BILL NUMBER:  AB 203
  VETOED	DATE: 10/08/2011




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 203 without my signature.

This bill makes significant changes to the petition process contained
in the Parent Empowerment Act of 2010.

The State Board of Education has spent the past year engaged in a
lengthy, contentious process to reach consensus among a diverse group
of stakeholders.  The result is a set of regulations that received
unanimous support and address many of the changes proposed by this
bill.

I believe that these regulations should have a chance to be
implemented and tested by local districts before considering any
further modifications.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.