BILL NUMBER: AB 2310	CHAPTERED  07/12/02

	CHAPTER  163
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 12, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 11, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 27, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 16, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chu

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2002

   An act to amend Sections 51421, 51422, and 51424 of the Education
Code, relating to high school equivalency certificates.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2310, Chu.  High school equivalency certificates.
   Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
issue a California high school equivalency certificate and an
official score report, or an official score report only, to any
person who has not completed high school and who meets certain
specified requirements.  Existing law requires that applications for
a California high school equivalency certificate and official score
report be submitted by each test center following each examinee's
completion of all or a portion of the five tests comprising the
general educational development test battery.
   This bill would delete the requirement that applications for a
California high school equivalency certificate and official score
report be submitted by each test center following each examinee's
completion of all or a portion of the five tests comprising the
general educational development test.  The bill would instead require
that fee to be submitted when registering for the test.  The bill
would require each scoring contractor to provide the superintendent
with a set of results for each examinee who has taken that test, and
would make other, conforming changes in related provisions.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 51421 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   51421.  (a) The superintendent may charge a one-time only fee,
established by the State Board of Education, to be submitted by an
examinee when registering for the test sufficient in an amount not
greater than the amount required to pay the cost of administering
this article and for the cost of providing all followup services
related to the completion of the general educational development
test.  The amount of each fee may not exceed twenty dollars ($20) per
person.
   (b) The examinee shall be responsible for submitting to the
Superintendent of Public Instruction all subsequent requests for
duplicate copies of the California high school equivalency
certificate and all requests to forward reports of the results of the
applicant's general educational development test to postsecondary
educational institutions.
  SEC. 2.  Section 51422 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   51422.  Each scoring contractor shall provide the Superintendent
of Public Instruction with a set of results for each examinee who has
taken all or a portion of the general educational development test.
Each scoring contractor shall forward to the superintendent the fee
established pursuant to Section 51421 for each  examinee who has
taken the general educational development test.
  SEC. 3.  Section 51424 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   51424.  The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall keep a
permanent record of California high school equivalency certificates
issued pursuant to this article.