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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                           Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair

                                           248 (Oropeza)
          
          Hearing Date:  05/11/2009           Amended: 04/29/2009
          Consultant:  Dan Troy           Policy Vote: ED 8-1
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          BILL SUMMARY:   This bill would require school districts,  
          community colleges, and campuses of the California State  
          University to post the list of rights afforded to pupils under  
          Title IX on the district or campus website and on the entrance  
          to gymnasiums and locker rooms of the schools.  This bill would  
          also request compliance on the part of the University of  
          California.
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                            Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

           Major Provisions         2009-10      2010-11       2011-12     Fund
           Mandate                $250 to $500                     General*
          *Counts toward meeting the Proposition 98 minimum funding  
          guarantee
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          STAFF COMMENTS: This bill meets the criteria for referral to the  
          Suspense File.
          
          Title IX (of the Education Amendments of 1972 to the 1964 Civil  
          Rights Act) prohibits educational programs or activities that  
          receive federal assistance from excluding participation or  
          denying benefits to individuals on the basis of sex.  To  
          demonstrate compliance, schools must meet one of the following  
          three tests:

             1)   Athletic participation is of women and girls is  
               proportionate to enrollment.
             2)   The school has a history of and continuing practice of  
               program expansion for women or girls.
             3)   The school is fully meeting female athletes' interests  
               and abilities in its present athletic program.

          This bill would impose a reimbursable mandate on K-12 and  
          community college districts.  There are over 2,500 junior high  










          and high school sites in the state and 110 community college  
          campuses.  Assuming $100 to $200 per campus/school site for  
          costs associated with compliance with the bill (staff time,  
          costs of posting, printing, etc.), costs for this mandate would  
          range between $250,000 and $500,000, one time.  As state  
          entities, UC and CSU are not eligible to claim mandate  
          reimbursement from the state, though K-12 and community college  
          districts are.