BILL NUMBER: AB 2591	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Furutani

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 1620 of the Education Code, relating to
county educational agencies.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2591, as introduced, Furutani. County educational agencies:
county school service fund budgets: posting online.
   Existing law requires the county board of education to hold a
public hearing on the proposed county school service fund budget for
that fiscal year. Existing law further requires that the agenda for
that hearing be posted at least 72 hours prior to the hearing and
that it include the location where the budget will be available for
inspection.
   This bill would authorize the county board of education to post
the proposed budget on its Internet Web site for inspection by the
public.
   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 1620 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   1620.  On or before July 1 of each fiscal year, the county board
of education shall hold a public hearing on the proposed county
school service fund budget for that fiscal year (the "budget year").
The public hearing shall be held  prior to 
before  the adoption of the budget by the county board of
education, and shall occur not less than three days following the
availability of the proposed budget for public inspection. The agenda
for that hearing shall be posted at least 72 hours  prior to
  before  the hearing and shall include the
location of where the budget will be available for inspection. 
The county board of education may post the proposed budget on its
Internet Web site for inspection by the public.  At the hearing,
any taxpayer directly affected by the county school service fund
budget may appear before the county board of education and speak on
the proposed budget or any item therein.