SB 1239, as introduced, Wolk. Pupil health: school health services.
Existing law establishes criteria for employment of school medical personnel, and declares the intent of the Legislature that fundamental school health services be maintained, by the governing board of each school district and each county superintendent of schools, at a level that is adequate to accomplish specified goals, including, among others, fulfilling existing state requirements and policies regarding pupil health.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to these provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 49427 of the Education Code is amended
2to read:
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the governing
4board of each school district and each county superintendent of
5schools maintain fundamental school health services at a level that
6is adequate to accomplish all of the following:
7(1) Preserve pupils’ ability to learn.
8(2) Fulfill existing state requirements and policies regarding
9begin delete pupils’end deletebegin insert pupilend insert health.
P2 1(3) Contain health care costs through preventive
programs and
2education.
3(b) The Legislature finds and declares that the provision of these
4services may be in jeopardy due to the current caseloads in the
5public schools, and that failure to maintain adequate health services
6and standards will result in pupils’ poorer health and ability to
7learn.
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