BILL NUMBER: AB 2202 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 13, 2012
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 : State Council
.
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 ("Interstate Commission") to, among other things,
provide for dispute resolution among member states, promulgate
rules, and take other actions necessary for the administration of the
compact. The compact requires each member state to
establish a State Council or to use an existing body or board to
provide for the coordination among its agencies of government, local
educational agencies, and military installations concerning the state'
s participation in, and compliance with, the compact and activities
of the Interstate Commission. Existing law authorizes the
establishment, and specifies the membership, of the State Council in
California.
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 , if the
Superintendent finds it infeasible or impractical to reconvene the
task force with its original membership, authorize the Superintendent
to convene the State Council to complete the work of the task force.
The bill would also require the final report to be
issued submitted no later than December 1, 2013,
and would extend the effective date of provisions regarding the task
force and the State Council and its
their duties to January 1, 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) (1) 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.
(2) If the Superintendent finds it infeasible or impractical to
reconvene the task force with its original membership, the
Superintendent may convene the State Council, pursuant to paragraph
(1) of subdivision (A) of Article VIII of Section 49701, in place of
the task force, to complete the work of the task force in accordance
with the timeline in subdivision (e).
(3) If the State Council assumes the duties of the task force
pursuant to paragraph (2), the membership of the State Council
pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (A) of Article VIII of
Section 49701 shall replace the membership of the task force that was
required pursuant to Section 2 of Chapter 589 of the Statutes of
2008.
(b) The reconvened task force or the State Council convened
pursuant to paragraph ( 2) of subdivision (a) 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 or the State Council convened
pursuant to paragraph ( 2) of subdivision (a) 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 or a member of the State
Council convened pursuant to paragraph ( 2) of subdivision
(a) 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 State Council or
reimbursement for expenses for this purpose .
(e) The task force shall present a A
final report of findings and conclusions, including any
recommendations for legislative action, if necessary, shall be
submitted to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of
both houses of the Legislature no later than December 1, 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,
2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends
that date.