BILL NUMBER: AB 648	CHAPTERED  09/17/03

	CHAPTER  386
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 17, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 16, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 8, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 4, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 2, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 9, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 23, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dymally
   (Coauthor:  Senator Vincent)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2003

   An act to add and repeal Article 7 (commencing with Section 33600)
of Chapter 4 of Part 20 of the Education Code, relating to
commissions.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 648, Dymally.  Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Advisory
Commission.
   Existing law establishes various state educational commissions.
   This bill would establish the Brown v. Board of Education of
Topeka Advisory Commission in the State Department of Education and
would specify the membership of the commission.  The bill would, in
addition, require the commission to develop community and educational
awareness programs to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the United
States Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of
Topeka only after the Department of Finance determines that private
donations sufficient to fund those programs have been deposited with
the state.
   The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2006.


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


  SECTION 1.  Article 7 (commencing with Section 33600) is added to
Chapter 4 of Part 20 of the Education Code, to read:

      Article 7.  Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Advisory
Commission

   33600.  The Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Advisory
Commission is established in the department.
   33601.  The Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Advisory
Commission shall consist of two members appointed by the Senate
Committee on Rules, two members appointed by the Speaker of the
Assembly, and five members appointed by the Governor.  At least one
of the members appointed by the Governor shall be chosen from a
national civil rights organization, and one of the members appointed
by the Governor shall represent the department.  The nine appointed
members shall be broadly reflective of the general public of the
state.
   33603.  (a) The commission, during the 2004-05 school year, shall
develop community and educational awareness programs to commemorate
the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board
of Education of Topeka (1954) 347 U.S. 483, only after a
determination is made by the Department of Finance that private
donations in an amount sufficient to fund those programs have been
deposited with the state.
   33604.  The members of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Advisory Commission shall serve without compensation, and no public
funds may be used to compensate the members for expenses.
   33605.  This article shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2006, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2006, deletes or extends
that date.