Bill Text: CA AB2633 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Public education: high school exit examination.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-18 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB2633 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB2633-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2633	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Swanson

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to  amend Section 200 of   add Section
60860 to  the Education Code, relating to public education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2633, as amended, Swanson. Public education:  equal
rights and opportunities.   high school exit
examination.  
   (1) Existing law requires each pupil completing grade 12 to
successfully pass the high school exit examination as a condition of
receiving a diploma of graduation or as a condition of graduation
from high school. Existing law requires by October 1, 2010, that the
State Board of Education, taking into consideration specified
findings and recommendations, adopt regulations for alternative means
by which eligible pupils with disabilities, as defined, may
demonstrate that they have achieved the same level of academic
achievement in the content standards required for passage of the high
school exit examination.  
   This bill would require that pupils be verbally notified before
taking the high school exit examination that they may request
additional time to complete the examination. The bill would require
the request to be granted if the pupil making the request has an
identified learning disability, including dyslexia. These
requirements would impose a state-mandated local program.  
   (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.  
   Existing law establishes the system of public elementary and
secondary schools in this state. Existing law states the policy of
the State of California to afford all persons in public schools,
regardless of their disability, gender, gender identity, gender
expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual
orientation, or any other specified characteristic, equal rights and
opportunities in the educational institutions of the state and states
that the purpose of related existing law is to prohibit acts that
are contrary to that policy and to provide remedies therefor.
 
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the
statement of the state policy and purpose of the related existing
law. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no
  yes  .


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

   SECTION   1.    Section 60860 is added to
the   Education Code   , to read:  
   60860.  Before administering the high school exit examination, all
pupils shall be verbally notified that they may request additional
time to complete the examination. A request so made shall be granted
if the pupil making the request has an identified learning
disability, including dyslexia. 
   SEC. 2.    If the Commission on State Mandates
determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs
shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of
Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.  
  SECTION 1.   Section 200 of the Education Code is
amended to read:
   200.  It is the policy of the State of California to afford all
persons in the public schools, regardless of their disability,
gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or
ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic
that is contained in the definition of hate crimes set forth in
Section 422.55 of the Penal Code, equal rights and opportunities in
all of the educational institutions of the state. The purpose of this
chapter is to prohibit acts that are contrary to that policy and to
provide remedies for the commission of those prohibited acts.