Bill Text: CA AB156 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 156 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: High school curriculum: volunteer service.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-02 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB156 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB156-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 156	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 24, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jeffries

                        JANUARY 26, 2009

   An act to amend Section  51202   51225.3
 of the Education Code, relating to  high school 
curriculum.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 156, as amended, Jeffries.  Curriculum: cardiopulmonary
resuscitation.   High school curriculum: volunteer
service.  
   Existing law sets forth the courses a pupil is required to
complete while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to graduate
from high school, and authorizes the governing board of a school
district to specify by rule other required coursework.  
   This bill would authorize the governing board of a school district
to offer one credit towards the required number of credits required
for graduation from high school for training and certification in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation or use of an automatic external
defibrillator, or both.  
   Existing law provides that the adopted course of study in grades 1
to 12, inclusive, shall provide instruction in personal and public
safety, including instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
when appropriate equipment is available. Existing law also authorizes
school districts and schools to provide a comprehensive program in
CPR training to pupils and employees, as specified. 

   This bill would remove the exception relating to availability of
equipment. 
   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 51225.3 of the  
Education Code   is amended to read: 
   51225.3.  (a)  Commencing with the 1988-89 school year, no
  No  pupil shall receive a diploma of graduation
from high school who, while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, has not
completed all of the following:
   (1) At least the following numbers of courses in the subjects
specified, each course having a duration of one year, unless
otherwise specified.
   (A) Three courses in English.
   (B) Two courses in mathematics.
   (C) Two courses in science, including biological and physical
sciences.
   (D) Three courses in social studies, including United States
history and geography; world history, culture, and geography; a
one-semester course in American government and civics, and a
one-semester course in economics.
   (E) One course in visual or performing arts or foreign language.
For the purposes of satisfying the requirement specified in this
subparagraph, a course in American Sign Language shall be deemed a
course in foreign language.
   (F) Two courses in physical education, unless the pupil has been
exempted pursuant to the provisions of this code.
   (2) Other coursework as the governing board of the school district
may by rule specify.
   (b) The governing board, with the active involvement of parents,
administrators, teachers, and pupils, shall adopt alternative means
for pupils to complete the prescribed course of study which may
include practical demonstration of skills and competencies,
supervised work experience or other outside school experience, career
technical education classes offered in high schools, courses offered
by regional occupational centers or programs, interdisciplinary
study, independent study, and credit earned at a postsecondary
institution. Requirements for graduation and specified alternative
modes for completing the prescribed course of study shall be made
available to pupils, parents, and the public. 
   (c) The governing board of a school district may elect to offer
one credit towards the required number of credits necessary for
graduation from high school for training and certification in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation or the use of an automatic external
defibrillator, or both.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 51202 of the Education Code
is amended to read:
   51202.  The adopted course of study shall provide instruction at
the appropriate elementary and secondary grade levels and subject
areas in personal and public safety and accident prevention,
including emergency first aid instruction, instruction in hemorrhage
control, treatment for poisoning, resuscitation techniques, and
cardiopulmonary resuscitation; fire prevention; the protection and
conservation of resources, including the necessity for the protection
of our environment; and health, including venereal disease and the
effects of alcohol, narcotics, drugs, and tobacco upon the human
body. The health instruction may include prenatal care for pregnant
women and violence as a public health issue.