BILL NUMBER: AB 2269	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Swanson

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 51009 of the Education Code, relating to
pupil instruction.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2269, as introduced, Swanson. Pupil instruction: Labor History
Month.
   Existing law deems the first week of April to be Labor History
Week and encourages school districts to commemorate that week with
appropriate educational exercises that make pupils aware of the role
that the labor movement has played in shaping California and the
United States.
   This bill would instead deem the month of April to be Labor
History Month and encourage school districts to commemorate that
month with appropriate educational exercises, as specified.
   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 51009 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   51009.  The  first week   month  of
April is hereby deemed to be Labor History  Week 
 Month  throughout the public schools, and school districts
are encouraged to commemorate this  week   month
 with appropriate educational exercises that make pupils aware
of the role the labor movement has played in shaping California and
the United States.