BILL NUMBER: SB 682	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Padilla

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 52377.5 to the Education Code, relating to
individuals with exceptional needs.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 682, as introduced, Padilla. Individuals with exceptional
needs: employment training.
   Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
establish the capacity to provide transition services such as
employment and academic training, strategic planning, interagency
coordination, and parent training for a broad range of individuals
with exceptional needs, including autism spectrum disorders and other
disabilities.
   This bill would authorize each county office of education to
create an educational program to provide employment-related services
to individuals with autism spectrum disorders and other disabilities
or special needs. The bill would require that each program include an
advisory board, and would authorize each program to perform
specified functions, including collaborating with a multipurpose
community designed to offer housing, employment, and recreational
opportunities.
   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 52377.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   52377.5.  Each county office of education may create an
educational program to provide employment-related services to
individuals with autism spectrum disorders and other disabilities or
special needs. A program established pursuant to this section shall
include an advisory board and may do any or all of the following:
   (a) Include mentoring and internship programs with a focus on
employment training and opportunities.
   (b) Provide participants with both the work skills necessary to
exhibit competence on the job and career technical training necessary
for securing employment.
   (c) Collaborate with a multipurpose community designed to offer
housing, employment, and recreational opportunities.