Bill Text: CA AB1248 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Pupils: wearing of traditional tribal regalia or recognized objects of religious or cultural significance as an adornment at school graduation ceremonies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 804, Statutes of 2018. [AB1248 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB1248-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
January 03, 2018 |
Assembly Bill | No. 1248 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Gloria |
February 17, 2017 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law requires the governing body of a public agency, as defined, within 70 days after the commencement of its existence, to file with the Secretary of State a statement containing specified information about the public entity and its governing board and officers.
This bill would require that the filing of the statement occur within 60 days after commencement of the existence of the public agency. The bill would make other nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 35183.1 is added to the Education Code, to read:35183.1.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a pupil has the right to wear religious, ceremonial, or cultural adornments at school graduation ceremonies. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit a local educational agency’s authority to prohibit an item that is likely to cause a substantial disruption of, or interference with, the ceremony or to expand or diminish any pupil rights established under Section 35183 or 48950.(a)Within sixty (60) days after the date of commencement of its legal existence, the governing body of a public agency shall file with the Secretary of State on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State and also with the county clerk of each county in which the public agency maintains an office, a statement of the following facts:
1.The full, legal name of the public agency.
2.The official mailing address of the governing body of the public agency.
3.The name and residence or business address of each member of the governing body of the public agency.
4.The name, title, and residence or business address of the chairperson, president, or other presiding officer, and clerk or secretary of the governing body of the public agency.
(b)Within 10 days after any change in the facts required to be stated pursuant to subdivision (a), an amended statement containing the information required by subdivision (a) shall be filed with the Secretary of State. The information submitted to the Secretary of State shall be on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State.
(c)It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State and of the county clerk of each county to establish and maintain an indexed “Roster of Public Agencies,” to be so designated,
that shall contain all information filed as required in subdivisions (a) and (b), which roster is hereby declared to be a public record.