AUTHOR:

Evans (D)

TITLE:

Special Education: Due Process Hearings

LAST AMEND:

04/08/2008

LOCATION:

Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Requires local educational agencies, during the pendency of a hearing involving an application of a pupil for initial services under a preschool program serving individuals with exceptional needs who is no longer eligible for early intervention services because he or she has reached 3 years of age, to continue to provide of the same services that were provided under the Early Intervention Services Act.

Position:

Oppose

AUTHOR:

Galgiani (D)

TITLE:

Mental Health Managed Care Contracts

LAST AMEND:

06/24/2008

LOCATION:

Senate Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Provides that the Department of Health Care Services oversight may include client record reviews of the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Program specialty mental health services. Authorizes the department to contract to conduct such reviews. Provides an appeals process to resolve disputes about claims or recoupment for such services under the program. Requires an appropriation for funding the state share of costs for such services under the program.

AUTHOR:

Coto (D)

TITLE:

Teacher Credentialing: Bilingual Competence

LAST AMEND:

06/24/2008

LOCATION:

Senate Floor

SUMMARY:

Amends existing law which authorizes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to issue certificates of bilingual-cross cultural competence to specified holders of credentials who will be serving limited-English proficient pupils. Authorizes the commission to issue authorization to those credential holders. Authorizes candidates to demonstrate certain examination abilities by completing an approved program that consists of coursework or a combination of coursework and examinations.

AUTHOR:

Coto (D)

TITLE:

Special Education: Autism Spectrum Disorders

LAST AMEND:

06/11/2008

LOCATION:

Senate Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Establishes the State Autism Spectrum Disorder Clearinghouse within the State Department of Education to provide evidence-based resources, research materials, information and practices regarding the education of pupils with autism spectrum disorders. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to convene an oversight committee to represent the major stakeholders responsible for education of pupils with autism spectrum disorders and to perform other related duties.

Position:

Support

AUTHOR:

Hayashi (D)

TITLE:

Mental Health: Capital Facilities

LAST AMEND:

07/02/2008

LOCATION:

Senate Third Reading File

SUMMARY:

Specifies that the acquisition or construction of privately owned facilities that are providing mental health services that are primarily funded through public funds, including moneys in the Mental Health Services Fund is a proper use of the capital facilities funds made available to counties. Encourages counties to use language that ensures that any property acquired for such facilities to ensure the facilities will be used for the public purpose intended.

Position:

Support

AUTHOR:

Garcia (R)

TITLE:

Schools: Pupil Nutrition: School Breakfast

LAST AMEND:

04/23/2008

LOCATION:

Assembly Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Requires each school site that enrolls more than a specified number of pupils and that meets the qualifications for federal severe need reimbursement to offer, in addition to existing meal programs, a nutritionally adequate breakfast that qualifies for federal payments beginning in a specified school year. Authorizes grant waivers of this requirement if the school district our county office of education declares that the operation of the program is infeasible financially. Relates to other school sites.

Position:

Watch

AUTHOR:

Nunez (D)

TITLE:

High School Exit Examination

LOCATION:

Senate Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Relates to a high school exit examination in English language arts and mathematics. Requires recommendations regarding a standardized evidence-based assessment for eligible pupils with disabilities.

Position:

Watch

AUTHOR:

Bass (D)

TITLE:

Foster Care: Incarcerated Parents

LAST AMEND:

07/02/2008

LOCATION:

Senate Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Provides additional circumstances in which court-ordered child welfare services may be extended. Requires the court to consider, in ordering reasonable service for a child whose parent or guardian is incarcerated or institutionalized, the likelihood of the parent's discharge within a specified reunification time limit. Provides that the criminal history shall be considered by the court subsequent to a child's removal. Revises provisions relating to permanency hearings. Relates to legal guardianships.

Position:

Watch

AUTHOR:

Huff (R)

TITLE:

Schools: Parental Notification: Sexual Orientation

LOCATION:

Died In Assembly Education Committee

SUMMARY:

Requires notice to be sent to the parent or guardian of a pupil regarding proposed discussion on gender identity or sexual orientation in a class attended by the pupil other than a class on comprehensive sexual health education and HIV/AIDS prevention education.

Position:

Watch

AUTHOR:

Bass (D)

TITLE:

Foster Children: Extracurricular Activities

LAST AMEND:

06/19/2008

LOCATION:

Senate Third Reading File

SUMMARY:

Requires, with respect to dependent children, group home administrators and facility managers to apply the reasonable and prudent parent standard when dealing with children in their care. Provides every ward under the supervision of the Probation Department is entitled to participate in, and would authorize group home providers and caregivers to giver permission for a ward to participate in, age-appropriate extracurricular, enrichment, and social activities and the use of such parent standard.

Position:

Watch

AUTHOR:

Laird (D)

TITLE:

School Lunch and Breakfast Programs: Certification

LAST AMEND:

06/19/2008

LOCATION:

Senate Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Amends existing law relating to direct certification for enrollment in the School Lunch and Breakfast Programs. Requires the State Department of Education to implement a process to use participation data from the Medi-Cal program to verify enrollment and to directly certify children into the school meal program. Authorizes the Department of Health Care Services to exchange the information necessary to verify eligibility. Authorizes the department to perform direct certification and enrollment of children.

Position:

Watch

AUTHOR:

Bass (D)

TITLE:

Teacher Credentialing: Pupils with Autism

LAST AMEND:

04/22/2008

LOCATION:

Chaptered

SUMMARY:

Authorizes a local education agency or school to assign a teacher who holds a level 1 education specialist credential, or a previously issued credential, that authorizes him or her to provide instruction to individuals with mild or moderate disabilities to provide instruction to pupils with autism, if the teacher consents to the assignment and satisfies certain criteria. Requires the agencies and schools that make such assignments to report such assignments as part of their annual assignment monitoring.

Position:

Support

AUTHOR:

Beall (D)

TITLE:

Persons with Developmental Disabilities

LAST AMEND:

05/27/2008

LOCATION:

Senate Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Relates to the individual development plan (IPP) for persons with developmental disabilities. Requires that specified information be given to the consumer and his or her parents, legal guardian, conservator, or authorized representative as part of the IPP process and a copy of the plan. Relates to considerations of an IPP review team. Establishes the Employment First Policy which provides for employment opportunities through the plan. Requires an policy advisory committee.

Position:

Watch

AUTHOR:

Galgiani (D)

TITLE:

Childhood Obesity Prevention

LAST AMEND:

07/02/2008

LOCATION:

Senate Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Declares the intent of the Legislature to encourage the Coordinating Office for Obesity Prevention within the Department of Public Health to take various actions to ensure that all relevant department programs are informed and involved in the planning and implementation of any public education or mass media campaign that promotes healthy eating or increased physical activity for families with children including efforts to partner with agencies outside the department to coordinate similar campaigns.

Position:

Watch

AUTHOR:

Runner S (R)

TITLE:

Foster Family Homes and Certified Family Homes

LAST AMEND:

04/08/2008

LOCATION:

Assembly Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Requires any report made about a complaint investigation of a foster family home or certified family home to include, separately for each allegation, a summary of the facts surrounding the allegation and the evidence supporting or refuting the allegation, a finding, based on a preponderance of the evidence, that the allegation is substantiated or unfounded or an inconclusive finding, and a detailed explanation of the reason or reasons why the investigator made his or her determination.

Position:

Watch

AUTHOR:

Lieber (D)

TITLE:

Special Education: Due Process Hearing: Burden of Proof

LAST AMEND:

05/28/2008

LOCATION:

Senate Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Assigns the initial burden of presenting a prima facie case in a due process hearing to a parent or guardian who is challenging the appropriateness of his or her child's individualized education program and to the appropriateness of a unilateral parental placement or related services in which the parent or guardian is seeking tuition reimbursement for the placement or services. Requires proof by preponderance of the evidence.

Position:

Oppose

AUTHOR:

Plescia (R)

TITLE:

Assessment and Individualized Education Program

LAST AMEND:

07/01/2008

LOCATION:

Senate Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Relates to foster children. Requires a local educational agency to determine whether a pupil who is place in a rate classification level 12, 13, or 14 group home or a community treatment facility is eligible for special education services and to complete an individual education plan within a specified time period, from the date of receipt of the assessment plan prepared for the pupil and signed by the person with the right to make educational decisions for the pupil.

Position:

Oppose

AUTHOR:

Steinberg (D)

TITLE:

Autism Spectrum Disorders: Screening

LAST AMEND:

06/19/2008

LOCATION:

Assembly Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Requires the State Department of Developmental Services to partner with at least one regional center to implement an Autism Spectrum Disorders Early Screening, Intervention, and Treatment Pilot Program in at least 3 counties in key geographic areas. Establishes an advisory committee. Establishes the Autism Spectrum Disorder Early Screening, Intervention, and Treatment Pilot Program Fund for purposes of the program. Requires the department to apply to a specified entity for funding.

Position:

Support

AUTHOR:

Wyland (R)

TITLE:

Career Technical Education

LAST AMEND:

06/25/2008

LOCATION:

Assembly Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Amends existing law that requires the governing board of each school district participating in the career technical education program to appoint an advisory committee to develop recommendations on the program and to provide liaison between the district and potential employers. Provides for additional membership requirements for the committee.

Position:

Watch

AUTHOR:

Steinberg (D)

TITLE:

School Accountability: Academic Performance Index

LAST AMEND:

07/02/2008

COMMITTEE:

Assembly Appropriations Committee

HEARING:

07/16/2008 9:00 am

SUMMARY:

Relates to the Academic Performance Index (API). Includes 5- and 6-year graduation rates in the indicators currently reported to the department for purposes of calculating a school's API. Specifies a formula to calculate these rates. Provides that schools receive partial credit in their API scores for graduating pupils in 5 and 6 years, except that school would be granted full credit for graduating in 5 or 6 years pupils with disabilities who had an individual education plan (IEP).

Position:

Watch

AUTHOR:

Wyland (R)

TITLE:

Special Education: Workability Project Grant Funds

LAST AMEND:

04/09/2008

LOCATION:

Senate Education Committee

SUMMARY:

Authorizes the Superintendent of a school district to use workability project grants funds to provide transition services that are not part of the Project, but still include specific elements that are required in a Project to individuals with special needs.

Position:

Watch

AUTHOR:

Wyland (R)

TITLE:

Career Technical Education Facilities Program

LAST AMEND:

04/02/2008

LOCATION:

Assembly Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Amends existing law that establishes the Career Technical Education Facilities Program and provides for grants to be awarded by the State Allocation Board to local school districts that are required to contribute from local resources a dollar amount that is equal to the amount of the grant. Allows donations of equipment meeting specified requirements, labor and building materials to be included as part of the contribution that a school district receiving a grant is required to make.

Position:

Watch

AUTHOR:

Cedillo (D)

TITLE:

Pupil Nutrition: Free and Reduced Price Meals

LAST AMEND:

04/10/2008

FILE:

156

LOCATION:

Assembly Third Reading File

SUMMARY:

Prohibits a school district from sharing information on a free or reduced price school lunch program application if the district possesses data indicating the child already has an active Medi-Cal or Healthy Families case. Requires the district to notify the parent or guardian of the finding and to notify him or her that if the child has not received a Medi-Cal Beneficiary Identification Card or does not know how to use those services, he or she should call the county for assistance.

Position:

Watch

AUTHOR:

Dutton (R)

TITLE:

Teachers: Professional Development

LAST AMEND:

04/23/2008

LOCATION:

To Governor

SUMMARY:

Authorizes a school district that receives a professional development block grant to offer to each of its teachers staff development in the prevention of youth suicide.

Position:

Watch

AUTHOR:

Wiggins (D)

TITLE:

Supplemental Instruction Programs

LAST AMEND:

06/16/2008

LOCATION:

Assembly Second Reading File

SUMMARY:

Relates to supplemental instructional programs for pupils who do not demonstrate sufficient progress toward passing the high school exit examination. Authorizes a school district or charter school offering these programs to offer courses that integrate core curriculum with project-based learning, including, but not limited to, courses in career technical education.

Position:

Watch

AUTHOR:

Romero (D)

TITLE:

High School Exit Examination

LAST AMEND:

06/19/2008

LOCATION:

To enrollment

SUMMARY:

Reenacts provisions of former law which required a school district or state special school to grant a high school diploma to a pupil with a disability who was scheduled to graduate from high school, did not pass high school exit examination, did not receive a high school exit examination waiver, and met other specified criteria. Provides for retroactive application of these provisions to pupils with disabilities who are scheduled to graduate in the 2007-08 school year.

Position:

Watch

AUTHOR:

Torlakson (D)

TITLE:

Autism Pilot Program

LAST AMEND:

07/01/2008

COMMITTEE:

Assembly Appropriations Committee

HEARING:

07/16/2008 9:00 am

SUMMARY:

Requires the State Department of Developmental Services to establish a pilot project to provide methods, instruments, and systems of care between regional centers and school districts for the early identification and assessment of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder from birth to age 5. Requires the department to file a related report. Requires the department to apply to the Children and Families Commission for funding for the program and conditions the program on obtaining those funds.

Position:

Support

AUTHOR:

Wyland (R)

TITLE:

Precareer Technical Education

LOCATION:

Senate Rules Committee

SUMMARY:

Makes several technical, nonsubstantive changes to existing law that authorizes a county superintendent or the governing board of any school district to establish a program of precareer technical courses of study for the benefit of pupils who are oriented toward career technical employment.

Position:

Watch

AUTHOR:

Negrete McLeod (D)

TITLE:

Emergency Medical Services

LOCATION:

Senate Health Committee

SUMMARY:

Authorizes school personnel who volunteer for specified medical training to administer insulin to pupils with diabetes who require insulin during the regular school day in the absence of credentialed school nurse or other licensed nurse onsite at the school.

Position:

Watch

AUTHOR:

Kuehl (D)

TITLE:

Pupil Discipline: Restraint and Seclusion

LAST AMEND:

07/02/2008

FILE:

179

LOCATION:

Assembly Third Reading File

SUMMARY:

Prohibits an educational provider from using chemical restraint or seclusion to discipline a pupil and limits the use of behavioral, physical, and mechanical restraint. Specifies conditions under which an educational provider would be authorized to use behavioral restraint.

Position:

Support

AUTHOR:

Steinberg (D)

TITLE:

High School Graduation

LAST AMEND:

04/16/2008

LOCATION:

Senate Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Requires the Department of Education, for the No Child Left Behind Act to establish specified criteria, including statewide target graduation rates. States that a school or local educational agency shows adequate progress if it achieves the target graduation rate. Provides for implementation when the Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System is able to report an accurate graduation rate. Require each school district described above to offer supplemental instructional programs.

Position:

Watch

AUTHOR:

Romero (D)

TITLE:

Juvenile Court Schools

LAST AMEND:

07/03/2008

LOCATION:

Assembly Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Requires the Department of Education to develop and the Board of Education to adopt regulations to implement provisions stating that if a pupil completes the graduation requirements of his or her school district of residence while being detained in a juvenile hall, juvenile home, day center, juvenile ranch, juvenile camp, or educational facility, the school district of residence is required to issue to the pupil a diploma from the school the pupil last attended before detention.

Position:

Support

AUTHOR:

Kuehl (D)

TITLE:

School Curriculum: Sexual Health Education

LOCATION:

Senate Inactive File

SUMMARY:

Authorizes school districts and charter schools to provide comprehensive sexual health education in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Requires school districts to ensure that all pupils receive HIV/AIDS prevention education. Requires in-service training for all school districts personnel who provide HIV/AIDS prevention education.

Position:

Watch

AUTHOR:

Torlakson (D)

TITLE:

Standardized Testing and Reporting Program: Evaluation

LAST AMEND:

04/07/2008

LOCATION:

Senate Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to contract with an independent evaluator for the evaluation of the Standardized Testing and Reporting Program. Requires the evaluator to complete a report in order to inform reauthorization of the program. Requires the Superintendent to report findings to the Legislature and the State Board of Education and to convene a panel to advise the Department of Education on the evaluation.

Position:

Watch

AUTHOR:

Steinberg (D)

TITLE:

Career Technical Education and Technology Job Bond Act

LAST AMEND:

07/02/2008

LOCATION:

Assembly Appropriations Committee

SUMMARY:

Enacts the Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Career Technical Education, and Clean Technology Job Creation Bond Act. Authorizes the issuance and sale of state bonds for certain purposes including construction or reconfiguration of facilities to provide pupils with the skills and knowledge necessary for careers related to clean technology, renewable energy, or energy efficiency and loans for capital outlay projects by specified entities to provide job training and development.

Position:

Support