BILL NUMBER: SB 552	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 12, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Padilla

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 51882 to the Education Code, relating to
schools.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 552, as amended, Padilla. Schools: health education. 
   (1) The 
    The  Comprehensive Health Education Act of 1977 requires
the State Department of Education to prepare and distribute to
school districts guidelines for the preparation of comprehensive
health education plans, and, in cooperation with county offices of
education that desire to participate, to assist school districts in
developing comprehensive health education plans and programs.
   This bill would require school districts  to 
 that  offer  health classes to  grade 9 or 10
pupils  who are enrolled in health classes   to
provide  at least 15 minutes of instruction on organ procurement
and tissue donation that would be designed to develop a knowledge of
the potentially life-saving achievement involved in organ and tissue
transplantation.  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
  no  . State-mandated local program:  yes
  no  .


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

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
   (a) There are more than 100,000 people on the national organ
transplant waiting list, and more than 21,000, or 21 percent, of
those people live in California.
   (b) Currently only 18 percent of California drivers are designated
as organ or tissue donors.
   (c) Californians who apply for a California drivers license are
asked whether or not they would like to donate their organs and
tissue. It is important that, if we are asking that question, we are
allowing the individual to make an informed decision.
   (d) There is an urgent need to educate the public about organ and
tissue donation.
  SEC. 2.  Section 51882 is added to the Education Code, to read:

   51882.  A school district shall offer grade 9 or 10 pupils who are
enrolled in health classes 
    51882.   Commencing with the 2010-11 school year, a
school district that elects to offer health classes to grade 9 or 10
pupils shall offer  at least 15 minutes of instruction on organ
procurement and tissue donation designed to develop a knowledge of
the potentially life-saving achievement involved in organ and tissue
transplantation. Nonprofit organizations, including among others,
Donate Life California, shall provide school districts with the
information that will be provided through the instruction required
pursuant to this section. 
  SEC. 3.    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.