BILL NUMBER: AB 1244	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Block

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act relating to reentry.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1244, as introduced, Block. Reentry.
   Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation to provide various education, drug treatment, and
skills training to inmates and parolees. Existing law requires the
establishment of a Reentry Advisory Committee to advise the secretary
on all matters related to the successful statewide planning,
implementation, and outcomes of all reentry programs and services
provided by the department.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would promote the reentry of former offenders into
society by ensuring that they have basic skills.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would promote the reentry of former offenders into
society by ensuring that they have basic skills.