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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2662
Author: Assembly Education Committee
Amended: 7/6/12 in Senate
Vote: 27
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 8-0, 6/27/12
AYES: Lowenthal, Alquist, Blakeslee, Huff, Liu, Price,
Simitian, Vargas
NO VOTE RECORDED: Runner, Hancock, Vacancy
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 70-0, 5/25/12 (Consent) - See last page
for vote
SUBJECT : Education
SOURCE : California Department of Education
DIGEST : This bill is the annual education omnibus bill
to codify existing practice, correct technical errors in
statute, update cross references, and delete obsolete
references related to education issues.
ANALYSIS : This bill is the annual Education Code cleanup
bill that makes various non-controversial revisions to
statute. This education omnibus bill makes technical,
non-substantive revisions to the Education Code. By
tradition, objection to any provision by the agency
affected, the Department of Finance, or any of the four
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legislative caucuses prevents that provision from being
included in this bill.
This bill:
1. Updates obsolete language to reflect the change from the
Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials
Commission to the Instructional Quality Commission.
(Education Code (ED) Section 33530, SEC. 1)
2. Specifies that an action to lapse a school district is
also subject to plans and recommendations of the county
committee on school district reorganization. (ED
Section 35787, SEC. 3)
3. Authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
reassume, either directly or through an appointed
administrator, all the legal rights, duties, and powers
of the governing board of a school district if the
district violates specified improvement plans during the
period of the trustee's appointment. (ED Section 41326,
SEC. 4)
4. Specifies that for the purpose of the provisions
establishing a process for repaying an apportionment
significant audit exception or to pay a penalty arising
from an audit exception, "local educational agency"
includes charter schools. (ED Section 41344, SEC. 5)
5. Specifies that if a county office of education (COE)
receives a qualified certification from the governing
board of a district when it determines a negative
certification should have been filed, the county
superintendent of schools shall change the
certification. (ED Section 42131, SEC. 7)
6. Corrects an obsolete citation in the provision requiring
an adjustment of revenue limits for the 1995-96 fiscal
year and fiscal years thereafter by the amount of
increased or decreased employer contributions to the
Public Employees' Retirement System resulting from the
enactment of Chapter 330, Statues of 1982. (ED Section
42238.12, SEC. 8)
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7. Corrects a cross-reference in the provisions
establishing the Annual Report on Dropouts in
California. (ED Section 48070.6, SEC. 9)
8. Specifies that the liability of a parent or guardian of
any minor whose willful misconduct results in the injury
or death to any specified individuals shall be adjusted
annually for inflation. Requires the annual adjustment
to be rounded to the nearest $100. (ED Section 48904,
SEC. 10)
9. Deletes the requirement that a school has not been
awarded federal startup funds to initiate a school
breakfast program or a summer food service program as
eligibility for limited financial assistance to
encourage the startup of School Breakfast Programs and
expansion into all qualified schools. (ED Section
49550.3, SEC. 11)
10.Updates an obsolete term with regard to pupils with
intellectual disabilities. (ED Section 51765, SEC. 12)
11.Expands the authority to approve supplemental
instructional materials other than those approved by the
State Board of Education to COEs.
(ED Section 60605.86, SEC. 13)
12.Extends the fiscal years in which payments from the
California State Lottery Education Fund includes the
same amount of average daily attendance for classes for
adults and regional occupational centers as made in the
2007-08 fiscal year. Specifies the Legislature finds
and declares that this Section furthers the purposes of
the California State Lottery Act of 1984. (Government
Code Section 8880.5, SEC. 14 and 16)
13.Makes a conforming change in the Revenue and Taxation
Code (RTC) regarding basic aid funding (RTC Section
75.70, SEC. 15)
14.Makes nonsubstantive, technical corrections. (SEC. 2
and 6)
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Comments
Need for the bill . This bill, sponsored by the California
Department of Education, is the annual K-12 education
clean-up bill to correct errors, resolve conflicts, delete
obsolete references, and make other non-controversial
changes.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/7/12)
California Department of Education (source)
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 70-0, 5/25/12
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Beall, Block,
Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan,
Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos, Carter, Cedillo,
Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eng,
Feuer, Fong, Furutani, Beth Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick,
Gatto, Gordon, Gorell, Hagman, Halderman, Harkey,
Hayashi, Roger Hern�ndez, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman,
Jeffries, Jones, Lara, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Mansoor,
Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nestande,
Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan, V. Manuel P�rez, Portantino,
Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao,
Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Atkins, Bill Berryhill, Fletcher,
Fuentes, Grove, Hall, Knight, Ma, Perea, Silva
PQ:md 8/16/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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