BILL NUMBER: SB 312	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Romero

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2009

   An act to add Section 33009.7 to the Education Code, and to add
Section 15491 to the Government Code, relating to public meetings and
hearings.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 312, as introduced, Romero. Public meetings and hearings.
   Existing law establishes the State Board of Education for the
purpose of, among other things, studying the educational conditions
and needs of the state and making plans for the improvement of the
administration and efficiency of the public schools of the state.
Existing law requires that the State Board of Education adhere to
specified requirements relating to meetings and hearings. Existing
law establishes the State Allocation Board, consisting of specified
members and charged with specified duties, including, but not limited
to, determining how bond funds are allocated for public school
construction and modernization projects. Existing law requires the
State Allocation Board to adhere to specified requirements relating
to meetings and hearings.
   This bill would require the State Board of Education and the State
Allocation Board to provide for live video and audio transmission of
all meetings and hearings that are open to the public through a
technology that is accessible to as large a segment of the public as
possible. The bill would require the State Board of Education and the
State Allocation Board to take all reasonable steps to provide for
live video and audio transmission of all meetings and hearings that
are open to the public through cable television, Web cast, and the
K-12 High Speed Network. The State Board of Education and the State
Allocation Board also would be required to consult with the State
Chief Information Officer for the purposes of implementing the
provisions of the bill.
   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 33009.7 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   33009.7.  (a) The state board shall provide for live video and
audio transmission of all board meetings and hearings that are open
to the public through a technology that is accessible to as large a
segment of the public as possible.
   (b) The state board shall take all reasonable steps to provide for
live video and audio transmission of all board meetings and hearings
that are open to the public through the use of all of the following
technologies:
   (1) Cable television.
   (2) Web cast.
   (3) The K-12 High Speed Network, pursuant to paragraph (2) of
subdivision (b) of Section 11800 of the Education Code.
   (c) The state board shall consult with the State Chief Information
Officer for the purposes of implementing this section pursuant to
the duties that the State Chief Information Officer is required to
perform, as described in Section 11545.
  SEC. 2.  Section 15491 is added to the Government Code, to read:
   15491.  (a) The State Allocation Board shall provide for live
video and audio transmission of all board meetings and hearings that
are open to the public through a technology that is accessible to as
large a segment of the public as possible.
   (b) The board shall take all reasonable steps to provide for live
video and audio transmission of all board meetings and hearings that
are open to the public through the use of all of the following
technologies:
   (1) Cable television.
   (2) Web cast.
   (3) The K-12 High Speed Network, pursuant to paragraph (2) of
subdivision (b) of Section 11800.
   (c) The board shall consult with the State Chief Information
Officer for the purposes of implementing this section pursuant to the
duties that the State Chief Information Officer is required to
perform, as described in Section 11545 of the Government Code.