Amended in Senate April 16, 2013

Senate Bill No. 619

Introduced by Senator Yee

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(Coauthors: Senators Lara and Wyland)

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February 22, 2013

An act to add Section 33319.4 to the Education Code, and to amend Section 19995 of the Government Code, relating to state employees.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 619, as amended, Yee. State employees: training: civics orientation.

Existing law requires the Department of Human Resources (CalHR) to devise plans for and cooperate with appointing powers and other supervising officials in the conduct of employee training programs so that the quality of service rendered by persons in the state civil service may be continually improved.

This bill would require the State Department of Education, on or before January 1, 2015, to develop and make available online a state employee civics orientation on federal and state government. The bill would require private matching funds before any appropriation to the State Department of Education for those purposes is encumbered. The bill would require begin insert , if the orientation is developed, end insert an appointing power or other supervising official for an employee hired, promoted, or reclassified after July 1, 2015, to certify annually to CalHR that the employee has completed that orientation.

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 33319.4 is added to the Education Code,
to read:

33319.4.  

(a) On or before January 1, 2015, the State
Department of Education shall begin insert , to the extent that moneys may be
encumbered pursuant to subdivision (b), end insert develop and make
available online a state employee civics orientation on federal and
state government to facilitate a basic understanding of the
responsibilities and operation of the three branches of government
and the importance of civic engagement. The orientation shall
include practical examples and shall be updated as necessary.

(b) Moneys, or a portion of moneys, appropriated to the State
Department of Education by the Legislature for the development
of the orientation pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be
encumbered unless the total amount encumbered is matched by
private funds. Moneys appropriated that are not matched by private
funds shall revert to the General Fund.

SEC. 2.  

Section 19995 of the Government Code is amended
to read:

19995.  

(a) The department shall devise plans for and cooperate
with appointing powers and other supervising officials in the
conduct of employee training programs so that the quality of
service rendered by persons in the state civil service may be
continually improved.

(b) The appointing power or other supervising official for an
employee hired, promoted, or reclassified after July 1, 2015, using
existing processes and resources, shall begin insert , if the employee training
described in Section 33319.4 of the Education Code is developed, end insert
certify annually to the department that the employee has completed
begin insert this end insert employee training begin delete developed pursuant to Section 33319.4 of
the Education Code end delete .

(c) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the
provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant
to Section 3517.5, the memorandum of understanding shall be
controlling without further legislative action, except that if such
provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the
expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective
unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.