Bill Text: CA SB725 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Pupil testing: high school exit examination: exemption.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-08-26 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 225, Statutes of 2015. [SB725 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB725-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 725	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 20, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 18, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 7, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 2, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 28, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hancock
   (Principal coauthors: Senators De León, Leno, and Liu)
   (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Chiu  , Thurmond, 
and Ting)
    (   Coauthor:   Senator  
Hertzberg   ) 
    (   Coauthor:   Assembly Member  
Quirk   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to add Section 60851.1 to the Education Code, relating to
pupil  testing.   testing, and declaring the
urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 725, as amended, Hancock. Pupil testing: high school exit
examination: exemption.
   Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction,
with the approval of the State Board of Education, to develop a high
school exit examination in English language arts and mathematics in
accordance with state academic content standards. Existing law
requires, commencing with the 2003-04 school year and each school
year thereafter, each pupil completing grade 12 to successfully pass
the high school exit examination as a condition of receiving a
diploma of graduation or a condition of graduation from high school.
   This bill would provide that the high school exit examination
shall not be required as a condition of receiving a diploma of
graduation or a condition of graduation from high school for a pupil
completing grade 12 in 2015 and who has met all other high school
graduation requirements.  To the extent that this requirement
would impose additional duties on local educational agencies, the
bill would impose a state-mandated local program.  
   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.  
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute. 
   Vote:  majority   2/3  . Appropriation:
no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program:  yes
  no  .


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 60851.1 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   60851.1.  Notwithstanding any other law, the high school exit
examination shall not be required as a condition of receiving a
diploma of graduation or a condition of graduation from high school
for a pupil completing grade 12 in 2015 and who has met all other
high school graduation requirements. 
  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.
   SEC. 2.    This act is an urgency statute necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety
within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go
into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
 
   In order to ensure that pupils who have not passed the high school
exit examination but have met all other high school graduation
requirements receive a high school diploma as soon as possible, it is
necessary that this act take effect immediately.