BILL NUMBER: AB 2202 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 12, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 25, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 20, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Block
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
An act to amend Section 49704 of the Education Code,
relating to postsecondary education the
Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2202, as amended, Block. Postsecondary education:
expanding access. Interstate Compact on Educational
Opportunity for Military Children: task force.
Existing law ratifies the Interstate Compact on Educational
Opportunity for Military Children to, among other things, facilitate
the enrollment, placement, advancement, and transfer of the academic
records of the children of military families for the purpose of
removing barriers to their educational success due to the frequent
moves and deployment of their parents. The compact establishes the
Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military
Children to, among other things, provide for dispute resolution among
member states, promulgate rules, and take other actions necessary
for the administration of the compact.
Existing law, until January 1, 2013, requires the Superintendent
of Public Instruction to reconvene a task force initially convened
pursuant to a provision of existing law to review and make
recommendations regarding the Interstate Compact on Educational
Opportunity for Military Children. Existing law requires this task
force to be reconvened on or after July 1, 2012, and on or before
September 1, 2012, and to issue a final report of findings and
conclusions on prescribed topics to the appropriate policy and fiscal
committees of both houses of the Legislature no later than December
1, 2012.
This bill would extend the effective date of provisions regarding
the task force and its duties to January 1, 2016.
Existing law establishes the segments of the postsecondary
education system in the state, including independent institutions of
higher education, the University of California, administered by the
Regents of the University of California, the California State
University, administered by the Trustees of the California State
University, and the California Community Colleges, administered by
the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.
This bill would require the Legislative Analyst's Office to
conduct a study that considers specified things and make
recommendations regarding opportunities for expanding access to
postsecondary education in underserved areas. The bill would require
the Legislative Analyst's Office to submit its report to the
Legislature on or before January 1, 2014.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no
yes . State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 49704 of the
Education Code is amended to read:
49704. (a) On or after July 1, 2012, and on or before September
1, 2012, the Superintendent shall reconvene, with its original
membership to the extent possible, the task force that was convened
pursuant to Section 2 of Chapter 589 of the Statutes of 2008 for the
purpose of reviewing and making recommendations regarding the
Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.
(b) The reconvened task force shall also
shall include the military family education liaison and the
compact commissioner , if the individuals serving
in those roles were not members of the original task force.
(c) The reconvened task force shall review the impact of the
compact on California, its school districts and its students
pupils , and issue a final report regarding
these impacts that includes, at a minimum, all of the following:
(1) The impacts on children of military families.
(2) The impacts on students pupils
who are not children of military families.
(3) The impacts on schools and school districts.
(4) The nature of interactions between California school districts
and education agencies in other states.
(5) The nature of interactions between California, its schools and
school districts, and the Interstate Commission on Educational
Opportunity for Military Children.
(6) The extent and content of any regulatory or rulemaking actions
taken by the Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for
Military Children.
(7) The extent to which decisions made by the Interstate
Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children have
overridden or been in conflict with California law.
(8) Any unintended and unanticipated consequences to California,
or its students pupils , schools or
school districts, resulting from entering into this compact.
(9) Any costs to the state or to school districts,
either as direct costs or as reimbursements of state-mandated local
costs.
(d) A member of the task force is subject to each of the following
requirements:
(1) He or she may use teleconferencing, phone
telephone conferencing, or both, to participate in the
reconvening of the task force.
(2) He or she shall not receive compensation for his or her
services as a member of the task force or reimbursement for expenses.
(e) The task force shall present a final report of findings and
conclusions, including any recommendations for legislative action, if
necessary, to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of both
houses of the Legislature no later than December 1, 2012. The report
shall be concise , and may be produced and
submitted solely in electronic format.
(f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013 2016 , and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1, 2013 2016 , deletes or
extends that date.
SECTION 1. The Legislative Analyst's Office
shall conduct a study and make recommendations regarding
opportunities for expanding access to postsecondary education in
underserved areas. The study shall consider the expansion of distance
education, the establishment of off-campus centers and new campuses,
regional partnerships with existing postsecondary education
providers, local admissions guarantees, and other strategies the
Legislative Analyst's Office finds to have merit. The Legislative
Analyst's Office shall submit its report to the Legislature on or
before January 1, 2014.