Bill Text: CA AB872 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 872 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: High school equivalency certificates: general educational development examination fee waiver.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB872 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB872-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 872	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Brown

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to  amend   add  Section 
48900.6 of   51421.5 to  the Education Code,
relating to  pupil discipline.   high school
equivalency certificates. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 872, as amended, Brown.  Pupil discipline: suspensions:
community service.   High school equivalency
certificates: general educational development examination fee waiver.
 
   Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
issue a high school equivalency certificate and an official score
report, or an official score report only, to a person who has not
completed high school and who has taken all or a portion of a general
educational development test that has been approved by the State
Board of Education and that is administered by a testing center
approved by the State Department of Education, with a score
determined by the state board to be equal to the standard of
performance expected from a high school graduate, and as otherwise
specified. Existing law also authorizes the Superintendent to charge
a one-time fee, established by the state board, to be submitted by an
examinee when registering for the general educational development
test, as specified.  
   Notwithstanding these provisions, this bill would require the
state board to adopt a rule or regulation granting a waiver of the
general educational development examination fee for low-income
persons, as defined.  
   Existing law authorizes a superintendent of schools or principal
of a school to suspend or recommend for expulsion a pupil who commits
one or more enumerated acts. Existing law authorizes the principal
of a school, the principal's designee, the superintendent of schools,
or the governing board of a school district to require a pupil to
perform community service, as defined, during the pupil's nonschool
hours as part of or instead of disciplinary action, subject to
specified exceptions.  
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision
authorizing community service. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 51421.5 is added to the 
 Education Code   , to read:  
   51421.5.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the state board shall
adopt a rule or regulation that grants a waiver to a low-income
person of the general educational development examination fee charged
pursuant to Section 51421.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "low-income person" means a
person eligible for Medi-Cal benefits under Chapter 7 (commencing
with Section 14000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 48900.6 of the Education
Code is amended to read:
   48900.6.  (a) As part of or instead of disciplinary action
prescribed by this article, the principal of a school, the principal'
s designee, the superintendent of schools, or the governing board of
a school district may require a pupil to perform community service on
school grounds or, with written permission of the parent or guardian
of the pupil, off school grounds, during the pupil's nonschool
hours.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "community service" may include,
but is not limited to, work performed in the community or on school
grounds in the areas of outdoor beautification, community or campus
betterment, and teacher, peer, or youth assistance programs.
   (c) This section does not apply if a pupil has been suspended,
pending expulsion, pursuant to Section 48915. However, this section
applies if the recommended expulsion is not implemented or is,
itself, suspended by stipulation or other administrative action.