BILL NUMBER: AB 2202	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 6, 2012
	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
the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military
Children.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2202, as amended, Block. 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  instead require the final report to be issued
no later than December 1, 2013, and would  extend the effective
date of provisions regarding the task force and its duties to
January 1,  2016   2014  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: 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 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 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 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 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, 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
  2013  . 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,
 2016   2014  , and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1,  2016   2014  , deletes or
extends that date.