BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 2659 Page 1 Date of Hearing: May 18, 2016 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Lorena Gonzalez, Chair AB 2659 (Committee on Education) - As Amended April 25, 2016 ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Policy |Education |Vote:|7 - 0 | |Committee: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No SUMMARY: This omnibus education bill makes technical and non-controversial revisions to the Education Code. Specifically, this bill: 1)Repeals several California Department of Education (CDE) reporting requirements that are either outdated or the information can be provided upon request. 2)Requires meetings of district and county parent advisory committees, established to provide advice on the development AB 2659 Page 2 of the local control and accountability plan, to be open to the public and to comply notice requirements, as specified. 3)Strikes "unexcused" absences to allow Saturday or Sunday classes to receive apportionment credit for makeup classes for any absences and not just unexcused absences. 4)Strikes various obsolete code sections and makes other technical corrections to the Education Code. FISCAL EFFECT: Negligible state fiscal impact. COMMENTS: This bill is the annual K-12 education clean-up bill that makes various non-controversial revisions to the Education Code. The majority of the provisions were identified by the California Department of Education and make technical corrections to the statute, such as correcting a section citation or striking obsolete language. By tradition, objection to any provision by the agency affected, the Department of Finance, or any of the four legislative caucuses prevents that provision from being included in this bill. Analysis Prepared by:Misty Feusahrens / APPR. / (916) 319-2081 AB 2659 Page 3