BILL NUMBER:  SB 1235
  VETOED	DATE: 09/26/2012




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 1235 without my signature.

This bill requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction each year
to compile a list of schools which suspend too high a percentage of
their students and then invite districts that have such schools to
attend meetings to discuss the problem.

My preference is to leave the matter of student suspension to local
school boards and the citizens who elect them.

I understand the author's concern, which is why I have signed a
number of other bills aimed at reducing the number of student
suspensions and expulsions.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.