Bill Text: CA SB1144 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-25 - To Com. on RLS. [SB1144 Detail]
Download: California-2009-SB1144-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 1144 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Senator Wyland
FEBRUARY 18, 2010
An act to amend Section 33308.5 of the Education Code, relating to
education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1144, as introduced, Wyland. Education.
Existing law requires that program guidelines issued by the State
Department of Education be designed to serve as a model or example
and prohibits those guidelines from being prescriptive. Existing law
requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to review the
guidelines before they are issued to local educational agencies.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes in 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 1. Section 33308.5 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
33308.5. (a) Program guidelines issued by the State
Department of Education department shall be
designed to serve as a model or example, and shall not be
prescriptive. Program guidelines issued by the department shall
include written notification that the guidelines are merely
exemplary, and that compliance with the guidelines is not mandatory.
(b) The Superintendent of Public Instruction
shall review all program guidelines prepared by the State
Department of Education prior to department before
issuance to local education educational
agencies. The superintendent
Superintendent shall approve the proposed guidelines only if he
or she determines that all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The guidelines are necessary.
(2) The department has the authority to issue the guidelines.
(3) The guidelines are clear and appropriately referenced to, and
consistent with, existing statutes and regulations.
