BILL NUMBER: SB 1266	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 21, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 10, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 28, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 19, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Knight
   (Coauthor:  Senator Costa)
   (Coauthor:  Assembly Members Briggs and Robert Pacheco)

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act to add Section 35041.3 to the Education Code, relating to
the selective service.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1266, as amended, Knight.  Selective Service Act:
registration:  high school.
   Existing law authorizes school districts to appoint prescribed
staff, including, but not limited to, police reserve officers,
administrative advisors, and legal counsel.
   This bill would  require the   provide that a
 governing board  or boards  of  any
  a  school district  to  
should, but is not required to,  make every reasonable effort to
appoint a selective services registrar for each high school, who may
be a school employee or a school volunteer who is 18 years of age or
older, to help pupils subject to the federal Military Selective
Service Act enrolled in the high school register in accordance with
that act.  
   By requiring school districts to comply with these new
requirements relating to selective service, this bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement, including the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund
to pay the costs of mandates that do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide
and other procedures for claims whose statewide costs exceed
$1,000,000.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions. 
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  
yes   no  . State-mandated local program:
 yes   no  .


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) Under federal law, young men are required to register with the
Selective Service pursuant to the federal Military Selective Service
Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.) within 30 days of their 18th
birthday.
   (b) Under federal law, failure to register is a felony punishable
by a fine of up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000),
imprisonment for up to five years, or both the fine and imprisonment.

   (c)  Under federal law, registration with the Selective Service is
a condition of eligibility for federal student loans and federal job
training.
   (d) Under California law, registration is required for a student
to be eligible for state student financial aid and for appointment to
many state and local government jobs.
   (e) Every effort must be made to ensure that young men are aware
of, and fulfill, their obligation to register for the Selective
Service.
  SEC. 2.  Section 35041.3 is added to the Education Code to read:

   35041.3.  (a) The governing board or boards of any school district
shall  
   35041.3.  (a) A governing board of a school district should, but
is not required to,  make every reasonable effort to appoint a
selective service registrar for each high school.  The selective
service registrar may be an employee of the high school where he or
she is appointed or a school volunteer who is 18 years of age or
older.  The duty of the selective service registrar is to help pupils
subject to the federal Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C.
App.  451 et seq.) enrolled in the high school register in accordance
with that act.
   (b) A school district  shall   should, but is
not required to,  make every reasonable effort to inform pupils
enrolled with the district who are subject to the federal Military
Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.) of all of the
following:
   (1) The importance of meeting one's Selective Service obligations.

   (2) The consequences of not registering as required under the
federal Military Selective Service Act.
   (3) How to register with the Selective Service.  
  SEC. 3.  Notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, if
the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains
costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and
school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7
(commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the
Government Code.  If the statewide cost of the claim for
reimbursement does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000),
reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund.