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                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
                                Carol Liu, Chair
                           2013-2014 Regular Session
                                        

          BILL NO:       SB 1229
          AUTHOR:        Fuller
          INTRODUCED:    February 20, 2014
          FISCAL COMM:   No             HEARING DATE:  March 26, 2014
          URGENCY:       No             CONSULTANT:Lenin Del Castillo

           SUBJECT  :  Week of the School Administrator.
          
           SUMMARY   

          This bill would move the date of the "Week of the School  
          Administrator" from the first full week in March to the  
          second full week of October of each year.  

           BACKGROUND  

          Under existing law, in observance of the importance of  
          educational leadership at the school, school district, and  
          county levels, the first full week in the month of March  
          each year is designated as "Week of the School  
          Administrator."  Schools, school districts, and county  
          superintendents of schools are encouraged to observe this  
          week with public recognition of the contribution that  
          school administrators make to successful pupil achievement.  
           

          Existing law also designates the third full week in May as  
          Classified School Employee Week.  Public schools are  
          required to annually observe that week in recognition of  
          classified school employees and the contributions they make  
          to the educational community.  These observances are to be  
          integrated into the regular school program.  
           
          ANALYSIS  

          This bill would move the date of the "Week of the School  
          Administrator" from the first full week in March to the  
          second full week of October of each year.  

           STAFF COMMENTS  





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           1)   Need for the bill  :  Prior to 1999, the "Week of the  
               Administrator" was recognized through the passage of  
               an annual legislative resolution.  In 1999, AB 1137  
               (Strom-Martin) was signed into law to place the "Week  
               of the Administrator" into statute so that the annual  
               introduction of a resolution was no longer necessary.   
               However, according to the author's office, the second  
               week of March coincides 
               with the initial lay-off notification deadline of  
               March 15th which makes it difficult to honor  
               administrators for their work.  They believe that this  
               is a stressful period and therefore is not a good time  
               to honor administrators-some who are tasked with  
               serving the lay-off notices to employees, including  
               other administrators.  According to the author's  
               office, changing the date to October coincides with  
               Boss's Day when many administrators are already being  
               celebrated.  

           2)   Related and prior legislation  .  Chapter 286, Statutes  
               of 1999 (AB 1137, Strom-Martin), established the "Week  
               of the School Administrator" as the first full week in  
               the month of March of each year.  

           SUPPORT
           
          Association of California School Administrators (sponsor)

           OPPOSITION
           
          None on file.