BILL NUMBER: SB 473	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Price

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act relating to pupil dropout.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 473, as introduced, Price. Pupils: dropouts.
   Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
submit to the Governor, the Legislature, and the State Board of
Education, a report called the Annual Report on Dropouts in
California. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that
the report be usable by schools, districts, policymakers,
researchers, parents, and the public, for purposes of identifying and
understanding trends, causal relations, early warning indicators,
and potential points of intervention to address the high rate of
dropouts in California.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would address pupil dropout prevention and recovery.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would address pupil dropout prevention and recovery.