BILL NUMBER: AB 458	CHAPTERED  10/01/01

	CHAPTER  386
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 1, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 29, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 4, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 30, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 27, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 20, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 5, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 16, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Rod Pacheco and Bogh

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2001

   An act to add Section 51220.3 to the Education Code, relating to
instructional programs.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 458, Rod Pacheco.  Honors courses.
   Existing law requires the governing board of every school district
to enforce in its schools the courses of study and the use of
textbooks and other instructional materials prescribed by the proper
authority.
   This bill would prohibit 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.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 51220.3 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   51220.3.  A school district shall 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.