BILL NUMBER: SB 1121	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 25, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 9, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hancock

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2012

   An act to add Section 3021 to the Penal Code, relating to inmates.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1121, as amended, Hancock. Inmates: assessments.
   Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation to conduct assessments of all inmates that include,
but are not limited to, data regarding the inmate's history of
substance abuse, medical and mental health, education, family
background, criminal activity, and social functioning. Existing law
requires these assessments to be used to place inmates in programs
that will aid reentry to society and will most likely reduce the
inmate's chances of reoffending.
   This bill would require the  presence   in
  put  of a credentialed teacher, vice principal, or
principal at all meetings relating to academic or vocational
education program placement of an inmate,  as specified, and
would make attendance at those meetings part of the assigned duties
of a credentialed teacher, vice principal, or principal who is
employed by the department and who assigns inmates to those programs
  including, but not limited to,   interviewing
the inmate, verifying the inmate's education records and test
scores, or being present at meetings relating to the academic or
vocational education program placement  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 3021 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   3021.  (a) A credentialed teacher, vice principal, or principal
shall  be present at all meetings   provide
input  relating to the academic or vocational education program
placement of an inmate pursuant to Section 3375 of Title 15 of the
California Code of Regulations  , including, but not limited to,
interviewing the inmate, verifying the inmate's education records and
test scores, or being present at meetings relating to the academic
or vocational education program placement  . 
   (b) Attendance at these meetings shall be made part of the
assigned duties of a credentialed teacher, vice principal, or
principal who is employed by the department and who assigns inmates
to programs pursuant to this article.