BILL NUMBER: AB 2657	CHAPTERED  06/04/02

	CHAPTER  51
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 4, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JUNE 4, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 23, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 20, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 16, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 25, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 1, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Bogh and Rod Pacheco

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2002

   An act to amend Section 51220.3 of the Education Code, relating to
instruction, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2657, Bogh.  Instruction:  grade point average.
   Existing law prohibits a school district, when calculating a pupil'
s grade point average, from assigning extra grade weighting to a
course that covers a subject required for admission to the University
of California or the California State University unless the
University of California approves the course for extra grade
weighting.
   This bill would  establish a 4 year implementation schedule for
those provisions by commencing application to pupils in grade 9 in
the 2005-06 school year.
   The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 51220.3 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   51220.3.  (a) Commencing with the 2005-06 school year, a school
district may not, when calculating a pupil's grade point average,
assign extra grade weighting to a course that covers a subject
required for admission to the University of California or the
California State University unless the school district submits a
description of the course curriculum to the Office of the President
of the University of California for approval and receives
confirmation from the University of California that it approves the
course for extra grade weighting and includes the course on its list
of honors courses.  A course whose description is submitted to the
University of California for approval would be reviewed through the
university's existing articulation process that awards extra credit
for grade weighting only for courses that provide the depth, breadth,
and rigor that is substantially similar to an advanced placement
course, an entry level college course, or a community college level
course.
   (b) (1) Commencing with the 2005-06 school year, this section
shall apply to pupils in grade 9.
   (2) Commencing with the 2006-07 school year, this section shall
apply to pupils in grades 9 and 10.
   (3) Commencing with the 2007-08 school year, this section shall
apply to pupils in grades 9 to 11, inclusive.
   (4) Commencing with the 2008-09 school year, this section shall
apply to pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to ensure that pupils who are currently enrolled in high
school are not subject to two different methods of calculation of
their grade point averages during their high school years, it is
necessary that this act take effect immediately.