BILL NUMBER: AB 1126	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Rendon

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to add Section 17583 to the Education Code, relating to
school facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1126, as introduced, Rendon. School facilities: heating,
ventilation, and air conditioning: posting of inspection reports.
   Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and
secondary schools in this state, and authorizes local educational
agencies throughout the state to operate schools and provide
instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
Existing regulations require schools to have their heating,
ventilation, and air conditioning systems inspected at least
annually.
   This bill would require each public school maintaining
kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to post a copy of
any heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system inspection
report on its Internet Web site and on the Internet Web site of its
school district or county office of education, as applicable. The
bill would also state related findings and declarations of the
Legislature. By imposing additional duties on local educational
agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) Many pupils and staff members in California's public schools
have a variety of respiratory illnesses such as asthma.
   (b) Many schools are located in agricultural areas, industrial
areas, or areas that have an unsafe level of air pollution.
   (c) Many pupils and staff learn and work in portable classrooms or
offices that are extremely vulnerable to rot, mold, and other
airborne pathogens.
   (d) California's public schools are required to have an annual
inspection of their heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
systems.
   (e) California's public schools are authorized to reserve funding
for facility repairs as a condition of participating in the school
facilities program under existing law.
   (f) The documentation of these inspections is often not easily
available for review by staff, parents, or pupils to make sure that
the inspections are being carried out in accordance with existing
law.
  SEC. 2.  Section 17583 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   17583.  Each public school maintaining kindergarten or any of
grades 1 to 12, inclusive, shall post a copy of any heating,
ventilation, and air conditioning system inspection report on its
Internet Web site and on the Internet Web site of its school district
or county office of education, as applicable.
  SEC. 3.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.