Bill Text: CA SB599 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: School employees: awards.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2020-02-03 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB599 Detail]
Download: California-2019-SB599-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
| Senate Bill | No. 599 |
| Introduced by Senator Morrell |
February 22, 2019 |
An act to amend Section 44015 of the Education Code, relating to school employees.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 599, as introduced, Morrell.
School employees: awards.
Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and authorizes local educational agencies throughout the state to operate schools and provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to make awards to employees who do any of certain specified acts.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provisions authorizing awards for employees.
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 44015 of the Education Code is amended to read:44015.
(a) The governing board of a school district may make awards to employees who do any of the following:(1) Propose procedures or ideas that thereafter are then adopted and effectuated, and that result in eliminating or reducing school district expenditures or improving operations.
(2) Perform special acts or special services in the public interest.
(3) By their superior accomplishments, make exceptional contributions to the efficiency, economy, or other improvement in operations of the school district.
(b) The governing board of a school district may make awards to pupils for excellence.
Before
(c) (1) Before any awards are made pursuant to this section, the governing board of a school district
shall adopt rules and regulations. The
governing board of a school district may appoint one or more merit award committees made up of school district officers, school district employees, or private citizens to consider employee proposals, special acts, special services, or superior accomplishments accomplishments, and to act affirmatively or negatively thereon
thereon, or to provide appropriate recommendations thereon to the board. governing board of the school district.
Any
(2) Any award granted under the provisions of this section that may be made by an awards committee under appropriate
school district rules, rules shall not exceed two hundred dollars ($200), unless a larger award is expressly approved by the governing board. board of the school district.
When
(3) When
an awards program is established in a school district pursuant to this section, the governing board of the school district shall budget funds for this purpose but may authorize awards from funds under its control whether or not budgeted funds have been provided or the funds budgeted are exhausted.
