BILL NUMBER: SB 500	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hancock

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act relating to partnership academies.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 500, as introduced, Hancock. Partnership academies.
   Existing law provides for the establishment of partnership
academies for pupils at risk of dropping out of school by
participating school districts that meet specified eligibility
requirements, and requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction
to issue grants to school districts for planning, establishing, and
maintaining the partnership academies.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would enhance and expand the number of partnership
academies.
   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 enhance and expand the number of partnership
academies.