BILL NUMBER: AB 568	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER   918
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   OCTOBER 12, 1997
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   OCTOBER 12, 1997
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 9, 1997
	PASSED THE SENATE   SEPTEMBER 2, 1997
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 28, 1997
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 17, 1997
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 12, 1997
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 16, 1997
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 1, 1997

INTRODUCED BY  Assembly Member Lempert

                        FEBRUARY 25, 1997

   An act to add Section 35258 to the Education Code, relating to
education.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 568, Lempert.  Education:  School Accountability Report Card.
   (1) Existing law requires the governing board of each school
district to develop and cause to be implemented for each school in
the school district a School Accountability Report Card.
   This bill would require each school district that is connected to
the Internet to make the information contained in the School
Accountability Report Card accessible on the Internet on or before
July 1, 1998, and to update the report card information annually.
The bill would make a related legislative finding and declaration and
a statement of legislative intent.
   By imposing additional duties on public schools, this bill would
create a state-mandated local program.
  (2) 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, including the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund
to pay the costs of mandates that do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide
and other procedures for claims whose statewide costs exceed
$1,000,000.
   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.


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


  SECTION 1.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that, although
our state has embraced technology in creating a revolution of growth,
our schools have not kept pace with this technology revolution.
Access to information through the use of technology has become an
integral and crucial part in the decisionmaking processes of
government, industry, and the home.  However, our schools do not
facilitate access to information through one of the most available
information technology mediums, the Internet.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to improve the access of
parents and the community to school-based information.
  SEC. 2.  Section 35258 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   35258.  On or before July 1, 1998, each school district that is
connected to the Internet shall make the information contained in the
School Accountability Report Card developed pursuant to Section
35256 accessible on the Internet.  The School Accountability Report
Card information shall be updated annually.
  SEC. 3.  Notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, 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.  If the statewide cost of the claim for
reimbursement does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000),
reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund.
   Notwithstanding Section 17580 of the Government Code, unless
otherwise specified, the provisions of this act shall become
operative on the same date that the act takes effect pursuant to the
California Constitution.