BILL NUMBER: AB 1876	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Torlakson

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2010

   An act to amend Section 8483.4 of the Education Code, relating to
school volunteers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1876, as introduced, Torlakson. Education: After school
Education and Safety Program: volunteers.
   Existing law establishes the After School Education and Safety
Program for public and charter schools to create incentives for
establishing before and after school enrichment programs that partner
schools and communities to provide academic and literacy support and
safe, constructive alternatives for youth.
   Existing law requires the administrator of every program to
establish minimum qualifications for each staff position and to
maintain specified staffing ratios. All program staff and volunteers
are subject to the health screening and fingerprint clearance
requirements for school personnel and volunteers in the school
district.
   This bill would provide that volunteers may be used to conduct
non-supervisorial duties in these after school programs.
   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 8483.4 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   8483.4.   (a)    The administrator of every
program established pursuant to this article shall establish minimum
qualifications for each staff position that, at a minimum, ensure
that all staff members who directly supervise pupils meet the minimum
qualifications for an instructional aide, pursuant to the policies
of the school district. Selection of the program site supervisors
shall be subject to the approval of the schoolsite principal. The
administrator shall also ensure that the program maintains a
pupil-to-staff member ratio of no more than 20 to 1.  All
  This section does not prohibit a grantee pursuant to
this article from using volunteers to conduct non-supervisorial
duties in a program. 
    (b)     All  program staff and
volunteers shall be subject to the health screening and fingerprint
clearance requirements in current law and district policy for school
personnel and volunteers in the school district.