BILL NUMBER: AB 1967	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  582
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 21, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 24, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 21, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member John A. Pérez
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano, Brownley, Carter, Feuer,
Hall, Hill, Wieckowski, and Williams)
   (Coauthors: Senators Alquist, De León, Lieu, and Simitian)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to add Section 33542 to the Education Code, relating to
pupil instruction.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1967, John A. Pérez. Pupil instruction: health and science
education: organ and tissue donation.
   Existing law requires the Instructional Quality Commission to
recommend curriculum frameworks for adoption by the State Board of
Education in accordance with regulations. Existing law defines
"curriculum framework" as an outline of the components of a given
course of study designed to provide state direction to school
districts in the provision of instructional programs.
   This bill would require the commission and the state board to
ensure that the health and science curriculum frameworks adopted in
the course of the next submission cycle, as specified, include the
subject of organ procurement and tissue donation, as appropriate.


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

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) There are more than 100,000 people on the national organ
transplant waiting list, and more than 21,000, or 21 percent, of
those people live in California.
   (b) Currently only 18 percent of California drivers are designated
as organ or tissue donors.
   (c) Californians who apply for a California driver's license are
asked whether or not they would like to donate their organs and
tissue. It is important, if we are asking that question, that we are
allowing the individual to make an informed decision.
   (d) There is an urgent need to educate the public about organ and
tissue donation.
  SEC. 2.  Section 33542 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   33542.  The commission and the state board shall ensure that the
health and science curriculum frameworks adopted in the course of the
next submission cycle following the date that this section becomes
effective include the subject of organ procurement and tissue
donation, as appropriate.