BILL NUMBER: AB 1775	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Furutani

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2010

   An act to amend Section 33120 of the Education Code, relating to
public education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1775, as introduced, Furutani. Public education: Director of
Education.
   Existing law provides that the State Department of Education is
conducted under the control of an executive officer known as the
Director of Education. Existing law provides that the Superintendent
of Public Instruction is ex officio Director of Education. Existing
law authorizes the Director of Education to conduct experimental work
in education through various media, including radio and television.
   This bill would provide that the permissible media for purposes of
that authority also includes the Internet.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 33120 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   33120.  The Director of Education may conduct experimental work in
education through various media, including radio  and
  ,  television  , and the Internet  .