BILL NUMBER: AB 1019	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ammiano

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 2053.4 of the Penal Code, relating to
state prisons.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1019, as introduced, Ammiano. State prisons: correctional
education and vocational training.
   Existing law requires the Secretary of the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation to appoint a Superintendent of
Correctional Education to oversee and administer all prison education
programs, set long-term and short-term goals for inmate literacy and
testing, and establish priorities for prison education.
   This bill would also require goals for vocational education to be
set by the Superintendent of Correctional Education.
   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 2053.4 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   2053.4.  The  Director of Corrections  
Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 
shall appoint a Superintendent of Correctional Education, who shall
oversee and administer all prison education programs. The
Superintendent of Correctional Education shall set both short-term
and long-term goals for inmate literacy and testing  and
vocational education programs  , and shall establish priorities
for prison    academic and vocational  education
programs.