BILL NUMBER:  AB 2242
  VETOED	DATE: 09/21/2012




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 2242 without my signature.

This bill limits the authority of school officials to suspend a
student for "willful defiance or disruption of school activities."

I cannot support limiting the authority of local school leaders,
especially at a time when budget cuts have greatly increased class
sizes and reduced the number of school personnel. It is important
that teachers and school officials retain broad discretion to manage
and set the tone in the classroom.

The principle of subsidiarity calls for greater, not less, deference
to our elected school boards which are directly accountable to the
citizenry.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.