BILL NUMBER: AB 747	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Huber

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend Section 51705 of the Education Code, relating to
pupil instruction.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 747, as introduced, Huber. Pupil instruction: online programs.
   Existing law defines an asynchronous interactive instructional
program as a program in which a pupil and teacher interact using
online resources, including, but not limited to, discussion boards,
Internet Web sites, and e-mail.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this
definition.
   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 51705 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   51705.  For purposes of this article, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (a) "Asynchronous interactive instructional program" means a
program in which a pupil and teacher interact using online resources,
including, but not limited to, discussion boards,  Internet
 Web sites, and e-mail. However, the pupil and teacher need not
 necessarily  be online at the same time.
   (b) "Internet" means the global information system that is
logically linked together by a globally unique address space based on
the Internet Protocol (IP), or its subsequent extensions, and that
is able to support communications using the Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) suite, or provides, uses, or
makes accessible, either publicly or privately, high-level services
layered on the communications and related infrastructure described in
this subdivision.