child care contractor: direct service contracts | Child and Day Care |
| AB 2335 | Brownley-D School-based financial reporting system | School Finance |
| AB 2337 | Ammiano-D Public retirement system: investments: predatory investment | School Employees |
| AB 2344 | Nielsen-R Nursing: approved schools | Higher Education |
| AB 2363 | Mendoza-D Charter schools: authorization | Charter Schools |
| AB 2366 | Brownley-D Education finance: revenue limits | School Finance |
| AB 2370 | Hernandez-D English learners: school districts of choice | Bilingual Education/English Learners Miscellaneous |
| AB 2382 | Blumenfield-D Doctor of Physical Therapy degrees | Higher Education |
| AB 2385 | John Perez-D Higher education: nursing and Allied Health Care | Higher Education |
| AB 2393 | Ammiano-D California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009 | Higher Education |
| AB 2400 | Block-D Community colleges: baccalaureate degree pilot program | Higher Education |
| AB 2401 | Block-D Public postsecondary education: admissions policy | Higher Education |
| AB 2402 | Block-D California State University: admissions | Higher Education |
| AB 2412 | Tran-R Public education: Ronald Reagan Day | Miscellaneous |
| AB 2434 | Hernandez-D Advanced placement program | School Curriculum |
| AB 2444 | Furutani-D School districts: interdistrict attendance | Miscellaneous |
| AB 2445 | Furutani-D Career technical: education: achievement gap | Vocational Education/Career Technical Education |
| AB 2446 | Furutani-D Graduation requirements | School Curriculum Vocational Education/Career Technical Education |
| AB 2447 | Furutani-D Student financial aid: Cal Grant Program | Higher Education |
| AB 2448 | Furutani-D Community college districts: public contracts: purchases | Higher Education |
| AB 2449 | Furutani-D California community colleges: course completion rates | Higher Education |
| AB 2450 | Furutani-D Community colleges: economic and workforce development | Higher Education |
| AB 2451 | Furutani-D Community colleges: transfer course requirements: report | Higher Education |
| AB 2454 | Torlakson-D School nurses: pupil health | School Employees |
| AB 2463 | Brownley-D Child care resource and referral programs | Child and Day Care |
| AB 2478 | Mendoza-D Causing a disturbance at a school | School Safety |
| AB 2482 | Furutani-D Community colleges: consultation process | Higher Education |
| AB 2501 | Lieu-D School safety plans | School Safety |
| AB 2542 | Conway-R Accelerating Student Success College Initiative of 2010 | Higher Education |
| AB 2543 | Bonnie Lowenthal-D Charter schools: renewal | Charter Schools |
| AB 2552 | Nestande-R Education finance: cash out refinancing | School Finance |
| AB 2553 | Brownley-D Kindergarten readiness | Child and Day Care Miscellaneous |
| AB 2560* | Brownley-D Education finance: federal tax credit bond volume cap | School Finance |
| AB 2584 | Torlakson-D Schools district employees | School Employees |
| AB 2592 | Buchanan-D Early Learning Quality Improvement Rating Scale | Miscellaneous |
| AB 2621 | Norby-R Classified school employees: personal services contracting | School Employees |
| AB 2656 | De Leon-D Postsecondary education: contracts for academic research | Higher Education |
| AB 2682 | Block-D California Community Colleges Common Assessment | Higher Education |
| AB 2685 | De La Torre-D Charter schools: criminal background checks | Charter Schools |
| AB 2694 | Blumenfield-D Instructional materials | Miscellaneous |
| AB 2705 | Hall-D Education: physical education | Miscellaneous |
| AB 2721 | Blakeslee-R Special education disputes: report | Special Education |
| AB 2751 | Ammiano-D Schools: health education | School Curriculum |
| AB 2752 | Blakeslee-R Public postsecondary education: transfer requirements | Higher Education |
| AB 2753 | Furutani-D Los Angeles Community College District | Higher Education |
| ACA 7 | Hernandez-D University of California | Higher Education Miscellaneous |
| ACA 17 | Nestande-R University of California: severance and early retirement | Higher Education |
| ACA 23 | Hernandez-D Postsecondary education: students | Higher Education |
| ACA 24 | Nestande-R University of California | Higher Education |
| ACR 4 | Anderson-R University of California: divestment from Iran | Higher Education |
| ACR 55 | Torlakson-D University of California: workplace bullying classes | Higher Education |
| ACR 82 | Hall-D Public education: discrimination free zones | School Safety Miscellaneous |
| ACR 88 | Torlakson-D STEM Education | Miscellaneous |
| ACR 99 | Buchanan-D Day of the Special Educator | School Employees |
| ACR 111 | Buchanan-D California Civics Day for Teachers | School Employees |
| ACR 116 | Hill-D California Lab Day | Miscellaneous |
| ACR 120 | Mendoza-D Read Across America Day | Miscellaneous |
| ACR 128 | Emmerson-R School districts: recycling programs | Miscellaneous |
| ACR 137 | Carter-D Latino Education and Advocacy Week | Miscellaneous |
| ACR 138 | Nava-D California Community Colleges: faculty | Higher Education |
| ACR 145 | Brownley-D California Healthy Schools Day | Miscellaneous |
| ACR 167 | Ma-D Students with Epilepsy Month | Miscellaneous |
| ACR 184 | Ruskin-D Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education | Higher Education |
| AJR 31 | Buchanan-D Special education funding | Special Education |
| AJR 39 | Torlakson-D Common state education standards | School Curriculum |
| AB 5X8* | Assembly Budget Committee School finance: cash deferral | School Finance Higher Education School Employees |
| AB 6X8* | Assembly Budget Committee School finance | School Finance |
| AB 14X8* | Assembly Budget Committee Education finances: state cashflow: deferred allocation | School Finance Higher Education |