BILL NUMBER: SB 1137	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 3, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 16, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 10, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Huff

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2012

   An act to amend Section 33195 of the Education Code, relating to
heritage schools.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1137, Huff. Heritage schools: electronic registration form.
   Existing law requires every person, firm, association,
partnership, or corporation operating a heritage school, as defined,
to annually file an electronic registration form, under penalty of
perjury, with the Superintendent of Public Instruction that includes,
among other things, the address, including city and street, of every
place of doing business of the person, firm, association,
partnership, or corporation within the state. Existing law
authorizes, whenever 2 or more heritage schools are under the
effective control or supervision of a single administrative unit, the
filing of one electronic registration form by the administrative
unit on behalf of each of the schools under its control or
supervision.
   This bill would instead require the electronic registration form
to include the address, including city and street, of the location at
which the heritage school delivers services to pupils. The bill
would also require the electronic registration form to include an
acknowledgment that the director of a heritage school and all
employees are mandated reporters and subject to the requirements
established by the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act, and
certification that (1) the employer is aware that it is encouraged to
provide its employees with training in the duties imposed by the
Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act, (2) employees have signed a
statement provided by the employer that the employees have knowledge
of the act and will comply with its provisions, and (3) employees
have been notified by the employer of their reporting obligations and
confidentiality rights pursuant to a specified provision. The bill
would instead require, if 2 or more heritage schools are under the
effective control of a single administrative unit, the administrative
unit to submit an electronic registration form on behalf of every
heritage school under its effective control or supervision.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 33195 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   33195.  (a) Every person, firm, association, partnership, or
corporation operating a heritage school as defined in Section 33195.4
shall, between the 1st and 31st day of January of each year,
commencing on January 1, 2011, file with the Superintendent an
electronic registration form, under penalty of perjury, by the owner
or other head setting forth the following information for the current
year:
   (1) All names, whether real or fictitious, of the person, firm,
association, partnership, or corporation under which it has done and
is doing business.
   (2) The address, including city and street, of the location at
which the heritage school delivers services to pupils.
   (3) The names and addresses, including city and street, of the
directors, if any, and principal officers of the person, firm,
association, partnership, or corporation.
   (4) The school enrollment, by grade span, number of teachers, and
coeducational or enrollment limited to boys or girls.
   (5) That the following records are maintained at the address
stated, and are true and accurate:
   (A) The courses of study offered by the institution.
   (B) The names and addresses, including city and street, of its
faculty, together with a record of the educational qualifications of
each faculty member.
   (6) Criminal record summary information that has been obtained
pursuant to Section 44237.
   (7) The heritage school telephone number.
   (8) Acknowledgment that the director of the heritage school and
all employees are mandated reporters and subject to the requirements
established by the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (Article 2.5
(commencing with Section 11164) of Chapter 2 of Title 1 of Part 4 of
the Penal Code) and, consistent with that act, certification that:
   (A) The employer is aware that it is encouraged to provide its
employees with training in the duties imposed by the act.
   (B) Employees have signed a statement provided by the employer
that the employees have knowledge of the act and will comply with its
provisions.
   (C) Employees have been notified by the employer of their
reporting obligations and confidentiality rights, pursuant to Section
11165.9 of the Penal Code.
   (b) If two or more heritage schools are under the effective
control or supervision of a single administrative unit, the
administrative unit shall comply with the provisions of this section
by submitting an electronic registration form on behalf of every
heritage school under its effective control or supervision.
   (c) Filing pursuant to this section shall not be interpreted to
mean, and it shall be unlawful for a school to expressly or impliedly
represent, that the State of California, the Superintendent, the
state board, the department, or a division or bureau of the
department, or an accrediting agency has made an evaluation,
recognition, approval, or endorsement of the school or course, unless
this is an actual fact.
   (d) Filing pursuant to this section does not grant a heritage
school a right to receive state funding.