BILL NUMBER: AB 2262	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 23, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 20, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bradford

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend  Section   S  
ections  48981  and 48982  of the Education Code,
relating to school districts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2262, as amended, Bradford. School districts: governing boards:
notification: parent rights and responsibilities.
   Existing law requires the governing board of a school district, at
the beginning of the first semester or quarter of each school year,
to notify parents or guardians of minor pupils of specified rights
and responsibilities of the parent or guardian and of specified
school district policies and procedures. Existing law provides that
the notice may be sent by regular mail or by any other method
normally used to communicate with parents or guardians in writing.
 Existing law requires the notice to be signed by the parent or
guardian and returned to the school. Existing law requires that, if
15% or more of the pupils enrolled in a public school speak a single
primary language other than English, all notices, reports,
statements, or records sent to the parent or guardian of such pupil
be written in English and   that primary language, as
specified. 
   This bill would authorize the governing board  of a school
district  to provide this notification to a parent or guardian
who requests to receive the notice in electronic format by providing
access to the notice electronically  , and would require the
notice provided in electronic format to conform to the primary
language requirements described above. The bill would also require
the parent or guardian, if the notice is provided in electronic
format, to submit to the school a signed ac   knowledgment
of receipt of the notice  .
   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 48981 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   48981.  The notice shall be provided at the time of registration
for the first semester or quarter of the regular school term. The
notice may be provided using any of the following methods:
   (a) By regular mail.
   (b) If a parent or guardian requests to receive the notice in
electronic format, by providing access to the notice electronically.
 Notice provided in electronic format shall conform to the
requirements of Section 48985. 
   (c) By any other method normally used to communicate with the
parents or guardians in writing.
   SEC. 2.    Section 48982 of the   Education
Code   is amended to read: 
   48982.   (a)    The notice shall be signed by
the parent or guardian and returned to the school. Signature of the
notice is an acknowledgment by the parent or guardian that he  or
she  has been informed of his  or her  rights but does
not indicate that consent to participate in any particular program
has either been given or withheld. 
   (b) If the notice is provided in electronic format pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 48981, the parent or guardian shall submit
to the school a signed acknowledgment of receipt of the notice.