BILL NUMBER: SB 1144	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wyland

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend Section 33308.5 of the Education Code, relating to
education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1144, as introduced, Wyland. Education.
    Existing law requires that program guidelines issued by the State
Department of Education be designed to serve as a model or example
and prohibits those guidelines from being prescriptive. Existing law
requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to review the
guidelines before they are issued to local educational agencies.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes in these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 33308.5 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   33308.5.  (a) Program guidelines issued by the  State
Department of Education   department  shall be
designed to serve as a model or example, and shall not be
prescriptive. Program guidelines issued by the department shall
include written notification that the guidelines are merely
exemplary, and that compliance with the guidelines is not mandatory.
   (b) The Superintendent  of Public Instruction 
shall review all program guidelines prepared by the  State
Department of Education prior to   department before
 issuance to local  education   educational
 agencies. The  superintendent  
Superintendent  shall approve the proposed guidelines only if he
or she determines that all of the following conditions are met:
   (1) The guidelines are necessary.
   (2) The department has the authority to issue the guidelines.
   (3) The guidelines are clear and appropriately referenced to, and
consistent with, existing statutes and regulations.