BILL NUMBER: SB 1637	CHAPTERED  09/28/08

	CHAPTER  530
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 28, 2008
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 28, 2008
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 12, 2008
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 30, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Torlakson
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Soto)

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2008

   An act to amend Section 51874 of the Education Code, relating to
the California Technology Assistance Project.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1637, Torlakson. The California Technology Assistance Project.
   Existing law creates the California Technology Assistance Project
administered by the State Department of Education to provide a
regionalized network of technical assistance to schools and school
districts on the implementation of education technology. The
California Technology Assistance Project is composed of regional
consortia that work collaboratively with school districts and county
offices of education to meet locally defined educational needs that
can be effectively addressed with the use of technology. Existing law
requires the State Board of Education to award grants to fund a
school district or county office of education in each region of the
California Technology Assistance Project to act as the lead agency to
administer the services of that region. Under existing law, these
provisions remain in effect only until January 1, 2009.
   This bill would instead provide that these provisions would remain
in effect until January 1, 2014.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 51874 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   51874.  Sections 51871, 51872, 51873, this section, and the
heading of this article shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2014, and as of that date are repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends
that date.