BILL NUMBER: AB 685	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Davis

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to add 17070.54 to the Education Code, relating to school
facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 685, as introduced, Davis. School facilities: compliance with
Title IX.
   Existing law, known as the Leroy Greene School Facilities Act of
1998, requires the State Allocation Board to allocate to applicant
school districts state funding for the construction and modernization
of school facilities, provided that the school districts demonstrate
eligibility for this funding by complying with various requirements.
The State Department of Education has specified responsibilities in
the process of determining whether a project proposed for funding
complies with pertinent requirements.
   Existing federal law generally prohibits any person from being
excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or subjected
to discrimination under, any education program or activity receiving
federal financial assistance.
   This bill would require the School Facilities Planning Division of
the State Department of Education to include, as part of its review
of an application for new construction plan approval, a determination
of whether the proposed project would comply with the provision of
federal law described above.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 17070.54 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   17070.54.  The School Facilities Planning Division of the State
Department of Education shall include, as part of its review of an
application for new construction plan approval, a determination of
whether the proposed project would comply with Title IX of the
Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1681 et seq.).