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                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
                              Gloria Romero, Chair
                           2009-2010 Regular Session
                                        

          BILL NO:       SB 509
          AUTHOR:        Committee on Education
          AMENDED:       April 27, 2009
          FISCAL COMM:   No             HEARING DATE:  April 29, 2009
          URGENCY:       No             CONSULTANT:    James Wilson

           SUBJECT  :  Education  
          
           SUMMARY  

          This bill corrects technical errors and oversights, and  
          makes numerous non-controversial and conforming changes to  
          various provisions of the Education Code.

           BACKGROUND  

          This bill is the annual Education Code clean up  
          legislation, sponsored by the California Department of  
          Education, that makes various non-controversial revisions  
          to statute. This education omnibus bill corrects errors,  
          resolves conflicts, and deletes obsolete references. 

          By tradition, objection to any provision by the Department  
          of Education, the Department of Finance, or any of the four  
          legislative caucuses prevents that provision from being  
          included in this bill.

           ANALYSIS
           
           This bill  corrects technical errors and oversights, and  
          makes numerous non-controversial and conforming changes to  
          various provisions of the Education Code.  Specifically,  
          this bill:

          1)   Corrects a reference to a Regional Occupational Center  
               that recently changed its name to the Metropolitan  
               Education District. (Amend Education Code Section  
               17592.5).

          2)   Corrects a reference to the teacher credentialing  
               agency from its old name of Commission on Teacher  




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               Preparation and Licensing to the current name: the  
               Commission on Teacher Credentialing (Amend Education  
               Code Section 52165).
           
           SUPPORT  

          None received.

           OPPOSITION

           None received.