BILL NUMBER: AB 774	CHAPTERED  07/21/03

	CHAPTER  72
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 21, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 21, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 3, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 30, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 18, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 5, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wiggins

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2003

   An act to amend Section 46144 of the Education Code, relating to
vocational education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 774, Wiggins.  Vocational Education.
   Existing law requires the minimum day in specified vocational
education programs to consist of 4 periods totaling at least 180
minutes in duration.
   This bill would additionally provide that for a pupil who attends
a school, as specified, in which the regularly scheduled period is
greater than 60 minutes in length, the minimum day is one or more
periods totaling at least 180 minutes in duration.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 46144 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   46144.  The minimum day in a special day or a Saturday vocational
training program and for a pupil enrolled in a work experience
education program approved under Article 7 (commencing with Section
51760) of Chapter 5 of Part 28, except for a pupil enrolled in a
continuation school or class pursuant to Section 48402, is four
periods totaling at least 180 minutes in duration, except that for a
pupil in an approved work experience program who attends a school,
other than a continuation school or class, in which the regularly
scheduled period is greater than 60 minutes in length, the minimum
day is one or more periods totaling at least 180 minutes in duration.