BILL NUMBER: SB 312	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 9, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 26, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 28, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Romero
   (Coauthors: Senators Alquist, Denham, Florez, Hancock, and Runner)


                        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 amended, 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 technologies to be used would include, but not be
limited to, cable  , satellite, over-the-air, or any other type
of transmission that can be accessed through a  television, 
and  Webcast  , or the K-12 High Speed Network
 .  The State Board of Education and the State
Allocation Board would be required to ensure that any Web cast
transmission implemented pursuant to these provisions be transmitted
over and accessed through 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, including, but not limited to, the
use of any of the following technologies:
   (1) Cable  , satellite, over-the-air, or any other type of
transmission that can be accessed through a  television.
   (2) Webcast. 
   (3) The K-12 High Speed Network, pursuant to paragraph (2) of
subdivision (b) of Section 11800.  
   (b) The state board shall ensure that any Web cast transmission
implemented pursuant to subdivision (a) may be transmitted over and
accessed through the K-12 High-Speed Network established pursuant to
paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 11800.  
   (b) 
    (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 of the Government
Code.
  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, including, but not limited
to, the use of any of the following technologies:
   (1) Cable  , satellite, over-the-air, or any other type of
transmission that can be accessed through a  television.
   (2) Webcast. 
   (3) The K-12 High Speed Network, pursuant to paragraph (2) of
subdivision (b) of Section 11800 of the Education Code. 

   (b) The State Allocation Board shall ensure that any Web cast
transmission implemented pursuant to subdivision (a) may be
transmitted over and accessed through the K-12 High-Speed Network
established pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section
11800 of the Education Code.  
   (b) 
    (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.