Amended in Senate March 31, 2016

Senate Bill No. 1068

Introduced by Senator Leyva

February 16, 2016

An act to amend Section 48852.5 of the Education Code, relating to homeless children and youths.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 1068, as amended, Leyva. Homeless children and youth: local educational agency liaisons: training materials.

Existing law requires a local educational agency liaison for homeless children and youths to ensure that public notice of the educational rights of homeless children and youths is disseminated in schools, as specified.

This bill would require the State Department of Education to provide begin insert specified informational and end insert training materials to local educational agency liaisons for homeless children and begin delete youths regarding end delete begin insert youths, including informational materials on end insert the educational rights of homeless children and youths and the resources available to schools to assist homeless children and youths. begin insert The bill would require the department to adopt policies and practices to ensure that local educational agency liaisons for homeless children and youths participate in professional development and other technical assistance programs deemed appropriate by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. end insert

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 48852.5 of the Education Code is
amended to read:

48852.5.  

(a) Pursuant to the federal McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11301 et seq.), a local
educational agency liaison for homeless children and youths
designated pursuant to Section 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii) of Title 42 of
the United States Code, shall ensure that public notice of the
educational rights of homeless children and youths is disseminated
in schools within the liaison’s local educational agency that provide
services pursuant to the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11301 et seq.).

(b) The department shall provide begin delete training end delete begin insert informational end insert
materials to local educational agency liaisons for homeless children
and youths regarding the educational rights of homeless children
and youths begin insert under state and federal law, updates and changes to
state and federal law regarding the rights of homeless students,
the responsibilities of local educational agency liaisons relating
to homeless children and youths, end insert and the resources available to
schools to assist homeless children and youths.

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(c) The department shall provide training materials to local
educational agency liaisons for homeless children and youths to
assist liaisons with providing professional development and other
support to school personnel providing services pursuant to the
federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. These materials
are intended to support liaisons in meeting the requirements of
the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, as specified in Section
11432(g)(6)(A)(ix) of Title 42 of the United States Code.

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(d) The department may use and adapt informational and
training materials from state or national sources when applicable
and appropriate.

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(e) The department shall adopt policies and practices to ensure
that local educational agency liaisons for homeless children and
youths participate in professional development and other technical
assistance programs that are deemed appropriate by the
Superintendent in accordance with the federal Every Student
Succeeds Act, as specified in Section 11432(g)(1)(J)(iv) of Title
42 of the United States Code.

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(c)

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begin insert (f) end insert  For purposes of this section, “homeless children and youths”
is defined in Section 11434a(2) of Title 42 of the United States
Code.