Bill Text: CA AB2990 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Charter schools: educational enrichment activities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-08 - Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member Cristina Garcia. [AB2990 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB2990-Amended.html

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Amended  IN  Assembly  March 09, 2020

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2990

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Introduced by Assembly Member Cristina Garcia

February 21, 2020

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An act to add Article 10.5 (commencing with Section 51820) to Chapter 5 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2990, as amended, Cristina Garcia. Pupil instruction: educational enrichment activities.

Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary education in this state. Under this system, the State Department of Education, under the administration of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, carries out numerous functions relating to the governance and funding of schools. Throughout the state, local educational agencies, which include school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools, provide instruction and other services to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.

This bill would prohibit local educational agencies from offering any financial incentives to a pupil or prospective pupil or to the parent or guardian of a pupil or prospective pupil for participation in an educational enrichment activity, as defined. The bill would require the department to compile a list of vendors that are approved to provide or otherwise arrange educational enrichment activities for schools. The bill would require a local educational agency to only enter into an agreement for the provision or arrangement of educational enrichment activities with a vendor that is listed pursuant to this bill. The bill would authorize a school district or a county office of education to expend public funds for the provision or arrangement of educational enrichment activities. The bill would authorize a charter school local educational agency to expend public funds for the provision or arrangement of educational enrichment activities, except for educational enrichment activities of a religious nature.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Article 10.5 (commencing with Section 51820) is added to Chapter 5 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, to read:

Article  10.5. Educational Enrichment Activities

51820.

 (a) A local educational agency shall not offer any financial incentives to a pupil or prospective pupil or to the parent or guardian of a pupil or prospective pupil for participation in an educational enrichment activity.

(b) The department shall compile a list of vendors that are approved to provide or otherwise arrange educational enrichment activities for schools. A local educational agency may only enter into an agreement for the provision or arrangement of educational enrichment activities with a vendor that is listed pursuant to this subdivision. A school district or a county office of education may expend public funds for the provision or arrangement of educational enrichment activities. A charter school local educational agency may expend public funds for the provision or arrangement of educational enrichment activities, except for educational enrichment activities of a religious nature.

51821.

 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Educational enrichment activity” includes, but is not necessarily limited to, activities relating to the arts, entertainment, recreation, technology, or other subjects that are not part of the academic curriculum but that are intended to support the intellectual and social development of pupils.

(b) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.