BILL NUMBER: AB 1120	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Santiago

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 49452 of the Education Code, relating to
pupil health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1120, as introduced, Santiago. Pupil health: sight and hearing
tests.
   Existing law requires the governing board of any school district
to provide for the adequate testing of sight and hearing of each
pupil enrolled in the schools of the district to be given only by
specified persons.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 49452 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   49452.  The governing board of  any   a 
school district shall, subject to Section 49451, provide for the
testing of the sight and hearing of each pupil enrolled in 
the schools   a school  of the  school 
district. The test shall be adequate in nature and shall be given
only by  duly  qualified supervisors of health
employed by the  school  district;  or  by
certificated employees of the  school  district or of the
county superintendent of schools who possess the qualifications
prescribed by the Commission for Teacher Preparation and Licensing;
 or  by contract with an agency  duly
 authorized to perform those services by the county
superintendent of schools of the county in which the  school
 district is located, under guidelines established by the
 State Board of Education;   state board; 
or  by contract with  accredited schools or colleges of
optometry, osteopathic medicine, or medicine. The records of the
tests shall serve as evidence of the need of the pupils for the
educational facilities provided physically handicapped individuals.
The equipment necessary to conduct the tests may be purchased or
rented by governing boards of school districts. The state, any
agency, or political subdivision thereof may sell or rent 
any such  equipment owned by it to the governing board of
 any   a  school district upon terms as may
be mutually agreeable.