BILL NUMBER: AB 496	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  664
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 9, 2015
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 9, 2015
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 31, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 24, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 28, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 4, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Rendon

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2015

   An act to add Section 38086.1 to the Education Code, relating to
pupil nutrition.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 496, Rendon. Pupil nutrition: fresh drinking water: funding.
   Existing law requires a school district to provide access to free,
fresh drinking water during meal times in the food service areas of
the schools under its jurisdiction, unless the governing board of the
school district adopts a resolution stating that it is unable to
comply with that requirement, as specified.
   This bill would authorize the State Department of Education to
receive funds transferred from available state and federal sources,
to be allocated to school districts for purposes of complying with
the requirement for providing access to drinking water specified
above, and would require the department to consult with specified
state agencies, including the State Water Resources Control Board, to
identify available sources of funding for school water quality and
infrastructure and to post that information on the department's
Internet Web site. The bill would authorize school districts to use
those funds for water quality projects, including, but not limited
to, water treatment, water facilities restructuring, water filling
stations, and maintenance of water facilities, subject to all laws,
guidelines, policies, and criteria applicable to the funds.


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

  SECTION 1.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (1) Recent studies show that unsafe drinking water plagues school
water systems at a startling rate.
   (2) Some schools have sealed pipes and turned off drinking
fountains due to lead piping and other water system contaminants.
   (3) Limited funding and a growing list of needs to rebuild school
infrastructure causes the need for clean drinking water to fall by
the wayside.
   (4) Schools need a one-stop shop where information and funding is
available for clean drinking water programs.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to build public confidence
in our state's water systems, and to ensure that schools serving our
children have clean water available to pupils at all times.
  SEC. 2.  Section 38086.1 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   38086.1.  (a) The department may receive funds transferred from
any available state and federal source, to be allocated by the
department to school districts for the purpose of complying with the
requirements of Section 38086.
   (b) Subject to all laws, guidelines, policies, and criteria
applicable to the funds, school districts may use funds received
pursuant to subdivision (a) for water quality projects, including,
but not limited to, water treatment, water facilities restructuring,
water filling stations, and maintenance of water facilities.
   (c) The department shall do both of the following:
   (1) Consult with the State Department of Public Health, the
Department of Water Resources, and the State Water Resources Control
Board to identify available sources of funding, including, but not
limited to, funding from Proposition 1, approved by the voters at the
November 4, 2014, statewide general election, funds for safe
drinking water programs administered by the department, the State
Department of Public Health, the Department of Water Resources, and
the State Water Resources Control Board, other state funding, and
federal funding available to fund school water quality and
infrastructure.
   (2) Post the information collected pursuant to paragraph (1) on
the department's Internet Web site.
   (d) Nothing in this section or Section 38086 affects criteria
established by the State Water Resources Control Board for funds and
funding programs administered by the State Water Resources Control
Board.