Bill Text: CA SB1121 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

California Senate Bill 1121 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Inmates: assessments.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-09-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 761, Statutes of 2012. [SB1121 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB1121-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 1121	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 9, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hancock

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2012

   An act to  amend   add  Section 
3020 of   3021 to  the Penal Code, relating to
inmates.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1121, as amended, Hancock. Inmates: assessments.
   Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation to conduct assessments of all inmates that include,
but are not limited to, data regarding the inmate's history of
substance abuse, medical and mental health, education, family
background, criminal activity, and social functioning. Existing law
requires these assessments to be used to place inmates in programs
that will aid reentry to society and will most likely reduce the
inmate's chances of reoffending.
   This bill would require  that   the presence
of a  credentialed  teachers, with input from the staff
of the institution that has custody of the inmate, use these
assessments to assign to, place within, or remove from academic or
vocational educational programs operated by the department an inmate
who does not have a high school diploma or a GED, who lacks
vocational skills, or whose assessments indicate that he or she has
identified academic deficits. The bill would also require that
placement and assignment efforts permit the dual placement of an
inmate in work assignments and in academic or vocational programs
  teacher, vice principal, or principal at all meetings
relating to academic or vocational education program placement of an
inmate, as specified, and would make attendance at those meetings
part of the assigned duties of a credentialed teacher, vice
principal, or principal who is employed by the department and who
assigns inmates to those programs  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 3021 is added to the  
Penal Code   , to read:  
   3021.  (a) A credentialed teacher, vice principal, or principal
shall be present at all meetings relating to the academic or
vocational education program placement of an inmate pursuant to
Section 3375 of Title 15 of the California Code of Regulations.
   (b) Attendance at these meetings shall be made part of the
assigned duties of a credentialed teacher, vice principal, or
principal who is employed by the department and who assigns inmates
to programs pursuant to this article.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 3020 of the Penal Code is
amended to read:
   3020.  The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall
conduct assessments of all inmates that include, but are not limited
to, data regarding the inmate's history of substance abuse, medical
and mental health, education, family background, criminal activity,
and social functioning. The assessments shall be used to place an
inmate in programs that will aid in his or her reentry to society and
that will most likely reduce the inmate's chances of reoffending.
Credentialed teachers, with input from the staff of the institution
that has custody of the inmate, shall use these assessments to assign
to, place within, or remove from academic or vocational educational
programs operated by the department an inmate who does not have a
high school diploma or a GED, who lacks vocational skills, or who
whose assessments indicate that he or she has identified academic
deficits. Placement and assignment efforts shall permit the dual
placement of an inmate in work assignments and in academic or
vocational programs.