BILL NUMBER: AB 1239	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Solorio

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 2053.4 of the Penal Code, relating to
prisoners.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1239, as introduced, Solorio. Prisoners: prison education
programs.
   Existing law requires the Director of the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation to appoint a Superintendent of
Correctional Education to oversee and administer all prison education
programs.
   This bill would provide, on and after January 1, 2011, that these
long- and short-term goals and priorities, and the progress being
made toward meeting these goals, shall be reported annually by the
Superintendent of Correctional Education to the appropriate
subcommittees of the Assembly Committee on Budget and Senate
Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review so that the progress towards
meeting these goals can be considered and assessed during budget
deliberations beginning in 2011.
   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 2053.4 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   2053.4.  The Director of Corrections  and Rehabilitation 
shall appoint a Superintendent of Correctional Education, who shall
oversee and administer all prison education programs. The
Superintendent of Correctional Education shall set both short-term
and long-term goals for inmate literacy and testing, and shall
establish priorities for prison education programs.  On and after
January 1, 2011, these long- and short-term goals and priorities,
and the progress being made toward   meeting these goals,
shall be reported annually by the Superintendent of Correctional
Education to the appropriate subcommittees of the Assembly Committee
on   Budget and Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review
so that the progress towards meeting these goals can be considered
and assessed during budget deliberations beginning in 2011.