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EDUCATION

| Jan. 10, 2019

Jan. 10, 2019

EDUCATION

• AB 38 (Stone) Changes the Student Loan Servicing Act (Act) authorizing the Commissioner of the Department of Business Oversight (DBO) to implement licensee requirements under the Act, as specified.

An act to amend Sections 28102, 28104, 28106, 28110, 28114, 28116, 28120, 28122, 28128, 28130, 28134, 28136, 28142, 28144, and 28154 of, to add Sections 28111, 28117, 28153, and 28153.5 to, and to add Article 3 (commencing with Section 28125) to Chapter 2 of Division 12.5 of, the Financial Code, relating to student loan servicers.

• AB 108 (Committee on Budget) Makes technical changes to education provisions related to the 2017-18 budget act.

An act to amend Sections 8212, 8332, 8332.1, 8332.2, 8332.3, 8332.4, 8332.5, 8332.7, 8335.1, 8335.3, 8335.4, 8347.2, 8347.3, 8347.4, and 8499.5 of, to amend the heading of Article 15.1 (commencing with Section 8332) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of, to add Sections 8332.25, 8332.8, and 8335.5 to, to repeal Section 8335.2 of, and to repeal Article 15.1.1 (commencing with Section 8333), Article 15.1.1 (commencing with Section 8334), Article 15.3 (commencing with Section 8340), Article 15.4.1 (commencing with Section 8348), and Article 15.4.2 (commencing with Section 8349) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of, the Education Code, to amend Sections 99101, 99102, 99106, 99108, and 99109 of, and to repeal Section 99104 of, the Government Code, and to add Item 6980-102-0001 to, and to repeal Item 0954-101-0001 of, Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2017, relating to education, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• AB 716 (O’Donnell) Revises and recasts provisions relating to the consolidated application, the Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA), and schoolsite councils, and repeals the School-Based Program Coordination Act, to account for implementation of the local control funding formula (LCFF) and the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

An act to amend Sections 33050, 64000, and 64001 of, to amend and renumber the heading of Part 37 (commencing with Section 64100) of, to add the heading of Part 37 (commencing with Section 64001) to, to add Part 38 (commencing with Section 65000) to, and to repeal Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 52850) of Part 28 of, Division 4 of Title 2 of, the Education Code, relating to public elementary and secondary schools.

• AB 1062 (Levine) Expands existing reporting requirements for the California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees related to key performance data on online courses.

An act to amend Sections 66760.5, 66764, 89225, and 89226 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.

• AB 1406 (Gloria). Extends the maximum allowable terms of specified lease agreements that a school district may enter into.

An act to amend Sections 17403 and 17517 of the Education Code, relating to school facilities.

• AB 1661 (Limón) Conforms state law to the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the 2015 successor to the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), as it relates to family engagement and foster youth transportation programs.

An act to amend Sections 11500, 11501, 11502, 11503, 12030, 12032, 33318.5, 33370, 48853.5, 49558, 51749.5, 52063, and 52069 of the Education Code, relating to school accountability.

• AB 1747 (Rodriguez) Requires charter schools to develop a school safety plan, including procedures for conducting tactical responses to criminal incidents; requires comprehensive school safety plans to include procedures for conducting tactical responses to criminal incidents; increases the California Department of Education’s (CDE’s) responsibilities relating to school safety plans; and requires schoolsite councils to also consult with the fire department and other first responder entities in the writing and development of the comprehensive school safety plan.

An act to amend Sections 32280, 32281, 32282, 32288, 47605, and 47605.6 of the Education Code, relating to school safety.

• AB 1786 (Cervantes) This bill requires the California Community Colleges (CCC) Chancellor’s Office to establish an initiative to expand the use of credit for students with prior learning.

An act to amend Section 66025.7 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges.

• AB 1805 (Irwin) Requires a California Community College (CCC) to inform students of their rights to access transfer-level coursework, academic credit English as a second language (ESL) coursework, and of the multiple measures placement policies developed by the community college.

An act to add Section 78221.5 to the Education Code, relating to community colleges.

• AB 1808 (Committee on Budget) This bill provides for statutory changes necessary to enact the K-12 statutory provisions of the Budget Act of 2018.

An act to amend Sections 305, 2558, 2574, 8220.1, 8235, 8265, 8265.5, 8357, 8483.7, 8483.76, 14041, 14501, 17078.54, 33127, 41020, 41024, 41203.1, 41326, 41344.1, 41376.1, 41544, 42238, 42238.02, 42238.05, 42238.1, 42238.2, 42238.5, 42285, 46380, 46392, 47614.5, 47633, 47635, 47663, 48000, 48310, 48359.5, 48900, 52060, 52062, 52064, 52064.5, 52066, 52068, 52071.5, 52072, 52072.5, 52074, 53070, 53071, 53073, 53075, 53076, 56122, 56140, 56194, 56195.3, 56195.9, 56205, 56366.1, 56836.02, 56836.08, 56836.11, 56836.23, 56836.31, 56836.165, 60604.5, 60643, 60810, 88821, 88822, 88823, 88825, and 88826 of, to amend the heading of Article 15.4 (commencing with Section 8347) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of, to amend the heading of Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 52060) of Chapter 6.1 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of, to add Sections 216, 313.3, 2575.2, 8235.5, 33315, 41339.2, 52059.5, 52064.1, 52073, 52073.1, 52073.2, 53070.1, 53071.1, 53076.2, 53076.4, 56205.5, 56836.24, 56836.25, 88827, 88828, 88829, 88830, 88831, 88832, and 88833 to, to add Article 23.5 (commencing with Section 8492) to Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of, to add Article 7 (commencing with Section 17375) to Chapter 3 of Part 10.5 of Division 1 of Title 1 of, to add Article 7 (commencing with Section 41570) to Chapter 3.2 of Part 24 of Division 3 of Title 2 of, to add and repeal Article 22 (commencing with Section 8460) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of, to add and repeal Article 16 (commencing with Section 44415) of Chapter 2 of Part 25 of Division 3 of Title 2 of, to repeal Sections 49430.5, 52051.5, 52052.1, 52052.3, 52052.5, 52052.6, 52052.9, 53203, and 60601 of, to repeal Article 4.2 (commencing with Section 52059) of Chapter 6.1 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of, and to repeal and add Sections 52052 and 52071 of, the Education Code, to amend Sections 7906, 7907, and 17581.6 of, and to add Section 17581.97 to, the Government Code, to amend Section 1596.792 of, and to add Section 1596.7925 to, the Health and Safety Code, to amend Section 26205.5 of the Public Resources Code, and to repeal Section 4 of Chapter 1335 of the Statutes of 1992, relating to education finance, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• AB 1809 (Committee on Budget) This bill enacts various statutory changes necessary to implement the higher education provisions for the Budget Act of 2018.

An act to amend Sections 8152, 8154, 19104.5, 52523, 66021.1, 66027.8, 68075.6, 69432, 69433.6, 69435.3, 70023, 70900, 70901, 72506, 76004, 76300, 76350, 78401, 79149.3, 79149.5, 82542, 84040.5, 84750.5, 84751, 84810.5, 84900, 84901, 84906, 84913, 84916, 99151, 99152, 99153, 99154, and 99162 of, to amend the heading of Article 9 (commencing with Section 84900) of Chapter 5 of Part 50 of Division 7 of Title 3 of, to amend and repeal Sections 84750.6, 84750.7, and 88912.5 of, to add Sections 66749.6, 66749.7, 78222, 79148.1, 79149.7, 84750.4, and 84750.41 to, to add Article 10 (commencing with Section 54800) to Chapter 9 of Part 29 of Division 4 of Title 2 of, to add Part 46.5 (commencing with Section 75000), Part 52.7 (commencing with Section 88670), and Part 54.82 (commencing with Section 88930) to Division 7 of Title 3 of, to add Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 92010) to Chapter 1 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of, to add and repeal Section 89290.5 of, to repeal Sections 88910, 88912, and 88913 of, and to repeal and add Section 79149.1 of, the Education Code, to add Sections 22874.7 and 22958.4 to, and to add Article 7 (commencing with Section 65059.1) to Chapter 1.5 of Division 1 of Title 7 of, the Government Code, to amend Section 33492.78 of the Health and Safety Code, to amend Section 95 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, to add Section 18928 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, and to amend the Budget Act of 2017 by amending Item 6870-101-0001 of Section 2.00 of that act, relating to education, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• AB 1825 (Committee on Budget) This is the Proposition 98 Certification Trailer Bill for 2018-19 budget. This bill provides necessary statutory changes to enact the 2018-19 budget related to K-14 education.

An act to amend Sections 2575, 14002, 41202, 41202.5, 42238.03, and 42287 of, to add Sections 41206.01, 41206.02, 41206.03, 41207.31, and 41207.45 to, and to repeal and add Section 41206 of, the Education Code, relating to education finance, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• AB 1840 (Committee on Budget) This bill makes changes to education programs consistent with the Budget Act of 2018.

An act to amend Sections 8265.5, 41320, 41320.1, 41321, 41325, 41326, 41327, 41327.1, 41327.2, 42127.6, 42127.9, 44416, 44418, 46392, 47606.5, 52060, 52061, 52064, 52065, 52066, 52067, 52074, 78222, and 84750.41 of, to add Sections 17463.5 and 66093.4 to, to add Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 42160) to Part 24 of Division 3 of Title 2 of, to repeal Section 60810 of, and to repeal and amend Section 313 of, the Education Code, to amend Sections 17581.6 and 17581.97 of the Government Code, to amend Section 28160 of the Vehicle Code, to amend Section 77 of Chapter 15 of the Statutes of 2017, and to amend Sections 131, 133, and 134 of Chapter 32 of the Statutes of 2018, relating to education finance, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• AB 1858 (Calderon) Requires, by January 1, 2020, each University of California (UC), California State University (CSU), California Community Colleges (CCC) campus, each independent institution of higher education, and each private postsecondary educational institution subject to the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009 (Act) that participates in federal financial aid or veterans financial aid programs to provide students with the Financial Aid Shopping Sheet developed by the United States Department of Education (USDE) to inform admitted students or individuals who have been offered admission about financial aid award packages.

An act to amend Section 69514 of, and to add Sections 66021.3 and 94912.5 to, the Education Code, relating to student financial aid.

• AB 1861 (Rodriguez) Requires school districts to ensure that all pupils in grades seven to 12 receive information on how social media and mobile device applications are used for human trafficking, as part of comprehensive sexual health education.

An act to amend Section 51934 of the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.

• AB 1868 (Cunningham) Authorizes school districts to provide instruction, as part of comprehensive sexual health education, on the potential risks and consequences of creating and sharing sexually-suggestive or explicit materials through cell phones, social networking sites, computer networks, or other digital media.

An act to amend Section 51934 of the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.

• AB 1871 (Bonta) This bill requires charter schools to provide low-income students with one nutritionally adequate free or reduced-price meal each schoolday, as specified.

An act to add Section 47613.5 to the Education Code, relating to charter schools.

• AB 1887 (Medina) Authorizes a student who attends a public postsecondary educational institution or independent institution of higher education and who is exempt from paying non-resident tuition as specified, and authorizes a student who attends a public secondary school who is under the age of 18 years, to serve on any board or commission, as specified.

An act to amend Section 66016.3 of, and to add Section 54 to, the Education Code, relating to public education governance, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 1894 (Weber). This bill authorizes the Department of Social Services to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Chancellor of the California State University (CSU) in order to allow a qualifying food facility located on a CSU campus to participate in the Restaurant Meals Program (RMP), even if the CSU campus is located in a county that does not participate in the RMP.

An act to amend Section 66025.93 of the Education Code, and to amend Section 18919 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to postsecondary education.

• AB 1895 (Calderon) Requires University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) campuses participating in the state Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Loan Program to adopt procedures to allow undocumented students to access an income-based student loan repayment plan by January 1, 2020.

An act to amend Section 70034 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.

• AB 1896 (Cervantes) This bill specifically provides that a person who is engaged in sexual assault counseling on the campus of a public or private institution of higher education is a “sexual assault counselor” for purposes of the sexual assault counselor-victim privilege in existing law.

An act to amend Section 1035.2 of the Evidence Code, relating to evidence.

• AB 1961 (Choi) This bill requires each institution of higher education with a physical presence in this state to separately list the cost of institutionally operated housing and meal plans on all Web sites and documents it provides to students for purposes of advertising or otherwise displaying the student costs associated with institutionally operated housing.

An act to add Section 69503.6 to the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.

• AB 1962 (Wood) Amends the definition of foster youth for Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) purposes by including a student who is in foster care under the placement and care responsibility of an Indian tribe, as a result of which the student would generate the same additional LCFF funding other foster youth receive.

An act to amend Sections 42238.01 and 49085 of the Education Code, relating to education finance.

• AB 1974 (Gonzalez Fletcher) Prohibits a student or former student, unless emancipated at the time the debt is incurred, from owing or being billed for a debt owed to a public school or school district; and prohibits a public school or school district from taking negative action against a student or former student because of a debt owed. Provides that these prohibitions shall not apply to debt owed as a result of vandalism or to cover the replacement cost of public school or school district books, supplies, or property loaned to a pupil that the pupil fails to return or that are willfully cut, defaced, or otherwise injured unless the pupil is homeless or a foster youth.

An act to add Section 49014 to the Education Code, relating to pupils.

• AB 2009 (Maienschein) Requires a school district or charter school that elects to offer any interscholastic athletic program to ensure that there is a written emergency action plan in place and acquire at least one automated external defibrillator (AED) for each school for the purpose of emergency care in the event of cardiac arrest and other related medical emergencies. Clarifies that existing law providing conditional liability protections to those acquiring or using these AEDs would apply.

An act to add Sections 35179.4 and 35179.6 to the Education Code, relating to interscholastic athletic programs.

• AB 2012 (Medina) Requires that a person employed in a position requiring certification qualifications, a person employed in an academic position, or a classified employee will receive no less than 50% of his or her regular salary for the remaining portion of the 12-workweek period of parental leave, regardless of the type of differential pay system used by the school district or community college district.

An act to amend Sections 44977.5, 45196.1, 87780.1, and 88196.1 of the Education Code, relating to school and community college employees.

• AB 2015 (Reyes) Requires the governing board of a school district or the governing body of a charter school to ensure that students receive information on how to properly complete and submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or the California Dream Act Application (CADAA) at least once before pupils enter grade 12.

An act to add Section 51225.8 to the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.

• AB 2022 (Chu) Requires each school of a school district or county office of education and charter schools to notify students and parents or guardians of pupils, at least twice per school year, how to initiate access to available student mental health services on campus or in the community.

An act to add Section 49428 to the Education Code, relating to pupil health.

• AB 2041 (Caballero) Urges the University of California (UC) Regents to direct their Office of the Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) to take specified steps to increase diversity within that office as well as in the venture capital industry; and, requires the OCIO to issue a report to the Legislature by January 2020 with information about progress the OCIO has made to improve diversity.

An act to add Article 1.3 (commencing with Section 92603) to Chapter 6 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to the University of California.

• AB 2052 (Bonta). This bill requires contributions due to the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) by an employer under the Defined Benefit and Cash Balance Benefit programs to be paid by an electronic funds transfer method, as specified, upon authorization by CalSTRS.

An act to add Sections 23001.5 and 26301.7 to the Education Code, relating to teachers’ retirement.

• AB 2098 (McCarty) Requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges (chancellor) and the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI), with input from the Statewide Director of Immigration Integration and adult education providers, to identify common measures for meeting the needs of immigrant and refugee adults seeking integration, and to identify common measures for assessing the effectiveness of adult education consortia providing immigrant integration.

An act to amend Sections 84917 and 84920 of the Education Code, relating to adult education.

• AB 2109 (O’Donnell) Ensures that students who have been hospitalized or receiving instruction at home due to a serious illness are able to return to school in a timely manner or to attend school on days that they are not receiving treatment, and authorizes schools to grant honorary diplomas to students who are terminally ill, among other changes.

An act to amend Sections 48206.3, 48207, 48208, 48240, and 51225.5 of, to add Sections 48207.3 and 48207.5 to, and to repeal Section 48206.5 of, the Education Code, relating to pupils.

• AB 2121 (Caballero) Extends to migrant students and students enrolled in newcomer programs certain rights currently afforded to other groups of highly mobile students regarding exemptions from local graduation requirements and acceptance of partial credit, and clarifies that these requirements apply to charter schools.

An act to amend Sections 51225.1 and 51225.2 of the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.

• AB 2128 (Kiley) Authorizes a decision relating to the dismissal or suspension of an employee to be made based on evidence of specified allegations more than four years in the past.

An act to amend Section 44944 of the Education Code, relating to school employees.

• AB 2160 (Thurmond) Removes the exemption from classified service for part-time playground positions in both school districts and community colleges.

An act to amend Sections 45256, 88003, and 88076 of the Education Code, relating to classified employees.

• AB 2202 (Gray) Establishes the University of California (UC), San Francisco (UCSF), San Joaquin Valley Regional Campus Medical Education Endowment Fund (Endowment Fund) to support the annual operating costs of a branch campus of UCSF School of Medicine in the San Joaquin Valley (SJV).

An act to add Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 92162) to Chapter 2 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to the University of California.

• AB 2210 (McCarty) Requires each California Community College (CCC) to post on its Internet Web site a notice that specifies which refugee or holders of special immigrant visas (SIVs), as defined, are exempt from paying nonresident fees.

An act to add Section 68075.65 to the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

• AB 2234 (Jones-Sawyer). Specifies the following for purposes of a certificated or classified employee dismissal hearing: authorizes minor witness testimony under 18 years of age, in egregious misconduct cases, be taken in a room outside the hearing room and be televised by two-way closed circuit television (CCTV); requires a witness under 18 years of age or a dependent with cognitive impairment be protected from undue harassment or embarrassment; requires a support person to be appointed for a minor witness; and, requires a court order or subpoena to obtain pupil contact information.

An act to amend Sections 45113, 45312, and 49077 of, and to add Article 3.3 (commencing with Section 44990) to Chapter 4 of Part 25 of Division 3 of Title 2 of, the Education Code, relating to school districts.

• AB 2235 (Quirk-Silva) This bill requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to transfer the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) apportionment amount for county community school students from the school district of residence to the county office of education (COE). Further, this bill authorizes the SPI to transfer an alternative amount from the school district of residence to the COE upon a mutual agreement.

An act to amend Section 2576 of the Education Code, relating to county community schools.

• AB 2239 (Eduardo Garcia) Encourages the governing board of a school district to support its schools in submitting any foreign language course that is specifically designed for native speakers to the University of California (UC) for certification and addition to the school’s “A–G” course list.

An act to add Section 51225.37 to the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.

• AB 2248 (McCarty) Requires that a Cal Grant recipient be notified of the duration of their award and of the number of units needed to graduate within the same number of years.

An act to add Section 69432.95 to the Education Code, relating to student financial aid.

• AB 2261 (Friedman) This bill requires positions established for the employment of community representatives in advisory or consulting capacities in elementary and secondary school districts to be considered part of the classified service.

An act to repeal and add Section 45258 of the Education Code, relating to school employees.

• AB 2271 (Quirk-Silva) This bill requires the California Department of Education (CDE), upon appropriation by the Legislature and contingent upon federal funding, to provide a matching state grant of up to 100,000 to school food authorities participating in the federal National School Lunch Program (NSLP) that apply for and are awarded a federal Equipment Assistance Grant for School Food Authorities (SFAs).

An act to add Section 49571 to the Education Code, relating to school food authorities.

• AB 2285 (O’Donnell) This bill removes certain educational and professional development requirements for out-of-state prepared teachers seeking a clear teaching credential, and provides additional options for these teachers to demonstrate English Language development knowledge when seeking a secondary teaching credential.

An act to amend Section 44274.2 of the Education Code, relating to teacher credentialing.

• AB 2289 (Weber) Establishes certain accommodations as rights of a pregnant or parenting pupil; requires schools to annually notify pregnant and parenting pupils and their parents of their rights and available educational options; requires parenting pupils to be excused from school without a doctor’s note for the purpose of caring for their sick children or attending their children’s medical appointments; authorizes complaints of noncompliance using Uniform Complaint Procedures (UCP).

An act to amend Sections 48205 and 48980 of, and to add Sections 221.51, 222.5, and 46015 to, the Education Code, relating to pupil rights.

• AB 2291 (Chiu) Requires local educational agencies to adopt procedures for preventing acts of bullying and cyberbullying; requires the California Department of Education to post on its website the online training module relating to bullying and cyberbullying currently under development; and requires schools to make this online training available to school employees.

An act to amend Section 32283.5 of, and to add Section 234.4 to, the Education Code, relating to school safety.

• AB 2301 (Burke) This bill changes the way bonded indebtedness is allocated to the Wiseburn Unified School District and the Centinela Valley Union High School District, respectively, for bond issuances approved by voters after January 1, 2018.

An act to amend Section 35582 of the Education Code, relating to school bonds.

• AB 2315 (Quirk-Silva) Requires the California Department of Education (CDE), in consultation with the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and appropriate stakeholders with experience in telehealth, to develop guidelines on or before July 1, 2020, for the use of telehealth technology to provide mental health and behavioral health services to pupils on public school campuses, including charter schools.

An act to add Section 49429 to the Education Code, relating to pupil health.

• AB 2319 (Nazarian) Replaces the term “foreign language” with “world language” throughout the Education Code.

An act to amend Sections 30, 19325.1, 33126, 33195.4, 33533, 44256, 44257, 44610, 44611, 44615, 44616, 44856, 48223, 51212, 51220, 51225.3, 51243, 51244, 51245, 51460, 51461, 51865, 52167, 60119, 60603, 60605.3, and 66081 of, and to add Section 91 to, the Education Code, relating to foreign language education.

• AB 2385 (Cunningham) Urges textbook publishers to post in a prominent location on the publishers’ Internet Web sites, where it is readily available to college faculty, students, and departments, a detailed description of how the newest textbook edition differs from the previous edition.

An act to amend Section 66406 of the Education Code, relating to college instructional materials.

• AB 2449 (Arambula) This bill extends the date by which a newly elected member of a school district governing board, county board of education, or community college district governing board is to assume office after an election.

An act to amend Sections 1007, 1009, 5017, and 72027 of the Education Code, relating to school and college elections.

• AB 2488 (O’Donnell) This bill creates a five-year pilot program to allow Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to award multiple task order procurement contracts through a single bid request for repairing and renovating school facilities.

An act to add and repeal Article 3.1 (commencing with Section 20118.5) to Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, relating to school facilities.

• AB 2505 (Santiago) Requires the Office of the Chancellor of the California State University (CSU) prepare a systemwide report that includes a summary of current hiring practices for all CSU positions and submit a statewide report to the Legislature and the Department of Finance on or before March 31, 2019, and on or before March 31 of each academic year thereafter.

An act to add Section 89291 to the Education Code, relating to the California State University.

• AB 2514 (Thurmond) Establishes the Pathways to Success Grant Program, for the purpose of providing grants for the establishment and expansion dual language immersion programs, developmental bilingual programs for English learners, and early learning dual language learners programs.

An act to add Article 11 (commencing with Section 33440) to Chapter 3 of Part 20 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.

• AB 2554 (Bonta) This bill extends an existing exemption from mandatory tuition and fees at the University of California (UC), the Hastings College of Law, the California State University (CSU), and the California Community Colleges (CCC), for surviving spouse or child of a California firefighter killed in the performance of duties to include survivors of a federally employed firefighter whose regular duty assignment was in California.

An act to amend Section 68120 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

• AB 2580 (Cunningham) Requires a hearing officer, in a due process hearing related to special education, to grant an extension of the decision once for good cause (as specified) and authorizes subsequent extensions at the discretion of the hearing officer.

An act to amend Section 56505 of the Education Code, relating to special education.

• AB 2601 (Weber) Requires that charter schools provide instruction on comprehensive sexual health and HIV prevention, commencing in the 2019-20 school year.

An act to amend Section 51931 of the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.

• AB 2622 (Dahle) Limits the ability of the California Department of Education (CDE) to reduce or terminate grants for After School Safety and Education (ASES) programs that are located in a very low density area with a population density of less than 11 persons per square mile in certain instances; and exempts very low-density area ASES programs from certain requirements in order to transfer funds among schools; and authorizes very low density area ASES programs to close at 5:00 p.m.

An act to amend Section 8483.7 of, and to repeal and amend Section 8483 of, the Education Code, relating to after school programs.

• AB 2626 (Mullin) Makes, as of July 1, 2019, a number of changes regarding subsidized child care and California State Preschool Programs (CSPPs), including, among others: raising the income eligibility threshold for families initially applying for subsidized child care services; removing certain age restrictions for CSPP; providing for staff training for providers of contracted center-based care; and increasing flexibility in funding adjustments for contractors.

An act to amend, repeal, and add Sections 8208, 8236, 8263, 8263.1, and 8275.5 of, and to add Sections 8236.2 and 8272.1 to, the Education Code, relating to child care services.

• AB 2639 (Berman) Requires schools that serve students in grades 7 through 12 to review and, if necessary, update their policies on pupil suicide prevention at least every 5 years.

An act to amend Section 215 of the Education Code, relating to pupil health.

• AB 2644 (Reyes) This bill requires the Governor to annually proclaim April 10 as Dolores Huerta Day, sets apart that date as a date having special significance, and encourages all public schools and educational institutions to conduct exercises remembering the life of Dolores Huerta.

An act to add Section 37222.20 to the Education Code, and to add Section 6729 to the Government Code, relating to Dolores Huerta Day.

• AB 2657 (Weber) Prohibits the use of restraint or seclusion on any student, except in specified circumstances; establishes parameters and procedures for situations in which restraint or seclusion may be used; requires data collection and reporting to the California Department of Education (CDE).

An act to add Article 5.2 (commencing with Section 49005) to Chapter 6 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, relating to pupil discipline.

• AB 2698 (Rubio) Defines early childhood mental health consultation service, declares Legislative intent encouraging the provision of such services in California State Preschool Programs (CSPPs), general child care and development programs, and family child care home education networks (FCCHENs) funded by a general child care and development program, and requires, under certain circumstances, the application of a reimbursement rate adjustment factor for children served in programs where these services are provided.

An act to amend Section 8265.5 of, and to add Section 8265.2 to, the Education Code, relating to child care.

• AB 2722 (Medina) Redesignates the California National Guard (CNG) Education Assistance Award Program (EAAP) as the California Military Department (CMD) GI Bill Award Program.

An act to amend Sections 69999.10, 69999.12, 69999.14, 69999.16, 69999.18, 69999.20, and 69999.24 of, to amend the heading of Article 20.7 (commencing with Section 69999.10) of Chapter 2 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of, and to repeal Sections 69999.26 and 69999.30 of, the Education Code, relating to student financial aid.

• AB 2735 (O’Donnell) Prohibits, commencing in the 2019-20 school year, an English learner (EL) student enrolled in middle or high school from being denied enrollment in core curriculum courses and courses required for high school graduation, except for English learners who are newcomers to the United States, as defined.

An act to add Section 60811.8 to the Education Code, relating to English learners.

• AB 2785 (Rubio) Requires the California Community Colleges (CCC) and the California State University (CSU), and encourages a satellite campus of CCC or CSU, and the University of California (UC, to provide reasonable accommodations on their respective campuses for a lactating student to express breast milk, breast-feed an infant child, or address other needs related to breast-feeding.

An act to add Section 66271.9 to the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

• AB 2800 (Chu) This bill adds basic understanding of the signs and symptoms of, and appropriate responses to, heat illness, to the training component the 1998 California High School Coaching Education and Training Program (HSCTP).

An act to amend Section 35179.1 of the Education Code, relating to high school athletics.

• AB 2816 (Muratsuchi) Requires the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), on or before January 1, 2021, to submit a report to the Legislature that 1) evaluates the implementation, and the effect of the implementation, of the provisions of the Healthy Schools Act of 2000; and 2) provides recommendations on improving the implementation and efficacy of the Healthy Schools Act of 2000. Authorizes the DPR to consult, as appropriate, with relevant local, state, or federal agencies, stakeholders, and experts in the preparation of the report.

An act to add and repeal Section 17614.5 of the Education Code, relating to pesticides.

• AB 2826 (Friedman) Clarifies definitions and timelines in existing law relating to interdistrict transfers, requires school districts to post specified information on their website, requires specified notifications to parents to be in writing, and places limits on provisional enrollment.

An act to amend Sections 46600, 46601, 46602, and 46603 of, and to add Sections 46600.1 and 46600.2 to, the Education Code, relating to pupil enrollment.

• AB 2878 (Chávez) Adds family engagement to the state priorities that must be addressed by school district, charter school, and county office of education local control and accountability plans (LCAPs).

An act to amend Sections 52060 and 52066 of the Education Code, relating to school accountability.

• AB 2894 (Gloria) This bill provides postsecondary students an additional course of action when they are called to active military duty during an academic term and must withdraw from a course.

An act to add Chapter 2.7 (commencing with Section 99130) to Part 65 of Division 14 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.

• AB 2949 (Gloria) Requires that a student who is the child of a military family be allowed to remain in his or her school of origin, and to matriculate with his or her peers in accordance with the established feeder patterns of school districts.

An act to add Section 48204.6 to the Education Code, relating to pupil residency.

• AB 2960 (Thurmond) Requires, subject to the availability of funding, the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to develop an online portal for California’s comprehensive child care and development services by June 30, 2022, and to convene a workgroup to evaluate and provide recommendations to the SPI on any necessary modifications or improvements to the portal, as specified, and requires the SPI to submit the Legislature a comprehensive plan for implementing the recommendation of the workgroup by January 1, 2021, as specified.

An act to add Article 1.1 (commencing with Section 8209.6) to Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to child care and development services.

• AB 2990 (Low) This bill requires each campus of the California Community Colleges (CCC) and the California State University (CSU), and each campus of the University of California (UC), to place a link on the campus Web site, as specified, describing the availability of an exemption from mandatory tuition and systemwide fees for an eligible surviving dependent of a deceased firefighter or law enforcement officer.

An act to add Section 68120.7 to the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

• AB 3022 (Gonzalez Fletcher) Authorizes school districts, county offices of education, or charter schools to retroactively grant a high school diploma to a person who departed California against his or her will, and at the time of departure, was enrolled in grade 12 and was in good academic standing. Requires schools to consider any coursework that may have been completed by the pupil through online or virtual courses in considering whether to award a high school diploma to a pupil.

An act to amend Section 51430 of the Education Code, relating to high school diplomas.

• AB 3043 (Berman) Makes changes to the allowable expenditures from the school cafeteria fund, as specified; requires schools that choose to provide universal school breakfast using cafeteria funds, to agree to cover any costs of providing free meals to all students above the amount provided in federal assistance; and, requires the California Department of Education (CDE) to maintain nutrition guidelines in alignment with the federal National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program.

An act to amend Sections 38100, 38101, 49531, 49531.1, 49550.3, and 49590 of, and to add Section 49550.5 to, the Education Code, relating to pupil nutrition.

• AB 3058 (O’Donnell) This bill revises the requirements for testing and evaluating school construction project inspectors.

An act to amend Section 17311 of the Education Code, relating to school facilities.

• AB 3089 (Thurmond) Authorizes the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC), commencing with the 2018-19 award year, to provide Chafee grant awards to students as long as they are not 26 years of age or older by July 1 of the award year; and, requires CSAC to annually report to the Legislature specified information regarding Chafee grant awards.

An act to amend Section 69519 of the Education Code, relating to student financial aid, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 3101 (Carrillo). Requires on or before July 31, 2019, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges (CCC) to revise the CCC online application so that only certain data is collected during the process. This bill also exempts a student seeking to enroll exclusively in noncredit courses from community college residency classification requirements.

An act to add Sections 68086 and 71030 to the Education Code, relating to community college.

• AB 3186 (Medina) This bill authorizes the University of California (UC) and California Community Colleges (CCC) to continue using best value contracting for the procurement of certain goods and services by eliminating the January 1, 2019, repeal date of the program pilot and removing related reporting requirements.

An act to amend Sections 10507.8 and 20651.7 of the Public Contract Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

• AB 3205 (O’Donnell) Requires the governing board of a school district seeking state school facilities bond funds to include, as part of a modernization project, locks that allow doors to classrooms and any room with an occupancy of five or more persons to be locked from the inside of the room.

An act to add Section 17583 to the Education Code, relating to school facilities.

• AB 3223 (Grayson) This bill changes the definition of braille utilized in the Individual Education Program (IEP) for Visually Impaired Pupils from Standard English, American Edition to Unified English Braille (UEB).

An act to amend Section 56350 of the Education Code, relating to special education.

• AB 3255 (Committee on Higher Education) Makes numerous technical, conforming, and non-controversial changes related to postsecondary education in the Education Code (EC).

An act to amend Sections 44230, 66025.9, 68075, 68101, 69432.7, 69439, 69562, 76140, and 84760.5 of, to amend and repeal Sections 68130.5 and 89007.7 of, and to add Section 44230.6 to, the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.

• SB 183 (Lara) This bill provides that it is the policy of the State of California to afford all persons, regardless of immigration status, equal rights and opportunities in the postsecondary educational institutions of the state.

An act to amend Sections 66251, 66260.6, and 66270 of, and to add Section 66270.3 to, the Education Code, relating to educational equity.

• SB 577 (Dodd) This bill establishes the California Community College (CCC) Teacher Credentialing Partnership Pilot Program, awarding grants to collaboratives of one or more teacher-credentialing higher education institutions partnering with one or more community colleges for the purpose of offering teacher credentialing programs at community colleges.

An act to amend Section 44259 of, and to add Article 5 (commencing with Section 78060) to Chapter 1 of Part 48 of Division 7 of Title 3 of, the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

• SB 720 (Allen) This bill revises provisions relating to the education principles for the environment by, among other things, (1) renaming them the environmental principles and concepts; (2) revising the process for, and entities involved in, updating the environmental principles and concepts; and (3) requiring the Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) to ensure that the environmental principles and concepts are integrated into content standards and curriculum frameworks whenever those standards and frameworks are revised.

An act to add Section 51227.3 to the Education Code, and to amend Section 71301 of the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental education.

• SB 816 (Committee on Education) This bill, the education omnibus clean-up measure, makes technical and other non-controversial revisions to numerous provisions of the Education Code.

An act to amend Sections 8426, 8482.1, 8483.75, 8483.76, 33000.5, 35000, 48205, 48260.5, 48263, 49063, 49431, 49431.2, 56305, 60119, and 60210 of the Education Code, relating to elementary and secondary education.

• SB 830 (Dodd) This bill requires California Department of Education (CDE) to make available to school districts on its Internet Web site, by July 1, 2019, a list of resources and instructional materials on media literacy, including media literacy professional development programs for teachers.

An act to add Section 51206.4 to the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.

• SB 892 (Pan) This bill requires the Governor to annually proclaim the day of Lunar New Year, which occurs between January 21 and February 20, and encourages all public schools and educational institutions to conduct exercises recognizing the traditions and cultural significance of the Lunar New Year.

An act to add Section 37222.19 to the Education Code, and to add Section 6730 to the Government Code, relating to public schools.

• SB 895 (Nguyen) This bill requires the Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) to develop and submit to the State Board of Education (SBE), and requires the SBE to adopt, modify, or revise, the following model curricula: (1) relative to the Vietnamese American refugee experience that includes, but is not limited to, curriculum on the fall of Saigon in 1975, (2) relative to the Cambodian genocide, and (3) in Hmong history and cultural studies.

An act to add Sections 33540.2, 33540.4, and 33540.6 to the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.

• SB 967 (Berryhill) This bill prohibits the University of California (UC) and the California State University (CSU) from charging mandatory tuition and fees to an undergraduate student who is a current or former foster youth.

An act to amend Section 66025.3 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

• SB 972 (Portantino) This bill requires schools that serve students in any of grades 7-12, and institutions of higher education, that issue student identification cards to have printed on either side of the identification card the number for a suicide hotline.

An act to amend the heading of Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 215) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 1 of, and to add Section 215.5 to, the Education Code, relating to pupil and student health.

• SB 1036 (Wilk) This bill prohibits a local educational agency from including the directory information or the personal information of a student or of a parent in the minutes of a meeting of its governing body.

An act to add Section 49073.2 to the Education Code, relating to local educational agencies.

• SB 1071 (Roth) This bill requires, by September 1, 2019, the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges (CCC), in collaboration with the Academic Senate to develop a consistent policy for awarding course credit for prior military education, training and service. This bill also requires each community college district to have a policy consistent with the policy developed by the Chancellor’s Office.

An act to add Section 66025.71 to the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

• SB 1104 (Roth) This bill requires school districts and charter schools to work with their schools serving students in any of grades 6-12 to identify methods of informing parents of human trafficking prevention resources, and requires schools to implement those methods by January 1, 2020.

An act to add Section 49381 to the Education Code, relating to pupil safety.

• SB 1165 (Pan) This bill is CalSTRS’ annual housekeeping bill and makes technical and non-controversial changes to CalSTRS-administered portions of the Education Code.

An act to amend Sections 22106.5, 22112.6, 22134, 22134.5, 22138.5, 22138.6, 22169, 22508, 22509, 22515, 22717, 23802, 23852, 24001, 24101, 24213, 24322, 25011, 25011.1, 25012, 25015, 25018, 25018.1, 25019, 25926, 26107, and 26127 of the Education Code, relating to teachers’ retirement.

• SB 1321 (Monning) Expands eligibility for the necessary small schools funding allowance to include specified schools in districts with average daily attendance (ADA) of up to 5,000.

An act to amend Sections 42282 and 42283 of the Education Code, relating to school finance.

• SB 1348 (Pan) This bill requires the California Community College (CCC) Chancellor’s Office (CCCCO) to report to the Legislature in an existing annual report, and a private postsecondary institution to report in its annual compliance report, specified information related to programs that offer certificates or degrees relating to allied health professionals that require clinical training.

An act to amend Section 94934 of, and to add Section 88826.5 to, the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.

• SB 1383 (Fuller) This bill allows the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) to establish lists of alternate members of its Committee of Credentials (Committee) to better accommodate vacancies or absences and clarifies eligibility requirements for specified Committee members.

An act to amend Section 44240 of the Education Code, relating to teacher credentialing.

• SB 1406 (Hill) This bill extends the sunset date of the authorization for the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges (CCC) to establish baccalaureate degree pilot programs by three years.

An act to amend Sections 78041, 78042, and 78043 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

• SB 1428 (McGuire) Prohibits a school from denying a work permit for a minor on the basis of the pupil’s grades, grade point average, or school attendance, if the permit would allow the pupil to participate in a government-administered employment and training program that will occur during the regular summer vacation of the school that the pupil attends.

An act to add Section 49120 to the Education Code, relating to minor work permits.

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