BILL NUMBER: SB 725	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  225
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 26, 2015
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 26, 2015
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 24, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 20, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 20, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 18, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 7, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 2, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 28, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hancock
   (Principal coauthors: Senators De León, Leno, and Liu)
   (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Chiu, Thurmond, and Ting)
   (Coauthor: Senator Hertzberg)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Quirk)

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to add Section 60851.1 to the Education Code, relating to
pupil testing, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 725, Hancock. Pupil testing: high school exit examination:
exemption.
   Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction,
with the approval of the State Board of Education, to develop a high
school exit examination in English language arts and mathematics in
accordance with state academic content standards. Existing law
requires, commencing with the 2003-04 school year and each school
year thereafter, each pupil completing grade 12 to successfully pass
the high school exit examination as a condition of receiving a
diploma of graduation or a condition of graduation from high school.
   This bill would provide that the high school exit examination
shall not be required as a condition of receiving a diploma of
graduation or a condition of graduation from high school for a pupil
completing grade 12 in 2015 and who has met all other high school
graduation requirements.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 60851.1 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   60851.1.  Notwithstanding any other law, the high school exit
examination shall not be required as a condition of receiving a
diploma of graduation or a condition of graduation from high school
for a pupil completing grade 12 in 2015 and who has met all other
high school graduation requirements.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to ensure that pupils who have not passed the high school
exit examination but have met all other high school graduation
requirements receive a high school diploma as soon as possible, it is
necessary that this act take effect immediately.