BILL NUMBER: SB 552	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Padilla

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 51220.7 to the Education Code, relating to
schools.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 552, as introduced, Padilla. Schools: adopted course of study:
sciences.
   (1) The adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, is
required to include courses in science, among other areas of study.
That study is required to include the physical and biological aspects
of science.
   This bill would require the adopted course of study in science to
include education in organ procurement and tissue donation that would
be designed to develop a knowledge of the potentially life-saving
achievement involved in registering as an organ and tissue donor. By
requiring school districts to provide organ procurement and tissue
donation instruction, this bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.
   (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 51220.7 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   51220.7.  In addition to the required areas of study in science
specified in subdivision (e) of Section 51220, education on organ
procurement and tissue donation shall be offered and designed to
develop a knowledge of the potentially life-saving achievement
involved in registering as an organ and tissue donor.
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.