BILL NUMBER: AB 2202 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 402
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 20, 2012
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 22, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 13, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 6, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 12, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 25, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 20, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Block
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
An act to amend Section 49704 of the Education Code, relating to
the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military
Children.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2202, Block. Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for
Military Children: task force: State Council.
Existing law ratifies the Interstate Compact on Educational
Opportunity for Military Children to, among other things, facilitate
the enrollment, placement, advancement, and transfer of the academic
records of the children of military families for the purpose of
removing barriers to their educational success due to the frequent
moves and deployment of their parents. The compact establishes the
Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military
Children ("Interstate Commission") to, among other things, provide
for dispute resolution among member states, promulgate rules, and
take other actions necessary for the administration of the compact.
The compact requires each member state to establish a State Council
or to use an existing body or board to provide for the coordination
among its agencies of government, local educational agencies, and
military installations concerning the state's participation in, and
compliance with, the compact and activities of the Interstate
Commission. Existing law authorizes the establishment, and specifies
the membership, of the State Council in California.
Existing law, until January 1, 2013, requires the Superintendent
of Public Instruction to reconvene a task force initially convened
pursuant to a provision of existing law to review and make
recommendations regarding the Interstate Compact on Educational
Opportunity for Military Children. Existing law requires this task
force to be reconvened on or after July 1, 2012, and on or before
September 1, 2012, and to issue a final report of findings and
conclusions on prescribed topics to the appropriate policy and fiscal
committees of both houses of the Legislature no later than December
1, 2012.
This bill would authorize the Superintendent to convene the State
Council to complete the work of the task force if the Superintendent
finds it infeasible or impractical to reconvene the task force with
its original membership. The bill also would require the final report
to be submitted no later than December 1, 2013, and would extend the
effective date of provisions regarding the task force and the State
Council and their duties to January 1, 2014.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 49704 of the Education Code is amended to read:
49704. (a) (1) On or after July 1, 2012, and on or before
September 1, 2012, the Superintendent shall reconvene, with its
original membership to the extent possible, the task force that was
convened pursuant to Section 2 of Chapter 589 of the Statutes of 2008
for the purpose of reviewing and making recommendations regarding
the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military
Children.
(2) If the Superintendent finds it infeasible or impractical to
reconvene the task force with its original membership, the
Superintendent may convene the State Council, pursuant to paragraph
(1) of subdivision (A) of Article VIII of Section 49701, in place of
the task force, to complete the work of the task force in accordance
with the timeline in subdivision (e).
(3) If the State Council assumes the duties of the task force
pursuant to paragraph (2), the membership of the State Council
pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (A) of Article VIII of
Section 49701 shall replace the membership of the task force that was
required pursuant to Section 2 of Chapter 589 of the Statutes of
2008.
(b) The reconvened task force or the State Council convened
pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) also shall include the
military family education liaison and the compact commissioner if the
individuals serving in those roles were not members of the original
task force.
(c) The reconvened task force or the State Council convened
pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) shall review the impact
of the compact on California, its school districts and its pupils,
and issue a final report regarding these impacts that includes, at a
minimum, all of the following:
(1) The impacts on children of military families.
(2) The impacts on pupils who are not children of military
families.
(3) The impacts on schools and school districts.
(4) The nature of interactions between California school districts
and education agencies in other states.
(5) The nature of interactions between California, its schools and
school districts, and the Interstate Commission on Educational
Opportunity for Military Children.
(6) The extent and content of any regulatory or rulemaking actions
taken by the Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for
Military Children.
(7) The extent to which decisions made by the Interstate
Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children have
overridden or been in conflict with California law.
(8) Any unintended and unanticipated consequences to California,
or its pupils, schools, or school districts, resulting from entering
into this compact.
(9) Any costs to the state or to school districts, either as
direct costs or as reimbursements of state-mandated local costs.
(d) A member of the task force or a member of the State Council
convened pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) is subject to
each of the following requirements:
(1) He or she may use teleconferencing, telephone conferencing, or
both.
(2) He or she shall not receive compensation for his or her
services as a member of the task force or State Council or
reimbursement for expenses for this purpose.
(e) A final report of findings and conclusions, including any
recommendations for legislative action, if necessary, shall be
submitted to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of both
houses of the Legislature no later than December 1, 2013. The report
shall be concise and may be produced and submitted solely in
electronic format.
(f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends
that date.