BILL NUMBER: AB 736	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Huber

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to amend Section 52890 of the Education Code, relating to
school-based programs.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 736, as introduced, Huber. School-based programs: school-based
motivation and maintenance program plans.
   Existing law requires school districts and schools that submit a
school-based motivation and maintenance program plan pursuant to
specified provisions of law to include a description of the manner in
which they will utilize outreach consultants. Existing law sets
forth requirements for these outreach consultants, including a
requirement that they possess a Dropout Prevention Specialist
Certificate from a campus of the California State University or that
they enroll in a Dropout Prevention Specialist Certificate program
within 90 days of the date of hire, unless the outreach consultant
was employed on or before January 1, 2004.
   This bill would additionally require that an outreach consultant
who enrolls in a Dropout Prevention Specialist Certificate program
complete that program within 9 months of hire.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 52890 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   52890.  Each school district and school that submits a
school-based motivation and maintenance program plan pursuant to 
former  Article 7 (commencing with Section 54720) of Chapter 9
of Part 29, as that article read on January 1, 2004, shall include in
the plan a description of the manner in which it will utilize
outreach consultants. For purposes of this article, each outreach
consultant, at a minimum, shall do all of the following:
   (a) Possess a Dropout Prevention Specialist Certificate from a
 campus of the  California State University, or enroll in a
Dropout Prevention Specialist Certificate program within 90 days of
the date of hire  and complete that program within nine months of
hire  , except that outreach consultants employed on or before
January 1, 2004, are exempt from this requirement.
   (b) Demonstrate knowledge of local alternative educational
programs and employ those programs to respond to the differential
needs and unique learning styles of pupils.
   (c) Demonstrate knowledge of local community agencies and
community programs to recruit those agencies and programs to assist
in the physical or psychological remediation of pupils.
   (d) Utilize local school programs, options, and opportunities to
assist pupils in locating, securing, or retaining employment.
   (e) Utilize techniques that enhance interpersonal communication,
self-understanding, self-disclosure, and depth-level sharing.
   (f) Employ appropriate methods to create circumstances necessary
so that change is permitted and encouraged in individuals, programs,
and institutions.
   (g) Be responsible for supervising, instructing, conducting
negotiations with, and advising pupils and adults.