BILL NUMBER: AB 900 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 26, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Swanson
FEBRUARY 17, 2011
An act to add Article 8.5 (commencing with Section 32377) to
Chapter 3 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code,
relating to public school campuses.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 900, as amended, Swanson. Public school campuses: recycling and
composting bins.
(1) Existing law requires the Integrated Waste Management Board to
develop and implement a source reduction and recycling program for
school districts that is designed to assist school
districts in establishing and implementing source reduction and
recycling programs and to complement and further prescribed
educational goals and the integrated waste management issues
addressed within the science curriculum framework developed by the
State Board of Education.
Existing law authorizes and encourages school districts to
establish and maintain a paper recycling program in all classrooms,
administrative offices, and other areas owned or leased by the school
district where a significant quantity of wastepaper is generated or
collected. The Integrated Waste Management Board, in conjunction with
the State Department of Education, is required to coordinate the
implementation of this program by providing materials, technical
assistance, and other resources that it deems necessary to aid and
encourage educational agencies to establish paper recycling programs.
This bill would require that, on and after January 1,
2012 , commencing with the 2012-13 school year, a
school district to provide recycling and composting bins
be located on the campus of each public elementary
and secondary school in the state . The
bill would provide that a school district is responsible for
providing the bins that are located on each campus. The
bill would further provide require that
each school district shall determine the number
of bins to be located on a campus on the basis of the size of both
the pupil population and the surface area of that campus.
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. Article 8.5 (commencing with Section 32377) is added to
Chapter 3 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code,
to read:
Article 8.5. Recycling and Composting Bins
32377. On and after January 1, 2012, recycling and composting
bins shall be located on the campus of each public elementary and
secondary school in the state. The school district shall be
responsible for providing the bins that are located on each campus.
Each
32377. (a) Commencing with the 2012-13 school
year, a school district shall provide the following bins on each
elementary and secondary school campus:
(1) Recycling.
(2) Composting, to the extent feasible, including, but not limited
to, the extent to which a collection service is available in the
geographical area of the school, or if a school is able to maintain a
school garden or vermicompost.
(b) Each school district shall
determine the number of bins to be located on a campus on the basis
of the size of both the pupil population and the surface area of that
campus.
SEC. 2. 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.