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          SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                             Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
                            2015 - 2016  Regular  Session

          AB 224 (Jones-Sawyer) - Pupils: educational liaison for foster  
          children.
          
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          |Version: April 7, 2015          |Policy Vote: ED. 9 - 0          |
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          |Urgency: No                     |Mandate: Yes                    |
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          |Hearing Date: August 27, 2015   |Consultant: Jillian Kissee      |
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          *********** ANALYSIS ADDENDUM - SUSPENSE FILE ***********
             The following information is revised to reflect amendments 
                     adopted by the committee on August 27, 2015


          Bill  
          Summary:  This bill requires the California Department of  
          Education (CDE) to develop a standardized notice of educational  
          rights of a foster youth and post the notice on its website.  


          Fiscal  
          Impact:  
           Anticipated costs to the CDE between $15,000 and $20,000  
            General Fund for staff time to develop the notice and provide  
            technical assistance to the field.


          Committee  
          Amendments:  Remove additional requirements placed on  
          educational liaisons for foster children related to the  
          dissemination of the notice, thereby eliminating the potential  







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          reimbursable mandate.  Streamline administrative workload by  
          requiring the notice to be available to liaisons for  
          dissemination by posting it on the CDE's website.  Amend to  
          ensure that Chapter 174, Statutes of 2015 is not chaptered out  
          as this bill amends the same section of law.


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