Bill Text: CA AB2678 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2678 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Service learning: pupils in grade 12: study: report.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-17 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. [AB2678 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB2678-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2678

Introduced by Assembly Member McCarty
(Principal coauthor: Senator Stern)

February 20, 2020

An act to add Section 8401 to the Government Code, relating to service learning.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2678, as introduced, McCarty. Service learning: pupils in grade 12: study: report.

Existing law establishes the State Department of Education in state government, and vests the department with specified powers and duties relating to the state’s public school system.

Under existing law, by executive order, CaliforniaVolunteers is established in the office of the Governor and is charged with overseeing programs and initiatives for service and volunteerism. Existing law authorizes CaliforniaVolunteers to form a nonprofit public benefit corporation or other entity exempt from income taxation, as provided, to raise revenues and receive grants or other financial support from private or public sources, for purposes of undertaking or funding any lawful activity authorized to be undertaken by CaliforniaVolunteers.

This bill would require CaliforniaVolunteers, in collaboration with the State Department of Education and appropriate stakeholders, to conduct a study on ways to incorporate impactful service learning for pupils in grade 12 and, on or before January 1, 2022, provide recommendations on how to integrate service learning.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 8401 is added to the Government Code, to read:

8401.

(a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Every Californian Serves Act.

(b) As used in this section, “service learning” means an educational approach that combines learning objectives with community service in order to provide a pragmatic, progressive learning experience while meeting societal needs.

(c) CaliforniaVolunteers, as established by Executive Order S-24-06, in collaboration with the State Department of Education and appropriate stakeholders, shall conduct a study on ways to incorporate impactful service learning for pupils in grade 12 and, on or before January 1, 2022, provide recommendations to the Legislature, pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code, on how to integrate service learning.