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                                                                  SB 509
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          Date of Hearing:   August 19, 2009

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Kevin De Leon, Chair

           SB 509 (Committee on Education) - As Amended:  August 17, 2009 

          Policy Committee:                             Education  
          Vote:10-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill is the annual education omnibus bill to correct  
          technical errors in statute, update cross references and delete  
          obsolete references, including the following:  

          1)Changes the name of the Joint Powers Central County  
            Occupational Center, which is obsolete, to its correct name:  
            the Metropolitan Education District, a joint powers authority.  


          2)Deletes statute prohibiting charter schools from submitting  
            data revisions to the State Department of Education (SDE) for  
            funding purposes.  This measure will make the submission of  
            data easier for charter schools.  

          3)Corrects chaptering out issues related to SB 1251 (Steinberg),  
            Chapter 710, Statutes of 2008, which established a fifth year  
            and sixth year graduation rate calculation and provided  
            partial credit for pupils who graduate during this time period  
            for purposes of the Academic Performance Index.

          4)Corrects chaptering out issues related to SB 512 (Committee on  
            Education), Chapter 53, Statutes of 2009, which deletes  
            inaccurate and outdated code references regarding teacher  
            certification and other teacher issues.  

          5)Deletes reference to inoperative programs, including the  
            Golden State Examination and the pre-internship program, and  
            code sections, as specified.  This measure also deletes an  
            inoperative date language related to the payments of Deferred  
            Maintenance program funds.    








                                                                  SB 509
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           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible state fiscal effect to implement this measure.  

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  .  This bill, sponsored by SDE, is the annual education  
          omnibus bill to correct errors, resolve conflicts, delete  
          obsolete references, and make other non-controversial changes.  
          By tradition, objection to a provision from the SDE, Department  
          of Finance (DOF), or any of the four legislative caucuses  
          prevents that provision from being included in the bill. The  
          provisions contained in this bill meet the requirements set  
          forth for an omnibus bill. 

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Kimberly Rodriguez / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081