BILL NUMBER: AB 414	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 6, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 14, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Carter

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2011

   An act to add Section 48913.5 to the Education Code, relating to
pupils.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 414, as amended, Carter. Pupils: homework assignments for
suspended pupils.
   (1) Existing law authorizes the teacher of any class from which a
pupil is suspended to require the suspended pupil to complete any
assignments and tests missed during the suspension.
   This bill would additionally require, upon the request of a
parent, legal guardian,  or other person holding the right to
make educational decisions for the pupil,  or the affected
pupil, a teacher to provide appropriate homework  and missed
assignments  to a pupil in any of grades 4 to 8, inclusive, who
has been suspended from school for 3 schooldays or less. Because this
bill would impose new duties on school districts, it would
constitute a state-mandated local program.
   (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that
pupils in grades 4 to 8, inclusive, who are suspended for three
 days   schooldays  or less do not fall
behind in class assignments or homework. It is not the intent of the
Legislature to require teachers to correct classroom assignments or
homework missed while a pupil is suspended or to add any additional
burden on teachers with respect to their workload.
  SEC. 2.  Section 48913.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   48913.5.  Upon the request of a parent, legal guardian, or
other person holding the right to make educational decisions for the
pupil,  or the affected pupil, a teacher shall provide
appropriate homework  and missed assignments  to a pupil in
any of grades 4 to 8, inclusive, who has been suspended from school
for three schooldays or less.
  SEC. 3.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.