California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 101

Introduced by Assembly Member Alejo

January 8, 2015

An act to amend Section 33500 of the Education Code, relating to state educational programs.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 101, as introduced, Alejo. State educational programs: educational advisory bodies.

Existing law establishes preschool programs and public and private elementary and secondary schools throughout the state. Existing law also establishes the State Board of Education and the State Department of Education to provide guidance and support to local educational agencies and other entities that operate schools and preschool programs, and further authorizes the establishment and operation of numerous educational programs on the state level that are administered by the state board, the department, or other state agencies.

Existing law expresses the finding and declaration of the Legislature that there is a need to encourage the adoption of new or improved educational ideas, practices, and techniques in solving critical educational problems in preschool, elementary, and secondary schools throughout the state, but that there are a large number of permanent commissions, committees, and councils, some of which have overlapping duties and functions or that have been perpetuated in existence beyond the original need or purpose for which they were created. Existing law expresses the intent of the Legislature to create 3 levels of educational advisory bodies, as specified.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in these provisions.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

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

SECTION 1.  

Section 33500 of the Education Code is amended
to read:

33500.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert The Legislature begin delete hereby declares that there end delete begin insert finds
and declares both of the following: end insert

begin insert ( end insert begin insert 1) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert There end insert is further need to encourage the adoption of new or
improved educational ideas, practices, and techniques in solving
critical educational problems in preschool, elementary, and
secondary schools throughout the state. In recognition of the need
for the planning and developing of new programs involving a wide
range of new approaches designed to improve the quality of
education available in this state, this chapter is expressly enacted
to foster innovation and create change in education, based on
research and proven need. It is the purpose of this chapter to bring
purposeful change and experimentation to schools throughout the
state, through the use of all available resources of the state.

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The Legislature further finds that there

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begin insert ( end insert begin insert 2) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert There end insert are in existence a large number of permanent
commissions, committees, and councils, some of which have
overlapping duties and functions, and some of which have been
perpetuated begin insert in existence end insert beyond the original need or purpose for
which begin insert they were end insert created. begin delete In end delete

begin insert (b) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Therefore, end insert begin insert in end insert order to provide a more economical, efficient,
and logical structure to educational policymaking, it is the intent
of the Legislature to create three levels of educational advisory
bodies: educational policy advisory commissions, educational
advisory committees, and educational task forces.